Of course, even with the help of the Taoist formation, Qi Yun's cultivation in the immortal world alone would at best delay Ma Liang until he adapts to the heavenly ways in the spiritual world.
Moreover, although the Taoist formation contains the power of heaven, it can immediately respond to Ma Liang in the lower realm, but if Xue Ji and others do not preside over the formation in time, it will not be difficult for Ma Liang to break through a death formation.
Fortunately, with Luo Hong's current magical power, the probability of an accident is still very small. At the moment, he is just giving instructions just in case.
"Is it closely related to us? Senior Luo, can you give me some more advice?"
Xue Ji frowned, feeling something bad in her heart.
"If I meet you, I will know it naturally, but if I don't meet you, I don't need to know it."
Luo Hong shook his head when he heard this, without revealing too much.
"Junior understands!"
Seeing that Luo Hong didn't want to say more, Xue Ji could only nod in response and warned herself to always be vigilant in the future.
Although the rest of the people were very confused at this moment, they did not dare to ask questions. They could only make random guesses in the dark with twinkling eyes.
"If nothing else happens, I will be back within ten years. Just wait and take care of yourself."
After leaving his last words, Luo Hong flashed and disappeared.
When Xue Ji saw this, she quickly looked to her side and saw that the divine sword was also missing. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
"Fellow Taoists, let's discuss this."
...
Half a year later, in the sky above the Lutide Grassland, the famous place for alien beasts in the Blood Sky Continent, countless flying alien beasts were gathering into a tide and flying away in the same direction.
Although these flying beasts were large or small and of different types, they all looked extremely panicked at this moment, as if they were being chased by something.
Tianma City is located on the edge of the ebb tide grassland. On top of the tall city wall composed of rows of black and green giant bamboos, there is a Pegasus statue more than ten feet high every few miles, and various types of soldiers are standing all over it.
The city wall.
At this moment, in a tall building in the center of Tianma City, a dozen gray-haired foreign monks stood quietly with solemn faces, as if waiting for someone to arrive.
The next moment, a white spiritual light flashed, and a gray-haired old man appeared in the teleportation array in the room.
"Meet the City Lord!"
These foreign monks immediately saluted.
"What's going on now?"
As soon as he appeared, the gray-haired old man asked without any greetings.
"City Lord, those flying beasts are less than a day away from our city now. City Lord please make a decision as soon as possible!"
A foreign woman with a heroic temperament spoke solemnly and authentically.
"How could it be so fast? Even if the city lord retreats and doesn't receive the news immediately, there won't be less than a day left to respond? What do you do for a living!"
The gray-haired old man was shocked at first when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but cursed everyone.
After all, there is almost nothing that can be done in one day. Everyone is managing the affairs of the city. If they failed to detect the beast tide in advance, they would undoubtedly be derelict in their duties!
"Ancestor, this beast tide came out of nowhere. Not only did it arise without any warning, but it also had a very strong purpose. It came directly to my Tianma City, so it's no wonder that Protector Dong and the others are not to blame."
Seeing the gray-haired old man getting angry, a young foreigner who looked somewhat similar to him immediately spoke for everyone.
"Well, it's useless to say this now. The city lord has asked the Merchant Alliance for help. We must resist for seven days."
The gray-haired old man knew that pursuing responsibility now would only upset the morale of the army, so when he saw that there were steps to go down, he spoke calmly.
Hearing this, everyone felt relieved immediately, and then they all accepted the order in unison.
"Time is running out, now you will help me, the city lord, to activate all the restrictions and formations in the city!"
Tianma City is able to gain a foothold on the edge of the ebb tide grassland, which naturally relies on it. There are a large number of restrictions and formations prepared for the beast tide hidden in the city.
Once all are opened, there will be almost no danger of destroying the city before the spiritual stones in the city are used up.
As soon as he finished speaking, the gray-haired old man turned his palm and took out his city lord's token. Then with a few spells, a complex light array rose from under everyone's feet.
It turns out that this tall building is the center of Tianma City's formation!
The Yingwu woman and the others were not surprised at all when they saw this, and with a flash of their bodies, they each fell into the eye of the formation.
Immediately afterwards, everyone pinched their spells and cooperated with the gray-haired old man to shoot out a beam of magic light.
Suddenly, many runes of different colors appeared on the walls and streets of Tianma City.
