Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 454 Ambush and Pursuit [Subscription Request]

Absolute desert.

Ever since the demon cultivators from the Yuanmo Realm invaded the Tianling Realm through the Jueling Desert, there have been many more rumors about this dangerous place.

According to rumors, the Jueling Desert did not exist in ancient times.

At that time, it was not the place where spiritual veins are extinct like it is today, but it was also a prosperous place in the world of immortal cultivation where spiritual veins gathered.

However, in ancient times, a great battle between sixth-level warriors took place there. In the shocking battle between those sixth-level warriors, not only were the underground spiritual veins destroyed, but even the vitality of the earth was completely destroyed and cut off by the great magical powers of the sixth-level warriors, and it would be difficult to recover for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

Today's Jueling Desert not only has thin spiritual energy and no living creatures, but it also retains dangerous areas formed by the influence of the power of great masters in ancient times.

In those dangerous places, even cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage might get injured!
The real Jueling Desert is actually more dangerous than the rumors say.

After Zhou Chun and others arrived here on the magic weapon [Hidden Dragon Boat], they saw that the ground was covered with gullies, and there were bare stones and hard soil everywhere. Many places seemed to have been burned by high-temperature flames and were in a crystallized state.

In some places, the accumulated water has formed ponds and rivers, but there is not a single fish or shrimp in the water, and there is no grass or trees growing on the shore.

Even the ubiquitous insects are extremely hard to find here.

Zhou Chun had been to many places that could be called desolate places, but even the deserts and snowfields he had been to were considered good places compared to here.

The feeling here is desolate, silent and lifeless, as if the earth has died!
"Oh, by the way, I have something to tell you. If you fight in this desert, the power of your magic will be much weaker than outside. Some magic that requires communication with the spiritual energy of the outside world will not be able to be used here. So when you fight, it's best to do it within your ability and save your own magic power!"

In a ravine, Zhang Dongyang piloted the Hidden Dragon Boat and landed there. He saw that Zhou Chun and many others were worried about the situation in the Jueling Desert. He then told them a piece of news that made them feel heavy-hearted.

In fact, many people have heard this before.

But if you haven't been to the Jueling Desert in person, you won't have such a deep feeling about it.

"I've heard that the spiritual energy in the Absolute Spirit Desert is very thin, but I never thought it would be like this!"

“With the spiritual energy so thin, how did those damn demon cultivators pass through the entire Jueling Desert and reach my Tianling Realm!”

An old man in the late Purple Mansion stage couldn't help but mutter to himself, expressing the doubts in the minds of many cultivators present.

Even though the two sides have been fighting for nearly twenty years, it is still a mystery how the demon cultivators managed to cross the Yuanmo Realm through the Jueling Desert and reach the Tianling Realm.

At least this is the case for cultivators like Zhou Chun, and Zhou Chun is sure that many Jindan stage cultivators don't know this either.

But Zhang Dongyang obviously had no intention of answering their doubts. He just waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can complain about this in private later. Now, be ready to fight at any time!"

After hearing this, Zhou Chun and the others could only give up their thoughts and concentrate on recuperating.

After waiting quietly for more than two days, Zhang Dongyang suddenly seemed to sense something and took out a magic weapon that looked like a mirror to examine it.

After a while, he said in a deep voice: "The target has appeared. Now I will lead you to the road ahead where the target must pass and wait for an ambush!"

As he spoke, he took control of the [Hidden Dragon Boat] again and flew away from the docking place, flying towards somewhere in the desert.

After a period of time, the [Hidden Dragon Boat] stopped and lurked at a commanding height on the ground.

After waiting for about half a day, Zhou Chun and the others saw the figure of the demon cultivator from afar.

On the rugged and desolate land of the Jueling Desert, giant centipede monsters with a body length of more than ten feet were seen connected head to tail, galloping across the land at a very fast speed.

The blade-like feet of these giant centipede monsters are well suited for moving on such rugged terrain. No matter how steep the ravines and valleys are, they can walk on them as if they were flat ground.

On the backs of these giant centipede monsters, sitting or standing were demon cultivators from the Yuanmo Realm.

