Beast Taming Immortal Clan

This is the day when the Fiery Phoenix of the Underworld will display its divine power.

This was its most dazzling solo performance since it started following Zhou Chun.

After witnessing its overwhelming combat performance against the Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes, Zhou Chun, who had originally intended to take action, was in no hurry to do so. He even temporarily refrained from using the [Primordial Magnetic Divine Light] supernatural power that the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle had kept hidden away.

Their master and servants focused on defense, watching the spectacular show of the Fiery Phoenix battling the horde of centipedes alone.

The Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes were filled with fear and rage after the Fiery Phoenix devoured one of their kind.

Since their clan gained power in this canyon basin, very few members have died in accidents. Any creatures that have entered this place, whether they are demonic beasts or alien races, have been turned into withered bones on the ground. They have never suffered such a great loss!

Faced with the aggressive Fire Phoenix, these poisonous insects were also aroused and began to hiss and spew poisonous smoke as they attacked the Fire Phoenix in a swarm.

Besides the venomous energy within its body, the Hundred Poison Golden Centipede is also formidable in close combat.

Their steel teeth can even bite through the defenses of a fourth-tier high-grade demon beast, and their knife-like forelegs can also cut through the body of a fourth-tier demon beast. At the same time, their carapaces are extremely hard, and even ordinary mid-grade magic weapons can hardly break through them.

The reason they are said to be able to fight only low-grade fourth-tier demonic beasts when fighting alone is because, without the support of the demonic core, their limited attack methods make it difficult to hit some fourth-tier demonic beasts.

But in reality, their straightforward offensive and defensive capabilities far surpass those of most mid-grade fourth-tier demonic beasts!

Therefore, when they became ferocious and attacked the Fiery Phoenix in a group, the Fiery Phoenix dared not run wild anymore. It hurriedly chirped and flapped its wings, circling in the air with the centipedes, not giving them a chance to surround it.

The scene was like a rooster fighting a centipede, jumping and leaping, relying entirely on quick eyes and sharp tongue.

However, as the saying goes, even a fierce tiger can't withstand a pack of wolves, and too many ants can kill an elephant.

Even though the Fiery Phoenix was naturally able to counter poisonous insects, it quickly found itself overwhelmed by the siege of dozens of Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes, and even had some feathers bitten off its body by several centipedes.

It seems that if Zhou Chun hadn't intervened, it still wouldn't have been able to fight dozens of Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes alone.

Of course, if it wanted to leave, the Hundred Poison Golden Centipede certainly couldn't stop it.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun naturally could no longer remain a bystander.

With a flick of his wrists, the Dragon-Tiger Golden Rings shot out, catching the two Poisonous Centipedes off guard and trapping them, rendering them unable to move.

At the same time, the golden-armored mountain-carrying tortoise stone beneath him also unleashed the yellowish-brown stone mountain on its back, bombarding the swarm of centipedes.

Seeing the stone mountain hurtling towards them, the centipedes scattered and dodged.

But just when they thought they had dodged the attack, a hazy gray [Primal Magnetic Divine Light] suddenly burst forth from the stone mountain, engulfing several nearby Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes.

In an instant, these several Poisonous Golden Centipedes exploded, their blades, feet, and shells flying everywhere, and pale golden blood sprayed all over the sky!

It is obvious that, in terms of true destructive power and restraining effect, the [Primal Magnetic Divine Light] is a great supernatural power that is much more effective and faster than the bloodline of the Fiery Phoenix.

This was a situation that even Master Tianjing had not anticipated.

Seeing the Golden-Armored Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone displaying its might, the Fiery Phoenix seemed unwilling to have its limelight stolen.

It first flew over, its beak like a sword pecking at the heads of the two Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes that were trapped by Zhou Chun, instantly shattering their heads.

Then it opened its mouth and spat out a stream of pure, seven-colored glazed flames, which instantly split into three streams and landed on the three Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes.

Under the attack of the natal demonic fire nurtured by the Fiery Phoenix Demon Core, the hard shells of the three Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes were instantly melted into liquid like plastic gold, and then turned into green smoke, directly burning them into several pieces of charcoal!

