Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 636 - 545 Secures Lihuo Vein_1

Chapter 636: 545 Secures Lihuo Vein_1

The Lihuo Mountain Range stretched for millions of miles, and within it lay a large Lihuo stone vein, one of several fifth-tier veins controlled by the Yang Family.

Deep within the mountain range, in a gigantic valley surrounded on three sides by mountains, there sat a three-story-tall green pavilion. Not far from it was a massive mining tunnel, from which the sound of metal clashing against stone echoed occasionally.

Inside the green pavilion, a tall man dressed in a green robe and a plump woman in a red dress were conversing about something.

"The transference array has been set up. If the Yang Family’s army attacks, we can use it to escape. Jiang Zijian and the others have already started mining the Lihuo raw ore."

The woman in the red dress spoke.

Su Mingwei, at the initial stage of Divinity Transformation, came from the Su Family.

The Su Family was an old acquaintance and also related by marriage to the Jiang Family.

The man in the green robe nodded, "That’s good. We two staying here, even if a Soul Transformation Cultivator from the Yang Family leads an attack, with the help of the fifth-tier formation, we can hold out for some time."

Jiang Ziqing, at the middle stage of Divinity Transformation.

"The Yang Family and our Jiang Family are sworn enemies. Now’s our chance to take a few of their veins while they’re weak."

Su Mingwei spoke earnestly.

"We just need to hold our ground here. If a powerful enemy attacks, we will use the transference to escape to the Qingli Mountain Range, Ancestor Yueting..."

Jiang Ziqing hadn’t finished speaking when a deafening roar filled the air, causing the green pavilion to shake violently.

"Not good, it’s an enemy attack! Let’s go out and see."

Jiang Ziqing’s expression changed, and he flew out immediately.

Outside, a massive red light barrier covered a radius of a thousand miles. A pattern of three-colored flames adorned its surface. A Yellow Giant Ape that was a hundred zhang tall was seen attacking the red light barrier.

Besides that, there was an Ice Flood Dragon and a Fire Qilin Beast.

After Shen Long arrived at the Lihuo Mountain Range, he launched an immediate attack.

"A fifth-tier Flood Dragon!"

Jiang Ziqing and Su Mingwei’s expressions grew tense, as they acknowledged they were no match for the Flood Dragon and decided it was best to flee using transference.

A group of Nascent Soul Cultivators flew out from the mining tunnel, led by a medium-built young man in golden robes.

"Zijian, retreat with us. We’ll transference to the Qingli Mountain Range..."

Jiang Ziqing was cut off before he could finish, as a cold and merciless female voice rang out, "Stay right there! A life for a life. You’ve killed so many from the Yang Family; it’s time you stayed to pay with your lives!"

Upon hearing this voice, Su Mingwei and others felt the world spin around them. Their gazes grew dull, and they fell into an illusion. Jiang Ziqing was affected less and recovered after a short while.

A sharp, piercing shriek resounded, and Jiang Zijian and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators collapsed to the ground unconscious, indistinguishable from the dead.

Jiang Ziqing heard the shrieking and felt dizzy, as if someone were striking his head with a heavy object.

With a deafening crash, the red light barrier shattered as if it were made of paper. Two blue escape lights shot forth, striking Jiang Ziqing and Su Mingwei accurately.

Their bodies quickly froze, with the ice layer being blue in color.

Jiang Ziqing’s body emitted a bright blue Spiritual Light, to no avail. He watched helplessly as he transformed into a giant blue ice sculpture, and Su Mingwei also turned into an ice sculpture.

Accompanied by a whooshing sound, a giant yellow fist shot through the air, shattering two ice sculptures. Within the broken flesh, two glows emerged, transforming into two Tribulation-Substituting Talismans.

With two muffled thuds, the two Talismans spontaneously ignited, burning to ashes.

A hundred miles away in the void, two glimmers of Spiritual Light appeared, and Su Mingwei and Jiang Ziqing emerged, their expressions filled with terror.

The ground shook violently, and a hundred-yard-wide colossal fissure opened. A Yellow Giant Ape, a hundred yards tall, burst from the earth, appearing before them.

A fierce light flashed in Jiang Ziqing’s eyes as he spat out a longsword flickering with azure light, turning into a cyan rainbow as it slashed towards the Yellow Giant Ape.

