My Optimized Immortal Life

The headquarters of the Sanhe Gang.

The day before the beast tide arrived, the entire gang had been isolated from the outside world. With the second-level formation set up by Chen Qing, even if Wanren City was lost and monsters invaded Song State, the monks of the Sanhe Gang were confident in the safety of their base.

After all, where their Sanhe Gang was located, there were no mortal villages and no spiritual veins. It was only connected to the Biqing River. Although there were mountains around it, they were only tens or hundreds of meters high. It was enough for ordinary wild beasts, but it was far from enough for those monsters that were several meters or even dozens of meters in size.

Therefore, even if Wanren City was really lost, their Sanhe Gang would at most encounter a few small beast waves. Even if they encountered a second-level monster, they would have Jiang Gongsheng, the foundation-building master, and the formation to protect them.

Bai Xu is a member of the patrol team of the Sanhe Gang. He is only in his thirties this year, but his cultivation has reached the fifth level of Qi Refining. This speed of cultivation is considered fast among all the Qi Refining members of the Sanhe Gang. If he can break through the bottleneck of the late Qi Refining before the age of forty, he will have hope of making further progress in the gang.

He and another gang member were standing on the Qingye magic weapon, inspecting

Glancing at the interlaced mountains not far away, Bai Xu lowered his head and glanced at a gang member beside him. Suddenly, he bent down and touched him, and whispered.

"Old Zhou, how long do you think this beast tide will last?"

The gang member called Lao Zhou is a cultivator who is over sixty years old. His temples and beard are white and his face is full of wrinkles. His cultivation level is only the fifth level of Qi Refining, which is the lowest in the entire patrol team. However, Bai Xu did not look down on Lao Zhou because of this.

Old Zhou first looked around the surrounding environment, his old eyes full of brilliance. After confirming that there was nothing special around, he slowly spoke.

"I was fortunate enough to have experienced the last beast tide. Wanren City held out for ten days, and in the end, the previous city lord slew the demon king and secured victory. This time, the new city lord, Liu, is a sword cultivator, and his combat power is outstanding among cultivators of the same level. Killing the demon king should not be a problem, but I'm not sure how he can end the beast tide."

Hearing this, Bai Xu's expression darkened and he sighed softly in his heart.

Although the monsters attacking Wanren City accounted for the majority of the entire beast tide, some monsters bypassed Wanren City and searched for mortal villages or other small towns in the surrounding areas.

Therefore, their Sanhe Gang would spare no expense to set up a formation and send out patrol teams to check if there were any traces of small-scale beast tides.

If they saw a monster, they had to report it back to the gang immediately.

Those who can join the patrol team are all good guys in the gang, to ensure that the news can be passed back.

Bai Xu had just been in the Sanhe Gang for a year, but he defeated all the cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining competition within the gang and was directly absorbed into the patrol team. Lao Zhou was the veteran of the patrol team.

For cultivators like Lao Zhou, because they are too old and have average spiritual roots, it is difficult for them to make further progress in their cultivation, so they usually work hard in other areas, such as magic.

According to Lao Zhou himself, among the dozens of first-level spells used by Qi-refining cultivators, he can skillfully use more than twenty of them.

Sufficiently complex spells bring abundant means of fighting the enemy. According to Bai Xu's understanding, Lao Zhou even once killed a late-stage cultivator of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Therefore, he still has respect for this senior in the team who often takes care of him.

After Lao Zhou finished speaking, he adjusted the flight altitude and then cast a spell of improving his eyesight so that he could observe the surrounding mountains more clearly.

The mountains near the Sanhe Gang are not high. If there are monsters among them, they will definitely make some noise, let alone a small group of monsters.

Bai Xu was also looking around. The nearby mountains were where they often patrolled, so he was quite familiar with them and could notice any unusual movements at the first moment.

Suddenly, Lao Zhou pointed to the place where several hills overlapped and spoke anxiously.

"Bai Xu, look over there, is there any movement?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Xu immediately turned around and looked where Lao Zhou was pointing.

I saw the trees shaking among several hills a few miles away, as if something was trying to come out from there.

Bai Xu turned around and looked at Lao Zhou, and both saw a hint of solemnity in each other's eyes.

"Come over and take a look?"

Bai Xu asked.

Old Zhou didn't answer, but just controlled the Qingye magic weapon and carried the two of them quickly towards there.

However, just after they flew a few meters, they saw that all the trees in that place were broken and fell to both sides, and an extremely huge black python appeared from among the fallen trees.

The powerful demonic energy transformed into armor and wrapped around his body, making him look extremely ferocious.

Behind it, there are dozens of slightly smaller monsters following behind it. This is a small group of monsters.

"Demon energy transforms into armor!"

Old Zhou exclaimed, and then immediately said to Bai Xu.

"Bai Xu, that's a second-level monster!"

Bai Xu also saw the demonic armor on the giant python and couldn't help but curse his bad luck.

The biggest difference between a second-level monster and a first-level monster is the amount of demonic energy.

Since the second-level monster has already condensed the monster pill, the reserves of monster energy have been greatly improved, so it can use some methods that the first-level monster cannot use at all.

Demonic energy transformed into armor is one of them. Its essence is to condense the strong demonic energy into armor to protect the demon body.

Therefore, those who can use demonic energy to transform into armor are generally second-level demonic beasts.

The cold stone python that was killed by Chen Qing before had just been promoted, and all the demonic energy in its body had condensed into demonic pills. It was in the stage of demonic energy depletion and had not yet replenished its demonic energy when it was found by Chen Qing and his party. That was why Chen Qing was able to kill it quickly at that time, otherwise it would have taken more effort.

Suddenly, Bai Xu discovered that the second-level giant python actually turned its head towards them. Although he couldn't see it clearly, Bai Xu could still clearly feel that the giant python was staring at them.

"Damn it! Let's go!"

With a curse, Bai Xu immediately told Lao Zhou to run away.

Old Zhou also felt the giant python's gaze, which immediately made him feel uneasy. He no longer hesitated, turned around, and controlled the Qingye magic weapon to leave quickly at a speed that was more than 30% of the previous speed.

After Lao Zhou and Bai Xu left, the giant python in the forest slowly withdrew its gaze. It could feel that a large amount of spiritual energy gathered in the place where the two cultivators who were only at the Qi Refining level were going.

After realizing this, the demonic armor on its body shook, and it led the monsters behind it in the direction where Lao Zhou and Bai Xu left.

A group of monsters, led by the python, used their demonic armor to crush the trees and boulders blocking the way, heading towards the location of the Sanhe Gang with great momentum.