On the Song family side, Fourteenth Uncle Song Changlian was also seriously injured. In order to create an opportunity for Second Elder Song Changfeng to kill a high-level monster, he forcibly used a mid-level defensive magic weapon to attract the high-level monster's attack head-on. In the end, he was hit by the monster and spit out blood on the spot. Even the defensive magic weapon in front of him was broken.
Now Song Changlian can only withdraw from the battle and hide in the distance to use elixirs to heal his wounds. He has temporarily lost the ability to continue fighting. It will take at least two or three years for him to fully recover after returning.
The rest of them were fine, they only suffered some minor injuries which did not affect their combat effectiveness much. However, the performance of the third brother Song Qingze was eye-catching. He actually killed a mid-level demon crab alone without any injury. After the battle, several elders praised his performance.
However, the one who made the greatest contribution in this battle was the second elder Song Changfeng. With the assistance of Song Changlian, he not only killed a high-level monster, but also killed two low-level monsters alone.
Half an hour later, with the fall of the last high-level silver-armored crab, the shore was already filled with the corpses of monsters, and most of the monks who participated in the battle were injured.
Two cultivators were seriously injured and lost the ability to continue fighting. Another cultivator from the Du family who was in the middle stage of Qi Refining was accidentally split into two by a high-level silver-armored crab and died on the spot. This also made Du Shaokang, the leader of the Du family, look depressed.
After the battle, everyone had no time to sit down and rest, and before they had time to recover their own spiritual energy, they had already begun the final encirclement and suppression of the second-level silver-armored crab monster trapped in the formation.
Faced with the fact that support had not arrived for a long time, the second-level silver-armored crab kept making calling calls while struggling violently, trying to break free from the golden net above.
However, this second-level golden net monster-binding formation, driven by sixteen formation masters including Song Qingming, has been firmly covering its head without any shaking. The magic power of more than a dozen Qi Refining cultivators gathered together, far surpassing that of this second-level monster that had recently advanced.
After the people who had encircled and suppressed the first-level monster returned, Liu Tianlong directed several Liu family cultivators to help run the formation and increased the suppression power of the formation. The rest of the people formed several circles and began to continue to besiege the silver-armored crab monster that was still struggling.
Soon, another steel claw of the silver-armored crab monster was cut off by the high-grade flying sword in Liu Tianlong's hand. Unable to withstand the heavy blow, the silver-armored crab had to put down its claws that were holding up the golden net, and beat back several monks surrounding it in two moves.
But just as it was about to display its power, the golden net on its head, having no obstruction, fell entirely on its huge body, pinning it to the ground and making it unable to move.
However, although the silver-armored crab monster was suppressed to the ground by the formation and could not move his body at will, his pair of iron pincers were not affected and he could still move freely.
The silver-armored crab monster kept waving its pincers and iron claws, which put a lot of pressure on the attacking monks. Not long after, two more monks in the middle stage of Qi Refining were hit by the huge white iron pincers and were injured and left the field.
Seeing that the situation was difficult to deal with, Liu Tianlong, who was standing by, shouted "Change the formation" to the two Liu family elders in the late Qi training stage who were leading the control of the formation in the back.
After hearing this, the two men quickly changed the flags in their hands. As the two elders of the Liu family kept waving the flags, the golden nets that originally covered the silver-armored crabs separated into two golden lights, which firmly imprisoned the two iron pincers with the greatest attack power of the silver-armored crabs.
This is also the power of this second-level golden net monster-binding formation. Not only can it trap monsters, but it can also use the powerful spiritual power gathered in the giant golden net to imprison the monsters' hands and feet, causing the monsters to lose most of their attack capabilities from their own strong bodies.
The Liu family's foundation-building ancestor who lived more than a hundred years ago was a rare second-level formation master. It was also thanks to the second-level mountain protection formation set up by this ancestor that the mountain gate was guarded.
The Liu family was able to preserve part of the family business and the second-level sacred mountain after losing the foundation-building cultivator. After the ancestor passed away, he left behind a profound array inheritance for the Liu family. This is why there are far more array masters from the Liu family on the scene than from the other three families.
Although the silver-armored crab monster could still move at this moment, its movements were extremely slow, as if it was lifting a thousand-pound burden. It kept swinging its claws with all its might, but this was like slow motion and had no effect on the monks who were besieging it. It had completely lost its ability to attack, and only a few iron claws with slightly weaker attack power could still cause some damage.
