Chapter 19: Golden Net Subdues Demons

On the Song family side, the fourteenth uncle Song Changlian was also seriously injured. In order to create an opportunity for the second elder Song Changfeng to kill a high-level monster, he used a mid-level defensive magic weapon to attract the high-level monster's attack. In the end, he was hit by the monster and spit out blood on the spot. Even the defensive magic weapon in front of him was broken.

Now Song Changlian can only withdraw from the battle and hide in the distance to borrow elixirs to heal his wounds. He has temporarily lost the ability to continue fighting. I am afraid that he will need at least two or three years of recuperation to fully recover after returning.

The rest of the people are fine. They only suffered some minor injuries, which did not affect their combat effectiveness much. However, the third brother Song Qingze's performance attracted attention. He actually killed a mid-level monster crab alone without injury. Several elders praised his performance after the battle.

However, the second elder Song Changfeng made the greatest contribution in this battle. With the assistance of Song Changlian, he not only killed a high-level monster, but also killed two low-level monsters alone.

Half an hour later, as the last high-level silver-armored crab fell, the shore was already full of monster corpses, and most of the monks who participated in the battle were injured.

Two monks were seriously injured and lost the ability to continue fighting. Another Du family cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training was accidentally cut into two by a high-level silver-armored crab and died on the spot, which made Du Shaokang, the leader of the Du family, look depressed.

After the battle, everyone had no time to sit down and rest. Before they could recover their own spiritual energy, they had already started the final siege of the second-level silver-armored crab monster trapped in the formation.

Faced with the fact that support had not arrived for a long time, the second-level silver-armored crab kept making calls for summons while struggling violently to break free from the golden net above.

However, this second-level golden net monster-binding formation, driven by sixteen formation masters including Song Qingming, has been firmly covered on its head without any shaking. The mana of more than a dozen Qi training cultivators gathered together, greatly exceeding this second-level monster that had just advanced.

After the people who had surrounded and suppressed the first-level monster returned, Liu Tianlong commanded several Liu family monks to help run the formation and increase the suppression power of the formation. The rest of the people formed several circles and began to continue to besiege the silver-armored crab monster that was still struggling.

Soon, another steel claw of the silver-armored crab monster was cut off by the top-grade flying sword in Liu Tianlong's hand. The silver-armored crab, unable to bear the heavy blow, could only put down the two pincers that supported the golden net and beat back several monks around it.

But just as it was about to show its power, the golden net on its head fell on its huge body because there was no obstruction, completely pressing it to the ground and making it difficult to move.

However, although the silver-armored crab monster was suppressed on the ground by the formation and could not move its body at will, its pair of iron pincers were not affected and could still move freely.

The silver-armored crab monster kept waving its pincers and iron claws, which put a lot of pressure on the attacking monks. Soon, two more cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining were swept by the huge white iron pincers and left the stage injured.

Seeing that this situation was difficult to deal with, Liu Tianlong, who was standing by, shouted "Change the formation" to the two late-stage Qi Refining elders of the Liu family who were leading the formation in the back.

After hearing this, the two elders quickly changed the formation flags in their hands. Under the constant waving of the two elders of the Liu family, the golden nets that originally covered the silver-armored crabs respectively split into two golden lights, and respectively imprisoned the two iron pincers with the greatest attack power of the silver-armored crabs.

This is also the power of this second-level golden net monster-binding formation. Not only can it trap monsters, but it can also use the powerful spiritual power gathered in the golden giant net to imprison the monsters' hands and feet, making the monsters lose most of their attack capabilities from their strong bodies.

The foundation-building ancestor of the Liu family more than a hundred years ago was a rare second-level formation master, and it was also relying on the second-level mountain protection formation laid by this ancestor that year to guard the mountain gate.

The Liu family was able to preserve part of the family industry and the second-level sacred mountain in the clan after losing the foundation-building cultivator. After this ancestor passed away, he left the Liu family with a profound array inheritance, which is why there are far more array masters in the Liu family than in the other three families.

Although the silver-armored crab monster can still move at this moment, its movements are as slow as if it is lifting a heavy burden. It keeps swinging its claws, but it does nothing to the cultivators who are besieging it, just like slow motion. It has completely lost its ability to attack, and only a few iron claws with slightly weaker attack power can still cause some damage.

