The Beast Tide Ends

During their journey, the group did not encounter many Demon Beast.

Clearly, the Demon Beast in this area have been summoned by the five Golden Core Demon King who emerged from the Boundless Great Swamp to besiege Serpent Dragon Lake.

As a result, the group arrived at the vicinity of "Serpent Dragon Lake Serpent Dragon Lake," the core area of Jiaomang Lake, without any problems.

Through the Communication Talisman, the three Golden Core stationed at Serpent Dragon Lake, along with nearly 20,000 other cultivators, also learned of the arrival of the counter-offensive reinforcements.

They also went all out, blocking the five Golden Core Realm demon kings and hundreds of thousands of Demon Beast that were besieging Serpent Dragon Lake for the counter-attacking team.

The counterattack team, composed of 183 Foundation Establishment warriors, pierced through the horde of Demon Beast like a sharp sword and successfully entered the Serpent Dragon Lake, which was protected by Third Rank Array Formation.

Serpent Dragon Lake is extremely vast, spanning tens of thousands of miles in size.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it an ocean.

There are also many islands on this vast lake.

Many of these islands possess Spirit Vein, and many bear the marks of blood, indicating that Demon Beast once inhabited these islands, but were all killed by the Hundred Spirits Sect cultivators who occupied the area.

The nearly 20,000 cultivators stationed at Serpent Dragon Lake this time are standing on these islands to organize the attack.

As Ling Pengyun and the others flew into Serpent Dragon Lake, a fat middle-aged man quickly flew up from the void to meet them.

This middle-aged man was none other than Chen Fu, the sect leader of the Hundred Spirits True Person Hundred Spirits Sect.

"Ma Yuan, Yue Shan, the counter-offensive team you led this time did a great job. You deserve credit for this."

"Everyone, the Foundation Establishment Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Lineage under our sect, have traveled a long distance and risked danger to come to the front line of Serpent Dragon Lake. It is truly commendable. I have decided to reward each of you with one hundred Contribution Points of our sect."

"At the same time, your Lineage, which are all Lineage Foundation Establishment, will not be required to pay tribute to our sect for the next hundred years."

"All Foundation Establishment Cultivator in our sect will have one opportunity in the future to exchange for Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object at a 10% discount."

Hundred Spirits True Person Chen Fu surveyed the number of Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the counterattack force and a look of joy appeared on his face.

He looked at his disciple Ma Yuan and Yue Shan, the initiator of the counterattack, and said with a happy smile.

Just now, while Ma Yuan and the others were still on their way, Ma Yuan had already informed Hundred Spirits True Person about the general situation of the counterattack team through Communication Talisman.

The more than one hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the counterattack team were all delighted to hear about the reward from Hundred Spirits True Person.

Those 100 Contribution Points weren't much to them.

However, the subsequent preferential treatment was quite beneficial to everyone.

Take the Ling Clan, a major Foundation Establishment family, for example. Every ten years, they need to pay tribute of a thousand Spirit Stone to the Hundred Spirits Sect. In a hundred years, that would amount to ten thousand Spirit Stone.

And for the next hundred years, this amount of Spirit Stone can be saved.

The members of the counter-attacking team, knowing proper etiquette, immediately bowed respectfully to Hundred Spirits True Person and thanked him.

"Thank you so much, Hundred Spirits Old Ancestor!!!"

Hundred Spirits True Person waved his hand and then said.

"No need for formalities, everyone, please join the cultivator defense line stationed at Serpent Dragon Lake as soon as possible."

After saying this, the Hundred Spirits True Person transformed into countless rays of light and vanished.

Everyone was shocked to see this, only then noticing that Hundred Spirits True Person was now soaring in the sky, relying on a set of array artifacts Law Treasure flying swords set up in the Third Rank Array Formation of the Serpent Dragon Lake, and was resisting a Purple Star Wolf King in the Golden Core Late Stage and a Thunder Essence Great Peng in the Golden Core Middle Stage.

Spirit Talisman True Person then commanded three Early-Stage Golden Core Puppet to fight against an Golden Core Initial Stage Golden Armor Mad Cow and a Azure Nether Ape.

