Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

#5 - Chapter 5: Battle against the Demons

Half an hour later, Liu Yuanqing suddenly raised his long eyebrows and let out a long whistle. Immediately, he raised his left hand, and a spirit talisman flashing with blue light rapidly ascended into the sky, emitting a sharp and piercing sound. After reaching a height of a hundred zhang, it suddenly exploded.

With a loud "bang", five-colored rays scattered, forming a dazzling and brilliant flower in the deep darkness.

"Five-colored Light Talisman!"

Zhang Yuanjing and the others exclaimed subconsciously.

This was the highest-level assembly signal for Xuantian disciples in distress, usually only used by the sect leader and a very few Core Formation elders. Upon seeing this signal, all Xuantian disciples must immediately and unconditionally rush to the assembly point.

Zhang Yuanjing turned his head to look behind him, but could only see extreme darkness.

At this moment, Liu Yuanqing changed the hand gestures, and the suspended Fire Kirin, carrying a ball of fiery red flames like a flower, slashed fiercely at the alien demon in the Xuanwu Sword Formation.

The alien demon felt fear and tried to avoid the Fire Kirin with its ghostly movements. However, the space in the Xuanwu Sword Formation was limited and blocked on all sides, so it was sent tumbling by Zhang Yuanjing's axe.

At the same time, the fiery flying sword arrived and struck firmly in the middle of its body. With a "poof" sound, the demon dissipated directly.

"Is, is there a large group of alien demons approaching?" Zhang Yuanjing's voice trembled slightly.

"Yes! Oh, it actually stopped. Are these evil creatures already so intelligent?" Liu Yuanqing was about to answer Zhang Yuanjing's question, but suddenly let out a light cry of surprise and said to himself.

He frowned, then relaxed, as if he had made a decision, and said urgently, "A large number of alien demons are approaching, quickly follow me to the entrance. I have already notified the other three teams, and they are on their way. Keep formation while traveling! Go!"

After saying that, without waiting for Zhang Yuanjing and the others to respond, he immediately turned around and fled.

Zhang Yuanjing was at a loss. Although he had questions, he couldn't say much, so he quickly sped up to keep up with Liu Yuanqing and began to flee in confusion.

The four Qi Refining disciples were not stupid either, and thought of a possibility, but they didn't dare to question it even more.

So, the team, which had been carefully traveling in the darkness, suddenly became bold and actually stepped on flying sword devices, fleeing at an extremely fast speed, brushing against spatial cracks. The situation seemed to become extremely dangerous all of a sudden.

"They're following, but they don't intend to attack. Everyone, stay calm, watch the road under your feet, don't be distracted, and step accurately with every step." Liu Yuanqing's calm voice carried a hint of excitement, with a somewhat expectant meaning.

Zhang Yuanjing cursed secretly and immediately understood Liu Yuanqing's plan. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: As expected, people can't be judged by their appearance. Liu Yuanqing has always shown a stable image in the sect, and is more cautious with trivial matters. Unexpectedly, he also has a reckless side in his bones! Could it be that cultivators who can achieve something all have this kind of crazy trait?

The group ran wildly all the way, missing several items that floated out of the spatial cracks. Although they were not necessarily treasures, the Qi Refining disciples cursed Liu Yuanqing thoroughly in their hearts.

However, when they ran to a place more than a hundred miles away from the entrance, all the dissatisfaction turned into fear.

A large patch of ink-colored clouds surrounded them. In the near distance, it was clearly visible that they were alien demons squeezing together, extending into the distance and merging into a single piece, disappearing into the endless darkness, like an army with no visible end.

Even though Liu Yuanqing was prepared, he still sucked in a breath of cold air.

There were no less than hundreds of these shadowy alien demons.

Fortunately, there were no alien demons above the Foundation Establishment stage.

He immediately made a decisive decision and activated the low-grade high-quality Earth Thunder Talisman. A light yellow wave appeared under the feet of the six people, and then slowly rotated.

The alien demons that were originally pressing in were very afraid of this yellow wave and immediately retreated like a tide, until they were more than ten zhang away, and stopped only after discovering that the light wave did not actively attack them.

"Junior Brother Yuanqing, can Senior Brother Guo, Senior Brother Song, and Junior Sister Cheng find us?"

