The war is booming

The spirit-swalking beasts in the mountains do not have the mysterious structural principles of the two puppet mechanism beasts assigned by the Immortal Dao Alliance, but they have natural sensitivity to spirit stones. In addition, their natural ability to pass through the mountains can search for spirit stones, which is even faster than the two puppet mechanism beasts.

After a while, the spirit-swalking beast passed through the mountain twisted its body and drilled out of the soil, opened its mouth, and spitted a spirit stone in front of Qin Chuan.

Although this little thing feeds on spirit stones, it only eats one piece every day during the second level. After eating, it will not eat it again. All the spirit stones collected will be handed over to the owner.

Qin Chuan was quite satisfied with its collection speed. He patted its little head and expressed his praise, and then asked it to go into the mountains immediately and continue to search for the whereabouts of the spirit stone.

Next, whether it is the spirit stone searching beast through the mountain or the puppet mechanism beast, the search speed of both spirit stones is much slower. Qin Chuan knew that this was normal. After all, the spirit stone veins here were abandoned by the underground demons after mining, and the density of spirit stones would not be too high. It is estimated that it is unlikely to complete the task in this abandoned mine, but at least there will be considerable gains.

And the other five sects, including the Four Noble Sect, may not have even obtained a single spirit stone now!

The direction they chose could directly reach the spirit stone mine that the demons are mining under the underground. Among them, the spirit stone resources are definitely much richer than those of the abandoned mines. But at the same time, there are also a large number of earth demon army guards.

It is impossible for several sects such as the Four Noble Sect to enter the mine without paying some price, let alone mining.

Thinking of them, Qin Chuan couldn't help but think of Sun Jinpeng, the leader of Qixia Sect. Qin Chuan dared not make arbitrarily to make arbitrary judgments, but he believed that the other party must be a calm mind and principled person.

Such a person is undoubtedly worth making friends. If conditions permit, Qin Chuan would not mind supporting him and let him complete the task smoothly. However, in that situation at that time, it was not suitable to throw an olive branch to the other party. Now their Qixia Sect and the Four Wu Sect will also be in trouble, which is a pity.

Sun Jinpeng...If you can complete the task of collecting 100 spirit stones this time, then after you go out, Yuhua Sect is willing to make friends with you. If it cannot be completed... it makes no sense to say anything else.

After thinking about this, Qin Chuan controlled his thoughts and focused on the collection of spirit stones again...

When Yuhua Gate was working in two-pronged approaches to collect spirit stones in an orderly manner, the other five sects led by the Four Wu Sects gradually reached the end of the path, and a busy scene appeared in front of them.

At the end of this path, there is a forest of rocks, just to cover up the body. Zhu Shigu, the leader of the Siwu Sect, stood in the forest of rocks, observed the scene ahead, and was very happy, and whispered to the other sects: "We are really lucky! In front of us is the spirit stone collection site of the underground demons!"

Everyone also looked out. There was a towering mountain opposite. There were many deep mine caves on the mountain, and groups of strong but ugly-looking earth demons were entering and leaving the mine caves, busy collecting spirit stones.

Although the underground demon race is naturally strong, its technical strength is extremely backward. For work like mining, they will not rely on many tools like humans, relying on brute force.

Fortunately, these earth demons who work hard are low in intelligence and simple in thinking. No matter how hard or tiring the work is, they don’t know how to resist, so the entire mine is in order.

Everyone was excited when they saw such a large mine. After all, if they wanted to complete the task of collecting spirit stones, they had to find a place with spirit stones. The underground world under the Vulcan Abyss was very vast and boundless. They were not lucky enough to find the underground demon mine, which was no chance.

I chose a random path and walked over and actually encountered the Earth Demon Mine. This is really a good luck.

The mine has been found, how should we act next? With this idea in our hearts, everyone turned to look at Zhu Shigu, the leader of the Siwu Sect.

Along the way, the five sects also had simple exchanges. Among them, the Four Wu Sects were the strongest, followed by Qixia Sect, and the other three sects were the second.

Everyone also discussed that the underground world is extremely dangerous. If you want to complete the task smoothly, you must have unified deployment and unified command. Therefore, you jointly elected Zhu Shigu, the leader of the Four No Sect, as the temporary leader, to be responsible for commanding the overall actions of the five sects.

Zhu Shigu felt superior because of his strong sect. He was the leader of the five sects. Of course, he would not refuse and soon joined the role.