With the help of the Spirit Array True Person, his Lifebound Array Flag trapped a Hill Mountain Spirit Tiger in the Golden Core Initial Stage stage. Countless flames burned around the tiger's body, directly forcing out the tiger's defensive Lifebound Magic Treasure.

"The methods of Golden Core stage expert are indeed extraordinary. With my Divine Sense, which is comparable to the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer, I couldn't even tell that the Hundred Spirits True Person was just an illusion created by a Law Technique," Ling Pengyun muttered to himself.

With his thoughts returning to normal, he followed the rest of the counter-attack team and quickly launched an attack, bombarding the horde of Demon Beast outside.

The number of Foundation Establishment warriors in the counterattack force was as high as 183, which was not much different from the number of Foundation Establishment originally stationed at Serpent Dragon Lake.

This increased the overall combat strength of the cultivators stationed at Serpent Dragon Lake by at least 30%.

With the increase in combat power, the merits of the 20,000 cultivators stationed at Serpent Dragon Lake have also greatly increased.

Every day, more than 50,000 Qi Training Demon Beast are killed by the crowd.

Meanwhile, the three Golden Core experts stationed here, in order to prevent the Demon Beast beasts attacking Serpent Dragon Lake from taking advantage of the current undefended territory of the Hundred Spirits Sect, rushed into the Hundred Spirits Sect's territory.

He then directly activated the "Kui Water Heavenly Bloom Great Array" that had been set up there, creating a light barrier to trap the enemy.

The hundreds of thousands of demonic Demon Beast that had besieged Serpent Dragon Lake were all contained within it.

Although this method makes the Kui Water Heavenly Bloom Great Array consume an astonishing amount of Spiritual Qi energy, the Hundred Spirits Sect has brought its wealth accumulated over nearly a hundred years to this place, including a large number of Spirit Stone. Relying on the large number of Spirit Stone and the third-order Water Vein here, it is barely enough to trap the hundreds of thousands of Demon Beast.

Of course, in order to avoid excessive consumption of Spirit Stone, the Hundred Spirits Sect also urged the nearly 20,000 cultivators stationed at the Serpent Dragon Lake not to hold back any more energy.

Furthermore, they distributed several inferior spiritual energy recovery pills made from the flesh of Demon Beast to the nearly 20,000 cultivators stationed there, enabling them to attack the Demon Beast outside day and night without stopping.

This move caused hardship for the cultivators stationed at Serpent Dragon Lake.

However, it was precisely because the stationed cultivators launched a full-scale attack, coupled with the arrival of nearly two hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivator as reinforcements, that the situation became dire.

In just three days, nearly 200,000 of the hundreds of thousands of Demon Beast that besieged Serpent Dragon Lake were killed.

This also reduced the number of Demon Beast besieging Serpent Dragon Lake by half, leaving only 200,000.

By this time, the five Golden Core Demon King besieging Serpent Dragon Lake were also running out of steam.

Of the hundreds of thousands of Demon Beast that were besieged in Serpent Dragon Lake, nearly half were Demon Beast to Serpent Dragon Lake.

But the other half of the Demon Beast are all members of their respective clans.

If they suffer too many losses, the foundation of their five clans will also weaken.

In addition, the Third Rank Middle Grade- Lake Protection Array "Kui Water Heavenly Bloom Great Array" of Serpent Dragon Lake relies on the third-tier Water Vein beneath Serpent Dragon Lake, and its defensive power is so strong that it is comparable to Third Rank High Grade Defense Array.

Moreover, with the help of that third-tier Water Vein and a large number of Spirit Stone, the Spiritual Qi is flowing continuously.

Even after being besieged by hundreds of thousands of Demon Beast for two or three months, there was still no sign of them breaking through the formation.

If this drags on, they might have a chance to break through Serpent Dragon Lake, but their tribes will certainly suffer heavy losses.

They would also lack manpower to guard the countless Spirit Vein in the vast territory of the Hundred Spirits Sect.

In this way, even if they conquer Serpent Dragon Lake, they won't gain much benefit.

After considering various factors, the five Golden Core Demon King who were besieging Serpent Dragon Lake had no choice but to retreat.