Despair surged in Zhang Yuanjing's heart, and he regarded the other three teams as life-saving straws. However, from the depths of his heart, he understood that even if these people gathered together, there was no hope of escape.

"Of course they can. I have a way to guide them. However, the problem now is that there are an unusual number of alien demons here, and they... Well, they are also trapped by alien demons." Liu Yuanqing hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth directly.

After they separated, he maintained real-time contact with the other three teams through the sound transmission spirit jade.

The other three teams encountered situations similar to his team. They did not see any alien demons when they went deep into the Void Demon Space, but alien demons came out to block them when they returned.

The difference was that the other three teams encountered fewer alien demons, only about ten, so they retreated while fighting and were already close to the entrance. However, under these circumstances, it was obviously impossible for them to come to support.

"How can there be so many alien demons in this place!" Zhang Yuanjing felt as if what he was seeing was just an illusion, an illusion created by a talent of the alien demons.

"It is indeed unusual." Liu Yuanqing was not very clear about the meaning of Zhang Yuanjing's words, so he casually replied, "Even if there are so many alien demons, they shouldn't be so concentrated. Is there a high-level alien demon commanding them?"

"If there are really so many alien demons, why hasn't an alien demon of the Foundation Establishment stage been born? Is this an illusion created by the alien demons?" Zhang Yuanjing asked his doubts.

"Illusion? I don't know, maybe there is this possibility." Liu Yuanqing was stunned, but seriously thought about it, "According to the records in the sect's classics, alien demons do have the ability to confuse the five senses and create illusions, but it seems that they must be at least in the Core Formation stage to use it."

"Core Formation stage?" Zhang Yuanjing and the four Qi Refining disciples were all startled, and then turned to look around.

"Don't worry, if there is really an alien demon in the Core Formation stage, this low-grade Earth Thunder Talisman can't protect us at all." Liu Yuanqing said calmly.

He suddenly smiled: "Senior Brother Yuanjing, you have reminded me. These alien demons definitely don't have enough strength, otherwise, whether the number is large enough, or there is a higher-level existence, they should have attacked us long ago, instead of following all the way and slowly approaching. So, there must be a mystery in it, and we have not cut off the path to survival."

"Junior Brother Yuanqing, are you saying that this is really an illusion? Then how many alien demons are there? Can we deal with them?" A glimmer of hope rose in Zhang Yuanjing's heart, and he quickly asked.

"I can't see it either, but I can try." Liu Yuanqing stared at the alien demons surging like a tide, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes flickered with excited light.

"Try? How to try?" Zhang Yuanjing gradually calmed down, guessing the meaning of Liu Yuanqing's words, and subconsciously looked back at the four Qi Refining disciples.

Li Bingyi, Zhou Yuming, Hu Jilin, and Mo Jiancheng were all smart people. They felt a chill down their spines when they saw this look, but they didn't dare to say anything, or even move.

Liu Yuanqing couldn't help but smile dumbly. Of course, he knew that Zhang Yuanjing didn't want the four of them to be cannon fodder, but was worried that he would do so.

He had also heard that when Zhang Yuanjing was in the middle stage of Qi Refining, he had been forced by a higher-level disciple to be a vanguard in a secret realm exploration and almost died. Therefore, he had always been sensitive and disgusted with this.

"This time when entering the Void Demon Space, Sect Leader Wu anticipated the enemy generously and gave not only low-grade thunder talismans, but also mid-grade thunder talismans. These alien demons are gathered together and are using tricks, which is just right to test the power of this mid-grade Gold Thunder Talisman!" Liu Yuanqing said with a smile.

"Mid-grade thunder talisman!" Zhang Yuanjing was immediately overjoyed, feeling like he had been reborn from despair and saw the possibility of escaping. "Senior Brother Sect Leader is really considerate and loves his disciples, and is willing to give out even mid-grade thunder talismans."

Mid-grade thunder talismans can be considered a very strong trump card even for Core Formation cultivators. It can be said to be very wasteful to use them to deal with some alien demons that are only in the Qi Refining stage.

Liu Yuanqing followed Zhang Yuanjing's words and praised Wu Yuankui a few times, and then said:

"Senior Brother Yuanjing, and you guys, after I activate the mid-grade Gold Thunder Talisman, if it breaks the illusion in front of you and reveals the true bodies of the alien demons, don't care how many alien demons there are, don't hesitate, rush up and attack with all your strength. You must take advantage of the time when the alien demons are shocked by the thunder strike to injure as many as possible, or hold back as many as possible, and wait for me to kill them with fire techniques!"

