RPAGF Chapter 8 Monster Siege
Chapter 8 Monster Siege
As dawn breaks and the streets bustle with activity, it is the best time of day.
While Liu Xingxing was eating breakfast, the city's protective formation was inexplicably triggered.
Initially, a blinding golden light shone brightly, followed by countless sword lights shooting straight into the sky, indicating that cultivators were using their swords to investigate the cause.
Liu Xingxing calmly finished the remaining wontons in her bowl, paid the bill, and then followed on her sword. She couldn't let go of such a good opportunity to join in the fun.
The main reason is that these past two months have been incredibly boring. She was even planning to go into the forest to kill some monsters to cheer herself up, but judging from today's scene, she's probably going to be quite busy.
On the way there with the others, Liu Xingxing also bought a big bag of steamed buns to eat as snacks.
The freshly baked buns were so tempting that they made one's mouth water. This was a small shop that Liu Xingxing stumbled upon while shopping a few days ago.
However, it didn't have many customers because the owner of the steamed bun shop was just an ordinary person without any cultivation, and the fillings used for the steamed buns were all very ordinary ingredients without any spiritual energy. It was sold to ordinary mortals.
There aren't many ordinary people in Sunset City, so its business isn't doing very well. Liu Xingxing tried buying it once because of the aroma of the buns, and it turned out to be just what she wanted.
After that, I started buying some every now and then, and today was no exception.
In fact, even if such food without spiritual energy is delicious, it still contains impurities for those who cultivate immortality. Eating these impure foods is of no use to cultivation.
Because most people pursue a state of near-immaculate physical perfection, otherwise why would there be so many handsome men and beautiful women in the cultivation world?
However, Liu Xingxing didn't care about such impurities at all. After all, her body had been refined to perfection by Liu Jun, and any impurities that entered her body would be burned away by the fire spirit power flowing within her.
Liu Xingxing carried the steamed buns and flew with the people in front of her to the outside of the city. Before long, they arrived at the city wall.
Looking around, one could see dozens of demonic beasts crashing to their deaths beside the city's protective formation at the city wall of Sunset City below. In the distance, dust was billowing, and various types of demonic beasts could be vaguely seen rushing towards this place, accompanied by various roars of different pitches.
Unexpectedly, a beast tide occurred on such an ordinary day, without any warning whatsoever.
The cultivators standing on top all looked solemn, as if facing a formidable enemy. The disciples of the Mu Cang Sect stationed there hurriedly sent signals back to their sect to request reinforcements.
People like Liu Xingxing, who are neither residents of Sunset City nor cultivators under the Twilight Sect, have no responsibility to stay behind to defend against enemy attacks. Those with a conscience could simply run away immediately.
Sure enough, the aura of cultivators in the city has clearly diminished considerably, and many of the people who came to investigate earlier have left after witnessing the scene of the demonic beasts rushing towards them.
Although some of the disciples of the Twilight Sect were pale with fright, none of them retreated.
Although Liu Xingxing didn't know much about how the Mu Cang Sect taught its disciples, her impression of it wasn't too bad based on what she had seen and heard these past few days. After all, few sects would care about things like demon cultivators sneaking into the city; as long as it didn't cause too much trouble, the locals would handle it themselves.
In the current situation, some fast-moving demonic beasts have already rushed to the city gate and are relentlessly ramming it. Judging from the appearance of the city's protective formation, it is unlikely to hold for long, and it is unknown when reinforcements will arrive.
Most of the disciples guarding the city were sent there for training, and the younger ones had never seen such a scene before. It was already a miracle that they didn't scream in fright.
Situ An and his companions had witnessed two or three beast tides and fought among the beast hordes, so they stood out as relatively calm among the newcomers this time.
Situ An looked at his frightened junior brothers and sisters with a hint of disdain, then casually glanced up at the sky and saw that only a handful of cultivators remained.
Situ An looked around, but for some reason his gaze lingered on a woman.
He only saw the woman calmly eating her bun and looking outside, and Situ An seemed to see...excitement in her eyes?
Despite facing a major threat, she remained so composed. Looking at the woman's ordinary face and the mid-stage Golden Core strength she exuded, Situ An couldn't possibly connect her to any powerful figure.
"Ok?"
Liu Xingxing immediately realized that someone below seemed to be watching her.
No way, could there be a flaw in my disguise?
Liu Xingxing gave him a sharp look, which startled Situ An.
"That look in his eyes..."
