Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Moreover, its spells cause significant terrain destruction; during a battle, if one is not careful, it is very easy to collapse the mine tunnels.

But now, the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast was proving to be extremely ferocious, and Zhou Chun could only let it come out to serve as a meat shield to block the firepower for him.

As expected, when the Rock Earth Turtle appeared, the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast immediately felt threatened, and its attention swiftly focused on it.

The two differed greatly in size, but in terms of cultivation level, the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast was actually a bit stronger.

Zhou Chun estimated that for the Rock Earth Turtle to reach the level of the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast, it would need to eat that piece of Feldspar Stone first.

He had now understood why the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast had appeared here.

It was mostly attracted by the rich Golden Qi accumulated inside the gourd, wanting to devour the abundant Golden Qi to strengthen its bloodline and attempt to advance to a mid-level Demon Beast.

Among the low-level Demon Beasts, the bloodline of the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast was not bad, and its evolved form, the "Golden Armor Earth-Evasion Beast," was also a very powerful mid-level Demon Beast.

Luckily, the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast was now injured by the "Mini Thousand Hills Seal," and even though the Rock Earth Turtle's cultivation level was a bit weak, with its thick defense, it was not at all afraid of the opponent.

Zhou Chun hid behind the Rock Earth Turtle, his mind turning, and immediately issued an order to it.

The Rock Earth Turtle opened its mouth and spat out a ball of yellow light, which flew towards the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast and instantly turned into an earthy-yellow light dome, trapping it inside.

This was the Earth Element Technique "Earth Prison Technique" that the Rock Earth Turtle had mastered after advancing to a higher grade Demon Beast, capable of encircling territory and trapping enemies.

The Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast, trapped in the prison, certainly would not sit still and wait for death; it immediately started snarling and clawing at the light dome.

Under its sharp claws, the earthy-yellow light dome quickly showed cracks and seemed unable to hold it for much longer.

But at that moment, Zhou Chun seized the opportunity to cast the secret technique, "Five Elements Spiritual Armor Technique," adding another layer of insurance to himself.

When the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast tore through the "Earth Prison Technique" and regained its freedom, a silver-black circular Magic Artifact whistled down upon it, striking it and sending it flying into the mine's tunnel wall.

However, the creature's defense was so strong that even such a hit seemed not to have caused any significant damage; it merely agitated its internal injury and caused it to spit a small mouthful of blood.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun knew it was impossible to end the battle quickly and had to prepare for a prolonged fight.

Now he could only drag it out, gradually aggravating the internal injuries of the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast, wearing it down to death.

Subsequently, Zhou Chun and the Rock Earth Turtle engaged in a back-and-forth fierce battle with the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast in the underground mine tunnels.

After nearly a quarter of an hour of continuous fighting, Zhou Chun had to take a "Rejuvenation Pill" to recover his mana, and only then did he finally manage to wear down the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast to death.

The dead Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast's body showed no obvious wounds on the surface; it died mainly due to massive internal bleeding.

The direct cause of its death was still the initial bombardment from the "Mini Thousand Hills Seal."

"A Rejuvenation Pill is worth eighty Spirit Coins, and there's also the loss of half a gourd of Golden Qi, which is at least worth thirty Spirit Coins, not to mention the destroyed dark black Iron Shield Dharma Tool, which would take at least sixty to seventy Spirit Coins to replace; I wonder if I've made a profit or a loss this time!"

In the mine tunnel, a breathless Zhou Chun looked at the corpse of the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast on the ground, his face revealing a wry smile.

In fact, in the midst of the battle, the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast had given up on the idea of escaping with the gourd Magic Artifact, and he could have let it escape.

That way, at least he wouldn't have needed to use a Rejuvenation Pill.

But at that time, seeing that he could kill the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast with a bit more effort, Zhou Chun didn't consider so much.

Now, he just hoped that the body of the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast would be worth the cost.

As the body of the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast could curl up, Zhou Chun rolled it up and, to his surprise, was able to fit the entire body into his Storage Pouch, which saved him a lot of effort.

After storing the body, he looked at the half gourd of Golden Qi left and felt a pang of heartache, shaking his head.

Initially, he would have been able to return to his family right after this, but now it seems he had to continue staying here for a while longer.

"Right, the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast seemed to have the habit of collecting various Spirit Gold ores; might there be Pure Gold Ore in its nest?"

Just as he was about to leave this tunnel, Zhou Chun looked at the hole the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast had broken through to escape, and suddenly, an idea struck him about something he had almost overlooked.

After inspecting the entrance of not more than two feet wide, he called over the Silver Lightning Python, Baibai.

"Baibai, it's up to you now."

Following Zhou Chun's command, the Silver Lightning Python Baibai immediately slithered into the hole created by the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast, following its lingering scent to locate its nest.

Zhou Chun had no idea how far away the nest of the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast was from here, and now he could only wait.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Baibai finally came back out.

Through communication with Baibai, Zhou Chun confirmed that the nest of the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast indeed contained Pure Gold Ore.

But the challenge was how to retrieve that Pure Gold Ore.

The hole made by the Golden Armored Piercing Mountain Beast was too small; Zhou Chun's body could barely squeeze through it.

The problem was that this path was four to five miles long and extremely difficult to navigate due to its twisty, winding nature.

If he were to go in, and if someone else happened to come to this place in the meantime, he would be trapped like a turtle in a jar.