Chapter 1205: With Moonlight as Blade (1/2)

Lu Yun and the little fox had withdrawn from the battlefield. All available force within Redbud City had been mobilized, and everyone waited with orderly readiness for the beasts to come again.

It wasn’t Zhuo Bufan commanding the cultivators, nor was it the useless fool of a city lord. The true heavyweights of the city had taken control. They’d been suppressed by the bumbling buffoon before and had been unable to display their skill. Now that Lu Yun and the others were here, the city lord no longer dared throw his weight around, making way for the powerhouses to assume the reins of command.

Redbud City sat at the edges of the Redbud Plains. Though it wasn’t a large city, the forces that dwelled within were no minor ones. Legends of beast tides had always existed within the plains and the city did indeed fend them off with surprising regularity.

Only, one of this scale had never occurred before.

……

“The tide of beasts is far beyond my expectation. I need to make use of this time to etch some more formations.” Lu Yun settled down into meditative thought when he returned to the abode that Jian Wenhe had prepared for them.

He’d wanted to send out Oddmoon and kill everything in his path, but the arcane beast that’d destroyed several of his sky curtains gave him pause. It didn’t seem to be the leader of the operation.

“Zhuo Bufan, who’s stronger—the lizard-dragon or that beast?” He asked as Zhuo Bufan had come back with him. Being in the common realm, he’d just be cannon fodder in the tide of beasts.

“The lizard-dragon!” Zhuo Bufan answered confidently. “The lizard-dragon is one of the premier powerhouses of Dragonhollow Mountain. It has the potential to be king, so it’s not anything that that reptile can measure up to.

“That reptile outside is a steelback golden armored dragon—one of the best among the superior realm arcane beasts. However, there’s no possibility for it to ever become a king or even progress in that direction!”

“What the fuck,” Lu Yun cursed. “Shit like that broke my Nineturns Sky Curtain Formation?”

Zhuo Bufan shrank in on himself and didn’t dare say another word, though he spoke only the truth.

“Lu Yun.” The little fox suddenly hopped in front of him and cupped her lily-white hands around his face, turning his gaze toward her. “Those arcane beasts are intelligent and possess their own thoughts!”

“Mmhmm.” Lu Yun nodded.

“Having thoughts and wisdom also means fear!” she continued seriously. “When we first saw the beasts, they didn’t have death wishes or want to take down Redbud City at all costs. But now, they’ve forgotten fear and death.”

“…the drum!” Lu Yun and the little fox exclaimed in unison.

“That’s right, the drum! What level treasure is that drum?” The little fox turned around to look at Zhuo Bufan.

“In response to the young mistress, this humble one doesn’t know either.” Zhuo Bufan shook his head blankly. Though he knew a few things about the Redbud Plains, he only possessed surface level knowledge.

“How useless,” grumbled the little fox.

Zhuo Bufan smiled wryly in response. He couldn’t refute that assessment, nor did he dare to.

“Little fox, take this Oddmoon treasure and try to stall for as much time as possible. I’m going to think of something I can refine to battle the drum.” Lu Yun handed Oddmoon to the fox.

Since Oddmoon had been tamed by the abyss, no one needed to refine it. The abyss’ power was enough to compel the moon to release its full power.

Since the little fox was with him, he’d naturally had her refine the shard of Mount Tai in the abyss. She could now come and go from the abyss at will and call upon its strength as well.

“Will do!” She nodded and accepted the treasure. “Don’t think of going anywhere, you’re coming with me!”

She flicked a glance at a rueful Zhuo Bufan. He knew that there was nowhere he could go.

He’d thought that his new masters would become burdens after arriving in the Hongmeng and attract trouble to him, but each was stronger than the last, and Lu Yun was a supplemental grandmaster!