12dz Chapter 103 Beast Tide 5
Chapter 103 Beast Tide 5
At such a young age, Xuanze was able to become the patriarch of the Ice Dragon Clan, so his strength was naturally not weak. As a dragon-type spirit beast, he also had a very strong dragon bloodline.
It was only because Venerable Qingxu's strength was too abnormal that he submitted to the other party's contracted beast.
Considering Cheng Jiu's deep concern for the two people she mentioned, and the fact that she had paid a generous reward, Xuan Ze naturally didn't want to disappoint her and would do his best to handle the matter perfectly.
Although Xuanze is an ice dragon, he can still perform short-distance spatial teleportation.
Having identified his target, Xuanze entered the spatial passage and quickly emerged from it.
The situation in Maple City is more serious than imagined. There are hordes of demonic beasts besieging the city, and those leading the charge are all at least at the Golden Core stage.
The outer city wall of the eastern city has been breached, while the defenders occupy the inner city, preventing these monsters from entering.
The most conspicuous figure was a hundred feet tall, wielding a spiked club. He was covered in wounds, and blood dripped from his clothes onto the ground.
Each strike took the lives of at least three demonic beasts. He single-handedly held off most of the spirit beasts, guarding the inner city like a war god.
Looking closer at his eyes, one would notice they were unfocused and devoid of pain, only capable of relentless attacks. This was clearly a side effect of using a secret technique; if this continued, he would surely be turned into a mindless, attack-only idiot.
Xuanze judged his strength; the madman at the Nascent Soul stage of Body Peak should be the Senior Brother Zhao that Cheng Jiu mentioned.
As soon as Xuanze appeared, the irrational monsters below bared their teeth in agitation, but the dragon bloodline's suppressive effect on the other monsters was very obvious.
The emotions of submission and fear drove these demonic beasts even more frenzied, baring their teeth incessantly, but their offensive momentum clearly weakened. Meanwhile, the soldiers guarding the city below also saw Xuanze above, their hearts filled with despair!
Are they really going to die here today? So many demonic beasts weren't enough, and now such a powerful spirit beast has appeared. Could it be that this beast tide has also affected the spirit beasts?
Before long, the monsters began to stir again. Bird-like monsters gathered together and pounced on Xuanze.
A hint of disdain flashed in Xuanzelong's eyes. His body rapidly grew larger, blotting out the sky and the earth. As his body moved, the temperature suddenly dropped!
Snowflakes fell from the sky like beautiful yet deadly knives. The demonic birds in the sky, caught off guard by the contact with the snowflakes, plummeted downwards like hailstones. The once menacing flock of demonic birds, like ice flowers, scattered and sprayed mist upon landing.
Before the soldiers on the city could react, in what seemed like an instant or a few moments, the once verdant mountains were covered in snow, and the land was frozen solid for miles around!
What was once a bloody and fierce battle has now turned into a vast expanse of white.
The guards on the city wall wiped their hands of blood: "Is this spirit beast lord here to help us?"
"Great, we're saved!" someone exclaimed first.
The people who had been huddled in their houses, trembling with fear, swarmed out of their homes like ants. Looking at the snow-covered landscape surrounding the city, they felt no fear, only joy.
"Great! We're saved!"
"Great."
"Thank you, Lord Ice Dragon!"
"Thank you, Lord Ice Dragon!"
The grateful cheers from the people below were like a mountain range, but Xuanze listened to them and snorted inwardly. Humans! He didn't need their gratitude; he had already received payment.
He glanced at Zhao Wenqi, who was still brandishing his spiked club, a look of conflict flashed across his face, and finally exhaled a breath of cold air that froze him.
If left to continue like this, he will eventually bleed to death.
"Uncle-Master Ice Dragon." The other three disciples who came with Zhao Wenqi to guard the city ran over and called out to Xuanze.
Two of them lifted Zhao Wenqi, whose body had shrunk rapidly to a normal state due to being frozen, while another disciple respectfully bowed to Xuanze.
"Maple City is no longer suitable for garrisoning. Could you please escort us to Orchid City, my martial uncle?"
Xuanze looked down and saw that because the eastern city wall was destroyed, most of the demon beasts had squeezed into the outer city. The inner city's defenses were not as strong as the outer city's, and there were ruins everywhere. If it weren't for the continuous stream of cultivators guarding the inner city, the many people in the inner city would probably become food for the demon beasts in an instant.
