Chapter 1760

Although Han Li could not immediately see what had changed in the leopard qilin beast, he knew that anything capable of making even him feel threatened now must be absolutely different from the ordinary.

Unfortunately, he had no time to study it in detail now, and could only wait until after leaving the Guanghan Realm to properly examine this beast's anomaly.

Han Li pondered in his heart, communicated with the leopard qilin beast via spiritual sense, gave a warning, then sat cross-legged, eyes slightly closed, and began to meditate.

The magic power restored last time was originally not much, and after another major battle with the Jiaochi people, the spiritual power left in his body was barely any.

Thus, Han Li stayed in this tree hollow for about seven days before restoring nearly ninety percent of his internal magic power.

According to his original intention, he naturally planned to fully restore his magic power before leaving the ground path.

But at noon on the eighth day, a sudden low growl came from the leopard qilin beast into his ears.

Han Li shuddered, instantly waking from his meditation, and suddenly opened his eyes.

A chaotic fluctuation of spiritual energy flickered faintly nearby, and from extremely far away came intermittent explosive sounds.

It seemed as if someone was fighting in the sky above.

Han Li's heart stirred, and without a word, he silently extended his spiritual sense to sweep outside the tree hollow.

As a result, his expression could not help but become somewhat strange.

Only then did he see that in the treetops above, a fierce battle between savage beasts was clearly unfolding.

One large and one small, two extraordinarily dissimilar strange beasts were battling and chasing each other nonstop in the sky several thousand zhang high.

The one in front was only about a zhang in size, but its entire body was covered in fur shining with golden light, its eyes pitch black and striking to the eye—it was actually the Dark Beast King that Han Li had seen being pursued by its own kind in the Dark Beast Forest.

However, this Dark Beast King at this moment was even more disheveled: not only were many patches of its fur scorched, but its long, slender tail had mysteriously lost more than half its length.

Yet even so, this beast's ferocity showed no sign of diminishing—it transformed into a golden streak, shooting forward to escape, while continuously turning its head to spit out one after another golden wind blade.

As soon as these golden wind blades left the golden Dark Beast's maw, they instantly expanded to several feet in size, flashed past, and then struck viciously into the empty space dozens of zhang behind.

The other strange beast behind, however, seemed oblivious to these golden wind blades—its body surface spiritual light flickered, and it simply bounced these attacks away.

The strength of its defensive divine ability was truly shocking!

And this strange beast behind was over ten zhang long—it was actually a mysterious monster with a pig's head and a dragon's body.

Its skull was snow white, its body glowing with blue light, and its aura seemed even stronger than that of the golden Dark Beast.

No wonder the Dark Beast King dared not confront it head-on, merely fleeing while engaging in evasive maneuvers.

Han Li collected the leopard qilin beast, a green light flashed on his body, and he held his breath.

Most of the two beasts' attention was focused on the powerful enemy before them, so they did not notice Han Li below.

After a moment, the two beasts, one ahead and one behind, swept past above the forest and vanished into the distant horizon.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly, the green light on his body retracted, and he returned to normal.

"How did this Dark Beast King also end up here!"

He naturally felt a bit surprised in his heart.

However, facing these two beasts now, he did not feel too much fear, and of course would not foolishly invite trouble for himself—this was why he had remained hidden just moments ago.

Although the appearance of the Dark Beast King was somewhat sudden, since it had little to do with him, Han Li did not think further about it.

After this disturbance, he no longer intended to stay in this place.

After all, the two beasts left behind an unusually strong aura as they passed through the forest, which would easily attract other savage beasts from nearby areas.

Fortunately, the direction in which the two beasts were chasing did not match where he needed to go, so he had little to worry about.

After collecting the restriction at the entrance, he transformed into a green streak and flew out of the tree hollow, continuing on his journey.

In his escape light, he held a top-grade spirit stone in each hand, continuously drawing pure spiritual energy from them.

He believed that even without special breathing exercises or meditation, he would soon be able to fully replenish his internal magic power.

Han Li traveled day and night, and this journey lasted a full month.

Along the way, aside from encountering some oblivious low-level savage beasts, he did not provoke any trouble nor encounter any other foreign tribes.

He was naturally overjoyed.

One day, while in his escape light, Han Li saw in the distance a vast lake ahead that seemed to have no visible end.

The lake surface was blue-green like the sea, the sky filled with ten thousand miles of dark clouds, presenting a serene and beautiful scene.

Upon seeing this lake, Han Li's lips curled into a faint smile, and he carefully extended his spiritual sense to sweep across the nearby lake surface.

If the map was not wrong, his destination should be reached very soon.

After a moment, he withdrew his spiritual sense.

A loud cracking sound rang out, and the green streak he had transformed into suddenly plunged into the air above the lake surface, then shot forward toward deeper waters.

After several hours, Han Li's expression changed slightly.

The lake's vastness far exceeded his original expectations—even with his terrifying escape speed and such a long duration, the surroundings remained an endless, boundless vista.

If not for the fact that his map had shown no errors all along, he would have thought he had mistakenly entered some nameless sea.

What made Han Li even more uneasy was that since entering this lake region, aside from some ordinary fish in the lake bottom, he had rarely seen any other spiritually aware beasts.