In this way, the two demonic beasts and spirit pets unleashed their divine power, easily annihilating more than ten Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes and also intimidating the remaining centipedes.

They had never suffered such heavy losses since they became conscious, and the power of the invaders instilled fear in them from the bottom of their hearts.

He couldn't help but hesitate about whether to continue fighting.

However, Zhou Chun and his servants did not give these poisonous insects much time to hesitate, and their offensive momentum showed no sign of stopping.

Zhou Chun's divine sense stirred, and the [Dragon Tiger Golden Ring] continued its attack, transforming into a golden dragon and a silver tiger that swatted the two Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes to the ground.

Then he opened his mouth and spat out nine [Nine Annihilation Ice Needles], which flew out and shot towards the eye holes of several Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes.

These poisonous insects lack divine sense; although their perception is keen, they still cannot predict the attacks of top-grade magical treasures.

In an instant, the eyeballs of four golden centipedes were punctured and popped, and the cold poison entered their brains, extinguishing their consciousness!

At the same time, the golden-armored mountain-carrying tortoise stone also caused the yellowish-brown stone mountain to flatten a hundred-poison golden centipede into a meat patty.

The Fiery Phoenix once again used the same trick, taking advantage of the chaos to grab a Golden Centipede with a Hundred Poisons and peck its head off.

The combined attack of the master and servants completely shattered the centipedes' will. In an instant, the centipedes scattered and quickly landed underground, no longer daring to face their master and servants.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun decided to stop while he was ahead and did not choose to press his advantage.

He raised his hand and retrieved the magic weapon, allowing the Fiery Phoenix to burn away the poisonous aura on it before absorbing it into his body.

They then collected the corpses of the Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes in a specially made stone coffin and placed them in a special storage bag.

Although these Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes are dead, the poisonous energy within them remains extremely dangerous. If they are not placed in a special sealed container and are instead put directly into a storage bag, it will soon erode the bag's protective seal, causing the bag to be damaged.

However, their carapaces, blades, and fangs are also top-grade materials for crafting weapons. If they fall into the hands of some master craftsmen, they can be used to forge very good magical artifacts.

After busying himself with the disposal of all the corpses of the Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes, Zhou Chun didn't recall the Fiery Phoenix. Instead, he had it fly alongside him and continued riding the tortoise towards the direction from which the Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes had come.

After traveling for a while, Zhou Chun arrived at a cave.

Standing in front of this underground cave, which was about three or four zhang in diameter, Zhou Chun could clearly feel wisps of pure golden evil energy drifting out from below, dispersing into the canyon basin, and merging with the "Hundred Poison Golden Evil".

This was clearly the place he was looking for.

Zhou Chun stood above the cave and extended his divine sense downwards to investigate. Sure enough, he sensed a strong aura of the Hundred Poison Golden Centipede inside.

Clearly, the nests of these poisonous insects are located deep within the underground cave.

However, perhaps due to the interference of the poisonous aura, the divine sense encountered great resistance inside, and after sinking a thousand feet, it became difficult to continue, and the consumption was dozens of times that of the outside world!

Seeing this, Zhou Chun pondered for a moment and then had the Fiery Phoenix lead the way to light the way, while he rode the Golden-Armored Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone behind him.

The cave was not a straight, deep well, but rather a winding, meandering passage, as if something had drilled out from underground and made its way through.

Zhou Chun rode the shrunken Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone, flying through it. His divine sense could clearly perceive the presence of the Hundred Poison Golden Centipede.

Perhaps intimidated by the ferocious power of the Fiery Phoenix clearing the way, the Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes did not dare to show themselves and attack them.

After traveling thousands of feet deep into the cave, the Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes, perhaps provoked, launched another interception attack on their master and servants.

Located thousands of feet underground, the Fiery Phoenix was unable to utilize its agile movements. Faced with the Hundred Poison Golden Centipede's frenzied counterattack, it could only spit out a ball of its natal demonic fire to block the enemy before hastily retreating behind the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle stone, leaving its elder brother to hold the fort at the forefront.

And this deep underground is precisely the home ground of the Golden Armored Mountain Tortoise Stone!

