Green Pine Ridge.
This had once been a verdant mountain range stretching for tens of thousands of miles, filled with towering ancient trees and abundant spirit qi. Within the range stood an Innate Green Pine that had grown for countless ten thousand years. It had long since achieved Transformation and taken the name Daoist Qing Xuan. He was an Innate Divine Being of gentle temperament who disliked conflict. Born and raised here, he had sheltered communities of Plant Spirits, grass spirits, flower demons, and other botanical spirits, allowing them to live and thrive in peace.
But now, this mountain range that had once resembled a secluded paradise had become a bloody, brutal Asura Battlefield.
Tens of thousands of fierce beasts surged in from all directions like a black tide, completely surrounding Green Pine Ridge's main peak. The three rings of mountain defenses outside the peak had long been breached. The remaining Plant Spirits had all retreated to the main peak, relying on the Yimu Sheng Sheng Great Array Daoist Qing Xuan had set up to hold on desperately.
The array's barrier glowed an emerald green, countless intricate Runes flowing across its surface. It continuously drew life force from the Earth Veins and the plants throughout the ridge, transforming it into a sturdy shield. But now, the barrier was covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and its light had dimmed considerably.
Outside the barrier, the fierce beasts' roars shook heaven and earth. Fierce beasts resembling Iron Armored Rhinoceroses lowered their heads and rammed the barrier, each impact widening its cracks; in the sky, countless strange birds with bone wings spewed Corrosive Acid, which sizzled as it splashed over the barrier; and groups of Rock Trolls as large as small mountains lifted Giant Stones from outside the ridge and smashed them viciously against the