Chapter two hundred and eighteen defeat, temptation, medicine(1/2)
When he arrived outside Ningtong City, Xu Xing discovered that the city-sharing formation in Ningtong City had long disappeared.
Even the entire city looks black and red.
The black one is what part of the magma looks like after solidification; the red one is slowly flowing, hot magma.
Even the area outside Ningtong City is full of black stones formed after magma solidification, and they still maintain the appearance of magma flowing.
Around Ningtong City, there are various black monsters, human and beastly.
Often there are two human-shaped black monsters, leading seven or eight beast-shaped black monsters to form a team and patrol outside Ningtong City.
After discovering many cultivators from the Anti-Black Alliance, the black human-shaped monsters suddenly turned red and they raised their heads and roared.
The roaring sound was like a stone piece being scratched, and it sounded very harsh.
As the roar sounded, a large number of black monsters surged out from Ningtong City, like a black tide, rushed towards the cultivators of the Anti-Black Alliance.
The monks who led the Anti-Black League also shouted loudly: "Run up - kill all these hateful black monsters--"
There was no prelude. When both sides could already see each other, they rushed towards each other without hesitation.
Xu Xing was among the people of the Anti-Black Alliance, like a drop of water melting into the river, and was not at all conspicuous.
He only showed the ordinary strength of a monk in the foundation-building realm, and always maintained enough rationality, so he did not really face many black monsters.
Not far from Xu Xing, there were Zhong Yixuan and Gu Nanyan. With Zhong Yixuan's cultivation level on the second floor of foundation building, ordinary black monsters could not hurt them.
Xu Xing secretly observed the battlefield and found that cultivators above the foundation building realm were basically in danger for the time being.
Those who really die are those cultivators with cultivation level in the Qi Refining Realm. Most of them have limited means to use. After facing those black monsters, they will often be killed by the black monster in just one encounter, in three or two rounds.
Xu Xing also discovered that the first people who died were those who had become the weakest after being absorbed by Xin Chi in the Dharma Assembly!
Although Xin Chi took advantage of the mental power, he also used methods to make everyone suck a black turbid mist, making everyone seem to have improved their cultivation.
But that's just an illusion.
The real situation is that all cultivators have a much lower cultivation level than before participating in the Dharma Assembly!
In other words, all the people in the Anti-Black League were in extremely poor physical condition when participating in this battle!
And this is the real reason why many Qi-refining monks die in one encounter!
In less than a cup of tea, more than a thousand people had been killed or injured in the Anti-Black League.
However, there were very few black monsters killed by the Anti-Black Alliance, not even a 300-year-old.
Among these less than 300 records, a considerable majority of them were achieved by cultivators above the foundation-building realm.
But with such heavy casualties, the monks of the Anti-Black Alliance had no intention of retreating, and were still excited and shouted and rushed.
Half an hour later, more than half of the Anti-Black Alliance had died or injured. Those who could survive at this time were either those with relatively high cultivation or those with stronger ability to save their lives.
But from Ningtong City, a large number of black monsters continued to surge out, as if endless.
Not only that, the black monsters that surged out at this time were much stronger than those monsters at the beginning.
The lowest-powered ones are also equivalent to those of immortal cultivators at the seventh and eighth level of Qi Refining Realm.
Under such circumstances, the many Qi-refining monks in the Anti-Black Alliance were even more difficult to resist and were dying one by one at a faster speed.
In the surging sea of black monsters, there were only less than a stick of incense left in the anti-black alliance, and there were only a few cultivators in the Qi refining realm.
All the Qi-refining monks who can survive at this time can only survive with the deliberate support of monks at the foundation-building realm or above.
Looking at the audience, there were black monsters everywhere, and there were less than a thousand monks in the Anti-Black League.
Most foundation-building monks also showed fatigue, and everyone was covered with a faint black aura.
Xu Xing saw that Zhong Yixuan was already pale at this time, and several wounds had appeared on her and Gu Nanyan's body, and they were trying hard to support it.
