Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

Little Jinbao snorted and was about to fly back to the lotus leaf on Chuzhou when suddenly, the crimson-gold feathers on its head glowed slightly.

"what?"

Little Jinbao tilted his head: "Master, there's something digging up the mountain to the west."

The lotus leaves on the Chu boat swayed gently.

"Digging up mountains?"

"Um!"

Little Jinbao flew high into the sky, and the crimson-gold light of its golden feathers flashed through its pupils.

"More than 300 li to the west, there is a stone ridge guarded by the mountain chieftain."

"Many mountains are collapsing."

"There's also a strange smell, like the Kuroshio Current, but not quite."

Bai Shanjun suddenly opened his eyes.

Shan Kui was originally one of Chu Zhou's relatives.

Since the boundary of Heilong Lake was established, it has been guarding the western stone ridge and responsible for watching over the earth veins surrounding Heilong Mountain.

Before the fourth tide arrived, the area it guarded remained very stable.

The sudden collapse of the mountain clearly indicates that something is wrong.

The roots of the Chu boat fell into the array of patterns on the lake bottom.

hum!

The Zhenyuan Emperor Seal slowly rotated.

The image of the stone ridge on the west side quickly appeared above the imperial seal.

Amidst the mountains, the mountain spirit stood in the center of a crumbling valley.

Its body was covered in gray-brown fur stained with dust, and it carried a huge, dark blue-green boulder tens of meters high on its shoulder.

The boulder is not an ordinary rock.

The stone surface is covered with thick mountain patterns, and faint golden light flows inside.

And at the foot of the mountain.

Dark cracks are spreading along the stone ridge.

From within the crack, came the sound of intense gnawing.

A stone peak more than ten meters high has been hollowed out from the bottom.

The entire mountain collapsed with a deafening roar.

With a roar, the mountain demon braced himself against the collapsing boulder, forcefully pushing the stone peak aside.

As soon as the mountain collapsed, a jet-black insect's leg emerged from the ground.

Its legs are as thick as giant pillars, and its carapace is covered with gray-black patterns. With a single blow, it smashed a large piece of rock into the mountain monster's chest.

Shan Kui staggered backward.

It did not loosen the dark blue boulder on its shoulder.

Instead, he held the boulder protectively in his arms.

"Dare to touch my mountain? You're asking for death!"

boom!

Shan Kui swung his fist and slammed it heavily onto the ground.

Dozens of stone spikes shot out from the ground.

But the thing deep inside the crack only emitted a piercing hiss.

The next moment, all the stone spikes were corroded by the black slime.

Chu Zhou watched this scene, the lotus leaves swaying slightly: "What is the stone that Shan Kui is carrying?"

The strange rock stands before the ancient city's stone steps, its scarlet stone patterns shimmering: "The Embryo Stone of Mount Fuyue, the core of the ancestral mountain of the Back Mountain Ancient Ape lineage."

The strange stone's voice was deep: "With the arrival of the fourth tide, the ancestral vein of the mountain lord's ancestral land has been revived. Once that core stone is swallowed by the abyss, not only will the stone ridge collapse, but the earth vein on the west side will also be breached."

Chu Zhou asked, "Where is that thing underground?"

The strange rock remained silent for a moment: "Mountain-devouring worm."

"In ancient times, there were abyssal parasites that specialized in gnawing on the earth's veins. They were not good at direct combat, but they were best at drilling into mountains, swallowing veins, and hollowing out the foundation."

"If it gets to the outer edge of Black Dragon Lake, the array patterns below the Zhenyuan Stone Gate will also be affected."

Chu Zhoulian unfurled her leaves: "Then we can't let it continue eating."

A moment later, on the west side of Heilongshan Mountain.

Little Jinbao was the first to pass through the clouds and land on the top of an ancient pine tree.

It looked down at the constantly cracking valley below and shrank its neck.

"That big guy, Shan Kui, all he does is sleep. How come he almost lost his home?"

boom!

A boulder weighing tens of tons flew out from below the valley.

Little Jinbao flapped its wings and narrowly avoided the attack.

The boulder grazed its tail feathers as it flew past, snapping dozens of ancient trees in the distance.

Shan Kui raised his head.

It had a deep, bone-revealing wound on its face.

"Jinbao? What brings you here?"

Little Golden Sparrow hovered in mid-air, feigning composure: "This sparrow is here on my master's orders to guard the mountain for you!"

