The blue-and-white ball of light suddenly released a light and made a slight vibrating sound. The pair of ears similar to dragon horns on the top of the head of the Demon Sound Demon Bat leader trembled twice, and a wave of spiritual power fluctuated in each of his eyes, blasting towards Ye Hengyuan's body. The air around its body vibrated violently, shaking the two nets of light apart.

Ye Hengyuan raised Fang Tian's halberd high, raised it upward, and unleashed a sharp energy fluctuation, slashing the energy fluctuation emitted by the Demon Sound Demon Bat Leader into two sections, and accurately hitting its head. The leader of the Demon Bat screamed in pain, and his body fell down.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

A few blue-gray steel-winged birds and sharp-billed crows emerged from the middle of the woods below, waved their wings, opened their sharp beaks, and attacked Xue Mengyi and Lei Xi from behind.

"Bang!Bang!Bang!"

Ye Hengyuan's body turned into several afterimages. The dragon-patterned celestial halberd danced continuously in the air, drawing several small half-moon-shaped light curtains. The tip of the halberd stabbed into the body of the leader of the Demon Bat in succession, leaving wound after wound on its body. A gray curtain of spiritual power like an upside-down pot lid appeared below it, pulling it to continue falling.

"Our reinforcements are coming!" Li Wenxin shouted in a loud voice. He not only strengthened the output of the spiritual power shield, but also released a soft attributeless spiritual power to help the injured low-level spiritual masters around the regiment leader recover. The three uses of his heart made him sweat a lot on his neck. Even with the Micro Spirit Core, this is a heavy burden.

Several huge snowballs suddenly fell from mid-air, smashing several steel-winged birds and sharp-billed jays from the sky. Occasionally, a few flew through it, and they were also hit by the spiritual power fluctuations released by Xue Mengyi and Lei Xi. Thousands of snowflakes condensed into hundreds of ice blades, attacking the group of spirit beasts behind them, and scattering the group of spirit beasts gathered together in an instant. Except for a few spirit beasts whose cultivation had reached the third order, the rest of the spirit beasts were all injured to a greater or lesser extent, and some of the lower ones were directly cut in half.

A team of more than ten spirit masters lined up in a goose-shaped battle formation and flew quickly from the northwest. Each spirit master wears a military uniform and a thick cotton robe, as well as a sturdy helmet. Each person has three spirit circles around them, and the leader at the front has four spirit circles. In the center of their formation followed, a handsome young man. Her long ice-blue hair fluttered in the wind, and her milky white cotton robe fluttered with the snow.

"It's cold!"

Lei Xi cried out in joy and turned sharply in the air, his hands gathered in front of his chest. A blue-purple thunderball surrounded by purple-red electric light instantly took shape and blasted into the back of the Demon Bat Leader.

I only heard a loud "boom", and the back of the leader of the Demon Sound Demon Bat was scorched black. More than a dozen half-moon-shaped cyan light curtains suddenly turned into tangible and qualitative objects, hitting its body at the same time as the halberd that Ye Hengyuan struggled to stab. Fang Tianji's halberd tip and two crescent blades pierced its chest one after another.

"Xiao Ye, kill it!" Li Wenxin shouted.

"Poof!" The entire head of Fang Tianhald pierced through the body of the Demon Sound Demon Bat Leader, and blue-gray blood splattered everywhere. Ye Hengyuan reversed his body and swooped down with the Demon Sound Demon Bat Leader's uncontrollable body. In the blink of an eye, a large crater was knocked out of the ground, stirring up countless waves of air, snowflakes and dust.

A team of more than a dozen spirit masters quickly fell to the ground, facing the group of spirit beasts in the rear, and re-arranged the goose-shaped battle formation. Hundreds of low-level spirit beasts scattered and fled in an instant, and all of them disappeared into the forest in a short time.

"Whew-"

Li Wenxin raised his hand, wiped the sweat from his head, lifted the protective shield of spiritual power he had released, and waved his hand to disperse the wave of qi that swept towards him and the dozen or so spirit masters behind him.

"Alright. Now the danger to the south is temporarily lifted. ”

Xue Mengyi and Lei Xi slowly fell back to the ground from the air and surrounded Ye Hengyuan. Leng Han also ran over quickly.

