Origin Land, Green Hills Ancient Mountain.

The previously tranquil and peaceful forest was now chaotic, with incessant noise.

Wherever one looked, black fog spread and thorny vines covered the ground.

"Elder Tree, Lord of Silence, I welcome you to visit my Green Hills Ancient Mountain, but summoning so many thorny vines and filling my mountain with black fog, what is the meaning of this?"

A graceful nine-tailed fox woman hovered high in front of the two unwelcome powerful visitors, her voice soft as water as she questioned them.

Although she was questioning them, her voice did not carry a trace of anger, making those who listened feel immensely refreshed.

"It means nothing special. We just want to borrow the fox women of your Green Hills Ancient Mountain to aid the living beings of the Land of Oblivion in enhancing their strength through dual cultivation."

The man known as the Lord of Silence spoke, his voice hoarse and lifeless.

Hearing these words, the mountain lord of Green Hills Ancient Mountain, who was the soft-voiced nine-tailed fox woman, suddenly had a somber expression on her face.

No longer soft and gentle, her gaze turned icy, readying herself for a great battle.

"Mountain Lord, there is no need to be so hostile towards us. We won't just borrow your fox women for nothing. We will exchange them for equivalent evolution resources."

A man in a green robe spoke amiably to the mountain lord of Green Hills Fox Mountain.

This man was Elder Tree of the Sun-Moon Sacred Land, a mythical level creature who had lived for countless epochs and whose formidable strength allowed him to dominate the Origin Land, ranking at the very top of the combatants there.

"My Green Hills Ancient Mountain is self-sufficient. We don't need the Evolution Resources from the Sun-Moon Sacred Land."

The mountain lord of Green Hills Ancient Mountain refused without hesitation.

Elder Tree still smiled: "Won't you reconsider?"

"No. Please leave."

Su Meixiao, the mountain lord of Green Hills Ancient Mountain, spoke with firm decisiveness.

Hearing such a response, Elder Tree's smile faded, his expression turning cold.

The next second—

"Hum!"

"Hum!"

"Hum!"

Accompanied by a whooshing sound, countless poisonous, spiked thorns soared into the sky at a speed undetectable even by Divine Sense, and shot towards Su Meixiao in the sky.

The path of the thorns left striking fissures in the air, exposing a pitch-black, lifeless void.

As the thorns soared, the surrounding black fog also thickened suddenly, dark as ink, quickly rising into the sky and beginning to rain down black rain.

Seeing Elder Tree and Lord of Silence erupt into action without a word of consensus, Su Meixiao knew she could not avoid today's calamity.

Thus, with a resolute heart, she sacrificed the vast Origin Force contained within her Divine Sense, instantly activating the massively consuming Mountain Protection Array to defend against the joint attack of Elder Tree and Lord of Silence.

The moment the Mountain Protection Array activated, numerous beams of purple light rose from the ground and instantly formed a layer of purple light membrane, blocking the incoming thorns and black rain outside the mountain.

Seeing this, Elder Tree and Lord of Silence immediately increased the intensity of their attacks and enchanted their offensive means.

"Hum!"

"Hum!"

"Hum!"

The thorns, swirling with Mysterious Runes and able to tear through space, shot towards the light membrane like chains that hauled souls.

The dense black fog quickly rose high into the sky, forming a storm cloud of tribulation that covered the entire Green Hills Ancient Mountain in darkness. Then, it violently struck down a pillar of lightning bright enough to illuminate the whole mountain.

"Boom—!"

A thunderous sound exploded.

The thorns and lightning pillar simultaneously struck the protective light membrane of Green Hills Ancient Mountain, setting off a terrifying backlash that shook the entire Southern Domain, with smoke billowing everywhere.

A moment later, the smoke cleared.

The light membrane above Green Hills Ancient Mountain was unharmed, only slightly faded in color.

The fading was minimal, almost imperceptible without close inspection.

"To be able to block our attacks, this protective array of Green Hills Ancient Mountain is something."

Lord of Silence, with a vacant gaze, said as he looked at the light membrane below.

Elder Tree chuckled lightly: "After all, it's an array set by that old man from the Eastern Region, its strength is acceptable."

After saying this, he added: "But it's only just acceptable. As long as we continue attacking continuously, this so-called Protective Mountain Array won't last long."

Lord of Silence agreed with this and quickly launched another attack on the light membrane below, intending to seize Green Hills Ancient Mountain as early as possible to avoid any unforeseen changes.

Elder Tree, noticing this, also joined in attacking.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The sound of Origin Force exploding on the light membrane rang out, one after the other.

The light on the light membrane was visibly dimming.

As time passed, the light membrane was bound to rupture and shatter.

Su Meixiao, inside the light membrane, could only continuously consume Origin Force to fortify the light membrane.

But she was well aware that she wouldn't be able to hold out for long.

If she wanted to protect Green Hills Ancient Mountain, she had to secure a powerful ally before the light membrane broke.

Thinking this, she immediately transmitted a message with a thought to her most trusted Holy Maiden:

"Jiujiu, leave the Ancient Mountain through the Teleportation Array in my room, go to the Eastern Region and find that old man for support. Tell him that Sun-Moon Sacred Land and Land of Oblivion intend to seize Green Hills Ancient Mountain and ask him to hurry over!"

While she was transmitting the message to the Holy Maiden.

Outside the Mountain Protection Array, Elder Tree, while attacking the light membrane with all his might, said to Lord of Silence: "By the way, when I controlled an avatar to attack Earth City No. 1, I discovered something strange."

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