Monster Chronicles: My Daoist Skill Comes from Mythology
Chapter 133 - 129: In the Spotlight, the Rampant Soldier Shows His Prowess for the First Time!

Chapter 133: Chapter 129: In the Spotlight, the Rampant Soldier Shows His Prowess for the First Time!

Horned Giant Fish?

Everyone was stunned. Wasn’t this the Great Demon that Chi Hai Taoist had been searching for recently?

This creature is headed straight toward us?

"What should we do?" someone asked.

"Chi Hai Taoist is pursuing it from behind. We should mobilize and block the Horned Giant Fish’s escape route while waiting for reinforcements," Song Lin said.

The Horned Giant Fish is over three thousand meters in length, and a single swing of its tail can wipe out a large swath of people.

If they retreat, then the civilians below won’t stand a chance.

Even if this vanguard mission is victorious, chances are the position of temple master will slip away.

"Alright! Engage immediately!"

Lian Wenzhao felt like he had total control over the situation, and no matter what he said, the others would comply.

Soon, the army assembled in the sky, quietly waiting for the enemy to emerge.

The torrential rain grew heavier and heavier.

Soon, a massive dark shadow appeared up ahead.

The shadow was none other than the Horned Giant Fish, suspended mid-air. Its colossal size alone created an overwhelming sense of pressure.

Seeing this behemoth, everyone involuntarily gulped.

This was the largest demon they had ever seen in their lives. Facing such a powerful entity, they couldn’t help but feel a pang of dread in their hearts.

Roar!!

The Horned Giant Fish let out a bizarre roar, part bull and part something else entirely.

It surged toward the tens of thousands of Rampant Soldiers gathered in the sky.

The ten-zhang-long black horn protruding from its nose was its trademark feature.

With its speed and nigh-indestructible black armor, it could crush through a thousand-zhang-high glacier with ease.

Sixty thousand Rampant Soldiers might not even stand a chance before it.

"Form the array!!"

Lian Wenzhao pulled out a flag and waved it continuously. The Rampant Soldiers quickly arranged themselves into formation.

It was a circular tube formation.

The outer three layers consisted of shield-bearing soldiers, while the rear had spearmen and archers.

Song Lin observed and silently nodded. Regardless of Lian Wenzhao’s overall strength, his understanding of formations seemed solid.

Meanwhile, Song Lin commanded twenty thousand Rampant Soldiers to guard the rear.

"Do not panic later. Stay in formation," Lian Wenzhao shouted to everyone at the center of the formation.

Lian Wenzhao had always looked down on the Rampant Soldiers from Xuanke Temple for their lack of strength.

Even in a crisis, his main concern was that they not screw things up further.

Roar!

The Horned Giant Fish was less than ten li away.

In this moment, everyone held their breath and silently channeled their True Qi.

Lian Wenzhao formed a hand gesture and exhaled a mouthful of Netherworld Ghost Qi.

The ghostly energy rose up, forming a massive and ferocious ghostly claw.

Beside Song Lin, Lin Qing’s body was suddenly covered in demonic patterns. His hair turned crimson, fangs protruded from his mouth, and his figure grew to a towering ten zhang. He transformed into the form of the Black Evil God.

The others also unveiled their unique combat skills.

Boom!

The Horned Giant Fish didn’t even glance at them. It charged directly into the ranks.

Its massive black horn, resembling an unstoppable mountain-cleaving blade, immediately tore a breach in their supposedly indestructible formation.

The spells cast by the crowd landed on the Horned Giant Fish’s body, leaving only faint marks.

An army of sixty thousand was shattered by a single assault from its horn.

With the formation broken, the Rampant Soldiers fell into chaos.

"Impossible!!" Lian Wenzhao’s eyes widened with fury and disbelief.

Amidst the chaos, Lian Wenzhao couldn’t believe his forces had been routed so easily.

The painstakingly assembled army couldn’t even withstand a single blow.

The Horned Giant Fish continued its charge, unstoppable.

Spiraling air currents swirled around the black horn, pulling nearby objects into its range, only to see them pulverized moments later.

The Horned Giant Fish was headed straight for Lian Wenzhao’s position.

"Not good!"

Seeing the colossus approaching, Lian Wenzhao’s soul nearly left his body. Forget ideals; survival was all that mattered now.

With this thought, Lian Wenzhao turned to the five subordinates nearby and whispered, "We retreat!"

Swish!

With that, without informing Song Lin or the others, Lian Wenzhao withdrew the Rampant Soldiers and disappeared twenty li away with his five men.

Song Lin and the others unintentionally found themselves on the front lines.

