Chapter Five Hundred and Seventy-One: Falling Short (One Hundred Thousand Words Goal Achieved)
Since Xu Zhengyang knows that there is a life-extending spiritual creature like [Crystal Ice Orchid] in the boundless snowfield, it means that he must have been here before, and he also knows very well how to get to the place where [Crystal Ice Orchid] grows.
Zhou Yang followed him on the snowfield, sometimes flying and sometimes walking. Although the speed was not fast, he passed by the edge of the territory of five or six fifth-level monster beasts safely without attracting the attention of these monster beasts.
This shows the completely different attitudes towards getting along with each other between the Snowfield Demon Clan and the Duanyun Mountain Demon Clan.
In the Duanyun Mountains, there are the binding teachings of the major demon kings on Jietian Peak. Except for a few fifth-level demonic beasts who are very reluctant to deal with each other and are enemies of each other, most of the fifth-level demonic beasts, especially those
The fifth-level demon beasts who belong to the same demon king have good friendships with each other.
These fifth-level monsters will also divide their territories, but they will not completely prohibit other fifth-level monsters from entering their territories. Some herbivorous monsters will even allow carnivorous monsters to enter their territories to prey on their lower-level kin.
At the same time, once a fifth-level monster discovers that a human monk has entered its territory, it will immediately determine whether to ask for help based on the strength of the human monk. Once it sends a signal for help, the fifth-level monsters in other surrounding territories will immediately come to rescue.
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However, the Snowfield Monster Clan is different. The Snowfield Monster Clan’s living habits are closer to those of the monsters in the wild jungle. Both of them regard their territory as extremely important. They strictly prohibit other monsters of the same level, or any existence with similar strength to it, from entering.
territory.
If there are beings of the same level as them entering its territory, it will regard it as an extremely serious provocation, and if it is more grumpy, it will directly attack.
Regarding this situation, it's not that the sixth-level demon kings on the boundless snowfield didn't want to change, but after trying it, they found that they couldn't change it at all.
The Boundless Snowfield is not the Duanyun Mountain Range. The natural environment here is much harsher, and the spiritual energy is not as rich as the Duanyun Mountain Range. The territory area occupied by high-level monsters needs to be several times or even ten times that of the same-level monsters in the Duanyun Mountain Range in order to provide food.
Survive yourself and your species.
Cang Zhen knows etiquette. It is obviously unrealistic to ask the Snowfield Demon Clan to do things like "Lu Gong, a wolf friend" when they don't even have enough to eat.
Moreover, they are not the only ones here. The Frozen Yi people, who also live in the snowfield, are even more powerful than the snowfield demon clan.
Not to mention that they are bordered by the Immortal Cultivation World of Liuyun Continent and the Immortal Cultivation World of Beiting Continent on their north and south sides. The human monks in these two places, including the Bingyi people, would not be willing to have another demon clan appear in the Duanyun Mountain Range.
For all these reasons, the sixth-level demon kings in the boundless snowfield can only restrain the high-level demonic beasts a little to prevent them from killing each other.
For this reason, the fifth-level monsters in the Boundless Snowfield rarely go to the edge of their territory. There is usually a large buffer area on the edge of the territory between two fifth-level monsters.
Xu Zhengyang took advantage of this and led Zhou Yang through these buffer areas, smoothly passing through the territory of several fifth-level monsters without being discovered.
All this seems very simple, but Zhou Yang knows that behind the seemingly simple actions are the results summarized after countless attempts.
There is a buffer zone between the territories of high-level monsters. Perhaps many monks know this, but how to identify the edges of the territories of two fifth-level monsters and know where the buffer zone is is a laborious task that requires repeated trials and observations.
Zhou Yang didn't believe that Xu Zhengyang, who was far away in Xuanyang Immortal Sect, would have the time to do such a thing in this snowy field.
Therefore, the other party should have obtained a detailed map from others in advance, and then personally tried it once or twice according to the map, and only then took him on this route after confirming that the route was safe.
As for where Xu Zhengyang's map came from, and how he learned that there is a life-extending spiritual creature such as "Crystal Ice Orchid" deep in the snowfield, that is not what Zhou Yang needs to be concerned about.
During this trip, Xu Zhengyang also explained to him the reasons why he asked him for help instead of asking other Xuanyang Immortal Sect monks.
In addition to the fact that you don't owe any favors to him for asking for help, the other reason is because his "Qianyang True Fire" magical power can have a restraining effect when dealing with [Frost Wolf King], restraining [Frost Wolf King]'s two innate magical powers. .
