Chapter 81: Defending the City (3)

The humanoid puppet strode forward, the ground trembling slightly with each step. It wielded its golden spiked club, striking down on the second-tier demonic beasts.

Although the second-tier demonic beasts had tough hides and thick flesh, when the golden spiked club struck their heads, it still smashed them to a pulp, spilling blood everywhere.

The tiger puppet used its pair of sharp tiger claws to pin two second-tier demonic beasts to the ground. It opened its gaping maw and tore the two beasts in half.

The lizard puppet continuously swung its long tail, striking the second-tier demonic beasts and flinging them away.

The ape puppet wielded a large black axe, cleaving into the second-tier demonic beasts. Any beast hit was either killed or crippled.

The tortoise puppet was the slowest, but it could cast a second-tier earth-binding spell. It slammed one claw onto the ground, and a yellow light glowed from the earth. Over a dozen thick yellow ropes shot out from underground, swiftly binding several second-tier demonic beasts.

The giant python puppet was extremely agile. Its sharp fangs had astonishing biting power. Any second-tier demonic beast caught in its bite was either killed or maimed.

The praying mantis puppet was also formidable. Its pair of scythe-like forelimbs were incredibly sharp, effortlessly severing the forelimbs of several second-tier demonic wolves, rendering them incapable of fighting.

The black eagle puppet and the fire raven puppet flew high into the sky. One unleashed a black hurricane, scattering the attacks of the demonic birds. The fire raven puppet, meanwhile, spewed crimson flames, burning several first-tier Flowery-Scaled Crested Beasts to ashes.

The most powerful among them was the elephant puppet. Its long trunk easily swatted away second-tier demonic beasts. Its massive elephant legs stomped on the second-tier demonic beasts bound by the earth-binding spell, crushing them into pulp.

Other teams, under the command of their captains, concentrated their attacks on the second-tier demonic beasts, achieving considerable success.

At the same time, the other three sects also brought forth their treasures.

The Medicine King Valley, renowned throughout the Great Song for its alchemy, deployed ten millstone-sized black crystals. The demonic beasts, unaware of their nature, attacked the crystals. The crystals quickly shattered, releasing a large quantity of pungent black liquid. Any second-tier demonic beast that touched the liquid immediately developed a large corroded hole on its body, with green smoke rising from it.

If it splattered into their eyes, the demonic beasts were instantly blinded.

The black liquid was a highly corrosive poison called Corpse Rot Water. Its corrosive properties were extremely potent. Due to the large number of demonic beasts and their close proximity, over a dozen second-tier demonic beasts lost their combat ability, fell to the ground, and were trampled to death by their comrades behind them.

This wasn't all. The disciples of the Medicine King Valley also conjured hundreds of seeds. As soon as the seeds touched the ground, they grew rapidly, and hundreds of purple spiritual flowers, taller than a human, soon appeared beneath the walls of Immortal Fate City.

A fierce gust of wind suddenly arose, and a large cloud of purple powder flew out from the sea of purple flowers, heading towards the approaching second-tier demonic beasts.

The powder was tiny, entering the beasts' bodies through their mouths and nostrils.

A moment later, dozens of second-tier demonic beasts collapsed one after another, frothing at the mouth, and were mercilessly trampled to death by their comrades.

The Purple Cloud Flower, a renowned poisonous flower, contained potent venom in its pollen, which could be used to refine antidotes.

To cast the Spiritual Flower Art, one needed seeds from a century-old Purple Cloud Flower.

The disciples of White Deer Academy brought forth five massive paintings, each five *zhang* long and three *zhang* wide. The first was the 'Hundred Sparrows Painting', which sealed within it hundreds of fire sparrows. The flames spewed by these fire sparrows were extremely potent, effortlessly annihilating three or four second-tier demonic beasts.

The second was the 'Fierce Tiger Descending the Mountain Painting'. A colossal yellow tiger flew out from the painting, engaging in combat with the second-tier demonic beasts. The yellow giant tiger pounced on a second-tier demonic wolf, pinning it to the ground, then opened its gaping maw and tore off the wolf's head.

