Chapter 462: Slightly Understanding

Outside the Bestiary, the young man took the Essence Spirit Pill and winked at Lu Ye: "Don't be impatient."

Lu Ye nodded.

The young man then walked towards another guard and whispered a few words to him.

A moment later, the young man returned, pulled Lu Ye aside, and said, "I've clarified it. To get a monster out of here, you need the City Lord's personal order or command."

Lu Ye understood: "I'll think of a way."

An ordinary cultivator might not have the chance to meet someone like the City Lord of Two World City, but Lu Ye had met him before and given him a generous gift. Asking for a personal order now shouldn't be a problem.

However, to be safe, he returned to the courtyard and brought Xia Qianqian with him.

Arriving at the City Lord's Mansion again, the cultivator he had seen before was still maintaining order. Upon seeing Lu Ye and Xia Qianqian, he was much more polite and cupped his fist: "Young Master Ye, is there something you need?"

"Please inform him. I need to see the City Lord about something."

"One moment."

With that, he went inside to deliver the message.

After a moment's wait, he returned, accompanied by the cultivator named Ah Si.

Seeing this, Lu Ye knew he likely wouldn't meet the City Lord this time! It seemed the relationship between the Myriad Beasts Sect and Two World City was indeed not good, otherwise there would be no reason for such treatment after giving such a large gift.

Approaching Lu Ye and Xia Qianqian, Ah Si said, "What else does Young Master Ye need?"

Lu Ye stated directly, "I need to go into the Bestiary and get a monster out!"

Ah Si frowned immediately: "A monster?" He slowly shook his head: "This is difficult. Given the current situation, monsters are the most unstable things. The city hasn't yet decided how to deal with them."

"Just one!"

"It's not a matter of one or two..." At this point, Ah Si suddenly paused, listening intently as if someone was speaking to him telepathically. After a moment, he continued: "Young Master Ye, I know that cultivators of your beast-taming lineage are greatly weakened without monsters, and I understand your urgency to recover your strength, but Two World City has its rules..."

"What do you need me to do?" Lu Ye interrupted him. If he wasn't mistaken, someone must have given him instructions.

"Young Master Ye is a straightforward person, so I'll be direct. Many frenzied monsters have appeared outside Two World City, especially in a valley a hundred miles east of the city, where many monsters have gathered. If Young Master Ye can agree to resolve these monsters..."

"Deal!" Even if Two World City hadn't made such a request, Lu Ye had already planned to take Xia Qianqian and the others out to earn military merits. Now that the faster-acting cultivators of Kyushu were already in motion, regardless of whether this world could ultimately be saved or if it would be destroyed according to its predetermined trajectory, the benefits gained were the most practical.

Ah Si beckoned: "Come with me."

Following Ah Si back to the Bestiary, Lu Ye entered smoothly under his command.

The Bestiary was divided into three upper levels and three lower levels, housing monsters of different strengths. The deeper one went, the stronger the monsters.

Amber was held on the first underground level. Lu Ye searched for a long time before finding it confined in a cage.

Turning off the cage's restriction, Amber angrily jumped out and perched on Lu Ye's shoulder. This trip into the secret realm had been frustrating; it hadn't done anything but sit in jail for half a day.

Stepping out of the Bestiary, Ah Si was still waiting. Seeing Amber so docile, he couldn't help but praise, "Young Master Ye's beast-taming technique is truly impressive."

From his perspective, Lu Ye had effortlessly tamed such a monster in one trip, clearly due to his exquisite beast-taming skills.

"I hope Young Master Ye won't forget his promise."

"I know. I'll make some preparations and then depart."

After a brief exchange, Lu Ye took Amber and Xia Qianqian back to the small courtyard, where Shen Xiaomao and Lan Ziyi were resting in their rooms.

"Work time, girls!" Xia Qianqian called out, and Shen Xiaomao and Lan Ziyi emerged from their rooms.

After Lu Ye explained his agreement to clear out the monsters, none of them had any objections, and they set off immediately.

A short while later, the four rode their artifacts into the air, heading east out of the city.

At this moment, many cultivators from Kyushu were leaving Two World City in groups to hunt down the frenzied monsters and earn military merits, so the actions of Lu Ye's group of four did not attract attention.

As they traveled, they occasionally encountered cultivators fleeing towards Two World City, as well as some scattered frenzied monsters.

After traveling a hundred miles, the group hovered several hundred feet in the air, using cloud cover to look down.

In a vast valley below, monsters were densely packed, too numerous to count. What was surprising was that despite their large numbers, the entire valley was eerily silent, without a single roar.

The massive horde of monsters looked like a well-ordered army, gathered and dormant there.

"Ye Liu, Two World City asked us to clear out these monsters? Are they sure they're not asking us to die?" Shen Xiaomao looked at the densely packed monsters below, her scalp tingling. With so many monsters, the four of them alone could never kill them all.

