Ambush

So fast!

Shen Changchuan's expression changed slightly.

The Gale Falcon was so fast that a distance of a hundred zhang was almost gone in a single flash.

Even Shen Changchuan, with the Spirit Eye Technique at perfection, could barely catch its shadow!

"Release!"

Shen Changchuan gave the order with a loud shout.

The instant they heard the command, the massive bows and crossbows hidden in the grass and trees around the spirit fields suddenly fired, and great nets shot toward the high sky like arrows.

At the same time, Shen Changchuan cast the Light Body Technique almost instantly.

His figure drifted like a ghost as he rushed swiftly in the direction of the spirit field where the Gale Falcon was descending.

However, the Gale Falcon's speed was not only far faster than Shen Changchuan's, but also faster than those nets that had been fired into the air in the form of crossbow bolts!

Before Shen Changchuan had even arrived, and before the bundles of great nets in the sky had even had time to open, the Gale Falcon had already pierced through layer after layer of space, descending from the ninth heaven with a burst of razor-sharp energy!

Under that lightning-like speed, the Gale Falcon flapped its wings, demon qi erupting. The air current it stirred up swept out like something solid, skimming over the golden spirit grain below.

In an instant, the pale-gold seedlings from which clusters of spirit grain hung were sliced apart and pulverized by the sharp airflow, while the dense mass of spirit grain was swept into the sky, gathering like a golden stream before being swallowed by the Gale Falcon in a single gulp!

Bang bang bang!!!

It was also at this moment

that the nets above, shaped like crossbow bolts, finally sprang open and expanded one after another after being launched into midair, triggered by tiny mechanisms.

Great net after great net, densely packed, almost covered half the sky, sealing off every corner of escape.

The Gale Falcon seemed to have no path to survive!

However, a hint of contempt seemed to flash through the Gale Falcon's pupils.

It spun at extreme speed in midair.

In that instant, one razor-sharp wind blade after another shot upward in succession, slashing out toward the sky.

Those wind blades were so fast

that in the blink of an eye, the great nets overhead—nets that could trap even a Xiantian Realm martial artist for a time—were torn apart in midair, split into pieces!

And the Gale Falcon was like a streak of gray lightning, swiftly passing through the opening above, and shooting straight into the high sky.

It began circling in the heights.

"Damn it!"

Shen Changchuan's figure had no choice but to stop.

He stood on the ridge between the fields, looking up at the Gale Falcon circling in the sky overhead, and could not help but knit his brows tightly.

Fast!

It was truly too fast!

Before he could even get there, that beast had already finished plundering and slipped away.

No wonder this kind of Demon Beast was listed as one of the most troublesome Demon Beasts. Even cultivators at the late Qi Induction Realm found it hard to do anything to them!

Before reaching the Out of Body Realm, before one could take to the air and fly, this thing could almost be said to stand in an undefeatable position!

Shen Changchuan only felt his head ache.

And at this moment, the great nets from the other directions in the sky finally arrived belatedly, drifting down to the ground one after another.

They had netted a whole field of air.

"Changchuan, why don't we just forget it? Let the villagers go in and harvest directly. Salvage whatever we can!"

Han Qinhu, only at the first level of the Qi Induction Realm, arrived late, having only just caught up.

He glanced up at the Gale Falcon overhead, now like a black dot circling high in the sky.

His face was full of worry, and he spoke up again to advise him.

Too fast!

So fast he could not even catch the Gale Falcon's shadow, let alone make any move to stop it.

If that beast attacked him, he was afraid he would have no strength to resist at all!

It was simply too hard to contend with!

As he spoke, Han Qinhu also glanced at the spirit field to the side that had been ravaged by the Gale Falcon.

What had originally been a level, golden expanse now had a huge chunk gouged out of it.

As if it had been gnawed by a dog.

At the very least, ten catties of Spirit Grain were gone!

Han Qinhu could not help but feel a pang of heartache.

And judging by the way the Gale Falcon was still circling high in the sky, it had no intention of leaving at all.

Clearly, ten catties of Spirit Grain was far from enough to satisfy it.

"No. We'll try one more time. If it still doesn't work this time, then we'll talk."

Shen Changchuan closed his eyes and thought for a moment, but still shook his head and refused.

Hearing this, though Han Qinhu's face was still filled with worry, he could only withdraw.

He retreated to the rear and called for the villagers lying in ambush to quickly wind their bows and crossbows, making preparations for the next attack.

The villagers all around looked toward Shen Changchuan in the field, their gazes also full of worry.

If they could not drive back that Demon Beast, then there would be huge trouble next.

But even if they were worried, they could not do anything when they could not even see the Gale Falcon's shadow clearly.

All they could do was grip their weapons tightly and draw the bows in their hands taut, doing their utmost to offer their own tiny, insignificant bit of strength.

A quarter of an hour later, after circling in the sky and carrying out another round of probing, the Gale Falcon seemed to discover that the two-legged beasts below posed no great threat.

So it dove down once more, swooping like lightning.

In the span of a breath, it glided down above the Spirit Grain, and streams of air and wind blades swept out.

It was just about to repeat its old trick and roll away that patch of Spirit Grain.

But, in that very instant, Shen Changchuan made his move!

At some point, a small bell had appeared in his hand.

Ding, ding, ding!!!

Three crisp peals of the bell suddenly rang out, resounding over the spirit field in an instant!