Along with the violent fluctuations of spiritual energy, large and small forbidden light curtains rose from outside the city.
The most eye-catching thing among them is the protective mask that originally covered Tianma City. Now it has not only become twice as thick, but also emitted blue flames, which looks quite magical!
Seeing this scene, the morale of the cultivators in the city was immediately boosted, and their confidence in the upcoming war was greatly increased!
In the intense preparations before the war, half a day passed in a blink of an eye.
At this time, many soldiers on the city wall could already see a black line on the horizon, and could hear extremely noisy cries in their ears.
At first, everyone didn't think anything of it, but as the wave of flying beasts got closer and closer, their overwhelming size and deafening roar made everyone's palms sweat.
And as if sensing everyone's nervousness, the spiritual flames on the city shield suddenly gathered at this moment, and began to shoot densely packed blue fireballs about ten feet in size in the direction of the beast tide.
For a moment, the flying beasts rushing ahead screamed incessantly, many of them were blown to pieces by the fireballs, and charred corpses fell like raindrops.
But even so, the beast tide still had no intention of retreating, and flew to the front of Tianma City despite the dense fireballs.
The soldiers and Pegasus puppets on the city wall immediately took action, continuously blasting magical powers outside the light shield, just to reduce the number of flying alien beasts attacking the light shield.
For the cultivators in Tianma City, the key to this battle is to protect the major formations.
Although the city defense formation is powerful, it cannot withstand the simultaneous attacks of countless flying beasts!
In the central high-rise building, the gray-haired old man and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they looked at the images of the battle ahead.
Judging from the current situation, it is not difficult for them to hold on for seven days relying on the large formation.
But soon, a series of explosions caught the attention of the gray-haired old man, and a group of flying alien beasts rushed directly to the protective shield and exploded!
Although the cultivation level of these strange beasts was not high, and even if they self-destructed, they would not have much power, the gray-haired old man felt something bad in his heart.
Sure enough, after the first group of self-destructing flying alien beasts appeared, all the alien beasts that rushed in front of the protective shield made the same choice.
For a moment, the sound of explosions was heard endlessly, and the aura of the city shield dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This is exactly the sign that the replenishment speed of spiritual energy cannot keep up with the loss rate of spiritual energy!
"How is this possible! It is impossible for such a huge variety of beasts to appear in such a situation!"
The heroic woman's face turned pale when she saw this, and she immediately couldn't believe the facts in front of her.
This is not her fault, after all, the beast tides that can perform collective self-destruction actions are all of a single type.
Those low-level alien beasts were unable to disobey the orders of their own beast king, so they were willing to give up their lives.
The beast tide that Tianma City is currently facing includes almost all the species of flying alien beasts that the Ebb Tide Plain has.
If each clan has a beast king, then they don't have to defend it. The best choice is to abandon the city and flee!
"Calm down! Immediately activate the magic formation and clear out this batch of strange beasts and then check the situation!"
Although the gray-haired old man was extremely shocked at this moment, he finally calmed down and decided to use the most powerful magical power of the city defense formation to break the current siege first.
Everyone responded quickly when they heard the words, but they also knew that the magic power of setting up the formation would consume a lot of stored spiritual stones. If they only solved the temporary crisis, they would probably not be able to defend the arrival of reinforcements.
With a flash of inspiration, a blue formation flag appeared in everyone's hands, and then they poured mana into it and started dancing in order.
Not long after, the blue spiritual flames on the city shield began to rotate rapidly, and soared higher and higher, like a giant sun falling into the earth!
After a few breaths, it seemed that it had reached a certain critical point, and the protective shield suddenly exploded with a bang, causing the blue spiritual flames spinning rapidly above to spread violently.
Immediately, countless flying beasts were involved, and those with low cultivation levels immediately turned into flying ashes, while those with high cultivation levels were also restricted by a force and could not fly away. They could only be captured by the blue spirit.
Wrapped in flames, it burned into a charred corpse bit by bit!
It wasn't until it spread for more than a thousand miles that the blue flames dissipated and disappeared.
In the area where it was raging, except for a very few high-level alien beasts that were still alive, all the other flying alien beasts were completely wiped out, leaving the sky clear.
"Huh? What is that?"
Just when the soldiers on the city wall were about to seize the time and repair it, they saw a golden flame appearing on the horizon in the far distance.
In just the blink of an eye, the flames caught up with the countless flying beasts that were rushing towards Pegasus City.
