Chapter 950 - 674: Seizing the Foundation

Divine Land Continent, Western Chu Territory, Quyun County.

Lin Qiu Mountain is hidden amidst the continuous mountain range, although not exceedingly tall, its peaks are lush with ancient trees towering towards the sky, streams trickling through, Spiritual Qi swirling all around.

Though its Spiritual Rhyme is not as profound as Great Feather Grotto Heaven, among the Dao Foundation Cultivators in the vicinity, it stands as one of the foremost spirit veins of feng shui.

In the depths of the void, a thread of golden light gradually forms into a human shape.

Red Wood stands above the clouds, overlooking the entirety of Lin Qiu Mountain, nodding slightly.

"Being far from Golden Core and Purple Mansion powers, this is an excellent foundation for establishing a clan."

"With eighty thousand miles of spirit soil, fit for farming and planting, enough to nurture clan members for generations."

"Deep within the Earth Veins lies a thread of pure Golden Qi, if integrated with my Array Dao, it would become an impregnable fortress."

Such a place of spiritual splendor already has a master, naturally.

The master of the mountain is a mouse demon that has occupied this place for a hundred years, cultivation reaching Dao Foundation Early-stage peak, self-titled Biku Old Ancestor.

The original form is a void green mouse, inherently skilled in Void Escape Technique, elusive and unpredictable, with a cunning and ruthless nature.

The surrounding Dao Foundation families have long been unwilling to provoke this slippery, vicious demon.

Biku Old Ancestor hides its cave mansion deep in the mountains, laying down Concealment Restrictions, with the entire mountain foot dominated by hordes of mice.

Under its command, countless mouse offspring run rampant around Lin Qiu Mountain year-round.

Any mortals or Low Tier Cultivators who recklessly approach are lightly robbed of their possessions, or severely devoured by the mice hordes.

Over time, Lin Qiu Mountain became a notorious forbidden land that everyone nearby avoids.

Red Wood initially planned to hide within the void, secretly dismantling the mountain’s restrictions to quietly seize this foundation.

He conceals himself in the void, discreetly channeling the power of the Array Dao, bit by bit dismantling the Concealment Array around the cave mansion, deliberately restraining all aura, causing no disturbance.

But in the next moment, Red Wood’s heart suddenly warns:

"Hmm!"

Unexpectedly, Biku Old Ancestor’s sensing of void fluctuations is much sharper than he anticipated!

Buzz—

A reverberating sound, the void is torn apart by overwhelming vicious demon power, the piercing crack of space echoes causing nearby clouds to roll wildly.

A silhouette emerges out of the void, mouse-headed, human-bodied, draped in a green robe, sharp ears like blades, mouse whiskers bristling, a pair of small shadowy eyes glaring fiercely.

The demon power around it surges like ink, subtly entwined with earth-yellow Earth Vein Spiritual Qi, its aura quite mysterious.

Though transformed, it retains much of its original demon form, ten fingers are claws gleaming with a ghostly green cold light, an overwhelming evil presence.

Biku Old Ancestor instantly locks onto Red Wood in the void, a sharp shriek piercing the clouds, full of malevolence:

"Who dares intrude upon my territory, coveting my Lin Qiu Mountain? Truly, a death wish!"

It opens its mouth to spit, a dark whirlwind bursts forth, within it countless sand-like particles—Void Divine Sand.

Divine Sand concealed within the void appears silent and powerless, but is insidious and extremely difficult to guard against, contact causes the flesh to rot and Divine Soul to suffer, a truly vicious magic!

"What an eerie magic."

Red Wood’s eyes narrow, not daring to resist directly, radiant golden light bursts forth from his body as he suddenly transforms into a sharp Sword Rainbow, sweeping across to evade.

The Sword Light brushes past the edge of the black wind, even the Void Divine Sand grinds out sparks, demonstrating its sharp dominance.

Biku Old Ancestor’s mouse eyes squint, face full of mockery:

"Sword Cultivator? Quite skilled to avoid my Void Divine Sand."

"However, having entered my territory today, you are destined to find no escape!"

As the words fall, its demon power surges overwhelmingly, earth-yellow Spirit Light erupts from within, instantly connecting to the Earth Vein Spiritual Qi of the entire Lin Qiu Mountain.

The mountains tremble faintly, earth energy roiling endlessly.

This is the Dao Foundation it relies upon to dominate—belonging to [Di Tu], named [Moving Mountain Peak].

This Dao Foundation takes the earth as its root, excels at manipulating mountain forms and earth veins, drawing the spirit energy of the mountains and streams for personal use, complemented by innate Void Escape Technique, mutually reinforcing and adding prowess, allowing it to run rampant in the surroundings for years, no one daring to provoke it.

"Kill!"

Biku Old Ancestor gives a low shout, earth-yellow Spirit Light expands vast and wide, the surrounding mountain terrain twists and changes.

Several thick earth dragons burst from the ground, their bodies wrapped in jagged rocks, roaring and charging at Red Wood.