Seeing that the Anti-Black Alliance could not last long, when Xu Xing was about to find an opportunity to take her and the other two out of this battlefield, he suddenly felt something and turned around and looked behind him.
A female Taoist boy holding a whisk flew over quickly. She swung the whisk into the air, and a large area of mysterious light emerged, covering the entire battlefield.
Under this mysterious light, all the people in the Anti-Black League were excited and their actions became very fierce.
But those black monsters seemed to be trapped in a quagmire and had difficulty in action.
Soon, the Anti-Black Alliance turned defeat into victory, killing all the black monsters shrouded in the mysterious light.
What made Xu Xing a little strange was that there were obviously many black monsters in Ningtong City, but they no longer rushed out.
The female Taoist boy in the air with a whisk said loudly: "You are so encouraging to fight against the black disaster, but the black disaster is powerful, and you still need to do it within your ability! Let's turn around and recruit more monks to strengthen the power of our alliance!"
The monks of the Anti-Black Alliance who ended the battle thanked the female Taoist boy in unison: "Thank you for helping Miss Xinjiao!"
The female Taoist boy named Xin Jiao said in a cold voice: "The leader has left a thousand miles away, but you have acted recklessly today, so I have sent me to help you! You should reflect carefully and act within your ability!"
Everyone said in unison: "Yes! We know our mistakes and say we should follow the teachings of the Holy Alliance Leader!"
Xin Jiao looked up at Ning Tongcheng's direction and said, "You retreat for the time being, I'll cut off the rear!"
Everyone in the Anti-Black Alliance was very grateful when they heard this, and some even reminded him: "Miss Xinjiao, be more careful!"
Xu Xing thoughtfully, and seemed to accidentally fall an inconspicuous stone from his sleeve, but he didn't notice it, but just retreated and left with everyone.
After returning to the Anti-Black Alliance's garrison, not only did the sadness and depression that should have after the defeat, but they were all full of fighting spirit and excitement. They almost just took a moment to rest and immediately set off and scattered around to find more monks and invite those people to join the Anti-Black Alliance.
Xu Xing originally planned to wait for Fu Yan to trade quietly, but under Shui Lai's orders and the enthusiastic invitation of Zhong Yixuan and Gu Nanyan, he had to go out with them to find monks to join the alliance.
The three of them walked north, and Zhong Yixuan even discussed with Gu Nanyan: "Nanyan, I decided to go back to Luoxia Valley. It is far away from here. There are still many monks who don't know the harm of black disasters. We will invite them to come together to fight black disasters!"
Gu Nanyan clapped his hands and agreed: "Okay, okay! Gugu...I'm thinking so too!"
Zhong Yixuan asked Xu Xing again, "Fellow Daoist Yu, I wonder if you have any relatives and friends? If there is, you will also invite them together. After all, the fight against the evil is a big deal, and one more person will give you more strength!"
Xu Xing did not reply immediately, but pondered for a while and asked slowly: "Do you two think something is wrong in today's battle?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Xu Xing saw that Zhong Yixuan and Gu Nanyan showed a very puzzled look on their faces.
Xu Xing said: "I don't know how to fight this battle after a large number of monks in the Immortal Cultivation World start a war. However, I know that even ordinary people in the mortal world should pay attention to arranging troops and plan some things when fighting, not like we are today, they all rushed up to fight to the death."
Gu Nanyan said: "The ordinary people in the mortal world have limited skills, so how can they compare with us immortal cultivators? In the eyes of us immortal cultivators, their fighting skills are just children playing houses, and they are not useful at all, right?"
Zhong Yixuan looked a little confused, and he nodded slightly while thinking.
Xu Xing said: "I did not say that there was a great war between immortal cultivators, but I had to copy the methods of fighting in the mortal world. I just said that we should pay attention to some strategy, rather than letting tens of thousands of people die together, and less than a thousand people die!"