In this way, after spending more than a month, Zhou Yang and Xu Zhengyang arrived at their destination, outside a vast coniferous pine forest, without encountering any danger.
This place is located hundreds of thousands of miles deep in the boundless snowfield. The pine trees in the coniferous pine forest are all ancient pine trees that have grown for thousands of years. Each one is dozens of feet tall, and the trunks are harder than ironwood.
But without the growth of spiritual energy, even if these pine trees grow for tens of thousands of years, they will still be ordinary trees and cannot become spiritual trees.
"There are two fifth-level bear monsters in this forest, but the bear monsters often sleep, so the wolves will often invade its territory to hunt after they are full and asleep, but that can only be led by monster wolves below the fifth level. , otherwise it will stimulate the sleeping bear demon."
"The next thing we have to do is wait until the bear demon in the forest falls asleep and the wolves enter the forest to hunt and quickly rush into its lair. At that time, the defense force in its lair is at its weakest."
In the biting cold wind, Xu Zhengyang pointed to the snow-covered pine forest in the distance and spoke his plan in a deep voice.
Zhou Yang frowned slightly when he heard what he said, and couldn't help but ask: "How long will it take to wait? If it takes a long time, the junior suggests that it is better to kill them directly. There are just some third- and fourth-order demon wolves, at most It’s just a little more effort and it won’t affect the overall situation.”
He was always worried about leaving Xiao Ying to charge Xuanshan alone, so if he could go back as soon as possible, he didn't want to delay it any longer.
"It won't take long, as short as one month, as long as two or three months, it will definitely be enough."
Xu Zhengyang shook his head, obviously disagreeing with Zhou Yang's suggestion of killing him directly.
It's not that he doesn't believe in Zhou Yang's strength, but [Crystal Ice Orchid] is extremely important to him, and he must succeed at once, otherwise [Frost Wolf King] will probably use this thing in advance if he fails to alert the enemy.
"Then just wait."
Zhou Yang glanced at him and said nothing more, acquiescing.
The facts were exactly as Xu Zhengyang said. After waiting with him for more than a month, Zhou Yang heard the harsh howl of wolves in Zhou Yang's ears, which was the horn sound of the wolves starting to hunt and attack.
"Let's go, follow me."
Xu Zhengyang opened his eyes, stood up from the ground suddenly, and quickly flew into the clouds towards the Bingjian Canyon where the [Frost Wolf King] lived.
After Zhou Yang flew with him for more than half an hour, a huge ice gorge with a width of several thousand feet and an unknown number of miles appeared in front of him. The gap between the snow below and above the ice gorge was hundreds of feet, and there were well-developed caves below. System, wolves usually live in those water-soluble ice caves.
However, if the [Frost Wolf King] wants to protect the [Crystal Ice Orchid], it can only live in the ice valley where the [Crystal Ice Orchid] grows.
Xu Zhengyang and Zhou Yang were approaching in a menacing manner, not hiding any aura at all. After they entered the thousand-mile range of the [Frost Wolf King], they were already sensed by the Wolf King.
Immediately, the Wolf King sensed the danger, and without hesitation he let out a wolf howl to summon the wolves from all directions to gather towards him.
However, the wolves that went to hunt in the forest had already left too far. Even if they returned immediately after receiving the signal, they would not be able to arrive within two or three hours.
Such a long time is enough for Xu Zhengyang and Zhou Yang to end the battle.
For the current Zhou Yang, a quarter of an hour was enough to reach the thousand-mile distance, and soon he saw the huge [Frost Wolf King] in the air in the ice stream below.
This demon beast is more than fifty feet long and stands seventeen or eighty feet tall. The white wolf hairs on its body are three to four feet long and as hard as black iron. Pull out one and refine it a little.
You can get a good flying needle weapon.
Next to it, there is a "frost giant" that is about one-third smaller than it. That is its spouse, a fifth-level mid-level "frost giant".
Ouch——
The howl of wolves sounded, and Zhou Yang and Xu Zhengyang were greeted by overwhelming ice spikes and ice spears.
"Giant Frost Wolves" are third-level monsters when they grow up. The third-level mid-level ice spell "Ice Spear Technique" is their favorite spell. When the wolves are dispatched together, the overwhelming ice spears are directed forward like a rain of arrows.
By shooting over it, you can easily pin the prey to the snow and wait for them to come forward and harvest it.
Although nearly half of the adult giant wolves in the wolf pack have gone to hunt in the pine forest at this time, there are more than two hundred adult "frost giants" who have followed the call of the Wolf King to escort them, including fifteen fourth-level demon wolves
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These demon wolves have long been centered around the Wolf King and have been hiding in various corners up and down the Bingjian Canyon, integrating their bodies with the surrounding environment.
