Chapter 79: Guarding the City (Part One)

“How could demon beasts suddenly attack the city? I’ve been in Immortal Fate City for so long and never heard of demon beasts attacking it; this is strange.”

Wang Yaolong’s brows were tightly furrowed, his face filled with worry.

At this moment, Wang Mingzhan walked in, saw the worry on Wang Yaolong’s face, and asked Wang Mingcan and Wang Changsheng, “Eleventh Brother, Changsheng, have you also been conscripted?”

Wang Mingcan nodded and said, “We need to go to the west side of the city immediately. Sixth Brother, have you been conscripted too?”

“Yes, I also need to go to the west side. Let’s go together! Changsheng, when the fighting starts, don’t stray too far from us so we can protect you.”

“Understood, Sixth Uncle.”

When the three arrived at the west side of the city, they found hundreds of cultivators already gathered there, including both Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators, with the majority being Qi Condensation.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator from White Deer Academy stood in front of everyone, speaking loudly.

“Demon beasts are attacking the city! By order of Martial Uncle Wang, we are organizing the city’s cultivators to resist them. Afterwards, rewards will be given based on contributions. Everyone must fight the demon beasts with all your might; if the city falls, none of us will fare well. For easier management, we are dividing into several small teams. Each team will have a Foundation Establishment cultivator as captain and one vice-captain, overseeing twenty Qi Condensation cultivators. Roll call is starting now. Those whose names are called, please come forward quickly. The Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation cannot hold out for too long.”

“Lu Li, Chen Li…”

Wang Changsheng and his two companions, being from the same family, were assigned to the same small team.

The captain was a disciple of Qingyang Sect, named Lu Qian, with a cultivation base at Foundation Establishment Stage Two. The vice-captain was Wang Ruyan, at Qi Condensation Stage Eight.

Besides Wang Ruyan, there were four other disciples from the Wang family. Of the remaining twelve Qi Condensation cultivators, five were from a cultivator family surnamed Huang, and seven were rogue cultivators.

Under Lu Qian’s leadership, Wang Changsheng and his group arrived on the city wall.

At this moment, the demon beasts had already reached the city. A massive bi-colored light barrier inverted over the entire Immortal Fate City, encasing it.

Terrestrial demon beasts cast numerous spells like fireballs, water arrows, earth cones, and wind blades, attacking the bi-colored light barrier. Demon birds swooped down from high altitudes, either using their claws or releasing spells, causing the bi-colored barrier to shake violently.

“Form groups of five and focus fire on one demon beast. Try to pick demon beasts with higher attack power to prevent them from causing greater damage to the city’s defensive formation.”

Wang Changsheng, his two companions, and two rogue cultivators formed one group, with Wang Mingzhan as the leader.

Tens of thousands of demon beasts were outside the city. If the formation were breached, they would be the first to suffer, so they dared not hold back.

Wang Changsheng summoned his Money Sword and, under Wang Mingzhan’s command, attacked a Class 1 high-grade demon leopard.

This demon leopard was twenty feet long and ten feet high, with two heads, capable of spitting wind blades to attack the formation.

Five spirit artifacts struck the demon leopard, but couldn’t even break its fur. The spirit artifacts summoned by Wang Mingzhan’s group of five were of poorer quality; the best was only a high-grade spirit artifact.

A rapid burst of pipa music rang out, and over a dozen half-zhang long green wind blades shot out, slicing a giant yellow rat, taller than a person, into a bloody mess.

Wang Changsheng was somewhat surprised and turned his head to look beside him.

Wang Ruyan held a shimmering green pipa in her hands. As her jade fingers swept across the pipa strings, a rapid burst of music erupted, and over a dozen half-zhang long green wind blades flew out from the green pipa, cutting a massive black boar demon into several pieces.

Seeing Wang Ruyan’s formidable power, Wang Changsheng wanted to take out a powerful spirit artifact, but Wang Mingzhan stopped him.

“The demon beasts’ current offensive is very strong. Try not to use spirit artifacts; use spells instead!”

At Wang Mingzhan’s reminder, Wang Changsheng noticed his Money Sword’s light dimming and flickering unsteadily.

