Chapter 2080: First Entry into Illusion Howl

After flying about a million miles, a black line appeared at the edge of the horizon. But upon getting closer, one could discover it was a boundless desert composed of gray gravel.

It seemed this was the Illusion Howl Desert, famous in the Demon Realm!

Han Li narrowed his eyes in the escape light, his pupils flickering with blue light as he looked into the distance.

He saw gray sand stretching on forever, with only sparse, low shrubs at the edges, and no grass growing inside. It seemed that apart from the strange color, it was no different from an ordinary desert.

However, the sky above this desert was gloomy, filled with low-hanging yellow clouds. Although it was only a line away from the sky outside the desert, it felt as if they were two different worlds.

When they were still over ten miles away from the desert, the yellow-haired burly man took the lead and descended, appearing on the ground nearby as his escape light converged.

The others naturally followed and descended.

"Further ahead, our escape techniques might fail, so the rest of the journey can only be traveled by Eight-Legged Demon Lizard. Let me tell you fellow daoists first, the Bai clan only has thirty or so Eight-Legged Demon Lizards, and each one is extremely rare. Taking out eleven at once for this trip is already the limit, so I hope you fellow daoists will take care of them on the road. If you encounter danger, please put them into the spirit beast ring first, and do not damage them." The yellow-haired burly man cupped his hands at Han Li and the others and said.

"If we go any further, our escape techniques might fail, so the road ahead can only be traversed by advancing on the Eight-Legged Demon Lizards. Let me state clearly to all fellow daoists first: the Bai family only has about thirty of these Eight-Legged Demon Lizards, and each one is extremely rare. Taking out eleven for this trip is already the limit. I hope you fellow daoists will take extra care of them along the way. If you truly encounter danger, please store them in your spirit beast rings first; do not damage them." The yellow-haired man cupped his fists toward Han Li and the other two and said.

"Fellow Daoist Luan Long doesn't know, but these six people practice a joint formation. Working together, they can barely match an early-stage Demon Venerable, so bringing them along is also of some use." The purple-haired woman explained with a smile.

"So that's how it is. That was my slip of the tongue." Luan Long Heavenly Monarch's fat shook as he nodded.

Han Qizi's eyes flashed with strange light behind his mask. Although he hadn't said anything, he clearly had no objections.

As for Han Li, he just smiled slightly, but in his heart, he was turning over the thought of whether he could get his hands on these demon lizards on the way.

However, this thought only flashed for a moment before he gave it up.

Although he was somewhat confident in his supernatural powers, it was still too risky to face four Demon Venerable-level demon clansmen of unknown depth at the same time. After all, defeating them might be easy, but killing them all without leaving one behind was not very possible. Moreover, even if he could do this, the number of these demon lizards would still not be enough for their group, and it would instead alarm the great clans of Illusion Night City afterward, potentially attracting other powerful enemies, or even Sacred Ancestor-level great enemies.

After weighing the pros and cons, Han Li gave up his strange thoughts.

At this time, the purple-haired woman shook her wrist, and a green ring flew out with a whistle. With a flash, it sprayed out a piece of five-colored light, which rolled on the ground and revealed eleven giant demon beasts, five feet long and two feet high.

These demon beasts looked like giant lizards ten times larger than ordinary ones, but they were covered in black scales, and there were eight identical thick feet on their abdomens, looking truly ferocious.

On the backs of these demon beasts, there was also a silver saddle-like thing, showing they were already tamed demon beasts.

"These are the Eight-Legged Demon Lizards? Each one's aura is only around the Core Formation stage; they don't look very special?" Han Li's gaze condensed as he swept over these demon beasts, thinking with some surprise.

At the yellow-haired burly man's greeting, Han Li and the others were each assigned a demon lizard and a beast-driving token.

Han Li moved his body and appeared on his demon lizard in a flash, sweeping a glance downward.

The silver beast saddle was engraved with some simple demon patterns and was designed to be exceptionally comfortable. Han Li curled his lips and aimed the beast token in his hand at the demon beast, shaking it slightly.

With a "puchi" sound, a silver light shot out and vanished into the demon beast's body in a flash.

The demon lizard let out a low roar and immediately began to run forward. Although the speed wasn't very fast at first, with eight feet moving together, it was exceptionally stable, and Han Li couldn't feel any shaking at all.

At this time, the yellow-haired burly man and the others had already walked a step ahead, and the ten or so demon beasts lined up and headed toward the desert.

The distance of ten miles was naturally covered in a while.

When the yellow-haired burly man drove his beast into the desert, gusts of sand and dust rolled toward them, and at this time, the silver light on the beast saddles on the backs of these demon lizards flashed, producing a layer of translucent white light curtain, covering everyone on them.

Those wind and sand hit the light curtain and immediately slid past from both sides silently, unable to affect anyone in the light curtain at all.