At this time, Zhou Yang and Xu Zhengyang had just arrived, so they followed the Wolf King's order and gathered fire together to launch an offensive.
Faced with the overwhelming incoming ice picks and ice spears, Zhou Yang could protect himself in several ways, but he chose the seemingly most dangerous but actually safest way, to resist with his own body!
He shouted low, and green-gold dragon scales suddenly sprouted from his body, forming a conjoined scale armor covering his whole body, covering all parts except his eyes, mouth, and ears.
After those ice picks and ice spears hit him, they could not leave any scars on him except for the crisp sound of breaking and smashing.
Only the attacks of some fourth-level wolf demons can leave a few marks on those green-gold dragon scales, but Zhou Yang only needs a turn of mana to make these marks disappear instantly.
On the other hand, although Xu Zhengyang also relied on a fifth-level high-grade defensive magic weapon to block these attacks, the mana consumption was much greater than him.
This is the advantage of physical cultivation over legal cultivation.
A physically powerful person like Zhou Yang can completely ignore and be immune to any third-level spell attacks, and can reduce 99% of the damage from most fourth-level spells.
This is something that a pure Dharma cultivator like Xu Zhengyang can never achieve.
The physical strength of ordinary Golden Core monks is about the same as that of third-level monsters. Without defense, third-level spells are enough to cause considerable damage to them.
That's why more than a month ago, Zhou Yang said that just a few third-order and fourth-order monsters, no matter how large they were, were nothing to be afraid of.
But the wolf attack was just a feint attack, used as a cover. The real main attackers were the [Frost Wolf King] and his spouse.
While Zhou Yang and Xu Zhengyang were responding to those feint attacks, two giant wolves in the canyon opened their mouths and howled at the same time, spitting out two balls of frost formed from extremely cold air and blasted them at them.
Immediately after the white shadow flashed, the two giant wolves had left the Bingjian Canyon, and like two white lightnings, they rushed towards the two humans in the sky.
Zhou Yang did not dare to resist with his body this time. With a thought in his mind, he mobilized the power of "Qian Yang Pearl" to release the magical power of "Qian Yang Sky Fire Shield".
The ball of frost hit the golden flame shield and instantly dispersed into a stream of blue-white extremely cold air, trying to freeze the shield and the Zhou Yang inside. However, under the burning of the "Qian Yang True Fire", which was the strongest sun, This extremely cold air quickly evaporated like rootless water.
At this moment, a huge wolf claw suddenly struck the golden flame shield, sending Zhou Yang and the shield flying several hundred feet away.
Then before he could stabilize his body, another wolf claw came up and slapped him away again.
"You're not done yet, are you?"
Zhou Yang felt angry, and suddenly took the initiative to remove the protective shield, then shook hands into a fist, and punched the wolf's claws for the third time.
He is only six feet tall, and his fist is only as big as a casserole, but when his wolf claws are spread out, they are bigger than an iron pot, and one of his toes is as thick as his arm.
But this time, the result of the fist and claws intersecting was that both parties flew backwards together, and the owner of the wolf claws even let out a cry of pain.
Zhou Yang also let out a muffled "Hmph", but he is a human being. The difference between humans and monsters is that they will not easily show their pain to the enemy. Even if the pain reaches the bone marrow, a strong-willed human will not be able to hold back. Make a sound.
After he brought back the situation with one punch, he immediately waved his sleeves and released several magical weapons, launching a counterattack.
The one fighting Zhou Yang was the consort of the [Frost Wolf King]. The strength of this monster was naturally much inferior to that of the Wolf King. Once Zhou Yang launched a counterattack, the "Taiyin Zanpakutō" and "Fire Sun Burning Heart Spear" "Two high-grade fifth-level magic weapons quickly left a series of hideous scars on its body.
It's just that the wolf demon is too big, so as long as it's not a critical wound, it can't be seriously damaged in a short period of time, let alone kill it.
Ouch~!
The wolf king who was fighting with Xu Zhengyang immediately let out an angry wolf howl when he found out that his spouse was injured.
For a moment, the dozen or so fourth-level "frost wolves" that had been releasing spell-assisted attacks from afar, and the more than two hundred third-level "frost wolves" suddenly opened their mouths and roared, and spit out a most powerful blast to the sky. Pure frost and extremely cold air.
After the extremely cold air of frost was expelled, the "giant frost wolves" suddenly looked like eggplants beaten by frost, and their complexions suddenly became much droopier.