“Sure!” Xuanze didn’t mind helping with one more thing. After all, it had received a reward, and it couldn’t let Xiao Jiu feel that the ninth-grade demon beast pill was not worth it.
"What if we stop looking for it later?" Xuanze said in a resounding voice.
"Uncle-Master, please wait a moment, I'll go and make arrangements right away." The disciple was overjoyed. He first sent someone to take Zhao Wenqi back to the sect for treatment, while he went to discuss the matter with the city lord.
Qiu Shuyu was dressed in a pure white funeral shroud. She already had a delicate and pitiful appearance and a slender figure, and now, dressed in this attire, she looked even more plain.
Contrary to her appearance, her eyes revealed sharpness and strength. Upon hearing what the disciple said, she bowed gracefully and said, "Thank you so much, Immortal Lords and Lord Ice Dragon, for saving the people of Maple City. This kindness will never be forgotten, even for a thousand lifetimes. We will be grateful for generations to come! I will discuss the organization with Mayor Hua now. Please wait a moment, sir."
Watching Qiu Shuyu walk away, the disciple couldn't help but sigh. The former city lord died from being pierced through the heart by a monster while protecting the people and fighting off the beast tide. In order to express their gratitude for the city lord's kindness, the entire city of Fengcheng unanimously agreed that the city lord's mansion should send another person to succeed him as city lord.
To everyone's surprise, the successor was not any of the young masters of the city lord's mansion, but Qiu Shuyu, the city lord's most beloved youngest daughter.
Almost everyone had doubts about whether this young lady, who had never shown her true colors before, could successfully take over as the city lord.
But in the days that followed, this young lady displayed an unprecedentedly strong hand, forcefully taking up the mantle of city lord, and under her leadership, she managed Maple City in an orderly manner.
When the east gate was breached, the refugees who fled from the outer city to the inner city were properly settled by her, and no unrest occurred.
Her skill, her abilities, and everything she did for Maple City were all seen by the people of the city.
In just four days, the entire city was convinced of Qiu Shuyu's leadership and began to spontaneously support and endorse her as the city lord.
The integration speed was faster than Xuanze had imagined. In his eyes, human efficiency would take at least two or three days, and he was already prepared to stay here for two or three days.
Unexpectedly, in less than a day, Qiu Shuyu had organized the people of the city into an orderly manner.
There was no fear or panic in the eyes of the people; there was only a yearning for life.
Thus began a massive migration.
Xuanze had heard Cheng Jiu say before that the situation of the beast tide outside was not optimistic. He wondered how much more pessimistic it could be.
But now he has witnessed it firsthand. Even with him protecting them in the sky, there are still blind and irrational monsters attacking the team. And since the team is so long, there are bound to be some oversights.
To protect this suffering team, Xuanze needs to constantly move among them, nipping any potential dangers in the bud.
The people walking by were not afraid when they saw Xuanze coming; some even boldly fed him the food they had prepared.
Of course, Xuanze did not accept it, but the people were not disappointed. They just looked at Xuanze happily, their hearts filled with peace of mind and gratitude.
With Xuanze's protection, they traveled for ten days and ten nights, during which they were constantly attacked by demonic beasts, and even occasionally encountered some fully formed beast tides.
However, they were all scattered by Xuanze, and the vast procession finally stopped not far from Youlan City.
This is one of the medium-sized cities attached to Qingli City, and also a subordinate city of Feng City.
Although there was also a beast tide attack here, the highest cultivation level in the medium-sized city was as high as the Dao Integration Realm. With a Dao Integration Realm ancestor guarding the area, the beast tide outside, although stronger than that in Maple City, was firmly held.
The guards outside, who were defending and counterattacking, saw the huge crowd from afar.
He couldn't help but gasp and ran into the city.
Meanwhile, the horde of monsters attacking outside also smelled the sweet fragrance behind them.
They all turned and attacked the Fengcheng people protected by Xuanze.
The overwhelming number of monsters had left most of the people of Maple City, who had always been firmly protected within the inner city, utterly bewildered. Panic and fear spread, and the ranks began to show signs of fleeing.
