Slaying the Gray-Feathered Eagle with One Stroke
"Fellow Daoists, the Gray Feathered Eagle Group is only three or four miles away from us, and a great battle is about to begin. What are you all standing there for?"
Ling Pengyun, who was ready for battle, noticed that Qin Shi, Yan Siyi and others around him were looking at him with a bit of surprise, and quickly urged them on.
Qin Shi and the others realized the danger they were in and quickly came to their senses, taking out their Law Artifact and preparing for battle.
About ten breaths later.
The flock of Gray Feathered Eagle that flew in from afar had already come within a mile or two of Ling Pengyun and his group.
Ling Pengyun, whose Divine Sense far surpassed that of Qin Shi and the others around him, also launched an attack first.
The Azure Steel Mother-Child Flying Swords and the two five-zhang-long water snakes blocked two Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle from the Gray Feathered Eagle Group.
The eighteen Azure Spirit Sword that formed the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation carried a hundred inch-long Sword-Ray and quickly trapped the other four Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle.
Then, he quickly formed hand Hand Seals and, with his remaining strength, unleashed his Innate Spell, the Azure Sea Sky Sword Art, condensing a dazzling Sword-Ray ten feet long.
This Sword-Ray transformed into a blue sword shadow that streaked across the sky at incredible speed, penetrating the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation and striking the weakest of the four Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle trapped within, along with a first-stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle.
The Gray Feathered Eagle, at the first level of Foundation Establishment, reacted extremely quickly, promptly using its inner core Inner Core Divine Power to erect a Protective Yuan Qi, blocking the ten-zhang-long dazzling Sword-Ray.
But in just a moment, the Protective Yuan Qi was shattered by the extraordinary Sword-Ray.
Helpless, the Gray Feathered Eagle had no choice but to open its beak and spit out its inner core, which had been nurtured for less than ten years, and strike the azure Sword-Ray.
The two collided, generating a violent surge of spiritual energy.
Although the Foundation Establishment Level 1 Gray Feathered Eagle was extremely hard, comparable to Law Artifact of the same level, its ten-zhang-long Azure Sea Sword-Ray was equivalent to a full-force attack from Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer cultivator.
Even that hard inner core was slightly inferior.
In less than three breaths, the hard inner core was shattered into pieces by the Azure Sea Sky Sword.
The Master of this inner core, the Gray Feathered Eagle at the first level of Foundation Establishment, also suffered a tremor in its wings due to the loss of its inner core, almost losing its balance and falling to the ground.
The aura emanating from it also rapidly diminished.
Fortunately, the other three Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle intervened in time, each conjuring a large number of feather arrows that blasted towards the Azure Sea Sky Sword, which still had considerable strength remaining, thus blocking the attack for the Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle.
Just as the Gray Feathered Eagle at the first level of Foundation Establishment was feeling fortunate, another ten-zhang-long Azure Sea Sky Sword struck.
The Azure Sea Sky Sword was extremely fast and was specifically designed to target the Foundation Establishment Level 1 Gray Feathered Eagle.
The other three Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle didn't have time to help as they had before. The second Azure Sea Sky Sword transformed into a blue sword shadow and directly severed the head of the Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle.
After this attack, the second Azure Sea Sky Sword still had 80-90% of its power remaining. Under Ling Pengyun's control, it charged towards the other three Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle.
However, at this moment, the three Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle were on guard and attacked together, conjuring countless feather arrows to block the Azure Sea Sky Sword, which still had a lot of power left.
One or two miles away, Ling Pengyun, standing on the shore of the lake, saw this and sighed helplessly to himself.
"What a pity. If I could kill another Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle, my pressure would be reduced."
Just now, Ling Pengyun spared no effort in expending spiritual energy to unleash two Azure Sea Sky Sword in succession, intending to take advantage of the fact that the four Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle were off guard and kill a few of them.
Unfortunately, those four Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle were all seasoned veterans, having fought their way through the Blood Sea.
Although they are not very strong, their reaction speed is extremely fast.
Ling Pengyun sighed helplessly, raised his head, and called out to the Immortal Spirit Crane King and Wind Shadow Peng in the sky.
"Immortal Spirit, Wind Shadow, quickly kill the twenty-eight Qi Training Stage Gray Feathered Eagle Gray Feathered Eagle Group, then come and help me immediately."
As soon as these words were spoken, the Immortal Spirit Crane King in the sky let out a cry, and specks of white spiritual light appeared around its body.
As the light first appeared, a massive gale swept in.
In an instant, a five-zhang-tall Feather Arrow Cyclone Qi was condensed by the Immortal Spirit Crane King.
This Feather Arrow Cyclone Qi is a combination Law Technique that the Immortal Spirit Crane King comprehended during the two years he spent guarding the Rock Scale Snake Den with Ling Pengyun.
Once the Feather Arrow Cyclone Qi was formed, it was unleashed under the control of the Immortal Spirit Crane King. In the blink of an eye, the Feather Arrow Cyclone Qi had traveled a mile or two and rushed into the flock of twenty-eight Qi Training Stage Gray Feathered Eagle Group.
