This wasn't Mo Tiange's first time facing a fifth rank demonic beast, but it was her first time fighting underwater.
In the distance, Ren Yufeng and Xiang Zhiyang were rushing over. She didn't know what kind of escaping technique they used, but their speed in the water was actually faster than on land.
Presumably, Zhengfa Sect was good at water spells, so using escaping water in the water complemented each other.
The two of them rushed over and shouted, "Formation!"
Lu Rongsheng immediately waved the wooden sword in his hand and shouted, "Open the formation!"
The seven of them cast their spells together. A bright light burst out of the defensive formation, opening a gap. Ren Yufeng and Xiang Zhiyang flew inside.
Lu Rongsheng shouted again, "Close the formation!"
The gap emitted a spiritual light and closed in an instant.
Just as the defensive barrier closed, the Water Carp Beast's aura ferociously rushed over.
For a moment, the faces of the ten people inside the barrier turned pale.
Although they'd long thought of a way to deal with this beast, it was still a demonic beast equivalent to a Core Formation cultivator. Its powerful momentum when it rushed over was hard for Foundation Building cultivators like them to take it seriously.
Ren Yufeng shouted, "Junior Martial Brothers, calm down!
Our Seven Stars Absolute Formation can definitely block it! "
As he spoke, the Water Carp Beast had already seen the people in front of it. Demonic beasts usually acted on instinct, let alone one that was already enraged.
The Water Carp Beast was about to crash into them!
Mo Tiange tried her best to stay calm.
Looking from inside the formation, this Water Carp Beast was even bigger than the ten of them combined. Its whole body was as dark as ink, and it looked like an ordinary carp, but it had a huge head and crisscrossed black teeth in its mouth. It was indeed … terrifyingly ugly!
When the Water Carp Beast crashed into them, the momentum of a fifth rank demonic beast was extremely fierce. Mo Tiange almost thought they would be swallowed by this demonic beast in one bite.
However, the blue defensive barrier blocked it. When the demonic beast crashed into the barrier, the blue light flickered, but it was still blocked.
Upon seeing this, not only Mo Tiange, but Ren Yufeng and the others also heaved sighs of relief.
They laid this formation because they were confident in it, but their confidence still needed to be verified in reality. Now that they saw the Water Carp Beast was indeed blocked, smiles appeared on their faces.
"Junior Martial Brothers and Sisters!
Everyone saw it; act according to the plan! "
Everyone responded and stuck to their positions.
Ren Yufeng said to Mo Tiange, "Junior Martial Sister Ye, this Water Carp Beast has a very powerful spell, but it takes a long time to cast.
Once this spell is over, we will temporarily open the formation. At that time, you can attack with all your might. "
"Alright."
This wasn't difficult. However, after thinking about it, she asked Ren Yufeng, "Senior Martial Brother Ren, when we open the formation, will it …"
"Junior Sister Ye, just believe me!"
Before she could finish her question, Ren Yufeng interrupted her. He stared nervously at the Water Carp Beast in front of him and simply didn't feel like answering her question. The arrogant temperament he had when they first met had unknowingly resurfaced.
Mo Tiange wrinkled her brows but didn't say anything.
In Xuanqing School, there really weren't many people who dared to talk to her like this. As Lord Daoist Jinghe's disciple, how could other people dare to provoke her?
This Ren Yufeng's temper really wasn't small, but Mo Tiange didn't know whether he had the strength to match his temper or not.
Just as Mo Tiange was deep in thought, Ren Yufeng suddenly shouted, "Now! Open the formation!"
Upon hearing what he said, Lu Rongsheng waved the wooden sword in his hand. "Open the formation!"
In an instant, a crack appeared in the defensive barrier above their heads.
Ren Yufeng shouted again, "Attack!"
Mo Tiange raised her hand. The Shuttle of Flying Apsara flew out of the crack in the formation, turned into a golden ray and shot towards the Water Carp Beast.
At the same time, Ren Yufeng and Xiang Zhiyang's magic tools also arrived, but they were only flying swords.
Presumably, they didn't have time to refine magic tools with attributes of the other five elements, so they could only use the most common flying swords.
