Chapter 2038: Heavenly Divination

Han Li swept his gaze around.

He saw that as far as his eyes could reach, it was still a vast ocean. The sky in the distance was azure blue, and except for a few unremarkable white clouds, there was nothing else eye-catching.

"We are only four or five days away from our destination now. Although that node is not large and is located in a remote corner of the Xuanwu Realm, the demon army in this region is the violent Demon Race, the most bloodthirsty and warlike among the demons. These violent demons love to fight and compete, and now the entire Xuanwu Realm is filled with the flames of war, far more chaotic than other places. So, we must be careful on our way forward," the Long family's Ancestor said solemnly to everyone.

"Is there any mistake? Is this the place where the Demon Race is stationed that Brother Long mentioned?" The feather-clad young lady suddenly said with some regret.

"The node channel near Sky Abyss City won't work. I sent people to investigate long ago; only by using this node can we reach the Blood Stone Mountain Range of the Demon Realm directly. That Blood Stone Mountain Range is extremely desolate even in the Demon Realm, and there are not many demons stationed there. Appearing there shouldn't be too dangerous. Otherwise, using other node channels to enter the Demon Realm would either be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth or the place of appearance would be too far from where we want to go, requiring several times more travel," the Long family's Ancestor shook his head without hesitation.

"This concubine was just saying that. Can I really not trust Brother Long's arrangements?" The feather-clad young lady rolled her eyes and said with a smile.

The Long family's Ancestor just laughed and didn't respond.

At this time, Saintess Qianqiu flew toward the Long family's Ancestor, discussed with him in a low voice for a while, and then greeted the other four to set off together with their escape lights.

After the Long family's Ancestor greeted Han Li and the others, he also took the black-robed Hui-surnamed Elder of the Long family and flew into the air.

The remaining three, including Han Li, turned into faint streaks of light and followed closely behind.

In the next four days, Han Li and the others encountered several patrols of Demon Race guards one after another, each team ranging from a dozen to over a hundred people.

These Demon Race guards were quite different from the demons that appeared in Sky Abyss City. Not only was each demon half a head taller than ordinary demons, but their demon armor was also inscribed with many eerie blue demon patterns, appearing extremely ferocious.

With the powers of Han Li and the others, it would be easy to wipe out these Demon Race guards, but the group concealed their escape lights and passed silently over the heads of these demons in a grand manner.

The highest cultivation among these Demon Race guards was only at the Spirit Severing stage. Facing these old monsters at the Body Integration stage like Han Li, they naturally couldn't discover anything at all.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, black dots finally appeared at the end of the ocean ahead. Flying a little closer, they could see them clearly.

These black dots were actually coral islands of various sizes.

These islands, the small ones were only a few miles in size, while the large ones were as wide as a hundred miles, densely scattered across the sea area ahead.

"Fellow Daoist Qianqiu, there should be high-tier demons stationed ahead, so it's up to you now. In addition, other Fellow Daoists can take the pseudo-demon beads distributed earlier. In case our tracks are really exposed, we can also muddle through by activating the demon energy inside," the Long family's Ancestor stopped his escape light and said cautiously to Saintess Qianqiu and the others nearby.

"This is natural. For this trip, this concubine spent over a hundred years of bitter effort to refine this little thing," Saintess Qianqiu said with a sweet smile upon hearing this.

Afterward, she flipped her palm, and suddenly an extra white, misty banner appeared in her hand. After shaking it slightly, countless white exotic flowers surged out from it out of thin air, and then burst with "peng peng" sounds.

Wisps of white mist appeared in the void, then rolled and condensed into a mass, covering the group of people, a full acre in size.

Han Li narrowed his eyes and glanced at it, but his figure didn't move at all.

In the blink of an eye, the rolling white mist drowned everyone inside.

At this time, Saintess Qianqiu muttered incantations and shook the banner violently a few more times.

An eerie scene appeared.

Five-colored runes surged in the milky-white mist, and along with the figures inside, they became blurry and thin, finally turning into nothingness and disappearing without a trace.

The feather-clad young lady and the others couldn't help but be overjoyed upon seeing this.

Han Li's expression was calm, but as his gaze flickered, he released his spiritual sense to probe into the mist.

After a moment, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

This mist didn't know what kind of mysterious restriction it contained. After such a powerful spiritual sense swept over it, it actually felt empty, as if nothing existed at all.

Han Li's thoughts turned rapidly, but blue light flickered slightly in his pupils.

As a result, under the power of his Clear Spirit Eyes, he finally saw the layer of white mist that had turned into a protective barrier.

However, at this moment, under his spiritual eyes, only a thin layer of mist remained, appearing extremely faint.

Han Li's heart relaxed, and the blue light in his eyes faded away.

