The nine members of the Ximen family also received the task of investigation. They will act alone and go in one direction alone, responsible for investigation and drawing detailed maps.
"I didn't expect the mission to be so simple. It's just reconnaissance and mapping. The aura here is rich, and there is no trace of the demons anywhere."
On the flying boat, Ximen Yunlong sighed with a relaxed expression.
Before coming here, the nine members of the Ximen family went through various assumptions and tried their best to think in the worst possible way, imagining the demon-killing battlefield as a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
But after entering, I found that the environment here is very suitable for cultivation, the environment is also very good, and the tasks assigned by the top management cannot be simpler.
The number of monks in the Ximen family is a bit small, but their cultivation levels are all in the realm of pill formation. As long as they are arranged properly, the investigation and map drawing may not be slower than other forces.
"Yunlong, don't be careless. The demon-killing battlefield will never be as simple as we see. It's better to be careful in everything."
Ximen Zangjian quickly spoke to remind him.
"Ancestor, we have a small number of people to begin with, and the assigned tasks are the same as those of the sect with hundreds of people. It is better to search separately and complete the task as soon as possible."
Seeing that there really wasn't much of a threat nearby, Ximen Yongxing suggested.
"That's okay, let's divide into four groups, Changqing and Yulian are in one group, Changge and Ling'er are in one group, I am in one group with Yunlong, Yongxing, Yongsheng, and Yongxue are in one group.
The four groups should not be too far apart. Once danger is encountered, the other groups should be notified in time so that they can deal with it together. Remember to be vigilant and never be careless."
Ximen Zangjian did not dare to take the dangers of the demon-slaying battlefield lightly and decided to explore in groups instead of each person exploring alone.
"Okay, I agree."
"I agree."
Everyone agreed, and the four groups immediately separated and drew topographic maps while exploring. Special features discovered along the way were also marked.
Immortal cultivators use their spiritual consciousness to draw, and can quickly draw good graphics on jade slips, and they can do it accurately, which is incomparable to ordinary people.
After the four separated, Ximen Changqing used the wind phantom shuttle, intending to explore and map more places with Pan Yulian to reduce the workload of the other three groups.
As long as you don't find anything strange or encounter any traces of the demon world, you can just draw a map. It's very simple.
Once you find something wrong or encounter a demon stronghold, you must investigate carefully and report it quickly.
The top management of the human race has brought so much power into the demon-slaying battlefield in order to completely control every area of the demon-slaying battlefield so that the demonic forces have nowhere to hide.
They believe that it was because of the incomplete clearance that a lot of demon power was missed, which led to a crisis on the demon-slaying battlefield.
Now, such a mistake cannot be made again. While they are gathering elite forces to attack the elite demons, they are also arranging a large number of monks to control every space in the demon-killing battlefield.
This is to prevent the demons from hiding in an inconspicuous place, secretly amassing strength, or engaging in any big conspiracy.
In the eyes of the Holy Land, the Eastern Immortal Cultivation World is nothing more than a bunch of rabble. It is undoubtedly the most appropriate to let this ragtag group be responsible for clearing the periphery of the demon-killing battlefield.
"Brother Qing, there is a dilapidated ruins ahead. Do you want to go down and explore it carefully?"
Seeing the dilapidated building in front of her, Pan Yulian said.
"What did Sister Lian find?"
"No, I'm just curious and want to know where this place used to be? Why did it decline?"
"Okay, then let's go down and take a look."
Ximen Changqing's shuttle landed gently in front of the dilapidated ruins ahead.
"Luoyue Valley! There are also dilapidated inscriptions."
"This is a Nascent Soul-level sect with female cultivators as the main body. In order to resist the invasion of the demon world, all the cultivators in the valley died."
"It's really tragic! All the fourth-level spiritual veins of the sect were completely destroyed. Otherwise, this place wouldn't be like this."
"Brother Qing, since it is the relic of Nascent Soul's power, let's explore it carefully, maybe we will gain something."
"Maybe! But, will the useful opportunity be kept here for tens of thousands of years?"
The two continued to explore the ruins of Luoyue Valley. The ruins here told how powerful the sect once was.
The spiritual materials used in these buildings are all expensive third- and fourth-level spiritual materials. Only in this way can they not completely fade away after tens of thousands of years.
Just as Ximen Changqing guessed, the useful opportunities here have long been taken away by monks from other sects, leaving only the ruins in front of them.
"Brother Qing, there is no opportunity we are looking for here, let's go! Continue to explore elsewhere."
The two left the ruins of Luoyue Valley and continued to explore elsewhere.
