Starting as a Son-in-law to Establish an immortal Family

Chapter 1978: Chapter 654: Destroying the Three Demon Treasures, the Beast Tide Approaches! (Part 3)

Although Lu Mengchan was timid and gentle by nature, she had greatly improved as she grew older.

Moreover, with Meng Xiaochan, Lu Linghe, and Lu Baixi by her side, she had gained some resilience.

However, seeing her daughter casting spells in such a manner, Meng Xiaochan still shook her head slightly.

But when she saw Lu Baixi’s small face indifferent and expressionless while swinging her jade harp to smash people, she felt better about her own daughter.

Usually, Lu Baixi was the most quiet and understanding, but once sparring with Lu Linghe or facing an attack, she exhibited an entirely different persona, akin to a young demon beast.

...

Time passed little by little.

As the beast tide came wave after wave, with increasing scale, the cultivators of Great Dream Marsh gradually sensed something was amiss.

This was no ordinary beast tide, but a rare major beast tide seen once in a century!

In such a beast tide, multiple Third Rank Demon Kings were sure to appear!

For a moment, there was a brief panic in Great Dream Marsh, and many cultivators who came to hone their skills in hunting demons chose to retreat to the rear and observe the changes.

Many islands that had previously chosen to hold their ground also opted to seek reinforcement and evacuation at this stage.

At this moment, Great Dream Immortal City became the frontline of Great Dream Marsh, facing the beast tide head-on.

"Young City Lord, do your honored parents have any plans?"

Having gone through many rounds of beast tides, the Four Great Immortal Sects possessed extensive experience. After realizing the unusual nature of this beast tide, the cultivators stationed by the Heavenly Sword Sect came to the City Lord Mansion to meet Lu Lingxiao and inquire about the situation.

Although the new City Lord couple possessed extraordinary combat power, having easily subdued Wanhu True Master, who challenged them more than twenty years ago, the matter of the beast tide was critical. If Great Dream Immortal City were to fall or be damaged, it would result in massive casualties.

"Master Huang, you can rest assured. When a Third Rank Demon King arrives, my father will personally take action."

Lu Lingxiao, dressed in a dark golden dragon-patterned robe, stood tall and majestic, his voice steady and powerful.

Even this cultivator, known as Master Huang, a False Core Immortal, felt influenced by Lu Lingxiao’s aura, akin to a Nine Heavens True Dragon, and instinctively trusted him.

Seeing Lu Lingxiao before him and thinking about the two mysterious City Lords, Master Huang left without saying much more.

After all, as a False Core Immortal of the Heavenly Sword Sect, he understood that this beast tide represented a significant gain for Great Dream Immortal City.

In the months of beast tide assaults, countless demon beasts were hunted and killed, and the materials from their corpses sent to the Immortal City, causing material prices in the Immortal City to plummet.

And the majority of these cheaply priced materials were acquired by the City Lord Mansion.

Especially since the City Lord Mansion opened the merit system, allowing loose cultivators to exchange materials for some rare Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, no one could compete with the City Lord Mansion.

The two mysterious new City Lords were even waiting for the Third Rank Demon King to come.

After all, the Third Rank Demon King was full of treasures.

Hunting in the depths of Great Dream Marsh would be fraught with danger.

But if the Demon King attacked the Immortal City, they could use the Third Rank Taboo Formation to bombard it, and in case of danger, could retreat to the Immortal City without fear of being besieged.

Once Master Huang left, Lu Lingxiao, as usual, went to the high tower of the City Lord Mansion. His eyes, shining with brilliant golden light, gazed towards the direction of the beast tide.

He faintly sensed a few wisps of invisible demon wind and evil Qi rushing towards Great Dream Immortal City.

The Son of Heaven Qi Observation, capable of perceiving mountains and earth veins, spotting flaws in divine skills and techniques, the flow of magic power mechanism!

After years of research, he gradually grasped and understood the essence.

He realized the "observe" here goes beyond mere sight, focusing on perception!

"The Way of Sincere Truth leads to foreknowledge!"

To see through all things in heaven and earth, one must first clear one’s own mind.

Only when the mind is free of dust can one achieve Unity of Heaven and Man in the Way of Sincere Truth, thus gaining insight into all things.

He was still far from that step, but even separated by a hundred miles, he could sense the Qi flow with far-reaching perception.

"It’s coming."

Lu Lingxiao’s eyes stern, his pupils like the sun and moon rotating, stars vanishing, he murmured.

During these days, he would come every day to observe the depths of Great Dream Marsh and judge the general phase of the beast tide.