Thinking that this level of concealment effect, although it couldn't pose a threat to him, was enough to deceive the ears and eyes of high-tier demons, except for those demon venerables who were proficient in some special secret techniques. It was enough to cover their group as they mixed into the node channel.

Not only Han Li, but the Lin-surnamed cultivator, the feather-clad young lady, and the others clearly also discovered the mystery of this mist and couldn't help but secretly marvel.

The Long family's Ancestor even revealed an extremely satisfied expression.

Saintess Qianqiu threw the banner in her hand forward, and it turned into a white light, circling nearby. The entire restriction formed by the white mist immediately flew forward slowly and silently.

Han Li and the others took out a black, round bead and swallowed it, then converged their breath and energy, and flew forward following this hidden white mist.

In the blink of an eye, the group flew into this coral archipelago of unknown size without anyone knowing.

In the eerie high sky over a hundred miles away from them, fluctuations arose, and a pink light ball flashed and appeared.

After the light flashed and disappeared, two figures appeared and stopped in the high sky, motionless.

Among them, a slender woman in a white palace dress was playing with a purple copper coin in her hand, her gaze cold as water.

And the black-armored Demon Race man stood beside the woman, not even daring to breathe, his face full of submissive expression.

"Hei E, prepare yourself. I want to perform a Heavenly Divination here," the woman suddenly put away the purple copper coin in her hand and ordered the black-armored man.

"Master, the backlash from your last Heavenly Divination hasn't completely faded. It might not be good to use this divination power again in such a short time," the black-armored man was startled upon hearing this and said hesitantly.

"Performing Heavenly Divination twice in a row naturally puts a lot of burden on my body. But if I miss the opportunity before me, I might miss the only chance for my magic power to recover. Compared to this, paying a price is nothing," the palace-dressed woman replied dismissively.

"However, they are just some human cultivators. If you are worried, Master, just bestow the Zhenyuan Mace upon me. Hei E is willing to kill these Body Integration existences for you, find the spirit medicine, and offer it to you," the black-armored man said, showing his loyalty after a flash of murderous intent appeared on his face.

"Although the Zhenyuan Mace has great power, with your current cultivation, you cannot exert much of its power. Moreover, the Heavenly Fate Copper Coin has warned me, which means these people must have means to counter the Zhenyuan Mace. Even if you took it, you would likely not succeed. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made this decision. Alright, you don't need to say anything more. Start preparing. Those people ahead are not slow; if we delay any longer, it will take more effort to catch up with them," the palace-dressed woman glanced at the man and said indifferently.

"Yes, Master. I will start setting it up immediately!" Hei E saw that the woman's mind was made up, so he naturally didn't dare to say anything more and agreed repeatedly, flashing downward.

With a flicker of his figure, Hei E appeared in the high sky over a hundred feet away from the scene and raised both hands.

Eight items flew out at the same time, and after circling, they stopped in the nearby void with a hum.

They were actually eight black wooden figures!

Each was only half a foot tall, but their heads were unusually large, almost the size of their bodies. The expressions on each face were different, showing joy, anger, sorrow, joy, and many other expressions, but they were lifelike, as if they were living people.

After the black-armored man released the eight eerie wooden figures, his movements didn't stop. With a spin of his figure in place, hundreds of stone slabs suddenly shot out from his body. After circling his body rapidly, they gathered in the same place, instantly forming an emerald green stone platform seven or eight feet tall.

The surface of the stone platform was inscribed with countless emerald green patterns, and a faint, indescribable wild aura was released from it.

The black-armored man flipped his hand again, and an extra blue crystal ball appeared in his hand, which he threw fiercely toward the sea below.

The crystal light flashed and disappeared, and the crystal ball sank into the sea without a trace.

But the black-armored man raised a finger and pointed downward.

"Boom, boom, boom!" A loud noise arose!

The sea below surged, and with a roll, it set off a sky-high wave several hundred feet tall.

After the rolling sea water rushed into the high sky, it instantly formed a layer of emerald blue water curtain, covering the stone platform and the eight big-headed wooden figures nearby.

"Master, the altar is set up. You can cast your spell!" The man let out a long sigh of relief, then cupped his fists toward the high sky and said respectfully.

The palace-dressed woman in the high sky saw this, nodded, fell downward, and entered the water curtain without any hurry.

This woman pinched a spell with one hand, and several true words were spat out from her sandalwood mouth. The water curtain suddenly flashed with layers of strange blue light.

The nearby void twisted, and the entire water curtain suddenly became crystal clear and finally flashed and hid itself, disappearing.

At the same time, inside the light curtain, around the stone platform, the eight wooden figures that had been floating motionless suddenly moved and appeared at the four corners of the stone platform at the same time.

At every corner, two wooden figures stood tightly together.

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