"Senior, we've come to help you!"
A voice transmission suddenly rang out.
At the time, Lu Shang was fighting the Demon Beasts below with all his strength, and the sudden voice transmission made him pause briefly.
Lu Shang immediately flung aside the Demon Beasts in his four arms and looked up.
Two male Core Formation Cultivators appeared before Lu Shang.
"Two early Core Formation Cultivators?"
Lu Shang did not want these two Core Formation Cultivators joining the fray.
Lu Shang was afraid they would steal his kills among the sixth-stage and Seventh-Stage Demon Beasts.
But an instant later, Lu Shang came to his senses.
Why not have these two early Core Formation Cultivators tie down the low-rank Demon Beasts as best they can? That would save me quite a bit of trouble!
These two don't look particularly strong, but keeping the low-rank Demon Beasts occupied for half an hour or three quarters of an hour shouldn't be a problem. Even if there are at least a thousand here, they should manage if they bring out all their trump cards. After all, I still have to deal with the remaining high-rank Demon Beasts. Even I'm finding it hard to keep up with these low-rank beasts constantly pestering me!
Lu Shang blinked, radiating even brighter golden light beneath the sea.
Lu Shang then transmitted his voice to the two men. "Keep the low-rank Demon Beasts occupied for me. Leave all the remaining High-Rank Demon Beasts to me!"
The two exchanged a glance upon hearing Lu Shang's voice transmission.
They knew full well that their strength fell short of his. Since this senior wanted them to keep the beasts occupied, they could hardly ask for anything better.
Even if the beasts were numerous, what did that count for compared with Sixth- or Seventh-Stage Demon Beasts?
The two nodded to Lu Shang to show that they understood, then immediately attacked the low-rank Demon Beasts around him.
Seeing this, Lu Shang stretched his muscles slightly and continued hammering the Demon Beasts in his Four-Armed Demon form.
With Lu Shang standing over a hundred feet tall in his Four-Armed Demon form, even Sixth- or Seventh-Stage Demon Beasts seemed unremarkable.
With the two early Core Formation Cultivators holding back some of the low-rank Demon Beasts, Lu Shang clearly found it much easier to deal with the others.
In just a quarter of an hour, Lu Shang killed nearly half of them.
It's about time!
Lu Shang took out his dragon halberd.
The instant the Silver Frost Dragon Halberd appeared, it killed a Demon Beast, then grew enormous.
It expanded to precisely the size Lu Shang could wield perfectly in his Four-Armed Demon form.
Lu Shang held the Silver Frost Dragon Halberd in his front right hand and slashed.
An enormous white blade of light swept toward the Demon Beasts ahead.
The farther this white, icy light traveled, the larger it grew.
By the time it struck a Demon Beast, the blade of light had grown to three or four times its original size.
With that single slash, the Sixth-Stage Demon Beast and the low-rank beasts in front of it that had tried to block the attack were all cleaved in two.
Seeing this, Lu Shang unleashed twenty more slashes over the next quarter of an hour or so, finally wiping out every high-rank Demon Beast.
Without the Sixth- or Seventh-Stage Demon Beasts directing them, the remaining low-rank beasts began darting about wildly.
Lu Shang dispelled his demon form and flew into the air with the Luo Cultivator and the Ke Cultivator.
By now, both the Luo Cultivator and the Ke Cultivator were covered in wounds, and their clothes had been torn almost full of holes during the battle.
Lu Shang was no exception, especially since he had faced the high-rank Demon Beasts.
Although his body would not ordinarily suffer much damage in his Four-Armed Demon form, facing such dire circumstances for so long had left even Lu Shang exhausted.
Even if more high-rank Demon Beasts appeared now, Lu Shang might not attack them.
Lu Shang took out a bottle of medicinal pills and swallowed its entire contents.
Then he swiftly flew away, leaving the two cultivators frozen in place.
"Senior..."