The other three groups of the Ximen Family, as well as other major sects in the East, also discovered many ruins left behind by the powerful sects back then.
Every ruin has been explored repeatedly by the monks, but unfortunately, they have not gained much.
There are even some ruins where not even a single inscription can be found, making one wonder which sect was once the residence here.
The reality is so cruel. The once powerful sect was completely destroyed due to the invasion of demonic forces. Later generations did not even know that they existed.
The monks continued to explore, and some of the sect monks actually encountered demons.
"Look, a dark thing is approaching. What is it? Is it a demon?"
"No, it's not the demons, it's the minions of the demons, the terrifying bugs."
"Everyone, be careful, Fire Dragon Talisman, go."
The three Danjie elders of the Hanshan sect and one hundred foundation-building disciples first encountered the forces of the demon world, and a war immediately broke out.
Hanfeng used the third-level fire dragon talisman to attack the incoming insect swarm. The sect's foundation disciples immediately formed a Taoist formation to jointly fight against the incoming insect swarm.
The leaders of these Zerg armies are only second-order high-grade insects. Most of them are first-order demonic insects. Their cultivation strength is not high, but their numbers are extremely large.
There are huge numbers, they use human sea tactics, and everyone is desperate. This is the characteristic of the Zerg, and it is also the most feared thing about them.
The blazing fire dragon burned hundreds of demonic insects to death in an instant, but more demonic insects attacked the Hanshan sect monks without fear of death.
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"Senior Brother Hanfeng, what are you waiting for? Quickly inform Lingjian Sect that we are under siege by the Zerg."
"The distance is too far. When the monks from the Spirit Sword Sect arrive, we are afraid that we will be eaten to death by these insects."
"We can't remove it, we can't use it up, what should we do?"
The Hanshan Sect is in crisis. The three Pill Formation monks are fully capable of withdrawing, but a large number of Foundation Formation disciples will be killed by the Zerg.
These one hundred foundation-building disciples are the future of Hanshan Sect. How can we bear to give up like this?
"All disciples, listen to the order, stop holding back, knock out all the fire talismans in your hands, and burn these damn bugs to death."
"Fireball Talisman, go."
"Bedbug, taste my sea of fire talisman."
"Let you know how powerful the fire monk is, Flame Palm, kill."
"Firebird Technique, go to hell!"
"Pfft...Uncle, save me."
"Uncle Master, this disciple will still be a disciple of Hanshan Sect in the next life."
"I wish I could make great achievements, I hate it so much!"
A group of foundation-building disciples fought desperately and killed a large number of insects. However, the number of insects was too great, and none of them were afraid of death. The foundation-building disciples of the Hanshan sect fell one after another.
And as they fell, the merit tokens on their bodies also shattered into powder and disappeared without a trace in the wind.
Although the merit tokens given by the Holy Land can be exchanged for immortal cultivation resources or voluntarily transferred to others, as long as the monk dies, the merit tokens will disappear with him.
In this way, the merit value in the merit token will be cleared and no one can get it.
This is also the treachery of the upper echelons of the human race. No matter how high your merit points are, as long as the person dies, all the merit points will be cleared.
Of course, a monk can get some merit and exchange it for immortal cultivation resources to avoid wasting it, but who would predict that he would fall.
If you know you will perish, why do you need merit points? In addition, you cannot exchange them anytime and anywhere. You have to go to the exchange office specified by the Holy Land.
Less merit points cannot be exchanged for rare resources. Only by accumulating enough merit points can they be redeemed.
In response to this, the major forces dare not speak out in anger and can only recognize this rule.
The foundation-building monks of Hanshan Sect killed a large number of Zerg and gained a wave of merit points. However, with their fall, these merit points were all lost.
Seeing the disciples of the sect dying at the hands of the Zerg one by one, the three Danjie elders became very anxious.
"All disciples listen to the order and disperse to break out. If you can escape one by one, retreat."
There were too many Zerg, at least 100,000 of them. These flying Zerg clung to the Hanshan faction, forcing them to make the decision to disperse and break out.
After a fight, the monks of the Hanshan sect could not even figure out what species this Zerg was, but they were certain that fire attacks were effective against it.
The monks of the Hanshan sect who escaped from the encirclement immediately returned to Tianlei Mountain. After gathering the sect disciples, they found that more than half were missing, with only thirty-nine foundation-building disciples left.
The only thing worth being happy about is that the merit tokens of these thirty-nine disciples all have quite large numbers.
