CHAPTER 61: CHAPTER 13: HYDRA

The strength of Si Lin and Yue Zhao’s group gave the people on the city walls a lot of confidence. After Yun Ran and Zhuo Tingqiu descended from the wall, some others who had rushed over also descended and charged into the demon beast horde.

With everyone’s efforts, the second batch of demon beasts quickly suffered over half casualties, while Gu Qingqing and her side were hardly injured, which made everyone fighting the demon beasts even more excited.

At this moment, Gu Qingqing no longer noticed the people around her. Being among the demon beast horde, she had to be extremely careful to ensure she wouldn’t get hurt. This required her full concentration, and gradually, she began to fall into a kind of magical state.

In her eyes, the movements of those demon beasts slowed down by half. She could quickly identify the weaknesses of the demon beasts and could even predict their next moves, allowing her to strike in advance.

This feeling was marvelous. Gu Qingqing was completely immersed in it, her eyes grew brighter, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

Since Gu Qingqing came down, Si Lin, Yue Zhao, and the others have been paying close attention to her situation. At first, Gu Qingqing’s reactions and moves might have seemed impressive to others, but in the eyes of Si Lin and the others, her reactions were not fast enough, her moves were quite immature, and she was riddled with flaws.

But once Gu Qingqing entered that mysterious state, her reactions became faster, her moves more fluid, and the flaws on her body gradually disappeared. Her speed also increased, which surprised Si Lin and the others.

"Little junior sister is indeed a combat genius!" Rong Ye marveled beside Nan Hua.

Nan Hua’s hands paused for a moment before he quickly nodded, "Little Qingqing is truly unique!"

Which disciple from Spirit Hidden Mountain isn’t particularly formidable? And as their little junior sister, Gu Qingqing could hardly be ordinary.

Watching Gu Qingqing grow more and more formidable, the corners of Yue Zhao’s lips curled slightly as his hands moved no slower, even more sharply than before. After all, if their little junior sister was so incredible, they, the senior brothers, couldn’t fall behind!

Evidently, Si Lin had the same thought as Yue Zhao. The speed of his sword strikes increased, and more demon beasts fell around him.

Half an hour later, with everyone’s efforts, the second batch of demon beasts was completely killed.

Everyone returned to the top of the city wall for a rest. Gu Qingqing had already exited that wondrous state and felt the changes within her. After returning to the city wall, she ran up to Si Lin, her eyes sparkling brightly as she looked at him.

"Master brother, I just entered a very magical state. In that state, I could not only see the weaknesses of the demon beasts but also predict their behavior. So amazing." It was obvious that Gu Qingqing was very excited, her smile never fading.

Si Lin already knew, but hearing Gu Qingqing say so still made him very happy for her. He couldn’t help but smile a little. He reached out and patted Gu Qingqing’s head, "Hmm, Little Qingqing is amazing, your senior brother knows!"

Receiving praise and acknowledgment from her senior brother, Gu Qingqing’s smile became even brighter, completely different from the decisive little girl from before, causing Hua Shiyu, who had been watching her since discovering her, to also break into a smile.

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Deeper in Youyue Forest, within a red circle of light, the creator of the terrifying oppressive force finally revealed its full form—a nine-headed snake with green human faces on each head.

It was enormous, several times the size of those sixth-grade demon beasts on the ground.

Upon its appearance, the red light circle instantly vanished.

Noticing the few sixth-grade demon beasts on the ground, it lowered its heads, all nine looking down at the ground, almost making the beasts below faint under its gaze.

"Hiss~ These little bugs are too weak!" it complained dismissively, then descended to the ground, turning the land beneath it into a swamp.

Closest to it was a blood-colored giant python, which had lingered at the sixth-grade peak for a long time, almost touching the threshold to advance further, only stopped by Xuantian Continent’s thin spiritual energy.

In the terrifying gaze of the nine-headed snake, the python breathed a sigh of relief when that gaze moved past it.

To the nine-headed snake’s left was a Fierce Cloud Leopard King, forced to crouch on the ground under the snake’s oppressive force, lacking the courage even to raise its head. When the nine-headed snake’s gaze fell upon it, all its fur stood on end.

The nine-headed snake stared at it for a while, then disdainfully moved its gaze to the Ghost Moon Wolf King to its right.

The Ghost Moon Wolf King’s cultivation was lower than that of the Fierce Cloud Leopard King and the Blood Python. When the nine-headed snake’s gaze fell upon it, its entire blood seemed to freeze.

Just as it was shivering, it suddenly felt itself being lifted into the air. Mustering all its strength to raise its head, it saw the ferocious smile on the nine-headed snake’s face.

As the Ghost Moon Wolf King flew towards the nine-headed snake, all nine heads struck simultaneously, tearing the Ghost Moon Wolf King to shreds, blood splattering everywhere, which it disregarded.

"Hiss~ The taste isn’t great." It complained, all nine heads simultaneously turning in the direction of Liuyue City, "Hiss~ I smell the fragrance of humans."

Greed flashed in its green eyes as it glanced at the Blood Python and Fierce Cloud Leopard King, made more frightened by the Ghost Moon Wolf King’s death, commanding them to head towards Liuyue City, while it stayed in place waiting.

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Back at Liuyue City, roughly a quarter-hour after their rest, the ground began to shake again as the third batch of demon beasts arrived.

Unlike the initial batches of first and second-grade demon beasts, although this batch wasn’t as numerous as the previous ones, they consisted mainly of third and fourth-grade demon beasts, with significantly stronger combat power.

As before, Si Lin was the first to jump from the city wall to intercept their advance.

Yue Zhao hovered in mid-air, playing the Flowing Light Zither once more. This time he played a more intense melody, full of hidden killing intent, stronger than before.

Nan Hua turned his Glazed Frost Flower Fan into a giant fan. Each wave unleashed a whirlwind, toppling the demon beasts, mingled with Wind Blades that sliced the beasts.

Mu Chen followed behind Si Lin, changing the bottle of medicine in his hand every now and then. Every time he tilted the bottle, medicinal powder flew out, causing a swath of demon beasts to fall, even third and fourth-grade ones.

Rong Ye stood beside Yue Zhao, the Heavenly Awakening Record hovering in mid-air. Occasionally, talismans would drift out from the record, landing on or among the demon beasts, inflicting damage.

Meanwhile, Gu Qingqing, like Si Lin, plunged into the demon beast horde, facing several, even a dozen third-grade demon beasts at once without panicking. The Mixed Immortal Silk in her hand danced like an afterimage. Every time it hit a demon beast, another one fell.

From atop the city wall, the demon beasts could be seen held at bay outside Liuyue City by Si Lin and the others, unable to advance closer at all.