The Ke Cultivator wanted to say something more, but Lu Shang clearly had no intention of staying to hear what either of them had to say.
Lu Shang intended to return immediately once he had recovered.
After all, he had not even completed half his task.
Watching Lu Shang disappear into the distance, the two Core Formation Cultivators had no intention of pursuing him.
After all, in their eyes, this man was very likely a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
But the Luo Cultivator had evidently noticed a few clues.
"Brother Ke, wasn't the aura that senior gave off at the Core Formation Stage?" the Luo Cultivator asked doubtfully.
The Ke Cultivator immediately objected. "How could that be? How could a Core Formation Cultivator face dozens of high-rank Demon Beasts alone, not to mention the countless low-rank beasts getting in his way?"
"As for his aura, perhaps you sensed it wrong because you exhausted too much spiritual power fighting the Demon Beasts just now. Besides, it's only natural for his aura to change somewhat after dealing with hundreds of Demon Beasts in half an hour."
"More importantly, this isn't the time to discuss it. We must return to Wanli Island immediately. It won't be long before the beast tide takes shape!"
"You're right, Fellow Daoist Ke. We should return to Wanli Island immediately, before the beast tide fully forms, and tell Revered Master Wanli about the situation here."
With that, the two immediately flew toward Wanli Island.
Several hours later, on Wanli Island.
An old man dressed in white stood atop a mountain peak.
His gaze was hollow as he looked beyond Wanli Island.
Before long, a streak of white light appeared before the old man.
"Terrible news! Terrible news!" A panicked figure swiftly appeared along with the cries.
A moment later, the figure of a female cultivator took shape.
She was none other than the Bu Female Cultivator, who had fled ahead of the Luo Cultivator and the Ke Cultivator.
Only after standing before Revered Master Wanli for a moment did the Bu Cultivator finally regain her composure.
"B-bad news, Master! A b-beast tide!" the Bu Cultivator stammered out the news.
At this, the old man merely blinked and nodded slightly, as though he had known all along.
"I already know of this. I noticed unusual activity nearby not long ago, which was why I sent you out to investigate. To think that in just a few days, Demon Beasts would start appearing one after another even around Wanli Island, confirming my suspicions!" As he spoke, the old man stroked his beard.
"What happened to you? Why are you so flustered? Could you have encountered them?" Revered Master Wanli asked.
"Master, I was attacked by Demon Beasts on my way back. If Senior Brother Luo and Fellow Daoist Ke hadn't stayed behind to hold them off for me, I'm afraid none of us would have returned!" As she spoke, her eyes could not help filling with tears.
"Senior Brother Luo, Fellow Daoist Ke..." The Bu Female Cultivator wiped the tears from her eyes.
"It seems the odds are against those two. Since you survived, you must not let their sacrifice be in vain."
"Go and rest, and prepare for the coming beast tide! I have already sent people to contact the cultivators nearby."
"All we can do is hope we can hold out against this beast tide!"
Faced with a beast tide, even a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator like him might suffer grievous injuries.
If they confronted the beast tide head-on, even dealing with the low-rank Demon Beasts would require sacrificing many cultivators.
This was not Tianxing City. Few high-rank cultivators stayed here permanently.
If a similar situation arose in Tianxing City, high-rank cultivators would immediately march out in droves.
In Tianxia City, even a beast tide led by a tenth-rank Demon Beast would have to weigh whether it truly had the strength to hold its own against the Twin Saints of Tianxing.
Several hundred years ago, the Thunder Roc, that Demon Beast King, had been defeated outright by the Twin Saints and turned into a source of spiritual power for the grand formation.
At the very least, in the present-day Chaotic Star Sea, only the old Suanni and the old Flood Dragon King were tenth-rank Demon Beasts.
However, relations between Demon Beasts were hardly friendly either.
After the Bu Female Cultivator withdrew, the old man remained where he stood, gazing beyond Wanli Island.
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