A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

"What is this?"

The emerald green figure was three or four zhang tall, yet it was incredibly fast; it was none other than the level four spirit beast, the Jade Mantis.

With a flap of its wings, the Jade Mantis covered a distance of over twenty feet in an instant, quickly arriving in front of the two old men and startling them!

"Oh no! This is a level four demonic beast! Defend!"

The skinny old man was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and his previous arrogance vanished. He quickly took out a fiery red shield, which turned out to be a top-tier defensive magic weapon of ordinary level. Not feeling secure after releasing the shield, the skinny old man also took out a talisman and slapped it on his body, and a fiery red protective shield appeared, enveloping him.

The skinny old man relaxed after setting up two layers of defense in an instant. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard the fat old man beside him exclaim in surprise.

"Get out of the way!"

Before the skinny old man could react, he felt an extremely intense pain. His two layers of defense were easily broken through as if they were made of paper. He stared at the pair of mantis forelegs that had pierced through his chest, his face still showing an expression of disbelief and horror. Then the mantis forelegs swung, and his body was cut in two, and he died.

The fat old man, who was not far away, turned pale with fright when he saw this. Although he and the thin old man did not get along, their cultivation levels were not much different. However, the thin old man was so easily killed. How could he not be terrified?

In a panic, the fat old man cried out, "Ancestor, save me!"

However, the old patriarch of the Xu family did not immediately come to the rescue. The fat old man hurriedly looked up and saw that two figures were already fighting in mid-air. It turned out that Lin He had taken the opportunity to activate various magical artifacts and was already fighting against the old patriarch of the Xu family's spirit puppet clone.

"Is this kid crazy? He dares to challenge the ancestor's spirit puppet clone with only early Foundation Establishment cultivation? That's equivalent to the Pseudo Core Formation realm!"

However, the fat old man had no time to think further. At this moment, the jade mantis had already set its sights on him. He felt a chill in his heart and quickly took out a green ruyi, which emitted a blue light shield to protect his body. Soon, he was fighting with the jade mantis.

At this moment, the Xu family patriarch hovered in mid-air, fighting with Lin He while secretly regretting his actions.

"I was caught off guard and that kid got the upper hand, losing one of my nephews. I'll have to save this other nephew."

With a sweep of his divine sense, the Xu family patriarch had already learned about the situation on the other battlefield. Although the fat old man could temporarily withstand the Jade Mantis's attack thanks to the Green Ruyi, a top-grade defensive magic weapon, he was bound to lose it if he held out for too long.

At this moment, Lin He and he were more than 20 feet apart in mid-air, each activating their magical artifacts to fight.

Lin He held the mother blade and unleashed eight sub-blades in attack, while also releasing the pair of fiery claws and the pair of white rings.

Compared to Lin He's abundance of top-tier magical artifacts, the Xu family patriarch's side was much more monotonous. He simply released a golden sword, emitting dazzling golden light. Whether it was eight golden lights, two red lights, or two white lights, they were all blocked by the golden light and could not get close to the Xu family patriarch at all.

"You bastard, how dare you kill my nephew right in front of me! You're courting death!"

With his heart set on saving lives, the Xu family patriarch no longer hesitated. He unleashed his immense magical power, and the golden sword instantly became dazzling and radiant. The golden light shone down, and for a moment it seemed as if a shower of golden rain was falling!

As the golden rain passed, the eight blades let out mournful cries, and then one by one they were shattered, turning into a cloud of dazzling golden dust that fell down.

The disappearance of Zi Ren was just the prelude. Immediately afterwards, the two fiery claws that had followed Lin He for a long time were also hit by the golden light, and after emitting a mournful cry, they were shattered into dust.

Upon seeing this, Lin He's expression darkened. He quickly pointed at the pair of white rings and retrieved them immediately, thus avoiding their shattering.

With no obstruction, the golden sword fell with the momentum. Lin He casually swung the mother blade, and a golden light shot out from the golden sword. This golden light was exceptionally sharp and quickly shattered the mother blade, turning it into a cloud of golden dust that fell down.

Although the mother blade was shattered, it bought Lin He some time. Lin He used his right foot to tap the Divine Wind Boat and successfully dodged the attack of the golden sword at the last second.

"magic weapon!"

Lin He, who had dodged the attack, showed no joy, but rather a gloomy expression. In this brief battle, he had suffered heavy losses. His set of mother and child blades and his pair of Fiery Claws were destroyed. It was only because he reacted quickly that he was able to avoid the destruction of his pair of white rings.

With such power and momentum, Lin He couldn't think of anything other than a magic weapon that could possess such power.

"You do have some knowledge, but you've angered this old ancestor. Now, even kneeling down and kowtowing won't help."

The Xu family patriarch sneered, but instead of rushing to kill Lin He, he pointed at the golden sword from afar. The golden sword immediately whistled towards the Jade Mantis, clearly intending to rescue his nephew first.

"Your idea is quite appealing, but do you think I'll grant your wish?"

Just then, Lin He suddenly had a broken blade with an ancient style in his hand, which was the Azure Fire Blade that he had obtained from Xu Yan!

The Azure Fire Blade flew out and immediately transformed into a beam of azure light, blocking the golden sword. This Azure Fire Blade was indeed a fragment of a magic weapon. Although it was not as powerful as a magic weapon, it was not shattered by the golden light like the previous mother-and-child blades.

In mid-air, the azure and golden light intertwined. Although the golden light completely overwhelmed the azure light, the azure light did not collapse immediately. Instead, it briefly held back the golden light.

"Azure Flame Blade?" The Xu family patriarch sneered upon seeing this. "Can a mere fragment of a magic weapon withstand my Golden Rain Sword? That's a joke."

The Xu family patriarch made a strange hand seal, and the Golden Rain Sword in mid-air seemed to have taken a powerful tonic, rapidly growing larger and transforming into a colossal sword that could support the sky!

"cut!"

With a low shout, the Xu family patriarch brought down the giant sword. The Azure Flame Blade was struck as if by a heavy blow. Although it was not destroyed, its spiritual light dimmed, rendering it unusable.

Lin He quickly sheathed the Azure Fire Blade, tapped the Divine Wind Boat with his right foot, and swiftly headed downwards.

At the same time, the Jade Mantis, which was defeating the fat old man, seemed to have received some order and abandoned its opponent, falling down with Lin He.

The fat old man got a chance to catch his breath and breathed a sigh of relief. He reunited with the Xu family patriarch, but he was still terrified and only dared to hide behind the Xu family patriarch, as if he was scared out of his wits.

Upon seeing this, the Xu family patriarch snorted coldly and said, "You're scared out of your wits? You're really spineless. Come down with me, catch this brat, skin him alive, and we'll be able to vent my anger."

The fat old man said somewhat uneasily, "That kid obviously set up an array here beforehand, Ancestor, should we...?"

"We are cultivators of the Heavenly Star Sect, why would we be afraid of his array? Besides, what kind of array could a mere early Foundation Establishment cultivator possibly set up that could threaten a Core Formation cultivator?"

Having said that, he didn't say anything more and flew directly downwards. The fat old man had no choice but to follow.

As soon as the two landed, they sensed an astonishing fluctuation of spiritual energy. Then, a cloud of mist swirled, and the Reversal of the Five Elements Array was finally activated!