Gu Nanyan said unhappily: "Senior Yu, how can you say the same thing? Everyone is responsible for fighting the tragedy! This is the most correct thing. You can't just say that this is wrong because you do it, right?"
Zhong Yixuan was still thinking about it. After hearing this, he nodded slightly and said softly: "Yes, Fellow Daoist Yu, how can one not die in war? I know, you must be feeling a little uncomfortable because too many people died. In fact, we are not feeling well!"
Xu Xing looked at the two of them, was silent for a moment, and suddenly laughed apologetically and said, "I said the wrong thing just now. Two fellow Taoists, please don't take it to heart!"
Gu Nanyan said a little angry: "Hmph!"
Zhong Yixuan smiled and said, "It's okay. When I first joined the league, I sometimes didn't understand what the league did! Later, after listening to the leader's lectures several times, I gradually realized that in the face of the great cause of anti-blackness, a small sacrifice of my personal sacrifice is insignificant and should be done. Otherwise, if everyone only cares about themselves, I am afraid that it won't take long in the future. After the black disaster spreads, the entire Western Ji Continent will become a hell on earth!"
Gu Nanyan echoed: "That's it! Look at how reasonable Xuanxuan said! As a member of the Anti-Black Alliance, you can't just think about yourself! If you can't sacrifice your ego, how can you achieve the ego?"
Xu Xing asked in a voice: "In order to fight against the black disaster, even if you are willing to sacrifice your life, are you willing to do so?"
Zhong Yixuan said in a whisper: "If I sacrifice myself alone, I can reduce the rampant disasters in the future, I am willing!" Although her voice was slow, she was full of firmness.
Gu Nanyan also said, "That's right! I'm the same!" He glared at Xu Xing and said, "You guy! You thought you were a good person, but I didn't expect that you actually thought it was wrong to fight against the evil! If you do this again, we will have to draw a clear line with you in the future!"
Xu Xing sighed secretly and said, "It seems that the two of them were bewitched by Xin Chi!"
At this time, Xu Xing remembered the Lihuoming Heart Pill that he got from Fu Yan.
Xu Xing has carefully looked at the three pills in the bottle and can be confirmed that this pill will not poison people's lives.
However, the elixir itself belongs to Lihuo. If a person who has not practiced the fire-type exercises has probably suffered some hardship after taking this elixir.
Originally, Xu Xing wanted to point out the unreasonableness of the previous battle, so that the two of them became suspicious and then fought against the centrifugality of the Black Alliance.
However, she did not expect that the two of them did not feel unreasonable at all. Instead, they went to find various reasons to convince themselves, and even wanted to use their reasons to convince Xu Xing.
Xu Xing had already felt that Zhong Yixuan and Gu Nanyan were slightly dissatisfied with him because of what he had just said.
After walking hundreds of miles, Xu Xing suddenly changed color slightly, slapped his forehead and said, "Oh no!"
Then, I searched everywhere on myself.
Zhong Yixuan and Gu Nanyan both looked at Xu Xing, and Zhong Yixuan asked, "Fellow Daoist Yu, what's wrong with you? But is there anything missing?"
Xu Xing's face was full of anxiety and said, "Yes! One of my carry-on gems is gone!"
Zhong Yixuan asked: "What kind of gem?"
Xu Xing said: "Hey, you may not know if you say it! It should have been when I was fighting before, I accidentally fell on the battlefield!"
Zhong Yixuan said: "Is this gem very important to you?"
Xu Xing said with a serious expression: "It's very important! It's very important! No, I have to find it back!" As he said that, he walked a few steps back, then stopped and turned around, and said to Zhong Yi with a look of embarrassment: "Fellow Daoist Zhong, I have a reluctant request..."
Zhong Yixuan said, "Fellow Daoist Yu, please tell me!"
Xu Xing said: "It should be very dangerous near the battlefield. Can I ask you two to go with me?"
Zhong Yixuan hesitated and said, "This..."
To be continued...