Their cultivation levels vary, the highest is at the Purple Mansion stage, and the lowest is only at the Qi Refining stage, and there are both men and women, young and old.

At the same time, above the giant centipede monster, there were several demon birds carrying Jindan stage demon cultivators to escort the team.

At a rough glance, the number of demon cultivators on the backs of those giant centipede monsters might add up to more than 20,000 or 30,000!
"Although the enemy outnumbers us, all our troops are elite. We actually have the advantage in numbers!"

"So when we ambush you next time, each of you should do what you can. The strong ones should deal with those Purple Mansion Stage Demon Cultivators, and the weaker ones should kill as many mid- and low-level Demon Cultivators as possible. Everything should be done with the goal of maximizing the damage to the enemy!"

Zhang Dongyang stared at the approaching army of demon cultivators from afar and made a pre-war mobilization in a low voice.

After he finished speaking, he quickly added, "Also, remember to kill those ground centipedes first. After killing all these beasts, those low-level demon cultivators will have no hope of escaping the Absolute Spirit Desert even if they haven't died here!"

When Zhou Chun and others heard what he said, they naturally agreed.

After waiting for about an hour, when the ground-walking centipede monsters had come within thirty miles of the Hidden Dragon Boat, Zhang Dongyang suddenly jumped up and controlled the flying boat to the center of the demon cultivator team.

Afterwards, Zhou Chun and the others inside were thrown out and flew in all directions like flowers scattered from heaven.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Dongyang and other Jindan stage cultivators took the initiative to rush towards the Jindan stage demon cultivators who were escorting the demon cultivator army, preventing these demon cultivators from having the opportunity to attack Zhou Chun and others.

After Zhou Chun and the others were thrown out of the [Hidden Dragon Boat], they immediately used defensive magic weapons and protective spells to protect themselves, while at the same time using magic weapons and spells to attack the centipedes and demon cultivators on the ground.

Zhou Chun didn't have time to see what others were doing. He directly activated the [Xuan Gang Pearl] and the Silver Bell magic weapon to protect himself, and then he used the "Golden Flame Demon-Suppressing Sword" which was still warm in his hand and slashed at a ground-crawling centipede.

At the same time, he took off the spirit beast bag from his waist and waved it, and a sky full of "black armor and golden feather" monster insects roared out and pounced on the demon cultivators on the ground.

And the stone carrying the golden-armored mountain turtle also flew out and fell to the ground.

When it comes to bullying weak opponents, he should be the best among these monks!

And those demon cultivators obviously did not expect that there were cultivators from the Tianling Legion ambushing them in the Jueling Desert.

This place can now be said to be the rear base for their magic practice, and it should have been a very safe place.

Because of this, whether it was to preserve their magic power or to relax their mentality, these demon cultivators on the march did not take any precautions.

After all, they have Jindan-stage demon cultivators escorting them in the sky. Even if there are real enemies appearing, those Jindan-stage demon cultivators will give warnings first!

How could they know that the Tianling Legion was going to take advantage of their psychological contrast and ambush them in the Jueling Desert where they thought they would never be attacked!
The result was obvious: the ambush by the Tianling Legion was a great success.

In Zhou Chun's first round of attacks alone, he killed a ground-climbing centipede monster and instantly killed hundreds of demon cultivators.

The "Black Armor Golden Feather" monster insects that then spread out and killed everywhere, and the golden-armored mountain turtle stone that landed on the ground, were constantly creating victories for him.

Fortunately, he sacrificed the photo bead in advance to record the battle, otherwise it would be difficult for him to collect so many bodies of dead demon cultivators and calculate his military achievements one by one.

It was only after his first round of attacks was successful that those demon cultivators finally came to their senses from the shock and launched resistance and counterattack in shock and anger.

On Zhou Chun's side, two Purple Mansion Stage demon cultivators roared and attacked him with sinister magic weapons and spells.

It seems that these two demon cultivators are from the Yin Gui Sect. If Zhou Chun releases the Thunder Python Baibai, he will make them know what pain is in an instant.

