In a corner of the pond not far away, another Liu family cultivator in the late Qi Refining stage skillfully controlled a huge flying sword to block two low-level demon crabs that wanted to escape into the water from that direction. In less than a quarter of an hour, he easily killed them all with his sword.
For a moment, there was a deafening sound all around the pool, and dozens of magical instruments of various types were flying in the sky.
Watching these cultivators magnificently activate their magical instruments to kill the enemy, Song Qingming couldn't help but reveal a trace of shame on his face. Compared to these veteran Qi-refining cultivators, his own cultivation and fighting skills were indeed far behind. If he wanted to be as proficient as them in using various spells and magical instruments to kill the enemy, he would need to practice more hard.
Soon, more than a dozen low-level monsters by the pool were all eliminated on the shore. Everyone was about to seal off the entire pool, but at this moment there was a loud "bang" and a huge white splash burst out in the middle of the pool.
A silver-armored crab monster, more than ten feet in size, suddenly appeared in the center of the pool. The silver-armored crab monster was silver-white all over, and a pair of huge white iron claws in front of it were waving constantly. It looked very ferocious and terrifying, and it exuded a terrifying spiritual pressure, which made Song Qingming, who was a hundred feet away, feel uncomfortable.
Looking at the degree of spiritual pressure emanating from it, everyone immediately realized that this must be the second-level demon beast.
The silver-armored crab monster looked at the human monks who had broken into its territory and started killing people. It waved its pincers angrily and released bursts of harsh sound waves from its mouth. The monks on the shore who were closest to it instantly felt dizzy and tinnitus, and they all held their heads in their hands and almost fell down.
"Use the spiritual barrier to block this sonic attack!"
Liu Tianlong roared and quickly released a stream of spiritual power to form a semicircular barrier, protecting himself and several mid-level Qi-refining cultivators beside him behind the barrier. This was a powerful spell that could only be cast by cultivators in the late stage of Qi-refining.
When Song Changfeng heard Liu Tianlong's message, he quickly released the spiritual power in his body to form a shield to protect the Song family members behind him. Seeing this, several other late-stage Qi Refining cultivators also released the spiritual power barriers in their bodies, which allowed the mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators who were almost injured to recover.
Seeing that his sound waves could not deal with these hateful human monks in front of him, the silver-armored crab monster stretched out its eight long iron legs and rushed towards the dozen monks led by Liu Tianlong on the shore. The speed of the second-level monster was astonishingly fast, and it reached the shore in just a moment.
"Use talismans and ranged spells to hold him back."
Seeing the silver-armored crab monster rushing towards him, Liu Tianlong retreated while directing others to use spells and talismans to delay the silver-armored crab. Unfortunately, the attacks by everyone were only first-level talismans and spells, which had very limited damage to the silver-armored crab and could not affect its forward speed at all.
Just when the silver-armored crab monster was chasing Liu Tianlong not far behind, Liu Tianlong, who had been retreating, suddenly turned around and released a second-level talisman that he had prepared in his hand.
This is a second-level low-grade explosive fire talisman, which can emit an explosive attack equivalent to the full-strength attack of a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building. A second-level low-grade talisman on the market costs at least more than 200 spirit stones. In order to ensure that this operation will be foolproof, Liu Tianlong also specially brought the only two remaining second-level talismans of the Liu family.
There was a flash of fire and a few loud bangs. The silver-armored crab monster was caught off guard and was attacked by Liu Tianlong. At this time, its silver-white crab body had several cracks and several red blood lines. It was bleeding non-stop. Even the long leg in the front was blown away by the second-level talisman.
Taking advantage of this buffer opportunity, the people who were about to be caught up quickly distanced themselves from the silver-armored crab monster and headed straight for the large formation not far away.
Soon, everyone returned to the formation smoothly. Only one unlucky cultivator from the Liu family, whose cultivation level was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, accidentally fell behind. Just when he was a few steps away from the formation, a huge iron clamp suddenly lifted him into the air.
Only a scream was heard, and after falling from a high altitude, he was cut into two halves by the angry silver-armored crab monster's other sharp claws, and a blood rain fell from the sky.
Everyone in the formation's faces changed when they saw this scene. This was the power of the foundation-building monster. If they were not careful, they might follow in the footsteps of this fellow Taoist.
It was the first time that Song Qingming had seen such a bloody scene. He couldn't help but tremble and the formation flag in his hand almost fell to the ground. The Liu family cultivator who was still chatting and laughing with everyone last night had died tragically at the hands of a ferocious monster in the blink of an eye.
