Chapter 1459

According to legend, the Abyss has seven layers of worlds, each subsequent layer much larger than the previous one. Even so, the area of the first layer is certainly not small. By the time Han Li and his group reached the planned entrance to the second layer, they had already spent four or five days traveling.

The previous day, everything had gone smoothly. They had been flying through the densely forested region, and aside from encountering a few waves of reckless feral birds, nothing unexpected had occurred.

But early on the second day, the three of them suddenly felt the sky above darken abruptly, and the surroundings turned a hazy gray.

Han Li was startled and lifted his head.

He discovered that the mist, which had originally been emitting a faint glow in the air, had completely vanished, and in the high altitude of ten thousand zhang, a dark stone wall had appeared, covered with stone formations resembling stalactites, hanging upside down. Even from a distance, some places showed lush moss and vine-like growths.

They had actually flown out of the range covered by the Gate of the Abyss and had finally entered the underground world of the first layer.

Fortunately, many trees on the ground, perhaps due to long-term residence in darkness, emitted a faint glow on their own, and some unknown minerals on the ground also emitted light to varying degrees.

Thus, this underground world was not truly pitch black; many things could still be seen clearly in the distance.

However, the feeling was completely different from before—the surroundings felt even more gloomy and dim.

Adding to this, occasional gusts of black mist and cold wind swept through, making one feel a creepy, hair-raising sensation.

But this was not the main issue. Shortly after entering this dark region, Han Li felt his spiritual sense being suppressed, able to extend only a few dozen zhang from his body.

This was despite his cultivation of the Dayan Technique, which made his spiritual sense far superior to that of ordinary Soul Transformation cultivators. One could imagine that Bai Bi and Lei Lan could only extend their spiritual sense a few zhang from their bodies at best.

Thinking this, Han Li swept his spiritual sense backward and indeed sensed that the two holy sons behind him had grim expressions.

However, the three of them were not particularly surprised by this.

The strange phenomenon of spiritual sense suppression had already been warned to them by several elders of the Tian Peng clan when they departed from the Holy City.

Not only were these outsiders affected, but even the native dark demonic creatures of the Abyss were no different. However, those demonic creatures, having long dwelled in the Abyss, had grown accustomed to this condition, while the Fei Ling tribe members, newly arrived, naturally felt great discomfort, and their various supernatural abilities were significantly diminished as a result.

Han Li paid no mind to this. He had experienced such spiritual sense suppression more than once before, and fighting under such conditions had become second nature to him.

After flying forward for several hours, Han Li suddenly frowned, then raised one hand, pointing a finger rapidly at the few floating moonstones spinning ahead.

With a few crisp "peng peng" sounds, each moonstone exploded on its own, vanishing into nothing.

Han Li's own blue light retracted, and he stopped his escape light.

The surroundings instantly became blurred, as if even the blowing black wind had grown several degrees colder.

Although Bai Bi and Lei Lan instinctively stopped their escape lights as well, they were both somewhat confused.

Lei Lan's face showed a strange expression as he was about to speak, when suddenly a faint buzzing sound came from all around, which quickly grew louder, and countless green light points suddenly appeared from all directions, rapidly flying toward the three.

"Yin Zhu Feng!" Lei Lan exclaimed in surprise, then immediately shouted out a name.

Upon hearing this, Bai Bi's expression also changed slightly.

"Not bad. It should be this kind of low-grade demon bee, and among all the low-grade demonic creatures in the Abyss, it is probably the most troublesome type. This demon bee loves to attack any moving, glowing object." Han Li glanced around, his expression calm as he spoke.

In fact, Han Li didn't need to explain so much—Lei Lan and Bai Bi had already seen the true nature of those green light points.

Within the green light clusters, there was indeed a creature only the size of a thumb, with a front half resembling a spider and a rear half bearing a stinger, its body a jade-green color but marked with yellow floral patterns, looking extremely fierce and vicious.

From a distance, the light points were dense and countless—there were certainly over ten thousand of them.

The number was astonishingly large!

Even Bai Bi and Lei Lan, as low-ranking spirit commanders, became solemn.

This was not because the two truly feared these insignificant demon bees, but because of their sheer numbers—even if all were slaughtered, it would likely consume a portion of their cultivation. Moreover, they were still in the first layer, having advanced only two days, and naturally did not wish to encounter such a battle.

Yet the demon bees' aggressive demeanor showed no sign of being easily crushed.

Helpless, Lei Lan and Bai Bi could only prepare to act.

One spread his dual wings, and fine silver arcs on the silver wings began to bounce and flicker; the other clenched his hands into seals, causing faint golden light threads to appear around his body, flickering in and out—unknown what kind of supernatural ability this was.

Han Li glanced sideways at the two, said nothing, opened his mouth, and spat out a ball of silver fire.

After a flash, the fireball transformed into a silver firebird the size of a fist.

This firebird merely spread its wings, and with a "peng" sound, it self-destructed in midair, turning into hundreds of silver sparks that scattered outward.

An unbelievable scene appeared.