The third was the 'Hundreds of Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Painting'. Led by a gigantic red bird, hundreds of spiritual birds flew to meet the incoming demonic birds. The flames spewed by the red bird were incredibly powerful, effortlessly incinerating a second-tier demonic eagle until nothing remained.

The fourth was the 'Twin Dragons Playing with a Pearl Painting'. Two colossal flood dragons flew out from the painting, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws as they lunged at the incoming demonic beasts.

The two flood dragons charged unimpeded, effortlessly swatting several demonic beasts into pulp.

The fifth was the 'Mount Tai Painting'. A massive yellow peak flew out from the painting, rapidly appearing above the demonic beasts and crashing down.

With a colossal thud, over a dozen second-tier demonic beasts were flattened into meat paste by the yellow peak.

The disciples of the Purple Cloud Sect conjured forty-nine shimmering white talismans. These transformed into a massive white light barrier, enveloping over a dozen second-tier demonic beasts.

A large quantity of snowflakes materialized out of thin air, falling from above. A massive white cloud suddenly appeared within the white light barrier. After churning and surging, a large shower of glittering ice cones shot out from it, smashing down onto the second-tier demonic beasts below.

Over a dozen second-tier demonic beasts were either crushed to death by the dense barrage of ice cones or frozen to death.

These were talismans for the Dual Polarity Ice Frost Formation. This formation was a top-grade second-tier array, possessing immense power.

Seizing this opportunity, the disciples from the four sects commanded their Qi Condensation stage disciples to intensify their attacks, taking advantage of the situation to slay many second-tier demonic beasts.

For a time, the second-tier demonic beasts suffered heavy casualties. Some even showed fear and dared not charge forward.

Just then, an enraged dragon's roar suddenly echoed. Upon hearing it, the second-tier demonic beasts went berserk, charging recklessly towards Immortal Fate City.

Simultaneously, a blue light, a green light, and a red light burst forth from the dense horde of demonic beasts.

The blue light was a blue flood dragon over thirty *zhang* long. The green light was a colossal green eagle. The red light was a Flying Flame Tiger.

Among the three third-tier demonic beasts, the blue flood dragon had the strongest aura, while the green giant eagle was the weakest.

Upon seeing the three third-tier demonic beasts, Wang Yangming's heart sank to the bottom.

To think that the Hundred Beast Mountain Range actually had three third-tier demonic beasts! It would likely be difficult to defend Immortal Fate City.

Third-tier demonic beasts were equivalent to Core Formation cultivators; they already possessed a certain level of intelligence.

Seeing their offensive stalled, they could no longer hold back. They wished to personally intervene and break through Immortal Fate City's defenses.

"Roar!" The blue flood dragon let out an enraged roar, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws as it lunged towards Immortal Fate City. The green giant eagle and the Flying Flame Tiger flew towards Immortal Fate City from different directions.

As the three third-tier demonic beasts attacked, the complexions of all the cultivators on the city wall changed drastically. A few cultivators had already taken out their second-tier escape talismans, ready to crush them and flee for their lives should the city wall fall.

Seeing the three third-tier demonic beasts lunging forward, Wang Yangming showed no fear. He leaped out through the two-colored light barrier.

If the three third-tier demonic beasts were allowed to attack the defensive formation unchecked, it wouldn't be long before the city's protective array was breached.

He opened his mouth and spat out a silver light. The silver light blurred, transforming into a resplendent silver book.

He opened the book and began to chant under his breath.

Soon, a thick white light shield appeared on Wang Yangming's body. Countless silver characters flew out from the book. After swirling, they transformed into a dazzling silver battle armor that enveloped Wang Yangming, protecting him impenetrably from head to toe.

Seeing Wang Yangming fly out of Immortal Fate City, the three third-tier demonic beasts immediately lunged at him.