49: Monster attacks, armored thunder ape

One side of Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff has a hundred-zhang sheer cliff, as if chiseled by a Heavenly God.

The granite-textured rock face is very smooth, preventing most Yao Beasts and Cultivators from walking and climbing on it, forming a natural barrier.

Lin Yongmao stood at the edge of the cliff, looking at the indigo-colored clouds and mist before him, as if hundreds of Flood Dragons were surging.

Although the view here is not as good as the Family's highest peak, where the Scripture Pavilion is located, it has a unique charm.

The thick mist suddenly churned and surged like a living creature, and the sound of a fierce beast whimpering came from the rock face.

Lin Yongmao's breath hitched; this was something that had never happened before—a Yao Beast or wild beast had actually invaded Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff where he was located.

However, he was not afraid because Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff was protected by the Grass and Trees are All Soldiers Formation.

If he wanted, he could even include the rock face within the Formation's protective range.

Judging by the whimpering sound the Yao Beast made, it should at least not be a second-tier Yao Beast, and Lin Yongmao's mind began to stir.

Yao Beasts often appear on Cloud Mist Mountain, all of them having run out from the Qingyang Mountain Range.

If the Yao Beasts in the Qingyang Mountain Range are not cleared in time, this situation will become more and more frequent.

Since the incoming Yao Beasts were not strong, Lin Yongmao decided to take action and kill them.

His lack of combat experience was not a good thing; it would be difficult if he encountered a situation that truly required combat, so this was a good opportunity to hone himself.

He manipulated the Formation Plate, temporarily expanding the range of the Grass and Trees as Soldiers Formation.

The Grass and Trees as Soldiers Formation is a High Grade second-tier Formation, with an extremely wide coverage.

As long as Lin Yongrong was willing, it could even cover the entire Cloud Mist Mountain.

When the All Grass and Trees Are Soldiers Formation also covered the cliffs of Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff, Lin Yongmao could perceive the emotions of the plants on the cliff and even share their perspectives.

Although it was a hard rock wall, there were always some plants that could break through the stone.

He even sensed the aura of a Spirit Medicine.

There was a lone pine on the rock face, its roots deeply embedded in the stone, and it was through this lone pine that Lin Yongmao saw the traces of the Yao Beast's activity.

The figures of three apes appeared faintly in the mist.

Lin Yongmao realized: only ape-type Yao Beasts could easily move on such a smooth rock face.

The Ironclad Thunder Ape's three-zhang-tall body hung upside down like a pendulum, its black-green skin covered in profound iron scales, with fine electric sparks crackling at every joint of its armor.

Most terrifying were its half-closed vertical pupils, with intricate lightning patterns remaining in their golden-red irises, and even after being dead for a long time, purple lightning still crackled intermittently between its eyelash-like keratin layers.

It is rumored that the Ironclad Thunder Ape possesses a trace of the Bloodline of the ancient Divine Beast, Zhuyan, and its Innate talent is extremely strong; not only is its iron armor's defensive capability powerful, but it can also manipulate terrifying thunder and lightning power.

Lin Yongmao was not a Beast Tamer, so he naturally didn't know the detailed information about the Ironclad Thunder Ape, but he had an Attribute Panel, and through the lone pine's perspective, he was able to investigate the Ironclad Thunder Ape's information.

These three Ironclad Thunder Apes had not yet grown, but all of them were already at the tenth level of the first tier, equivalent to the Great Perfection Realm of the Qi Refinement Stage for human immortal cultivators.

Relying solely on his own ability, Lin Yongmao would definitely not dare to make a move, but he had a Formation!

The Grass and Trees as Soldiers Formation.

After Lin Yongmao's Divine Sense improved, the flexibility of controlling the Formation also strengthened.

Some vine-like plants on the rock face began to burn their Origin of life and grow wildly, and caught off guard, all three Ironclad Thunder Apes were restrained, almost falling directly off the cliff.