Su Mingwei opened her mouth, and a shining red Discus flew out. With a pinch of her spell, the red discus suddenly radiated a bright light, swelled in size, and unleashed rolling flames, striking at the Yellow Giant Ape.

The cyan longsword and the red discus successively struck the Yellow Giant Ape’s body, emitting "clang clang" sounds of metal striking metal, and they were flung backward in turn.

A massive white dragon tail descended from the sky, aimed at Jiang Ziqing. Before he could dodge, a piercing shriek rang out by his ear.

The white dragon tail struck Jiang Ziqing’s Protective Spirit Light, emitting a muffled sound, as Jiang Ziqing was sent flying backward. He slammed heavily into the ground, his Protective Spirit Light dimming.

A wave of yellow poison fog surged up from the ground, touching Jiang Ziqing’s Protective Spirit Light and immediately letting off a puff of green smoke, causing the Protective Spirit Light to flicker in and out of sight.

A thick yellow stinger burst from the ground, striking the Protective Spirit Light covering Jiang Ziqing, popping it like a bubble; his Protective Spirit Light shattered in an instant.

The yellow stinger hit Jiang Ziqing’s head, and he immediately lost all signs of life. His Nascent Soul had barely left his body when it was enveloped by a cyan glow and whisked into a Green Jade Vase.

On the other side, the Yellow Giant Ape punched and shattered Su Mingwei’s head. Her Nascent Soul flew out of her body and was captured by the Yellow Giant Ape, who then performed a Soul Search on it.

"Qingli Mountain Range!"

The Yellow Giant Ape said softly as a dazzling yellow light shone from its body, reverting to a human shape, transforming into Shen Long.

The Jiang Family had undercover agents in three mine veins, working together from inside and out, and that’s how they managed to take over the veins so quickly. What puzzled Shen Long was that Jiang Ziqing and Su Mingwei were ordered to abandon the Lihuo Mine Vein immediately upon facing a formidable enemy and to teleport to the Qingli Mountain Range.

As far as he knew, the Qingli Mine Vein contained the Qingli Jinlang Vein, and its Qingli Jinlang Stones were fifth-tier Artifact Refining materials, nearly equal in value to Lihuo Stones.

Why would the Jiang Family insist on holding the Qingli Mountain Range? Logically, if the Jiang Family initiated the war to profit, even if the Yang Family counterattacked, shouldn’t they be supporting each other and holding off the Yang Family Cultivators?

Geographically, the Lihuo Mountain Range was closer to the Jiang Family, while the Qingli Mountain Range was nearer to the Yang Family. Shen Long, a high-ranking member of the Jiang Family, would also think it beneficial to hold the Lihuo Mountain Range from a profit standpoint.

Why would the Jiang Family Cultivators abandon the closer position to hold the more distant Qingli Mountain Range? Could there be something special about the Qingli Mountain Range?

The information he obtained from Soul Searching Jiang Ziqing’s Nascent Soul was the same. When he conducted a Soul Search on the Nascent Souls of other Nascent Soul Cultivators like Jiang Zijian, the result was identical.

He plundered the wealth from the bodies of various Cultivators and let the Iron Tail Scorpions consume the corpses of the enemies.

Now, Shen Long was faced with two options. First was to make contact with the Yang Family Cultivators to discuss the next course of action, which would be the safest; however, if they did, the Jiang Family would definitely learn about the troubles at the Lihuo Mountain Range and destroy the Transference Array.

The second option was for Shen Long to use the Transference Array to teleport to the Qingli Mountain Range to discover what exactly was amiss with it; once there, he would understand.

After a brief consideration, Shen Long chose the second option.

According to what Su Mingwei and Jiang Ziqing knew, the Jiang Family didn’t possess any Void Refining Cultivators, and neither did the Qingli Mountain Range. If only Soul Transformation Cultivators were present, Shen Long wasn’t truly concerned.

He collected the Iron Tail Scorpions back into the Spirit Beast Bracelet and walked into the azure pavilion to enter a secret chamber where a hundred-yard-large Transference Array was situated.

He stepped onto the Transference Array, inputting a spell. A blinding burst of Spiritual Light shot into the sky, engulfing his figure.

As the Spiritual Light faded, Shen Long had been teleported away.