What shocked everyone was that no matter what their cultivation level, these flying beasts had no resistance at this moment and were instantly turned into ashes in the golden flames!
At the same time, a monstrous power also pressed down on the spirits of the soldiers.
In just a moment, they all realized that the reason why these flying beasts were so crazy must be to escape from the owner of the golden flame!
In just such an instant, the golden flames came much closer, and everyone could see clearly that the initiator of all this was a huge golden-feathered roc.
Before he even got close, the scorching wind stirred up by his wings had already blown the re-condensed protective shield to the point where it was about to collapse!
"Old... Ancestor, is that..."
In the central high-rise building, huge fear enveloped the foreign youth, causing him to stutter even when he spoke.
"It turns out to be a Mahayana beast! Hey, let's go. The only way to delay it for a moment is to self-destruct the formation."
The gray-haired old man's face was ashen as death at this moment. He knew that he would not survive today!
"Lord City Lord, even if the opponent is a Mahayana beast, if we gather the power of the whole city, we may not be able to fight!"
The heroic woman refused to run away, so she clenched her fists and said.
However, as soon as she finished speaking, the Golden Feather Dapeng suddenly accelerated and directly smashed the protective shield of Tianma City.
In an instant, the opponent's extremely terrifying spiritual pressure fell on the cultivators in the city without any hindrance.
Suddenly, a look of despair appeared on everyone's faces.
They all know in their hearts that the other party only needs to wave his wings lightly, and the golden scorching wind will immediately turn them into ashes!
"Where is the lord of this city?"
But just when the heroic woman had resigned herself to her fate, closing her eyes and preparing to wait for death, a refreshing male voice suddenly came from the air.
After being stunned for a moment, the gray-haired old man fired a magic spell at the light array beneath him, causing the aura image in front of him to turn, showing the back of the golden-feathered roc.
The next moment, the figure of a young man in black came into view of everyone in the building!
As if sensing something, the young man in black immediately turned his head to look, his eyes so deep that he could see them through the air.
"I'm He Quan, see you, senior!"
The gray-haired old man reacted very quickly at this moment, stood up and saluted the young man in black.
"I would like to ask you, is there a teleportation formation in the city that can go to the interface newly discovered by your alliance?"
The golden-feathered Dapeng and the young man in black are undoubtedly Xiao Jin and Luo Hong. They came to Tianma City this time because the city has the cross-border teleportation array they need.
"Senior, do you want to go to Xiaoyun Realm?"
He Quan was stunned when he heard this. He couldn't believe that the other party had created such a large formation just to use the cross-border teleportation formation in the city.
"Yes, as long as you activate the formation for me, I will naturally not treat you badly!"
In fact, Luo Hong didn't intentionally cause the beast wave. He simply drove in a straight line with the map in his sight. Who knew he would pass through an area densely populated with strange beasts along the way.
And when the beast tide took shape, he didn't bother to disperse it.
After all, after arriving at Tianma City, he was going to use force to make the monks in the city submit, and the beast tide was just useful.
"Of course I am willing to open the teleportation array for senior, but now Xiaoyun Realm is owned by our Helian Merchant Alliance. If senior goes in directly, I am afraid he will get into trouble."
The development of Xiaoyun Realm requires a lot of manpower, and one or two monks alone cannot take away many resources, so He Quan is not afraid of being punished by the merchant alliance for this.
But just in case, he decided to explain something.
Of course, it would be best if Luo Hong could communicate with the top management of the business alliance first!
"You don't have to worry about that."
As soon as he finished speaking, the golden-feathered roc in the sky suddenly emitted a spiritual light, and then the light shrank and disappeared.
But even if they lost their traces, the remaining flying beasts did not dare to approach Tianma City at all, and quickly dispersed in both directions.
At the same time, Luo Hong appeared in front of He Quan with Xiao Jin, looked at him blankly and said:
"Lead the way."
"yes!"
He Quan did not dare to hesitate, and took out a silver array plate after bowing his hand. Then with a rush of magic power, he took Luo Hong to a secret hall underground in Tianma City.
There is no extraneous furnishings in this hall, only a pale silver magic circle engraved with dense spiritual inscriptions.
Luo Hong sensed it for a while and found a hidden space node.
...
ps: I’m back from traveling, and all my manuscripts have been saved. I’ll try to update 6,000 a day for the remaining few days.