Facing the successive attacks of many cultivators, the remaining few iron claws were slowly cut off by the cultivators one by one. The silver-armored crab, which has completely lost its ability to resist, could only let out a wailing sound under the siege of everyone, and fell down unwillingly, completely losing its breath.

Seeing the silver-armored crab monster finally fall, Liu Tianlong quickly stepped forward to confirm that the second-level monster was completely dead, and then called on everyone who was still setting up the array to lift the array.

Looking at the river bank full of blood and corpses, Liu Tianlong summoned the leaders of the three families and said in a deep voice:

"According to the prior agreement, this second-level monster belongs to my Liu family, and the other first-level monsters are distributed by the three families. My Liu family will not participate. As for this pond, my family will also give priority to searching for spiritual objects. You families are not allowed to enter the pond within two hours. Do you three have any objections?"

The leaders of the three families looked at each other and nodded without saying anything.

Seeing that no one objected, Liu Tianlong relaxed his nervousness, but his face was expressionless, and he began to command the Liu family to collect the corpses of the second-level monsters in front of him.

The remaining first-level monster corpses were generously left to the other three families, and he only ordered several Liu family monks to keep an eye on the three monks by the pool to prevent them from sneaking into the pool.

After Song Gubai, Wu Xiyun and Du Shaokang discussed on the spot, the three of them quickly distributed the monsters obtained by each family.

According to the principle of equal distribution, the Song family was allocated two high-level monsters and seven low- and medium-level monsters this time. Under the arrangement of Song Gushan, the Song family quickly began to collect materials from the corpses of these first-level monsters.

The Song family was very happy looking at the corpses of the monsters in front of them. A medium-level monster is worth about 20 spirit stones, and a high-level monster can be sold for 50 or 60 spirit stones.

For the Song family, these monster materials alone can almost equal the family's income for nearly half a year. After this mission, the family will definitely reward those who have made contributions this time.

However, compared with the second-level silver-armored crab obtained by the Liu family, the first-level monsters distributed by the three families are nothing. Even if all these first-level monster materials are added together, the total value is still far less than that of the second-level silver-armored crab monster.

A second-level low-grade monster can be sold for at least 1,500 spiritual stones on the market. Although the Liu family also lost a cultivator in this battle, overall, their family is the one that earns the most, not to mention the spiritual objects that may appear at the bottom of the pool.

The outer area of ​​​​the Floating Cloud Mountains has long been searched by those crazy casual cultivators for countless times, and the chance of finding some spiritual objects is not high.

However, this pool has a second-level monster entrenched here for decades, and some first-level spiritual objects must have been born. The probability of finding some spiritual objects near the spiritual vein nest where the second-level monster entrenches is generally higher. The Liu family will give priority to searching the pool this time, and they will definitely get some gains.

Generally speaking, this time of hunting monsters was very smooth. The four families all got a lot of spoils, and the cultivators of each family on the scene were all smiling.

Liu Tianlong watched from afar that the other three families were already concentrating on collecting the corpses of monsters on the shore. His careless face changed slightly, and then he secretly sent a secret message to several Liu family elders beside him.

After a cup of tea, there was only one Liu family elder left on the Liu family side to command the cleaning of the battlefield. Liu Tianlong and two other Liu family elders disappeared without a trace before everyone knew it. Even the nearby Liu family cultivators did not notice that their patriarch had left here at some point.

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In a cave with rich spiritual energy at the bottom of the pond, the three Liu family members were staring at a bottomless cave in front of them. The ground was full of the bones of first-level monsters and a rotting silver-armored crab.

"These high-level monsters are really cruel. They even use their own kind as rations." An old man at the eighth level of Qi Refining said in a deep voice to Liu Tianlong in front of him.

Liu Tianlong glanced at the corpse of the monster on the ground, thought for a while, and said nothing.

"Chief, the spiritual power here is so strong, I guess the place ahead is the place where the "Shuiling Fruit Tree" is recorded in the ancestor's notebook." Another elder of the Liu family pointed to the front and said excitedly.

After taking out a red notebook, opening it and checking it carefully again, Liu Tianlong nodded and continued to walk forward. After walking a few dozen feet forward, a blue light suddenly lit up in the originally dim cave. The three of them were delighted to see the blue light and hurried forward quickly.