Yuyao City.
The peaceful days continued to pass, and more than half a month had passed since the monks arrived.
During this period, the entire area around the Demon Control City was extremely peaceful. Monster attacks did not break out, and the brutal fighting that the monks expected never occurred.
Under such circumstances, all the monks stayed in the Demon Control City. In addition to strengthening patrols, most of the monks should practice and practice, and their lives were peaceful.
Today, the Pine Ridge Mountains.
Hundreds of miles away to the west of Yuyu City, in a vast expanse of high mountains, a large number of monsters gathered here.
Looking around, in this vast mountain forest, there are monster beasts everywhere, as far as the eye can see. There are tens of thousands of them at least.
There are also various races of monsters, including the three-headed night wolf, the red-tailed scorpion covered in dark brown venom, and the ugly varieties that cause evil.
King Kong Giant Ape, Blood Dragon, Black Ice Crocodile...
There are various types of monsters, and their sizes are also very different. Some of the largest ones are about the same size as a hundred-foot-high hill, while the smaller monsters are only half a foot in size. The difference is astonishing.
However, although the size difference between these monster beasts is large, their strength is not necessarily the same.
Many of the smaller races are second-order monsters, while many of the larger monsters are first-order monsters. The strength of the two is completely opposite.
In the center of this huge group of monster beasts, there are more than ten monster beasts that are particularly conspicuous. Although they are not the largest in size, the aura they exude is very powerful.
Around them, some second-level monsters showed fear on their faces and consciously distanced themselves from each other, looking very scared.
If someone were here, they could easily tell that the strength of the monsters in the group of monsters was undoubtedly the third-level monsters.
At this moment, more than ten third-level monsters gathered together, and several of them roared at each other, seeming to be communicating.
Soon time passed.
As a flaming heavenly lion in the middle of the monster beast group looked up to the sky and roared, the entire huge monster beast group suddenly became commotion.
Obviously, this late-level third-order flaming heavenly lion is the temporary leader of this huge army of demonic beasts. The sound it makes when roaring to the sky is also giving orders.
At this time, under the command of the Blazing Heavenly Lion, the monster beast group began to move, all heading towards the east direction.
"Dengdengdeng..."
The huge group of monster beasts moved like locusts passing through the border. As the speed increased, earth-shattering sounds came from the entire mountain forest.
The dust kicked up by the monster beast group was hundreds of feet high, like a storm, rushing towards the direction of advancement.
In the sky above the army of monster beasts, more than a dozen third-order monster beasts started to move. With every leap, they appeared several miles away, and their speed was extremely fast.
At this moment, the demon beast army, which had been silent for a long time, finally took action.
However, the human monks are still unaware of this.
To the west of Yuyao City.
On the top of a mountain two hundred miles away, Lu Hong and several monks stood on the top of the mountain, looking to the west with solemn expressions.
Lu Hong is a core disciple of the Zhenyang Sect, and his cultivation strength is not low. His level of ninth-level foundation building is below that of a Golden Core cultivator, and he can be considered a top existence.
Recently, Yuyu City has increased its patrol strength, issued several patrol missions, and further expanded the scope of patrols, just to deal with the next monster attack.
Under such circumstances, coveting the generous rewards, Lu Hong led the world team he formed to take over the task of sentry here.
On the top of the mountain, Lu Hong looked solemn. For some reason, his eyelids twitched unconsciously, and he felt inexplicably nervous.
"Is there something big going to happen next?"
"According to the news from above, nothing major will happen in the past few days...and why are those eyes?" Lu Hong thought to himself.
Just when he was lost in thought, a monk next to him pointed at the gray figure at the end of his sight and stammered.
"Quick... look... what... is that?"
After regaining his consciousness, Lu Hong and the other monks raised their heads and looked in the direction pointed by the person who spoke.
At this time, in front of them, a gray shadow appeared in their sight slowly rising from the horizon, and soon reached a height of dozens of feet, becoming more and more obvious.
In an instant, the gray shadow grew larger and larger, forming a storm and strong wind a hundred feet high and rushing towards them at a terrifying speed.
Lu Hong opened his eyes wide, wanting to see what was behind the storm.
However, the area of the dust is so large and the speed is so fast that nothing can be seen with the naked eye. Even the consciousness is greatly affected, and it is difficult to see what is behind it.
