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Chapter 850: Chapter 856: Madness
The combat power of the Crimson Feather Golden Eagle Tribes was such that the Li family cultivators could wipe them out with a flick of the wrist. Under the requirements for a swift and decisive battle, it took only half an hour to thoroughly eliminate several hundred of those demon birds.
Li Chengshuo scanned the mountainside at the fastest speed and eventually decided to establish a base on a relatively flat gentle slope at the top of the mountain.
The gentle slope was large enough, and with some minor adjustments, it could serve as a base, as quite a number of clan members had come to the Secret Realm this time.
Hundreds of clan members swiftly used spells to level the land.
Then, Li Chengshuo, holding an Array Plate and Array Flags, along with several Array Masters, began studying how to set up the array to unleash its greatest power.
The others were not idle either. Li Chenghuo took out palace-shaped Magic Artifacts one by one and neatly arranged them on the leveled ground.
These Magic Artifacts were practice pieces made by Li Chenghuo, intended for refining fourth-order top-grade palace Magic Artifacts.
And this was the task given to him by Li Zhirui.
Originally, when Li Zhirui went to The Void, he thought of scouting in advance and then realized that the Li family lacked specialized Magic Artifacts to resist the erosion of Chaotic Spiritual Energy and provide resting places for Nascent Soul Cultivators.
So, after returning to Wanxian Island, Li Zhirui sought out Li Chenghuo, the family’s only master artifact refiner of fourth order, hoping he could solve this problem.
However, since Li Chenghuo had never refined such Magic Artifacts before, he needed to continuously experiment and familiarize himself, resulting in many low-rank Magic Artifacts.
This time coming to open up the Secret Realm, they simply brought all these Magic Artifacts to provide a good resting space for the clan members.
Returning to our story.
Li Mingquan, Li Mingkui, and a few other Nascent Soul cultivators led a five-person Golden Core team, flying in all directions. They needed to gather as much information as possible about the nearby Devil Beast Tribes’ power and numbers as a first step in opening up the new area.
Two hours later, overseen by Li Chengshuo with the support of several other Array Masters, they had finally set up the Earth Spirit Essence Array.
The clan members who had stayed inside the Cloud Whale Spirit Ship entered the base, initiating various fundamental preparations such as taking out Spirit Pills, Talismans, and other Spiritual Objects to set up a storage room for easy access.
A large number of Memory Stones were set up, waiting for a big battle to erupt, to evaluate the combat achievements of the clan members. The devil beasts did not yet know they had returned, but given time, they surely would, possibly leading to another encirclement battle.
Besides, there were preparations for defense, using special Magic Artifacts that could clearly see the situation hundreds of miles away, providing them with more and ample preparation time.
Meanwhile, the teams sent out to gather intelligence also returned one after another.
Li Chengsheng immediately gathered all the Nascent Soul cultivators to listen to the intelligence, then discussed the next steps.
"I went north, crossing the valley we passed through when we entered the Secret Realm. Beyond it lies a range of even taller and more majestic mountains, dense with Spiritual Energy and home to a large number of demon beasts. We dared not get too close, so no more detailed information was available."
"The team I led went east, flying over three hundred miles to a vast and boundless plain filled with numerous demon beasts. However, most are low-rank demon beasts, not enough to be feared."
The team that went west also collected many similar pieces of information calmly and safely.
But the team that went south last to return, having brought back no information but having sustained injuries, became the focus of discussion.
"We had only gone south less than two hundred miles when we encountered a group of fourth-order demon beasts. There were four fourth-order Great Devils and several third-order demon beasts."
Li Minghong said somewhat embarrassedly, "When we went to scout, we accidentally leaked our presence, and one of the fourth-order Great Devils detected our trail, which is how we got injured."
Li Chengsheng, upon hearing the news, decisively said, "I’ll take the first squad and eliminate this group of demons right now."
Having just entered the Secret Realm, it was not good to be discovered by the Devil Race; it might very well lead to an attack by a Devil Beast Army. The more they could hide their presence for now, the more demons they could kill, alleviating the pressure of a future attack.
After speaking, Li Chengsheng gathered everyone, led by Li Minghong, In addition to the two Nascent Soul cultivators, there were three Fourth Order Spirit Beasts, Yang, Li, and Huo, over twenty Golden Core tribe members, nearly a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, and their Spirit Beasts.
The Cloud Whale Spirit Ship, hidden within the clouds, transformed into a faint white light, speeding off. In just a moment, they saw the group of devil beasts Li Minghong had mentioned.
First, the accompanying Array Master threw down a Fourth Order Confinement Array, trapping most of the devil beasts within the array to ensure they could completely eliminate them without giving them a chance to spread the message.
The Li family had arranged for many Array Masters to enter the Secret Realm, and this was their main function.
"Attack!"
As soon as the Array Flags appeared, the four Fourth Order Great Devils sensed something but how could they be faster than Li Chengsheng and the others, who were already poised to strike?
At Li Chengsheng’s command, attacks from Yang, Li, and others exploded immediately, bombarding the devil beasts below.
Roar!
The Great Devils roared furiously, launching their attacks.
However, the three Spirit Beasts, Yang, Li, and Huo, were just as powerful as the Great Devils. Sun Spirit Flame, Southern Bright Li Fire, and Sword Qi shone brightly together; low-order demon beasts could not even get close.
Li Chengsheng swept through the battlefield, helping suppress the Great Devils while also protecting his fellow tribespeople to prevent them from dying at the hands of the devil beasts.
Yang fought against the most powerful Great Devil with the killing power of Sun Spirit Flame, forcing the Great Devil to awkwardly dodge and not dare to touch the Spiritual Fire.
The Great Devil fighting Li also felt extremely stifled; although Southern Bright Li Fire’s killing power was not as strong as Sun Spirit Flame, it penetrated the flesh and attacked the Spiritual Soul directly!
A Fourth Order Great Devil living in the Secret Realm could not possibly have learned such rare Divine Powers as Spiritual Soul defense.
Even among Nascent Soul Cultivators from the outside world, few could learn such spells for Spiritual Soul defense.
The Great Devil shrieked continuously in pain, more miserably than the other two, not daring to confront Li directly.
Huo’s Spiritual Flame combined the strengths of both types of Spiritual Fire, making the battle with the Great Devil he was facing the most brutal.
As for Li Minghong, although his cultivation was slightly weaker than that of the Great Devils, his combat power as a Sword Cultivator was no less. Moreover, his Rainbow Light Sword Skill grew faster and faster until the Great Devil found it could not even dodge!
The devil’s body was covered with tiny wounds, and trickles of fresh blood seeped out, looking horrifying.
Most of the Golden Core and Foundation Establishment tribe members were also suppressing the devil beasts.
With Li Chengsheng there as well, the devil beasts were constantly at a disadvantage.
By the time the devil beasts realized they were no match and wanted to run, they found themselves trapped by the Great Array, with no escape!
Facing death, the devil beasts did not fall into despair; instead, they became even more frantic, fighting desperately against the tribespeople.
