Chapter 178: Sudden Mutation

At this moment, the giant yellow bear charged over.

Wang Changsheng vigorously shook the Profound Ice Banner in his hand. The flag's surface glowed brightly, and with a series of "whooshing" sounds, countless white ice needles shot out.

The giant yellow bear spewed a yellow sound wave, shattering the white ice needles.

Wang Changsheng seized this opportunity to fly to a higher position.

At this time, some Foundation Establishment cultivators also flew into mid-air, avoiding attacks from the demonic beasts on the ground.

A fierce glint flashed in Wang Changsheng's eyes. He fiercely waved the Profound Ice Banner in his hand, and a white light shot from its tip, transforming into a white cloud mass hundreds of zhang in size.

The white cloud churned, and a heavy downpour cascaded from it.

Soon, the ground within a radius of several hundred zhang became drenched.

The middle-aged man conjured two gleaming golden flying swords, sending them slashing towards Wang Changsheng.

Wang Changsheng fiercely shook the Profound Ice Banner towards the ground, causing a vast expanse of white cold air to sweep out and strike the earth.

At that moment, the two golden flying swords reached him, so he hastily conjured a blue flying knife.

With a muffled clang, the blue flying knife blocked one golden flying sword, while the other struck the white protective shield around Wang Changsheng, causing it to flicker slightly.

As soon as the white cold air touched the ground, the ground rapidly froze. The ice layer quickly spread, and the giant yellow bear, unable to evade in time, had its feet frozen.

The ice spread rapidly from its feet, moving up towards its upper body.

It opened its mouth and spewed a hazy yellow sound wave, which halted the ice's spread. The ice on its feet quickly shattered.

Just then, it seemed to sense something. It looked up to see a house-sized golden brick descending from the sky.

It hastily opened its mouth and spewed a yellow sound wave. The yellow sound wave temporarily resisted the descending golden brick, but at that moment, the giant yellow bear's feet were frozen once more.

Wang Changsheng formed a hand seal, causing the golden brick to glow brightly as it rapidly smashed towards the ground.

With a loud boom, the ground violently shook.

Seeing his spiritual beast, which he had cultivated for many years, killed by Wang Changsheng, the middle-aged man was both shocked and enraged. Before he could react, a dense volley of white ice needles flew towards him.

The middle-aged man hastily conjured a palm-sized golden porcelain bowl, its surface engraved with exquisite patterns.

He threw the golden porcelain bowl forward, allowing it to hover above his head.

With a flash of golden light, the golden porcelain bowl rapidly spun, emitting a large expanse of golden light that formed a golden protective shield, enveloping his entire body.

The dense white ice needles struck the golden shield, producing a series of muffled crackling sounds.

This was not the end. Without warning, a large expanse of black clouds appeared above his head. From it, dense ice cones plunged down, striking the golden shield one after another.

The golden shield trembled continuously, its light dimming considerably.

Three whistling arrow sounds "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" rang out as three azure-glowing arrows shot forth, striking the golden shield in succession.

With two muffled thuds, the golden shield blocked the first two azure arrows, its light flickering. The third azure arrow struck the golden shield, causing it to shatter.

A shriek of agony escaped as an azure arrow pierced through the middle-aged man's head.

His vision went black, and he collapsed, his face etched with disbelief. He had never imagined that Wang Changsheng could control so many spiritual tools simultaneously. He originally possessed a mid-grade defensive spiritual tool, but it had been destroyed in a recent battle, leaving him with only this low-grade defensive spiritual tool.

The moment the middle-aged man died, the Three-legged Fire Crow's body rapidly expanded and exploded, transforming into scattered flesh and blood. His spiritual tools also scattered across the ground.

Wang Changsheng's expression shifted. His Crow Puppet spread its wings, swooped towards the middle-aged man, seized his corpse with its claws, and flew back towards Wang Changsheng.

Just then, dozens of watermelon-sized crimson fireballs flew towards Wang Changsheng.

A female cultivator from the Spirit Control Sect, holding a shimmering red banner, glared at Wang Changsheng with murderous intent.

Wang Changsheng's brows furrowed slightly. He fiercely shook the Profound Ice Banner in his hand, sending countless white ice needles shooting out.

The crimson fireballs were shattered by the white ice needles, turning into a vast expanse of crimson flames.

Wang Changsheng slowly descended. At this moment, the Crow Puppet also returned to his side.

Wei cultivators were already fewer in number than Song cultivators, so the female Spirit Control Sect cultivator couldn't spare a hand to deal with Wang Changsheng.

Wang Changsheng searched the corpse and retrieved a green storage pouch. He then controlled his puppet beast to pick up the scattered spiritual tools on the ground.

At this moment, Wang Yaozong was fiercely battling a delicate-looking woman in a blue dress. Wang Yaozong was at Foundation Establishment Layer 5, while the woman in blue was at Foundation Establishment Layer 6.

Wang Yaozong controlled a second-tier low-grade puppet beast, subtly gaining an advantage.

Wei cultivators also suffered casualties, though their losses were fewer than those of the Song cultivators.

Zhao Yuhui, at Foundation Establishment Layer 4, was fighting a tall, burly man with a bushy beard, also at Foundation Establishment Layer 4. Their battle was evenly matched.

Three disciples from the Celestial Star Sect, using a formation, released several second-tier demonic beasts and hundreds of first-tier demonic beasts, killing three Song cultivators.

This formation caused significant trouble for the Song cultivators. With several second-tier demonic beasts besieging a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the cultivator couldn't resist for long.

With a scream, a Song cultivator's protective shield shattered, and his body was torn in half by a black flood dragon.

"Quickly break this formation, or our lives will be in danger!" Chen Tianming shouted, his face quite pale. He was desperately entangled by the red-shirted youth and couldn't break free.

No sooner had he spoken than a disciple from the Violet Cloud Sect conjured a shimmering red talisman, which instantly flew above the three black banners.

With a muffled bang, the red talisman exploded, transforming into a crimson fire cloud several hundred zhang in size.

With a thunderous roar, one after another, meteorites enveloped in crimson flames flew out from the fire cloud, plummeting towards the ground.

Each of the three Celestial Star Sect disciples conjured a talisman covered in yellow runes. These yellow talismans flew towards the nearby ground.

Three muffled thuds resounded in succession as the three yellow talismans exploded one after another, transforming into a large expanse of dense yellow fog that enveloped the three Celestial Star Sect disciples.

The flame-engulfed meteorites plunged into the yellow dense fog, as if sinking into the ocean.

"A second-tier formation talisman!" someone shouted, though it was unclear who.

A red-robed youth dressed in Medicine King Valley attire took out a gleaming azure talisman and slapped it onto himself. With a flash of azure light, a sea-urchin-shaped azure protective shield appeared snugly around his body.

He sat down cross-legged and took out a shimmering red talisman, which had a short ruler pattern drawn on its surface.

Two Medicine King Valley disciples automatically flew to the red-robed youth's side to protect him.

"A talisman treasure! Don't let him activate it, stop him quickly!"

The red-shirted youth from the Hundred Spirits Sect seemed to realize something and loudly gave the order.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Wei cultivators focused their attacks on the red-robed youth, while Song cultivators converged around him to protect him.

If the red-robed youth could activate the talisman treasure, the battle would be over.