Legacy of the Spirit Stone

Chapter 20 – Chen Yang Shows Power

The battlefield on the plains had reached a fever pitch.

All the clan soldiers were holding the last line with their lives, using their bodies to block the beasts' assault.

They roared and charged, drenched in blood, their eyes red with fury, fearless in the face of death!

If they had a blade, they slashed with it; if not, they pounced directly to grapple with the beasts.

Despite the brutal conditions, no one chose to flee.

For behind them were their dearest loved ones, and they would not retreat a single step!

Lives of both humans and beasts were lost continuously, and in front of the last line of defense, bodies piled up to half a man's height.

This formed a barrier, but also provided a springboard for the beasts.

The clan soldiers did their utmost to intercept, but due to the overwhelming number of beasts, a few small and agile ones managed to leap over the corpse wall and past their heads.

Once over the clan soldiers' defense, the beasts could charge straight into the Yang Clan Compound.

Several beasts, excited by the scent of humans inside, scrambled over the wall and jumped in.

"Beasts courting death!"

"Hit them! Hit them hard!"

They thought they were entering a buffet, but didn't expect everyone in the courtyard to be armed with swords, sticks, and clubs.

Though not professionally trained, the sheer number of people was overwhelming.

The few lucky beasts that made it past the defense line were immediately surrounded and beaten by a dozen people as soon as they landed.

Yang Feiyun and Yang Xiaolei commanded from within the courtyard, instructing people to protect the elderly, women, and children in the center, while the young stood on the outside, themselves taking up weapons in the front row.

After all, they had trained in martial arts as children, and killing a few beast cubs was no problem.

At this moment, everyone inside and outside the Yang Clan, regardless of their background or status, fought bravely against a common enemy, striving for the right to survive in this cruel world.

A loud crash came from the front of the battle line, signaling the collapse of the yak demon from exhaustion.

Yang Lingrui seized the opportunity to unleash three consecutive Gale Winds to finish it off. After nearly an hour of tug-of-war, he finally ended the life of this powerful demonic beast.

His clothes were soaked with sweat, and he was panting heavily.

The cross-level challenge of slaying the yak demon had greatly drained him, leaving him in a semi-exhausted state.

But with the intense situation at hand, there was no time to rest. Yang Lingrui immediately returned to the line to support those heavily wounded and on the verge of collapse.

Gale Wind was difficult to gather, so he resorted to using his fists and feet against the enemy.

A cultivator's physical strength far exceeded that of ordinary people, and even without using spell techniques, his combat power was formidable, single-handedly covering three gaps and repelling several waves of beast attacks, relieving a significant amount of pressure from the clan soldiers behind him.

Just as he was about to move elsewhere to continue supporting, he noticed that the positions about to be breached had been reinforced.

Several squads of clan soldiers were weaving back and forth behind the line, reinforcing wherever needed, ensuring the line was never breached by the beast horde.

Through everyone's relentless efforts, by dawn, the beast tide finally showed signs of waning, the beast horde gradually thinning out, with no new demonic beasts appearing.

On the cliff, after the monkey demon's death, four more demonic beasts appeared.

Yang Lingqing and Yang Linghu worked together to kill two at the Qi Condensation Second Layer, while the remaining one at the Qi Condensation Third Layer and another at the Qi Condensation Fourth Layer were both slain by Chen Yang's spiritual energy impact.

In hindsight, Yang Guanfeng's decision to entrust Chen Yang to Yang Lingqing was extremely wise.

Without this move, Linghu and Lingqing would have surely perished tonight, and not only would they have died, but the Yang Clan below the cliff would have faced a merciless slaughter by the demonic beasts, and after the beast tide, the Yang Clan would cease to exist.

Hearing the beast roars gradually subside, the heavy burden in their hearts was finally lifted.

"Xiao Qing, we held on, didn't we..."

Yang Linghu was completely exhausted, lying on the ground, covered in wounds.

With only a Qi Condensation First Layer cultivation, every battle throughout the night had been beyond his limits.

If not for his naturally exceptional physical talent and his mastery of the Barbarian Bull Strength, he wouldn't have lasted until the end.

"Yes! We held on! You've worked hard, Huzi!"

Yang Lingqing leaned against a tree trunk for support to stand.

She held Chen Yang's hand, trembling, with a faint smile on her lips.

"Ancestor, Lingqing did it!" she thought to herself.

After resting for a while, the two helped each other up.

There was no longer any movement from the beast tide on the cliff, and they planned to go down the mountain to help.

Buzz!

A sudden tremor from her hand made Yang Lingqing's eyes fill with shock.

Another demonic beast!

They quickly turned around to see a fox demon with fiery red fur watching them slyly from a distance.

It had been observing from afar, and after witnessing the power of the strange stone in Yang Lingqing's hand, it patiently held back.

Only after the four previous demonic beasts were all dead, and the two of them were exhausted, did it decide to make its final move as the opportunistic predator.

Yang Lingqing's face stiffened, showing despair for the first time in her life.

It wasn't just because they were powerless to resist, but also because she knew from Chen Yang's feedback the level of this demonic beast.

Qi Condensation Sixth Layer!

Such a vast gap in cultivation left Yang Lingqing feeling helpless.

But the stubbornness in her heart made her suppress her fear and raise the strange stone.

Yang Lingqing used the last of her spiritual power to launch a spiritual power impact.

However, the attack's power was only equivalent to the Qi Condensation Fourth Layer, posing no threat to the fox demon, which easily blocked it with a raised paw.

Seeing that the strange stone only had this much power, the fox demon completely let down its guard and approached them with large strides.

Facing an unbeatable enemy, Yang Linghu and Yang Lingqing exchanged a glance, seeing determination in each other's eyes, both having reached the same conclusion.

At this point, they would use their lives to protect the clan one last time!

Seeing them ready to fight to the death, the fox demon's eyes showed a mocking expression.

Knowing the two had no chance of fighting back, the fox's playful nature surfaced, wanting to toy with the two humans.

With its Qi Condensation Sixth Layer level, it could have instantly killed them the moment it appeared, but instead, it chose to approach them slowly.

This foolish decision cost the fox demon its life.

As it lowered its large head to get closer, the scene before its eyes was suddenly replaced by a flash of white light.

In the next instant, the fox demon's body was pierced through by a spiritual power impact from head to tail.

The demonic beast died in confusion and disbelief.

Yang Linghu and Yang Lingqing were equally stunned, staring blankly at the fox demon's corpse, hardly believing what had just happened.

"Lingqing, did you... do this?" Yang Linghu asked in a daze.

Yang Lingqing shook her head blankly, then looked at the strange stone in her hand.

She had thought this treasure only served as an early warning system, but now she realized she had underestimated it.

For the spiritual power impact just now was unleashed by the strange stone itself!

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