Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 798 - Chapter 798 Chapter 798 Tug of War

Chapter 798: Chapter 798: Tug of War Chapter 798: Chapter 798: Tug of War Feng Jun’s group of five was stationed on a section of the city wall that was in a particularly prominent location. Otherwise, the defending army wouldn’t have specifically placed a Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivator there.

Even though he was a loose cultivator.

But the ways of the world are unreasonable; within his Geng Character Thousand-Person Team, there were ten who had reached the High Tier of Qi Refinement, and the importance of his position should have ranked in the top three–strictly speaking, it was second.

Yet the attacking beast horde targeted the area ranked third!

They didn’t attack Baiyan Mouth, which ranked first, and that was easy to understand. Even without being attacked, the defenders there couldn’t dare to slack off and had to be on constant alert.

But not attacking Feng Jun’s section and instead concentrating on the third was a bit… well, one could only say that Feng Jun’s luck was not too bad.

Xia Pingan was more active; he ventured out three miles and cut down an Ironskin Scorpion–actually, no one knew if it was really dead. In any case, he was chased back by a swarm of Spirit Beasts, even losing a shoe in the process.

Luckily, he was an Innate Expert who could fly, and he finally returned with minor injuries.

Of course, he had to thank Feng Jun for coming to his aid, slashing out directly with two saber strikes.

Apart from Xia Pingan, Ji PingAn also sustained minor injuries, which weren’t very serious.

He didn’t get hurt at this prominent part, but when passing through the area under attack, he gave support and consequently suffered light injuries.

Compared to them, Feng Jun was quite honest and absolutely wouldn’t provoke trouble on his own; he stuck to one principle–“survival”.

On the fourth day, the assault of the Spirit Beasts finally unfolded in full, with the main focus still on those twelve prominent sections, but other areas were attacked as well, greatly increasing the pressure on Feng Jun’s position.

Five people faced the siege of dozens of Spirit Beasts and hundreds upon hundreds of Iron-Eating Ants, fighting desperately.

The most troublesome aspect was that, aside from melee attacks, the Spirit Beasts also possessed ranged skills, and creatures like the Drought Fire Turtles could even use Techniques like “Gravity Strengthening.” If one were not careful and got hit, their movement speed and combat actions would be greatly impaired.

And Ji PingAn kept shouting energetically, “Hold steady, we must hold steady, control the output of Spiritual Energy, don’t use your Talismans arbitrarily… unless you have a lot of them! This battle is going to last a long time!”

That afternoon, Spirit Birds began to appear on the battlefield. Their numbers were not large, but it was without question that the intensity of the conflict was escalating.

The location where Feng Jun and his team were positioned also came under attack by Spirit Birds, combined with long-range assaults.

Three miles away, a Spiritual Hedgehog even appeared, shooting its long spikes at them.

This Spiritual Hedgehog was half the size of the one Feng Jun had encountered before, but its aura was even more formidable.

However, this was quite normal since the Spiritual Energy in the Mortal Realm was much weaker, and the Spirit Beasts appearing there were mostly weaker as well.

Facing such an attack, Feng Jun could no longer hold back. He not only used a Defense Talisman on himself but also executed the Mysterious Primordial Saber Technique instead of the Hundred Battles Blade Technique he had been using all this while.

If pressed, he would also use a Thunderclap Talisman. As for the Falling Thunder Technique, he wouldn’t resort to it lightly–Spiritual Energy recovery here was greatly restricted.

Seeing him using a talisman, no one said anything; they could only sigh inwardly, recognizing that, as expected of someone at the High Tier of Qi Refinement, he used Talismans without any reluctance.

As soon as the Thunderclap Talisman was deployed, the other four immediately pressed the attack–the Spirit Beasts would generally be paralyzed momentarily after being hit by the Thunder Technique.

Even so, by the end of the day, the five of them had only slain four Spirit Beasts. They had severely wounded many, but they could not pursue them for the kill–going out was easy, but returning would be difficult.

Like in other areas, the most kills here were Iron-Eating Ants. But despite their vast numbers and hard bodies, these little creatures were difficult to kill and lacked valuable materials.

The exoskeleton of the Iron-Eating Ants was tough but not to the extremity, offering little value. Only the gland pouches in their mouths, which produced corrosive poison, were barely worth collecting.

Most frustrating were the four slain Spirit Beasts, three of which had their bodies fall below the city walls. Only one Spirit Beast body remained on the wall–a Rapid Thunder Leopard.

Its left ear had been cut off. Of the other three Spirit Beast bodies, only a Viper was snatched back by Xia Pingan. The remaining two were devoured by other Spirit Beasts.

In the end, the day’s merit at their defensive point was the killing of two Spirit Beasts. Although their actual battle achievements far exceeded this number, others recognized it but unfortunately, only two Spirit Beast kills could be counted towards merit.

Luckily, the two slain Spirit Beasts had quite a few valuable items on them. They could be exchanged for Spirit Stones; otherwise, relying on the merit points that only counted when in hand, it would be difficult to use them to summon cultivators.

This showed that Xia Pingan’s offer to help Feng Jun collect Spirit Beast ears was indeed a promise with sincere intentions.

By the end of the day, among the five of them, another member was injured–a cultivator at the Qi Refining Initial Stage had been poisoned by a Golden Viper. Although he was protected by his Spiritual Energy and took an Antidote Pill in time, the poison was extremely fierce, requiring at least three days for full recovery.