From a hundred-zhang-high cliff, if they fell, they would perish immediately.

Feeling the changes in the plants around them, the Ironclad Thunder Apes quickly defended passively, and a surge of lightning power transmitted through their iron armor; after all, they were just ordinary vines, and in an instant, they became scorched and completely lost their vitality.

If they were ordinary first-tier Yao Beasts, these vines might be able to restrain them, but these were powerful Ironclad Thunder Apes, so it was reasonable that it didn't work.

Lin Yongmao quickly connected his Divine Sense with the sword soul grass, this sword soul grass being one of his hidden powerful trump cards.

The dark golden leaves of the sword soul grass cut through the thick mist, detached from the plant, and attacked the three Ironclad Thunder Apes on the side of the cliff face.

The leaves were like a Flying Sword, their sharpness far exceeding that of ordinary High Grade Magical Artifacts, even stronger than the High Grade Magical Artifact Zhanjin Sword purchased by Lin Yucheng.

The sword soul grass belongs to the Immortal Plant of the ancient era; once it grows, its power can rival an Immortal Artifact.

There is a saying that the legendary Four Immortal Slaying Swords were refined from the leaves of the sword soul grass.

Every additional leaf the sword soul grass grows, its power will be ten times stronger.

The sword soul grass cultivated by Lin Yongmao was still just a single-leaf sword soul grass, but its attacking ability was already no less than that of a High Grade Magical Artifact.

The leaves of the sword soul grass contained Innate sword light, and their speed was extremely fast, almost reaching the three Ironclad Thunder Apes in the blink of an eye.

Lin Yongmao also experienced the feeling of wielding a sword, with his Divine Sense completely controlling the movement of the leaf Flying Sword.

The leaf Flying Sword pierced towards one of the Ironclad Thunder Apes, and the hard iron scales peeled off piece by piece amidst the Thunder Ape's mournful cries, revealing the bright red flesh inside its chest cavity.

The Ironclad Thunder Ape's defensive ability was extremely strong, but it unexpectedly failed to withstand the ultimate attack of the leaf Flying Sword.

Lin Yongmao speculated that by controlling the leaf Flying Sword with his Divine Sense at the Foundation Establishment Stage Realm, he could briefly unleash the power of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The other two Ironclad Thunder Apes, seeing one of them severely wounded, immediately attacked the leaf Flying Sword.

The scales on the Ironclad Thunder Ape's back, which stood on end, were erupting with blue-purple electric arcs.

The blue-purple lightning attack landed on the leaf Flying Sword, but it had no damaging effect, as if the sword soul grass leaf could completely immune to lightning attacks.

One of the Thunder Apes, roaring furiously, transformed into a ball of lightning and crashed into it; since Spells were useless, it directly attacked with its physical body, but the leaf Flying Sword, under Lin Yongmao's control, stopped in mid-air.

The Flying Sword attacked again, piercing the left shoulder of another Thunder Ape, and immediately, a cloud of blood mist gushed out.

The last Ironclad Thunder Ape also did not escape, being hit in the arm by the Flying Sword; this Ironclad Thunder Ape's arm hung down, one arm completely crippled.

After witnessing the powerful strength of the sword soul grass leaf Flying Sword, the three Ironclad Thunder Apes had long harbored thoughts of retreating.

Lin Yongmao naturally chose to press the advantage; countless thorny vines grew wildly into a cage, engulfing the Yao Beasts and the remaining lightning power.

The vine cage slowly ascended, and the three Ironclad Thunder Apes were heavily flung onto the ground.

Lin Yongmao again directed the leaf Flying Sword to attack, and only after confirming that the three Ironclad Thunder Apes had completely lost their ability to move did he slowly walk forward.

Even though they were defeated, they still looked fierce.

In fact, most Yao Beasts are like this; they will not easily submit and believe that humans are weak creatures, so it is extremely difficult to subdue them and make them Spirit Pets.