Immortal Road.

Chapter 137 A forced melon is not sweet, but.
The Stormy Sea is located at the northernmost part of the East China Sea. Going further north, you will enter the sea area of ​​the Great Yan Kingdom. This place is surrounded by strong winds for half of the year, so few people live here. Instead, it is a paradise for monsters and other sea creatures.

According to information from a monk passing by, there is an unnamed island in the sea area, which is the habitat of a small tribe of water bears. It is said that there are three water bears leading the group with the strength of foundation-building.

Lin Shan came here seven days ago. While all the water bears went down to the sea to hunt and play during the day, he and the Black Skull Demon Lord secretly set up array bases everywhere, and hid at night to restrain their breath.

On the afternoon of the eighth day, the formation was finally set up, and the Black Skeleton Demon Lord stretched out his bony hand in front of Lin Shan.

"What?" Lin Shan was confused.

"Five thousand spirit stones." The Black Skull Demon Lord still stretched out his hand, staring at him with his dark eyes.

"What do you mean, wasn't your action already included in the contract? Why do you want to charge extra?"

Lin Shan almost jumped up and down. This guy had already spent 50,000 of his spirit stones, and it was still not over?
"No, activating and maintaining the formation requires spiritual energy! In this godforsaken place, there are no spiritual veins to supply the formation. I can only make do with spiritual stones. Otherwise, what can I use to activate the formation for you?"

Lin Shan touched the back of his head. At first thought, this seemed to be the case. It was understandable that the formation required energy to drive it, but wasn't it too much to use five thousand spirit stones at a time?
"You are not used to staying in the hell world, so you don't understand the monetary system of my world! Do you know the purchasing power of 5,000 spirit stones outside? Do you know that my annual offering is only more than 1,000 spirit stones?"

Of course Lin Shan felt the pain, as this was equivalent to his three years of offerings to the sect, and was even comparable to the price of a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Just like that, it was consumed as a consumable. Anyone would feel bad for it. The average Foundation Establishment cultivator out there probably only has a total worth of 5,000 Spirit Stones!
The Black Skull Demon Lord looked indifferent:

"What do you think can deal with the high-level formations of the foundation-building period? Cabbages? There is no such thing as a good thing that you can eat your fill by paying a small price. It's up to you if you want to!"

In the end, no matter what, the Black Skull Demon Lord firmly told Lin Shan that he was professional in formation, and five thousand spirit stones was the most cost-effective way to set up the formation after optimization.

In order to sign a contract for a foundation-building summoned creature, Lin Shan had no choice but to pay the money. He could only hope that it would not go to waste this time. Even though he still had 150,000 spirit stones, he couldn't afford to spend them like this.

The Black Skull Demon Lord took out his storage bag and began to place the final formation drivers everywhere under Lin Shan's searching gaze.

……

The sky in the stormy sea was unusually clear today. All the water bears on the nameless island had gone into the sea, leaving only white clouds floating in the sky.

On one of the clouds hid a young man in white and his skeleton friend. The two heads were looking down stealthily and were constantly communicating with each other.

"We spent so much money this time. Our goal is to catch the strongest water bear. We must catch it alive!"

"Don't worry, I'm an expert at formations. When they return to the island from the sea, I will find a way to separate them. You can then enter the formation and subdue the target."

"How is the bone banner I gave you? Is it working well for you?"

"No problem. I can help you fend off the other minions in the Qi training stage later."

"Look, they're coming back to shore."

……

Bear heads appeared on the sea below, and they came ashore after swimming for a while. It is not difficult to guess that they had eaten and played in the sea, so they returned to the beach on the island and started to play.

After a rough count, there were more than eighty water bears in total. The three leading ones were all Foundation Establishment Stage monsters, and they should be the leaders of this tribe.

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord waited patiently for half an hour, and finally, when the water bears were playing around, he pulled one of them into the formation.

At this moment, the island was shining brightly, and pieces of light curtains shot up into the sky, creating a prismatic world in an instant!
The strongest leader of the water bears in the foundation building stage was directly locked into the formation, separated from the other 80 water bears. Before they could make any move, another thick fog rose from the prism world, and the scene inside was instantly blurred.

