I have Immortality In The Cultivation World

Chapter 138 The Attack of the Monster Horde

The hall spanned a hundred zhang in all directions, its walls embedded with Sunlight Stones, shining as bright as daytime.

At a glance,

to the left and right stood forty to fifty monster soldiers, each donning armor and wielding sharp weapons, their postures tall and straight.

With the heads of tigers and the bodies of humans, some half-human, half-wolf, one with an extra hand, another lacking a leg - they barely resembled humanoid figures. These Qi Refinement little monsters had limited intelligence; grasping the Art of Transformation was already an achievement, there was no insistence on perfectly resembling humans.

Directly ahead, a stone chair was placed.

Moo!

The yellow ox mooed, inviting Zhou Yi to take a seat.

"Good ox, quite imposing,"

Zhou Yi didn't refuse, and sat down grandly, with the yellow ox on his right and the Golden Eagle on his left.

Two monster creatures from the Beast Controlling Bag flew out, one bowing and standing at Zhou Yi's side to serve, the other transforming into a twelve-foot black tiger lying at his feet.

Roar! Howl! Hiss...

Seeing this scene, the monster soldiers all cried out loudly, willing to honor Zhou Yi as king.

The hierarchical society of the monster clan respected strength, and subduing these monster soldiers, with intelligence comparable to elementary school children, was much easier than subduing humans.

Zhou Yi waved his hand, and the monster soldiers exited the hall.

"Ox, it's been decades since we've seen each other. How has Cloud Piercing Ridge developed?"

Moo!

The yellow ox mooed several times, recounting the changes over the years.

Firstly, the monster soldiers were the main force stationed at Cloud Piercing Peak; those just seen were all minor leaders, each commanding over ten monster beasts. Secondly was the construction of the human settlements, with the permanent population breaking a thousand, also the mountain peak with the highest population within Flying Cloud Ridge.

Moo!

The yellow ox nudged Zhou Yi, its tone and expression very dejected.

The population of the settlements hasn't changed in thirty to forty years, mainly for two reasons. One is the Demon Kings of nearby peaks have begun to strictly guard their human subjects, and the second is the shortage of food and grain, severely restricting population growth.

"The trend is such, it's not something you can control."

Zhou Yi gently stroked the ox's horns, "I see that the youth in the village have achieved quite a bit in martial arts body training, what's the detail??"

The human tribes in the Great Thousand Mountains are not few in number, and for countless years have been repressed by the monster clan; the core reason is the prohibition against the human tribes in the mountains from cultivating the way of immortality.

The rationale is that cultivators recklessly slaughter the monster clan, and the two hold deep-seated hatred for each other that cannot coexist under the heavens; those daring to cultivate immortality will be hunted down by the monsters.

Upon learning of this, Zhou Yi instructed the yellow ox to teach the art of martial body training.

In the Cultivation World, there's Body Cultivation, whose core is to temper the body with Spiritual Energy, which would contravene the rules set by the monster clan.

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However, martial arts body training is about hammering Qi-Blood and the flesh, purely strengthening muscles and bones, having nothing to do with Spiritual Energy, it definitely does not fall under cultivation.

Moo!

The yellow ox spat out a jade slip, and Zhou Yi's Divine Sense swept across it, the records inside concerning body training martial arts.

It included the Five-Tiger Great Strength Fist, medicinal decoctions, Qinggong, saber techniques, amongst others - Zhou Yi had personally compiled and entered them, covering almost every aspect of martial arts.

"No, it's very different from the original version!"

"By undergoing a blood baptism with beast blood, one can stimulate the body's potential and forge the flesh to be comparable to monster beasts. Such methods are crude and savage, containing the vitality of fighting against destiny, only the humans of the Great Thousand Mountains could have created it!"

Zhou Yi praised repeatedly, originally intending just to increase the survival rate of the mortals, hoping they could run faster when encountering monster beasts.

Who could have thought the humans' creative power would be this astonishing, blazing a trail in mere decades. Even though the baptism method was still rough, it represented a possibility.

Now the way of immortality dominates amongst humans, but it was not achieved overnight; it went through a lengthy process of perfection and evolution.

"Really, if one day martial arts can compare with Foundation Establishment and Golden Core, that would be interesting. Without the need for a Spirit Root, just this aspect alone, would draw people like ducks to water!"

Zhou Yi put away the jade slip, deciding to further support the exploration of the new martial arts, which might lead to even greater surprises.

At this moment.

A voice came from outside.

