The men who came to their aid were Liu Changxu's father, Liu Shihao, and the fourth elder, Liu Baichuan.
With two cultivators at the great perfection of Qi Refinement joining the fight, the Blazing Flame Tiger soon found itself unable to hold out.
His father, Liu Shihao, wielded the Azure Rainbow Sword, a First-Tier Supreme-Grade magical sword, sending it shooting toward the Blazing Flame Tiger like a long azure rainbow. This time, the tiger was not so lucky. Although it moved its vital points out of the way, the sword still pierced its body. Powerful as its flesh was, it could not withstand this strike from a First-Tier Supreme-Grade magical sword.
Tiger blood gushed out, and the Blazing Flame Tiger's movements immediately slowed.
Seeing this, the others seized the opportunity, sending their flying swords into a fierce assault.
The Blazing Flame Tiger had lost all its former might and was soon slain by their combined attacks!
They immediately butchered the Blazing Flame Tiger. Liu Changxu received a large chunk of tiger meat, a tiger hide, several tiger bones, and a few bottles of tiger blood.
Afterward, Liu Changxu gave Xiao Qing a piece of tiger meat as a reward, and Xiao Qing happily swallowed it.
The next two days went relatively smoothly. They only occasionally encountered a few low- or mid-grade first-tier demonic beasts, which the three of them quickly killed and turned into meals.
Late on the fifth night, a fine rain fell from the sky, and the autumn breeze brushed their faces with a faint chill.
At the campsite, Liu Changxu was sitting in meditation, cultivating, while Xiao Qing slept soundly beside him.
Suddenly, Xiao Qing startled awake, gazed nervously to the west, and shook Liu Changxu with a paw.
Seeing this, Liu Changxu first scanned the west with the Spirit Eye Technique, but found nothing unusual. Then he listened with the Spirit Ear Technique and faintly heard the footsteps of cultivators traveling swiftly in the distance.
Liu Changxu hurried to tell his father, Liu Shihao, about this.
After listening with the Spirit Ear Technique, his father, Liu Shihao, quickly gathered everyone and had them prepare for battle.
His father, Liu Shihao, also released his spirit beast, a Silver-Eared Macaque, from the Spirit Beast Bag. Named Xiao Yin, this macaque stood eight feet tall and had gray fur all over, with only the ears being silver. Possessing a trace of the Six-Eared Macaque's bloodline, Xiao Yin was not only skilled in combat but also born with the bloodline Demon Art Wind-Listening Ear, which could detect sounds a hundred li away!
Xiao Yin was his father Liu Shihao's closest companion, having accompanied him as he grew up and saved his life many times. Although Xiao Yin was his spirit beast, Liu Shihao treated the macaque like a brother.
Many cultivators liked keeping spirit beasts because those raised from infancy rarely betrayed their cultivators and were trustworthy companions in battle.
In this brutal world of cultivation, faced with the temptation of immortality, longtime friends, spouses of a hundred years, fathers and sons, and brothers could all betray one another, but spirit beasts very rarely did!
As this Silver-Eared Macaque was about to advance to the great perfection of the first tier, Xiao Yin had been refining medicinal pills inside the Spirit Beast Bag.
After his father, Liu Shihao, communicated with the Silver-Eared Macaque, Xiao Yin activated the bloodline Demon Art. Those silver ears stood upright and swelled to three times their size! After listening for a while, Xiao Yin told Liu Shihao through divine sense that twenty-five cultivators were rushing toward them from about thirty li away.
After his father, Liu Shihao, shared Xiao Yin's findings with everyone, a heated debate broke out over whether to fight or flee!
Some Lineage cultivators suggested retreating at once, while many younger cultivators wanted to fight the Evil Cultivators to the death. For a time, everyone talked at once, with opinions of every kind being voiced.
Finally, after consulting the other elders, the Grand Elder, Liu Qiusheng, said, "These people must undoubtedly be Evil Cultivators. They've already set their sights on us. There must be Evil Cultivators skilled at concealing their tracks nearby, watching our movements. Of course, they could also be using spirit insects or spirit birds to observe us, so shaking them off will be very difficult!"
Fifth Brother Liu Changshun said, "Then what's there to discuss? Let's fight them!"
The Grand Elder, Liu Qiusheng, smiled at this and said, "Of course, we can't foolishly stake our lives on a fight with these Evil Cultivators. They outnumber us, and every one of them is ruthless and exceptionally experienced in battle. We're absolutely no match for them in a head-on clash!"
Fifth Brother Liu Changshun said, "Then what do we do?"
Everyone else also had doubts. The Grand Elder, Liu Qiusheng, smiled and said, "We've long since prepared for a situation like this. Everyone, heed my orders!"
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