Situ An felt a sudden pang of fear, as if he had blasphemed a deity. Instinctively fearful, he quickly looked away and lowered his head, but his heart was still filled with unease.
Those around him were focused on the monster and didn't notice Situ An's unusual behavior.
Liu Xingxing clicked her tongue twice, thinking she had been discovered, but it turned out to be just a passerby. Otherwise, how could she not sense that there was a Tribulation Transcending stage cultivator present?
Did you scare the child by looking like that?
A number of demonic beasts outside were already at the gate, attacking the city's protective formation with reckless abandon, whether flying in the sky or running on the ground. The cultivators inside the city were on high alert, ready to fight the demonic beasts at any time if the formation failed.
"Has the reinforcement arrived yet?"
"This formation probably won't protect us for long."
"Rest assured, everyone. Our Mu Cang Sect has withstood countless beast tides, both large and small, many times before, and this time will be no exception. We are truly grateful to all of you fellow immortals for staying here to defend the city."
There were some dissenting voices among the cultivators. In fact, the biggest objections came from those who wanted to stay and take advantage of the situation. Other cultivators who didn't care much about these things didn't have so much to say.
Before the person in charge could say anything more, people heard a crisp cracking sound from the city's protective array, which startled everyone.
Once the protective formation was broken, the demonic beasts attacked in droves, and some people who didn't have time to react were torn apart by the beasts.
While everyone was busy dealing with the situation, Liu Xingxing leisurely watched the chaotic battle from behind a protective shield. If any fool dared to attack her, Liu Xingxing would simply unleash her flying sword and kill them with a single blow. The shield was merely to prevent beast blood from splashing onto her.
Seeing that many of their kind had been killed by this human cultivator, the demon beasts became wary and all avoided her.
These low-level monsters were just appetizers. After the first wave was almost wiped out, the second wave attacked, but this second wave was much stronger than the first.
Not satisfied with the slaughter in the sky, Liu Xingxing flew directly to the outer perimeter of the city wall on her sword and jumped into the beast horde to wreak havoc, but she still suppressed her strength.
If she were to unleash her full power as a half-step immortal, the beast tide could end immediately, and she could go back into seclusion forever. How could she possibly come out to play then?
This small scene wasn't enough to make her do something like that. After all, Liu Jun is a legendary figure in the book, and it would be more appropriate for an "ordinary person" like her to appear in such a scene.
Ultimately, Liu Xingxing just wanted to show off.
The chaotic battle lasted for almost half an hour before the people from the Twilight Sect finally arrived. Everyone was exhausted, and they almost cried with joy when they saw that it was reinforcements.
The three elders of the Mu Cang Sect, acting all respectful, offered their greetings to the group. Then, in a showy manner, they each brandished their own high-grade spiritual swords and swept them across the demonic beasts, killing a large number of them.
Liu Xingxing was having a great time killing monsters when suddenly the monsters around her were all wiped out by someone's sword, leaving Liu Xingxing speechless.
From Elder Feng Gu's perspective, he saw a young cultivator struggling to kill a group of demonic beasts and offered such a small favor. Feng Gu was quite happy, thinking he had helped another young fellow cultivator.
The monsters in Lincheng had been mostly cleared out, but the monster horde in the distance seemed to be rioting again. Liu Xingxing focused her mind and released her divine sense to scan the area. She could only sense that there seemed to be a rather powerful aura lingering among the monsters. This beast tide should be related to it.
However, there was a group of demonic beasts there with strength no less than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator. If you wanted to investigate, you would have to raise your strength to the Deity Transformation stage.
Liu Xingxing glanced at the three old men who were still fighting hard. They must have sensed it too, but judging from their auras, they were all at the late Nascent Soul stage, so they probably wouldn't rush up rashly.
The creature was surrounded by the herd of beasts, making it impossible to see its appearance. Moreover, it didn't seem to intend to make a move, instead directing the lower-level monsters to attack from a distance.
Even with such a large number of low-level demonic beasts, the situation on the cultivators' side wouldn't be too optimistic if this dragged on for too long.
After thinking for a moment, Liu Xingxing decided to go and see what was behind this. It must be a powerful monster of at least the sixth rank with intelligence to command so many monsters to serve it.
Liu Xingxing used to be very envious of the various spirit beasts in those cultivation novels.
The willow trees here can refine pills and also possess natal swords. Generally, people who use swords rarely contract spirit beasts, because for them, their natal swords are just like the spirit beasts contracted by beast tamers.
Sword cultivators only trust the sword in their hands.