Soon, the storm got closer and closer, reaching a few miles in front of them in the blink of an eye.
"Kick...kick, kick, kick..."
The demonic beast army started running, and the noisy sound came over, along with the stronger wind, which directly knocked several people off their backs.
Lu Hong, who was on his back, rolled over and straightened up, finally regaining his balance, and his expression suddenly changed.
"The army of monsters is coming..."
"Everyone, run for your lives!"
He hurriedly said a word, then immediately turned around and shot away in the direction of the Demon Control City, at an extremely fast speed without any hesitation.
In the blink of an eye, he had already run a thousand feet away and was running for his life without looking back.
After hearing Lu Hong's reminder and seeing his escape speed, the monks around him finally reacted.
Just as a few people turned around, a deafening roar came, like thunder from the sky ringing from their ears.
Then, a huge red shadow flashed towards them.
At this moment, the faces of the few people who were trying to escape suddenly turned pale, and two roars like thunder made them dizzy, and they were stunned for a while.
Before they could recover, the huge red shadow had already opened its bloody mouth and bit at several people.
The groggy people raised their hands and threw out a few second-level talismans, turning into a thick wall to block them back.
However, this wall was made of paper and could easily be penetrated by the monster's huge mouth.
"Ah...ah..."
Several screams were heard in succession, and the bodies of several monks were directly bitten by the red shadow.
Hong Ying shook his huge head, then opened and closed his mouth several times, easily biting and swallowing several people.
Thousands of feet away, Lu Hong, who had narrowly escaped death, heard the screams and looked back. He saw the tragic death of his companion, and his face was extremely pale.
At this moment, he didn't have time to feel sad for his dead companions. He just glanced out of the corner of his eye and continued to run for his life.
He knew very well that this army of monster beasts was huge in number, and the red shadow just now was a late third-order flaming celestial lion.
In addition, among the monster beasts that followed, there were several monster beasts with huge auras, all of which were undoubtedly third level.
With such terrifying strength, given his cultivation level, if he slowed down even a little bit and was surrounded by monsters, he would definitely die here.
At a critical moment, whether it was to survive or to spread the news to Yuyao City as soon as possible, he had to escape from this place as soon as possible.
At this time, in order to survive, there was wind at his feet, and he started to run away desperately.
However, this terrifying flaming heavenly lion effortlessly killed several monks and swallowed three monks in one breath. It was not satisfied and showed a look of unsatisfied desire.
It raised its head and looked at Lu Hong. Seeing the monk fleeing, it seemed to further anger it.
The Fiery Sky Lion roared angrily and chased after Lu Hong in the direction where he was escaping, a few minutes faster than Lu Hong.
In just a few breaths, the distance between the two became closer.
If Lu Hong hadn't been decisive enough to escape Qianzhang Yuan immediately, with the speed of the flaming heavenly lion, he would have been caught up by now.
Seeing the flaming heavenly lion getting closer and closer, Lu Hong was anxious and his face was extremely gloomy.
Soon, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and the distance between them could reach a thousand feet.
This distance is only two steps for a late third-level monster.
"No...we must find a way to block it for a moment, otherwise we will never escape if we continue to run for our lives like this." Lu Hong thought to himself.
"Hoo...ho..."
The Fiery Sky Lion roared angrily, jumped towards Lu Hong, and had already bitten him with its bloody mouth.
In desperation, Lu Hong waved his sleeves and a large number of second-level talismans appeared in his hand, with more than twenty pieces in total.
Immediately afterwards, he pinched his spell, and a large number of talismans came out of his hand and smashed towards the flaming Tianshi.
"Rumble..."
The sky was suddenly filled with a rain of fire, mixed with a large amount of sword energy, pouring down overwhelmingly.
Seeing the fire flashing in the sky, Lu Hong did not dare to hold back, and a golden talisman appeared in his hand again.
Looking at it, it turned out that this was also a fake elixir charm. It was a treasure that Lu Hong had spent a lot of effort to obtain, and it had always been used as a life-saving means at the bottom of the box.
He was very aware of the strength of this flaming heavenly lion, even though there were a lot of second-order talismans thrown out before, and there were two high-grade second-order ones among them.
If such a second-level talisman were caught by surprise, even the monster beasts in the early third-level would be harmed.
