Chapter 2230

"Greetings to the three seniors, and many thanks to the great senior for saving our lives." The demon race woman was the first to fly near Han Li. Not daring to get too close, she stopped at a distance of seven or eight zhang and hurriedly bowed.

After her spiritual sense sensed the unfathomable aura of the three people opposite her, her demeanor naturally became even more respectful.

"Who are you people, and where is the nearest city?" Han Li asked briefly with an expressionless face.

"We are crystal miners from Chaotic Cloud Mountain. The nearest city is Black Gourd City to the north. If the senior wishes to go there, I am willing to lead the way personally." The demon race woman replied without hesitation.

"Black Gourd City, I haven't heard of it before. There is no need to lead the way, but give me a map of this area." Han Li ordered unceremoniously.

"I happen to have the most detailed map of the nearby area. It is my honor if the senior is willing to accept it." The demon race woman immediately took out a pitch-black stone shard from her person and offered it with both hands.

Han Li nodded and beckoned with one hand. With a "swish," the stone shard fell into his hand. After sweeping his spiritual sense through it, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

At this time, the other demon race members had also flown to the woman's side, but they all stood honestly with their hands tied, not daring to breathe loudly.

"Good. Now, who can tell me what is going on with the 'Blight Insects' you mentioned? I remember that I have never seen such insect swarms in the Sacred Realm before, and their aura is somewhat different from ordinary demon insects." After putting away the stone shard, Han Li swept his gaze across these demon race members and asked.

"Ah. The senior doesn't know about the Blight Insects?" The demon race woman was stunned upon hearing this, and a trace of hesitation appeared on her face. The other demon race members also stirred, and after looking at each other, no one dared to speak easily.

"I have indeed not appeared in the world for hundreds of years. Is it strange that I don't recognize these Blight Insects?" Han Li said with an unchanged expression, neither confirming nor denying.

"So it is a reclusive senior who has been in bitter cultivation. No wonder you don't know about these Blight Insect swarms. These evil insects actually only appeared in the last hundred years. It is said that they were originally ordinary demon insects of the Sacred Realm, but for some reason, they suddenly underwent mutations. Only then did they transform into such fierce appearances. Now, the entire Sacred Realm is plagued by these Blight Insects, and it is said that in areas where there are too many Blight Insect swarms, towns have been besieged and slaughtered by them. Now, the entire Sacred Realm is in turmoil and panic because of this." After her thoughts turned rapidly, the demon race woman explained quickly.

"Slaughtering cities! Hehe, with such chaos in the Sacred Realm, have the three ancestors and other Sacred Ancestors not taken action to exterminate these Blight Insects? Although these Blight Insect swarms are much more powerful than ordinary demon insects, they are simply vulnerable before the existence of Sacred Ancestors." Han Li pondered for a moment before asking slowly.

"My cultivation is low. I really don't know about the affairs of the ancestors and Sacred Ancestor lords. I only know that since these Blight Insects appeared, apart from occasionally hearing that a few Sacred Ancestor lords have come forward to exterminate some Blight Insect swarms in places where the situation was too severe, most of the other Sacred Ancestor seniors and the three ancestor lords seem to have all disappeared at the same time." The demon race woman hesitated for a moment before replying carefully.

"All Sacred Ancestor-level beings have disappeared! When did this happen?" Han Li's eyes flashed upon hearing this, and he pursued the question without hesitation.

"I cannot say the exact time. But it seems to be around the same time as the appearance of these Blight Insects." The demon race woman replied respectfully.

"Very good. I am very satisfied with your answer. You may go now." Hearing this, Han Li had no more doubts and ordered indifferently.

"Yes, then we will take our leave." The demon race woman felt relieved, answered respectfully, and after retreating a few steps, turned and flew away.

The other demon race members hurriedly bowed and followed suit.

In the blink of an eye, only the three of them remained in the nearby void.

"Han, it seems that the Mahayana existences of the Demon Realm and our Spirit Realm have really encountered trouble; otherwise, the situation in the Demon Realm would not have become so terrible." After the demon race members had gone far away, Yin Yue sighed and said.

"Hmm, the situation in the Demon Realm is indeed not very good. But we still need to investigate the specifics in more detail. I think there must be a Demon Venerable guarding that Black Gourd City. With their status as Venerables, they should know some truth about those Sacred Ancestors and the Mahayana news of our Spirit Realm." Han Li said, his expression also becoming somewhat solemn.

"Han's words are reasonable, so let's take a trip to that Black Gourd City." Yin Yue smiled sweetly upon hearing this.

"Hehe, before going to that city, there is one more thing that needs to be done first." Han Li chuckled, suddenly flicked his sleeve, and a gray mist of light flew out.

After the light converged in front of him, a gray giant insect about a zhang in size appeared on the ground.