Then, Liu Yuanqing made detailed arrangements on how to form the Azure Dragon Sword Formation, how to attack together, and how to respond when the alien demons counterattack after the few people rushed out.

After repeatedly instructing them, he took out a talisman the size of an inch, shaped like a Tai Chi symbol, covered with golden patterns, and gently stroked it in the palm of his left hand. The talisman jumped slightly up and down, and there seemed to be the sound of thunder rumbling inside.

He stretched out two fingers of his right hand, urged his spiritual power, and forcefully wiped the thunder talisman. The thunder talisman flew out like an arrow from a bow, instantly bringing up a ray of golden light, and then thunder rumbled.

When the golden light disappeared into the alien demon group, there was a loud "boom", and ten thousand golden rays burst out from the ink color. The original shadowy ink cloud suddenly became fragmented, and the alien demons trembled in place, but did not dare to run around.

"Attack!" Liu Yuanqing shouted sharply, and he took the lead in rushing out of the protection range of the Earth Thunder Talisman, rushing towards the most concentrated position of the alien demons. The Fire Kirin flew in the air, with raging flames, slashing towards a certain alien demon with a whistling sound.

Zhang Yuanjing, as the dragon head of the Azure Dragon Sword Formation, manipulated his Xuanjing Great Axe, pouring all his mana into it, and slashed towards the nearest alien demon.

The four Qi Refining disciples lined up in a row behind him, attacking another alien demon together.

The golden light shattered, and lightning was like a swimming dragon, shaking its head and wagging its tail in the black cloud, blasting the alien demons into ashes.

As the alien demons rapidly decreased, the black cloud finally completely shattered, and the outline of a huge alien demon was revealed.

Liu Yuanqing exclaimed: "Alien demon in the Core Formation stage!" He was about to take out another mid-grade Gold Thunder Talisman, and then found that the alien demon was motionless, not like a living thing.

"No wonder! It is the corpse of an alien demon in the Core Formation stage! So that's how it is!"

In the blink of an eye, he understood the truth of the whole thing.

It turned out that a group of low-level alien demons used the corpse of an alien demon in the Core Formation stage that had accidentally floated in from a spatial crack to create an illusion of being surrounded by hundreds of alien demons.

Because there was no real alien demon in the Core Formation stage, this illusion only deceived the senses and could not truly charm the cultivator's mind.

Liu Yuanqing sighed secretly for his good fortune, but his hands did not stop. He killed almost one with each sword, and had already killed no less than ten alien demons in two breaths.

At this time, some alien demons recovered from the shock and fled into the distance. Liu Yuanqing ignored them, and just tried to find those alien demons who had not moved to kill.

In the midst of his delight, suddenly, a black shadow pounced from the side. Liu Yuanqing was already prepared, retreated, and the Fire Kirin blasted wildly, hitting the black shadow firmly and knocking it away.

However, the black shadow circled in the air and pounced at Liu Yuanqing again.

Liu Yuanqing retreated while carefully observing, and then realized that this black shadow was two circles larger than the other alien demons, and the color was deeper.

"Oh, it is an alien demon in the Foundation Establishment stage, it should have just evolved not long ago." Liu Yuanqing knocked the alien demon away again, and at the same time moved dozens of steps to the side, gradually approaching the Azure Dragon Sword Formation arranged by Zhang Yuanjing and the five others.

He wanted to use the power of the sword formation to kill it as soon as possible to prevent any changes.

Liu Yuanqing stood in front of Zhang Yuanjing's right side, killed the alien demon Zhang Yuanjing was attacking with a sword, and said at the same time: "Senior Brother Yuanjing, I will be the dragon head, you will be the neck, and you will gather everyone's strength to defend against the attack of the alien demon in the Foundation Establishment stage."

Since Zhang Yuanjing knew that Wu Yuankui had made arrangements early and prepared a mid-grade thunder talisman for Liu Yuanqing, he had completely settled down in his heart and regained his composure.

At this time, when he saw Liu Yuanqing's position, he immediately understood his meaning, quickly adjusted the formation, gave up the position of the dragon head of the Azure Dragon Sword Formation, and stood with the four Qi Refining disciples in the dragon body and dragon tail to resist the attack of the alien demon in the Foundation Establishment stage and the other few Qi Refining stage alien demons that had woken up.

