The ground’s tremors suddenly became more intense.

Patches of land rose high, with countless rocks and trees scattering and flying, nearby big trees crashed down, and fallen leaves danced in the sky, depicting an apocalyptic scene.

The upheaval from underground also affected the deserted village.

The Five Elements Circle Array’s lights flickered intermittently, obviously resisting external impacts and could collapse at any time.

Su Jingyao, who was stationed there, continuously waved her hand, casting one magic talisman after another into the underground around her.

This True Disciple of Mingxiu Peak had a pale and stern face, unprecedentedly serious!

Fine beads of sweat were seeping from her forehead.

She was clearly under immense pressure.

In such a situation, there was no reason for Zhang Yuan to stand by idly.

However, he did not rush to act, standing with his saber in hand motionless, his eyes turned blood red.

Zhang Yuan not only activated the special vision of the Red-eyed Crow but also concentrated his spirit to fully perceive the movements from underground.

Bang!

The ground suddenly burst open where he stood, causing the thick layer of soil to sink downward.

A giant mouth brimming with sharp teeth suddenly appeared, attempting to swallow Zhang Yuan whole!

However, Zhang Yuan sensed the impending danger ahead of time, and before the giant mouth closed, he had already darted ten steps away.

The next moment, he abruptly stopped, turned, and swung out the Taowu Saber.

The dazzling sword aura instantly illuminated the dark deserted village, carrying an indomitable momentum, almost skimming the ground as it sliced the ferocious giant mouth that had just burst out of the surface.

Splurt!

The fierce sword aura cut through the thick and tough outer skin without any hindrance, slicing down half of the giant mouth, and dark green liquid gushed several feet high from the severed wound.

The remaining part retracted from the pain.

But Zhang Yuan did not stop there; he pursued it like lightning, leaping high into the air, then landing heavily.

The Taowu Saber stabbed into the ground for the second time.

Roar~

A fierce wail echoed from underground again.

Countless black tentacles burst out of the ground, wildly waving and clashing.

Zhang Yuan swung the saber horizontally, suddenly activating the Breaking Army Saber Momentum, slicing off dozens of tentacles in an instant!

"Rise!"

At this moment, Su Jingyao freed up both her delicate hands, holding two golden talismans.

Then she suddenly slapped them onto the ground in front of her!

The Five Elements Circle Array glowed brightly.

Bang!

The ground beneath Zhang Yuan rose high, and a massive amount of soil and rubble was lifted by an invisible force, a monster lurking underground was then revealed in its true form.

It was a giant worm!

Its body was thicker than a water tank, over three zhang in length, with black-brown, smooth, sticky skin, looking extremely disgusting.

The giant worm had mouths on both ends, with one end dripping with liquid, precisely where Zhang Yuan’s sword aura had cut earlier, causing quite severe injuries.

Drawn to the air by array power, the giant worm instinctively twisted and struggled desperately.

Seeing it about to break free and fall again.

Su Jingyao, pinching a magic formula, her face pale as paper, beads of sweat pouring down her forehead, obviously exerting all her strength.

Shwoosh!

A burst of golden light suddenly exploded, instantly transforming into a golden silk net, wrapping around the giant worm.

At the critical moment, Zhang Yuan deployed the Thousand Threads Net!

The Thousand Threads Net was a high-tier profound artifact owned by Su Jingyao, previously lent to Zhang Yuan to capture a Human-faced Butterfly.

After Zhang Yuan caught the Human-faced Butterfly, he returned it alongside the spoils to Su Jingyao.

This time entering the Cyan Profound Secret Realm for the Nine Peaks Grand Competition, Su Jingyao again temporarily lent this profound artifact to Zhang Yuan.

Because in Zhang Yuan’s hands, the Thousand Threads Net could be more effective!

And indeed it was.

Bang!

The giant worm was forcibly pulled back to the ground, its hefty body slammed against the stone, making a thunderous sound.

Feeling the earth’s breath, it frantically rolled and crashed, trying to break free from the binding Thousand Threads Net.

Zhang Yuan planted the Taowu Saber in front of him, tightly gripping the rope with both hands.

Engaged in a tug of war with this giant monster!

The giant worm’s struggling strength was immense, its body continuously contracting and expanding as it wriggled, its skin hardening and thickening, with the golden silk digging deeply yet unable to stop its resistance.

It even attempted to burrow back underground!

Zhang Yuan activated the Primordial Celestial Gang True Power to its fullest, yet couldn’t suppress the giant worm’s resistance.

He unhesitatingly awakened the Power of the Black Giant Ant.

Five times, ten times, fifteen times...

In a blink of an eye, Zhang Yuan amplified the power to its limit, eighteen times!

His physique suddenly grew stronger, muscles bulging, almost ripping his clothing.

And within the infusion of tens of thousands of kilos of strength, the binding power of the Thousand Threads Net surged.

This profound artifact bound the giant worm fiercely, the threads of golden silk snapping, even embedding deeply into its blood and flesh.

The giant worm wriggled painfully on the ground, both mouths continuously spewing out poisonous gas, also tearing at the Thousand Threads Net with sharp teeth.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuan immediately turned around, pulling the rope with full force, lifting the giant worm high.

Then slammed it down onto the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He swung the rope back and forth like this, repeatedly thrashing the monster, sometimes slamming it to the ground, other times crashing into the big trees nearby, raising a mighty gale, simulating a sky-collapsing, earth-shattering scene.

Though the giant worm was incredibly strong, its abilities were nearly restrained by the Thousand Threads Net, unable to withstand Zhang Yuan’s thousands of pounds force, its resistance growing weaker.

Zhang Yuan dashed the giant worm dozens of times, breaking over twenty or thirty trees.

Finally, the monster was battered to the verge of death.

Followed by Su Jingyao appearing next to the giant worm, slapping a Condensing Evil Talisman onto its head.

Streams of evil spirits were forcibly extracted!

The giant worm weakly struggled a few times, finally accepting its fate.

The process of condensing evil lasted for half an incense stick’s time.

Finally, in Su Jingyao’s hand, appeared an Evil Infant, shiny black with silver streaks on the surface.

While within the Thousand Threads Net, the giant worm’s flesh was completely consumed, leaving only a large thick insect skin.

"Fifth Grade!"

Su Jingyao wiped the sweat off her forehead, her face beaming with joy as she reported the good news to Zhang Yuan: "This Evil Infant is at least Fifth Grade, close to Sixth Grade level, we’ve made a big gain!"

Earlier, the two of them had captured a Fourth Grade Evil Infant.

And this Fifth almost Sixth Grade one is worth at least ten times, even dozens of times more than the Fourth Grade!

Most importantly, according to the sect competition rules, the converted score for the results will be even higher.

If two or three more Evil Infants of the same grade appear, then ranking Su Jingyao among the top three in the competition wouldn’t be a dream.

Her joy was imaginable!

Zhang Yuan released the Thousand Threads Net and was happy for her: "Yes, keep up the good work!"

This Cyan Profound Secret Realm truly holds great potential!