However, Zhou Chun did not do so immediately because he was afraid of Zhang Dongyang, who had cultivated the magical power of spiritual eyes in the sky.

He just used his magic power to activate the silver bell magic weapon for defense, and circles of silver sound waves rushed towards the several evil demons that were rushing towards him.

These demons without physical bodies can hardly be effectively harmed by magical weapons such as flying swords, but sound waves can have a certain restraining effect, making their souls and bodies unstable.

At the same time, Zhou Chun pinched his fingers to make a move, and a golden crystal inlaid on the "Golden Flame Demon-Controlling Sword" suddenly emitted a golden light. The golden light turned into flames and attached to the blade, turning the sword into a flaming golden sword that slashed across the air at a purple mansion mid-stage demon cultivator.

This sword is the masterpiece of a weapon-refining master from the Yanyang Sect, and its outstanding feature lies in the golden flame.

This golden flame is very effective in refining evil spirits. With it attached to the blade, not only will many magic spells of filthy magic tools be difficult to work, but it can also add magic flame damage when attacking magic cultivators.

The demon cultivator that Zhou Chun attacked had no idea how powerful this sword was. He originally only used a ghostly gray-black shield magic weapon to block the attack of the flaming golden sword. However, after just a few slashes, cracks appeared on the third-grade medium-quality shield magic weapon and it quickly shattered into pieces!

This ferocious and domineering attack frightened the man to death, and he quickly switched to a defensive stance to resist Zhou Chun's attack.

As for the other Purple Mansion mid-stage demon cultivator, Zhou Chun used another newly acquired magic weapon, the "Golden Light Demon-Destroying Mirror" to deal with him.

I saw a golden Bagua mirror hovering in the air. With the stimulation of Zhou Chun's magic power, golden light gathered on the mirror surface, and soon a beam of golden divine light burst out and blasted towards the demon cultivator opposite.

The golden divine light was as fast as lightning and arrived in front of the demon cultivator on the opposite side in an instant.

This demon cultivator originally used a thick evil demon cloud to protect himself, and hid inside the demon cloud to attack Zhou Chun.

As a result, the black evil cloud was illuminated by the golden divine light, and it instantly dissipated like ice and snow melting.

The demon cultivator inside realized what was happening only belatedly, and in panic he could only wave the magic flag in his hand to block himself.

Although he managed to escape the disaster in the end, the Yinhun Banner in his hand, which he had successfully refined with great difficulty, was shattered by the golden light shot into the cave, and part of the flagpole was broken, so it was obvious that it was no longer of any use.

Such a loss also made this demon cultivator heartbroken. He had hoped to take advantage of this expedition to the Heavenly Spirit Realm to collect the souls of mortal cultivators to sacrifice this magic weapon, so as to upgrade it to the third-grade upper grade as soon as possible.

He didn't expect that before he even set foot on the land of Tianling Realm, this magic weapon that had been with him since his foundation-building period had been severely damaged!
Zhou Chun was very satisfied when he saw that his two new magic weapons suppressed two mid-stage Purple Mansion demon cultivators at once, and felt that the money was well spent.

If he didn't have these two magic weapons, even if he had broken through to the late Purple Mansion stage, he would never be able to suppress two Purple Mansion middle stage demon cultivators as easily as he does now.

Since the two magic weapons are so powerful, Zhou Chun is even less anxious to release the Thunder Python for nothing.

Immediately, while he was fighting the two demon cultivators with all his might, he also found the time to release the golden-winged tiger that had not been used for a long time to bully those demon cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage in order to gain military merit for himself.

After fighting with the two demon cultivators for about half a minute, Zhou Chun seized the opportunity and flicked his fingers. A green light shot out, instantly piercing through the protective shield of one demon cultivator and entering his body.

"Ah! The needle is poisoned, you are so mean!"

The demon cultivator who was hit by the needle let out a scream, and soon his face turned black and he quickly fell to the ground and took medicine to suppress the poison.

But he had no idea that the poison in that needle could not be cured by most detoxifying pills. It could basically be said that anyone who was hit would die!

After Zhou Chun successfully launched a sneak attack with the poison needle he got from the demon cultivator Xu Qinglin, he quickly concentrated all his strength to deal with the remaining demon cultivator.

