A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Seeing this, Huang Long snorted coldly and tried to activate the giant tiger puppet to attack, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. Huang Long looked down and saw that a hairy arm had somehow pierced through his chest. Then, he felt dizzy and his body collapsed, lifeless.

Upon seeing this, the male and female protectors standing nearby were so frightened that they quickly took a few steps back before they could clearly see their elusive opponent.

At this moment, a small monkey with yellowish-brown fur appeared beside Huanglong. This monkey was only the size of a child. It held a gauze-like magic weapon in one hand, and its other hand pierced through Huanglong's body.

The little monkey leaped up and killed the yellow dragon. Now, it landed, covered its head with the veil-like magic artifact, and disappeared again.

Seeing this, Lin He smiled knowingly. In fact, he had taken this move from Xu Yan. Xu Yan had used this method to ambush him with that level two golden-eyed ape. Now he had borrowed it and it worked wonders, easily killing a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The two Thousand Bamboo Sect protectors were terrified and quickly summoned seven or eight white ape puppets to their front. At the same time, they urged more than two hundred puppets to attack Lin He.

"To catch the thief, first catch the king. Kill the master first, then deal with the elusive spirit beast."

"That's wishful thinking!"

With so many attacks coming one after another, Lin He naturally did not choose to take them head-on. He used the Wind Control Technique, took out a Lightness Talisman and stuck it on his leg, then activated his Cloud Stepping Boots. With a movement, he dodged the attacks. Then, he casually waved his hand, and five blood-red flying knives flashed away.

At the same time, just as the two guardians joined forces to attack Lin He, Yuan Yi reappeared. It simply stretched out its two furry arms and easily pierced through the two white ape puppets, which were equivalent to early Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Upon seeing this, the female protector, who was hiding behind the white ape puppet, changed her expression. She quickly activated her divine sense, and five or six more white ape puppets stepped out to block her way. Although the ape was far stronger than these puppets, it was temporarily entangled and unable to break free to pursue the female protector.

The female protector breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and was just about to say something to the male protector when five blood-red throwing knives mysteriously appeared behind her.

Throwing knives are inherently adept at surprise attacks, and these five knives were crafted with special materials, which allowed them to conceal spiritual energy fluctuations, making them even more unpredictable and difficult to defend against.

It wasn't until five flying knives appeared on her back that the female protector realized something was wrong. She only had time to take out a shield and hold it behind her back, hoping to buy some time to activate her defensive talisman. However, the shield didn't even last a second before it was pierced through by the five flying knives. The female protector screamed in agony as five bloody holes appeared on her back, and she quickly collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

Without the female protector's control, the five or six white ape puppets stopped moving and stood there blankly.

The male protector on the other side was already terrified at the sight and hurriedly cried for help.

"Senior, help me!"

However, the Xu family patriarch remained unmoved, as if he hadn't heard anything. The next moment, five blood-red flying knives pierced through the white ape puppets blocking the male protector's path with unstoppable force. The male protector was killed by the flying knives before he could even utter a sound.

With a swift movement, Lin He collected the storage bags of these people, as well as the numerous puppets left on the ground, including the giant tiger puppet that was equivalent to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

For some reason, the Xu family patriarch didn't stop Lin He, appearing quite confident. Only then did Lin He look at him and ask a question.

"Why didn't you, senior, save those three?"

"Why should I save it?" The Xu family patriarch sneered. "If I save it now, I'll have to kill it later. Wouldn't that be asking for trouble? But you actually managed to get an Earth Ape. You're quite lucky. It seems that the reason my clone was lost was mostly because of this spirit beast. Well, this ape is a treasure from head to toe. Since you've delivered it to my door, I'll accept it."

The Xu family patriarch pointed at the Seven-Colored Peak, and in the next instant, the seven-colored giant peak mysteriously appeared above Lin He's head. A terrifying surge of spiritual energy appeared, and then the seven-colored giant peak crashed down. If this blow had landed squarely, even though Lin He's physical strength far surpassed that of an ordinary mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, he would have died on the spot.

"Saruichi!"

Lin He's face darkened, and he quickly summoned Ape One. Ape One had already put away the gauze magic artifact. It bared its teeth at the seven-colored giant peak in the sky, and then roared. Its body suddenly swelled up and it actually turned into a giant ape several meters tall!

The giant ape raised its two hairy hands towards the sky and actually managed to hold back the seven-colored giant peak!

However, Lin He below showed no joy upon seeing this. Ape One had already exerted all its strength, and its entire body was trembling violently. If it relaxed even slightly, it would be crushed into a pulp by the seven-colored mountain peak.

Thinking of this, Lin He quickly took out the Azure Fire Blade and swung it to strike the base of the seven-colored mountain peak with streaks of emerald green light.

As expected of a fragment of a magical artifact, the Azure Flame Blade, with Lin He's full effort, finally relieved the pressure on Ape One, allowing it to continue to withstand the pressure from the giant peak.

"Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!"

Seeing this, the Xu family patriarch in mid-air wore a mocking expression and then cast a spell. Immediately, beams of earthy yellow light appeared at the bottom of the seven-colored mountain.

The emerald green blade light landed in the earthy yellow light, but it was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, without any reaction. Without the help of the Azure Fire Blade, the pressure on Yuan Yi suddenly increased. The muscles on his arms bulged, and his legs sank deep into the ground, leaving deep marks. Yuan Yi cried out in pain, gritted his teeth, and a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He looked like his body was about to give way.

Lin He's face darkened upon seeing this. The terrifying nature of Core Formation stage cultivators was even greater than he had anticipated. He then waved his hand, and a blue-robed man suddenly appeared beside him—it was Lan Chou!

As soon as Lan Chou appeared, under Lin He's control, he immediately unleashed a series of thick, blood-red light orbs, which were none other than the Blood Refining Divine Light!

The addition of these crimson orbs immediately relieved a lot of pressure on Ape One.

In this way, Lin He used the Azure Fire Blade to restrain the earthy yellow light emitted by the opponent, while Lan Chou and Yuan Yi joined forces to resist the Seven-Colored Mountain Peak.

In mid-air, the Xu family patriarch, who had been completely composed, finally revealed a hint of seriousness.

"Very well, a level four spirit beast, an avatar, and a fragment of a magic weapon. Your strength is enough to fight against three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators at the same time. No wonder my spirit puppet clone was killed by you. Since you have such strength, it is worth it for me to use my true abilities to deal with you."

The Xu family patriarch now possesses another banner-shaped magic weapon!

"My magic weapon is called the Soul Gathering Banner. It can not only collect Yin souls, but also demon souls. Hehe, you'll have to taste its power."

After saying that, he waved the Soul Gathering Banner, and immediately a series of eerie winds and demonic winds raged within the banner, with countless yin spirits and demonic souls rushing towards Lin He.