Shen Changchuan drove the Soul-Absorbing Bell with all his strength. Almost all the mana in his body poured into it, causing the light on it to flare brilliantly as he pushed it to its utmost and unleashed its power to the greatest degree!

And along with the ringing of the bell, an invisible force surged outward, abruptly enveloping the entire space.

In an instant, the Gale Falcon's body stiffened. Its head felt as if it had been struck squarely by a massive iron hammer, and its consciousness turned into a muddled haze.

Its body was also controlled in that moment. The demonic power within it ran wild, and the wind blades it had originally slashed out collapsed one after another, whipping up a fierce gale all around.

As for its body, it directly lost control and fell to the ground.

Its original extreme speed sent it tumbling across the earth, dragging out a long trail on the ground as soil and dust were swept backward into the sky.

"Opportunity! Attack!"

Seeing this scene, The worry on Han Qinhu's face vanished completely, replaced by tremendous excitement, and he shouted aloud.

At that very instant, Bang, bang, bang!!!

Crossbow bolts burst out in dense volleys from every direction, And huge nets were launched into midair, spreading open as they came dropping down to envelop the Gale Falcon!

Not far away, several villagers also charged up with weapons like iron pitchforks and long spears!

Han Qinhu froze at the sight, then his expression changed drastically, and he roared:

"Who told you lot to come up here?! Get back, now!"

But before Han Qinhu's voice had even faded, An accident happened!

The Gale Falcon was, in the end, a Demon Beast.

When it came to divine sense and the soul, Demon Beasts were naturally weak in that path; their survival did not rely on such things.

It relied on instinct!

The instant its body fell, the Gale Falcon instinctively sensed an enormous crisis.

"Screech!"

From within the dust and smoke came a long, piercing bird cry.

Immediately after, Boom!!!

A ferocious tornado abruptly swept up from flat ground!

Whether it was the crossbow bolts shooting in or those great nets spread wide as they launched over, All were caught by the tornado, and in the space of a breath, they were torn apart and crushed to pieces!

"Ah!!!"

The villagers who had charged up screamed miserably and were swept into the high air by the tornado.

Under the cutting of those gale winds that seemed almost solid, they were instantly torn limb from limb, their blood dyeing that entire stretch of air currents and wind blades red!

But this was not over yet!

Swish, swish, swish!!!

The Gale Falcon instinctively flapped its wings and spun.

One gray wind blade after another immediately slashed toward Shen Changchuan like whirling sickles, carrying a terrifying force as swift and violent as a sudden storm!

It instinctively wanted to strangle the greatest source of danger.

And all these changes came too fast.

The Gale Falcon's instinctive strike was also extremely fast; the wind blades were swift as lightning.

Shen Changchuan had only just activated and unleashed the Soul-Absorbing Bell.

The gray wind blades had already torn through the air, carrying incomparably sharp edges as they chopped straight down at his head!

"What?!"

Shen Changchuan's expression changed drastically.

There was no time to dodge.

Golden Bell Technique · Fifth Layer!

Hum, hum, hum!!!

Clear bell chimes abruptly rippled out. Around Shen Changchuan, illusory golden bells appeared one after another, layer over layer, five consecutive layers of golden bells covering and enveloping him!

After Shen Changchuan stepped into the fifth level of the Qi Induction Realm, the magical power in his body had become even more abundant, and his control over its circulation had grown more proficient. Because the speed at which he cast spells had become faster, his perfected-level spells could almost be said to be truly instant-cast now!

This had originally been the defensive spell that Fourth Brother of the Four Evils of He Mountain had used to block Shen Changchuan's wind-blade attacks back then, and now Shen Changchuan unleashed it himself.

Even more deranged, he layered on five of them.

The stacking of five Golden Bell Techniques made Shen Changchuan's entire body shine with brilliant golden light, giving others the feeling that he was indestructible!

And in that very instant, The moment the five stacked Golden Bell Techniques finished forming, The gray wind blades also came crashing down onto him head-on!

Clang, clang, clang.

Clear sounds of metal striking metal rang out. Powerful forces collided, and the resulting shockwaves surged out in every direction, the air itself seeming to twist!

The ground beneath Shen Changchuan's feet also shattered under the tremendous force. Cracks like spiderwebs spread outward, and the dust kicked up billowed away in all directions with the air currents!

Under the powerful wind-blade attack of the Gale Falcon, Four layers of Golden Bell shattered one after another, but in the end, there was still one layer of Golden Bell wrapped around Shen Changchuan!

This blow, Shen Changchuan ultimately endured head-on.

However, his face also went pale.

His opponent was, after all, an existence comparable to the peak of the sixth level of the Qi Induction Realm. Although he had relied on a fifth-layer defensive spell to withstand its attack, that powerful recoil still made him suffer a certain backlash, and he let out a muffled groan.

At the same time, the Gale Falcon also rapidly recovered from its daze. Its once-staggering body managed to steady itself again with difficulty, and it spread its wings, preparing to fly into the sky once more.

If it were allowed to take off again now and quickly readjust, it would probably become a tremendous problem!

At the critical moment, Shen Changchuan could no longer worry about so much. He forced up the mana within his body and slapped a palm onto the ground.

Earth-Shaking Technique!

Rumble, rumble!!!

The entire ground violently trembled in an instant.

The Gale Falcon, which had originally been bending its legs and spreading its wings, preparing to use the force to fly back into the high sky, was thrown off by the shaking ground.

For a moment, its footing became unstable, its body slipped, and it staggered again, half its body flapping as it fell to the ground!