Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 569 Result
"Kill!"

"boom!"

In the distance, faint sounds of fighting and muffled thuds could be heard continuously.

Li Jiyan lay on the hillside, pressing his thumb hard, and his body trembled almost imperceptibly.

Yang Yun, who was standing next to him, immediately looked at him with concern and comforted him, "It's alright. The beast tide was fleeing in panic, and many of the big ones couldn't use their skills. You don't need to be nervous."

Li Jiyan's face flushed slightly.

That was a beast tide!

It exists only in ancient texts.

When hundreds or thousands of monsters rush towards you, who wouldn't be nervous?
However, several people present did not take it seriously, and even Yang Yun, who was of similar age and cultivation level to him, remained calm.

Despite being from a prominent family, he seemed like a country bumpkin.

"coming!"

Just then, Zhou Miao gave a deep reminder.

Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the chaotic scene in the valley below—a dense mass of demonic beasts huddled together, utterly disordered. The beasts in front were like madmen, drool flying from their fangs, their crimson eyes bulging; the beasts behind roared incessantly, their hooves flying as if crushing any living thing in their path.

Before they had even passed halfway through the valley, the beast tide had already left behind hundreds of corpses, trampled to death.

"It's Commander Si!"

Yang Yun, with his sharp eyes, suddenly whispered.

Li Jiyan subconsciously turned his gaze and, sure enough, saw a flag with the character "Hu" printed on it faintly visible at the tail end of the beast tide.

"Then we absolutely cannot let these beasts get away with this!"

Zhou Miao also noticed this scene, suddenly stood up, and blew the horn in his hand.

Almost immediately, black dots appeared on the cliffs on both sides of the valley, and countless boulders and logs rolled down from the sky, smashing the already rout-stricken beast horde until they saw stars.

Before they could recover, giant nets were thrown out again, hitting the very center of the beast tide.

If the preceding methods were merely mundane means...

Then, after the dozen or so blood-red thorns buried in the valley began to grow wildly, more than a thousand demonic beasts were instantly placed in the savage jungle, as if swallowed by a swamp, and could only struggle in pain.

"Brothers, charge!"

Zhou Miao shouted loudly and took the lead, flying down the hillside.

Yang Yun, Li Jiyan, and others responded one after another.

Furthermore, the demon-suppressing cultivators who were lying in ambush in other places no longer concealed their tracks.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen streaks of light had already circled the valley, and various spells and talismans were like a storm, frantically attacking the "immobilized" beast tide.

"here you go!"

A hearty laugh came from afar.

Hu Qidao, who had been trailing behind the beast tide, finally arrived at full speed, raising his banner high and shouting, "The Alliance Leader has ordered that we exterminate them all!"

"Kill them all!"

"Slay them all!!"

The shouts of battle never ceased for a moment.

Forty or fifty streaks of light swept past him, joining Zhou Miao and the others to launch a general attack on the terrified beast tide in the valley.

Everyone was blinded by rage, completely ignoring the numerical disparity between themselves and the beast tide—which they should indeed have ignored, as the beast tide was utterly incapable of organizing an effective counterattack.

Even if a few late-stage Spirit Awakening demon beasts manage to break free from the Bloodvine Thorns' restraints, they will inevitably have to face human cultivators several times, or even ten times, their own size, alone to surround and kill them.

"The beast tide... it's lost just like that?"

In the shadows of the forest, a middle-aged male cultivator stared in disbelief at the scene.

Xie Jun, standing next to him, was equally incredulous.

The Li family was determined to quell the beast tide in Pudong, but lacked the manpower and resources to take action. At this time, any assistance from Lingwu Sect, however small, would be much needed by the Li family.

What if the Li family and the Xu family form an alliance?

Then the Lingwu Sect's assistance would suddenly become dispensable—Li Xiangming is absolutely capable of extracting enough benefits from the Xu family, who are deeply mired in the beast tide crisis.

That's why he rushed to Gushe Ridge as soon as possible.

The Xu family needs the Li family's help, and the Lingwu Sect also needs the Li family's promise of protection.

Even if he couldn't break the alliance between the Li and Xu families, he needed to reach an agreement with Li Xiangming as soon as possible so that the Lingwu Sect could minimize the cost.

But to his surprise, the beast tide at Gushe Ridge was much larger than he had imagined, and it was even capable of surrounding Fish Belly Valley and attacking the Xu family's protective formation day and night.

As the beast tide surged, the Xu family was on the verge of collapse.

Even Li Xiangming dared not show his face.

He then decided to wait and see. Little did he expect that the situation would change drastically overnight.

The beast tide at Gushe Ridge was not only defeated, but utterly defeated.

Even the routed troops were ambushed.

"Brother Xie, are we still going to Fish Belly Valley this time?"

Luo Wanlin was the first to come to his senses and hurriedly asked.

Xie Jun glanced at the other party and asked in return, "Going to see Li Xiangming now will surely result in being ripped off. Is your Luo family prepared for this?"

