Sage of Humanity

Chapter 249 Watching the Tigers Fight from the Mountain

The quasi-flood dragon is a type of snake demon, just one step away from completing its flood dragon metamorphosis. If it were to succeed, it could completely break free from the constraints of Heaven's Augury and leave the prison that has bound it.

However, for many years, it had been unable to take this step, until last night when it sensed the blood Qi in that Scale Armor, it knew the opportunity had arrived.

Right now, the opportunity was right before its eyes, yet it was obstructed by a luminous screen from a big array. Naturally, the quasi-flood dragon was furiously enraged.

Its head was densely covered with fine snake scales, extremely sturdy, and each collision was like a giant battering ram smashing against the Sky Supporting Sect's Sect Protection Array.

Zou Qi stood on his Flying Spirit Artifacts floating mid-air, facing the quasi-flood dragon through the screen, shouting, "Quasi-flood dragon, my sect has always stayed out of your way, so why have you come to attack us today?"

A ferocious beast like the quasi-flood dragon, even if it couldn't speak human language, should still understand it to some extent.

Zou Qi knew that their current location faced a catastrophic crisis, and to resolve this crisis, he needed to understand why the quasi-flood dragon had come to attack them.

The quasi-flood dragon raised its head high, looking at the tiny figure before it, its forked tongue flicking in and out, hissing, which seemed to be a response.

Yet Zou Qi listened for a long time and still couldn't understand what it was trying to say…

He could only seek help from his fellow cultivators, "Can anyone understand what it's saying?"

As if anyone could really understand!

The quasi-flood dragon, growing impatient, suddenly sensed the once still blood Qi beginning to move again.

With a boom, the quasi-flood dragon slammed its head down once more.

Zou Qi was livid on the spot, "Quasi-flood dragon, my Sky Supporting Sect has no intention of being your enemy. Whatever your purpose is in coming here, please leave at once, or don't blame us for not being polite!"

Threats like these, the quasi-flood dragon could not bear. It suddenly stopped its movements, its body swirling with demon Qi, and its verdant eyes growing deeper. Then, it opened its mouth wide and emitted a misty green fog toward the luminous screen before it.

Even though Zou Qi knew the protective array wouldn't break and the fog couldn't harm him, he couldn't help but retreat continuously in fright.

A crackling noise sounded out, and where the green fog enveloped, the screen dimmed at an alarming rate. Evidently, the fog was extremely corrosive, but thankfully, the cultivators of Sky Supporting Sect worked frantically to repair it, barely maintaining its function.

Seeing this, the quasi-flood dragon spewed out even more green fog, and in an instant, the Sect Protection Array's screen looked like salt thrown into hot oil, completely boiling over.

Having headbutted so many times, it was starting to feel dizzy, but upon realizing the effectiveness of its Snake Mist, it naturally showed no mercy.

Five miles away on a slope, Lu Ye quietly watched the scene unfold, gaining a more accurate understanding of the quasi-flood dragon's strength. This ferocious beast likely could break through the Sky Supporting Sect's Sect Protection Array on its own given a bit more time.

"Brother Yiye!" Hao Ren and his sister ran over once again. They knew Lu Ye was here, naturally through communication.

Additionally, through Hao Ren, he had also learned another piece of information—that several hundred cultivators from Silver Light Island were en route, heading this way.

This was something Lu Ye was happy to hear and had anticipated.

When he had parted ways with Hao Ren and his sister earlier, Lu Ye had already revealed that the quasi-flood dragon would attack the Sky Supporting Sect's base. Lu Ye believed Hao Ren would definitely pass this message back to Silver Light Island.

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It seemed that Silver Light Island indeed had mobilized on a large scale.

What he didn't know was that things were slightly different from what he had thought. Silver Light Island hadn't mobilized because they received news about the quasi-flood dragon, but had already been on the move before that.

But it was no great matter, as ultimately, everyone's goal was the same.

"How much longer before they arrive?"

"Within two to four hours," replied Hao Ren.

Two to four hours would be just enough time for the quasi-flood dragon to be entangled here. Once the cultivators from Silver Light Island arrived, they could launch a major offensive. By then, he didn't believe the Sect Protection Array of Sky Supporting Sect could withstand it!

In fact, even at this moment, the Sky Supporting Sect's array was barely holding up.

The protective power of a protective array is related to its stored spirit force. The more spirit force stored on a regular basis, the stronger the protection it can provide in critical moments. Of course, this kind of storage also has a limit; it is not possible to store indefinitely.

The Righteous Blood Sect currently had its own protective array, which Lu Ye had taken the time to study and understood a bit about.

The total amount of stored spirit force is directly related to the number of array bases used in the array setup. That's why Hua Ci had said, the more array bases there were, the stronger the protection would be.

It wasn't clear how many array bases comprised the Sky Supporting Sect's protective array, but its protective strength was much stronger than that of the Righteous Blood Sect. After all, this was the inner circle; without sufficient protective strength, it could not withstand the assault of enemy forces.

But even if enough spirit force was stored on regular days, it couldn't withstand the quasi-flood dragon's torment right now.

The verdant Snake Mist had such a strong erosive nature, and it coalesced without dispersing, lasting a long time. At that moment, the quasi-flood dragon was swirling around the protective dome of the Sky Supporting Sect's headquarters, continuously spewing out Snake Mist.

Looking over, the dome's semi-circular surface was covered in swathes of green, and from each patch, a crackling sound could be heard, causing the dome's luster to constantly flicker. The spirit force that the Sky Supporting Sect's protective array had stored was being consumed at an extremely fast rate.

