Strange mountains and rivers

After the heavy snow, the weather in Hebei Province suddenly turned cold, and after the winter solstice, it entered a real cold winter.

However, compared with last year, everyone felt that this winter in Hebei Province was more like a warm winter. In addition to the fact that the weather was not as cold as last year, the scale of the monster tide was also greatly reduced.

From the heavy snow to the winter solstice, seven rounds of monsters appeared in Dahuai Mountain and even in the surrounding areas, including a group of red-tailed wolves, two ice-scaled blood pythons, one black thunder leopard, three Moyun white eagles, two Ao dragons, three dire wolves and one blood eagle. On December 22, the appearance of two dire wolves, a fire-maned lion and a blood eagle reached a small climax.

For the appearance of third-level monsters such as dire wolves and fire-maned lions, Dahuai Mountain adopted the method of keeping the enemy out of the country, that is, using magic arrays to block the enemy outside the core of the mountain, Cichunping, and then concentrating its forces to kill them.

Chen Huaisheng, Zhao Sitian, Tang Jingtian, Wu Tianen, Zeng Guolin, and Ju Zhenzhen attacked the two Aolongs separately and jointly, and finally killed the Aolongs with the stranglehold of the formation.

The dire wolf and the fire mane lion were indeed not something Chen Huaisheng and his team could resist. Even if they used the formation to attack, the fire mane lion and the dire wolf still easily broke through the defense system. In the end, it was Bi Jiao Yuanjun who killed a dire wolf and pinned down the blood eagle that had been looking for an opportunity to attack in the air, preventing it from succeeding.

Xiong Zhuang fought with a dire wolf for half an hour before he repelled the dire wolf's attack.

Chen Huaisheng, Zhao Sitian, Tang Jingtian, Zeng Guolin, and Ju Chuanzhen joined forces to fight, relying firmly on the magic circle to barely resist the fire-maned lion, but it was also full of danger. Chen Huaisheng, Zhao Sitian, Zeng Guolin, and Ju Chuanzhen were also injured. It was not until the Green Dragon Yuanjun killed the dire wolf that they were able to get out of danger, but they were still easily escaped by it in the end.

This is probably the biggest crisis encountered by the group after settling in Dahuai Mountain, and it also made everyone deeply aware of the huge gap in strength.

Even the gap between the third-level monsters is huge. For example, the third-level low-grade monsters such as Aolong, even if there are two, the people in the mountain can still use the magic circle to deal with it and find an opportunity to kill it.

But if Aolong is replaced by a third-level middle-upper-grade dire wolf, the people in the mountain will be broken through the defense magic circle without the Green Dragon Yuanjun and Xiong Zhuang, and the people in the mountain will not be able to resist the attack of the two dire wolves, which will bring huge casualties, but perhaps this group of foundation-building cultivators have a greater hope of escaping and saving their lives.

But if the dire wolf is replaced by a third-level top-grade fire-maned lion, let alone two, even if one breaks in, the defense array of Dahuaishan Mountain will be meaningless. Even Xiong Zhuang can't resist the fire-maned lion. Except for Bi Jiao Yuanjun, everyone's resistance is meaningless and is purely suicide.

In other words, if Bi Jiao Yuanjun and Xiong Zhuang are excluded, all the cultivators in the mountain, including Chen Huaisheng, even if they rely on the array, still only have the strength to kill a third-level middle-grade monster or two third-level low-grade monsters, and it is best to rely on the array. If it exceeds this limit, it will be difficult to resist in the mountain.

This huge difference in strength also shocked and frustrated everyone.

"Is it too deep to review this time?" Chen Huaisheng stroked the scar on his neck and said slowly.

This is the injury caused by a wisp of claw wind from the fire-maned lion after breaking through the Yuanli shield. It penetrated three points into the flesh and almost caused the blood marrow to collapse.

The Fire Mane Lion's demonic power was so great that it almost ignored its own Yuanli shield, or it could not resist it at all. If it hadn't been for the Xuanmu Fu's resistance, its blood and marrow would have really collapsed.

"The gap is still too big. I estimate that my own magic combat power is the best. I can advance to the second or third level. If I meet an Aolong, I can barely fight. If I meet a Dire Wolf, I can barely escape. If I meet a Fire Mane Lion, there is no chance of escape." Chen Huaisheng was not polite. "That is to say, relying on the magic circle, our strength in the mountain can resist two or three third-level medium-grade demon beasts, but if we meet a third-level top-grade demon beast, even if it is one, we will still be in trouble."

"This is reality. We cannot but accept and admit the reality." Chen Huaisheng talked freely. "From Xiaoxue to now, we have been After five waves of monster attacks, there were twelve red-tailed wolves. All of us who were in the initial and middle stages of Qi training participated in the killing, and nine people were injured. I think this experience is precious. ..., Ice Scale Blood Python, all the middle and high stages of Qi training plus Brother Guolin and Brother Chuanzhen also went all out and solved it perfectly. ..., Black Thunder Leopard, Sitian, Jingtian and Master Wu worked together to kill it. Although the evil beast ran away, it was seriously injured. ..., Moyun White Eagle, we cleverly used the magic array trap, and none of the three escaped. It was quite satisfactory. ... "

Chen Huaisheng's introduction made everyone in the hall sigh with emotion.

