At that moment, it felt utterly hopeless. It had never imagined that even a being as high and mighty as itself could face such a day.
On the other side, just a moment before, Lin Yifan had been incredibly frightened, worried that the Mountain God would drag him down with it in its dying moments; the next moment, seeing the Mountain God unable to use its Soul Power, he suddenly burst out laughing, "Heh heh! You want to kill me? Did you ask for my bro Black's permission?"
Lin Yifan knew, for sure, that the thing had been restrained by the black bead; so he wouldn't be in any danger now.
With this assurance, he could be at ease.
Then, he took the initiative to walk over and strut in front of the Mountain God's soul, pulling faces and taunting it; after that, he raised his little fists and aimed punches at the Mountain God's face.
"That's for being so cocky! Be cocky again, I dare you!"
"Ant! I'll squash you like a damn watermelon!"
Lin Yifan kept kicking and hitting the Mountain God's soul in front of him, making the Mountain God experience the humiliation and pain it had just inflicted.
Without a physical body, the soul couldn't be punished by breaking its fingers; thus, Lin Yifan had no choice but to keep attacking the Mountain God's soul.
After a series of attacks and having vented his anger, Lin Yifan finally left the Mountain God's soul alone.
The Mountain God was extremely angry; it felt like a tiger being pressed down, only able to watch itself getting bullied without any power to fight back.
This kind of humiliation was something it had never experienced. Even the once mighty Qingxu Immortal had never been able to bully it .
It was very curious, curious about what kind of Magical Treasures Lin Yifan had inside him that could subdue its powerful soul that wasn't controlled by Cultivation Power.
However, it would never be able to find out what exactly was restraining its soul.
After his wrath subsided, Lin Yifan's soul shouted loudly, "Bro Black! Exterminate this ant, let it vanish from the human world forever, completely dissipate its soul."
The black bead, as if understanding Lin Yifan's command, immediately intensified its efforts and sucked the Mountain God's soul into itself.
The Mountain God was utterly unwilling, roaring, "I am the strongest! No one can annihilate me!"
But its rage and unwillingness could only become empty words.
The power of the black bead was beyond its imagination, and no matter how formidable it was, it was about to be devoured.
The next moment, it was absorbed by the black bead, never to escape again.
"So much for your strength, my bro Black is the truly most powerful one!" Lin Yifan said with disdain written all over his face.
Now, his understanding of, and unease about, the black bead—the lifesaver—grew stronger.
He didn't know the origin of the black bead, its function, or its purpose.
He felt that one day, the black bead would leave him, leave this world, and ascend into the void; just as no one ever knew how it had arrived in this world in the first place.
"Bro Black! Thank you! Thank you for saving my life once again!" Lin Yifan gratefully thought to himself.
Although he wasn't sure if the black bead was good or evil, since it had saved him, he should be grateful—that was the least common courtesy.
The black bead seemed excited, thumping twice with vigor, responding to his gratitude.
Lin Yifan smiled slightly, considering the current situation, the black bead seemed to be good in nature, at least it had no intention of harming him.
After dealing with the Mountain God, Lin Yifan opened his eyes and returned to the real world.
Just as he was about to take out an Elixir to recover his body, a bright light suddenly appeared out of nowhere and materialized in front of him.
Following that, an elder dressed in ancient white garments, with white hair, beard, sideburns, and eyebrows appeared in this beam of light.
Gazing at this elder, who looked ethereal and noble, Lin Yifan curiously asked, "Who are you?"
"Hehe! I am the owner of this Cave Mansion!" the elder replied.
"Cave Mansion? This is clearly a normal cave, where's there a Cave Mansion?" Lin Yifan curled his lips, feeling that the old man was fooling him.
The elder with white hair casually waved his hand, and the stone wall at the end of the cave split open from the middle, then the divided stone walls slowly opened to each side.
As the stone walls opened, the white light radiating from within grew increasingly intense, so dazzling that it was nearly blinding.
Lin Yifan instinctively blocked the intense white light to prevent damage to his eyes.
A few seconds later, the stone walls stopped, and the great doors of the Cave Mansion were completely opened.
This door of the Cave Mansion was actually protected by an Array, so for hundreds of thousands of years, the Mountain God was unable to open it. Its Realm had not recovered to its Peak state, it simply could not unsettle the Array laid by a powerhouse of the Immortal Realm.
Only this elder could open this stone door, and thus, even if the strong ones of today found this Cave Mansion, they could not obtain the treasures inside.
After the stone door opened, the piercing light finally began to fade, accompanied by the sight of oil lamps burning one after another.
The lamps cast a yellow glow, illuminating the grand entrance to the Cave Mansion.
This corridor was exquisitely decorated, carved with various totems, and besides, there were stone statues of soldiers on both sides guarding it, solemn and reverent, sacred and inviolable.
The Cave Mansion's dim yellow light shone outwards, and at this moment, Lin Yifan saw that the ground ahead was piled with skeletons, those of humans, cattle, sheep, poultry, and more, everything was there.
These must have been the remains left behind after the Demon Mountain God had devoured their flesh.
Lin Yifan had not expected the scene inside the cave to be so eerie. If the common folks of Qingshi Town were to see this, they would definitely go mad.
"My goodness! You should really take a good look at this scene here, just one glance, and you would understand your son's difficulty," Lin Yifan thought to himself, feeling that his mother's earlier attempt to stop him from eradicating the Mountain God was quite comical.
After the Cave Mansion opened, the elder with an ethereal and chivalrous demeanor began to speak, "How about it? Do you believe now?"
"Who are you? Why is your Cave Mansion here? And what treasures do you have inside your Cave Mansion?" Lin Yifan collected his emotions and asked curiously. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novelFɪre.net
He felt that this elder, radiating an aura of immortality, must be related to the powerhouse who had sealed the Demon Mountain God. Otherwise, his Cave Mansion would not be connected to the cave that had sealed the Demon Mountain God; moreover, he wouldn't have shown up to give someone a scare right after the Demon Mountain God had just vanished.
"Who I am is no longer important. The reason my Cave Mansion is here is that I am the one who sealed the demon," the Immortal elder replied.
"You are the powerful being who sealed the Demon Mountain God?" Lin Yifan was shocked.
This demon was not even feared by his Master, so its strength at its zenith must have been higher than his Master's, which meant it had surpassed the True Master Realm. How terrifying then must the strength of someone capable of sealing it away be?
Thinking about it, Lin Yifan couldn't help but shudder, feeling that the ethereal and chivalrous elder before him was very likely an Immortal who had ascended The Great Dao.