Ye Hengyuan half knelt in front of the big pit, holding the ground with his right hand, covering his chest with his left hand, gasping for breath. Sweat continued to fall from his neck and forehead, blending into the hard frozen ground, and the armor and battle robe on his chest had been completely stained with blood, turning into an ugly, indescribable color. The leader of the Demon Sound Demon Bat is dead, the blood from the wounds on his chest and wings has coagulated, and the spiritual power fluctuations on his body have disappeared. The only thing that still exists is the blue and white ball on its head. If you look closely, you'll see that it's still slowly turning.

"Brother Hengyuan. ”

"Brother Ye. ”

Xue Mengyi and Leng Han walked quickly to Ye Hengyuan's side. Xue Mengyi gently put her hand on his shoulder and slowly injected spiritual power into his body. Leng Han used the ice attribute spiritual power to freeze the blood stains on his armor and battle robes, turn them into a solid state, and then draw them out of his clothes to help him clean them.

"Thank you. I'm fine. Ye Hengyuan nodded, squeezed out a smile, and slowly stood up.

"This should be fine," Li Wenxin took a few steps forward and stood next to Ye Hengyuan, "In a short period of time, there will be no more riots in the south." This riot was indeed only caused by the Demon Sound Demon Bat Group, and the other spirit beasts in the forest were all forced. As long as the sound demon bat that released the sound wave is defeated, the other spirit beasts will not continue to riot. ”

"I'm sorry, Brother Ye," Leng Han shook his head, "We're late." Master said, let me come with the spiritual master team of the Ministry of National Security to support you. ”

"It's nothing, Brother Leng," Ye Hengyuan shook his head, "Actually, we're too late." ”

The four of them set their eyes on Ye Hengyuan at the same time. Ye Hengyuan didn't answer them immediately, just lowered his head and looked at the remaining corpses on the battlefield. Whether it is a human or a beast, it has basically been blown up by the previous moves. There are also deep pits in the land, large rocks that are either broken or cracked, and crooked tree trunks and branches, all of which prove that a fierce battle has just taken place here.

The wind, which had weakened slightly, became fierce again. The snowflakes fell again, covering the black and brown land mixed with blood again. The vision of all five of them became blurred.

“...... Well...... Yes...... If it had been earlier, so many people wouldn't have died......"

Xue Mengyi also lowered her head, her voice crying. No one noticed that her bright golden eyes had become much darker than a layer of mist.

"War is always cruel, and it is impossible to go without casualties,"

Lei Xi raised his head and looked into the depths of the forest. Her eyes were also covered with a layer of mist, but they were much shallower than Xue Mengyi's.

"At least we've wiped out all the enemies. That's enough. ”

"Honorable Spiritual Envoys. ”

The regiment commander took a few steps forward, faced Ye Hengyuan and the five people, stood up straight, straightened his waist, and saluted a standard military salute.

"Thank you for coming to support. If it weren't for you, our regiment would probably have been wiped out by spirit beasts. I, Liang Yong, on behalf of all the living and fallen officers and men of the entire 16th Heavy Infantry Regiment, thank you. ”

After saying that, his right knee was weak, and he almost knelt down on one knee. Ye Hengyuan and Li Wenxin quickly rushed forward and supported him, not letting him kneel.

"Head Liang, don't be like this," Ye Hengyuan immediately said, "This is what we should do." ”

More than a dozen spirit masters rearranged in a row under the leadership of the second battalion commander, and saluted Ye Hengyuan and the five at the same time. Most of them were wounded, and their uniforms and armor were blue and black from blood and dust. But their military salute was still neat and unbiased.

"Commander Liang, have the spirit beasts in the south attacked the cities and villages on the outskirts of the forest?" asked Li Wenxin.

"Basically," Liang Yong replied, "there are not many permanent residents in the southern part of the Demon Sound Forest, and the nearest villages and towns are ten miles away. As soon as we received the early warning signal of the riot from the scouts, we immediately went to defend the town, and sent a signal for help to the provincial capital and the frontier front. Before you arrived, we had already repelled three waves of spirit beasts without waiting for any reinforcements. These three waves of offense are stronger than the other. If it weren't for you arriving in time, we really wouldn't have been able to stop this wave of attacks. ”

"I see. ”

Li Wenxin nodded, took a few steps back, and frowned, as if he had figured out something.

"Captain Liang," Lei Xi stepped forward, "you lead the team first and then retreat to rest." Your troops have already suffered more than half of their casualties and need to rest. We'll take care of the rest of the defense. ”

"We've been ordered by the Ice Spirit General to temporarily take over the defenses here. The leader of the Spirit Master Team took a few steps forward and took out a shield-like token with the national emblem of the Cangling Kingdom from his military pocket. That was the emblem of the Ministry of National Security of the Cangling Country.

