The huge iron-mouthed pig in front of him had lost its direction because of the confusion caused by the formation. It was angrily bumping around in the formation, knocking down some smaller trees in the forest.
The fog formation outside Lingyuan Mountain, which is open all year round, is a mid-level concealment formation. It is mainly used to trap intruding enemies in a short period of time and give the monks guarding the place time to react.
Another set of defensive formations requires cultivators to use spirit stones to assist in driving, and will only be activated when encountering high-level monsters.
Because the spirit stones consumed to operate the formation were too high an investment, the defensive formation would generally not be activated unless absolutely necessary. Song Qingming had been in Lingyuan Mountain for half a year, and he had only seen his ninth uncle Song Changxin activate it once when dealing with a high-level three-eyed demon wolf that had strayed here. Although he successfully drove away the demon wolf in the end, he also consumed a full five spirit stones. Both the uncle and nephew felt a little pained afterwards.
This Iron-mouthed Pig is a mid-level monster, three times the size of an ordinary wild boar. Its body is as hard as iron and has amazing defense. Apart from being afraid of fire, it has no obvious weaknesses. However, compared with other mid-level monsters, the Iron-mouthed Pig's attack ability is slightly weaker. It only has a pair of sharp iron teeth on its mouth, which poses a greater threat to the enemy.
Song Qingming thought about it calmly and did not rush to notify Song Changxin who was in seclusion for cultivation. He first used a spiritual light technique to carefully observe the monster to see if he could use the formation to drive away the monster.
The spiritual light technique is a spell that can enhance the eyesight of cultivators. After Song Qingming used it, although there was fog a hundred feet away, he could now see clearly.
"Hey, this guy seems to be injured." Song Qingming, who was blessed by the spiritual light technique, saw that the iron-mouthed pig had many scars on its body. It seemed that it had fought with other monsters not long ago. This really gave him some unexpected surprise.
It has been a long time since I came to Lingyuan Mountain. Because the main task of the garrison here is to protect the family mortals and the black iron ore veins in the rear, every time I encounter an attack by monsters, I basically drive them away. In the past six months, Song Qingming has only killed a low-level civet cat that went too deep into the mountain.
He had always wanted a chance to prove the results of his recent training. The injured iron-mouthed pig in front of him was a genuine mid-level monster, which made him feel itchy to show off his skills.
After some thought, Song Qingming still didn't want to miss this rare opportunity. With his cultivation in the middle stage of Qi Refining, plus the set of formations he had on him, even if he couldn't kill the iron-mouthed pig as he wished, he still had the confidence to drive him away.
Song Qingming stood up and quietly walked to a flat ground not far away. He waved his hand to drop a few formation flags, and patiently hid not far away, watching the movements of the Iron-mouthed Pig.
Half an hour later, the Iron-Mouthed Pig's reckless charge finally reached the edge of the fog. Just when it was about to break out of the fog, a huge fireball came from the front of it and hit the Iron-Mouthed Pig's huge head.
Then Song Qingming, who had been hiding nearby, shouted loudly and jumped out in front of the Iron-mouthed Pig, blocking its way.
The Iron-mouthed Pig, whose face had just been burned black by a fireball, gradually turned red in the eyes when he saw Song Qingming. He stared closely at the human cultivator who was the culprit in front of him, then bent his body backward to accumulate strength, raised the steel teeth in his mouth, and rushed towards where Song Qingming was standing at a high speed.
Seeing this, Song Qingming quickly used the earth wall technique to block in front of him, then stood up and jumped onto a big tree to avoid the iron-mouthed pig's angry attack.
With a loud bang, a cloud of dust was raised. The earth wall only slightly slowed down the Iron-mouthed Pig's attack speed before it was shattered by one blow. However, at this time, Song Qingming in front of it had disappeared from its sight. The Iron-mouthed Pig, having missed its target, turned around and continued to look for Song Qingming.
Song Qingming, who was hiding in a tree, jumped into the air and touched the storage bag on his waist. A black iron sword instantly appeared in his hand. He held the sword with both hands and chopped it towards the iron-mouthed pig in front of him, hitting the pig's hard steel teeth.
