Firefighter Captain

The Jade Spirit Deer herd had been driven into a desperate situation. The Deer King at their head unleashed brilliant light from his pair of white jade-like antlers, firing several gleaming white beams like lightning straight at the Three-Headed Demon Ape.

The white light struck the Three-Headed Demon Ape, only dispersing some of the Malevolent Qi around its body. Yet the demon ape remained completely unmoved. The head in the center revealed a cruel smile, while the two heads on either side spat scarlet flames and foul black water.

At the same time, its six arms waved through the air, releasing balls of pitch-black Malevolent Qi that flew toward the Jade Spirit Deer herd.

The herd lowered their heads in unison. A soft white glow radiated from their antlers, forming a thin curtain of light that not only protected them within it, but also enveloped the Deer King standing ahead.

The Malevolent Qi balls struck the white light curtain and were blocked outside. However, the white curtain seemed to have little defensive power against the flames and black water attacking the Deer King. Assailed from both sides by fire and black water, the white light curtain quickly grew exceedingly thin, on the verge of being breached.

At that moment, Lin Yan arrived. Without a word, he released an earthy yellow Wutu Divine Light, transforming it into a thick pillar of light that shot directly at the demon ape's left head.

"Roar!" The Three-Headed Demon Ape let out an earthshaking scream. Its left head was smashed open and bloodied by the pillar formed from the Wutu Divine Light. Blackish-red blood dripped from its head onto the ground, corroding tiny holes into it.

The sudden attack left the demon ape somewhat stunned. Its two remaining heads hurriedly turned toward Lin Yan, while vast amounts of Malevolent Qi surged from its body and tightly wrapped around its nearly shattered left head.

"What a hard head. But I'd like to see whether your head is harder, or my seal is." Having succeeded with one strike, Lin Yan did not stop. With a wave of his hand, he released the Earth Spirit Seal again. It transformed into a massive mountain in midair and descended with unstoppable force, smashing directly toward the demon ape's head.

The Three-Headed Demon Ape's two remaining heads let out unwilling roars. One spat fetid black water, while the other released dense black qi. At the same time, its six powerful arms rose high, actually attempting to forcibly withstand the mountain formed by the Earth Spirit Seal.

"Crack!" All six arms broke at once, and the mountain's descent slowed slightly.

"Pfft! Pfft!" The two ferocious heads shattered. The demon ape had ultimately underestimated the Earth Spirit Seal's power. Bolstered by the Earth Element Origin, the mountain it formed weighed hundreds of millions of jin, something the ape simply could not resist.

After killing the Fierce Ape in a single strike, Lin Yan said to the still protesting Primal Chaos Plate, "Little fellow, take this thing in. It tastes much better than Malevolent Qi."

The Primal Chaos Plate was delighted upon hearing this. A gray light swept over the area, and the demon ape's corpse, nearly crushed into pulp, along with the Fierce Sha Origin leaking from its body, was taken into the Primal Chaos Plate.

After swallowing the demon ape, the still-unsatisfied Primal Chaos Plate turned toward the nearby Jade Spirit Deer herd.

"Stop, stop, stop! You can't eat them." Lin Yan hurriedly sent a mental message to the Primal Chaos Plate. It had just indicated to Lin Yan whether these little deer were also being left for it to devour. So long as Lin Yan nodded, it would swallow the entire herd in one bite.

Unaware that they had just escaped being devoured, the Jade Spirit Deer saw Lin Yan kill the demon ape and save their herd, and they all lowered their heads to him in gratitude.

However, Lin Yan had no time for pleasantries with them. There were still many Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants in Black Sha Valley awaiting his rescue.

Lin Yan's body flickered, transforming into an earthy yellow escape light as he rushed toward another bamboo grove.

It was a small patch of rare Emerald Bamboo Forest. The bamboo stalks were lush and jade-green, containing exceptionally pure Wood Spirit Qi. Yet at that moment, several Bone Splitting Fangs, shaped like jackals with bone spikes growing from their backs, were besieging it. The Defense Barrier naturally formed by the bamboo forest was already on the verge of collapse.

"Get lost!" Before Lin Yan even arrived, the Earth Spirit Seal had already struck. Sweeping across like a mountain, it smashed two Bone Splitting Fangs so badly that their bones and tendons broke. Immediately afterward, the Wutu Divine Light swept past, cutting the remaining few in half at the waist.