The water bears outside were all at a loss, not knowing what was going on.

But after a while, sounds of fighting and roaring were heard in the white fog. Their leader was under attack!
"I have activated the three magic arrays of Enemy Enemy Trapping, Enigma, and Five Elements. You can enter now."

The Black Skull Demon Lord urged Lin Shan to act quickly, but Lin Shan calmly looked at the water bear leader in the formation, who was being bombarded by the Five Elements Formation. The power of the formation was no less than the Five Elements Fan he was holding.

"Let the formation consume its strength first, and then we can wait for the opportunity."

"It's up to you. Anyway, the longer it takes, the more spirit stones will be consumed. It's your money that is burned, so this demon king doesn't feel bad about it."

When he heard that the funds were burning, Lin Shan could no longer sit still and quickly jumped down from the "Cloud-Falling Banner".

All the water bears on the island had already rioted. When they heard that their leader was being beaten inside, they all attacked the formation in front of them frantically. However, the Black Skull Demon Lord was honest and said that the quality of this formation was indeed excellent.

Being besieged by two other Foundation Establishment Stage leaders and more than eighty Qi Condensation Stage monsters, the prismatic light curtain was shimmering, yet it stood firm.

But Lin Shan felt distressed!

The more fiercely these monsters fought, the more money flowed out of his pocket, so it was naturally impossible for him to let them lose money comfortably.

He took out a handful of red and white beans from his storage bracelet and scattered them among the monsters. The "bean soldiers" that fell to the ground turned into tree monsters. These tree monsters had flying branches and thick skin, and they fought hand-to-hand with the water bears.

Hypericum is a specialty of Diaobie Island, and its main fruit, the Hypericum peach, is very famous, but the main body is not very good at fighting.

However, among this group of "bean soldiers", there are four thousand-year-old peach wood seeds, which means they are the fighting power of four foundation-building tree monsters, and can barely resist two foundation-building water bears.

The other Qi training tree monsters were basically meat shields, and were knocked to the ground by the other water bears, but fortunately they were strong and could hold out for a while.

The Black Skeleton Demon Lord hiding in the white clouds in the sky waved his hand and showed the white bone banner. Hundreds of skeletons rushed out and performed various tricks under the command of this ancestor of the legion.

The skeletons changed into various military formations and coordinated with each other in attack and defense, thus reversing the downward trend.

Seeing that the tree demon skeletons and the water bear tribe were fighting outside the formation and the two sides reached a balance in a short period of time, Lin Shan felt at ease to enter the formation to deal with the water bear leader.

At this time, the formation was in chaos with flying sand and rocks. The Five Elements Formation was indeed worthy of its reputation. All kinds of golden spears, wooden spears, water forks, earth spikes, and fire bombs were focused all around, and the three-meter-tall figure in the center of the field roared and resisted frantically.

The strength of this water bear leader is probably close to that of a peak foundation-building monster. Not only can he cast several basic water-attribute spells, his bear paws can also strike with great power, and all attacks are directly smashed.

However, due to their intelligence, low-level monsters such as those in the foundation-building and Qi-training stages are basically not equal to human cultivators at the same level.

This water bear looks like it is at the peak of the foundation building stage, but any cultivator in the late foundation building stage can fight it without losing the upper hand, and even using all his skills can have a high chance of defeating it.

Only when it reaches the Jindan stage, when a demon pill is formed in the demon beast's body, certain parts of its body are transformed into the strength of magic weapons, and some of its bloodline returns to its ancestral state and awakens its innate magical powers, can it confront human Jindan stage cultivators head-on.

As for the Nascent Soul stage demons, almost half of them were able to transform into human form, speak human language, practice magic, and even refine their own remains into demon treasures. This was extremely terrifying. Even the Nascent Soul stage cultivators had to avoid them, and the situation was completely reversed.

Now the water bear leader can only passively take the beating. With his intelligence, he cannot see through the breakthrough point of the formation. He has no better way than to be furious and helpless.