Cultivators controlled spirit artifacts and magic tools to attack the demon beasts, while the demon beasts released spells or venom to attack the spirit artifacts and magic tools. Many cultivators suffered losses to their spirit artifacts and magic tools; some individuals even had their weapons destroyed by the demon beasts. Some shrewd cultivators even put away their magic tools and spirit artifacts, opting to cast spells to attack the demon beasts.

Although most of them were not fast in casting spells, fortunately, the bi-colored light barrier was strong enough. For a while, the demon beasts could not break through the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation’s defense.

Wang Changsheng withdrew his Money Sword. With a single hand sign, a large number of blue light specks appeared out of thin air, quickly forming into a half-zhang long crystalline ice cone, emanating a bone-chilling cold.

“Go!”

With Wang Changsheng’s soft command, the crystalline ice cone shot out, striking the demon leopard’s head.

Although the ice cone failed to pierce the demon leopard’s head, the coldness it carried slowed its reaction by half a beat. Seizing this opportunity, several spirit artifacts swarmed forward, smashing its head to a pulp.

Wang Changsheng changed his hand seals, and with a rapid flick of his fingers, several streaks of white light shot from his hand, momentarily appearing before landing at the feet of a massive red lion.

This Blazing Lion continuously released fireballs, slamming them against the bi-colored light barrier.

Four streaks of white light instantly submerged into the Blazing Lion’s feet, transforming into a thick layer of ice that froze its four limbs.

A massive wind blade the size of a door shot forth, striking the Blazing Lion’s back, leaving a long bleeding gash. Several shimmering spirit artifacts then flew in, using the wound on its back to disembowel it.

Wang Changsheng changed his hand seals again. A large number of blue light specks appeared out of thin air, quickly condensing into a white cloud.

“Go!”

The white cloud flew towards the demon beasts’ heads. Once overhead, the white cloud churned and expanded dozens of times in area, transforming into a gigantic cloud mass.

“Rain!”

With Wang Changsheng’s soft command, the gigantic cloud churned violently, and large raindrops poured down.

The rain wet the ground, and over a dozen demon beasts’ bodies became soaked. As time passed, over a dozen small puddles appeared on the ground, making it damp.

Wang Changsheng changed his hand seals once more, flicking his fingers rapidly. Streaks of white light shot out one after another, disappearing into the damp ground.

The ground quickly froze, and the ice spread rapidly. Several demon beasts had their limbs frozen by the ice, rendering them immobile, and even their bodies were covered with a thin layer of ice.

After returning to Green Lotus Mountain, Wang Changsheng had spent two years tending to the spiritual fields. He dedicated half an hour each day to cultivating two elementary spells to Grand Perfection, allowing him to cast them instantly.

It was well-known that fire-attribute spells had the greatest offensive power among the five-element spells, while water-attribute spells were primarily for support. Since Wang Changsheng lacked a fire spiritual root, he focused on cultivating more water-attribute spells. He believed that any spell, if used skillfully, could unleash immense power.

While several demon beasts had their limbs frozen by the ice, Wang Mingzhan and others quickly controlled their spirit artifacts to focus fire on them.

Wang Ruyan and her companions also seized this opportunity to focus their attacks.

Soon, the demon beasts whose limbs were frozen by the ice fell one after another.

Although other demon beasts did not have their limbs frozen, the coldness accompanying the ice spells made them uncomfortable, especially fire-attribute demon beasts, which particularly loathed water and ice spells.

“Instant spell casting! It’s quite rare for a fellow Daoist to cultivate several elementary spells to Grand Perfection.”

A hint of surprise flickered in Wang Ruyan’s beautiful eyes as she said with a light chuckle.

“I’m merely providing support; hunting demon beasts still relies on the efforts of other fellow Daoists,” Wang Changsheng said humbly.

This method was effective against Class 1 demon beasts, but it would be of little use against Class 2 demon beasts.

“Oh no, a flock of demon birds is approaching! Don’t let them attack the formation!”

Lu Qian’s voice suddenly rang out, his tone somewhat urgent.