Fortunately, Qiu Shuyu and Hualian stopped them in time and stabilized the situation, so as not to drag down Lord Ice Dragon in the sky.
Xuanze's body grew larger, firmly encircling this territory. Ice gloom condensed in its mouth, and freezing rays swept across it, leaving no survivors, all frozen into pieces of ice shards.
The demonic birds attacking the formation in the sky also turned around.
Xuanze's body emitted a bright blue light, and the temperature began to drop rapidly, causing the people of Fengcheng to freeze until their lips turned black.
Seeing this, Xuanze had no choice but to cancel his ultimate move, lest he wipe out all these people and the demonic beasts at the same time.
It's here to deliver people, not to destroy them.
Its powerful dragon body swept through the air, instantly slicing the once densely packed, massive flock of demonic birds in two. The demonic birds that touched its body burst into a dazzling blood mist like fireworks.
Meanwhile, a number of cultivators at the Dao Integration Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm appeared at the city gate of Youlan City, and they all made their moves.
Combined with Xuanze's ruthless and brutal slaughter, they actually managed to tear open a brief safe passage through the massive beast tide.
The city gates opened quickly, and the people of Maple City entered Orchid City in an orderly and rapid manner.
Although the Lord of Youlan City was caught off guard by the sudden influx of people from Fengcheng fleeing the city, he quickly settled the people down.
Seeing that they were safe, Xuanze prepared to head to the next location, Red Leaf City, wondering if the situation there was alright.
"Thank you, Lord Ice Dragon. We respectfully bid you farewell!"
May Lord Ice Dragon's path to immortality be smooth!
"Thank you, Lord Ice Dragon!"
Seeing that it was about to leave, the people below knelt down and kowtowed, watching the ice dragon who had saved their Maple City depart.
Xuanze listened to the sounds below and opened a passage to move to Red Leaf City. Humans are always so cheesy.
The situation in Red Leaf City is much better than in Maple City; the city gates are not breached, but that's about it.
Wen Sishu was extremely busy inside the city, with wounded people constantly being brought in. Fortunately, he refined enhancement pills and also possessed medical skills. He had methods to treat the endless stream of wounded.
Many of the people in the city called him Little Divine Doctor. As for Yan Xuan, who was guarding the city, he was sent by An Qi to guard the city, which naturally meant he had his own abilities.
Putting aside everything else, and not to brag, the explosive pills he refines are among the most powerful.
With years of experience in exploding furnaces, he enclosed a piece of land in the middle of the city gate and set up a high-level protective array. Attacks kept bombarding the protective array, creating ripples. Amidst the barrage of attacks, he started refining pills.
Success! The pills were handed over to the surrounding cultivators, who were instructed to use these powerful explosive pills as needed.
If it fails, the alchemy furnace is thrown down directly, and the powerful explosion often sends a large number of demonic beasts flying.
However, he should throw it far away, otherwise the walls of Red Leaf City won't be able to withstand his construction.
Xuanze saw this eccentric alchemist from the sky, who would occasionally refine a batch of pills and hand them to the people beside him. The people beside him would then quickly hand these pills to the city walls that were about to fall.
Meanwhile, those on the city walls quickly used the medicinal resources, causing explosions and relieving the pressure on the city's defenses.
Besides refining pills, the disciple also occasionally threw his alchemy furnace into the beast tide below.
The explosive flames spread out, instantly annihilating a small area of monsters.
Xuanze felt that he had lived long enough to see all kinds of cultivators. Was this a normal alchemist?
Although things seemed to be going smoothly in Red Leaf City, Yan Xuan, who was supporting this style of play, was clearly starting to feel the strain.
He hasn't rested for a moment since the second wave of beasts, he's been refining pills the whole time.
Which alchemist could withstand such torture? After refining for so long, he felt a dull ache in his meridians.
Wave after wave, this second wave of beast tides seemed to have no end.
Actually, he had considered taking a break, but unfortunately, he had only rested for a short while when Red Leaf City began to fall and urgently sought his help.
Who isn't tired? The brothers and sisters guarding the city haven't rested either, but if Red Leaf City can't be defended, what will happen to the people of Red Leaf City?
This group of people still shouldered their responsibilities as disciples of the five major sects. Faced with the beast tide, they did not allow themselves to retreat a single step and continued to fight on the front line.