Occasionally, a few appeared, but they were all very low-level and skilled at hiding—lake beasts that remained completely concealed in hidden spots at the lake bottom, motionless.

If not for his spiritual sense being extraordinarily strong, he would truly have been unable to easily detect their traces.

Han Li's eyes flickered as his vigilance rose greatly, and his thoughts raced rapidly.

This situation was not unfamiliar to him—nine out of ten times, it meant a fearsome savage beast was lurking in the lake, driving away the lower-level beasts.

Although the Stone Cocoon Tribe had clearly stated earlier that this area was safe and had no powerful savage beasts,

that statement referred to the time when the Guanghan Realm was last opened—so many years have passed since then, and it would not be surprising if this place had been taken over by some powerful savage beast.

Thinking this, he could not help but feel a bit hesitant.

For the sake of some refining materials from the Stone Cocoon Tribe, was it still worth taking this risk? It seemed he needed to reconsider.

After all, even if he did not make this trip, Duan Tianjing had said he would intercede on behalf of the super teleportation formation.

Given his status in the Stone Cocoon Tribe, he should not be speaking falsely. But he feared not ten thousand things—he feared the one in ten thousand.

Moreover, he had rushed here in such a dusty and weary state after such a long time, and now he simply turned around and left immediately—naturally, he was also unwilling to accept this.

Han Li's expression fluctuated as he pondered thus, and without realizing it, his escape speed began to slow considerably.

At that moment, at the far end of the lake's surface, a black dot appeared, which gradually grew larger, eventually forming a huge island in the middle of the lake.

Seeing this, Han Li narrowed his eyes and simply stopped his escape light, gazing into the distance.

The island appeared to be over a thousand li in width, and on it stood two mountains, one tall and one short, side by side and connected.

The taller mountain was over ten thousand zhang high, its surface covered in gray dust, with the upper half completely devoid of grass. The shorter mountain was also three or four thousand zhang high, but its entire body was lush green, with exceptionally dense vegetation.

"So this is the place!" Han Li murmured twice, his gaze swiftly fixing on the gray mountain, staring intently without blinking.

The island's shape almost exactly matched that recorded on the map, and the rare materials mentioned by the Stone Cocoon Tribe were precisely a unique ore found on the tall mountain.

This ore is produced only in the Guanghan Realm, and it seems quite important to this tribe.

As Han Li stared blankly, his expression suddenly changed, and he flicked his sleeve downward.

A flash of green light shot out as a small green sword emerged.

Almost simultaneously, the seemingly calm, mirror-like lake surface below suddenly erupted with a "Boom!" as a water column shot forth, rushing directly toward Han Li in a fierce assault.

A flash of green light split the water column into two.

With a strange "Gua!" cry, a monster fish hidden within the water column was likewise severed into two pieces by the sword light, scattering green blood across the lake surface as it fell.

Han Li lowered his head, and as a blue light flashed in his eyes, he clearly saw the monster fish's appearance.

This fish was only about a chi in length, but its entire body was emerald green, with two wings on its back. Upon closer inspection, its skull resembled that of a venomous snake, and its abdomen seemed to bear a pair of claws so fine they were nearly invisible.

Han Li's eyelid twitched slightly, and he faintly felt he had heard of such a monster fish somewhere before, though for the moment he could not immediately recall the relevant details.

But in the next instant, a scene appeared that startled him greatly.

As soon as the monster fish's carcass entered the lake, within a radius of several li, suddenly ten thousand cries rang out in unison.

Countless water columns erupted from the lake surface, so densely packed that one could not tell how many there were.

After the water columns dispersed, monsters of varying sizes hovered in the low air, all staring at Han Li with emotionless eyes.

These monster fish were identical in shape to the dead one, but their bodies displayed five colors and faintly emitted a strange, radiant spiritual light, making them appear extraordinarily mysterious.

"Flying Rainbow Fish"

Witnessing this scene, Han Li exclaimed in shock, finally recalling the origin of these monster fish.

Back when he was in the Holy City of the Sky Canopy Tribe, he had occasionally seen records of this fish in a very ancient classic.

Although the name of this monster fish sounds pleasant, in ancient times, when the sea-dwelling alien race mentioned its name, they felt both love and hatred.

The love was due to its inner core being a primary ingredient for an extremely rare ancient elixir, the "Seven-Colored Pill."

And the Seven-Colored Pill is a special elixir used specifically to nurture ancient spirit insects.

It is said that spirit insects, when regularly consuming it, not only mature earlier, but even mature individuals who take it may have a certain chance to mutate and advance further. In ancient times, this was considered extremely rare.

The hatred stemmed from the fact that this monster fish is not only incredibly toxic itself, its sprayed poisonous liquid is nearly impossible to resist, and it has always lived in groups. Upon encountering it, one might face thousands, or even tens of thousands.

A lone person encountering this fish school, unless possessing some special divine ability, would almost certainly meet death.

However, this monster fish had already gone extinct in ancient times, surviving only in some tribes' ancient classics, leaving behind only a few records.

Han Li did not expect to see such monster fish here in the Guanghan Realm.

At this moment, he also suddenly understood why mid-to-high level spiritual beasts in the lake had vanished—likely either poisoned and devoured by these Flying Rainbow Fish, or frightened into fleeing early.

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