Lin Shan walked into the formation and took out the Five Elements Fan and the Black Iron Sword, and directly greeted the Water Bear Leader. These formations were controlled by the Black Skeleton Demon Lord and obviously would not accidentally hurt "their own people". All attacks automatically avoided Lin Shan, and the illusion formation was equivalent to nothing in his eyes. The Water Bear Leader in the center not only had long endurance, but also could use spells to fight. His bear skin and bear fur could greatly resist various attacks. However, the situation became critical after Lin Shan joined.

The Five Elements Magic Fan constantly changes into various earth spears, earth spikes, earth walls, earth prisons and so on. As the saying goes, among the Five Elements, earth overcomes water, so Lin Shan certainly does not abide by the ethics of martial arts.

At the beginning, I was stationed to take 98 points while I was stuck in the second to take the restraint.

The black iron sword also began to fly left and right, cutting wounds on his body. The water bear leader kept roaring, relying on his thick skin and flesh to rush towards Lin Shan, and raised his bear paw to slap him.

Lin Shan wanted to test its strength, so he did not dodge or evade, but summoned the Cloud Copper Heart Mirror and placed it directly in front of him.

"Snapped!"

The white figure was blown away ten meters, standing up in disheveled clothes, coughing and spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood, with burning pain in his internal organs. He looked at his high-level defensive magic weapon again and found that it was fine, just an extra claw mark, which was not surprising.

"Hey! Not bad, cough cough"

Lin Shan asked for it and got hit by a big punch. Although he didn't suffer any serious injuries, the shock of the force was not good for him because he had never practiced physical training. After testing his target's means, he didn't act recklessly and started to slowly waste time.

With the protection of the three major formations, the situation inside the formation naturally improved slowly. If Lin Shan had not been cautious and only wanted to capture the bear alive instead of killing him, the pair of bear paws would have been cut off by him long ago.

It is easy for low- and mid-level cultivators to waste time in a fight, and sometimes it all comes down to endurance and recovery. If some people are evenly matched, it is not impossible for the battle to last for three days and three nights.

Although the water bear monster had first-rate endurance, it could not withstand the formation that Lin Shan had spent money on, and the mid-grade spirit stone in his hand was also recovering while fighting. Finally, it slowly began to lose its strength, and blood holes were everywhere on its body from being stabbed by the black iron sword.

Lin Shan seized the opportunity and directly used his newly acquired high-level magic weapon, the "Monster Binding Rope". This thing can be used to bind monks, but it is even more powerful for binding monsters!
The water bear leader was exhausted both physically and mentally at this time. Seeing a rope flying towards him, he wanted to dodge but was unable to do so and was tied up tightly.

The rope was like a clinging snake, tightly binding it and making it unable to move.

Lin Shan came over when he saw the three-meter-tall water bear being subdued. He was worried and tied a bow tightly behind it.

As for the death knot, forget it. He will need this high-level magic weapon in the future. Besides, how can you let the water bear get out after tying the death knot? He will naturally not do such a business that will lose both the wife and the army.

When he had time, he took a look outside the formation. The water bear tribe and his tree people were fighting back and forth. The Black Skeleton Demon Lord next to him didn't know what method he used to combine hundreds of skeletons into a large skeleton, exuding the momentum of the foundation-building period!

Looking at this combination of large skeletons in the Foundation Establishment Period, together with four golden mahogany tree men barely holding off two Foundation Establishment Period water bears, Lin Shan was not surprised but felt a chill in his heart.

This Black Skull Demon Lord is indeed an old monster in the Nascent Soul stage, and his clone is only at the Qi training stage. Yet, he can actually use a high-level magic weapon to create something special and combine it into a summoned creature for the Foundation Establishment stage!
Which person in the Qi training stage can have this ability?
Unconsciously, he thought of Lin Fan again. Perhaps only a child of destiny could fight against someone of the same level.
Lin Shan withdrew his thoughts and looked at the water bear leader who was tied up but still refused to behave himself, rolling on the ground and roaring at him. He took out a hammer magic weapon from his storage bracelet and started smashing it on the guy's forehead.

The water bear monster was hit on the head by him and felt dizzy, and almost suffered a concussion.

But Lin Shan took advantage of this opportunity and hurriedly took out the high-level magic weapon "Summoning Flag" and began to perform summoning magic.