A tornado swept past, its powerful suction pulling all twenty-eight Gray Feathered Eagle into its vortex.
A simple gale might not be very powerful.
However, the two hundred or so feathered arrows within the tornado's gale were amplified in power by several times due to the force of the tornado's gale.
In addition, the Immortal Spirit Crane King's cultivation level was already strong at the Foundation Establishment Third Layer. Relying on this cultivation level, the combined Law Technique Feather Arrow Gale Wind Tornado he unleashed was no weaker than the attack of Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Those twenty-eight Gray Feathered Eagle in the Qi Training Stage suffered casualties before they could last three breaths.
The more than two hundred feathered arrows caught in the Feather Arrow Gale Wind Tornado were torn to pieces.
The Wind Shadow Peng beside the Immortal Spirit Crane King, seeing the Immortal Spirit Crane King's powerful strength, gradually showed a hint of envy mixed with a trace of helplessness in its eyes.
It has been stuck at the Qi Refining Consummation Realm for many years, but unfortunately, it has never received the help of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object, so it dares not attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, lest it perish during the Foundation Establishment process.
This matter also became a regret for the Wind Shadow Peng.
Although Demon Beast are physically stronger than cultivators of the same level, their chances of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage on their own are also higher due to their superior physique. There are not many Demon Beast that can break through to the Foundation Establishment on their own.
Lost in thought, the Wind Shadow Peng came to its senses to avoid delaying the battle.
With a flap of its wings, it conjured dozens of azure feather arrows, which, together with the twenty-odd Gray Feathered Eagle in the Qi Training Stage stage that had been killed by the Immortal Spirit Crane King, Feather Arrow Cyclone Qi feather arrows.
On the other side, Qin Shi and the others also launched their attacks, bombarding the strongest Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle King in the sky.
Although Qin Shi was Body Cultivator, he dared not fly in the air and engage in close combat with the Gray Feathered Eagle that Late-Stage Foundation Establishment.
He can use the Object Manipulation Technique to strike the Yellow Iron Rod in his hand, which weighs 99,000 jin, and it still has considerable power.
Even the Gray Feathered Eagle King, a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment, dared not take the blow head-on. It could only open its mouth and spit out a series of gray feather arrows, which transformed into a long rainbow to entangle the incoming Yellow Iron Rod, lest it be severely injured by the blow.
It is not good at defense and does not have the hard shell of the Black Water Turtle.
However, Qin Shi was not alone; the Talisman Formation and Shapeshifting Magic Item unleashed by Xue Chao and Zhang Chuan were both quite powerful.
Moreover, there's the furnace in Yan Siyi's hand that can conjure powerful green flames, and Ye Yu's Purple Star Long Awl to help them.
In just over ten moves, the Gray Feathered Eagle, which was at the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment, was at a disadvantage due to the superior Law Artifact of Qin Shi and his group.
To ensure its survival, it could only rely on all its strength to conjure countless gray feathered arrows that swirled around its body, forming a defensive arrow to block the attacks of Qin Shi and his group.
At this moment, the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle King felt extremely aggrieved.
Its Gray Feathered Eagle Group nested on a sacred mountain a dozen miles away. It was an old neighbor and an old enemy of the Black Armored Turtle Group that had been killed by Ling Pengyun and others.
Previously, when Ling Pengyun and the others were fighting the three Foundation Establishment Realm Black Armored Turtle, it had already sensed the fluctuations in spiritual energy during the battle.
They came here because they were attracted by the battle fluctuations.
However, by the time it led its clan to arrive, the battle between Ling Pengyun and the others and the three Foundation Establishment Realm Black Armored Turtle had already ended.
It therefore did not witness the battle between Ling Pengyun and the others and the three Foundation Establishment Turtle Demons, and thought that Ling Pengyun and the others were a big piece of fat meat.
After all, among Ling Pengyun and the others, only Ling Pengyun and Qin Shi had reached the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment, while the other four only had the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment stage.
With such cultivation, according to the Gray Feathered Eagle King's original plan, it wouldn't even need to make a move; its flock of Gray Feathered Eagle could easily kill Ling Pengyun and the others.
Unexpectedly, Qin Shi and the others were all armed with high-level Law Artifact, which enhanced their combat power. When they worked together, they were not much weaker than veteran Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator.
Even though Ling Pengyun's Law Artifact were not of high quality, he was still extremely powerful in battle due to his Divine Sense.
In less than a hundred breaths, Ling Pengyun and his group had the entire battle situation under control.
During this hundred breaths, the Immortal Spirit Crane King and the Wind Shadow Peng also joined forces to kill all twenty-eight Qi Training Stage Gray Feathered Eagle, freeing up their hands.
Instead, they helped Ling Pengyun trap two Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle.
Although Wind Shadow Peng's strength was only at the Qi Training Completion, it was difficult for him to directly confront the Gray Feathered Eagle, who Early-Stage Foundation Establishment.