Faced with the successive attacks of many monks, the few remaining iron claws were slowly cut off one by one by the monks. The silver-armored crab had completely lost its ability to resist. Under the siege of the crowd, it could only let out a wailing sound, fell down unwillingly, and completely lost its breath.
Seeing the silver-armored crab monster finally fall, Liu Tianlong quickly stepped forward to confirm that this second-level monster was completely dead, and then he called on everyone who was still setting up the formation to dismantle it.
Looking at the riverbank covered with blood and corpses, Liu Tianlong summoned the three leaders and said in a deep voice:
"According to the prior agreement, this second-level monster belongs to my Liu family. The other first-level monsters can be divided among the three of you. My Liu family will not participate. As for this pond, my family will also give priority to searching for spiritual objects. You families are not allowed to enter the pond for two hours. Do you have any objections?"
The three team leaders looked at each other and nodded without saying anything.
Seeing that no one objected, Liu Tianlong couldn't help but relax his nervousness, but his face remained expressionless as he began to direct the Liu family to collect the corpse of the second-level monster in front of them.
The remaining first-level monster corpses were generously left to the other three families, and he only ordered a few Liu family cultivators to keep an eye on the three families' cultivators by the pond to prevent them from sneaking into the pond.
After Song Gubai, Wu Xiyun and Du Shaokang discussed on the spot, the three of them quickly distributed the monsters that each family had obtained.
According to the principle of equal distribution, the Song family received two high-level monsters and seven mid- and low-level monsters this time. Under Song Gushan's arrangement, the Song family quickly began to collect materials from the corpses of these first-level monsters.
Everyone in the Song family was extremely happy when they looked at the corpse of the monster in front of them. A mid-level monster was worth about twenty spirit stones, and a high-level monster could be sold for fifty or sixty spirit stones.
For the Song family, these monster materials alone are almost enough to cover the family's income for nearly half a year. After returning from this mission, the clan will definitely reward those who have made contributions.
However, compared to the second-level silver-armored crab obtained by the Liu family, the first-level monsters distributed to the three families are nothing. Even if all the materials of these first-level monsters are added together, the total value is still far less than that of the second-level silver-armored crab monster.
A second-level low-grade monster can be sold for at least 1,500 spirit stones on the market. Although the Liu family also lost a cultivator in this battle, overall, their family is the one that made the most money, not to mention the spiritual creatures that may appear at the bottom of the pool.
The outer areas of the Floating Cloud Mountains have been searched countless times by those crazy wandering cultivators, and the chances of finding some spiritual objects are not high.
However, this pond has been inhabited by a second-level monster for decades, so some first-level spiritual creatures must have been born here. The probability of finding some spiritual creatures near the spiritual vein nest where the second-level monster is lurking is generally higher. The Liu family will give priority to searching the pond this time, and they will definitely get some rewards.
Generally speaking, this hunt for monsters was very successful. The four families all got a lot of spoils, and the cultivators from each family present were all smiling happily.
Liu Tianlong watched from afar as the other three families were concentrating on collecting the corpses of monsters on the shore. His nonchalant expression changed slightly, and then he secretly conveyed a secret message to several elders of the Liu family standing nearby.
After a cup of tea, only one elder of the Liu family was left on the scene to direct the cleanup of the battlefield. Liu Tianlong and two other elders of the Liu family disappeared without anyone noticing. Even the Liu family cultivators nearby did not notice that their patriarch had left here at some point.
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In a cave at the bottom of the pool filled with spiritual energy, the three members of the Liu family were staring at a bottomless cave in front of them. The ground was littered with the corpses of first-level monsters and a rotting silver-armored crab.
"These high-level monsters are so cruel that they even treat their own kind as food." An old man at the eighth level of Qi Refining said in a deep voice to Liu Tianlong in front of him.
Liu Tianlong glanced at the monster's corpse on the ground, thought for a while, and said nothing.
"Clan leader, the spiritual energy here is so strong. I believe that the place ahead is the place where the 'Water Spirit Fruit Tree' is recorded in the ancestor's notes." Another elder of the Liu family pointed to the front and said excitedly.
After taking out a red notebook, opening it and checking it carefully again, Liu Tianlong nodded and continued to walk forward. After walking forward for dozens of feet, a blue light suddenly lit up in the originally dim cave. The three of them were delighted to see the blue light and hurriedly walked forward quickly.