Chapter 409: Chapter 242 Victory_1
As the three individuals safely retreated back within the formation, the crack that had opened on the light curtain imdiately sealed, and a complete pale golden light shield reappeared, with the formation once again set into motion.
Watching the three slip away right before its eyes and return to the formation, the Cedar Beast chieftain seethed with rage. It opened its mouth and spat out several ice orbs, attacking the defensive array and venting its fury upon it.
A few loud noises were heard, but the light of the formation only flickered a few tis, without any excessively violent reaction.
However, the ice orbs spat out by the demonic beasts were limited and could not be used endlessly. The two beast chieftains had already expended a large number of ice orbs during the fierce battle, so there were not many left for attacking in the short term.
With just these two beasts attacking, the power was very limited; against this defensive formation, there was simply no solution.
The two Cedar Beast chieftains stared at the indifferent formation. Despite their anger, they were helpless.
...
Shortly thereafter, after the Cedar Beast chieftain roared a few tis, a large number of demonic beasts gathered in response to its call.
They rallied the entire Demon Beast Tribe and spat out a great number of ice orbs, attempting to attack the defensive array once more.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
The sky filled with ice orbs bombarding the formation; explosion after explosion was heard, and as a burst of light flashed, the formation blocked all attacks.
Even with the entire tribe attacking together, they only managed to slightly shake the formation, which quickly returned to normal.
Clearly, to fully break the formation, it would require an uninterrupted attack for a very long period.
The unyielding Cedar Beasts continued attacking the formation, seemingly determined not to stop until achieving their goal.
anwhile, Lin Shilu and the other Qi Refining Cultivators had all successfully retreated inside the formation.
Watching the ripples emanating from the formation, and relying on the remaining Demon Beast Tribe, it was impossible to break through in a short ti. Lin Shilu’s pale complexion regained so rosiness, and he soon let out a sigh of relief.
At this mont, on the city walls within the market, Lin Shilu and few Foundation Establishnt Cultivators were seated together.
Having successfully weakened the Cedar Beast Tribe’s strength, they had achieved their goal. The cultivators present were joyful, and their moods were quite good.
Below the city walls, nurous Qi Refining Cultivators were clustered in groups. Within this large gathering of cultivators, the majority were thrilled, as quite a few had reaped substantial rewards from the battle.
However, so cultivators were pale, many had sustained injuries, and more still had fallen in the battle.
Overall, compared to those who had fallen, being alive was the greatest fortune.
Looking around, the atmosphere among the cultivator group was lively. So cultivators were chatting, while others sat cross-legged, imdiately ditating in place to recover from their injuries.
On the city wall, Lin Shilu looked out over the group of cultivators below, then turned to ask Lin Xingshun about the Lin Family mbers’ losses in this great battle.
Lin Xingshun paused for a mont, then slapped his storage bag, took out a book of records, and began to report as he flipped through it.
“According to the statistics, in this battle, eighteen Lin Family Qi Refining clanspeople fell, seven were severely injured, and the rest of our people suffered injuries, more or less.”
“Among the fallen clanspeople, twelve were of the ‘Xing’ generation, six were of the ‘Tian’ generation, all above the Sixth Level of Qi Refinent. However, those above the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining are all alive, and our clan’s core strength has not suffered major losses.”
Hearing the report, Lin Shilu’s expression turned sorrowful. The Lin Family had not faced such a large loss in years; at least so twenty-odd cultivators had died at the claws of demonic beasts, but mostly those of lesser talent and cultivation.
This battle, however, had claid the lives of the clan’s core strength. Yet on reflection, given the scale of the Demon Beast assault, so casualties were to be expected.
The Lin Family mbers are flesh and blood, too, and they had to lead by example. Under such a brutal battle, such a loss was already very low.
With these thoughts, he slowly regained composure, only feeling pity for the fallen clanspeople.
“Alas… if Tian Ming were here, he and I joining forces might well have wiped out this Demon Beast Tribe!”
Lin Shilu murmured this thought to himself, his mournful expression causing several Lin Family mbers to feel regret as well.
Gathering his thoughts, he sighed deeply and then addressed his kin:
“With limited options at this crucial ti, first cremate the remains of our clanspeople and temporarily store them within the market. Once I return to our clan, we’ll give them a proper burial and enter their spirit tablets into the ancestral hall with the witness of our people.”
“By Fifteenth Uncle’s command!”
Lin Xingshun nodded, replying respectfully, as that was indeed the only arrangent that could be made at the mont.
Seeing Lin Shilu looking at him, Lin Xingshun sighed and continued to report the losses and outcos for the other cultivators.
After a while, Lin Xingshun finished reporting the results of the great battle.
According to his tally, in addition to the Lin Family’s losses, more than one hundred sixty other Qi Refining Cultivators had perished, most at the Sixth or Seventh Layer, but more than ten cultivators of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinent had also fallen.
The Cedar Beast Tribe had suffered even greater losses: four Second Order Initial Stage beasts had died, over sixty of the First Order Late Stage, and as for lower order beasts, several hundreds had perished.
Now, the Cedar Beast Tribe’s numbers had dwindled to less than sixty percent of their peak. Nevertheless, those that survived were all First Order dium Stage and above, and their overall strength remained formidable.
COMNT
0 comnt
Vote
3 left
SEND GIFT
User Comments
0 comments from readers