Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 405 - 313 Attack on Vein_1

Chapter 405: 313 Attack on Vein_1

The Jinyu Mountain Range stretched over tens of thousands of miles, with tall mountains, dense forests, and an abundance of spiritual energy.

Deep within the mountains, in a giant valley surrounded by hills on three sides, one could see a three-story golden pavilion. The plaque bore the words "Jinyu Pavilion" in three large silver characters, with several Barbarian Cultivators seated around it, sipping tea and chatting leisurely.

At the end of the valley lay a vast mining cave, from which the clanking of metal on stone occasionally echoed.

Within Jinyu Pavilion, a burly man in a golden shirt took the seat of honor, as another man of average stature in a golden shirt reported to him.

"Elder Long, this is the raw Jinyu Stone ore we’ve mined, twenty percent more than last year."

The man in the golden shirt took out a golden storage bag and handed it to the burly man.

There was a large vein of Jinyu Stone in this area, owned by the Golden Ape Tribe. The Jinyu Stone vein was the tribe’s most important source of income, so they had assigned a Nascent Soul Cultivator to guard it, fending off any petty thieves who might covet the mine.

The burly man nodded in satisfaction, took the golden storage bag, and said, "You’ve worked hard. I’ve heard that in recent times..."

Before he could finish, a deafening explosion resounded, and Jinyu Pavilion shook slightly.

A piercing alarm sounded, followed by a frantic voice from outside, "Disaster! The enemy is attacking, attacking!"

The burly man’s face darkened as he ordered urgently, "Use the messaging array to call for reinforcements immediately. We can’t hold off for long."

The place was protected by a fourth-tier grand formation, complete with a messaging array and a transference array, allowing reinforcements to arrive as quickly as possible and facilitating retreat as well.

"Yes, Elder Long."

The man in the golden shirt responded and rushed to carry out the orders.

The burly man leaped out. A thick golden light barrier enveloped them as four figures, three men and one woman, attacked the golden barrier. Judging by their aura, they were all Nascent Soul Cultivators.

"Quick battle, swift resolution; break the formation as fast as possible!"

A tall, golden-robed elder spoke in a somber tone.

The four were none other than Golden Crow True Monarch and his companions, who had altered their appearances and penetrated deep into Barbarian Tribe territory. They had traveled underground to avoid detection by the Barbarian Cultivators.

Shen Long had previously used the Soul Extinguishing Bead to injure several Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Golden Ape Tribe. During the recent great battle, the Golden Ape Tribe had also joined the fray, losing many of their Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Combining this information, Shen Long guessed that the Golden Ape Tribe was the weakest and decided to strike at them.

Golden Crow True Monarch flicked his sleeve, and a seal shimmering with golden light flew out, releasing astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations.

The Qianyang Seal, a spiritual treasure that Golden Crow True Monarch had obtained in the Burial Immortal Tomb.

He slapped the golden spirit beast bag on his waist, and with a ’quack quack’ cry of a crow, a massive golden crow emerged. Its wings unfolded to over thirty feet wide, with golden eyes.

An early-stage fourth-tier Golden-Eyed Golden Crow.

With a slight flap of its wings, the Golden-Eyed Golden Crow sent out hundreds of massive fireballs flying toward the golden barrier.

Shen Long released an Iron Tail Scorpion and sacrificed the Leading Thunder Pearl, channeling a spell into it.

The Leading Thunder Pearl emitted a blinding silver light, and the sound of thunderous thunder came from the sky. A thick silver thunderbolt slashed down, directly targeting the golden barrier.

Lin Qing and Xu Mei each brought out their flying swords, pinched their sword spells and, after a sharp screeching of swords, the flying swords split from one to two, then from two to four, and four to eight. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of identical flying swords hovered in the air.

With a light tap of their fingers, hundreds of flying swords rushed towards the golden barrier like a river.

"Four Nascent Soul Cultivators! A spiritual treasure!"

The man in the golden shirt turned pale with shock, instructing, "You all retreat quickly!"

A flood of Barbarian Cultivators ran toward the transference array, but then a sharp, piercing scream sounded, and they cried out in agony, collapsing to the ground.

Having advanced to the fourth-tier, the Iron Tail Scorpion launched a Divine Sense Attack. Cultivators below Nascent Soul couldn’t block it and suffered heavy blows to their sea of consciousness, losing consciousness and becoming living dead.

He summoned the constantly shimmering Square Sky Halberd to meet the oncoming Qianyang Seal.

The Square Sky Halberd collided with the Qianyang Seal, erupting with the sound of clashing metal.

A series of booming explosions followed as silver thunder, golden flames, cyan sword light, and yellow poison fire engulfed the golden barrier, causing it to emit a puff of blue smoke.

The man in the golden shirt furrowed his brow; even with four Nascent Soul Cultivators attacking, the formation would take some time to break through.

Golden Crow True Monarch channeled his spell, and the Golden-Eyed Golden Crow opened its mouth to release a stream of golden flames onto the golden barrier, causing the spiritual light to dim significantly.