Luo Wanlin said somewhat awkwardly, "Brother Xie, you've seen it too. The beast tide in Gushe Ridge alone numbers in the tens of thousands. My Shangqing Plain is more than ten times larger than Gushe Ridge, and its flat terrain and wide field of vision make it perfect for demonic beasts to charge into battle. In any case, the Luo family needs a strong ally!"

Xie Jun remained silent.

Luo Wanlin didn't spell it out explicitly, but the meaning was self-evident.

The two were reluctant to agree to Li Xiangming's conditions for a while, partly out of self-preservation, and partly because the Demon Suppression Camp had suffered a crushing defeat in the Monkey Valley area, which inevitably made people doubt the strength of the Li family.

Li Xiangming's ability to defeat, and even annihilate, the beast tide of Gushe Ridge with a dilapidated demon-suppressing camp undoubtedly proves his capabilities.

He simply couldn't defeat the beast tide at Lingyue Peak!

Which faction in Pudong could rival the beast tide of Lingyue Peak at its peak?

Xie Jun slowly exhaled and replied, "Since both our families intend to join forces with the Li family, let's go together. However, before that, I hope Fellow Daoist Luo can give us some background information. This information will not only make it easier for us to deal with Li Xiangming later, but it is also the cornerstone of the trust between the Luo family and the Lingwu Sect."

After a pause, Xie Jun's voice turned low: "The Li family and the Xu family have most likely formed an alliance. Our two families need to be careful!"

Luo Wanlin's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded: "The Luo family and the Lingwu Sect will be friends forever. No matter where we are, we should advance and retreat together."
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"Report!"

Outside the camp, the sound of orders being relayed was particularly loud and spirited.

Those inside the tent, however, had long been accustomed to it.

Only Li Xiangyu, sitting at the head of the table, calmly spoke: "Come in."

Li Jiyan excitedly lifted the tent flap, about to report the battle report, when suddenly his face stiffened and his gaze involuntarily fell on Li Xiangming, the chief on the left.

Why is Uncle Nineteen here too?
Li Jiyan was both surprised and delighted, and his emotions were even more excited.

He didn't try to claim kinship, after all, Li Xiangming was now not only a member of the Li clan, but also the leader of the Gushe Alliance, and even the Demon Suppression Camp had become a subordinate organization of the alliance.

"Your subordinate Li Jiyan pays respects to the Alliance Leader, the two Vice Alliance Leaders, and the Commander."

Li Jiyan dared not be negligent. After bowing slightly, he immediately said, "Lingnan has achieved brilliant results, killing 3,675 enemy monsters without any injuries, diseases, or captures."

What are our casualties?

Li Xiangyu asked.

Li Jiyan replied, "Only one person was injured by the demon beast; the seventeen injured have all been sent back to Fish Belly Valley to recuperate."

The fact that over three thousand demonic beasts were wiped out at the cost of one person's life is a striking example of the disparity in casualties.

The high-ranking officials in the tent were abuzz with discussion.

Even Li Xiangming was somewhat surprised. Although he knew that the Demon Suppression Camp had deployed ambushes in Lingnan, he did not expect to achieve such a remarkable victory.

In contrast, the situation in Lingbei was more complicated. Most of the beast tide had fled north and quickly scattered across the area.

The Demon Suppression Camp, together with the Xu family and the Immortal Ape Manor, dispatched a total of 120 cultivators to ambush the enemy, but the battle has not yet ended as scheduled.

Just then, another urgent report came from outside the tent. A stern-faced young man strode in, glanced at the crowd, and bowed, saying, "In Lingbei, 4,283 demonic beasts have been killed, nine dead, and 73 wounded!"

Nearly three-quarters of the casualties?

The murmurs inside the tent suddenly grew louder, and Li Xiangming frowned.

After he captured and killed the Yin Sha Ghost Bat, the demon beasts were completely panicked. After he and Li Xiangyu charged into the fray, the demon beasts were defeated like a house of cards.

However, the Golden-Striped White Tiger itself was unaffected. This mid-stage Bone Fusion demon was in no way inferior to the Crimson Demon Ape in combat strength.

He, Li Xiangyu, and Qiu Changzhang joined forces and fought for more than a quarter of an hour, battling from the sky to the ground and back again. Finally, exhausted, they managed to defeat their opponent.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the beast tide army split into four groups and fled in disarray from the east, south, west, and north.

Despite the beast tide's lack of morale, their sheer numbers were still formidable. The Demon Suppression Camp, with its limited forces, couldn't afford a decisive battle, so they split into two groups, pursuing the beasts from the north and south.

Hu Qidao's Yanji Division, in coordination with the ambush troops in Lingnan, achieved remarkable results.

The Mingqiao and Jiangyun divisions also had ambushes in the dangerous area north of the ridge. They originally thought the situation would be similar to that of the Yanji division, but they never expected such huge casualties.

The aloof young man took a deep breath and replied, "The beast tide in Lingbei had a group of extremely powerful monkey demons with black eyes and white faces. They directly tore through our defenses. If it weren't for the help of a giant, we would have suffered even more casualties."

"giant?"

Li Xiangming's expression changed slightly, and he quickly stood up and asked, "What does the other person look like?"

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