At this time, we hid in the rock forest and observed the scene of the earth demon craftsman collecting spirit stones on the opposite side of Zanglong Mountain. Zhu Shigu said, "Most of the mines are earth demon coolies, with very low combat power, and the guarding power of the surrounding earth demon army is not strong either. The five sects hugged us and chose the cave with the most earth demon craftsmanship to rush in, and then guard the cave while using the puppet organ beast to collect spirit stones. What do you think?"

After everyone whispered for a while, there was basically no objection. However, Sun Jinpeng couldn't help but frown and said, "This spirit stone mine looks very large. Even in the underground world, it must be a great asset. I am worried that there may be a large army of earth demons nearby. Should we delay the action, first understand the situation, and then choose the best place?"

Zhu Shigu was arrogant by nature and liked to say the most. At this time, what he said was questioned by Sun Jinpeng, and he was immediately displeased and said with a stern face: "Master Sun, it is good to be cautious in behavior, but being too cautious will give people the feeling of being indecisive and afraid of death. Don't you think about it, even if the Earth Demon Army is stationed, can we find it in a while? Moreover, the spirit stone ore veins are not everywhere. Can you guarantee that you can find what you call the 'best place' in a short time? Don't forget that the mission time given to us by the Immortal Alliance is only five days!"

The mission requirements sent by the Changhe Sword Sect’s command envoy did clearly indicate that the maximum period for collecting spirit stones this time is five days. After five days, all sects that did not collect enough spirit stones will be treated as unfinished tasks.

Zhu Shigu paused and continued: "This sect leader has carefully observed that the strength of the Earth Demon Guards around the mine is basically between the seventh and eightth floors of the Qi Training Period. This can indicate that even if there is a large army of Earth Demons stationed nearby, the overall strength should be only the seventh and eightth floors of the Qi Training Period. Our five factions joined forces to seize a mine cave and release puppet organ beasts to collect spirit stones. We work together to guard the entrance of the cave. Within an hour, we will withstand the attack of the Earth Demon Army. Therefore, this sect leader believes that there is no need to conduct so-called "understanding", and directly attack head-on, complete the task and wait for the alliance to take us out of the Xuyuan."

After Zhu Shigu finished speaking, most of the other sects nodded in agreement.

While the Immortal Alliance allocates puppet mechanism beasts, each sect also distributes a special storage bag. After collecting enough spirit stones and putting them into the storage bag, the alliance will immediately sense it, and then activate the teleportation array to take the sect that completed the task away from Xuyuan.

Therefore, out of confidence in our own strength, everyone thinks that Sun Jinpeng's cautious plan is not as good as Zhu Shigu's frontal attack plan. After all, it is completely unknown whether it can find a better mining location, and there should be no problem with withstanding the attack of the Earth Demon army for one or two hours.

Although Sun Jinpeng felt that a spirit stone mine of this size was definitely a huge wealth, and the power of the Earth Demon guards could not be as weak as Zhu Shigu's judgment, he also knew that if he wanted to complete the mining task, it was impossible to complete the power of his own sect alone, and he had to rely on the power of other sects. Therefore, seeing that the other sects expressed their support for Zhu Shigu's proposal, he naturally had to obey.

Since everyone has no objection, the action will be launched immediately. Each sect uses its own unique means, either using magic weapons or talismans to hide all their bodies and breaths, and then slowly approaches the mine with the largest number of hardworking labor in the center.

"When getting close, everyone must be careful not to expose Xingzang. As long as you get close to the mine, then kill all the hard work in the cave, then control the entrance of the cave and prevent underground demons from attacking it, then use the puppet beasts of the Immortal Alliance to collect spirit stones and complete the task, it will be easy." Zhu Shigu condensed his magic power, gathered sounds into lines, and said to everyone.

Everyone nodded when they heard this, but Sun Jinpeng still maintained a strong vigilance in his heart and secretly instructed his disciples: "Everyone must not be too optimistic and be very energetic. Once the situation is different, don't fight. It is important to escape from this place as soon as possible."

All the Qixia Sect members nodded and kept the sect leader's instructions in their hearts.

As Zhu Shigu said just now, the earth demon guards who were responsible for guarding and alert were not strong enough, and the highest was comparable to those of the eighth level of the human Qi training stage. They did not notice the hidden means adopted by the five major sects.

As for those hardworking laborers responsible for collecting minerals, they have lower strength and no possibility of discovery.

After Zhu Shigu, Sun Jinpeng and others successfully approached the selected large mine cave, they immediately retreated and revealed their bodies.