For "frost wolves" that have not yet reached the fifth level, this extremely cold air is equivalent to the essence and blood of a cultivator. Once consumed, it is difficult to replenish it in a short period of time, so they usually do not live or die. The key will not be used.
But now that the Wolf King has given an order, they can only spit out the frosty air that counts as their life, to help the Wolf King and Wolf Queen defeat the enemy.
I saw that after the strands of frosty and extremely cold air were spit out by the wolves, they were immediately absorbed into the bodies of the Wolf King and Wolf Queen, and then the mana aura of these two demon wolves rose sharply in an instant.
The Wolf King is already a fifth-order high-grade monster, and his aura has not risen significantly. As a fifth-order mid-grade monster, the Wolf Queen's aura has directly climbed to that of a fifth-order high-grade monster with the help of those frosty and extremely cold auras.
The level of monsters is quite high, although they are only the weakest fifth-level high-grade monsters.
At the same time, the bodies of the two giant wolves flashed with white light, and they quickly put on a piece of frost armor that was as clear as ice crystals.
The defensive power of the frost armor is abnormal. Zhou Yang's "Taiyin Zanpakutō" is so sharp that even a cut on it can only leave a mark no more than a foot deep, but the thickness of the armor is close to three feet!
If this is just the way to pay it off, what is even more perverted is that the scars made by the silver sword will soon be restored to the original state with the surge of the demon wolf's mana after the sword leaves.
As a result, Zhou Yang encountered the same embarrassing situation that the wolves had encountered before.
He couldn't break through the demon wolf's defense, but the demon wolf was able to completely let go of its arms and legs and attack him with all its strength.
"No wonder Xu Zhengyang didn't find anyone else but insisted on asking me for help. The Wolf King and Wolf Queen have this trick in their hands. Even if he found a ninth-level golden elixir monk, it would probably be difficult to break this layer of frost armor."
Zhou Yang was secretly surprised, and the look on his face became much more solemn.
drink!
With a serious look on his face, he shouted low, injected mana into the "Qian Yang Orb" in his body, and instantly used the enhanced version of "Qian Yang True Fire".
Then he waved his hand, and the golden flames fell on the two magical artifacts "Fire Sun Burning Heart Spear" and "Qianyang Golden Pagoda" respectively, and used the magical artifacts as carriers to attack the Wolf Queen.
What's more, he himself was bathed in golden flames, and he threw his fist at the Wolf Queen, intending to engage in hand-to-hand combat with a fifth-level high-grade monster!
The collision of ice and flames soon produced results.
"Qianyang True Fire" is extremely strong and extremely yang, and the flame strengthened by "Qianyang Orb" is even more unstoppable.
With the blessing of golden flames, the "Fierce Sun Burning Heart Spear" finally broke through the three-foot-thick frost armor on the Wolf Queen's body, and poked a large wound on her body. The golden flames and extremes attached to the gun head were
The power of Yang is like a tarsal maggot, trying its best to penetrate and destroy the Wolf Queen's body.
Then the "Qianyang Golden Pagoda" came across the sky and hit the tail of the "Fire Sun Burning Heart Spear" like a hammer, driving the one-foot-seven-foot-long spear into the Wolf Queen like a nail.
There was more than a foot in the body, and the spearhead penetrated deeply into the abdominal cavity of the wolf queen.
Ouch~!
The injured wolf queen let out a miserable howl, and then, ignoring the spear still inserted into its body, the wolf rushed towards Zhou Yang crazily with murderous intent in its eyes.
Soon, with the close hand-to-hand combat with Zhou Yang, the golden flames once again tasted the bitter pill.
Under the burning of the golden flames, the indestructible frost armor on its body quickly became thinner visible to the naked eye.
"You evil beast, please die!"
Zhou Yang shouted loudly and launched a strong counterattack.
And this time, in order to prevent the Wolf Queen from borrowing power from the wolves again, he waved the spirit beast ring in his hand and released the "Golden Winged Thunder Eagle" that had been promoted to a fourth-level high-grade monster to harass and attack the monster wolves.
The mature "Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle" not only masters the powerful thunder magic power, but also masters the "Thunder Escape Technique", a powerful escape technique comparable to teleportation. Even if the number of fourth-order wolf monsters is more than ten times that of it, the Zhou Dynasty
You don't have to worry about its safety at all.
Sure enough, after the "Golden-winged Thunder Eagle" was released, it was not afraid of the large number of enemies. Instead, it flapped its wings with excitement and let out a loud eagle cry, and took the initiative to pounce on the wolves.
