With the Golden Crab clan's high-level fighters either dead or fled, they were dragons without a head. By the time the Great Han Immortal Dynasty's Expeditionary Army set foot on Golden Ring Island, the surviving crab demons could no longer organize any effective resistance.
Fighting in formation, the soldiers of the Expeditionary Army swept across the island as though no one stood in their way, slaughtering the crab demons until their blood flowed in rivers.
While his wives and children led the army in clearing out the remaining crab demons, Liu Changxu had already descended upon Crab God Mountain, where Golden Ring Island's ninth-tier spirit vein lay.
The mountain stood at the center of the island, its towering peaks thrusting into the clouds. Ethereal mist wreathed it year-round, while oddly shaped pines and jagged rocks dotted its slopes. Waterfalls and flowing springs cascaded down through scenery of exquisite serenity and grandeur.
At the mountain's foot, a lake lay embedded in the earth like a bright mirror. Its blue-green waters rippled, reflecting the rugged mountain silhouette and curling clouds. Mountain and water complemented each other, forming a breathtaking painting.
Liu Changxu stood atop Crab God Mountain, his robes snapping in the mountain wind. His eyes narrowed slightly, and an overwhelming wave of divine sense abruptly spread outward, sweeping across the entire mountain like an invisible tide. The textures of its rocks, the veins of its vegetation, and the course of its underground spirit vein appeared clearly in his mind in an instant.
Within moments, his divine sense locked precisely onto a cave abode halfway up the mountain, concealed by a formation. Though well hidden, it could not escape his scrutiny.
Pure spiritual energy unique to a ninth-tier spirit vein faintly seeped from its depths, mingled with a trace of the Golden