Nine Directions Valley.

When he came to Jiufang Valley again, Cheng Jun almost didn't recognize this place. In his mind, this place is clearly a quiet valley like a paradise. At this time, it has been roared and trampled by hundreds of beasts, and it is not in shape.

As soon as I got down to the Jiufang Valley, the first thing I saw was the only village.

The village was originally not small, but now it is surrounded by herds. Groups of black beasts surrounded the village, and at first glance, there were hundreds or thousands. The beasts crouched on the outskirts of the village, forming a large circle within a stone's throw of the walls. There was no siege impact, but the shadows, the faint glowing eyes, and the screams one after another were terrifying.

In today's village, the tall rock walls have all been closed, and the original solid wood gate has been blocked with layers of boulders. On the fence behind the wall, squatting villagers in leather clothes and armed with bows and arrows, as well as a few minor monks who had heard Qin Yue explain spells at that time, stood in the first row together, facing the threat of the beasts.

The battle is on the verge of breaking out.

Seeing this situation, Cheng Jun said, "Great, the battle hasn't started yet, and it's not too late for us to come." ”

Fu Zhiyu glanced at him and said, "Of course it's not too late." Let's go. With that, he turned around and flew quickly to the other side of the valley.

Cheng Jun glanced at her inexplicably, Qin Yue gave Bai Shaoqing a look, and said, "Xiaobai, the newcomer junior brother has been handed over to you to bring." As he spoke, he followed Fu Zhiyu and left.

Bai Shaoqing touched his nose and said, "Senior Brother Cheng, let's go with them." This place is completely handed over to the children of the village. Our battlefield is on the other side. With that, Edgeworth chased after him.

Cheng Jun followed him, glanced at it before leaving, and found that that the group of beasts, in terms of variety, also had one or two beasts that could be called demon beasts comparable to those of monks in the Dao Initiation Period, but their breath was all quite weak. There are very few strange beasts in the fetal breath realm, most of them are just equivalent to ordinary beasts, and the only thing that can be praised is that there are too many of them. Otherwise, there are only one or twenty beasts, and a young disciple in the initiation stage can also read and solve it.

After thinking for a while, Cheng Jun said: "Is this the suppressive effect of Jiufang Valley?"

Bai Shaoqing said: "Yes." Starting from the east of Jiufang Valley, the highest limit is the peak of the foundation building period, and the more you go to Jiuyan Mountain, the stronger the suppression effect, and in the end, you can suppress the top ten. Anyway, we haven't seen a demon beast that can surpass the realm of enlightenment in the early stage of the path when we arrive in front of the village. Of course, there are a lot of them, and if they rush over, it will inevitably shake the foundation of the village. If there is a real crisis, the village will open the life-saving town and village formation, ring the bell, and then we will go back to the rescue. ”

Cheng Jun said: "Wait until the bell rings to go back to the rescue, is it because the battle here is too tight and the doppelganger is flawless?"

Bai Shaoqing nodded and said, "Senior Brother Cheng is really smart. Yes, it's an existential battle on our side - although it's not there yet. However, looking at the development trend of this beast tide, sooner or later it will become a battle of life and death, so we must ensure that every ounce of strength is on the front line. To put it mildly—"

He paused, and finally said, "We don't exist to protect the village, on the contrary, the village depends on us. If the battle is won here, other places, including villages, will have the meaning of existence, and even if there are casualties, they can be rebuilt after all. If there is a mistake on our side, the village is the first sacrifice. Life or death - it is destiny, and you don't have to take it to heart. ”

Cheng Jun nodded and sighed softly.

Not only are the villages in the Nine Directions Valley ready to be sacrificed at any time, even the Nine Wild Goose Mountains are ready to be sacrificed and placed on the altar at any time.

This point was already decided when Jiuyan Mountain was established.

Cheng Jun is still a selfish person in the end, he will not really follow the overthrow of Jiuyan Mountain, and naturally he will not fight with Jiuyan Mountain to the end. No matter how the form develops in the future, Cheng Jun will still put himself first in the end. Jiuyanshan's belief could not surpass his dedication to the rooftop.

It's just that he still feels that these people are a pity.

Cheng Jun asked again: "In that case, why don't the beasts attack? Wait for their leader? Is it the empty roar?"

The spirit of the beasts is not high, but the weak instinctively obey the strong, and they can do the order and prohibit it better than humans. Of course, if you want these beasts to really outflank and act according to the art of war, it is beyond your power.

