Patrol Team

The patrol team traveled rapidly through the southwestern region of the Myriad Ravine Ancient Plain for several months. On this day, Golden Feather, who was scouting ahead, suddenly transmitted a warning: "Three thousand miles ahead, in the direction of Black Wind Valley, a large-scale gathering of fierce beasts has been discovered, with suspected True Immortal level fierce beasts among them."

Shi Yue's eyes flashed with sharp light: "Black Wind Valley... is that 'Black Wind Weasel's' old nest? Relay the order, the whole team accelerates, and we must annihilate it before it destroys the ley lines!"

"Yes!"

The entire team instantly entered a combat state, their speed increasing dramatically. Lin Yan and the other two also perked up, closely following the team's pace.

Soon, they arrived above Black Wind Valley. Looking down, they saw a deep valley where a whistling, eerie wind stirred up dark Sha Qi, raging within the valley.

In the center of the valley, a spiritual spring was gurgling out pale blue spiritual energy. However, the spring's source was already surrounded by dozens of bizarrely shaped fierce beasts.

A fierce beast resembling a giant sable, with tattered flesh wings on its back and its eyes flashing with green Soul Fire, was crouched above the spring, injecting its Fierce Sha Qi into the spring in an attempt to pollute the ley lines beneath it.

"It really is the Black Wind Weasel! This beast is polluting the ley lines," Deputy Captain Yan Feng snorted coldly. "Captain, should we kill it?"

Shi Yue's expression was stern: "This fiend dares to pollute the ley lines, it cannot be spared. Yan Feng, take your men and charge from the front to attract the fierce beasts' attention. Golden Feather, Lei Zhen, you will each flank from the high altitude and ground on the sides, cutting off their retreat. Qing Luo, set up the 'Wood Locking Sha Formation' to isolate the Sha Qi's spread and stabilize the ley lines. Shui Ling, protect Qing Luo and be ready to provide support at any time. The rest of you, follow me in the attack."

"Understood!" Everyone responded in unison and scattered instantly.

Lin Yan felt a sense of awe. Shi Yue was just a minor patrol captain, but his commands were decisive and efficient, clearly indicating he was battle-hardened.

This was his first time participating in a group battle of this scale, and he dared not be careless. Along with Mo Xuan and Ao Ye, he followed closely behind Shi Yue and Yan Feng, ready to charge at any moment.

The battle erupted in an instant.

Yan Feng let out a wild roar, his body rapidly expanding to become a colossal red tiger dozens of zhang long, burning with fierce golden flames. He was the first to pounce towards the Black Wind Weasel. The tiger's roar, a mixture of sound waves and flames, swept away all the eerie wind and Sha Qi in its path.

Shi Yue roared, his body instantly growing to a hundred zhang tall. His skin completely transformed into grayish-green rock. He pounded his fists against his chest, producing a sound like clashing metal. He strode forward, following closely behind Yan Feng.

Golden Feather flapped its wings, turning into a golden light that streaked across the battlefield. Its sharp wings sliced several flying fierce beasts attempting to ascend into two halves. Lei Zhen let out a low "Moo," lowering his head and charging forward. Lightning crackled around his single horn, like a heavy war machine, as he fiercely rammed into the fierce beast horde. Wherever he passed, fierce beasts were left with broken bones and shattered limbs.

Qing Luo, meanwhile, formed hand seals, and countless emerald green vines spread out from beneath her feet, quickly rooting themselves into the ground. They formed a simple formation covering half the valley. With flashes of green light, the escaping Sha Qi was continuously purified. Shui Ling manifested a giant Black Tortoise phantom, firmly protecting Qing Luo in the center. No matter how the fierce beasts attacked, he remained unmoving.

The entire patrol team acted like a precision war machine, instantly unleashing astonishing combat power. Although the fierce beast horde had the numerical advantage, under this efficient, three-dimensional assault, they quickly began to collapse.

Lin Yan and the other two were not idle. Mo Xuan and Ao Ye had long been impatient. Seeing Shi Yue engaged in battle with the Black Wind Weasel, they immediately rushed to help.

Mo Xuan activated the Qilin Steps on Heaven, specifically targeting the joints and other vulnerable parts of the fierce beasts. Ao Ye swept his dragon tail and tore with his dragon claws. Cooperating with Shi Yue's frontal assault, they soon had the Black Wind Weasel retreating step by step, in a sorry state.

