178, Water Buffalo

  This wasn't the first time Mo Tian Ge faced a fifth-grade demonic beast, but it was his first underwater battle.

  Yuán chù rén yǔ fēng hé xiàng zhī yáng liǎng rén kuáng bēn ér zhì, bù zhī yòng de shì shén me tú shēn fāng fǎ, zài shuǐ zhōng sù dù jìng bǐ lù dì shàng hái kuài. Xiǎng lái zhèng fǎ zōng shàn cháng shuǐ xì fǎ shù, zài shuǐ zhōng shī zhǎn shuǐ dùn, zhèng shì xiāng dé yì zhāng.

  The two of them rushed over and shouted loudly: "Formation!"

  Lu Rongsheng waved his hand and shouted: "Open formation!"

  Seven people cast their spells at the same time, and the defensive array burst forth with bright light, tearing open a gap, allowing Yang Feng and Xiang to fly in.

  Lu Rongsheng shouted again: "Close formation!"

  A gleam of light flashed out from the gap and closed instantly.

  The defensive cover had just closed when the water beast's breath came fiercely. For a moment, all ten people inside the defensive cover turned pale.

  Although they had already thought of a way to deal with this beast, after all, it was a demon beast equivalent to the Congealing Dan stage, and its powerful momentum in a head-on charge still made these Foundation Establishment cultivators unable to treat it as usual.

  Ren Yuhe shouted: "Everyone calm down! Our Seven Star Absolute Formation will definitely be able to withstand it!"

  He had just finished speaking, when the water qilin beast saw the several people in front of it. The demon beast was already relying on its instincts to be fierce, let alone one that had been enraged? Seeing this, the water qilin beast charged forward with a loud crash!

  The Mo Tian Ge held his composure. Looking from the inside of the formation outwards, this Water Carp Beast was at least ten times larger than a human, its body as dark as ink, with an ordinary carp-like appearance. However, it had an enormous head, with black teeth jutting out of its mouth, truly... ugly to the point of being terrifying!

  A water qilin beast charged forward, its aura as fierce and intimidating as a five-stage demonic beast. Mo Tian Ge almost thought that these people would be swallowed whole by the beast. However, the blue defensive barrier blocked it, and the beast crashed into the barrier, causing the blue light to flicker before being repelled.

  Seeing this scene, not only Mó Tiān Gē, but also Rèn Yǔ Fēng and others let out a sigh of relief. They had set up this formation, naturally they were confident in it, but having confidence still required reality to verify it. Now that they saw that it indeed blocked the Water Carp Beast, smiles appeared on their faces.

  "Everyone, junior brothers and sisters! You've all seen it, let's proceed according to plan!"

  Everyone responded in unison, each holding their position. Ren Yu said to Feng Tianyi, "Ye Shimei, this Water Rhinoceros has a powerful technique that takes some time to activate. Once it's activated, we'll temporarily open the formation and you can attack with all your might."

  "Good." This wasn't difficult to handle, but she thought for a moment and asked Ren Yu Feng, "Ren Shixiong, when opening the formation... won't it..."

  "Ye Shimei just believe it!" Before she could finish asking, Ren Yu Feng cut her off, his eyes fixed intently on the Water Qiu beast in front of him, too lazy to bother answering Mo Tian Ge's question. The haughty temper he had when they first met was unknowingly revealed again.

  Mo Tian Ge frowned, but didn't say anything. At this time in the Xu Qing Gate, there weren't many people who would dare to speak to her like that. As a disciple of Jing He Dao Jun, others wouldn't dare to provoke her. Ren Yu Feng's temperament was indeed not small, but it was unknown whether he had the strength to match his temperament.

  Just then, a loud shout was heard from among the wind: "Now is the time, open formation!"

  Lu Rongsheng heard this and waved his wooden sword: "Open formation!"

  In an instant, a gap appeared in the defensive canopy above his head.

  Ren Yu Feng shouted again: "Attack!"

  A strange heavenly singer suddenly rose, a flying sword shot out of the gap in the formation, transformed into a golden light, and struck the body of the Water Carp Beast. At the same time, Ren Yu Feng and Xiang Zhi Yang's magic tools also flew over, but they were just flying swords. It seemed that they didn't have time to refine their other five-elemental magic tools, so they could only use the most ordinary flying sword.