The mountain monster said in a muffled voice, "I also went to help my master guard the mountain, but this thing at the bottom of the mountain has been eating my ancestral veins."

"I went to smash it, and it burrowed even deeper."

Little Jinbao flew to the mountain eel's shoulder and peered into the crack; it was pitch black below.

A strong, fishy stench wafted out, causing it to sneeze twice.

"This thing is really ugly."

Shan Kui nodded: "He can eat a lot."

Little Jinbao coughed and said, "Master will be here soon, so don't smash things."

The mountain monster scratched its head: "I won't smash it, but it wants to eat my mountain."

Little Jinbao said seriously, "Then hit it gently."

Shan Kui was stunned, and Bai Shan Jun stepped out from the distant mountain peak.

The Platinum Tiger Demon silenced the mountain forest. It glanced at the crack, then looked at the stone on the mountain demon's shoulder: "Mountain Demon, you protect the core of the ancestral mountain. Leave the things underground to the master."

Shan Kui nodded: "I will follow my master's arrangements."

hum!

The sky suddenly darkened.

A phantom image of a silvery-blue lotus leaf fell from the clouds.

Immediately afterwards, countless roots pierced through the earth's veins and settled in all directions of the stone ridge.

Chu Zhou's voice echoed throughout the valley: "Lord Baishan, seal off the mountain."

"Jinbao, patrol the underground; Shan Kui, guard the embryonic stone."

Baishan Jun took a step forward.

The Platinum Tiger Demon transformed into dozens of enormous tiger stripes, sealing off the entire exit of the stone ridge.

"Nothing is allowed to leave the mountain."

Little Jinbao spreads its wings: "Don't worry, Master!"

It soared into the sky, its pupils enveloped in crimson-gold feather patterns.

The Golden Feather Sky Patrol was operating at full capacity.

Through the layers of rocks, Little Jinbao quickly saw the underground scene.

Below the stone ridge, a giant black worm, hundreds of meters long, is coiled on the edge of the ancestral vein of the mountain.

It was covered with a dense array of insect legs.

With each wriggling motion, a large amount of rock is crushed and swallowed.

What surprised Xiao Jinbao the most was...

The mountain-devouring insects did not continue to burrow outwards.

It's digging downwards.

As they dug toward the direction of Black Dragon Lake, Xiao Jinbao's expression changed.

"Master, this guy is digging into the earth's veins; it's heading to Black Dragon Lake!"

The voice just fell.

Boom!

The entire stone ridge suddenly collapsed.

A hideous insect head burst forth from the ground.

The mountain-devouring insect opened its enormous mouth.

Its mouthparts resembled rings of sharp black blades.

It bit down hard on the mountain-shaped stone on the mountain's shoulder.

Shan Kui's arms trembled.

Its massive body blocked the path of the fetal stone.

"You dare!"

boom!

The insect's head struck the mountain monster's chest.

The mountain beast was sent flying hundreds of meters backward, its back smashing through a stone peak.

It still clung tightly to the mountain-bearing stone, and the next moment, pale golden mountain patterns appeared in its eyes.

boom!

Shan Kui stomped heavily on the ground with both feet.

The mountain-shaped rock on its shoulder bursts forth with a profound mountain light.

One after another, illusory mountains slowly emerged from behind it.

The mountain-devouring insects emitted sharp hissing sounds.

It sensed a threat, and hundreds of its legs simultaneously burrowed into the ground.

The black slime spread like a tide.

The entire stone ridge began to rapidly turn black.

Meanwhile, the mountain phantom behind the mountain monster trembled continuously under the erosion of the black tide.

"town!"

The Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone is his own territory, and Chu Zhou naturally wouldn't allow these Mountain-Devouring Worms to run rampant on his land.

With Chu Zhou's command.

The lotus flower itself instantly burst forth with dazzling colorful light. At that moment, an enormous, sky-covering, towering lotus phantom appeared above the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone.

"What's going on? Tokyo Bay just experienced the Moon Abyss incident, and now what's happening to the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone?"

Linjiang City is the closest to the Qinglian restricted area.

To facilitate communication at any time, the Ninth Branch set up a liaison point outside the Qinglian restricted area.

In the past few days, Su Wan has spent her time cultivating and participating in research on the suppression of the Black Tide.

She had just sat down in the command center.

Hearing the noise, she suddenly stood up from her seat.