The saying "Better a dead ally than a dead self" came to mind.

Lian Wenzhao no longer cared about dignity or reputation.

"Scoundrel of the highest order!"

Lin Qing cursed loudly. Lian Wenzhao was the type to ride the wave of success yet flee at the first sign of trouble.

The impression of the Mei Mountain Jungle’s representatives among the Xuanke Temple members reached a new low.

How could such shamelessness exist in this world?

"Prepare to engage!"

Song Lin felt a stirring in his heart. It was time to counterattack.

"Prepare! Take your positions!!"

A soldier camp floated in front of Song Lin, who positioned himself at its center as the Array Master.

The commander of the Life Gate was Wang Ziyue, while the commander of the Death Gate was Lu Qian.

The other gates’ eyes were commanded by Lin Qing, Li Hu, Shi Yinhua, and Li Jing, each leading eight thousand Rampant Soldiers—eight by eight making sixty-four units, for a total of sixty-four thousand soldiers.

They used the Innate Eight Diagram Array to surround the Horned Giant Fish.

The complex formation made the Horned Giant Fish crash around wildly. Each attack it launched was deflected by the array.

In the vast void of a thousand zhang, clouds surged upward.

Song Lin stood atop the white clouds, with sixty-four thousand Rampant Soldiers forming a massive Eight Diagram Array around him.

The Horned Giant Fish was trapped within the Du Gate, rampaging amidst the armies led by Yuann Hong.

The formation had sixty-four variations, capable of transitioning seamlessly between offense and defense.

Flying swords, spears, heavenly snakes, flames, poisonous waters, and soul-hooking ropes appeared in endless changes.

Song Lin stayed at the center, occasionally wielding the Five Thunders Order to deliver crushing strikes to the Horned Giant Fish.

From a distance below, Song Lin appeared as a deity manipulating the Eight Diagrams, commanding an array that stretched across several li.

Meanwhile, after retreating to a concealed forest, Lian Wenzhao’s subordinates suddenly called out, "Look!! Someone’s flying from Dragon Head Peak!"

Lian Wenzhao focused his eyes and indeed spotted a dharma image hundreds of li away.

"Quickly, stop here!"

There was no way the Jungle people could find out about his desertion.

"Let’s fly slowly back."

He hoped Song Lin and the others perished entirely, leaving none alive to expose his betrayal.

Flying out of the forest, they were soon dumbfounded by the sight above them.

"This... such a powerful formation!!"

Lian Wenzhao stared in shock as a massive Eight Diagram appeared in the sky.

The huge Eight Diagram was composed of eight smaller diagrams.

The larger one revolved while the smaller ones also spun.

Each rotation brought yet another transformation in the array.

The Horned Giant Fish was being toyed with, even injured.

Logically, a single Eight Diagram had sixty-four transformations.

If eight smaller ones combined into a larger diagram, there’d be sixty-four major transformations and four thousand and ninety-six minor ones.

The intricacy and complexity were truly staggering!

"Can a human achieve something like this?"

Lian Wenzhao still found it hard to believe. Not even his master could execute such precise control.

Who was this person?

Lian Wenzhao’s face alternated between green and white, his shame overwhelming. He wished he could find a hole to hide in.

To think he had mocked the Xuanke Temple’s soldiers in the past, only to reveal himself as the true clown.

Looking back, when he used to flaunt his Taoist Skills, the Xuanke Temple members hadn’t looked ashamed or angry—they had watched with the expression one reserves for a performing monkey.

Unfair!

Lian Wenzhao wanted to shout out loud.

...

From the direction of Dragon Head Peak.

Chi Hai, leading the Chaozhen Dao, Qi Eater Dao, True Demon Temple, and Five Ghosts Temple Taoists—over three hundred people in total—flew toward Hidden Sword Manor.

"The Horned Giant Fish is too cunning. It almost got away again. Hopefully, Lian Wenzhao’s side is holding the line!"

Chi Hai Taoist thought to himself.

With Lian Wenzhao’s assistance, Song Lin and his group should be able to hold out for a while.

"My lord, look!!"

A subordinate pointed forward.

Everyone turned their gaze upward and saw the Eight Diagrams in the sky and the Taoist commanding wind and thunder.

Unlike ordinary duels between Taoists, this massive array of Rampant Soldiers created a far more striking visual impact.

The frost-covered trees spread out like a crimson sea; the anger of the Heavenly Army surged into the heavens.

The Hundred Battle Eight Formation Map, awe-inspiring and majestic, was now being wielded to its full potential under the leadership of Song Lin.

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