Lu Ye's expression was calm, his hand on his saber hilt. He knew that either Two World City's information was outdated, or they were deliberately making things difficult for him.

But since they were already here, from another perspective, more monsters meant more military merits. If they couldn't win, they could still run.

"I can set up a formation at that position!" Lu Ye pointed in a direction, which was directly opposite the valley's exit, where the terrain was flat.

"You also know formations?" Xia Qianqian looked at Lu Ye in surprise. "Aren't you a blade cultivator?"

"A little."

Lan Ziyi's eyes twitched slightly.

Among the three women present, neither Xia Qianqian nor Shen Xiaomao knew Lu Ye's full background. Only Lan Ziyi knew how profound this Lu Yiye of the Blood Sect was in the Dao of Formations.

He was the one who earned the titles "Sect Exterminator Ye" and "Three Calamities of Lingxi" in the Lingxi Battlefield. For him to say he "knew a little" about formations was simply too modest.

"Then you set up the formation first. We'll lead the monsters to that spot later, and kill as many as we can," Xia Qianqian said.

Lu Ye nodded and descended towards that position. The women followed, staying alert nearby.

Formation flags were thrown out one by one, and formations quickly took shape.

Lu Ye only set up one type of formation this time: Exploding Formations!

Because the targets were frenzied monsters, there was no need for overly complex formations. The simpler, the better.

Large Exploding Formations, small Exploding Formations, big and small, all nested together.

Many of the formations were trigger-based; as soon as a monster stepped into the formation, it would immediately activate.

Some formations were also left for active control, and Lu Ye specifically had the three women memorize their locations, just in case.

Lu Ye had quite a few formation flags left, but this time, to maximize military merits, he used up all of his remaining flags, except for the set he received as a reward from the Hundred Formations Tower.

With everything prepared, three pairs of eyes looked at Xia Qianqian.

Xia Qianqian understood: "My strength is high, so I should go, right? Then I'll go. You guys prepare to provide support."

All three nodded.

Then they watched her transform into a streak of light and dart towards the monster-infested valley.

A moment later, intense spiritual energy fluctuations erupted from that direction. The light of a spell exploded. Xia Qianqian had made her move. She was a spell cultivator who also cultivated the healing lineage; her strength was great, though her healing skills weren't much.

Throughout the Kyushu cultivation world, it was common for spell cultivators or cultivators of other lineages to also cultivate the healing lineage, just as most healing cultivators would also cultivate other lineages.

However, no matter the lineage, the secondary lineage a cultivator specialized in was usually not very proficient.

Amidst the roaring sounds, a streak of light quickly flew from that direction. Immediately after, the ground trembled as if a thousand armies were charging from that direction.

Following closely behind Xia Qianqian, a large number of monsters relentlessly pursued her. Most of them were unable to fly, though a few could.

Monsters were different from cultivators. Cultivators at the Cloud River Realm could fly, but monsters at the Demon General level couldn't necessarily fly. Some Demon Generals could, but most couldn't.

As for naturally flying avian monsters, they were, of course, not restricted by cultivation or strength.

Xia Qianqian cast spells while fleeing. The profound power of a Cloud River Ninth Level cultivator was fully displayed. As her spells bloomed, avian monsters constantly fell from the sky, only to be trampled into pulp by the monster army.

Watching the flood-like monster army approach, even Lu Ye and the others, though prepared, couldn't help but feel their scalps tighten.

When they were still over a hundred feet apart, Lu Ye made the first move. Fiery red spiritual energy flowed, and a beautiful fire phoenix figure condensed, flapping its wings and flying towards the opposing monsters. The phoenix's feathers were clearly visible.

With his cultivation reaching the Cloud River Second Level, the power of the Fire Phoenix spell he unleashed had significantly increased.

However, Lu Ye still couldn't casually activate the Fire Phoenix spiritual pattern. That spiritual pattern required an enormous amount of spiritual energy, and with his current foundation, he still couldn't easily cast it.

"You can also use spells!" Shen Xiaomao looked at Lu Ye in surprise, as if seeing him for the first time.

Before this, Lu Ye had never displayed his talent in spells before her.

Moreover, judging by the speed and power of Lu Ye's spellcasting, it was no less than that of a true spell cultivator.

A blade cultivator who also knew formations, spells, and had a pet beast, seemingly also cultivating the beast-taming lineage—Shen Xiaomao wanted to ask Lu Ye what he *wasn't* proficient in.

The fire phoenix, flapping its wings, crashed into the monster horde. A blazing inferno erupted, scorching all the monsters caught in the terrifying high temperature, instantly causing a large number of casualties.

After one fire phoenix, a second followed, then a third...

Only then did Shen Xiaomao and Lan Ziyi have a chance to act. Shen Xiaomao's spiritual artifact, which had been wrapped around her arm, flew out as if alive. It coiled around an avian monster, and in the next instant, the monster exploded into a bloody mist.