These disciples reported their merit points, and the foundation-building disciple with the largest number of merit points received a full thirty thousand merit points, which is equivalent to the purchasing power of thirty thousand spiritual stones.
The worst disciple also received five thousand merit points, and the three alchemy elders received even higher merit points, exceeding one hundred thousand.
But compared with the losses they suffered, such a small amount of merit seemed particularly insignificant.
"Senior Brother Han, our Hanshan sect has suffered heavy losses. Most of our disciples have lost. Such a small amount of merit is nothing!"
"Let's report it as soon as possible! I, the Hanshan faction, are unlucky enough to have encountered the terrifying Zerg, and I still don't know what kind of Zerg it is."
"It's really envious to see other factions remain unscathed!"
The three Hanshan sect alchemy monks shook their heads and sighed helplessly.
"Fellow Daoist Han, what happened to your Hanshan sect? How could you suffer such huge losses!"
Looking at the surviving monks from the Hanshan sect, all of whom were injured, the monks from other sects who also came back to revive asked with serious expressions.
"Hey, don't mention it. It's unlucky for our Hanshan faction to encounter a Zerg army with a size of over 100,000, and we suffered extremely heavy losses!"
The pain and depression on Han Feng's face could not be expressed in words.
"Zerg? I actually encountered Zerg. What kind of monster is it? What are its characteristics?"
"Fellow Daoist Han, are there really 100,000 of these Zerg tribe?"
"Fellow Daoist Han..."
All major forces attach great importance to the losses suffered by the Hanshan Sect. Since the Hanshan Sect can lose more than half, if they encounter it, it will definitely end in the same outcome.
An invisible worry lingers in everyone's heart. Each major force has a large number of foundation-building disciples. Once they encounter a large number of Zerg, it will be difficult to protect themselves even if they form an formation.
Initially, everyone was in a relaxed mood and none of them were in danger, but seeing what happened to the Hanshan faction, they could no longer relax.
"Fellow Taoists, this insect is completely black, and there is even a special energy lingering around it. It should be a kind of devil insect.
Yes, it is the Demonic Insect. I have recorded a moment of battle footage below. There are clear images in it. Please take a look."
Han Feng took out a picture stone and presented a brief battle scene in front of the monks.
"What kind of demonic insect is so ferocious?"
"I haven't seen it before. We still know very little about the creatures in the demon world!"
"These demonic insects look very difficult to deal with. They are really tricky."
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A group of monks were worried. Soon, Elder Nascent Soul from the Spirit Sword Sect learned the news and came over.
"Black-armored golden-winged demon insect! This is a relatively ferocious demon insect in the demon world, but it is not very powerful. It mainly relies on numbers to win.
These evil beasts actually appeared on the outskirts of the demon-killing battlefield. It seems that the worries of the higher-ups are correct. Where did you encounter this group of demonic insects?"
Zuo Haoran frowned thoughtfully and asked with a concerned look on his face.
The Hanshan faction was too preoccupied with escaping and did not report to the Lingjian Sect in time. Because the distance was too far, even if they informed the Lingjian Sect, the Lingjian Sect would not have time to rescue them.
"Senior Zuo, the situation is like this..."
In Han Feng's report, he described in detail the sudden encounter with the black-armored golden-winged demon insect and his countermeasures.
"The Zerg will appear here. In this case, there must be their nest nearby. Each faction immediately gathers troops and assembles towards the area where the Zerg appears. These demonic insects must be destroyed."
Zuo Haoran immediately made a decision and returned to the temporary hall to discuss with Fang Mengshan how many troops to dispatch.
Previously, one-third of the troops had been dispatched, and some of the troops had completed their missions and returned. Now, 70% of the troops had gathered near Tianlei Mountain.
"Junior Brother Zuo means to gather 40% of the strength to destroy this group of black-armored golden-winged demonic insects? But what the Hanshan sect encountered may not be the main force of the black-armored golden-winged demonic insects.
What if the strength of the black-armored golden-winged demonic insect is far beyond our junior brother's imagination, and if he rashly leads so many people there, wouldn't it be an ambush?"
Fang Mengshan looked cautious, afraid of suffering heavy losses.
Hearing this, Zuo Haoran said disapprovingly, "Brother, you are worrying too much. This is the periphery of the demon-killing battlefield. The demons will not deploy too powerful a force here.
I will personally lead the team and lead the four-man army. I will definitely be able to destroy this Zerg army. If unfortunately I am betrayed by my senior brother, I will also protect the disciples of our sect to evacuate safely." If you like the Ximen Immortal Clan, please collect it: (www.sodu777.net
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