The Might of a Mysterious Immortal

The middle-aged man, whom Mo Xuan called Third Uncle Xuan Yue, swept his gaze over the three of them. He gave Mo Xuan a slight nod but didn't say much, then turned his attention back to the fierce beast opposite them.

At this moment, the ape-shaped fierce beast finally showed a solemn expression on its face. Its vertical pupils widened, staring intently at Elder Xuan Yue in the air. Fiendish energy surged around its body, clearly indicating it felt a great threat.

"Wretched beast, you've escaped for many days, but today even with wings, you cannot flee." After speaking, Elder Xuan Yue slowly raised the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand and pointed it towards the direction of the fierce beast. His divine sense had already locked onto it firmly.

The ape-shaped fierce beast roared. Spikes suddenly emerged from the bone armor on its body, and its feet stomped hard on the ground. Its massive body charged towards Elder Xuan Yue like a mountain.

Elder Xuan Yue's expression remained unchanged. He swung the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand and met the charge head-on. The halberd was only a little over ten feet long. The shaft looked like gold and jade, inscribed with intricate Kirin Cloud Patterns. The tip was an incomparably sharp spear point, with crescent-shaped blades on either side.

This Fang Tian Hua Ji was refined by Elder Xuan Yue using his own shed Qilin Horn, fused with Geng Jin Essence, and supplemented with Earth Magnetic Yuan Stone. Although it was a Houtian Spiritual Treasure, it was incredibly compatible with him.

Elder Xuan Yue thrust out the halberd, as if invoking some Heaven and Earth Laws. At the tip of the halberd, an unparalleled sharpness was born out of thin air, slowly condensing into a point of white light that tore countless cracks in the space before it. Even from a great distance, Lin Yan could feel a gust of wind capable of severing bones and tendons blowing towards him. He quickly retreated a considerable distance before he felt it was barely bearable.

"Ch--!"

With a light sound, the solidified fiendish energy protective layer was instantly torn apart by the white light, like butter meeting a hot knife. The white light continued its momentum, then penetrated the beast's bone armor, which was as hard as a spiritual treasure, and deeply pierced into the beast's body.

The ape-shaped fierce beast let out a shrill howl. Its massive body trembled violently as it tried to break free from the Fang Tian Hua Ji embedded in its body. It didn't care about mere physical injuries, but after the halberd tip entered its body, the point of white light seemed to have eyes, directly stabbing towards its Origin Sha Core.

A Mysterious Immortal Level fierce beast, even if its body turned to ashes, could regenerate with fiendish energy as long as its Sha Core remained. But if the Sha Core was destroyed, there would be no hope of regeneration.

At the brink of life and death, this fierce beast erupted with unprecedented ferocity. It unhesitatingly detonated more than half of its body and began to burn the Origin Sha Core it had condensed over countless years.

A burst of dark red Destructive Energy erupted from its body, forcefully pushing the white light attached to the halberd tip out of its body. After the white light left its body, the remaining corpse, using the shockwave of the explosion, turned into a streak of blood light amidst the sky-filling fiendish blood. It pierced through the void and desperately fled towards the depths of the gorge.

Elder Xuan Yue waved his halberd to wipe away the residual fiendish energy. He watched the streak of blood light disappear into the deep gorge and said with some annoyance, "Damn it, it escaped again."

Lin Yan stared dumbfounded at everything that had just happened, his heart churning like a stormy sea.

Is this the strength of the Mysterious Immortal Level? With a casual gesture, they could summon the power of heaven and earth, and the destructive effect was countless times greater than the combined efforts of the three of them. Compared to this, their previous hard fight was like child's play.

This absolute control over power and the exquisite application of Heaven and Earth Laws brought him unprecedented shock and impact. The Kun Yuan Life and Death Dao Seed in the void seemed to have captured some higher-level Dao rhythm, and many of his previous cultivation confusions were now faintly becoming clear.

Elder Xuan Yue watched the fierce beast escape into the deep gorge, then his figure flashed, and he arrived before Lin Yan and the other two. The figures that followed him also descended, standing respectfully behind him, curiously observing Lin Yan and Ao Ye.

"Third Uncle Xuan Yue, why are you here?" Mo Xuan ran over with a fawning expression and said.