"Great great great King, it's terrible!"

The panic-stricken monster soldier tumbled and scrambled while shouting, "A number of Demon Kings have come down from the mountain, they're about to break into the cave!"

"Speak slowly."

Zhou Yi took out a divination container, shook it, and out fell a spirit stick, still shining with divine light—it was an auspicious sign.

The demon soldier said, "Leading them is the Yanjiang Dragon King, and there's also the Black Wolf King from the east, Great Tiger King from the west, and the Wild Boar King from the south... With over a thousand demon soldiers, they say they want to tear our king into ten thousand pieces."

"Who gets torn apart is not yet certain."

Zhou Yi instructed, "Golden Eagle, go and find out exactly how many Demon Kings and demon soldiers there are."

The Golden Eagle flapped its wings and vanished in the blink of an eye.

"Niu'er, go call back the demon soldiers, hide inside Mo Cloud Cave."

Zhou Yi took out one array plate after another, along with formation flags: "With this move, won't we solve the problems of population and territory all at once?"

Moo!

The yellow ox took the command and left. It needed to show itself and lure the horde of demons into the formation.

...

"Kill them!"

"Charge!"

"Roar! Howl..."

Shouts and beast roars mixed together into a tumult.

Hundreds upon thousands of demon soldiers—pigs, dogs, oxen, sheep, jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards—under the lead of the Demon Kings, charged up Cloud Piercing Peak.

"The yellow ox bastard has retreated?"

Ao Dian flicked his serpent tongue, "He plans to defend inside the cave by taking advantage of the terrain, fighting a prolonged battle with us."

Black Wolf King said, "I've been to Mo Cloud Cave once, it's all twists and turns, I almost got dizzy. Once really trapped inside, dispersed in all directions, even if we win, the losses would be substantial!"

Great Tiger King nodded and said, "Inside it's like a maze, even if we manage to break in, we might not be able to find the yellow ox."

"Our goal is to drive the yellow ox out of Mo Cloud Cave, to go and cause trouble elsewhere."

Ao Dian said, "It would be best if we could kill him. If we can't, it doesn't matter, as long as he stops poaching my population."

Black Wolf King and the other great demons deeply agreed. Ever since the yellow ox established Mo Cloud Cave, as the news spread of its harboring the human race, humans from all mountains tried every means to escape.

Those humans would rather die falling off cliffs, drowning in rivers, or be eaten by demons and beasts, than rely on their legs to traverse mountains and ridges to reach Cloud Piercing Peak.

Population was an important asset to the great demons, and now it all belonged to the yellow ox. It was hard not to harbor resentment. Today, Ao Dian took the opportunity of his birthday banquet to invite nearby mountain Demon Kings to form the "Remove the Ox" alliance.

Great Tiger King asked in confusion, "Does anyone know why the yellow ox is so close to the humans?"

The eldest among them, the Wild Boar King, said, "I know something about this. The yellow ox is a demon from beyond the mountains; it was raised by humans since it was young, and even after it turned into a demon, its habits remained unchanged, hence its closeness to humans!"

At this moment.

Demons had already attacked Mo Cloud Cave and were waiting at the entrance for the Demon Kings' orders.

Ao Dian ordered a few minor demons to go inside for reconnaissance, but like mud cows entering the sea, there was no response. After pondering for a moment, he said.

"We'll stick together inside the cave, no matter what kind of maze it is, we'll destroy and flatten everything!"

"What a brilliant idea!"

Black Wolf King and the other demons nodded in agreement, thinking that no matter how familiar the yellow ox was with the terrain, it couldn't possibly withstand the united front of six Demon Kings.

"Attack."

With Ao Dian's order, hundreds of demons surged into Mo Cloud Cave, followed closely by several Demon Kings,

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The cave kept collapsing, quickly flattening the first layer, and the horde of demons entered the second layer to continue the destruction.

"The yellow ox is nothing but..." Before Ao Dian could finish speaking, eight golden pillars rose from the ground, trapping all the Demon Kings within.

"A formation? How could the yellow ox know about formations?"

The Wild Boar King panicked, transformed into a giant boar with tusks three to four zhang long, and charged at one of the golden pillars.

Deadly gate!

A beam of divine light swept by, leaving the Wild Boar King covered in gashes, and while the injuries were unidentifiable, they looked terrifying.

Ao Dian suppressed his fear and shouted repeatedly.

"Don't panic, everyone. If we attack one spot together, we will be able to break through the formation!"