As for seeking help from the Boundless Great Swamp, it would mean taking away their benefits.

Furthermore, after they occupy Serpent Dragon Lake, they will have another formidable enemy by their side.

Given this, it's better to give up.

This Beast Tide has thus come to an end.

Serpent Dragon Lake was also taken over by the Hundred Spirits Sect and became Hundred Spirits Sect territory.

However, there are still about 100,000 Demon Beast remaining within the Serpent Dragon Lake area.

The three Golden Core cultivators from the Hundred Spirits Sect did not eradicate these Demon Beast completely, but instead chose to let them grow stronger.

This was also to prevent a Demon Beast Gathering Ground adjacent to the Hundred Spirits Sect's territory from being destroyed.

A Demon Beast Gathering Ground without Golden Core Demon King in charge is like a free-range zoo to a behemoth like the Hundred Spirits Sect, posing no threat whatsoever.

Conversely, if all the Demon Beast in the Serpent Dragon Lake area are wiped out, it will be difficult for cultivators in the Hundred Spirits Sect area to hunt demonic Demon Beast in the future. They will have to venture deep into the Boundless Great Swamp south of Serpent Dragon Lake to hunt Demon Beast.

Although there are countless Demon Beast in the Boundless Great Swamp south of Serpent Dragon Lake, the area along the way is mostly barren land.

Aside from the territory of Serpent Dragon Lake, the nearest Demon Beast Gathering Ground to the territory of the Hundred Spirits Sect is millions of miles away.

This will inevitably lead some Rogue Cultivator who make a living by hunting Demon Beast to leave the territory of the Hundred Spirits Sect and go to the residences of other sects in the Yan Kingdom.

Consequently, the business of the markets that Hundred Spirits Sect operated within its own territory decreased.

After all, the biggest buyers in the market are Rogue Cultivator.

at the same time.

The area around Serpent Dragon Lake, where the Demon Beast horde had been defeated, was also bustling with activity.

Nearly 20,000 cultivators stationed at Serpent Dragon Lake gathered on Jiaomang Island, the largest island in the center of Serpent Dragon Lake. In a huge pavilion called Serpent Dragon Manor Serpent Dragon Island, they handed over the corpses of the Demon Beast they had killed to the Hundred Spirits Sect in exchange for the Hundred Spirits Sect Contribution Points, which they then used to purchase a variety of spiritual items offered by the Hundred Spirits Sect.

Ling Pengyun, along with Ling Yunhong, who had been summoned by the Hundred Spirits Sect to guard this Serpent Dragon Lake two or three months prior, and thirty Qi Refining cultivators from his Lineage, were also among the crowd handing over the corpses of the Demon Beast beasts.

Ling Pengyun already knew that the ultimate goal of the counter-offensive team was to support Serpent Dragon Lake.

He carried with him all the corpses of the more than twenty Foundation Establishment Demon Beast he had killed during this Beast Tide, plus the corpses of several Foundation Establishment Demon Beast he had killed in the past few days while guarding the Serpent Dragon Lake, for a total of thirty-three Foundation Establishment Demon Beast corpses.

Subsequently, he handed over all the Demon Beast corpses to the Hundred Spirits Sect, earning a total of 62,500 Contribution Points.

This number of Contribution Points ranks among the top five among all the cultivators who participated in the battle.

This achievement is largely thanks to Ling Pengyun's participation in the counterattack against the Demon Beast.

They have the advantage of defeating the invading Demon Beast hordes one by one in each county town.

Otherwise, even if Ling Pengyun's Law Artifact artifacts were as powerful as those of a ninth- Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer cultivator, he would only gain half the rewards at most.

Aside from borrowing 30,000 Contribution Points to buy a Foundation Establishment Pill for the Lineage.

The remaining 32,500 Contribution Points were used by Ling Pengyun to purchase numerous spiritual items that the Hundred Spirits Sect had placed within the Serpent Dragon Manor, items that could assist Foundation Establishment Cultivator in their cultivation.

Ling Yunhong, who was also at the Foundation Establishment stage, received more than 20,000 Contribution Points during this Beast Tide by handing over the corpses of Demon Beast.

