Chapter 242
242 A bump on the head
Divine Deer Forest.
Lu Qing floated in the sky and looked at the forest that had been protected by the great formation.
The scenery was truly special.
The divine Deer Forest seemed to be in a gloomy state at all times, even though it was noon and the sun was high up in the sky.
Furthermore, the boundary between the divine Deer Forest and the outside world was extremely clear. There wasn’t a definite door, but there seemed to be a line. Inside the line, the deer Forest was deep and quiet. Anyone who looked at it would feel their mind calm down. And beyond this line was an ordinary forest.
Now, the forest protection array of the divine Deer Forest had been activated. A cloud of green fluorescent smoke covered the entire forest.
Lu Qing had studied the forest-protecting formation for a while. In his higher consciousness form, he could easily see through the fog. However, if an ordinary cultivator, even a golden core cultivator, tried to break through the formation without breaking it, he might be trapped inside.
Even though the forest protecting formation of divine Deer Forest was very dangerous, it was still very beautiful from the outside. The entire divine Deer Forest seemed to have turned into a Jade land filled with mist. It was peaceful, beautiful, and mysterious.
However, this beautiful scene was destined to be destroyed today.
A huge flying boat slowly flew over and stopped outside the divine Deer Forest. Thousands of cultivators alighted from the swift Boat in an orderly manner and gathered outside the deer Forest. They formed a formation according to their respective teams.
After the ambush, the human cultivators were ready to attack, so they didn’t waste time. They took a huge flying ship and quickly rushed to the divine Deer Forest.
This was the best time to attack.
According to Lu Qing’s initial exploration, there should be close to 1000 demonic beasts living in the divine Deer Forest. Among them, there were more than 10 that had reached the second rank and above. Only old deer and young deer were at the third rank.
Now, they had lost nine second-rank demonic beasts and one of their leaders, Lu. The remaining tier-two demonic beasts were not to be feared. Even if the strongest old deer had escaped, it was also seriously injured. Even if it could support the forest-protecting formation inside, it was an arrow at the end of its flight. It might not be able to hold on for long.
He had used the young little demon called Lu man to set up an ambush, and the effect was extremely outstanding.
This proved that a Saint heart was not good. Even if Lu man had saved many of her fellow tribesmen, what could she do? Not only did she harm herself, but she had also harmed the entire divine Deer Forest.
After a while, five formation-breaking cannons were slowly pushed out from the human cultivators ‘battle formation.
Three of them had been snatched from the Zhao family. After that, he never had the chance to use it.
Of the other two sects, one was sent by the sect to help, and they had to return it after the battle; The other one was from the Han clan of Luyi. Their family background was not bad either. Among the many local cultivation clans in anling Prefecture, the Han clan had the longest history, apart from the Zhao clan.
The formation-breaking cannon was very expensive to make, and each one cost more than 10000. This thing couldn’t be regarded as an ordinary spiritual artifact. It wasn’t for individual cultivators at all, but a strategic weapon specialized in war.
The five cannons were placed in a straight line, and the corresponding cultivators stood behind them, controlling them. Large amounts of spiritual stones were placed under the carriage to provide spiritual energy.
A few hundred spirit stones were wasted every time the cannon sounded. It was a little too costly to fight.
However, there were other ways.
At this time, the lone cultivators in the cannon fodder group could finally be put to use. These so-called ‘third grade regiments’ lined up. Behind each formation-breaking cannon, there were hundreds of cultivators. They would use their own bodies to power the formation-breaking cannon. Behind each of the five cannons stood a foundation building cultivator. They were the main controllers.
Soon, after the preparations were complete, a faint light appeared on the square cannon rack below the five formation-breaking cannons. This meant that the formation-breaking cannons were ready to fire.
Lu Wenen stood at the back and watched everything.
Beside him was the deeress Lu man, who had been captured.
Her eyes were filled with sorrow.
Wenen glanced at her and did not continue to pay attention to her.
This demoness had woken up long ago. However, no one mentioned her follow-up plan again, and it had been kept until now.