  Ren Yu Feng and Xiang Zhi Yang's flying swords swiftly chopped towards the Water Carp Beast. However, this demon beast's skin was extremely tough, and after being slashed by two flying swords, only a white mark was left behind, unable to pierce into its body.

  Mó Tiān Gē's flying sword shot out, and the golden light enveloped the Water Fish Beast. At this time, those two people had already flown back with their swords, and Rèn urged Fēng Jí: "Yè Shī Mèi, hurry up!"

  Mo Tian Ge didn't even glance at him, the Golden Mang descended and suddenly pierced into the body of the Water Rou Beast. The Water Rou Beast let out a painful cry and suddenly went mad.

  Ren Yu and Feng were overjoyed. At least Mo Tian Ge's magic weapon could harm the demon beast, so this trip was not in vain.

  "Ye Shimei!" Ren Yu Feng shouted, "You're finished!"

  The Heavenly Song was silent, and a stack of high-level talismans were taken out and slapped out!

  Only to see outside the surging water and sand, but it was a few earth-based spiritual symbols.

  This water carp belongs to water, earth overcomes water, these talismans just hit its weaknesses.

  The Water Carp Beast went into a frenzied rage, swinging its tail and striking the defensive barrier with great force. The blue defensive barrier shook, and Lu Rongsheng, who was maintaining the formation, spat out a mouthful of blood. The frenzied strike from the fifth-stage demonic beast was not easy to withstand, even though they had been prepared for it.

  Eyes fixed on the Water Qilin Beast as it went berserk, seemingly preparing some sort of magic spell, Ren shouted to Feng: "Stop attacking, close the formation!"

  Moy Tian Ge heard the words, his spiritual energy made a turn, and he immediately withdrew the Flying Heaven Dart. Afterwards, the formation was closed.

  Seeing these people can see but not hit. The Water Rhinoceros was furious again, its tail swung and hit the defensive cover with force. After several consecutive attacks, Lu Rongsheng had already spat out several mouthfuls of blood.

  Ren Yu saw the situation and immediately ordered: "Xiang Shidi, you go replace Lu Shidi!"

  Xiang Zhiyang responded with a sound and walked to Lu Rongsheng's position, taking out his own law enforcement instrument, which was a yù token.

  Mo Tian Ge saw this situation and slightly furrowed her brow. Xiang Zhi Yang replaced Lu Rong Sheng, but Lu Rong Sheng's injuries were too severe, temporarily unable to take action, so only Ren Yu Feng and she could attack. Ren Yu Feng's flying sword had limited damage, relying on just herself to deal with a fifth-tier demon beast... honestly, she wasn't very confident.

  But now in this situation, even if she wants to quit, she can't, and can only grit her teeth and persist.

  "Yeshi Mei," during this pause, Ren Yu looked at her hand and said, "This magic weapon of yours is quite formidable."

  Moy Tian Ge said faintly: "The foundation was laid at the time of the teacher's gift, fortunately it has been put to use."

  "Is that so?" Ren Feng asked, "Which sect of the Xuan Qing Gate is Ye Shimei from? I also traveled to Kunwu in my youth and knew a few seniors of the Xuan Qing Gate. Maybe I know Ye Shimei's master."

  Moy Tian smiled and said vaguely: "I am a disciple of Qingyuan Peak, my master has not gone out for many years, so Shixiong should not recognize me."

  "Oh..." She was being so vague, Ren Yu also knew when to stop, seeing that she didn't want to say more, he didn't ask again. He just looked at her thoughtfully a few times before continuing to watch the Water Qilin outside.

  The Seven Star Absolute Formation of Zheng Fa Sect was indeed powerful. Under the furious attack of Shui Li Beast, it still withstood firmly.

  The time for the second activation of the formation arrived quickly. This time, the Water Carp Beast had already suffered a light injury, and Ren's Wind Flying Sword finally took effect, leaving a faint cut on the Water Carp Beast's body.

  The Wild Sky Song still relied on the Flying Heaven Shuttle, interspersed with flying needles and small flying knives. Unfortunately, this Water Carp beast had thick skin, and except for the Flying Heaven Shuttle, nothing else could cause much harm. As for Fu Luo, she had already thrown out several high-level talismans earlier, and there were not many left, so she didn't want to waste any more.