In more than ten days, there were five waves of monster invasions in a row. In fact, the red-tailed wolves in the first round did not count. They were probably passing by. But in Chen Huaisheng's view, this was a good opportunity for training, so he took the initiative to let the disciples in the initial and middle stages of Qi training in the mountain participate in the killing. It was a fair encirclement and suppression, and the effect was quite good.

Many disciples who are in the initial stage of Qi training have never experienced actual combat, and most of them are still sparring with fellow disciples in the academy. In Chen Huaisheng's opinion, sparring is difficult to stimulate the true potential of disciples, and breaking through the realm and advancing to the next level often requires full-strength bursts. Only by frequently stimulating the full potential can these disciples quickly break away from the normal practice progress and achieve rapid progress.

According to Chen Huaisheng's judgment, a full-strength burst of experience is much stronger than a year of normal practice, and sparring can never achieve this.

Just like a well-trained sprinter, the speed he explodes when competing with his teammates is completely different from that when facing the pursuit of a liger.

A few more such all-out bursts can raise the level of the spiritual realm, and naturally, a breakthrough can be made inadvertently at a later point in time.

"From now on until next year's Jingzhe is the biggest test we may face, but it is also the best opportunity for all of us to experience. That's why I invite everyone to sit down together and learn about our experiences in these battles. Let's savor it and summarize all these combat experiences, which will not only allow us to avoid making mistakes in future wars, but also improve our combat effectiveness..."

"Huaisheng, it seems that the situation is getting more and more dangerous." Tang Jingtian frowned: "If more third-level monsters appear, can our magic circle be able to withstand it?"

This is also the most realistic question.

"It is difficult, so we are also considering reducing the scope of our magic circle on Cichun Ping and concentrating the power of the magic circle for defense and counterattack, so that we can also deploy and use our own power reasonably."

Chen Huaisheng also felt that it was very difficult. It was still very early before the Jingzhe. It was uncertain what monsters would attack during this period. If the monsters that really attacked were of too high a level, such as two or three fire-maned lions, even if Even with Bijiao Yuanjun and Xiong Zhuang, it would be difficult to avoid causing huge harm to the disciples in the mountain.

If the defensive circle of the magic circle is narrowed, the magic power of the magic circle can be concentrated, and the defense and counterattack power will be stronger, but it also means that the scope of protection can be narrower.

Now there are more than seventy disciples, plus the Taoist species and mortals who followed, the number has exceeded 200. Even the mortals can leave it alone, because the high-level monsters will definitely not target mortals. Counting the disciples and There are more than one hundred and ten Taoist people.

They now live in a very wide area. Because there are many houses left over from the Lingyun Sect in Cichunping, and the original defense range was the entire Cichunping, they live relatively scattered. But now I'm afraid We have to reconsider. We need to shrink and gather these people first and re-deploy the formation.

"Can narrowing the defensive circle of the magic circle ensure that it is foolproof?" Gou Yiwei also shook his head: "In the end, it will still fall on us. The magic circle alone will never be enough."

This is the crux, but it is also a problem that cannot be solved now.

"Master, this problem cannot be solved with our current strength alone, so I asked two seniors, Long Xiong, to help us. I wonder if Master has any better countermeasures that can be used in an emergency?"

The purpose of summoning the disciples from the mountain who are at the ninth level of foundation building and Qi refining, as well as those above the peak of Qi refining today, is actually to discuss it. Those at lower levels are of little significance, and they will not be of much use in this situation.

"I have been thinking about this issue, which is to gather all available power." Gou Yiwei said thoughtfully: "For example, in the use of talismans, there is actually some potential that can be tapped. Our Chonghua Sect My habit is to put too much faith in my own magic power and not pay enough attention to the use of magic weapons, robes and talismans. Another example is the use of spiritual beasts. This aspect I Our Chonghua Sect also has a major shortcoming. Almost no one can handle spirit beasts. In other larger sects, almost 10% of the disciples can tame spirit beasts as their auxiliary combat power. But in ours The Chonghua sect is quite rare. As far as I know, there are probably no more than twenty people, and basically none of them have tamed any spiritual beasts with higher quality and stronger combat power..."

Chen Huaisheng scratched his head, "Uncle, is it too late to say this now? Taming a spiritual beast cannot be accomplished overnight..."

"I know, I just mentioned it, but it's still too late to use the Talisman Spell." Gou Yiwei thought for a while, "We can form several tactical teams and add a few high-level Qi refining teams, maybe They are in a magic battle The power is not strong enough, but if the magic talisman is activated, the spell combat power it releases can increase one to two levels on their own spiritual level. This should not be underestimated. Of course, this also needs to consider their self-protection ability. ,..."