"Hmph, if I hadn't come, would you still be alive today? Mo Xuan, you left Qilin Cliff to travel without reporting. What crime should you be punished for?" Elder Xuan Yue ignored Mo Xuan's fawning and instead began to question him.

Mo Xuan shrunk his neck and quickly replied, "Third Uncle, I reported my travel to the Great Wilderness. Don't wrongly accuse me."

"Oh? Who did you report to? Since you reported, why did your parents declare that they would beat you so badly you wouldn't be able to get out of bed for three thousand years when you returned?" Elder Xuan Yue suddenly laughed.

"Ah? There's such a thing? Didn't the Ancestor tell my parents that he was the one who sent me to travel the Great Wilderness?" Mo Xuan exclaimed.

"Hmm... This matter will be clear once we return to Qilin Cliff and see the Ancestor." Elder Xuan Yue's mouth twitched. He felt that Mo Xuan probably wouldn't dare to use the Ancestor's name to lie, and given their Ancestor's temperament... this kid Mo Xuan was likely being wronged.

Not wanting to dwell on these family matters in front of outsiders, Elder Xuan Yue turned his gaze to Lin Yan and Ao Ye, who had been standing respectfully by his side.

"Who are they?"

"Third Uncle, these two are good friends I met during my travels, Ao Ye of the Dragon Clan and Lin Yan of the Earth Dragon Clan." Mo Xuan quickly stepped forward to introduce the two, but he was afraid Xuan Yue would underestimate Lin Yan, so he added, "Although Lin Yan only has Heavenly Immortal cultivation, he is very powerful."

Lin Yan and Ao Ye quickly stepped forward and bowed respectfully: "Junior Lin Yan/Ao Ye, greets Senior Xuan Yue."

Xuan Yue looked at the two people with such a vast difference in status and position, and couldn't help but become a little curious: "People of the Dragon Clan are all arrogant and look down on others, how did they end up with an earthworm? That little fellow Mo Xuan also has extremely high standards, ordinary people can't catch his eye. What abilities does this little earthworm have to make this little golden dragon and Mo Xuan recognize him as a friend, and make Mo Xuan praise him so highly?"

Although he was puzzled, they were all juniors, so he didn't ask further: "Since they are Mo Xuan's friends, come back to Qilin Cliff as guests. However, our patrol work is not yet finished. The three of you will temporarily follow my patrol team. After this patrol mission is over, you will return to Qilin Cliff with me."

After speaking, without waiting for the three to agree, he turned and ordered a burly man behind him: "Shi Yue, take them to familiarize themselves with the patrol team rules and assign them to your squad."

"Yes, Elder!" The burly man named Shi Yue's voice was like a booming bell, and he bowed to accept the order.

He did not seem to be a Kirin in human form, but more like the two brothers of the Stone Spirit Race from Canyon Home. He was over two zhang tall, his skin was grayish-brown, like unpolished rock, and his muscles were bulging, full of explosive power. His eyes were bright and piercing, revealing a hint of determination amidst his honest demeanor, making him look quite reliable.

"Young Master Mo Xuan, we meet again." Shi Yue cupped his fist towards Mo Xuan, his voice deep but his tone quite familiar.

Mo Xuan grinned and leaned over, rubbing his head against Shi Yue's thick arm: "Big Brother Shi Yue, long time no see, sorry for the trouble."

Seeing Mo Xuan approach, a helpless smile appeared on Shi Yue's rock-like face: "Young Master Mo Xuan, it's best if you don't cause us trouble. We can't afford the trouble you stir up."

After speaking, he turned to Lin Yan and Ao Ye and cupped his fist: "You are Fellow Daoist Lin Yan and Fellow Daoist Ao Ye, right? I am Shi Yue, from the Stone Spirit Race, belonging to the Wutu Camp of the Third Patrol Team of the Kirin Clan. You will be following us for these days. But patrol missions are not sightseeing trips, they are unpredictable and dangerous. You must obey orders strictly. I hope you both remember this."

Lin Yan and Ao Ye nodded repeatedly, indicating that they would follow all commands and would never act without authorization.

Seeing that although they were the young master's friends, their attitude was proper, Shi Yue felt much relieved.

Next, Shi Yue briefly introduced the members of his squad to the two.