It grew to the size of the cave, its back to the swarm of centipedes rushing down from below, its body shrouded in a hazy gray [Primal Magnetic Divine Light], and it plummeted downwards like a meteorite.

The Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes that rushed forward were either blown apart by the [Primordial Magnetic Divine Light] or crushed by its own weight, and more than a dozen of them died in an instant!

Even so, they did not give up. They quickly changed their strategy and burrowed into the ground, trying to bypass the Golden Armor Mountain Tortoise Stone to attack Zhou Chun and the Fiery Phoenix behind them.

However, the Golden-Armored Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone directly activated its innate divine power, instantly disrupting the flow of the surrounding earth's energy and forcibly forcing them out of the soil.

At the same time, Zhou Chunyu's nine invisible ice needles also kept piercing the eyes of the giant centipedes, bursting them open.

Under the fierce offensive of their master and servants, these Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes quickly abandoned the corpses of half of their kin and fled, never daring to appear before their master and servants again!

After repelling the swarm of centipedes, Zhou Chun continued to collect his spoils and then ventured deeper into the cave.

This time, with no poisonous insects daring to stop him, he quickly arrived at the bottom of the cave, a deep and vast underground cavern.

This underground cave must be the nest of the Hundred Poison Golden Centipede. Zhou Chun saw many things they left behind, as well as several broken eggs.

Looking at the broken eggshells and egg yolk on the ground, Zhou Chun seemed to understand why the Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes had fought back so desperately.

Clearly, they were trying to buy time for their kin to move their offspring, which is why they attacked their master and servants so desperately despite the difference in strength.

Despite discovering this, Zhou Chun had nothing to regret.

The reason these poisonous centipedes are so powerful is due to the unique environment of this place.

Even if he gets the insect eggs and they hatch, there's a high probability he won't become as powerful as the Hundred Poison Golden Centipede here.

Besides, there's something even more attractive to him now.

He turned his gaze and looked at a corner inside the cave.

It looked ordinary; it was just a stone wall.

However, Zhou Chun's divine sense, which far surpassed that of ordinary late-stage Golden Core cultivators, was able to detect the existence of a sophisticated forbidden technique there. The stone wall he saw was merely an illusion created by the forbidden technique!

Someone beat them to it!

This was Zhou Chun's first reaction after discovering the forbidden technique.

"Then who set up this forbidden spell? Among the three major alien races, only the Heavenly Soul Clan and the Five Elements Spirit Clan should be capable of setting up forbidden spells. The most likely candidate is undoubtedly a powerful member of the Golden Spirit Clan, although it could also have been set up by a senior human!"

Zhou Chun frowned as he looked at the stone wall, his mood extremely unpleasant.

Although we don't know what's inside yet, it's never a good thing that someone has gotten there first.

Moreover, judging from the strength of that restriction, it was likely set up by a fifth-order being. Once he breaks the restriction, there is a high chance that he will alert the other party.

Even if that were the case, he couldn't just turn back and leave after all that wasted time.

"Perhaps we could try that secret technique!"

After gazing at the stone wall and pondering for a moment, Zhou Chun made a decision.

He walked up to the stone wall, formed hand seals, and quickly unleashed the third level of the "Minor Five Elements Breaking Restriction Mystic Light" secret technique.

This time, instead of directly striking the stone wall with the five-colored spiritual light formed by the secret technique, he transformed it into a five-colored spiritual robe and draped it over his body before crashing directly into the stone wall.

It was clear that when Zhou Chun's body came into contact with the stone wall, the five-colored spiritual robe on his body immediately flickered violently, and its brilliance visibly dimmed.

However, the third layer of "Minor Five Elements Breaking Restriction Mystic Light" did not disappoint Zhou Chun's expectations. It was indeed a secret technique that he had spent hundreds of years cultivating to perfection. In the end, it actually took him to directly break through the restriction and appear in a new cave.

Calling it a new cave isn't entirely accurate, as it's part of an existing cave system, similar to a cave carved into a mountainside.

The cave is neither deep nor large, only three or four zhang deep and a little over one zhang high.

But deep inside the cave, there was a narrow crack about a foot wide, leading to an unknown destination. Wisps of golden malevolent energy would occasionally seep out from the crack and then dissipate outwards through the cave to the ground.