His Xuanjing Great Axe was refined by Wu Yuankui after he established his foundation, according to the characteristics of his technique, using middle-grade Xuan Iron Stone and Yellow Crystal Jade. The axe body is thick, very tough, and mainly for defense. It is also sharp, and can attack in defense. When used, it is powerful.

The great axe is very slow to start, and its rotation is sluggish. If it is not unexpected, it is usually difficult to hit the opponent. Therefore, it is mainly used for defense.

There are only four moves that can be activated by this axe. The defensive move is called "Axe Shield", the attacking moves are called "Mountain Split" and "Decisive Swing", and the offensive and defensive move is called "Hammer Block". They are all simple moves.

For decades, Zhang Yuanjing has been using these four moves freely, especially the axe shield and hammer block, which are commonly used for defense, are extremely skilled.

Liu Yuanqing wanted to use his strengths, specializing in defense, so that he could let go and attack with all his strength.

In a few breaths, Liu Yuanqing's Fire Kirin had already slashed the Foundation Establishment alien demon more than ten times. The alien demon gradually felt overwhelmed, and could not break through the defense of Zhang Yuanjing and others, so it wanted to summon more Qi Refining alien demons to help.

However, the alien demons who had recovered from the shock instinctively feared this area of thunder strikes and quickly fled the area. Only less than ten alien demons launched a siege on the few people under the summons of the Foundation Establishment alien demon.

The newborn alien demon has the innate abilities of speed, stealth, and soul devouring, especially the ability of soul devouring, which is the most frightening for cultivators. However, as long as it is not allowed to get close, this demon is not a threat.

When it reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, the strength of the alien demon tends to be comprehensive, with both speed, magic attack, and the ability to confuse people's hearts with sound.

After a long time of not being able to attack, the first trick used by the Foundation Establishment stage alien demon was the power of bewitchment.

Only a faint sound came from the lonely darkness. At first, it was a desolate meaning, then it turned into gentleness, like a relative calling a wanderer. After a few breaths, it had a bewitching sound, like a beauty dancing behind a veil in a tent.

Zhang Yuanjing and the others only felt their mouths dry, and the speed of manipulating their magical instruments and spiritual instruments slowed down.

Only Liu Yuanqing's eyes remained clear and bright, unaffected in the slightest. He let out a low shout, like a thunderclap echoing through the minds of Zhang Yuanjing and the others, shaking them to their core. Cold sweat drenched their clothes as they fully regained their senses.

At this moment, the sound subtly changed again, transforming from gentle and charming to impassioned and soaring. It was a sound of vigorous progress and high spirits, as if a cultivator had accumulated power over a long period, achieving successive breakthroughs, and leaping into a new realm in a single bound. Their strength was formidable, they looked down upon all around them, sweeping away old enemies, and standing alone as the supreme one.

Zhang Yuanjing and the others continued their actions as normal, wielding their giant axes and flying swords to defend against the enemy with all their might, seemingly unaffected by any interference.

In contrast, the light in Liu Yuanqing's eyes shifted and changed, and a warm current spread through every pore of his body, bringing an indescribable comfort that made every muscle want to relax. Clearly, this was a bewitching sound specifically aimed at him by the Foundation Establishment Otherworldly Demon.

Suddenly, a flush of crimson surged onto Liu Yuanqing's face, and the light in his eyes faded, replaced by an exceptional clarity.

He cursed in a low voice, "Such petty tricks, yet you dare to be presumptuous!"

In his hand, however, he produced a low-grade, high-quality Golden Thunder Talisman, which he flung out. With a "crack" sound, fierce lightning struck, blasting the Foundation Establishment Otherworldly Demon, who was still focused on casting its bewitching sounds, setting it ablaze and sending it fleeing in panic.

However, the fire born from this golden thunder was like a maggot clinging to a bone. No matter how far the Otherworldly Demon fled, the flames would not extinguish until its body of evil power was completely burned away.

The Otherworldly Demons near the area of thunder and fire were once again intimidated. Liu Yuanqing calmly controlled his flying sword, cutting them down one by one. The remaining Otherworldly Demons, like startled birds, scattered and fled in all directions, quickly disappearing without a trace.

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