So, for the next two days, he was essentially incapacitated, able to activate some Talismans but incapable of engaging in close combat.

Feng Jun suggested that if all else fails, they could send this person down and replace him with a healthy one, even a high-rank martial master would do.

A high-rank martial master could at least engage in close combat. This guy couldn’t even protect himself, let alone fight up close. Once the Spirit Beasts attacked the city, others would have to divert attention to protect him, effectively adding an encumbrance.

Defending a protruding section with five people was hard enough. How could they spare anyone to babysit?

But Ji PingAn shook his head in distress, “That won’t do. If he were physically disabled, we could send him down. But just poisoning… In the past, a lot of people deliberately injured themselves, so with his condition, he can’t be sent down.”

Upon hearing this, the Qi Refining Initial Stage cultivator was furious, “How I got poisoned, everyone saw it. Captain Ji, what do you mean by that?”

Ji PingAn didn’t get angry but simply answered calmly, “The four of us can all testify that you didn’t injure yourself… but it’s useless. Rules are rules. On the battlefield, orders must be followed without room for personal feelings.”

“Damn his fucking great-grandfather,” the man cursed loudly, “Are you telling me to just wait for death?”

Everyone could understand his feelings and nobody minded his foul language.

Xia Pingan hesitated for a moment, then handed over a Golden Armor Charm, “Lao Liu, I’m also a pauper, but here’s a little something.”

Seeing this, the other two also each gave Lao Liu two talismans; this was the camaraderie of comrades in a trench.

Feng Jun was the one with the highest cultivation level. After some thought, he took out ten Thunderclap Talismans and handed them over, “Make do with these. Besides defense, you can help with the fighting.”

Ten Thunderclap Talismans actually weren’t worth much, but considering the Spirit Beast invasion could last a considerable amount of time, everyone was trying to save as much as possible. Plus, anyone could guess that the prices of supplies at Qiuchen Immortal Workshop must have skyrocketed.

Ji PingAn, surprised, glanced at Feng Jun, “You should keep some more for yourself, too. We have a long road ahead.”

“No worries,” Feng Jun said with a toothy grin, “I made these talismans myself, so for me, they’re really nothing special.”

Upon hearing this, Xia Pingan’s eyes immediately lit up, “Then how many more Thunderclap Talismans do you have? Can I buy them with gold?”

Feng Jun looked at him and said smilingly, “With your strong Innate martial techniques, isn’t using the Thunderclap Talismans a waste?”

“That’s true,” Xia Pingan nodded proudly, his face blooming with a smile, thinking this was appreciation from a High Tier Qi Refinement cultivator.

Ji PingAn rolled his eyes privately, thinking to himself, you blockhead, Feng Jun can even use the Mysterious Primordial Saber Technique, and you actually think your martial techniques are strong?

That night, the Spirit Beasts began their nocturnal raids. Although the effect was not significant, the disturbance meant the defending cultivators got very little good rest.

Everyone knew the Spirit Beasts were intensifying their attacks, and this filled their hearts with increased vigilance.

Yet during the commotion of the night, Feng Jun quietly tried to see if he could exit to the mobile phone dimension — during the days of battle, he had wanted to try exiting several times and finally managed to suppress the urge, though not without difficulty.

When he tried, to his surprise, he did manage to retreat to the Earth Plane.

At that moment, he finally felt relieved. Being able to exit was good news; at worst, if he couldn’t handle the situation, he could escape back there.

Then, he rested at Luohua Manor for two days. Although he hadn’t been actively fighting on the city walls, the murderous aura and pressure produced by the clashing armies were extremely taxing on an individual.

After resting for two days, just as the second batch of “Love-Entwining Dreams” had finished optimizing, Feng Jun didn’t call anyone to try it. Instead, he stored it away — in the midst of a great battle, he didn’t want to lapse into complacency.

But just before entering the mobile phone dimension the last time, his mood was still somewhat affected — Zhang Caixin had advanced to the eighth layer of transcending the mundane… With such talent, did she really have to show off? Feng Jun begrudgingly opened his mobile phone.

The following day saw unprecedented intensity in the battle. By the afternoon, even ferocious beasts began personally attacking.

A Crimson Flame Eagle and a Scaleless Earth Python teamed up and broke through the Geng Character Squad’s critical defenses. Although reinforcements from the Transcendence stage arrived in time, the leader of the Geng Character Squad was seriously injured and had to withdraw.

The two assailant beasts didn’t suffer much damage. The Crimson Flame Eagle was hit with an Ice Flame Knife attack, and the Earth Python was injured by the Soul Annihilating Crossbows on the city walls, but under the desperate rescue efforts of the other Spirit Beasts, they eventually managed to retreat successfully.

The captain of the Geng Character Squad was the first upper echelon to lose combat capability, and the defenders immediately arranged for another Transcendence stage cultivator for the position.

This Transcendence stage cultivator, a notable from the Sword Forging Peak’s Qi Family and one of the seven major families there, was named Qi Wusheng. Although only in the initial stage of Transcendence, he had a certain air about him.

Originally one of the support troops, Qi Wusheng took over the command authority of the Geng Character Squad. He immediately summoned the leaders of the hundred-person teams for a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

He managed to acquire a hundred reinforcements to replenish the squad, which also demonstrated his ability. At the same time, he asked everyone if they should release a batch of Pillars of Clouds — there was no choice, as the areas suffering concentrated attacks were under immense pressure.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.