Beside the crevice in the ground, someone had built a small altar using an unknown type of golden animal bone, and on top of the altar was a golden bone bowl.

Zhou Chun looked at the bone bowl and could clearly see that it was already filled with about half a bowl of golden liquid.

"This style is unlike anything we human cultivators do. It seems the three alien races were the ones who got there first!"

He muttered to himself, and couldn't help but release his divine sense to carefully observe the beast bone altar.

After observing it for a while, Zhou Chun roughly understood the purpose of this object.

This beast bone altar should be similar to some kind of automatically operating array, and its function is to gather and attract the golden evil energy of this place, purify and condense it through some method that Zhou Chun cannot understand, and finally transform it into the golden liquid in the golden bone bowl.

That golden liquid was actually highly concentrated and condensed golden evil energy, which could also be regarded as a very high-quality golden energy.

The innate golden evil energy that Master Tianjing predicted should no longer exist.

Perhaps it existed in the past, but it no longer exists.

Without the innate golden aura, Zhou Chun's plan to increase his success rate in forming a Nascent Soul was naturally impossible.

However, the golden liquid inside the golden bone bowl clearly met the requirements of the golden energy needed for him to "rebuild the cauldron" after he formed his nascent soul and completed his cultivation, so it cannot be said that he gained nothing.

I just don't know if this half bowl of golden liquid is enough!

"Even if it's not enough, this item is still an excellent spiritual treasure to aid my cultivation. I can't possibly wait until it's fully condensed before coming to collect it!"

Upon realizing this, Zhou Chun immediately stopped hesitating and directly conjured a large golden magical hand to grab the golden bone bowl.

But just as the magical hand was about to touch the golden bone bowl, several beams of golden light suddenly surged out from the animal bones that made up the altar, easily shattering the magical hand.

Upon closer inspection, the golden light was revealed to be seven golden beetles.

These golden beetles are about the size of an egg, covered with golden spots, and have mouths full of sharp teeth.

The magical hand that was just now was less defeated by them and more devoured by them.

"What kind of demonic insect is this? It looks somewhat like a Soul-Devouring Demon Insect, but why is it entirely golden? Could it be some kind of mutated demonic insect?"

Zhou Chun stared at the seven golden beetles with a solemn expression, his eyes filled with doubt.

Although he hadn't put much effort into insect-repelling techniques after forming his core, his understanding of various strange and demonic insects was still no less than that of many insect cultivators.

The golden beetle in front of him looked very much like a strange insect he had seen in ancient books called the "Spirit-Devouring Demon Insect".

Like the "Spirit-Devouring Locust," another insect that once caused a huge plague in the cultivation world, this strange insect is born with a powerful "Spirit-Devouring" talent, capable of devouring anything with spiritual energy, including spells and magical artifacts!

When spells fall on them, as long as the spells are not too far above their own level, they will be directly devoured and annihilated.

If they bite a magical artifact or treasure, its spiritual power will be completely drained, rendering it useless!

It can be said that once these strange insects gather in groups and grow to a certain size, they are almost invincible.

There are very few ways to restrain them; only a very few special talents of certain monsters can achieve this.

This insect once caused quite a stir in the cultivation world. It is said that a Nascent Soul cultivator intervened and wiped out its population.

However, only when the number of "Spirit-Devouring Demonic Insects" increases can they pose a sufficient threat to a late-stage Golden Core cultivator like Zhou Chun.

Even if those seven golden beetles were truly "Spirit-Devouring Demonic Insects," he could release his spirit pets and eliminate them using physical means!

These thoughts flashed through Zhou Chun's mind quickly. Then, after the seven golden beetles devoured the magical hand, they quickly followed the same aura and pounced on Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun naturally wouldn't tolerate them, and immediately flicked his sleeve, sending out several beams of golden light that landed on them.

Although it was a casual strike, it was enough to make an ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivator deal with it with all their might.

However, although the seven golden beetles were repelled by the golden light and fell onto the cave wall, they quickly swayed and continued to pounce on him, seemingly unharmed.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun thought for a moment and then directly spat out the [Moon Toad Pearl] spiritual treasure, drawing out the cold energy contained within it to strike the seven golden beetles.

