A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Lin He glanced at the ape. It had yellowish-brown fur, a pair of golden eyes, a huge body that was several feet tall, and a pair of powerful, fan-like hands. Its aura was clearly that of a peak level 5 ape.

Above the giant ape's head, a huge bowl spun around, emitting a thick layer of light that trapped it.

"Sect Leader Wang, this is...?"

Just as Lin He was about to ask a question, the giant ape noticed them. It roared and stomped its thick right leg on the ground, sending a powerful shockwave crashing down the ground.

Upon seeing this, Sect Master Wang let out a cold snort and pointed at a bowl above the giant ape's head. The bowl immediately turned upside down and aimed at the giant ape's body, emitting a beam of yellow light that formed a huge light screen that completely enveloped the giant ape. The shockwave was also blocked by the huge light screen. Although it made the light screen tremble, it was obviously unable to break through the light screen in a short time.

Seeing this, the giant ape rolled its huge eyes and did not continue to attack, as if it was thinking about a way to break the attack, showing that it was quite intelligent.

Seeing this, Lin He immediately became very interested. This time, without waiting for Lin He to ask any further questions, Sect Leader Wang took the initiative to explain.

"This beast is an Earth Ape, extremely cunning and quite intelligent. Don't be fooled by its seemingly docile appearance; who knows what wicked schemes it's plotting."

Zhou Yuan quickly said, "Strike while the iron is hot! Let's quickly set up the formation. This demonic ape has a trace of the bloodline of the True Spirit Mountain Giant Ape, so it should not be underestimated."

"Um?"

Upon hearing that this demonic ape actually possessed true spirit bloodline, Lin He couldn't help but feel a stirring in his heart. While setting up the array and controlling Lan Chou, he asked aloud...

"How did Sect Leader Wang manage to capture such a powerful monster?"

"It's quite a coincidence. If it hadn't gotten into a conflict with another level-five demon beast and hadn't had to be distracted by protecting its cubs, I probably wouldn't have been able to capture this demon. But even so, this demon is fierce and difficult to tame, which is why I asked you two for help."

"I see."

Lin He and the other two had already set up their formation. Each of them waved a formation flag and planted it in the ground. Zhou Yuan even took out a formation plate and pointed it, and immediately a three-colored light screen appeared, enveloping the entire secret chamber.

The giant ape, which had been deep in thought, seemed to sense something was wrong. It glanced at the nearby three-colored light screen, and the vague unease it felt finally forced it to take action.

The giant ape opened its mouth wide, and a golden light gathered at its mouth. A huge roar was released, followed by a golden sound wave that spread outwards. The light barrier emitted by the bowl above its head was immediately shattered, but the intensity of the golden sound wave also weakened considerably.

Upon seeing this, Sect Leader Wang's expression changed drastically. "Not good! Everyone be careful, this fiend is going to fight to the death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden sound wave struck the three-colored light screen. Upon feeling the impact of the sound wave, Lin He couldn't help but let out a muffled groan. Not only his body but also his soul were affected. He felt dizzy and lightheaded, and then his face turned pale, and blood trickled from his ears and nose. This was only because he had cultivated a body-tempering technique. If it were an ordinary early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, even with the protection of an array, he would have been severely injured by this powerful sound wave.

Thinking of this, he quickly looked up and saw that Lan Chou was doing well. After all, the body of a corpse refiner was stronger than that of an ordinary cultivator, and he could still hold on.

Zhou Yuan's delicate body trembled violently, showing signs of great strain. Fortunately, Sect Master Wang had anticipated this and had already moved to her side. With the protection of her powerful Core Formation stage magic, Zhou Yuan managed to withstand the attack and prevent the giant ape from breaking the Three Talents Formation with a single blow.

"My husband, thanks to you, otherwise this formation would probably have been broken."

Sect Master Wang's face was extremely grim, and he frowned deeply as he said, "This demonic ape was fighting so desperately that we almost let it escape. Fortunately, the two fellow Daoists over there withstood this wave of attacks."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuan looked at the two people not far away in disbelief. She was able to hold on because of her husband's protection, but how did the two people opposite her manage to hold on?

Lan Chou was one thing, but it was unbelievable that Lin He, a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the early stage, could withstand it. Little did she know that Lin He, who cultivated the Star Refining Golden Yuan Technique, had already surpassed her in physical strength.

When its first attack failed, the giant ape began to pound its chest, becoming extremely agitated. It opened its mouth wide, and a golden light gathered, as if it were about to try the same trick again.

Just then, the alms bowl in mid-air suddenly crashed down. The demonic ape was powerful, and the alms bowl could not have caused much damage. However, the spell was interrupted halfway through, and the golden light immediately became unstable and then exploded. With a loud bang, the golden light exploded, and the giant ape was the first to be hit and was instantly engulfed by the golden light.

Seeing this, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but show her joy, and looked at her husband beside her with even more affection.

"My husband, you are truly amazing. This demonic ape is definitely going to be severely injured this time."

Sect Leader Wang was also quite pleased with himself, but Lin He, who was not far away, couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Please, don't make such a bold claim!"

As the smoke and dust from the explosion slowly dissipated, Lin He dared not be careless in the slightest. The opponent possessed a trace of true spirit bloodline, so it shouldn't be so easy to deal with.

Sure enough, after the smoke and dust dissipated, the giant ape's enormous figure reappeared, only now it was covered in a layer of earth-yellow armor, but the armor was now tattered and torn after being swept up by the golden light.

"This is... Rock Armor Technique!"

Sect Leader Wang, with his exceptional knowledge, immediately recognized this as the Earth Ape's signature technique. Then, he saw the enraged giant ape charge directly at him, seemingly intending to take revenge on Sect Leader Wang in response to the attack he had just received.

"Hmph, you beast, come at me! I'll hold this wretch back while you attack using the formation!"

Sect Leader Wang was obsessed with art, and even his natal magic weapon was a jade flute. When Sect Leader Wang played the jade flute, beams of brilliant light protected him and Zhou Yuan.

As the giant ape drew closer, its enormous eyes suddenly revealed a mocking expression, and then it abruptly turned around, no longer attacking Sect Master Wang, but instead rushing towards Lin He, who had the weakest cultivation!

"Damn it!" Sect Master Wang's face turned pale upon seeing this. He hurriedly manipulated the jade flute to chase after the giant ape, but it was clear that he couldn't catch up. As long as the giant ape killed Lin He and broke through the formation, it could leave unscathed. He didn't think Lin He could withstand the giant ape's attack.

Seeing the giant ape charging towards him, its enormous size and incredible speed clearly indicating that it was treating him like an easy target, it was now impossible for him to dodge.

He quickly took out three magical artifacts: a white phosphorus shield on the outermost layer, a yellow silk umbrella in the middle, and a green ruyi in his hand, setting up three layers of defense in an instant.