At this moment, he had already sensed a strong presence of demonic power and evil Qi!

This was the aura of a Third Rank Demon King!

He immediately used the [Sun and Moon Token] to send a message indicating the imminent arrival of a Third Rank Demon King, and that everyone should retreat back to Great Dream Immortal City.

He then proceeded to the City Lord Mansion to issue the order, informing of the Third Rank Demon King’s arrival, and finally reported the matter to his mother, Ling Zixiao.

...

Artifact Refinement Room.

"Finally, a Third Rank Demon King has come to attack?"

In front of the huge black-gold Treasure Forging Platform, Lu Changsheng, still refining artifacts, gave a faint smile upon hearing the news.

Looking at the [Demon Binding Lock] he was crafting, Lu Changsheng had a thought, and a snow-white pellet flew out from his brow, shimmering with spiritual light, transforming into a handsome, slender figure.

Now that it was merely a Third Rank Demon King arriving, there was no need for him, the Dream City Master, to hurry and intervene.

Since his identity as Changsheng True Master had broken through to Core Formation, he had never acted in public.

As the Deputy City Lord of Great Dream Immortal City, he had to make an appearance, now that the city was facing a beast tide.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng controlled the Three Treasures Incarnation to leave the Alchemy Chamber and found Lu Miaoge, indicating the two should go check out the situation.

...

Ten days later.

Great Dream Immortal City, tall and ancient, magnificent and majestic, with countless formation spiritual lights flowing and spreading across the city walls, Lu Changsheng, Lu Miaoge, Lu Lingxiao, Lu Qingshan, and many other stationed cultivators in the Immortal City gathered.

At this moment, waves upon waves could be seen sweeping in from all directions.

This was the beast tide army stirred up by countless demon beasts.

These beings, usually fighting and competing among themselves, now united to launch an assault on the Cultivator Islands and Immortal City.

Fortunately, the Immortal City had notified early, leaving few demon-hunting cultivators stranded outside.

Otherwise, such a beast tide would instantly overwhelm any Qi Refinement or Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"So many Blue Tide Demons, there are actually so many Blue Tide Demons!"

"What a huge shark, it seems to be a Quasi-Third Rank demon beast, just a step away from becoming a Demon King!"

"Not just that, those fish are Illusionary Scaled Fish, looking beautiful, but full of potent poison, capable of inducing hallucinations..."

The cultivators on the city walls looked at the more prominent demon beasts within the beast tide with solemn expressions.

These demon beasts, notable enough to be named, were rare to encounter while outside hunting demons, yet here they were, gathered in large numbers.

"Operate the Great Formation at full power, Gui Water Divine Thunder, strike!"

Lu Lingxiao’s face was steady and grave, commanding the formation and executing its attack methods, launching streaks of azure blue lightning bolts, blasting numerous demon beasts into charred, rigid corpses, sinking into his hands.

However, those from the Four Great Immortal Sects and the stationed cultivators on the city walls did not know what to say upon witnessing this.

With the beast tide approaching and the two City Lords not yet appearing, it was curious enough, but moreover, the Third Rank Taboo Formation of the Immortal City had been entrusted to a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Was this confidence, or was it folly?

Fortunately, the presence of Lu Changsheng, Lu Miaoge, and Lu Qingshan provided some comfort.

After all, regardless of the situation, the three were all Nascent Soul Immortals.

"Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom!!!"

As the Gui Water Divine Thunder continued to strike, at that moment, the sea water roared and boiled from several directions, forming surging, immense waves.

Immediately after.

"Roar roar roar!!!"

A sequence of terrifying sounds roared towards Great Dream Immortal City, as if a thousand giant beasts roared together, creating a powerful sonic wave tide, forming a hurricane tsunami.

Simultaneously, the demon beasts attacking Great Dream Immortal City seemed both afraid and somehow encouraged, all roaring as they charged fearlessly towards Great Dream Immortal City.

On the city walls, cultivators with slightly weaker cultivation levels, despite the city’s formation isolating the sound waves, felt dizzy against these beast roars.

"Three Third Rank Demon Kings, one, two, three, how can there be so many!?"

"How did so many Third Rank Demon Kings appear all of a sudden?"

"Not only that, it seems there’s another one, making it four Third Rank Demon Kings!"

Amidst the pervasive, oppressive, and terrifying Qi flow, with demonic power and evil Qi surging to the sky, many cultivators on the city walls turned pale, horrified, and shouted loudly.

The beast tide needed time to ferment, wave after wave.

It shouldn’t have reached the point of full outbreak, so how could there be four Third Rank Demon Kings here now?

This was clearly not right!