Bai Shaoqing said: "Yes." So when we hear the bell and go down the mountain, we always come a little earlier so that we don't get late. The passage that crosses the line, the smaller the beast, the less resistance. So every time there is a beast tide, it is always the little beast that comes out first. These little beasts have very low intelligence, and as soon as they come out, they run ahead, so they are all piled up in front of the Nine Directions Valley. Wait until their king comes from the other side, and then they attack together. Their leaders change every time, and they are all dominated by the most powerful demon beast. This time it's an empty roar, it can only be regarded as average, you are lucky, the first battle you saw was not a life-and-death battle. ”

Cheng Jun said: "I heard the empty roar, why didn't I see the shadow?"

Bai Shaoqing said: "Well, you will see it when you come with me." Here we are, look there!" he said, holding out his hand.

Cheng Jun followed Bai Shaoqing's finger and saw that the place was the high cliff opposite Tianzhu Mountain.

When Cheng Jun entered the valley for the first time, he saw a waterfall hanging from the peak, falling from the sky, helpless, and only felt strange, and then he knew what it was.

I saw that the waterfall had turned blood-red in the night, glowing with scarlet foam, roaring and roaring.

And in the middle of the waterfall, there is a beast's head.

The beast's head was not a lonely head, but was attached to the neck, but the body below the neck, still on the opposite side of the waterfall, obviously, the giant beast was going to cross the waterfall, but from its appearance, the waterfall seemed not to be a curtain of water, but a sudden frozen ice, stuck it in the air.

With a face like a giant ape, long snouts and fangs, and purple eyes and heavy pupils, this is an adult empty roar.

Cheng Jun didn't expect it to be stuck here, and he couldn't help but be stunned, but then, he found that the giant beast was not completely stuck, but slowly, inch by inch, moved its body over to this side, obviously trying to cross the waterfall. It's just that its movements are quite slow, and if you don't look closely, you won't be able to notice. The empty roar was obviously very restless, and a loud roar shocked the four wilds. Fortunately, the resistance of this waterfall has little to do with the level of its voice, and it roars so hard, and there is still not much progress.

Eyes off the empty roar - he has seen a lot of this kind of demon beast, there is nothing to see, Cheng Jun focused his attention on the blood-colored waterfall - what is this?

It is true that it is a passage connecting the two worlds, a rift in the space seal, but Cheng Jun feels that this kind of blood-colored liquid has also been heard of in his previous life.

Qin Yue and Fu Zhiyu floated around quietly, and when they saw Bai Shaoqing and Cheng Jun coming, Fu Zhiyu turned his back to them and didn't say a word. Qin Yue smiled and said, "Senior Brother Cheng, come and see good things." ”

Cheng Jun smiled: "Sure enough, it's a rare spectacle." This guy is screaming, but it's also noisy. Why didn't it arrive before the sound arrived, didn't it call us the police?"

Bai Shaoqing sneered: "A beast is a beast, how does it know how difficult it is to climb over the barrier? ”

Cheng Jun said: "It's a shame that this guy is stupid." If there is a particularly intelligent demon beast that silently spends a few hours crossing the barrier, won't it just give us a cold shoulder?"

Bai Shaoqing said: "How is that possible? How can a beast have such a high level of spiritual intelligence?"

Qin Yue glanced at him and said, "The Three Qing Dao Zun is above, the bad spirit is not good, but don't be hit by this crow's mouth one day." ”

Cheng Jun said: "It's stuck here now, it's a very good opportunity, why don't you move......? ”

Qin Yue was surprised and said, "Senior Brother Cheng is so keen, this has discovered the trick?" turned back to Bai Shaoqing and said, "It's much smarter than you were at the beginning." ”

Bai Shaoqing scolded: "Didn't you still do peacemaking just now? Why did you change to sowing discord now?"

Qin Yue smiled awkwardly and said, "Mistake." I'm used to it. ”

Cheng Jun smiled, turned his head to look at the empty roar, and his expression was solemn.

The reason why they stopped here and didn't fight was because they couldn't fight.

Empty roar, although this alien species, is not a big demon, but it is also a real spirit heaven and earth demon beast. According to the general situation, Jiuyan Mountain is all foundation building monks, even if they go up together, they can't move a single hair of it. The only thing that can be worthy of a battle is the suppressive effect of the Nine Directions Valley itself.