Not long after, when the poisoned demon cultivator on the ground was almost dead, he successfully used the "Golden Flame Demon-Suppressing Sword" to break through his opponent's defense and cut off his opponent's head.

"It feels like the strength of these two demon cultivators is weaker than those of the previous Yin Gui Sect demon cultivators. Could it be that the first batch of cultivators who came to the Tianling Earth Realm were all the elites of this demon sect?"

Zhou Chun glanced at the two demon cultivators he had killed, and secretly made comparisons and guesses in his mind.

Then he collected the bodies and relics of the two demon cultivators, and then raised his sword to kill those low- and middle-level demon cultivators.

Just as Zhang Dongyang had said before, although this group of demon cultivators had a large number of cultivators, the total number of demon cultivators in the Purple Mansion Stage was only about 160 to 170, which was barely equal to the number of cultivators in their Demon Slaying Camp.

But the people in their Demon-Slaying Camp are all carefully selected elites, and many of them are like Zhou Chun, who have the ability to fight two people at once.

Even three of the “Seven Great Heroes of Heaven” came!

Therefore, when Zhou Chun killed two demon cultivators, those Purple Mansion Stage demon cultivators on the battlefield had basically all been selected as targets, and twenty to thirty of them had already died!

In this situation, if Zhou Chun still goes to deal with those Purple Mansion Stage demon cultivators who have been chosen as targets, he would be suspected of stealing the credit.

He didn't want to do something that would anger everyone.

Anyway, even if you kill a demon cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, you can still gain military merit.

However, at this time, the demon cultivators had already fled in all directions, so they could no longer be killed in large numbers like mowing the grass as before.

Zhou Chun could only use a cannon to kill mosquitoes. He would kill as many as he could and would chase after the big ones first.

Time passed slowly, and before they knew it, more than an hour had passed since Zhou Chun and the others ambushed the demon cultivator.

After more than an hour of fighting, nearly 70% of the Purple Mansion Stage cultivators among the demonic cultivators were killed, and the rest used their energy-destroying escape techniques to flee in all directions.

However, in this desolate desert, it is hard to say whether they, who have been severely injured, can survive and return to the Demon Legion.

Tens of thousands of low- and middle-level demon cultivators also suffered heavy casualties from the dimensionality reduction attacks and pursuits by Zhou Chun and other Purple Mansion period cultivators, with less than 20% surviving by chance!
This kind of victory is indeed a great achievement.

At this point, they could have retreated.

However, Zhang Dongyang, who was in charge of commanding the operation, saw that the situation was going so smoothly and felt that he could seize the opportunity to kill one or two more Jindan stage demon cultivators, so he did not rush to order a retreat.

After all, the opportunity is indeed rare. There are only eight Jindan-stage magic cultivators escorting this time, and there is not a single Jindan-stage late-stage magic cultivator.

As long as they are given some more time, they can achieve even greater results!

So he quickly shouted, "Yang Tianxiong, Gu Jinyan, Peng Wuji, the three of you also use your Dao-protecting methods to help me kill the demon!"

The three people he named were exactly the three monks on the list of “Seven Great Heavenly Spirits” who followed him this time.

These three people had performed very well in previous battles. On average, each of them killed four Purple Mansion Stage demon cultivators. Their strength was truly terrifying.

When Zhang Dongyang called them out at this time and asked them to take action against the Jindan stage demon cultivator, the three of them not only did not show any fear or resistance, but instead looked at each other, laughed loudly with high morale, and flew into the sky to join the battle.

At this time, Zhou Chun also truly saw the terrifying strength of the three people.

It was seen that these three people either had "pseudo magic weapons" in their hands, or had fourth-level puppets like him, or were protected by fourth-level monsters.

With these means, the three of them are fully capable of participating in the battles with Jindan-stage cultivators and can pose sufficient threat to them.

In fact, when the three of them joined the battle, they quickly created an excellent opportunity for Zhang Dongyang and other Jindan stage cultivators.