But these didn't make Han Li pay much attention. What caught his attention was that the Eight-Legged Demon Lizard suddenly accelerated several times after entering the sand, and running was even a few points faster than ordinary horses.

At this moment, a strange fluctuation emanated from the giant bodies of the demon lizards, flowing incessantly, actually slowly absorbing the scorching energy in the desert.

And Han Li, the moment he entered the gray desert, immediately felt a strange force descend upon him. The magic power in his body was suppressed by 90%, and the void was filled with various mixed heaven and earth energy, while simultaneously repelling demon energy and spiritual energy, making these two types of heaven and earth energy become extremely thin on the sand.

This Illusion Howl Desert was known as one of the forbidden lands of the Demon Realm, and it was truly well-deserved.

Han Li silently sensed the changes in the demon lizard and himself, secretly shocked in his heart.

However, the yellow-haired old man and the Bai family group showed no abnormality, clearly long accustomed to all this.

They urged the demon lizards, aimed at a fixed direction, and galloped toward the depths of the desert.

Ten days later, on a giant sand dune, Han Li, the yellow-haired burly man, the purple-haired woman, and the group were surrounded by a group of green, foot-long scorpions.

More than ten days later, on top of a giant sand dune, Han Li, the yellow-haired man, the purple-haired woman, and the rest of the group were surrounded by a group of foot-long green scorpions.

But Han Li, Luan Long Heavenly Monarch, Han Qizi, and other Body Integration existences just stood on the sand dune motionless, instead letting the six Spirit Severing-level demon clansmen, including Bai Yunxin, urge several demon tools to wreak havoc in the scorpion group.

Although most of their magic power was restricted, these mere demon scorpions naturally couldn't trouble these people like Bai Yunxin. Amidst the rolling demon energy and the bursting sounds of spiritual light, large batches of demon scorpions turned into fly ash, unable to approach Han Li and the others even a step.

Half a month later, the leading Eight-Legged Demon Lizard, which was galloping in the desert, suddenly stopped its eight feet in place, and let out a low roar.

The yellow-haired burly man riding on it frowned, suddenly raised one hand and struck at the void in the sand dozens of feet away.

With a heaven-shaking roar, the sand in front exploded, revealing a giant pit nearly ten feet in diameter, and large patches of sand and soil were turned up into the sky.

The next moment, the sand and soil split, and a yellow giant python, fifty or sixty feet long, rushed out from inside, opening its blood-red mouth and rushing straight toward the burly man.

Seeing this, Bai Yunxin and the others changed expressions, while the purple-haired woman, Luan Long Heavenly Monarch, and the other Demon Venerables showed no abnormality. Only the leading yellow-haired burly man frowned and sighed to himself: "Truly troublesome, actually encountered a Sand Gold Python. These little guys can't deal with it. It seems only I can spend some magic power and take action myself." As soon as the burly man finished speaking, he flipped his hand, black energy rolled in his palm, revealing a pitch-black ring, which he flicked and threw at the rushing giant python.

The ring instantly emitted a strange whistle, then its light swelled, turning several feet large, and with a flicker, vanished into the void.

And at this time, the burly man pointed at the giant python flying fast.

Suddenly, black light flickered at the giant python's seven inches, and the giant ring appeared strangely with a blur,

and tightened without any politeness.

The originally aggressive giant python let out a wail and fell from the sky, its giant body rolling wildly on the sand, appearing to be in unbearable pain.

Seeing this, the yellow-haired burly man sneered, and as his hand spell urged, the giant ring's surface flashed with crystal light, and it suddenly shrank to the size of a palm.

A stream of black blood sprayed several feet high, and the giant python's head rolled down in response, falling into the sand aside, without any movement.

But the yellow-haired burly man didn't stop, and without hesitation, opened his mouth again, spraying out a ball of crimson demon flames, which hit the giant python's corpse.

With a muffled sound, the rolling red flames surged up, turning the giant python's corpse into ashes after a few flickers.

During this process, the giant python's remnant soul let out a wail and rushed out from the corpse, wanting to escape, but was rolled by the demon flames and left no trace at all.

"Brother Bai truly has good means. This sand gold python probably already had Spirit Severing late-stage strength, yet it couldn't even take one of your blows." Han Li had already urged his demon lizard to the burly man's side, and after sweeping a glance at the giant pit in the distance, he suddenly smiled at him.

"Fellow Han is joking. These demon beasts might be tricky for Yun'er and the others, but for us, they are nothing. If we encountered the three great demon harms of the Illusion Howl Desert, I'm afraid I would only have the face to escape." The burly man shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Three great demon harms?" Hearing this, Han Li's eyes flashed, seeming somewhat interested.

"Why, Fellow Daoist doesn't know about this?" The burly man was quite surprised.

"I'm not completely ignorant, but what I heard was a bit blurry. Now that I see a Demon Venerable like you so fearful, I am truly surprised." Han Li touched his chin and replied calmly.

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