Ren Yufeng's and Xiang Zhiyang's flying swords rapidly slashed towards the Water Carp Beast, but this demonic beast's skin was very tough. When the two flying swords slashed at it, they only managed to leave a white mark on its skin; they were basically unable to pierce into its body.
Mo Tiange attacked with her Shuttle of Flying Apsara. The golden ray circled around the Water Carp Beast.
At that moment, the two people's flying swords had already returned in defeat. Ren Yufeng said anxiously, "Junior Martial Sister Ye, hurry!"
Mo Tiange didn't even spare him a glance. The golden ray fell from above and suddenly pierced the Water Carp Beast's body.
The Water Carp Beast screamed in pain and suddenly went berserk.
Ren Yufeng and the others were delighted. At least Mo Tiange's magic tools could harm this demonic beast, so this trip wasn't in vain.
"Junior Martial Sister Ye!" Ren Yufeng shouted, "It's up to you!"
Mo Tiange didn't say anything. She took out a stack of high grade talismans and threw them!
She saw that the raging sand outside was actually several earth-element talismans.
This Water Carp Beast's attribute was water, and earth restrained water, so these talismans just happened to hit its weak point.
The Water Carp Beast was furious. It swung its tail and fiercely hit the defensive barrier.
The blue defensive barrier trembled, and Lu Rongsheng, who was in charge of the formation, vomited a mouthful of blood.
Even though they were prepared, the furious attack of a fifth rank demonic beast wasn't easy to withstand.
Seeing that the Water Carp Beast had gone berserk and seemed to be preparing some kind of spell, Ren Yufeng shouted, "Stop attacking! Close the formation!"
Upon hearing him, Mo Tiange circulated her spiritual aura, immediately withdrawing the Shuttle of Flying Apsara and closing the formation.
Seeing that these people could only see it but couldn't hit it, the Water Carp Beast became furious again. It swung its tail and hit the defensive barrier with all its might.
After several hits, Lu Rongsheng vomited several mouthfuls of blood.
Upon seeing this, Ren Yufeng immediately ordered, "Junior Martial Brother Xiang, replace Junior Martial Brother Lu!"
Xiang Zhiyang answered and walked to Lu Rongsheng's position. He then took out his own magic tool — it was a jade tablet.
Mo Tiange frowned slightly upon seeing this.
Xiang Zhiyang replaced Lu Rongsheng. Lu Rongsheng's injuries were too heavy, so he couldn't fight for the time being. That left only Ren Yufeng and her to attack.
The damage of Ren Yufeng's flying sword was limited, so she didn't have much confidence in dealing with a fifth rank demonic beast by herself.
But in this situation, she couldn't retreat even if she wanted to, so she could only clench her teeth and persevere.
"Junior Martial Sister Ye." During this gap, Ren Yufeng glanced at her hand and said, "Your magic tool is really powerful."
Mo Tiange said faintly, "It was given to me by my master when I was building my foundation. Fortunately, it's come in handy."
"Is that so?" Ren Yufeng asked, "Junior Martial Sister Ye, who's your master in Xuanqing School?
When I was young, I also traveled to Kunwu, so I know several seniors in Xuanqing School. Maybe I happen to know Junior Martial Sister Ye's master. "
Mo Tiange chuckled then said vaguely, "I'm a disciple of Clear Spring Peak. My master hasn't gone out for many years, so Senior Martial Brother Ren probably doesn't know him."
"Oh …" She spoke so vaguely, but Ren Yufeng was also a perceptive person. He could tell she didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't continue asking.
He just stared at her thoughtfully for a while before continuing to watch the Water Carp Beast outside.
Zhengfa Sect's Seven Stars Absolute Formation was indeed outstanding. Even though the Water Carp Beast was enraged, it still firmly withstood the attacks.
The time to open the formation for the second time soon arrived.
This time, the Water Carp Beast was already slightly injured, so Ren Yufeng's flying sword was finally effective. It left a slight cut on the Water Carp Beast's body.
Mo Tiange still attacked with the Shuttle of Flying Apsara, mixed with flying needles and small flying knives. Unfortunately, this Water Carp Beast's skin was really thick. Aside from the Shuttle of Flying Apsara, nothing else could do much damage to it.
As for talismans, she'd already thrown out several high grade talismans, so she didn't have many left. She didn't want to waste any more.