Besides the disciples of the Guiyuan Sect, all the cultivators and independent cultivators in the city, as well as any cultivators with some cultivation level, were on the city gates, fighting to protect Red Leaf City.
The city lord of Red Leaf City took the lead, constantly maintaining the city's formations and order, providing strong support for these cultivators.
Although the Red Leaf City side is clearly exhausted after fighting for so long, they have never given up and are working hard to maintain their gains.
Even Xuanze couldn't help but sigh at humanity's plight!
These high-level cultivators could easily have abandoned the city and fled, but they chose to stay and defend the city and its inhabitants.
These once aloof cultivators set aside their past grievances and united to fight against the beast tide.
What amazed him even more were the common people. They didn't just enjoy the protection of the cultivators; whenever a cultivator was injured, they would quickly rush to the city wall.
Amidst the blinding light of the demonic beasts' meteor-like attacks, these cultivators were transported down to Wen Sishu's location.
This is why the casualties among cultivators in Red Leaf City have decreased.
This suicide squad-like approach led to a continuous stream of people rushing forward, some even taking pride in it, with new members constantly joining the team voluntarily.
Yan Xuan also noticed the ice dragon that suddenly appeared in the sky and breathed a sigh of relief.
He recognized Xuanze; in the entire cultivation world, only one person had a contracted ice dragon—the Venerable Qingxu. His contracted beast's presence here meant it had come to provide support.
Xuanze danced in the sky, condensing into icy clouds, causing the temperature to drop rapidly, freezing everything in its path, and snow fell heavily on the battlefield.
It quickly erased all traces.
Only Red Leaf City survived and stands.
Everything happened so fast, it was as if the despairing, boundless tide of beasts had vanished the moment the eyes were opened.
"Thank you, Uncle-Master Ice Dragon!" Yan Xuan staggered a bit when he stood up. He had been refining pills here for so long that his spiritual energy was already exhausted. He was just barely holding on to his last breath while refining pills.
Wen Sishu also noticed the commotion outside. He went up to the city gate and promptly helped his senior brother up. He fed him a pill to help him recover.
"Uncle-Master, did Junior Sister Cheng Jiu send you to rescue us?" Wen Sishu asked.
Xuanze nodded towards the dragon head.
"Red Leaf City can't be defended anymore. Uncle-Master, can you escort us to Orchid City?" Wen Sishu asked.
After the second wave of beasts began, everyone knew that Red Leaf City was doomed, but there were monsters outside and so many people inside the city.
These people have low cultivation levels and would die if they went out. They couldn't protect these people from leaving, so in the end, they had no choice but to defend themselves to the death.
But now that Xuanze has arrived, they can take this opportunity to be escorted by Xuanze to Youlan City.
Xuanze wasn't surprised: "Okay!"
Red Leaf City moved even faster than Maple City. Only an hour or two after he agreed, the people in the city were already lining up in an orderly fashion with their luggage, while the cultivators mingled into the queue.
Wait a while. Although Xuanze will protect them, they may encounter monster attacks along the way. By infiltrating the group, they can launch timely counterattacks and reduce the pressure on Xuanze.
These are the people of their city, and they are the ones who protect them!
The team was moving faster than in Red Leaf City. Although the journey was longer than from Maple City to Orchid City, it took less time. Xuanze also provided better protection along the way.
Although they did encounter beast tides and monster attacks along the way.
However, Xuanze doesn't need to watch over them all the time. If any demonic beasts attack, they will be stopped by the cultivators in the group. If they can defeat them, they can handle it themselves. If they can't, Xuanze will come to their aid after stopping them.
After traveling for eight days, they finally arrived at Youlan City.
Having learned from past experience, the people of Youlan City began clearing the area in advance as soon as they saw a large group of people in the distance.
When Xuanze arrived with the people he was protecting, the city gates of Youlan City were already wide open to welcome them.
Watching these people enter the city, Xuanze perfectly completed the task Cheng Jiu had given him and returned to the sect to exchange his reward with Cheng Jiu!
Watching the Ice Dragon leave without a trace, the people of Maple City and Red Leaf City were filled with gratitude. Some of them even began to worship the Ice Dragon, preparing to pass on this kindness forever.
May his descendants forever remember the kindness of the Ice Dragon.