Lin Yan did not immediately join the fray. Instead, he first submerged his consciousness into the Mini Ecology Simulator.

The simulator instantly presented the terrain of Black Wind Valley, the Energy Flow, and the distribution of living beings in a three-dimensional image. He keenly discovered that besides the fierce beasts on the ground, deep underground, within several hidden passages, there were still a few fierce beasts hiding.

"Captain Shi Yue! Southeast and northwest of the underground, about a hundred zhang deep, there are escape tunnels or ambushes!" Lin Yan immediately transmitted his voice to the fiercely battling Shi Yue via Divine Sense.

Upon hearing this, Shi Yue shattered a mass of Sha Qi with a punch and glanced at Lin Yan. A hint of surprise and doubt flashed in his eyes, but out of basic trust for the people Mo Xuan brought, he still roared, "Chuan Shan, go check underground, be careful of ambushes."

Chuan Shan, without hesitation upon receiving the order, "whooshed" and burrowed into the ground. Lin Yan followed closely behind, activating his Earth Evasion technique and stealthily moving towards the location of the fierce beasts indicated by the simulator.

A moment later, muffled thuds and roars echoed from underground. As expected, three Heavenly Immortal Level Fierce Beasts lurking beneath the earth were preparing to ambush everyone. If Lin Yan hadn't given advance warning, a surprise attack from underground could have resulted in unnecessary casualties.

With Chuan Shan and Lin Yan holding the Fierce Beasts back underground, their ambush plan was forcefully interrupted.

On the surface, the battle was also nearing its end. Under the powerful assault of Shi Yue, Mo Xuan, and Ao Ye, the True Immortal level Black Wind Weasels had no chance to escape, being surrounded and killed. Once the Black Wind Weasels died, the remaining Fierce Beasts scattered like birds and beasts, pursued and annihilated by the Patrol Teams.

Underground, Chuan Shan and Lin Yan cooperated seamlessly, forcing several Fierce Beasts to the surface where they were quickly beaten to death by Shi Yue and the others.

A brilliant annihilation battle concluded successfully.

After the battle, the valley was a mess. Fierce Beast corpses lay everywhere, and the dispersed Fierce Sha Qi permeated the air. The ground and surrounding mountains were pockmarked by various divine abilities. The spring that had been continuously gushing spiritual energy had also collapsed from the aftermath of the battle, becoming lifeless.

The Team Members skillfully began to clean up the battlefield, collecting valuable Fierce Beast materials such as fur, sharp claws, and special organs. The bodies of the Fierce Beasts were not entirely useless; some parts served as materials for alchemy and artifact refining, or as special nourishment for the cultivation of certain Races. Lin Yan also took the opportunity to collect some, throwing them all into the Primal Chaos Plate to Transform and Absorb.

Vice-captain Yan Feng looked at the Fierce Beast corpses littering the ground and couldn't help but laugh up at the sky, "Satisfying! These Black Wind Weasels have nested here for many years, and today they are finally annihilated. It's just a pity this spiritual spring was also damaged."

Shi Yue wiped the Filthy Blood from his fists and chuckled foolishly, "So what if it's damaged? It's just one spiritual spring. We cleared out the Fierce Beasts, and the spiritual spring will regenerate later."

The other Team Members nodded in agreement, clearly accustomed to this. When fighting, how could they worry about so much? Besides, exchanging a little environmental damage for the merit of clearing out Fierce Beasts was a very worthwhile deal.

Lin Yan looked at the collapsed spring and the disordered earth energy and residual Fierce Sha Qi in the valley, his brow furrowed. He walked to the side of the spring and touched the ground, feeling the faint lament of the Earth Veins here.

Fierce Beasts destroy the environment by nature, but these Spirit Beasts sometimes cause no less damage to the environment than Fierce Beasts. Although they don't actively destroy the environment, they rarely consciously improve it.

Lin Yan released the Primal Chaos Plate, suspending it above the broken spring, and began to rotate it slowly, continuously absorbing the Fierce Sha Qi remaining in the valley.

At the same time, he mobilized the Law of Earth and the Earth Vein Resonance divine ability, beginning to regulate the Earth Veins that were congested by the Fierce Sha Qi.

Slowly, the residual Fierce Sha Qi in the valley, especially that which had seeped underground, was extracted strand by strand. The Earth Vein Nodes underground, whether broken or blocked, were reconnected or cleared. The Life Force in the valley began to recover at a visible rate.