When the silver sparks sank into the distant green light points, all the silver sparks spun around, then vanished and reappeared like ghosts. The nearby green light points, after the silver sparks passed, instantly flickered and went out.

As the hundreds of silver sparks danced in all directions, the surrounding green light points could not break through the interception, nor could they approach Han Li and his group even a single step closer.

Bai Bi and Lei Lan looked on, somewhat astonished.

Since the Yin Zhu Feng bees were notorious among Abyss demonic creatures for being difficult to deal with, they were naturally not this easily destroyed. The Yin Zhu Feng bees are entirely formed from condensed dark impurity energy, making ordinary attacks ineffective at destroying them. Even if their bodies were temporarily shattered or chopped apart, they could rely on the dark aura to recover fully in a short time. Unless they were completely annihilated in a single strike.

Thus, it is no surprise that this demon bee does not have such a reputation. Of course, this bee can only possess this ability in the Abyss, where dark aura is abundant; on the surface, it would lose this ability.

In fact, it's not just the Yin Zhu Feng bees—many other Abyss demonic creatures are similarly at home only in the Abyss, and their abilities are halved the moment they leave.

This is also the main reason the Fei Ling tribe can tightly seal the Abyss entrance. Otherwise, without this weakness, the Abyss demonic creatures would not be easily contained by the Fei Ling tribe alone.

The Spirit-Devouring Heavenly Fire appears light and insubstantial, seemingly without power, but in reality, each silver spark, upon contact with a Yin Zhu Feng bee, instantly turns its entire body to ash, devouring the dark aura within completely and utterly.

Under these circumstances, these insects naturally cannot speak of recovery.

Moreover, these Spirit-Devouring Heavenly Fires originally possessed a hint of spirituality, requiring no spiritual sense to drive them—they automatically fly to destroy enemies.

Thus, Han Li merely stood in midair with his hands clasped behind his back for a moment, and over ten thousand Yin Zhu Feng bees were completely annihilated by the Spirit-Devouring Heavenly Fire.

Afterward, he simply made a casual gesture with one hand, and instantly all the silver sparks gathered toward the center with a "pu" sound, re-forming into a fist-sized firebird, which flashed once and then vanished into Han Li's body, disappearing.

"Let's go!" Han Li said lightly, then transformed into a burst of green light and shot forward.

Lei Lan and Bai Bi suppressed their inner shock and silently followed, flying forward as well.

At this moment, regardless of how proud these two were or what they secretly thought of Han Li, after witnessing his slight display of supernatural ability, their outward compliance with his orders showed no significant resistance.

Thus, in this somewhat gloomy and humid forest region, the three flew for a day and a night before finally flying out of its edge.

The scenery ahead suddenly changed dramatically, revealing a strange desert of silver-gray color.

From afar, the sand of the entire desert emitted a cold light, appearing extremely desolate at a glance.

"Did I misremember? According to the map markings, this should be an underground river. How did it become like this?" Han Li hovered in midair, constantly turning over a spirit disk, a faint hint of surprise on his face.

"Han brother, you didn't make a mistake. Our map also says this place should be a river." After Bai Bi and Lei Lan checked the map simultaneously, their expressions also became doubtful.

"Could it be that over the years, the underground river has dried up, and the water has all flowed to the second layer?" Lei Lan said, his eyes flashing.

"The traces don't look like it. Even if all the water had drained away, how could this desert be like this?" Han Li, however, shook his head, disagreeing with this explanation.

"Then, Han brother, what do you think actually happened here?" Bai Bi 'rubbed' 'rubbed' his chin, smiling as he asked.

"I don't know. There's no need to figure out what exactly happened. We're just rushing through, not here to study the geographical changes of the Abyss. Let's hurry on, but once we enter the desert, just be a bit more careful." After a moment of silence, Han Li spoke with his usual 'expression'.

"That's true as well." Bai Bi gave a dazed smile.

Immediately, the three of them turned into three clusters of spiritual light and flew into the silver-'colored' desert ahead.

Although they spoke lightly, upon entering the desert, the three of them unconsciously increased their escape speed by a few notches, all wanting to quickly fly away from this somewhat eerie place.

This time, the three flew tens of thousands of li in one breath, but what met their eyes was still entirely silver-gray-'colored' sand grains, with not a single blade of grass or tree in sight.

"What is that?" Suddenly, Han Li's 'expression' stirred, a blue light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly gazed toward a not-so-distant spot to one side.

"Han brother, what happened!" Bai Bi's heart jumped, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Over there seems to be an oasis, and there's also a trace of bloody smell." Han Li replied in a deep voice.

"Bloody smell, I seem to have sensed it too. It's indeed from that direction!" Lei Lan's nose twitched slightly, and he spoke somewhat uncertainly.

"Could it be left behind by some Abyss wild beasts?" Bai Bi hesitated for a moment.

"Not likely. The heavenly and earthly spiritual energy over there is clearly somewhat 'chaotic', probably caused by the use of divine abilities. Let's go take a look first, then we'll decide." Lei Lan shook his head repeatedly and suggested.

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