"Yes!" Liang Yong immediately saluted the captain of the Spirit Master Squad, "Brothers, retreat!"

More than a dozen spirit masters followed behind Liang Yong and the second battalion commander, lined up in a column, and slowly flew back in the low air, disappearing from everyone's sight after a while.

"Okay, everyone," Li Wenxin clapped his hands, "we didn't come in vain this time." got a spirit element, and it can be regarded as worthy of those sacrificed soldiers. ”

"Lingyuan?" Ye Hengyuan took off the mask on his face and shook his head, "Brother Xin, what is Lingyuan?"

"See for yourselves. Li Wenxin raised his hand and pointed to the corpse of the demon bat in the big pit.

Ye Hengyuan and the four of them quickly surrounded the big pit. The captain in the white uniform motioned for the entire team of spirit masters to turn their backs and not disturb them.

The blue and white two-colored ball of light slowly rose from the head of the Demon Sound Demon Bat, as if it had been summoned, and slowly floated among the five people. A mass of wind-attribute spiritual power, much larger than its own size, was released from its body, enveloping it in it. Whether it's the wind or the snowflakes, it's all around it.

"Wow!" Xue Mengyi couldn't help but exclaim, "It's really Lingyuan! I didn't expect that the fourth-order and first-level Demon Sound Demon Bat would also have Lingyuan!"

"That's right," Li Wenxin nodded, "That's why it was able to burst out with a power far superior to its own spiritual power level. ”

"But this ...... What the hell is this?" Ye Hengyuan turned his head and asked Li Wenxin. The cold cold on the side also turned his head.

"The spirit element is the essence condensed from the spiritual power in the spirit beast's body," Xue Mengyi said, "Only a part of the spirit beasts that are above the fourth order can possibly possess it." It is not only the essence of spiritual power in the spirit beast's body, but also enhances the spirit beast's perception and ability to gather the energy elements of its surrounding environment. For this reason, spirit beasts with spirit elements are generally more powerful than other spirit beasts of the same class and kind. It is the same whether it is formed congenitally, or due to acquired cultivation or some chance. When the spirit beast with the spirit element dies, the spirit master can obtain its spirit element and absorb it into his body and turn it into his own power. ”

"Well," Li Wenxin nodded, "Master told me that the probability of the appearance of such a thing as a spirit element is not fixed, and it is also very low, and it basically depends on the type and cultivation of the spirit beast. Under normal circumstances, the higher the cultivation level, the higher the chance of the spirit beast dropping the spirit element. A person can only have a maximum of seven spirit elements, corresponding to a person's palms, ears, eyes, and brain, and as long as they absorb it, they can never give it up or replace it, because it will become a part of the spirit master's body and grow together with the spirit master's own cultivation. Even if a person dies, the spirit element cannot be taken out, and will only die with the person's life. Even an eighth-order top-level powerhouse would have a hard time collecting all seven spirit elements. What's more, our Cangling Kingdom has already legislated many years ago to prohibit spirit masters from killing spirit beasts indiscriminately, especially not allowing the wanton killing of spirit beasts for the sake of spirit yuan. For this reason, it is very difficult for ordinary spirit masters to have a spirit element, even if they want to. ”

"What are the requirements for absorbing it, and what kind of benefits can it bring to the spirit master?"

Ye Hengyuan's eyes were filled with curiosity again. Neither he nor Leng Han had yet to learn about Lingyuan, so they were naturally extremely looking forward to this aspect.

"Hmm......" Li Wenxin scratched his head, "Regarding the requirements for absorption, the spirit elements dropped by different types of spirit beasts are not exactly the same, but there are two things that are unified. First, the matchmaker must be more than half of the martial spirit of the absorber and it, and second, the cultivator's cultivation cannot be worse than the cultivation of its host before death. The absorber must meet both of these in order to absorb it. And the benefits it brings to the spiritual master may be of two kinds. The first is to give the spirit master a move or special skill that its host is best at, and the second is to amplify the spirit master's * or a certain aspect of the spiritual power in the body. One of these two situations will occur at random. ”

"Oh......" Ye Hengyuan nodded, "That's ......"

"Xiao Ye," Li Wenxin turned his head and faced Ye Hengyuan, "You are a wind attribute, just like this Demon Sound Demon Bat." In the process of besieging it before, you also contributed the most. I think this spirit element is the most suitable for you. With your current cultivation, it is enough to absorb it