After grinding for a while, the Water Carp Beast's temper was once again provoked, so the formation closed again.
This repeated several times. The Water Carp Beast was helpless against them, and it also suffered many small injuries. Finally, its strength was somewhat exhausted, and its movements also started to slow down.
Seeing this situation, Ren Yufeng said happily, "Everyone, be more alert! The Water Carp Beast's movements are slow; we'll be able to grind it to death soon!"
Upon hearing Ren Yufeng's reminder, the Zhengfa Sect cultivators who were painstakingly guarding the eye of the formation glanced at the Water Carp Beast. Their spirits were all shaken. Even Lu Rongsheng, who was sitting cross-legged to heal his injuries, also opened his eyes in excitement.
Xiang Zhiyang, who was in charge of the formation in Lu Rongsheng's place, also raised his head to take a look. He then said weakly, "Senior Martial Brother Ren … If this doesn't work, I won't be able to hold on for much longer …"
For such a strengthened defensive formation, the person in charge of the formation had to endure a lot more attacks than the others. Among them, including Mo Tiange, there were only three middle stage Foundation Building cultivators and one late stage Foundation Building cultivator.
Ren Yufeng had to take command, and Mo Tiange didn't understand Zhengfa Sect's cultivation technique, so only Lu Rongsheng and Xiang Zhiyang could preside over this formation. Lu Rongsheng was already exhausted, so no one could replace Xiang Zhiyang.
Seeing Xiang Zhiyang's condition, Ren Yufeng muttered to himself for a while then said, "Junior Martial Brother Xiang, if you can't hold on for much longer, the next time we open the formation, we'd better work harder and directly kill this Water Carp Beast!"
These words were actually directed at Mo Tiange.
Mo Tiange was currently meditating. Although she didn't need to continuously output her spiritual aura, attacking a fifth rank demonic beast really consumed a lot of her spiritual aura, so she could only make the best use of this time to quickly recover her spiritual aura.
Mo Tiange opened her eyes and stood up. "Senior Martial Brother Ren, I don't have many talismans left, so I'm really not sure if I want to directly kill it next time."
"Rest assured, Junior Martial Sister Ye," Ren Yufeng said anxiously, "Your talismans are only useful. When we find the treasures, we'll give you more."
"…" Mo Tiange wanted to say that wasn't what she meant, but after thinking about it, she didn't say it.
She still had a killing move she hadn't used because she always felt it wasn't the right time yet. However, she couldn't care about that now. Aside from her, these Zhengfa Sect cultivators didn't have any effective means to deal with this Water Carp Beast. If she didn't use it and their defensive formation was broken, it'd be very difficult for her to get away with it.
Just as she was thinking, the formation was activated once again. Ren Yufeng shouted, "Junior Martial Sister Ye, go all out!" Right after he said that, his flying sword took the lead.
Mo Tiange didn't hesitate. She threw the Shuttle of Flying Apsara, and at the same time, her divine sense, which had been strengthened by the Soul-Refining Art, also reached out!
The tangible divine sense cultivated by the Soul-Refining Art was extremely fine, and it couldn't be seen in the slightest. That fifth rank Water Carp Beast only sensed something pouncing on it, so it waved its fins, wanting to hit it. However, the tangible divine sense wasn't the same as other characteristics. The moment it waved its fins, Mo Tiange immediately dispersed this tangible divine sense, turning it back into an ordinary divine sense.
The Water Carp Beast moved its eyeballs in confusion. In the next second, Mo Tiange slightly gathered her divine sense again then ruthlessly lashed it at the demonic beast!
"Gulp!" The Water Carp Beast grunted. Its primordial spirit was hit!
The way to deal with the Soul-Refining Art was very simple — guard your mind and don't use your own divine sense. That way, your primordial spirit would be hidden deep inside your sea of knowledge, and no one could enter it at will.
However, whether it was cultivators or demonic beasts, using their divine sense in battle was almost instinctive. Divine sense was like their eyes, so how could they possibly guard against this move?
Demonic beasts in particular didn't have any intelligence, so using their divine sense was a subconscious action.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Water Carp Beast's primordial spirit was hit, Mo Tiange followed up with another attack.
At the same time, she maneuvered the Shuttle of Flying Apsara to make it look like she was attacking.