183: Suppress a thousand celestial beasts!

Inside the Tian Yuan Forbidden Land.

Passing through the layer of withered gray mist, the scene before them suddenly opened up.

The sky was eternally dim yellow, the earth a mix of dark red and deep brown, with strange, jagged rocks and twisted, withered trees reaching out like claws.

The Spiritual Qi in the air, though mixed, was exceptionally dense, interwoven with various strange energy fluctuations.

As far as the eye could see, some Spiritual Plants and Ores rarely seen outside were scattered like weeds and rubble.

Profound Limitless stood on solid ground, feeling the Laws and dense resource aura, which were completely different from the outside world, and his heart was even more shaken.

He looked at Lin Chen, who stood beside him with a calm demeanor, as if merely out for a stroll, and couldn't help but whisper, "We're really in... Senior's methods are truly unfathomable. These Forbidden Ground Laws actually have no effect on Senior..."

"With such ability, I'm afraid there isn't a second person in the entire Lower Heaven, right?"

"Let's go. These broken things in the outer area aren't worth seeing." Lin Chen glanced around, uninterested, and lifted his foot to walk deeper into the Forbidden Ground.

"Senior, these... you don't want any of them?"

Profound Limitless pointed to a patch of Star-Pattern Grass emitting colorful light not far away. This item was hard to find even a single stalk of outside, but here, it grew in abundance.

"Useless to me." Lin Chen waved his hand. "Take them if you want. Isn't your Qingyang Sect supposed to develop? No need to rush, I'll wait for you for a while."

Profound Limitless was stunned, and a warmth welled up in his heart.

A figure like Senior naturally wouldn't care for these 'ordinary' resources.

Senior is right, the Qingyang Sect needs to develop, and this opportunity is once in a lifetime!

No, this opportunity was given by Senior, I can't just think of myself.

Even if Senior doesn't need them, his Sect's many Disciples and Elders definitely will!

The more I collect, the better!

Thinking this, Profound Limitless no longer hesitated. He thanked Lin Chen and immediately set to work.

His movement technique was as swift as lightning, shuttling through the outer regions of the Forbidden Ground. Wherever he went, any Spiritual Medicine, Ore, or even strange bones and crystals that were old and of good quality were carefully collected into his storage Magic Treasure.

His movements were nimble, his eyes shining, like a poor boy who had entered a treasure mountain.

Lin Chen was happy to be at leisure, standing with his hands behind his back, watching Profound Limitless busy himself.

There were too many good things in the System's warehouse; these 'scraps' indeed couldn't catch his eye. However, seeing Profound Limitless's enthusiasm, he smiled from the bottom of his heart—

Profound Limitless was once an Immortal Venerable, so he definitely wouldn't have cared for these things before.

But now... Approximately half a day later, Profound Limitless returned content, his storage Magic Treasure packed full, his face flushed with excitement.

"Let's go, let's go inside and see the main attraction."

Lin Chen no longer delayed, taking him towards the deepest part of the Forbidden Ground, to the source of that hidden yet powerful aura.

The further they went, the harsher and more violent the environment became. Spatial turbulence flickered in and out of existence, hot magma streams flowed on the ground, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur and beastly stench.

Until a huge circular valley appeared ahead, the scene inside the valley made Profound Limitless gasp.

In the valley, a dense mass of over a thousand Immortal Beasts, varied in form and fierce in aura, had gathered!

Some were shaped like lions or tigers, with bone spurs on their backs.

Some resembled pythons or flood dragons, coiled on the mountain rocks.

Even more were Immortal Beasts with unidentifiable names, covered in hard carapaces or feathers... Their strengths varied, but the weakest among them emitted an aura comparable to a human Earth Immortal, and dozens of the particularly massive ones had a pressure that clearly reached the True Immortal level!

These Immortal Beasts seemed to be guarding something, all facing a deep, immeasurable cave in the center of the valley.

Noticing Lin Chen and his companion's intrusion, dozens of Immortal Beasts near the outer perimeter immediately let out threatening growls, their crimson beast eyes locked onto them.

"Intruders, leave quickly!"

A True Immortal Realm giant beast, resembling an Azure Dragon, spoke human words, its voice rumbling like thunder. "Disturb our master's slumber, and we will tear you to shreds and devour you!"

The beast horde roared in unison, the sound waves shaking loose gravel from the valley walls, and a terrifying Evil Qi surged forward.

"Senior..." Profound Limitless's face turned pale, and he subconsciously clenched his fists.

This display was too terrifying.

"Noisy."

Lin Chen frowned, seemingly annoyed by their noise.

He didn't even raise his hand; with just a slight thought, an invisible, intangible pressure, vast as the collapsing sky, spread like mercury, instantly enveloping the entire valley!

"Woof—!"

The thousand Immortal Beasts, which had just been raging fiercely, suddenly had their roars cut short, as if their throats had been choked.

The next moment, under Profound Limitless's dumbfounded gaze, these powerful Immortal Beasts, whether Earth Immortal-level, Heavenly Immortal Realm, or True Immortal Realm, were all slammed to the ground by an invisible giant hand!

Their four limbs lay prostrate, heads bowed, emitting frightened whimpers, unable to even move a claw!

They might have been able to struggle against the pressure of a Half-step Golden Immortal, but Lin Chen's will was an irresistible heavenly might to them!

"Let's go."

Lin Chen walked directly towards the deep cave in the center of the valley, as if he had casually brushed away a few flies, not even looking at the limp Immortal Beasts on the ground.

Profound Limitless swallowed hard and quickly followed, his heart still pounding.

Every time he thought he had overestimated Senior's strength, the next time it would always refresh his understanding.

Dozens of True Immortal Realm Immortal Beasts had no power to resist before Senior?

How terrifying was Senior's cultivation!

Just as the two figures disappeared into the cave, in various parts of the outer Forbidden Ground, many Cultivators who were exploring or competing for resources felt the terrifying pressure erupting from the depths, as well as the wails of the beast horde.

"That commotion just now... came from deep within the Forbidden Ground?"

"What terrifying pressure! Could it be that the legendary terrifying existence has awakened?"

"It's over! If that thing is truly awakened, we'll all die here!"

"Since we're all going to die anyway, Senior Sister, I have one last wish... could you please..."

A young Prodigy desperately hugged his Senior Sister's thigh, crying extremely sadly, "Senior Sister, I've been pursuing you for so long, please fulfill my wish!"

Slap—!

That Prodigy was kicked away by his Senior Sister.

"Dream on! How dare you have ideas about me, you're tired of living!"

"Even if I die, I won't let you benefit!"

...Inside the cave, there was another world.

Intense heat assailed them, and the air was filled with pure fire-elemental Spiritual Energy.

This was a massive lava cave, with a slowly churning crimson magma lake at its center.

At the heart of the lake, on a protruding black rock, a creature lay prostrate.

Its entire body was covered in silver-white, snow-like fur, which shimmered with a cool luster even under the magma's reflection.

Its physique was sleek and graceful, resembling a wolf but not quite, with a single crystal-clear spiral horn on its head. It slept with its eyes closed, surrounded by a faint moonlight and scorching fire Qi, two completely different energies coexisting harmoniously.

The pressure it naturally emitted even in slumber subtly warped the space within the cave.

"Is this the Upper Realm Heavenly Beast?"

Lin Chen's gaze fell upon it, and his Cave Heaven True Eye silently activated.