However, for the thick-skinned and powerful late-level third-order monsters, such an attack intensity is not even enough to scratch an itch. It can only delay it for an instant at most.
But even so, he didn't dare to keep it. These second-level talismans were used to delay time, and the fake alchemy talismans at the bottom of the box caused trouble for the Blazing Heavenly Lion.
All he needed to do was delay for a while, and he could take the opportunity to escape, put as much distance as possible, or even get rid of them.
Under such circumstances, even if you are reluctant to give up, in order to survive, you can only give it a try and seek a glimmer of hope for yourself.
Lu Hong, who was well aware of this, activated the fake elixir charm in his hand without hesitation.
"Rumble..."
The fire in the sky dissipated, revealing the unharmed figure of the blazing celestial lion.
As expected, the sword energy and sea of fire transformed by the second-level talisman had no effect on it. No wounds appeared at all, and it only slightly delayed its momentary time.
However, Lu Hong's goal was achieved. In this precious moment, the fake elixir in his hand had been activated successfully.
At this moment, the fake elixir talisman flashed with golden light, and at some point, a golden sword condensed above his head.
Looking at it, the aura revealed by this golden sword was huge, even the weak spiritual energy around it was swallowed up. It seemed to be quite powerful, far beyond what the previous second-level Fu Ling could compare with.
At this time, Lu Hong shouted loudly, and the golden sword condensed above his head shot out, turning into a sword energy that soared into the sky, and slashed down at the oncoming flaming celestial lion.
The Blazing Heavenly Lion did not expect that the human being in front of him was so cunning. The attack just now was just to delay it. The real threat was this terrifying sword energy.
Looking at the oncoming sword energy, it roared angrily and seemed to have no intention of avoiding it.
"boom……"
There was a loud noise, and the golden light sword energy struck the back of the flaming heavenly lion impartially.
For a moment, the fire splashed everywhere, and the powerful impact of the collision between the two shook the ground to open a deep ravine, sending sand and rocks flying around, and the sky suddenly became extremely dark.
At this time, the Fiery Sky Lion was knocked back a hundred feet by the sword energy. It stabilized its body and only let out a painful throat sound, but no screams were heard.
Seeing this situation, Lu Hong knew that the Fiery Sky Lion was not injured, but only suffered some pain.
Lu Hong looked helpless. For him, it was too incredible that this priceless fake elixir charm, a life-saving means, only repeled the flaming heavenly lion and caused no harm at all.
However, if you think about it carefully, this flaming heavenly lion exists at the late third level, and looking at its aura, it seems that it has reached the peak of the late third level, and is not too far away from the fourth level.
Such a terrifying monster, even a third-level Fu Yan, may not be able to achieve substantial results.
It was rare that his own fake elixir could stop the Flame Heavenly Lion and push it back a hundred feet.
Thinking of this, Lu Hong's expression of pain became a little better.
After regaining his composure, he looked at the flaming Celestial Lion that was faintly visible in the sandstorm, and took out a gray-white talisman again.
This is a second-level mid-grade magical talisman. It has a special effect and can greatly increase the monk's escape speed.
Although it is only a second-grade mid-grade, its value is much higher than a second-grade high-grade attack talisman. It can be said to be valuable.
This is also one of the most precious treasures on his body. He got it at a huge price and has always been used as a means of escaping.
At this time, he didn't care about his heartache. In order to survive, he did not hesitate to use magic spells.
I saw a flash of light from the gray-white talisman, and an invisible and colorless light curtain sank into his chest.
Immediately afterwards, he turned around and continued to escape, his speed further increased than before, almost doubling.
In just a few breaths, before the Fiery Sky Lion could react, Lu Hong had already escaped thousands of feet and quickly disappeared into the dense forest.
When the sand and gravel fell to the ground, the smoke gradually dispersed, revealing the huge body of the angry flaming Celestial Lion.
It stared at the direction Lu Hong was escaping and roared angrily, as if to vent its dissatisfaction.
Immediately afterwards, the Fiery Sky Lion jumped up and chased after Lu Hong in the direction of his escape.
However, Lu Hong's speed had doubled, and the Flame Sky Lion's reaction was a bit late. It was not that easy to catch up with Lu Hong.
Chapter 271 Lu Hong fleeing for his life