One could say that the damage done to the protective array by the quasi-flood dragon's head butts was still within tolerable limits. If the quasi-flood dragon only attacked with head butts, it would never dream of breaking through the array, because as the array's spirit force was depleted, it was also being continuously replenished.

But the Snake Mist was different. After being spewed out by the quasi-flood dragon, it would persistently erode and damage the array, causing the array's stored spirit force to drain away, like water being released from a sluice.

"Senior brother, we can't hold out much longer," Yuu Hongbao said gravely as he rushed to Zou Qi's side. "Zhang Hang has reported that if we don't find a way to contain the quasi-flood dragon, the array's spirit force consumption will only increase. In six to eight hours at most, the array will break."

"Six to eight hours!"

Zou Qi's eyes reddened with fury. He could not fathom what drove the quasi-flood dragon to such madness that it would come to wreak havoc on the Sky Supporting Sect. Knowing that the sect's array could withstand a full-scale attack from Silver Light Island for a day or two, facing the quasi-flood dragon, it could only hold out for a mere few hours.

Staring at the quasi-flood dragon that was continuously spewing Snake Mist, Zou Qi gritted his teeth and said, "Wait a bit longer."

A ferocious beast like the quasi-flood dragon was too powerful. At this moment, even if the cultivators from the sect went out to meet the enemy, they would not stand a chance, inevitably resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.

But he noticed something. As the quasi-flood dragon spewed out the Snake Mist, its aura was also weakening. In other words, there was a cost to spew out the Snake Mist.

To confront the quasi-flood dragon, they had to wait until it weakened to a certain extent, otherwise, there was no fight to be had!

The situation was in a stalemate. The quasi-flood dragon couldn't break the array for the time being, and the cultivators of the Sky Supporting Sect could only wait helplessly.

Another two hours later, the quasi-flood dragon's aura had significantly weakened, and Yuu Hongbao came again to report an emergency because the array had even less stored spirit force, and it was feared that they could only hold out for another two hours at most.

Zou Qi knew that they couldn't wait any longer.

During the waiting period, he had made arrangements and now he raised his arms and shouted, "Open the array, kill the enemy!"

Under the actions of the Sky Supporting Sect's cultivators, the array slowly opened a gap, and the well-prepared cultivators swarmed out through the opening.

The physique cultivators wielding various defensive spirit artifacts were at the forefront, followed by combat cultivators and ghost cultivators, then magic cultivators at the rear, while healing cultivators had prepared to treat their own wounded.

In this instant, hundreds of cultivators from the Sky Supporting Sect sprang into action.

The light of magic and spells and weapon control led the charge, as colorful rays of light bombarded the large body of the quasi-flood dragon. The fierce assault actually staggered the beast, sparks flying off its body.

Before one wave of attack could finish, another wave had already started, unceasingly flowing.

The Sky Supporting Sect obviously had experience dealing with such powerful demon beasts and was well versed in the strategy of mobbing. Under that dense and relentless onslaught, the quasi-flood dragon was actually unsteady, retreating continuously.

Then, Zou Qi's skill became evident. The decision he had been holding back until now to take action was indeed a wise one. The quasi-flood dragon had exhausted too much strength trying to break through the Sky Supporting Sect's big array. Otherwise, if it were the quasi-flood dragon at its peak, even hundreds of the Sect's people would be powerless against it.

A shrill hiss erupted as the quasi-flood dragon twisted its body, the Demon Origin surging on its body now much thinner. The magic and weapon control wielded by Level 7-8 cultivators weren't much of a threat to it; a single attack likely couldn't even break through its snake scales. However, once the numbers were sufficient, they would cause a qualitative change.

The dense snake scales were blasted away, revealing the quasi-flood dragon's skin which then, under the onslaught of the Sky Supporting Sect's cultivators, oozed trickling snake blood.

Several times when it tried to open its mouth to spew Snake Mist, the Sky Supporting Sect's magic cultivators seized the opportunity to throw their magic inside its mouth, forcing the quasi-flood dragon to clamp its jaws shut tightly.

Five miles away, Lu Ye furrowed his brow.

The quasi-flood dragon seemed weaker than he had thought. Under the onslaught of the Sky Supporting Sect cultivators, it appeared to be somewhat defenseless.

If the situation continued to develop like this, the Sky Supporting Sect was very likely to kill this ferocious beast. Had he been busy all this time only to end up delivering wealth to the Sky Supporting Sect?

Not only did he think so, but Zou Qi, who commanded his subordinates in battle, thought the same. Watching the quasi-flood dragon be driven back step by step, he couldn't help but feel a sense that this creature was not so tough after all, regretting the anxiety he had undergone earlier.

But everyone underestimated the cunning of the quasi-flood dragon. Snakes were naturally treacherous and ruthless, let alone a powerful snake demon in the midst of flood dragon metamorphosis.

When the Sky Supporting Sect cultivators pushed the quasi-flood dragon back several dozen yards, out of nowhere, it suddenly lowered its head. The flesh horns on its head blazed with lightning, and a thunderbolt burst from the arm area into the midst of the magic cultivators at the rear of the crowd.

As the lightning exploded, several of the nearby frailer magic cultivators were instantly turned into mist of blood. Not only that, thin strands of electricity began to creep around, causing a large number of magic cultivators to shudder violently, interrupting the magic they were casting.

Boom, boom, boom...

New bolts of lightning kept blasting out from those flesh horns, and the magic cultivators' camp was instantly in dire straits, with twenty to thirty people killed or injured in an instant.

The remaining magic cultivators were also struggling to cast their spells for a while.

Zou Qi's previously excited expression froze on his face, and the joy in his heart was blown to pieces by these bolts of lightning.