However, even if she was awake, he did not have to worry about her having any means of resistance. Her body was bound with a rope that restrained the flow of power. There were also restrictions placed by cultivators in her body, so she could not move at all.
She looked helplessly ahead. That was her home, and it was still so beautiful and peaceful. But when she looked at the formation-breaking cannon outside, although she had never seen such a thing before, she thought that it was a very terrifying weapon.
And after a while, she experienced the power of this thing.
With a single command, the five formation-breaking cannons that were ready to fire suddenly opened fire.
The base of the formation-breaking cannon suddenly lit up. The spirit stones that had been filled in were all used up. The cultivators who were supplying energy at the back also felt their spiritual energy being extracted.
After charging for a few seconds, the cannon fire roared and five balls of light were shot out from the cannon, blasting into the divine Deer Forest.
The ‘Cannonball’ smashed into the flowing Jade-like smoke and exploded.
Suddenly, the smoke began to surge. From the outside, the entire divine Deer Forest seemed to be shaking.
The human cultivators cheered.
Although the protective array of the divine Deer Forest had not been destroyed, it seemed like the effect of the formation-breaking cannon was still very reliable.
After a few more rounds, he would definitely be able to destroy this forest protecting formation.
After about two hours, the second round of cannon fire began.
The reason why there was such a long interval was mainly because the cultivators who supplied energy to the array-breaking cannon needed to take a break.
If he didn’t want the interval to be so long, he could just add spirit stones to the cannon.
However, it was too expensive to use spirit stones to activate the formation-breaking cannon. He would try to save as much as he could.
In any case, the effect of the formation-breaking cannon would directly shake the foundation of the forest-protecting formation. Even if there was a gap in between, it was likely that those demon beasts would not be able to completely repair it in such a short time.
After the second round of cannon fire, the changes in the divine Deer forest’s periphery became even more obvious.
The Emerald-colored smoke was clearly not as thick as it had been at the beginning. One could even vaguely see the scenery behind it.
The forest protection array of the divine Deer Forest was more fragile than he had imagined.
It was probably because the strength of the demonic beasts inside had been greatly weakened. If old deer was in his Prime, young deer was there, and there were eight tier-two demonic beasts keeping watch, it would not be so easy to shake the foundation of this formation.
Now, even those who knew nothing about arrays could clearly see that the outer protection of the divine Deer Forest wouldn’t be able to hold on for long. At most, two or three more rounds of cannon fire would be enough to completely destroy it.
Without protection, human cultivators could charge in with unstoppable momentum under the leadership of high-level cultivators and start a massacre.
Lu man’s eyes were already filled with tears.
She opened her mouth and said sorrowfully to Lu Wenen, ” “Why are you doing this? Our God Deer Clan has never harmed you humans before. Why do you want to invade our home?”
She could speak a little human language. Although the pitch was a little strange and she stammered a little, he could still understand her.
Lu Wenen had nothing to say to her question.
It was indeed immoral to talk about racial disputes and disputes over interests. However, if everything in this world could be ruled by morality, where would there be so many tragedies?
Wenen actually had some compassion in his heart, which was human nature. However, this bit of compassion would not shake his will.
However, he couldn’t be bothered to say anything to this daughter of the deer demon.
“Can you guys stop?”
How could they stop at this point?
However, Wenen still did not say anything. He did not want to say anything.
“What do you want? If there’s anything in the divine Deer Forest, we can give it to you. Even if you want this piece of land, we can leave. I beg you, don’t kill my clansmen anymore.”
Wenen turned a deaf ear.
There was no point in surrendering unconditionally. Humans not only wanted the treasures of these demonic beasts, but they also wanted their land. They wanted to remove the threat here and also wanted these demonic beasts to die.
“I know that there is a secret place in the forest. There are secrets and treasures that our God Deer Clan has been guarding for generations. However, that place can only be opened by the purest bloodline of our God Deer Clan, who is willing to offer himself. If you’re willing to let my people live, I’ll help you open the secret place.”
Eh?
Her words successfully attracted Lu Wenen’s attention.
“What’s in the secret place?”