In front of this huge second-level monster, these cultivators who usually look as high and mighty as immortals in front of mortals are as vulnerable as ants.
It was not until the great elder Song Gubai noticed something was wrong with him and patted him on the shoulder that he came to his senses. He quickly grasped the formation flag and returned to his position.
"Meng Lin, don't panic, everyone, evacuate, and activate the formation quickly." Seeing that the silver-armored crab monster had entered the formation, Liu Tianlong, with red eyes, did not care about the sadness of losing his tribe members, and hurriedly commanded everyone to activate the formation to trap the silver-armored crab monster.
Song Qingming and others, who had been waiting in the formation for a long time, quickly threw a half-foot-wide golden disc into the air under the guidance of four top-grade formation masters. More than a dozen golden rays of light shot out from the formation flags in their hands and connected to the formation disc, instantly forming a huge golden iron net that covered the head of the silver-armored crab monster in the formation.
The silver-armored crab monster was caught off guard by the golden net. In panic, it raised a pair of pincers to support the golden net on its body. The dozen or so formation masters responsible for activating the formation quickly made gestures with their hands and desperately injected spiritual power into their respective formation flags, causing the golden net to shine brightly and confront the silver-armored crab monster.
This golden net demon-binding formation is a demon-trapping formation. Once the silver-armored crab demon is completely covered by the golden net, it will basically lose its ability to move and can only be slowly strangled to death by these low-level cultivators.
Seeing that the Silver-Armored Crab Monster was holding up the golden net with its two pincers, the formation could not completely cover the Silver-Armored Crab Monster at once. Liu Tianlong, who was besieging it from the side, sent six more cultivators to strengthen and activate the formation. With the addition of more cultivators, the golden light of the formation slowly pressed over the iron pincers of the Silver-Armored Crab Monster, making it unable to escape at once.
Seeing this, everyone was also inspired. Liu Tianlong, Song Changfeng and other late-stage Qi Refining cultivators began to use their top-grade magic weapons to attack the weak point under the shell of the monster crab.
Facing a second-level monster, only top-grade magic weapons and talismans can cause certain damage. Among the crowd, except for nine cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage who hold top-grade magic weapons, there are only four or five cultivators in the middle Qi Refining stage who hold top-grade magic weapons. The damage caused by the mid-grade magic weapons in the hands of the others to the silver-armored crab monster is very limited.
Facing the suppression of the formation, the silver-armored crab monster gradually fell into a disadvantage. Under the fierce siege of the crowd, it was already unable to block the huge golden net above its head.
Just when everyone was happy and thought they could easily kill this second-level monster, the silver-armored crab monster suddenly let out a strange roar. Soon, bubbles appeared on the water in the distance. More than 20 first-level monsters sensed the call of the silver-armored crab monster and floated to the surface, rushing towards the people who were besieging the silver-armored crab monster.
"Fellow Daoists, deal with these first-level monsters first. Don't let them interfere with the formation. This silver-armored crab is already at the end of its strength. Don't hold back. Fight quickly. These second-level monsters have been trapped by the formation. As long as we quickly eliminate this wave of monsters, this mission will be more than half completed."
After Liu Tianlong finished speaking, he summoned a high-level black-striped leopard from the spirit beast bag, and took the lead in rushing towards the two high-level monsters in the front. The rest of the people also withdrew from the siege of the silver-armored crab monster and turned around to fight the first-level monster that was rushing towards them. Only a few mid-level Qi-refining cultivators continued to besiege the second-level silver-armored crab.
This wave of monsters is different from the various low-level monsters on the shore before. Most of them are direct descendants of the silver-armored crab monster living deep in the pool. There are more than a dozen mid-level silver-armored crabs and five high-level silver-armored crabs. At this moment, they are desperately rushing to the rescue under the summons of the second-level silver-armored crab monster.
There is a powerful bloodline level suppression among the monsters. A powerful second-level monster can drive the first-level monsters of the same clan at will. However, it was too late for this silver-armored crab monster to think of driving the first-level monsters to help.
Among the human cultivators here, there are six cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage and more than a dozen cultivators in the middle Qi Refining stage. Their number is already greater than that of the monsters. What's more, there is also a top-notch combat force like Liu Tianlong, who is at the ninth level of Qi Refining and can withstand two high-level monsters alone.
However, under the summons of the second-level monsters, these first-level monsters behaved extremely crazily. Although they were at a disadvantage from the beginning, they still made everyone pay a heavy price.