On the ground, earth-yellow hills rise, layer upon layer spanning the void, sealing off all escape routes.

Even more intimidating was that Ancestor Bi Kong rapidly sealed with both hands, and in the void above, the shadows of several divine mountains slowly manifested.

Yu Qiong Mountain, Celestial Mountain, Qiu Jin Mountain... all renowned grotto heavens within the Western Chu region, perpetually guarded by True Masters of the Purple Mansion.

Though true mountains had not descended, the Dao Foundation of moving mountains induced the Earth Vein Qi, and the mountain pressure fell as if real, crashing down fiercely upon Chi Mu.

At the same time, he activated his innate demon magic, with void fluctuations and the Spirit Vein Spiritual Qi merging into one, his escape speed surged several times over.

His figure flickered between the earth dragons, hills, and divine mountain shadows, sometimes appearing to sneak attack with claws, sometimes concealing in the void to harbor killing moves in the dark, difficult to predict and impossible to guard against.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The shadows of the divine mountains fell continuously, the ground cracked with ravines everywhere, Spiritual Qi chaos rampant over the land, and the entire Lin Qiu Mountain fell into turmoil.

Chi Mu gripped the Golden Sword, Sword Light slicing up and down, continuously shattering the earth dragons charging at him and splitting the hill barriers blocking the way.

But the divine mountain shadows bore the power of the mountains, with extreme pressure, each collision shook his Dao Foundation faintly.

Chi Mu sighed inwardly:

"Such a strong Dao Foundation!"

"This mouse demon really is troublesome, with mountain-moving Dao Foundation supporting void concealment, combining offense, defense, and escape kills as one."

"If it were an ordinary Tao Foundation Cultivator of the same level, encountering this technique, they would simply be unable to withstand it."

Knowing his opponent’s deeply entangled foundation, Chi Mu fought while retreating, his own form also vanishing into the void, the Sword Light streaming around his body, firmly protecting himself.

"Young one, showing off your skills before an expert, you came delivering yourself, you can’t escape my grasp!"

Ancestor Bi Kong saw Chi Mu repeatedly backing off, assuming he was at the end of his strength, his ferocity increased, he too vanished into the void in pursuit.

The mouse claws repeatedly struck out, Divine Sand in the void scattered all over, earth dragons roared, divine mountain shadows followed closely, relentlessly pursuing and attacking, not granting Chi Mu a single moment’s respite.

...

Swoosh!

The void tore open.

A streak of golden light broke through the air, pursued closely by a ghostly green demon shadow, it was none other than Chi Mu and Ancestor Bi Kong.

Ancestor Bi Kong’s mouse eyes fixed on the golden light ahead, contemplating:

"This Sword Cultivator, though not of [Di Tu] Cultivator origin, has an extraordinary foundation, if I can consume him, I might hope to step into Dao Foundation Mid-stage!"

This was the fundamental reason for his persistent pursuit.

In an instant, the two arrived at a canyon embraced by mountains, with relatively weak Earth Veins.

At this moment, Chi Mu abruptly halted, advancing instead of retreating, his gaze icy cold, he shouted:

"Array—activate!"

As his words fell, he willed in his heart, golden light burst around him, resonating instantly with the hidden Golden Qi of the Earth Veins around the canyon, Spiritual Mechanism surged throughout the world.

Array—activate!

In an instant, the entire canyon shook violently, the ground undulated intensely!

From beneath the earth, brilliant gold Array Banners emerged out of nowhere, rooting deep into the Earth Veins, golden light piercing through the clouds like a celestial curtain, thoroughly enveloping the canyon!

Golden Light Array!

This array had been long re-refined by his dad using void treasures from the Great Feather Grotto Heaven, no longer the ordinary Defense Array of Mountain City back in the days.

Not only was the defense vastly enhanced, it added a layer of sealing power against the void, precisely counteracting Ancestor Bi Kong’s [Moving Mountain] Dao Foundation.

"Not good!"

Ancestor Bi Kong’s face drastically changed, his mouse whiskers stood erect, an overwhelming sense of danger rose in his heart.

He reflexively attempted to activate the Void Escape Skill to flee, but the space around him was as a wall of iron and locks, firmly confined, preventing even a slight spatial fluctuation.

What frightened him to the core was that within his body, the [Moving Mountain] Dao Foundation started to violently agitate, the surrounding Spirit Vein Spiritual Qi was completely cut off by the Golden Light Array, unable to move it ever so slightly.

The earth dragons, hills, and divine mountain shadows evolved from the Dao Foundation earlier on lost their Spiritual Qi support in an instant, transforming into scattered stones, crashing to the ground, dust clouding the air.

"Damn it! You calculated against Ancestor!"

Ancestor Bi Kong issued a anguished cry, now fully aware that from the beginning to end, he had fallen into Chi Mu’s scheme.

Within this Golden Light Array domain, his abilities were more than halved, the Void Escape Skill was rendered useless, the Dao Foundation suppressed, already driven to a desperate situation, the threat of demise was close at hand.