Chapter 89: Heavenly Wood Divine Light

There was no need for Manager Wang to remind them.

Everyone raised their heads and saw, at the end of their line of sight, where the water met the sky, as if ink had been spilled, spreading out in patches and turning into dark, ominous clouds.

"It's the Black Plague Birds!"

Chen Mobai immediately recognized this type of beast, the very ones that had forced Duke Qi and himself to flee, and were also the culprits behind the death of Ba Jiang's sister.

"Sure enough, the fastest to arrive are these beasts."

A disciple of the Divine Wood Sect, with a stern expression, approached the bare tree and inserted a specially made talisman.

"Everyone, the 'Heavenly Wood Divine Light' will sweep once, but to avoid the beasts figuring out the pattern and to guard against the attacks of second-stage beasts, we will not activate it again unless absolutely necessary."

Manager Wang quickly explained the upcoming tactics, and Chen Mobai understood the reasoning.

It was written in the small booklet given to him earlier.

Since there was only one Foundation Establishment cultivator on the island, and the beasts definitely had more than one second-stage creature, the Heavenly Wood Divine Light array on Green Light Island, which could severely injure a second-stage beast, was the last line of defense.

The thirty-six spirit trees, each storing a 'Heavenly Wood Divine Light,' were the key.

Once activated, if a beast was hit head-on, even a second-stage one would lose half its life, and some weaker ones would be instantly reduced to a bloody mess.

However, once these thirty-six 'Heavenly Wood Divine Lights' were used up, the second-stage beasts would have no more reservations and would recklessly attack Green Light Island.

But the 'Heavenly Wood Divine Light' was not irrecoverable. The talisman inserted by the Divine Wood Sect disciple into the spirit tree array served this purpose.

It allowed the spirit tree to rapidly absorb the earth's spiritual energy and recharge another 'Heavenly Wood Divine Light' within two hours.

Thus, the defense of Green Light Island depended on whether they could use the 'Heavenly Wood Divine Light' to deter the second-stage beasts while also repelling the large-scale invasion of the beasts.

The Divine Wood Sect had many capable individuals who understood the principle of feinting and counterfeiting.

As soon as the thousands of Black Plague Birds flew over Green Light Island, four 'Heavenly Wood Divine Lights' shot up into the sky.

One of them was from the spirit tree they were guarding.

Boom!

Chen Mobai felt a surge of powerful spiritual energy from the depths of the cliff where he stood, which was then completely absorbed by the spirit tree surrounded by his team.

It was like a bolt of lightning.

A clear, azure light beam, like a sword, split the sky.

The large group of Black Plague Birds that had surged forward was vaporized, with over a thousand beasts turning into dark red blood mist, staining half the sky.

Screech!

A sharp, angry cry echoed, and Chen Mobai felt a wave of dizziness. He immediately activated the 'Nurturing Mind and Casting Spirit Technique' to clear his mind.

However, the cultivators around him who had not yet cultivated divine sense were knocked off balance, and some of the lower-cultivation ones even spat blood and fell to the edge of the cliff.

"It's the second-stage bird kings, and there are three of them!"

Manager Wang looked up at the sky, his face a mix of surprise and joy.

The power of the 'Heavenly Wood Divine Light' was indeed extraordinary, severely injuring one of the second-stage Black Plague Bird Kings, causing it to fall to the island, and another lost half its wing, while the fastest one managed to evade the wide sweep of the 'Heavenly Wood Divine Light.'

It was this severely injured bird king, under Zheng Deming's attack, that had used its last sound wave technique in a desperate attempt, affecting Chen Mobai and his team, who were not far away.

However, it was ultimately severely injured, and under the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator Zheng Deming's flying sword, it was finally killed.

But the death of this bird king only enraged the remaining Black Plague Birds.

After the four 'Heavenly Wood Divine Lights' had swept through, hundreds of Black Plague Birds screeched, spitting out wind blades and arrows, and launched a suicidal attack towards the western side of Green Light Island, where the bird king had fallen.

Chen Mobai and his team, who were well-prepared, immediately used their various techniques, some using magical tools, others activating talismans, and still others using spells.

With a swish, Chen Mobai opened the Five Transformations Umbrella hanging from his waist, allowing the spiritual energy to flow freely, covering the umbrella with a green mist that blocked the wind blades and arrows falling from the sky.

Although the Black Plague Birds were numerous, their quality was not high.

Chen Mobai even had the strength to protect the two Qi Cultivation practitioners who had not yet recovered from the bird king's final sound wave attack.

After blocking the first wave of attacks, the Black Plague Birds began to use their sharp beaks and wings to attack those guarding the spirit tree.

At this moment, the difference between the disciples of a major sect and the scattered cultivators became apparent. The Divine Wood Sect disciples were doing their best to protect those with lower cultivation, while most of the scattered cultivators were only concerned with their own safety, with Chen Mobai being one of the few exceptions.

Manager Wang, who usually seemed cheerful, was ruthless in battle, wielding a crimson flying sword and slicing the five Black Plague Birds that charged at him into dozens of pieces.

The other Divine Wood Sect disciples also had their own methods, raising their black armor shields and throwing out talismans.

Lightning, wind, frost, and fire erupted, turning twelve Black Plague Birds into corpses.

Chen Mobai, however, held back, not using his full strength. He threw two 'Entanglement Talismans' at the two Black Plague Birds charging at him, instantly generating two vines that caught the fast-moving beasts.

Then, with a flick of his left sleeve, two golden beams shot out, piercing the foreheads of the two Black Plague Birds, creating bloody holes.

At this moment, the Qi Cultivation practitioners who had been affected by the sound wave also recovered, either swallowing pills or using secret techniques, and then engaged in battle with the Black Plague Birds.

Since the four 'Heavenly Wood Divine Lights' had already swept away most of the Black Plague Birds, and the remaining ones were mostly restrained by the other two bird kings, the group of Black Plague Birds, having lost their leader, became disorganized and irrational.

Chen Mobai and his team quickly dealt with the nearly a hundred Black Plague Birds that had charged into their area.

The Black Plague Birds still circling outside the island spat out two more rounds of wind blades and arrows, but ultimately did not dare to charge onto the island again, landing on a barren reef about ten kilometers west of Green Light Island, blocking one direction.

After the battle, Chen Mobai looked at the bird corpses lying on the cliff, the black feathers and broken wings floating on the water below, and the two Qi Cultivation practitioners with broken arms wailing in pain, and fell silent.