In just less than a quarter of an hour, a demon cultivator in the early Jindan stage had his life-saving magic weapon shattered on the spot, and he died directly under the claws of the fourth-level wolf demon released by Gu Jinyan!

The death of this Jindan-stage demon cultivator directly led to a domino effect, and the free Jindan-stage cultivators and Gu Jinyan and others immediately joined other battlefields.

So, in just two quarters of an hour, three Jindan stage demon cultivators died one after another.

The remaining few Jindan stage demon cultivators were so frightened upon seeing this that they tried their best to break out and escape.

But at this moment, an accident happened!
Suddenly, there was a sharp sound of breaking air in the distant sky, and a white scratch came from far away and soon came near the battlefield, revealing the figure of a white bone flying boat.

On that white bone flying boat, there were dozens of demonic cultivators standing there. Among them, there were eight Jindan-stage demonic cultivators, and the rest were all Purple Mansion late-stage and Purple Mansion middle-stage cultivators!
Seeing this situation, how could Zhou Chun and others not understand that the enemy reinforcements had arrived.

Obviously, with the arrival of these enemy reinforcements, the situation suddenly became extremely unfavorable for them.

Because in terms of the number of Jindan-stage cultivators, they suddenly became the minority, with three fewer Jindan-stage cultivators than the enemy!

"Oh no! Enemy reinforcements have arrived. Quickly disperse and evacuate!"

After a brief change in expression, Zhang Dongyang immediately gave the order to retreat loudly, and then took the lead to meet the white bone flying boat.

He knew in his heart that because of his momentary greed for merit, he might make a big mistake today.

But now that the mistake has been made, it is useless to think about anything else. He can only try his best to make up for his mistake!
At the same time, the moment Zhang Dongyang ordered to retreat, Zhou Chun took action instantly.

He took off his spirit beast bag and put the golden-armored mountain turtle, the stone, other spirit pets and demon insects into the spirit beast bag. Then he used all his strength to activate the "Flowing Golden Rainbow" secret technique and turned into a long golden rainbow and flew away.

There were hundreds of monks who did the same thing as him.

At this moment, everyone knew that if they continued to stay, even if they could temporarily hold off the attacks of those demon cultivators, they would fall into a passive situation and would most likely be surrounded and killed by the second or even third wave of demon cultivator reinforcements.

After all, they are now behind enemy lines, and even if the Tianling Legion wants to rescue them, it is out of reach.

On the contrary, like now, everyone chooses a direction to escape alone. When the number of demon cultivators is not at an advantage, there will definitely be many people who can escape, or after avoiding the Jindan stage demon cultivators, they can get the opportunity to fight one-on-one with the Zifu stage demon cultivators.

As Zhou Chun expected, the three extra Jindan-stage demon cultivators immediately chose to chase and kill the three of the "Seven Heroes of the Heavenly Spirit" who had previously made a name for themselves.

This made him feel relieved, knowing that he should be safe.

With his true strength, he is not afraid of anyone unless he is hunted down by a Jindan-stage demon cultivator.

But just after he breathed a sigh of relief, Zhou Chun frowned again.

Because he was also being hunted, and he actually still remembered the person who was hunting him.

This person was the demon cultivator who could perform wind escape technique whom he saw on the way when he first went to the battlefield of Feng Kingdom to deliver something for Zhou Daoquan.

Back then, he used the golden-armored mountain turtle and stone to save Zhou Daoquan's life from this man.

"Could it be that he saw the stone just now and remembered what happened in the past?"

Thoughts flashed through Zhou Chun's mind, and he vaguely guessed the reason why this person was chasing him.

But no matter what the reason is, since this person dares to hunt him down, that means his journey has come to an end!

Even though he thought this in his heart, Zhou Chun had no intention of stopping and waiting for the other party to chase him.

His "Golden Rainbow Flowing Light" escape technique was naturally inferior to the opponent's wind escape technique, but he had the advantage of distance. Without a chase of hundreds of miles, the opponent would certainly not be able to catch up with him.

Once they are a hundred miles away, even a Jindan stage cultivator would not be able to see clearly what is happening, so he naturally would not be afraid of exposing some of his cards!

(End of this chapter)