For a moment, spells were bombarded around the mine cave and magic weapons flew around it. Many land demon miners had no power to fight back. They fell to the ground and died one by one like harvested leeks. The five major sects successfully entered the mine cave.

After entering the cave, Zhu Shigu immediately ordered loudly: "Every time he sent a disciple to sweep the participating earth demon miners in the cave, all the rest of the personnel stayed at the entrance of the cave to guard. Anyone who approached would be killed without any hesitation!"

After hearing this, everyone immediately assigned five monks to kill the earth demon craftsmen in the mine. These earth demon craftsmen are the lowest-level existences in the underground demon race. In front of many monks whose strength level is above the ninth level of the Qi training stage, they have no power to fight back and are quickly slaughtered.

At this point, the largest mine in the spirit stone mine was officially occupied by the five factions.

While they were killing the hard work of the Earth Demon in the cave, the Earth Demon Guard outside had also discovered an abnormality. Suddenly, a sharp "whip" sound broke through the sky and resounded through the sky. It must have been the means used by the Earth Demon Guard to convey information.

While conveying the information of being attacked, the Earth Demon Guard quickly gathered together. A team of about 70 or 80 people formed, and rushed towards the mine occupied by human monks.

In this team, only the cultivation level of the Earth Demon Commander is around the Great Perfection of the Qi Training Period, and the other Earth Demon Guards are only at the seventh and eighth level of the Qi Training Period. Although the number of personnel is advantageous, the cave entrance of the mountain cave is small and the number of people cannot be exerted at all. In addition, Zhu Shigu, Sun Jinpeng and others have strong cultivation and powerful magic weapons. When they guard the cave entrance, they can be called a one-man as the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open. After rushing over under the command of the commander, the Earth Demon Guards soon fell one after another under the bombardment of the magic weapons of human cultivators.

This harvesting speed is no less slower than the hard work of the earth demon in the harvest hole just now.

Zhu Shigu was very satisfied when he saw this scene. He temporarily reclaimed his magic weapon and handed over the task of defending the entrance of the cave to others. He stood aside and issued a new order: "This sect leader is indeed correct. These demons are impossible to attack in at all. Everyone should release the puppet mechanism beasts and start collecting spirit stones!"

The others were also optimistic about the situation, and they took out the puppet organ beasts they owned and began to prepare for the collection of spirit stones.

Their puppet organ beasts were exactly the same as those in Qin Chuan's hands. The two mysterious organ beasts quickly formed together after landing, one was responsible for detection and the other was responsible for digging holes, and the hole suddenly became noisy and busy.

This cave, as a mine where the earth demon craftsman is collecting, is indeed much richer in spirit stone resources than the abandoned mine where Qin Chuan and others are. After a while, several small puppet organ beasts returned to the ground one by one, spit out the harvested spirit stones and handed them over to the heads of their respective sects.

Zhu Shigu was very curious when he looked at these small and magical things. As a powerful sect, he had heard of the skill of puppet mechanism in the immortal cultivation world before, but he had never seen it before.

Now I’m really eye-opening when watching these little puppets collect spirit stones with their own eyes.

Just as he was observing the puppet organ beast with curiosity, a monk suddenly heard the call from the entrance of the cave: "Look, the army of Earth Demons is here to support!"

When Zhu Shigu heard this, his face darkened, and he immediately returned to the entrance of the cave and looked out. Sure enough, outside the mine cave, the army of earth demons rushed towards here from four directions. They all looked like ghosts, and their mouths were whistling, with amazing momentum.

Although the number of accurate demons cannot be judged, judging from the momentum, at least three or five thousand demon guards came to support him!

However, what made Zhu Shigu feel relieved was that although these four army of earth demons who came to support were large in number, their strength was not too strong. Those earth demons at the commanding level were basically between the Great Perfection of Qi Training Period and the Ninth Level of Qi Training Period, and there were no higher masters.

The entrance of the mine is very narrow, and at most it can only accommodate a dozen people side by side. No matter how many Earth Demons there are, they cannot launch an attack together. Therefore, as long as there is no particularly powerful Earth Demon master, they will still be sure to defend the mine.

After thinking about this, Zhu Shigu cleared his throat and said, "Everyone is calm, there is no need to worry. We guard the entrance of the cave and have the advantage of geographical advantages. No matter how many demons come, we cannot attack them! In addition, we don't have to worry about being surrounded and unable to leave. As long as we collect enough spiritual stones, the teleportation formation of the Immortal Alliance will immediately take us away!"