The Qianyang Seal burst with blinding golden light and smashed into the golden barrier.

Just as the man in the golden shirt was about to interfere, a sharp piercing screech rang out, causing him to suddenly feel dizzy and too unstable to stand.

The Qianyang Seal slammed down on the golden light screen, causing the screen to cave in and the spiritual light to dim.

A thick silver lightning pillar struck the golden light screen, and two giant swords shimmering with spiritual light shot towards it like the final straw breaking the camel’s back; the golden light screen shattered, and without the protection of the formation, the man in the golden robe faced Shen Long and his three companions directly.

Hundreds of giant fireballs flew towards the man in the golden robe, who snorted coldly, his body radiating bright golden light. A massive phantom of a Golden Ape appeared above him in the void, spewing out a golden sound wave that shattered the incoming giant fireballs.

The two giant swords flickering with spiritual light swept towards him, and the man in the golden robe quickly swung his Square Sky Halberd to meet them.

A resounding "clang clang" of metal colliding echoed as the two giant swords were sent flying.

A thick silver lightning pillar descended from the sky. Just as the man in the golden robe tried to dodge, a piercing screech rang in his ears, as if someone had punched him in the head, leaving him dizzy.

The silver lightning pillar struck the man in the golden robe, who felt his entire body acutely in pain, encompassed by the silver lightning.

A flash of golden light, and the Qianyang Seal appeared above the man’s head, smashing down with a massive gravitational force engulfing him.

The man in the golden robe’s face fell in horror, trying to dodge, but a powerful gravity surged from the ground, pulling his body swiftly towards it.

"No······"

The man in the golden robe cried out in despair, but before he could finish, the Qianyang Seal had already smashed down.

After a thunderous boom, the ground shook as if in an earthquake.

A Nascent Soul that looked very much like the man in the golden robe fled from the body but hadn’t gone far when it swelled up rapidly and exploded instantly.

A huge golden light shot up into the sky, with shockwaves rolling out.

Moments later, the shockwaves dissipated, the Qianyang Seal flew up, and a massive crater appeared on the ground where the man in the golden robe turned into a pool of flesh, and both the Messaging Array and Transference Array were destroyed.

"Taoist Friend Qin, this spiritual treasure of yours is too powerful! Even a fourth-tier formation couldn’t withstand it."

Xu Mei praised, her face full of envy.

"Without the help of the three Taoist friends, I wouldn’t have broken the formation so easily,"

the Golden Crow True Monarch replied modestly, his face filled with pride.

They found two Storage Bags among a pile of broken flesh; one golden Storage Bag contained a large amount of Jinyu Stone raw ore.

The Golden Crow True Monarch took forty percent of the treasure, and the remaining sixty percent was divided equally between Shen Long and the other two, each getting twenty percent.

"The Transference Array has been destroyed, and it will take a while for the Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Golden Ape Tribe to arrive. Let’s mine some Jinyu Stone ore before we leave!"

Shen Long suggested.

According to the intelligence they had, the Golden Ape Tribe had twelve Nascent Soul Cultivators. Shen Long had killed two of them in his earlier years, five were at the frontline, and now another was killed; accounting for those guarding the Golden Ape Mountain Range and those out on missions, the number of Nascent Soul Cultivators the tribe could send wouldn’t be much.

The Golden Crow True Monarch nodded, Lin Qing and Xu Mei had no objections, and the four flew into the mine.

The mine was intricate, with dozens of tunnels branching off at the end of one path, where even the Divine Sense of a Nascent Soul Cultivator was somewhat affected.

Shen Long slapped a golden spirit beast bag on his waist, and tens of thousands of spirit ants flew out.

"Go! Enjoy your feast,"

Shen Long instructed.

Tens of thousands of Gold-Winged Fire Ants landed on the stone walls and began to gnaw.

The common Gold-Winged Fire Ants could hardly make a dent, as after all, Jinyu Stone was a material for fourth-tier Artifact Refining. The situation was slightly better for the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen and the twelve Four-Winged Fire Ants; to them, the Jinyu Stone raw ore was like tofu, easily bitten off and swallowed.

Shen Long summoned the Zizhu Blade and chopped at the stone wall.

A series of "clang clang" dulled sounds rang out, with slender cracks forming on the stone wall, and chunks of Jinyu Stone raw ore were excavated.

Half a day later, Shen Long took out a Messaging Plate shimmering with red light, entered a spell, and the voice of the Golden Crow True Monarch resonated, "Taoist Friend Shen, it’s about time we left."

"Alright, I’ll come out right away."

Shen Long agreed, took the spirit ants back into the spirit beast bag, and retraced his steps out of the mine.

Once out of the mine, Shen Long and the others turned into four streaks of Escape Light and left the place.

When the people of the Golden Ape Tribe arrived, they could only lick their wounds.

The news of human experts attacking Barbarian Tribe strongholds spread, and the major Barbarian Tribes began to tighten their defenses.