Elsewhere, a flock of Colorful Cloud Sparrows was trapped by toxic mist spat out by Corrosive Poison Moths. Their feathers had dimmed, and they cried mournfully without end. Lin Yan activated the Primal Chaos Plate, which not only sucked the poisonous mist completely clean, but also drew in the dozens of moths, instantly grinding and breaking them down within the Turbid Fiend Space.

At another location, a Blood Jade Lingzhi on the verge of taking form was dug out from the crevice where it hid by an Earth Digging Demon Weasel. It was about to be swallowed in one bite when Lin Yan tunneled over and emerged from the soil behind the demon weasel, blowing its head apart with one punch...

Like a firefighter, he charged left and right through Black Sha Valley. Relying on the Earth Spirit Seal and Primal Chaos Plate in his hands, along with his increasingly adept Earth Element divine abilities, he either killed or drove back one fierce beast after another, saving batch after batch of Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants with nowhere left to turn.

Those rescued Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants that could not move or had lost the ability to protect themselves were taken into the Clear Spirit Space within the Primal Chaos Plate. The corpses of those fierce beasts, meanwhile, were all drawn into the Turbid Fiend Space inside the plate. The dense Fierce Sha Qi within their bodies was automatically transformed by the disc body, nourishing the Primal Chaos Seed at its center.

Lin Yan could sense that as the Primal Chaos Plate continuously devoured fierce beast corpses, the wisp of consciousness inside it seemed to have grown stronger again, and the emotions it conveyed became clearer.

However, if one often walked by the river, one was bound to get one's shoes wet eventually. After striking everywhere throughout Black Sha Valley, Lin Yan finally encountered a truly formidable opponent.

Just as Lin Yan had rescued a hive of Illusion Sound Bees along with the Clear Spirit Crystal Orchids they inhabited, a terrifying pressure that made his heart tremble suddenly descended upon him.

This pressure far surpassed his current Earth Immortal Realm, and it contained an intense violent and Destructive Aura.

"A Heavenly Immortal Level fierce beast!" Lin Yan's expression changed drastically, alarms blaring in his mind. Without hesitation, he recalled the Earth Spirit Seal and Primal Chaos Plate, his body retreating rapidly as he fully circulated the Kun Yuan Thick Earth Art, seeking to connect his own aura with the earth and avoid its sharp edge.

However, it was already too late.

"Awoo—howl—!"

A roar that sounded both like a wolf's howl and a ghost's wail rang through Heaven and Earth. The Malevolent Qi throughout Black Sha Valley boiled like scalding water. The fierce beasts rampaging through the valley seemed to have had their throats seized, falling silent in an instant as though terrified of angering the being that had released this pressure.

A massive black shadow appeared before Lin Yan. It resembled a wolf and was as large as a mountain, its entire body covered in dark red scales. Its ugly face was savage and horrifying, with exposed fangs. There were no pupils in its eyes, only two clusters of burning green flame.

Most peculiar of all, it possessed only one thick hind leg supporting its enormous body. Yet its movements were not clumsy in the slightest. Instead, they carried an eerie lightness.

"Xie Ju!" The name of the fierce beast instantly surfaced in Lin Yan's mind. This fierce beast had been formed from the lingering thought of an Ancient Times Demon God. Violent by nature, it fed on the souls of living beings and the Malevolent Qi of Earth Veins.

Die. The meaning in Xie Ju's eyes was unmistakable.

Before Lin Yan could act first, Xie Ju abruptly opened its enormous mouth. A dense Torrent of Sha Qi, nearly solidified into substance, surged toward Lin Yan like a river bursting through a dam.

"Earth Spirit Seal, defend!"

Seeing this, Lin Yan hurriedly poured most of his spiritual power into the Earth Spirit Seal. The Earth Spirit Seal instantly shone brilliantly, transforming into a heavy earthy yellow wall of light before him.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

The Torrent of Sha Qi crashed into the wall of light, producing a teeth-grinding sound of corrosion. The light wall shook violently, flickering erratically. After holding for only a few breaths, fine cracks appeared across it.

The gap between the Heavenly Immortal Realm and the Earth Immortal Realm was simply too vast! Even with Innate Spiritual Treasures to aid him, Lin Yan found it difficult to bridge such an enormous difference in realms.

Lin Yan had not expected the opponent's attack to be so powerful. During this period, he had relied on the Earth Spirit Seal and Primal Chaos Plate, two Innate Spiritual Treasures, and had practically remained undefeated. Inevitably, he had grown somewhat overconfident. Now that he faced this Heavenly Immortal Level fierce beast, his true strength was exposed at once.

"Little fellow, suck him dry for me." In his panic, Lin Yan could only release the Primal Chaos Plate, hoping it could lend him a hand.