In the haze, he felt that there were soul light spots everywhere within a radius of ten miles. The hundreds of light spots outside the formation were of different sizes, and the largest ones were the light spots of the two water bears in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

But surprisingly, there seemed to be another soul light spot in the distance, similar to the strength of the foundation-building stage, slowly approaching and stopping. It was unknown whether it was an enemy or a friend, passing by or visiting specially.

The light spot of the Black Skull Demon Lord in the sky was black, like a small sun spot. Although it looked small, its density was extremely terrifying, which made Lin Shan secretly surprised.

What frightened him even more was that the Black Skull Demon Lord sitting on the cloud seemed to sense his consciousness and cursed at the air beside him:

"What are you doing, kid? Why don't you just get back to work? Why are you spying on me?"

Lin Shan awkwardly withdrew his consciousness and focused all his attention on the light blue spot beside him, which was the water bear leader that he had temporarily subdued.

But as expected, although the intelligence of the foundation-building monster is only equivalent to that of a child, its spiritual awareness is not bad. He had beaten it to a pulp before, and now it was still difficult to force the summoning contract.

"Hurry up and agree! I'm not enslaving you. It's just a summoning contract. Why are you resisting so hard?"

The water bear monster said, "Don't try to play tricks on me, kid. If I can force you to summon me unilaterally, there's no way you would be happy about it."

Lin Shan saw that this guy was still resisting fiercely, and his own attack was repeatedly blocked, and his brain was in pain. He couldn't help but swing the hammer again, "clang clang" at the guy's forehead.

The water bear monster screamed in pain, and Lin Shan tried desperately to drill. The man and the beast began to fight fiercely.

About an incense stick later, the water bear monster could no longer stand Lin Shan's unsportsmanlike behavior and finally broke through its last line of defense, with a unilateral summoning contract mark imprinted on its mind.

The formation was finally quiet, and all attacks from the Five Elements Formation stopped. The water bear monster was lying on the ground unconscious, foaming at the mouth. Lin Shan was sitting on the ground, sweating and panting heavily.

It is too difficult to forcibly bind a Foundation Establishment Stage demon beast, but with his current Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, he can only forcibly bind one at most.

The spell mark of summoning in his mind flickered faintly, and he learned from the enhancement panel that if someone voluntarily bound a contract with him, they would naturally not occupy the quota of soul burden.

But if he wanted to bind it by force, he could only bind one at the same level, unless he continued to strengthen his high-level spells.

But the problem is, which monster is not free by nature? Who will voluntarily bind to you?

Unless they raise them from childhood and treat them like their own parents. But Lin Shan is only in his twenties now, and he does not have a long time to train a cub, so he can only force a contract with the wild monsters in the world.

A forced melon is not sweet, but it is fragrant!

It is good to have a demon beast in the Foundation Establishment Stage. This water bear is at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage. Although it is not as good as a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment Stage, it is still a considerable help.

As for the Qi training period summoning quota, he has plenty of it, but he already has hundreds of younger brothers and tens of thousands of East China Sea aquatic products, so he is too lazy to continue expanding the recruitment.

……

Unconsciously, the battle lasted from the afternoon to the evening. As the sky gradually darkened, the water bears outside the formation were still fighting frantically, and the Black Skeleton Demon Lord was also having a lot of fun. However, it was a pity for the tree demon bean soldiers, as more than half of them were blown up.

However, Lin Shan didn't feel sorry at all. This tree demon in the Qi training stage was just made from seeds that were hundreds of years old. He had plenty of such things.

As long as the Millennium Tree Demon is still there and with the Black Skull Demon Lord helping to look after it, there shouldn't be any problems.

The leader of the water bears beside him also slowly woke up at this time, and was standing beside him with his head drooping dejectedly. After being planted with the contract, he naturally couldn't attack Lin Shan. The next time he was summoned, he would have to serve as his thug according to the agreement.

Anyone would be depressed if they encountered this situation, not to mention that he was just a harmless bear in the East China Sea.

As the man and the bear looked at each other in silence, the Black Skull Demon Lord's sound transmission note suddenly flew in from outside the formation.

"Oh no, someone is coming from outside the island!"

(End of this chapter)