As the Clan Head of the Ling Clan clan, and considering the Lineage's development, he first purchased two portions of Hundred Spirits Water for the Lineage.

Like Ling Pengyun, he used the remaining Contribution Points to purchase cultivation items.

The remaining thirty Qi Training Stage clansmen at Serpent Dragon Lake also reaped considerable rewards this time, lending some Contribution Points to Lineage Lineage to purchase a bottle of Hundred Spirits Water.

After the matter of exchanging Contribution Points is concluded.

Ling Pengyun went to look for them again and greeted his brother-in-law Wu Yan, his cousin Yang Sitong, Qin Shi and others who were also in Serpent Dragon Lake. They chatted for a while.

Finally, after making inquiries everywhere, he found Yan Cang, who was leading nearly a hundred Spirit Planter to cultivate Spirit Field on an island rich in Spiritual Qi.

Upon seeing Yan Cang, Ling Pengyun immediately sensed that Yan Cang's aura had begun to weaken, which weighed heavily on his mind.

If he also stops at the Foundation Establishment Realm, he will experience the same thing more than a hundred years later.

After a helpless sigh, he stood beside Yan Cang Yan Cang, who was using Secret Method to cultivate the Spirit Field, without interrupting him.

After waiting for a while, Yan Cang finished cultivating the Spirit Field and then, with a hint of apology, said to Ling Pengyun.

"Young friend Ling, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Did you come to ask me about the Ren Water Blue Cloud Grass spirit seed? I'm really sorry, I still haven't found it."

"Senior Yan, this matter is not urgent. I came here on the behalf of Fairy Yan. Fairy Yan is very worried about your condition," Ling Pengyun said.

"This child..." Yan Cang smiled with relief upon hearing this, and then thanked Ling Pengyun.

"I'll trouble you with this matter, young friend Ling."

"It's nothing, just a small favor," Ling Pengyun said, waving his hand.

Afterwards, he chatted with Yan Cang.

Perhaps because Yan Cang's lifespan was short, Yan Cang became extremely talkative and talked a lot with Ling Pengyun.

Ling Pengyun also learned that Yan Cang would be leading the Spirit Planter from the sect's Spirit Plant Hall to cultivate Spirit Field and plant Spirit Plant on the many islands with Spirit Vein in Serpent Dragon Lake.

Only after this matter is settled will he have time to return to the sect.

This is similar to the Hundred Spirits Mountain Range, where the Serpent Dragon Lake, a place with Third Rank Spirit Vein, will also be established as a branch of the Hundred Spirits Sect, and in the future, Spirit Talisman True Person will personally oversee it.

This matter pleased Ling Pengyun quite a bit.

The Spirit Talisman True Person is stationed alone at the Serpent Dragon Lake Branch indicates that Spirit Talisman True Person power will continue to grow in the future.

As for the Ling Clan, since the destruction of the Luo Clan, it can be said to be a force under the command of the Spirit Talisman True Person. The status of the Ling Clan will naturally rise, and ordinary Foundation Establishment Family will not dare to provoke them.

At the same time, a sense of anticipation arose in my heart.

"Once Spirit Talisman True Person takes charge of Serpent Dragon Lake, there will definitely be a lot of benefits. My little nephew Wu Hong, as Spirit Talisman True Person's only grandson, and with a unique Spirit Root, is exceptionally talented and has always been valued by Spirit Talisman True Person."

"Perhaps, Little Wu Hong can rely on the fact that the Spirit Talisman True Person is in charge of this Serpent Dragon Lake, and obtain valuable Golden Core Spirit Object in the future, which may give him the chance to break through to the Golden Core."

"If Little Wu Hong can reach the Golden Core, then my Ling Clan will truly have a powerful backer in the future."

Thinking about it this way, Ling Pengyun immediately chuckled.

His relationship with Little Wu Hong was exceptionally good, after all, he was Little Wu Hong's uncle.

"However, I wonder what will become of that Spirit Array Old Ancestor who fought the other two Golden Core Old Ancestor of the Hundred Spirits Sect over the three-hundred-year-old Evergreen Spirit Fruit..."

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