However, Cheng Jun found that judging from the aura, it seemed that the suppression of Jiufang Valley did not play a role. Although the empty roar can't move now, its strength, although it is not as good as the strength that an adult empty roar should reach, is still within the spirit world. Coupled with the unique rough skin and thick flesh of demon beasts, and strong physical strength, at this time, all their methods are afraid that they will be ineffective.

On the other hand, Cheng Jun sensitively felt that the strength of the empty roar was declining little by little.

The speed of descent is similar to the speed difference between it and the speed it travels through.

In other words, the pressure in the Nine Directions Valley was slowly increasing as the part of the empty roar's body entered.

No wonder Qin Yue didn't do it, it turned out that they had to wait until the pressure reached a certain point and they could move before they could do it. Qin Yue's True Yuan is also limited, so if they don't do futile attacks, the remaining True Yuan may play a key role. Of course, if it waits for the empty roar to completely cross the boundary, then its strength will be reduced, and its activities will be free, and there will be no waterfall to restrict its movements, and it will be more difficult to fight when the time comes. There should be a balance in the middle.

Cheng Jun asked, "What is its final strength?"

Qin Yue said: "It will probably be suppressed to the peak of the late stage of foundation building, not the peak of the foundation building period." In terms of realm, it's a little higher than me. But this empty roar is physically strong, much stronger than me. But we have a lot of people, and we are the home field, as long as this animal is born in the foundation building period, it is not a worry. ”

Cheng Jun summed it up a little and said: "It's a pity, according to the proportion, if it waits for it to start working in the foundation building period, I'm afraid that its claws will also stretch out." When the time comes, it will be able to fight back. ”

Qin Yue said: "Senior Brother Cheng is right, I am even the same, I'm afraid it will take another half an hour." But, as you know, that's what we're capable of. Wait. ”

Cheng Jun was silent, and the four of them fell silent together.

Cheng Jun's gaze moved away from the empty roar again, and stared at the blood-colored waterfall again, feeling that he had ignored something-

The key point should still be on this waterfall.

Time passes slowly in the dark night. The remaining pavilions of Jiuyan Mountain arrived one after another, except for the Dan Pavilion, Qin Yue said: "Jiuyan Mountain has rules. Unless life and death are at stake, Dan Pavilion will not go to the front line. ”

Cheng Jun nodded, if this is the case, maybe the Dan Pavilion was the only child in the previous life, and it was not accidental.

Several people waited together, and saw that most of the empty roar came out of his chest, and one arm also reached his elbow, and he was about to use his means of attack. But its breath is still turning into essence.

Cheng Jun suddenly said, "I'll come." ”

Several people looked at him together, and Cheng Jun said: "It's rare that it can't move, let me try how the power of the true peak of the sword art is." ”

Dai Jiang laughed and said: "Senior brother is very interested, I want to let go of what I said." ”

Fu Zhiyu frowned and said resolutely: "No." ”

Bai Shaoqing also said: "Don't do it." If you have to go all out, you will inevitably run out of strength for a while, and then we will have to lose our strength in battle. Don't risk it, just wait another quarter of an hour. ”

Qin Yue said suddenly: "Do you think it has an effect? It's still above the level of turning qi into essence." ”

Cheng Jun smiled: "Seventy percent of it." ”

Qin Yue nodded, turned his head to Fu Zhiyu and said, "Anyway, the Sword Pavilion has been hanging in the air for a long time, and in today's battle, we are not considered the junior disciples of the Sword Pavilion." Even if he's not there for a while, it's nothing. Just give it a try, if it succeeds, in the face of demon beasts in the future, our strategy may be more flexible, and it will also be beneficial for the battle here. ”

I don't know if this reason moved Fu Zhiyu, Fu Zhiyu quietly drove Lei Gong Leopard backwards and withdrew. Since she didn't object, Bai Shaoqing hesitated and didn't say anything, let alone others. Qin Yue commanded everyone to make way for a passage, and only Cheng Jun was in front of him.

Guan Li smiled and asked, "Great Sword Cultivator, you are going into battle for the first time today, do you want me to play the piano for you?"

Cheng Jun smiled: "Thank you, Senior Brother Guan." ”

Guan Li smiled, sat in the void, crossed his knees, stretched out his hand, and a burst of clanging piano sounds suddenly came out.

Break the array, the sound of evil spirits!

Cheng Jun closed his eyes and listened, the sword light in his hand was blazing, and when the last syllable of the piano suddenly came out, he suddenly opened his eyes, the sword light was bright, and he threw it fiercely at the empty roar that roared incessantly!

Shoot with all your might!

Edgeworthiness!

(To be continued)