The eagle attacks the wolves.
In normal times, Zhou Yang might still be interested in taking a good look at this wonderful show.
But now, he could only use all his strength to unleash his firepower on the wolf queen.
He couldn't help but be like this, because Xu Zhengyang had been suppressed too hard by the Wolf King and was completely at a disadvantage.
If he didn't get rid of the wolf queen as soon as possible and go to help, Xu Zhengyang would probably have to escape first, and then their operation would be a complete failure.
Although Zhou Yang does not need to take responsibility even if he fails, he cannot accept the result that he traveled two million miles but ended up in vain.
At this time, the Wolf Queen had been severely injured by his previous shot. At this time, the Frost Armor was restrained by him again, and the defeat was already determined, and it would be difficult to recover.
In the current situation, it all depends on who between the Wolf Queen and Xu Zhengyang fails to hold on first. Whichever side fails to hold on first will be the loser.
After half an hour passed like this, the wolf queen finally retreated first. After Zhou Yang cut off one of the wolf's legs with a knife, she howled miserably and ran towards the wolf king for help.
Obviously, the Wolf King couldn't sit back and watch the Wolf Queen be killed by Zhou Yang. He could only use part of his strength to help the Wolf Queen while dealing with Xu Zhengyang.
But with Zhou Yang's intervention, the frost armor on its body quickly began to melt.
After fighting like this for another two quarters of an hour, the wolf king suddenly let out a wolf howl and gave a retreat signal.
Immediately, the seriously injured Wolf Queen first withdrew from the battlefield and fled into the deep ice caves in the ice stream. Then the demon wolves that besieged the "Golden Winged Thunder Eagle" also stopped attacking and each looked for the nearest ice.
The hole was drilled in.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang frowned and was about to tell Xu Zhengyang to leave the Wolf King behind.
But when Xu Zhengyang saw this situation, he shouted first: "Let it go, our target is [Crystal Ice Orchid]!"
After saying that, he had already rushed towards the Bingjian Valley where the Wolf King was previously, as if he was afraid that the Wolf King would destroy the spiritual object before retreating.
Without his help, Zhou Yang was not sure of leaving the Wolf King alone, and could only watch helplessly as he jumped down the ice stream and disappeared into an ice cave.
"What a pity!"
In the sky, Zhou Yang shook his head and sighed softly. With a look of pity on his face, he took back the "Golden Winged Thunder Eagle" that he still wanted to return to the spirit beast ring, and then fell towards the icy valley.
[Frost Wolf King] is a fifth-level high-grade monster. If he can kill this beast, based on his contribution in this battle, he can definitely leave behind the most precious demon pills and demon souls, so this trip will be useless.
It was nothing.
It's a pity that Xu Zhengyang is not willing to fight with him, so he can only do nothing.
Of course, he would not blame Xu Zhengyang for this. From Xu Zhengyang's perspective, making this choice was undoubtedly the most appropriate.
He came to snatch the [Crystal Ice Orchid] in order to prolong his life. Now that he can successfully achieve his goal, he is certainly not willing to risk his life to kill the Wolf King.
If they are in a hurry, if the Wolf King gives them a self-destructing demon pill, no one can be sure that they will survive.
In the Bingjian Valley, Xu Zhengyang has already started picking the [Crystal Ice Orchid].
This life-extending spiritual thing grows on a huge piece of "ice crystal jade" in the valley, and its roots are deeply embedded in the "ice crystal jade". If Xu Zhengyang wants to pluck it all by the root without hurting the spiritual thing,
It takes a lot of effort to get out.
It was precisely because of this that he and Zhou Yang had to defeat the Wolf King and Wolf Queen first instead of letting Zhou Yang help him entangle the two demon wolves and collect the spiritual objects alone.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, Xu's goal is only this [Crystal Ice Orchid]. The other spiritual objects here belong to you. I think there should be more than one kind of spiritual object like this [Crystal Ice Orchid] in the lair of the two fifth-level monsters."
Perhaps he also felt that it was inappropriate to let Zhou Yang go all the way in vain. When Xu Zhengyang saw him coming down and just watching him pick the [Crystal Ice Orchid], he couldn't help but smile apologetically at him and told him the compensation plan.
"Then the junior will not be polite to the senior."
Zhou Yang pondered for a moment, then responded with a smile.
However, just when he was about to look for other spiritual objects nearby, his face suddenly became condensed, as if he had discovered something, and he shouted sternly towards somewhere in the ice stream: "Who is spying over there? Get out of here.
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Before he finished speaking, a fireball was already thrown away by him with a wave of his sleeves.