But the Immortal Spirit Crane King. This crane not only has Foundation Establishment Third Layer, but has also comprehended a Higher Vehicle combination Law Technique. Its strength is comparable to that of Demon Beast at the fourth or fifth level of Foundation Establishment.
It can hold off two Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle with a single crane.
Even Wind Shadow Peng, who had reached the peak of the Qi Training Stage, only needed to assist this Immortal Spirit Crane King.
Ling Pengyun also felt much less pressured because the Immortal Spirit Crane King and the Wind Shadow Peng had restrained the two Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle.
He once again unleashed his strongest attack, the "Azure Sea Sky Sword Art," conjuring a dazzling Sword-Ray ten feet long, which cleaved a Gray Feathered Eagle at the second level of Foundation Establishment in two.
Although this attack was highly effective, Ling Pengyun also used three Azure Sea Sky Sword Art in the battle, resulting in his Dantian spiritual power being reduced to only about half a percent.
Helpless, he had no choice but to take out two Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Gathering Pill from his Storage Bag, put them in his mouth, and swallow them.
The immense medicinal power immediately filled all the meridians in his body, making them bulge.
However, his meridians had been strengthened by the Yin Yang Primordial Qi, making them much more resilient than those of cultivators of the same level, and they could barely withstand the infusion of the enormous medicinal power.
At this moment, Ling Pengyun also activated his cultivation Cultivation Method, mobilizing his Divine Sense to refine the vast and pure medicinal power filling his meridians into Liquid Spiritual Power, which he then sent into his empty Dantian.
A moment later, just as Ling Pengyun had expected, the pure Liquid Spiritual Power transformed from the medicinal power of the two Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Gathering Pill only just filled his Dantian.
After all, those two Spirit Returning Pill were only at the Second Rank Low Grade.
Even so, Ling Pengyun was content.
With spiritual power as support, he made another move, relying on 60% of the spiritual power within his body to unleash two Azure Sea Sky Sword Art in succession, targeting the two Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle that were entangled by the Immortal Spirit Crane King and the Wind Shadow Peng.
Under the combined attack of the two powerful Azure Sea Sky Sword, the Immortal Spirit Crane King, and the Wind Shadow Peng, the remaining two Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle did not last more than a few moves and were cut into several pieces.
After the four Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle were destroyed, Ling Pengyun summoned the Immortal Spirit Crane King and the Wind Shadow Peng, two Spirit Beast, to attack the other two Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle together.
Previously, the two Gray Feathered Eagle were entangled by the Azure Steel Mother-Child Flying Swords and two water snakes respectively.
Now that Ling Pengyun was going all out, and with the help of the two Spirit Beast, the Immortal Spirit Crane King and the Wind Shadow Peng, the three of them suppressed the two Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle in just a few dozen moves.
However, because Ling Pengyun had just used two more Azure Sea Sky Sword, his spiritual power was only 30% or 40% remaining.
He no longer dared to use his ultimate move, the Azure Sea Sky Sword, against his enemies, and could only rely on Law Artifact and Law Technique to attack, so his achievements were not significant.
Fortunately, Qin Shi, Yan Siyi, and the others were all skilled, and in less than half an incense stick's time, they joined forces to brutally kill the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle King.
Qin Shi and the others, along with the Immortal Ling Pengyun Immortal Spirit Crane King and Wind Shadow Peng, spent some time together killing the last two Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle.
Post-war.
After quickly collecting the corpses of the four Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle, the two Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle, and the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle King, the group stealthily left the scene.
They dared not linger here, lest the battle here attract a horde of Demon Beast and put themselves in a predicament.
As for the remaining twenty or so Qi Training Stage Gray Feathered Eagle corpses, there were too many for Ling Pengyun and the others to fit in their Storage Bag, so they had no choice but to give up.
Fortunately, on their way back to Tu Yuan Market Town, Ling Pengyun and the others had the Immortal Spirit Crane King acting as their eyes and ears in the sky. They managed to travel for more than a day, stealthily covering nearly 10,000 Serpent Dragon Lake, and safely returned to Tu Yuan Market Town.
Upon Tu Yuan Market Town, Ling Pengyun and the others gathered in a private room of a teahouse to divide the group of Gray Feathered Eagle they had wiped out the day before.
Ling Pengyun kept the four Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle that he killed independently, but he used the corpse of one of the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle to exchange for the inner core of the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle King from Qin Shi and the others.
At the same time, he also received a Gray Feathered Eagle Inner Core at the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment.
After dividing the spoils, everyone chatted for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.
After leaving the teahouse, Ling Pengyun went to the Lingxiao Treasure Collection Pavilion in Tu Yuan Market Town.
He handed over the seven ordinary-quality Black Armored Turtle Egg he had obtained on this trip to Ling Yunfu, who managed the Lingxiao Treasure Collection Pavilion.
He instructed Ling Yunfu to hand it over to the Lineage.
After dealing with the matter, Ling Pengyun rested for several hours in the Gathering Treasure Pavilion, had a simple meal, and then left the market. He summoned the Immortal Spirit Crane King and rode the crane back quickly to the Rock Scale Snake Den.