With a loud bang, Song Qingming stumbled back several steps, his hands going numb. Iron Mouth Pig also felt dizzy and dazed. Just as his injuries had slightly healed, a large amount of blood spurted out again.
"This guy is really tough. If he hadn't been injured, I wouldn't have been able to defeat him in a head-on fight."
Seeing this, Song Qingming stopped pestering him and raised his legs to run backwards. Seeing that the monk who annoyed it wanted to escape, the Iron-mouthed Pig also chased after him angrily.
Song Qingming looked back at the Iron-mouthed Pig that was chasing him quickly, and quickly took out a speed talisman and stuck it on his feet. He accelerated to increase the distance, and ran for hundreds of steps before rushing into an open ground. Song Qingming then stopped and looked at the four formation flags that had been set up around him and saw that they were standing safely. He took a breath and turned to face the Iron-mouthed Pig that was rushing towards him.
As soon as the Iron-mouthed Pig entered the formation, Song Qingming immediately used two earth walls to trap it. When it just broke free from the earth wall, Song Qingming had successfully activated the formation he had just set up.
The five formation flags on the ground emitted a dazzling yellow light, and the ground shook violently in an instant. The ground within a radius of several feet below the Iron-mouthed Pig sank rapidly to form a huge pit several feet in size, which was the Earth Marsh Formation.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Iron-mouthed Pig quickly knocked away the earth wall in front of it and wanted to jump out of the ground. However, the soil under it had become as soft as a swamp, making it unable to find a foothold. Instead, half of its body sank into the mud. Soon, green vines quickly grew out of the walls at the four corners of the huge pit, which coiled around the Iron-mouthed Pig in the formation and instantly imprisoned it.
The iron-mouthed pig, trapped in trouble, kept shaking its body hard to try to get rid of the things wrapped around it, but those green vines were very tough. With the continuous injection of Song Qingming's spiritual power, they continued to grow from all around the formation. It had just broken off a few vines, and more vines wrapped around it. Not only did it not break free, but the vines became tighter and tighter.
This iron-mouthed pig was already injured, and after causing a big fuss in the fog array, it already had very little physical strength left. Now it is estimated that it can't even exert half of its strength before the injury. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the ground formation activated by it alone to trap it so easily.
As time passed, the Iron-Beaked Pig, trapped in the formation, became quieter and quieter. Already severely injured, its violent struggle had exhausted all its strength. Slowly, unwillingly, it lowered its ferocious head, its breath only escaping, a look of dying.
Seeing this, Song Qingming slowly withdrew the spiritual power in his hand, took out the black iron sword again, jumped high, and cut off the huge head of the iron-mouthed pig with one sword.
Looking at the huge corpse of the iron-mouthed pig, Song Qingming showed a satisfied smile. Although this battle was a bit thrilling, it was also quite rewarding.
The pair of steel teeth on the iron-mouthed pig's mouth are good materials for refining weapons, and the hard pig skin can also be used to make robes. After collecting the valuable materials, Song Qingming called the young mortals in the village, and together they carried the remaining pork of the iron-mouthed pig back to the village.
The flesh and blood of monsters are a great tonic for both cultivators and mortals. Song Qingming put some of the pork into his storage bag and distributed the rest to the villagers. It was enough for them to eat for a while.
It was rare for the mortals of Lingyuan Mountain to eat a monster, so they were very grateful for Song Qingming's generosity and respected the young immortal master in front of them even more.
After finally getting some valuable monster materials, Song Qingming also began to plan to return to Funiu Mountain and exchange them for a mid-level magic weapon at the family's gold storage building. Now that he has collected enough spirit stones in advance, with a mid-level magic weapon in his hand, Song Qingming's combat effectiveness when facing the enemy will be greatly improved.
An ordinary mid-level magic weapon requires about twenty spirit stones. The pair of steel teeth of the Iron-mouthed Pig can be exchanged for about seven or eight spirit stones in the market. With these materials and some spirit stones added, it should be no problem to exchange them for a mid-level flying sword.