This time, nothing unexpected happened; the seven golden beetles were frozen solid by the cold air and fell to the ground.

What amazed Zhou Chun was that they hadn't died yet; they were just temporarily frozen.

"Such strong vitality! The Soul-Devouring Demon Insects shouldn't have this much vitality!"

Zhou Chun sighed and continued to gather his magic power, reaching out to grab the golden bone bowl.

This time, he successfully caught it and brought it away from the altar back to him.

However, after leaving the altar, the golden liquid in the golden bone bowl, which had been calm, began to bubble, as if it were about to dissipate.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun hurriedly opened his mouth and spat out his natal magic weapon, the Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron, and threw the golden bone bowl directly into the cauldron.

What happened next gave him a slight sense of relief.

Inside the very special magical artifact, the Golden Cauldron of Myriad Transformations, the golden liquid in the golden bone bowl quickly stabilized and stopped bubbling.

However, until a better way to stabilize these golden liquids is found, Zhou Chun cannot conveniently use this natal magic weapon.

After glancing at the golden bone bowl, he retrieved his natal magic weapon back into his body.

Zhou Chun then didn't let go of the golden beast bones that made up the altar, and directly packed them all into his storage bag.

After doing all this, Zhou Chun looked at the seven golden beetles on the ground and thought for a moment, then gave up the idea of ​​taking them away or killing them.

These demonic insects are likely the spirit pets of the powerful alien beings who set up the altar. Once they are killed, the other party will definitely sense it.

Wearing them is like putting a tracking device on yourself, which is tantamount to suicide!

After checking the cave again and confirming that there were no treasures missed, Zhou Chun continued to activate the "Minor Five Elements Breaking Restriction Mystic Light" secret technique and left the place.

Once inside the cave, Zhou Chun packed up all the ores and other debris that the Hundred Poison Golden Centipedes had collected from their nest, and then, satisfied, returned to the surface through the passage he had come from.

Once back outside, Zhou Chun no longer lingered in the canyon basin searching for other spiritual objects. Instead, he used the same method as before to hide on the Golden-Winged Tiger and return to Heng Kingdom.

After nearly a day had passed, a sharp golden light suddenly descended into the canyon basin and plunged straight into the cave where the Hundred Poison Golden Centipede's nest was located.

Immediately afterwards, in the small cave that Zhou Chun had already emptied, a golden light suddenly flashed out, revealing the figure of a male Golden Spirit Clan member with a full head of golden hair.

"Who? Who stole my treasure?!"

The golden-haired male Golden Spirit Clan member unleashed a deafening roar, his golden pupils blazing with fury.

He has been waiting for five hundred years. He only needs to wait another five hundred years for the bowl of "Mysterious Heaven Golden Liquid" to be full. When he drinks this bowl of "Mysterious Heaven Golden Liquid", he will be 80% sure that he can advance to the fifth-order superior spirit king and have the opportunity to compete for the next Holy King position of the Five Elements Spirit Clan.

But now all of that is gone!

Not only was the half bowl of "Mysterious Heaven Golden Liquid" that had already been condensed stolen, but even the sacred artifact used to condense the "Mysterious Heaven Golden Liquid" was stolen. How could he not be extremely shocked and furious?

Without the "Mysterious Heaven Golden Liquid," his chances of advancing to the fifth-tier superior spirit king level would only decrease by 50%. However, losing the sacred artifact would mean that even if he successfully advanced to the fifth-tier superior spirit king level afterward, he would have no chance of competing for the position of saint king!

After a roar, the golden-haired male Golden Spirit glanced at the seven golden beetles that were still frozen and immediately used some kind of secret technique to connect with their consciousness.

Through this secret technique, he actually saw Zhou Chun's appearance and the [Moon Toad Pearl] spiritual treasure that Zhou Chun used from the faint consciousness of the golden beetle!

"Human cultivators! They're actually damned human cultivators!"

The male of the Golden Spirit Clan, filled with shock and rage, couldn't help but let out another earth-shattering roar.

(End of this chapter)