Chapter 587: Chapter 587

Ever since the Demon Clan suffered heavy casualties from an

Ever since the Demon Clan suffered heavy casualties from an ambush by giant crossbows on the first city wall three days ago, they had been at a standstill.

During this time, the Demon Clan sent out some cannon fodder to cautiously climb the city wall, only to be shot down without exception by the giant crossbows.

Now, this city wall stood before them like a gateway to hell.

Subsequently, Qizhou Island even dispatched several teams of Cultivators to stealthily infiltrate the first city wall for observation, while also scavenging some Demonic Beast corpses.

With so much expended in battle, they had to salvage something from the Demon Clan.

Thus, countless Demonic Beasts gathered beneath the city wall, their small teams restraining their breath, quietly scavenging corpses on the city wall.

Such activity was extremely perilous; if they were accidentally discovered by the Demonic Beasts below, they would risk their lives rushing up, plunging into the midst of a myriad of beasts, with escape being a difficult feat.

Therefore, these teams were all composed of elites selected from the immortal way trading company, led personally by Liu Changsheng.

But in the Great Chu Immortal Nation, there was no such custom. Actions were not judged based on identity or cultivation level but were arranged according to necessity. Living in such an environment, no one felt anything amiss.

Suddenly, Liu Changsheng halted, cautiously releasing his Divine Sense to sense the surroundings.

"Retreat! Quickly withdraw!"

At this moment, within his Divine Sense perception, a powerful group of auras was approaching the city wall.

The strength of these auras was at least at the fourth tier, and their numbers were numerous, numbering at least in the hundreds.

Such a formidable force was simply beyond their capability to resist. Even if all the forces of Qizhou Island were concentrated, they would struggle to deal with it.

After receiving an urgent Message Transmission from Liu Changsheng, everyone reacted swiftly, retreating through the passage they came from.

They had barely retreated a few miles from the city wall when they felt a tremendous spiritual pressure surge. Looking back, they saw that a large section of the first city wall had collapsed, with rubble flying everywhere, stirring up clouds of dust.

At this moment, they heard a deafening roar.

"Don't mind it, hurry and retreat!" Liu Changsheng urged hastily. He knew how powerful the Demon Clan behind them was, far beyond their ability to contend with.

A city several dozen zhang high and over ten zhang thick collapsed under the combined assault of five hundred fourth-tier Demonic Beasts.

Before the dust settled, these five hundred fourth-tier Demonic Beasts struck again, smashing the surrounding city walls.

Instantly, a large section of the city wall was breached.

These five hundred Demonic Beasts stood atop the ruins of the city wall, gazing towards the second city wall.

At this moment, the Cultivators of Qizhou Island had already reacted. Hundreds of massive arrows shot towards them at lightning speed.

The five hundred Demonic Beasts struck again, various magical powers and magic weapons flying into the air, fiercely colliding with the incoming arrows, erupting with intense brilliance in the air.

The aftermath of their clash rendered a large area below barren.

And after receiving this onslaught, only a few of the five hundred Demon Clan members were injured, but none were killed.

"General Luo, what should we do? At this rate, the poisonous area will soon be destroyed in the aftermath of the battle," a commander asked anxiously.

Nascent Soul-level battles, even residual shockwaves, were not something these plants and herbs could withstand.

In previous battles, the Demon Clan had dispatched fourth-tier Demonic Beasts to disrupt the poisonous area, but their numbers were small, and they were easily repelled by the formidable attack power on the city wall.

Now, with the breach wide open, countless Demonic Beasts had poured in through the gap, launching an assault on the second city wall.

If left unchecked, the second city wall would soon fall.

Luo Zhongjie, gazing at the five hundred Demonic Beasts currently locked in a standoff with the crossbows, pondered for a moment before making a firm decision:

"Before His Majesty closed his cultivation, he left something behind. Now is the time to try it out."

At this moment, several senior officials solemnly produced wooden boxes, containing the secret weapons left by Wang Hong.

Previously, when dealing with the fifth-tier Great Demonic Envoy, Wang Hong had collected all the black mist it emitted, as well as its demon core and flesh, all of which were highly toxic substances.

He used the flesh to feed Poisonous Bees and refined the black mist and demon core into a single magic weapon.

Moreover, those Poisonous Herbs that had survived the contamination of the poisonous mist had become even more toxic.

Especially those Ten Thousand-Year Poisonous Herbs, Wang Hong didn't know how powerful they were, mainly because he hadn't encountered strong opponents and hadn't had the opportunity to use them.

However, he still harvested several of these Ten Thousand-Year Spiritual Herbs, refined them into toxic pills, and divided them into dozens of portions.

Before closing his cultivation, he gave these Poisonous Herbs to his subordinates, instructing them to try using them when they encountered strong enemies.

Now was the perfect time to bring out these Poisonous Herbs for use.

"However, we'll have to wait a bit longer, let these Demonic Beasts come closer."

At the current distance, as long as these Demonic Beasts turned around, they could easily escape.

It would be a waste of treasure and reveal their cards.

Only when these fourth-tier Demonic Beasts had advanced another two li did Luo Zhongjie decide to attack with the Poisonous Herbs.

Naturally, the first strike would be operated by Jia Liang, who had the highest cultivation level on the scene.

He immediately tore off the sealing talisman on the wooden box in his hand, revealing a black jade vial inside.

Immediately, thunder and lightning surrounded him, carefully wrapping the jade vial with layers of thunderous force, then propelling it forward.

Due to the formation's effect, this cluster of thunder and lightning mixed in with numerous arrows had already reached the vicinity of these Demonic Beasts before they were noticed by the group.

However, these Demonic Beasts didn't pay it much heed. Just a cluster of thunder and lightning, it should be similar to other attacks.

They treated it like any other attack, but as the thunder and lightning burst in front of them, a large amount of black mist dispersed, followed by a wave of spiritual energy spreading out.

Sensing this wave of spiritual energy, many Demonic Beasts felt puzzled. From the feel of it, it seemed more like the emergence of some natural treasures. If not for being in the midst of battle, they would have been unable to resist rushing forward to seize them.

But as the black mist spread, many members of the Demon Clan felt a sense of crisis.

At this moment, a Demon Clan member was engulfed by the black mist, and then they heard a wail. When they saw the fourth-tier Demonic Beast emerging from the mist, its body was already decaying in several places.

"Everyone, be careful, this black mist is highly toxic."

A Demonic Beast shouted loudly, while simultaneously activating a defensive light screen around itself, protecting itself securely. Seeing this, other Demonic Beasts followed suit.

However, the low-tier Demonic Beasts that had just emerged from the mist had already suffered. Under the erosion of the poison mist, they could only hold on for a moment before turning into blood.

At the same time, Luo Zhongjie and the others on the city wall witnessed this scene and couldn't help but feel regret. The source of thɪs content is 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵•𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒•𝙣𝙚𝙩

"Fellow Daoist Jia, don't bother with secondary matters. Take these and throw them all over there."

Luo Zhongjie handed ten wooden boxes to Jia Liang.

"Everyone, attack with all your might!"

At this moment, while the Demon Clan was focused on defending against the poison mist, hundreds of giant crossbows on the city wall launched their arrows towards the opposing side.

The Demonic Beasts, who were busy defending themselves, immediately had several members knocked out of their defensive shields by the onslaught of arrows, followed by being engulfed by the black mist.

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