Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 159 - 151: Golden Core

”Roar!”

The Long-haired Pig, impatient with a roar, no longer wished to entangle with the Ice Dragon and instead began to attack the Defensive Array on the city wall.

Although it was powerful, it would still suffer injuries and bleed under the Ice Dragonʼs harassment.

If it were just that, the Long-haired Pig wouldnʼt care, after all, the battles with other Devil Beasts it had before were several times more dangerous and violent.

But the problem was, Li Zhirui hid within the Formation, sheltered by it, so its attacks couldnʼt hurt Zhirui at all.

The Long-haired Pigʼs Spiritual Intelligence wasnʼt high, but it could understand this kind of frustrating and disadvantageous fighting style.

Zhirui naturally did not want to give up on such a fine tool, and controlled the Ice Dragon to launch attacks against it.

”Roar!”

With a roar, the Long-haired Pigʼs small eyes were already reddened with rage, and it was unknown what Spell it had cast, but its body size had increased by quite a bit.

Boom!

The loud collision between the Ice Dragon and the Long-haired Pig sent the surrounding snow flying everywhere.

Crack-crack!

The Ice Dragon, a puppet constructed with Mana, naturally was not as powerful as the Long-haired Pig. A full-force collision completely shattered the Ice Dragon, turning it into chunks of ice crystals scattered on the ground.

”Explode!”

Zhirui, already well aware of this outcome, changed his Spell with a calm expression, and his Mana frenziedly surged out from within him.

Boom-boom-boom!

A series of unceasing explosions attracted the attention of many Cultivators, while they speculated whether they could withstand this attack if they were in the same situation.

As the white mist cleared, the Long-haired Pig still stood in the same place, clothed in a thick layer of somewhat cracked frozen earth armor.

Clearly, to block this barrage of attacks, it had deployed its life-saving method.

”What a pity,” muttered Zhirui, audible only to himself.

To know, he had poured half of his Mana into this surprise attack to kill the Long-haired Pig, yet the outcome was merely a light injury to it.

Snort-snort!

The Long-haired Pigʼs large nostrils continuously expelled white air, emitting a series of angry, deep roars, its red eyes fixed intently on Zhirui.

It had completely taken a grudge against Zhirui, and once the Formation broke, it would definitely find Zhirui first and tear him to pieces!

Zhirui paid no mind, for even if the Formation broke, he could still leave by riding the Spirit Boat or on Xiaoqingʼs back. Could a Long-haired Pig running on the ground possibly catch up?

What Zhirui found regrettable, however, was that the Long-haired Pig had turned and retreated into the beast tide, leaving his attack range.

But he didnʼt cast the Ice Dragon Spell again; instead, he attacked the densely packed Devil Beasts below with ordinary Spells.

At the same time, he also stopped Xiaoqing, who was getting a bit carried away, asking him to recover his Mana first.

The attack lights of the Devil Beasts and Cultivators reflected off one another, with Devil Beasts dying incessantly. The Cultivators, sheltered by the Formation, didnʼt suffer any casualties, but as time passed and Mana was greatly exhausted, most Cultivators were starting to struggle.

More and more Cultivators were falling back to recover their Mana. With fewer people to hold them back, the attacks of the Devil Beasts became more frequent, and the Formation kept trembling as if all this was foretelling the destruction of the Marketplace and that it was to reoccur soon.

Boom!

Just as Li Zhirui followed the retreat, pretending to restore his Mana but actually considering an escape route, a sudden earth-shaking explosion rang in his ears, followed by a familiar oppressive presence.

Golden Core cultivators had made a move!

Li Zhirui realized, no wonder although the situation had become dire, not a single cultivator had left; it was because a Golden Core was holding the fort here!

But what Li Zhirui didnʼt know was that they didnʼt dare to leave, not that they didnʼt want to!

The Great Void Tao had laid down a rule that during a beast tide outbreak, no one was allowed to flee the battlefield before the city walls were breached unless they were confident they could evade a Golden Core cultivatorʼs attack.

With just one strike, he slaughtered thousands of low-level Devil Beasts, easing the pressure on the Formation, but it was the only blow he delivered before he was ambushed by a third-tier Devil Beast hidden within the beast tide, forcing him to deal with the third-tier Devil Beast first.

Li Zhirui looked up at the battlefield of the two Golden Cores, even without using Divine Power, the power of their Spells was unmatched by Foundation Establishment cultivators, the force was so immense that the mere aftermath killed many Devil Beasts, and the Formation shook even more violently, as if it would shatter the next moment.

Suddenly, a streak of Spirit Light flashed from the corner of Li Zhiruiʼs eye and instantly appeared behind that Golden Core.

Bang!

The Golden Core cultivator was sent flying by the strike; fortunately, his Defensive Treasure was in place, and he was only slightly disheveled but not injured.

Two third-tier Devil Beasts!

Li Zhiruiʼs pupils shrank sharply; if there wasnʼt a second Golden Core on their side, then the Marketplace was doomed to fall!

And he was not alone in this thought; many cultivators were preparing to instantly flee the moment the Formation broke, leading to a dwindling number of cultivators holding back the Devil Beasts.

”Such bad luck!” a cultivator muttered quietly beside Li Zhirui.

”Yes, never heard of third-tier Devil Beasts in the previous beast tides, yet they just had to show up this time.”

”Ah!”

A harrowing scream interrupted their conversation, and they all hurriedly looked up, but they only saw the residual light of the Golden Core transforming into a rainbow as he fled.

And standing in the sky at that moment were three huge figures!

This meant that the Devil Race from the Great Snow Mountain had sent three third-tier Devil Beasts to attack the Marketplace!

The thoughts of all the cultivators in the Marketplace froze in an instant, as though each was plunged into a sea of despair.

”My children, these cultivators taste so good, you shouldnʼt miss out!” Accompanied by a burst of laughter, the already tottering Formation was torn open by a pair of huge bear paws, and a black bear several zhang tall casually grabbed two cultivators and threw them into its gaping maw, savoring the chew.

The screams of those two cultivators before death woke everyone up, each using their own life-saving measures to try to escape.

Li Zhirui frantically drove the Spirit Boat, not caring about the prohibitions inside the Magic Artifact being damaged due to overloading.

As for Xiaoqing, being too conspicuous, Li Zhirui worried he would be targeted, and when the third third-tier Devil Beast appeared, he returned her to her space.

Huff puff!

As Li Zhirui buried his head in his escape, the pig previously used as a tool to polish Mana, came whimpering before a third-tier Devil Beast.

”Youʼve got some nerve to humiliate my underling like that!” The third-tier Devil Beast was very angry; once he learned who was responsible, he spit a spike of ice towards Li Zhirui.

The seemingly ordinary ice spike was so fast that it reached behind Li Zhirui in an instant.

A sense of extreme danger suddenly surged in Li Zhiruiʼs heart; he turned his head as if guided by a hunch, just in time to see the ice spike about to touch the Spirit Boat, and his heart pounded wildly.

Without hesitation, he abandoned the Spirit Boat, climbed onto Xiaoqingʼs back, and urged her anxiously, ”Xiaoqing, run away with your fastest speed!”