  After a while, the Water Carp Beast was enraged again, and the formation converged once more.

  After repeated attempts, the water deer was helpless and suffered many minor injuries, finally becoming somewhat exhausted and slowing down its movements.

  Seeing this situation, Ren Yu Feng said: "Everyone's morale is high, the Water Carp Beast's movements have slowed down, it can be killed soon!"

  Upon hearing his reminder, the several Orthodox monks who were struggling to maintain their formation looked at the Water Carp Beast and were all shocked. Even Lu Rongsheng, who was meditating cross-legged to recover from his injuries, opened his eyes with a start.

  Xiang Zhiyang, who took over the formation from Lu Rongsheng, also looked up and said weakly: "Ren Shixiong... if it goes on like this, I won't be able to hold on much longer..."

  In such a defensive formation, the person in charge of the formation will receive much more impact than others. Among them, including Mo Tian Ge, there are only three foundation stage cultivators, and one late-stage foundation stage cultivator. Ren Yu Feng needs to command, but Mo Tian Ge doesn't understand their Orthodox Sect's techniques. Only Lu Rong Sheng and Xiang Zhi Yang can take charge of this formation. Lu Rong Sheng is already exhausted, and there is no one who can replace Xiang Zhi Yang.

  Seeing Xiang Zhiyang's condition, Ren Yu Feng sank for a moment before saying: "If Junior Brother Xiang can't hold on, next time we open the formation. We'd better put in more effort and directly kill this Water Carp Beast!"

  This was said to Mo Tian Ge. At this time, Mo Tian Ge was meditating, although she didn't need to constantly output spiritual energy, attacking a fifth-grade demon beast had indeed consumed a lot of her spiritual energy, and she could only seize this opportunity to quickly recover.

  Moy Tian Ge opened his eyes and stood up: "Ren Shixiong, I don't have many talismans left. I want to kill him directly next time, but I'm not confident."

  "Rest assured, Ye Shimei," Ren Yu Feng hastily said, "your talismans will definitely work, and once we find the treasure, we'll give you a larger share."

  “……” Mo Tian Ge wanted to say that she didn't mean it, but after thinking about it, she still didn't speak up. She had another killer move that she hadn't used yet, because she always felt that the time wasn't right, but now she couldn't afford not to use it. Apart from her, these few Zheng Fa Zong cultivators had no effective way to deal with this Water Carp Beast, and if she didn't bring out her trump card, their defensive formation would be broken, and she would also find it difficult to escape unscathed.

  Just as he was thinking about it, the formation opened again, and Ren shouted to Ye: "Ye Shimei, go all out!" As he spoke, his flying sword took the lead.

  Mo Tian Ge didn't hesitate, and the Flying Heaven Dart shot out with a flick. At the same time, his substantial divine sense also probed out after being strengthened by the Lian Shen Jue!

  The refined divine sense cultivated by Lian Tian was extremely fine and invisible, so the five-stage water carp beast only felt that something was approaching, flapping its fins to drive it away. However, the substance of the divine sense was not equivalent to other attributes, and as soon as it swung up, Mo Tian Ge immediately dispersed this substantial divine sense, transforming it back into ordinary divine sense.

  The Water Carp Beast's eyes moved slightly, and the next moment, Mo Tian Ge's divine sense gathered again, whipping fiercely towards this demon beast!

  "Gulu!" The Water Carp Beast let out a hum, and its Yuan Shen was struck right on!

  The method to deal with the Refining Spirit Technique is simple, that is to guard one's heart and mind, not using one's own spiritual awareness. In this way, the original spirit is deeply hidden in the sea of consciousness, and no one can enter at will. However, whether it is a cultivator or a demon beast, using spiritual awareness during battle is almost an instinct, spiritual awareness is their eyes, how can they defend against this move? Especially for demon beasts, they do not have wisdom, using spiritual awareness is a subconscious behavior.

  Taking advantage of the Water Rhinoceros's divine spirit being struck, Mo Tian Ge took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and her true spiritual consciousness stabbed out again. At the same time, she manipulated the Flying Heaven Dart to create an illusion of attack.