Zhu Shigu's words cheered up, which made the monks who had become a little nervous because of the army of Earth Demons rushed to the rescue and rekindled their fighting spirit. Everyone cheered up, focused on controlling magic weapons, and killed the Earth Demons who were near the entrance of the mountain cave.

At this time, the seventy or eighty earth demons who were originally responsible for guarding the mine had been killed by the monks. However, the four army of earth demons who came to support had already reached the entrance of the cave at this time, surrounding the cave with great blackness, like a tide.

However, due to the limitation of the narrow cave entrance of the cave, only more than ten earth demons can charge towards the cave side by side at a time. The other earth demons can only squeeze behind, stare at them, and be anxious.

In this way, the confrontation between the five sects of monks and the army of earth demons was one after another. The first batch of more than ten earth demons fell, the second batch immediately followed, the second batch fell, and the third batch followed. If there were too many corpses accumulated on the ground, the earth demon would clean up and then continue to launch a new wave of attacks.

The five sects of monks have powerful magic weapons and high lethality; while the Earth Demon army is huge and can afford to die. Neither side is willing to retreat, and the battle is becoming more and more stalemate.

Inside the cave, five groups of puppet organ beasts were collecting spirit stones in an orderly manner. Every time one was collected, special personnel from each sect would collect the spirit stones, but they were not placed in the special storage bag issued by the Immortal Alliance, but they were collected first.

All the five sects collected enough spirit stones, then put them in a special storage bag and left together. This is also a consensus reached by everyone.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the spirit stones collected by the puppet organ beasts were becoming more and more. However, the situation of the monks of the five sects had begun to gradually deteriorate.

Although they defended the cave and had the advantage of the geographical advantage, they could temporarily compete with the Earth Demon army head-on and undefeated. However, the key problem is that the Earth Demon army is too large, as if they cannot be killed and die. No matter how many they kill, there will always be Earth Demon guards who will continue to follow.

However, the mana power of the monks in the five sects is limited. Under this high-intensity consumption, people soon began to show signs of mana exhaustion.

Before entering the Urigata, all the spiritual stones of monks had been forcibly collected by the Immortal Alliance and were returned after the task was completed. Therefore, it is impossible to use the spirit stones to replenish mana.

Although the pills were not forcibly collected, the pills that can quickly recover their magic power were extremely rare and precious. The five sects combined only have a little bit.

The situation is critical at this time, and everyone doesn’t know what you and me are. Once someone’s magic power is exhausted, the person with the pill will immediately take out his pill and give it to him to take it to restore his magic power.

Everyone has only one goal, and they insist on collecting a hundred spirit stones for the puppet organ beasts, and then use the teleportation formation of the Immortal Alliance to get out of here.

Fortunately, the puppet mechanism beasts provided by the Immortal Alliance are really not disappointing. In just a short while, a large number of spirit stones have been collected.

Among all the sects, the puppet organs and beasts of Qixia Sect have the highest efficiency and have collected forty-three low-grade spirit stones. Although the other sects have slightly different, they are not big. The least sect has collected thirty-five.

"Everyone hold on, you must hold on! It won't be a problem! At the collection speed of puppet mechanism beasts, we can complete the task and leave the Xuyuan in less than an hour!" Zhu Shigu burst into anger.

However, his mouth was really an ominous thing. As soon as his words fell, three figures suddenly floated down on the mountains and rivers outside the mine and rushed towards it.

Sun Jinpeng has always maintained a high level of attention from the outside world and immediately discovered these three figures. After a closer look, his face turned pale: "No! There are experts from Earth Demon coming! Three Yashas are coming!"

Night, yaksha?

When he heard this word, Zhu Shigu's eyes turned a little dark.

He quickly looked out and saw three strong figures approaching here, with extremely fast speed. Zhu Shigu knew at a glance that even he could not reach this speed. The three earth demons who came to support were amazingly powerful.

However, Zhu Shigu still looked at the mouths of the three Earth Demon masters with the last glimmer of hope.

He hoped that his judgment was just his fault, but the facts once again hit him hard.

Two slender and white fangs were prominent in the mouths of the three earth demon masters, like ivory. A slight white light was faintly revealed in the dark underground world.

Fangs are the most obvious symbol of Yasha's identity. After seeing this thing, Zhu Shigu's heart suddenly became cold.

Of course, he also learned about the information about the Earth Demon, and knew that the Yasha-level Earth Demon was as powerful as that of a human foundation-building cultivator.

The foundation-building stage!
To be continued...