It was the two-headed Blight Insect he had captured earlier!

This insect's aura was not weak, and it had the pressure of about the late stage of Spirit Severing, clearly indicating that it held a high status in the insect swarm.

As soon as this insect appeared, its wings vibrated wildly, and it wanted to take off immediately to escape.

But the next moment, a terrifying aura soared into the sky from Han Li's body.

The two-headed giant insect felt the surrounding air tighten, and its entire body was forcibly pressed back to the ground by an invisible giant force.

The giant insect's two heads shook wildly, but its body could not move at all, and it could only let out bursts of whimpering sounds.

Seeing the giant insect, a look of realization appeared on Yin Yue's face.

Han Li's eyes flashed slightly, his sleeve moved, and a palm reached out with five fingers spread, pressing towards one of the giant insect's heads in the void.

A "chi chi" sound rang out.

Five crystal threads shot out from his fingertips, and with a flash, they sank into the giant insect's head.

The giant insect, which had been struggling violently, trembled and went limp on the ground, motionless.

At the same time, Han Li closed his eyes slightly, and a faint golden light flowed on his body.

He had directly performed a soul-searching technique on this giant insect.

Time passed bit by bit. After a cup of tea's time, Han Li opened his eyes, and the crystal threads between his fingers curled and withdrew from the giant insect's head, turning into dots of crystal light that disappeared into the void.

A "bang" sound.

The giant insect's head swelled and contracted, and it suddenly burst into pieces on its own.

Han Li moved his sleeve, and a fireball flew out, turning into a rolling red flame that wrapped the insect corpse, turning it into fly ash in an instant.

"Han, what information did you get?" Yin Yue couldn't help but ask.

"None. These strange insects do not have true intelligence, only some of the simplest conscious instincts. I wasted my effort just now." Han Li's expression was somewhat strange, but he shook his head and said.

"So that's how it is. This is not a strange thing. Although these Blight Insects have become extremely fierce due to mutation, their intelligence cannot be opened in a short time. But for us, this is not too bad a piece of news." Yin Yue's eyes turned, and she said with a smile.

"Hmm, indeed! If they only rely on instinct, no matter how many these Blight Insects are, they will not pose a great threat to Mahayana existences. Let's go, let's go to that Black Gourd City now. I think we can get real intelligence there." Han Li replied with a faint smile.

Thus, the three of them took flight, changed direction, and shot towards the north.

A day later, the three of them entered a plateau covered with black soil. After flying for several more hours, a pitch-black city about three or four hundred miles in size appeared vaguely in the far distance.

From the map, it was exactly the Black Gourd City mentioned by the demon race woman.

However, at this time, this demon race city was filled with shouts of killing, and it was being surrounded from all directions by another gray sea of insects that could not be seen to the end.

The number of Blight Insects in this sea of insects was so great that wherever the eyes could see, it was covered with overlapping gray insect shadows.

The number of Blight Insects in the insect cloud Han Li had seen earlier was also very astonishing, but compared to the sea of insects before him, it immediately seemed like a small witch meeting a big witch, and they simply could not be mentioned in the same breath.

And at this moment, Black Gourd City had been inverted by a light black light curtain like a giant bowl.

Outside the light curtain, whether it was the high sky or the city walls, they were all covered by layers of gray Blight Insects.

These dense strange insects, either waving sharp claws or revealing fangs, were all crazily attacking that layer of black light curtain.

On the city walls and high sky within the light curtain, there were also dense demon race figures, who were either driving demon artifacts of different ranks or directly driving demon techniques, crazily slaughtering the Blight Insects on the light curtain.

These attacking Blight Insects clearly did not have high ranks and could not withstand any strike from the demon race, either directly bursting open into blood rain or being cut into several sections and falling from the high sky.

And in Black Gourd City, there were even more dense arrows flying out like raindrops, piercing and killing many Blight Insects one after another.

In the center of the Black City, there were hundreds of high towers vaguely appearing, with lightning constantly winding around them, and the rumbling sound was constant. Every moment, hundreds of black lightning arcs sprayed out from them, turning into countless black lightning threads and falling outside the light curtain, instantly turning countless Blight Insects into ashes.

On the surface, the demon race in the city was under the protection of the restriction, and as long as they attacked with all their strength, they seemed to have the upper hand.

But Han Li was what kind of person, with a slight flash of blue light in his eyes, he saw the real situation in the city clearly, and his brows subconsciously wrinkled slightly.

In just this moment, the black light curtain covering the city walls was already a fraction dimmer than before, and those demon race members on the city walls who were still attacking desperately were also pale and panting, looking as if their magic power had already begun to be overdrawn.

Suddenly, the rumbling sound in the city stopped abruptly, and the black lightning of the hundred high towers disappeared silently, stopping the attack.