I’m scared. I don’t know. I’ve never been in there, but I know I can open it.
Lu Wenen pondered for a moment.
What was the benefit of killing all the demonic beasts in the divine Deer Forest? Two. One was to eliminate the roots. The North Army would definitely continue to advance. There were thousands of demonic beasts in the back path, and there was even a peak tier-three demonic beast leader, old deer. This was obviously a dangerous thing.
The second point was that the corpses of thousands of demonic beasts would be a huge source of income. For example, if the demonic core of old deer, who was at the peak of the third rank, was removed, he could make a batch of foundation building pills. With the demonic core of the peak of the third rank, coupled with the supplementary materials, he could make three batches. According to the calculation of five foundation building pills per batch, this was an income of more than 100000.
The demonic cores of other second-rank demonic beasts could also be used in medicine. The various materials on their bodies could be extracted to be used to make magic tools or pills.
This was a profit of at least two hundred thousand, or even more than three hundred thousand spirit stones.
If he promised Lu man to let these demonic beasts go, he would lose this profit. The benefits that came with it were that they would not have to pay any more losses from the war, and divine Deer Forest would have surrendered. The second was the so-called secret place.
Did that secret place really require the so-called ‘pure blood of The Deer God’ and ‘voluntary offering’ to open? Can’t there be other ways? In that secret land, was the inheritance of the divine Deer Clan worth so much money?
Not to mention, it was hard to say whether this secret place was actually made up by this demoness.
However, no matter how he thought about it, Lu Wenen was not the one who had the power to make the decision.
“I can help you pass on the message.”
“Thank you so much.” After saying this, Lu man felt a little sad.
She was actually going to thank the human who was prepared to kill all of her own kind.
……
The higher-ups of the northern troops, who were the high-level cultivators of the Lu family, did not choose to agree or not to immediately after receiving the news. They did not even stop their attack.
However, they were not completely unresponsive.
Lu man was brought to a position further back and a God seeking talisman was hit on her body.
After more detailed questioning, he basically confirmed that Lu man’s words were true.
Lu Qing also found out about this matter.
For him, he had a better way to confirm things-wasn’t it the restriction? I’ve never seen a restriction that I can’t enter after I died!
Lu Qing took off from the human cultivators ‘formation and crossed the forest-protecting formation. He entered the divine Deer Forest.
He first went to observe the situation of the old deer.
That old deer was at the core of the forest protecting formation. There were four abnormally tall trees growing here. The tree’s huge roots even rose from the ground and twisted together, but in the middle, there was a circular space.
The empty space was only about ten feet in diameter. It was a little crowded for old deer to stand inside.
Four branches were wrapped around one of his legs. His strength was supporting the forest protecting formation and strengthening it.
There were many more cores like this around him, but the trees surrounding them were not as tall as the one old deer was standing on. There was a demonic beast standing at each of these cores.
However, due to the losses from the previous attack, the forest of deer God had suffered a great loss. The losses of the high level demonic beasts were quite heavy. The demonic beasts standing at the other core of the forest protecting formation were actually mostly Tier 1 demonic beasts.
He was also pitiful.
Lu Qing could also see that the old deer’s body was covered in injuries. This was the result of the cloud top Dragon snake’s attack during the short head-on collision with Li Yanling. There was still blood flowing out of the corner of his mouth as if he had just vomited it. It was probably because after the formation-breaking cannon attacked the forest-protecting array, old deer, whose qi and blood were connected to the array, was also affected.
Old deer’s condition was very bad. Lu Qing was even more at ease.
After checking his condition, he went to the location Lu man had told him about.
As expected, Lu Qing found a place that did not look ordinary.
There was a small slope with an entrance that led downward.
Lu Qing entered and quickly saw the ‘door’.
It was a tree door, formed by intertwining roots that grew out of nowhere. At the top of the door, there was a deer head.
Lu Qing could sense the power of a restriction from the door.
This seemed to be some kind of ancient sealing technique. At the very least, Lu Qing had never seen such a thing before.
“I don’t care what you are, just go in and it’s over.”
Lu Qing flew forward.
His head was full of bumps.
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