Chapter 2365

"This... when my memories were not fully unsealed back then, I mistakenly took the Xuyao Ding for the real key. But I can guarantee that if this key truly cannot open the Yaoding Palace, I would never dare ask Senior to force his way into this palace. However, once we truly enter inside, I believe the treasures within will not disappoint Han Han Qianbei." Xue Po spoke somewhat embarrassedly.

"You already told me many things about the Yaoding Ding back then. As a cave dwelling left behind by an ascended true immortal in the lower realm, it is indeed enough to move me. But even without these treasures, since I promised to save Daoist friend's body back then, I will not lightly go back on my word. Rest assured, with my current divine powers, even without any key, there would still be a slight chance to forcefully enter the Yaoding Palace. Now that we have the Xuyao Ding as a key, entering it should give us over ninety percent confidence." Han Li looked at Xue Po for a moment, then suddenly chuckled and said.

"Thank you, Han Han Qianbei, for your great kindness. Once I come out, I will surely..."

"Alright, words of thanks can wait until we truly save Ice Po Daoist friend. But since the key to the Yaoding Palace is not just one, back then Ice Po Daoist friend and others used the Jin Que Yu Shu secret technique to refine many imitation keys. When the strong ones gather in this mountain range, there will surely be no shortage. I recall that in Blood Crane City, I met Wan Hua Fu Er Ru, who likely came looking for this matter to the Supreme Elder of the Blood Bone Sect." Han Li pondered and said.

"What, Senior has already met the Blood Bone Sect's Mahayana cultivator guarding Blood Crane City? I remember now, back when the main body and others entered the Yaoding Palace, there were indeed strong cultivators from the Blood Bone Sect among them, and the Blood Bone Sect still keeping one or two keys in their hands is not strange. If the Blood Bone Sect launches a major incursion into the Wan Yue Mountain Range, this would indeed be a very troublesome matter." Xue Po heard this, and her complexion changed.

"I think that Supreme Elder in Blood Crane City does not seem like the type to widely invite fellow disciples; otherwise, there wouldn't be outsider Mahayana cultivators coming to his door. He might instead be concealing the matter of the Yaoding Palace and the keys. Others who possess keys likely share the same thought. Therefore, besides those who possess keys, others who will enter the Wan Yue Mountain Range are probably just recent hearers of some rumors. Even if there are many such people, they cannot gold-enter the palace, and they pose no threat to us." Han Li shook his head and replied.

"But this way, others may not be willing to let those with keys easily enter the Yaoding Palace." Zhu Guo'er could not help but interject from the side.

"Before entering this Yaoding Palace, there will surely be a fight, but with me here, what is there to fear? However, there may be some dangers inside the Yaoding Palace. Huashi, you and Guo'er stay here; wait for me and Daoist friend Xue Po to come out. Be careful, don't let others discover you. Those who dare to enter the Wan Yue Mountain Range at this time are not ordinary people." Han Li instructed calmly.

Zhu Guo'er and Huashi Lao Zu heard this, their hearts jolted, and they immediately responded respectfully.

"Daoist friend Xue Po, according to what you said, the Yaoding Palace should open recently, when it truly appears. The Xuyao Ding will have a sensation and guide us to the exact location. Is that correct?" Han Li turned back and asked Xue Po again.

"What Senior said is correct. The reason imitation keys also attract contention is mainly due to this effect." Xue Po replied with full certainty.

"Then it's settled. What we need to do now is properly nurture essence and sharpen our spirit, quietly awaiting the emergence of the Yaoding Palace." Han Li nodded slightly and said leisurely.

Xue Po naturally had no objection either, nodding repeatedly in agreement.

Thus, Han Li's group temporarily resided in this cave dwelling.

As time passed slowly, the Wan Yue Mountain Range, which originally had not many cultivators, gradually became lively.

News of the impending emergence of the Yaoding Palace spread widely in Blood Crane City.

Some cultivators of strength from nearby regions immediately heard the wind and rushed to gather in this mountain range.

However, due to Blood Crane City being closest to the mountain range, the early entrants from the Zhong Ao cultivators were mostly from this city.

Disciples of the Blood Bone Sect also occupied a considerable proportion among them.

But as time passed, gradually cultivators from other regions appeared near the mountain range, and with each passing period, outside cultivators increased dramatically.

However, the Wan Yue Mountain Range, being one of the two super-large mountain ranges nearby, no matter how many people entered, it was utterly inconspicuous, like a mud cow entering the sea, leaving no trace within.

But some who relied on their strength and those with violent temperaments began slaughtering those suspected of carrying keys.

Although these battles were mostly useless, when on a certain day, a medium-scale conflict ended, and a victor truly searched the corpse of the defeated opponent and found a small tripod, a grander slaughter feast immediately erupted throughout the mountain range.

Moreover, in places farther from the mountain range, there were even more Blood Yao cultivators who had heard the wind, now on their way to the Wan Yue Mountain Range.

But these cultivators were too late.

Only half a month later, in an unnamed pond in the Wan Yue Mountain Range, suddenly a mysterious five-colored light shot up from the water, then transformed into countless runes and vanished into the void.

Almost at the same time, Han Li, who was meditating with closed eyes in a certain secret chamber inside the mountain, suddenly had a change in expression, flicked his sleeve, and a small tripod flashing with dazzling blue light flew out from within.

"Xue Po, prepare yourself; the time to depart has come." Han Li stared at the newly appeared strange runes on the surface of the blue small tripod, and without hesitation sent a mental transmission outward.

Xue Po, who was meditating in another room of the cave dwelling, immediately stood up, her face full of delighted expression.

Shortly after, a blue rainbow over ten zhang long shot out from inside the mountain and directly rushed toward a certain location in the Wan Yue Mountain Range.

The same situation also occurred in over thirty other hidden places in the mountain range.

These places likewise produced loud cracking sounds—either one, or several, or even dozens or hundreds of escape lights flying out simultaneously, madly fleeing in the same direction.

And these people, without any concealment in their actions, naturally alarmed many more hidden Blood Yao cultivators in the mountain range, who unhesitatingly tailed them.

Some with particularly fast escape speeds even caught up with the former and erupted into extremely fierce battles.

Han Li, feeling that Xue Po's escape speed was too slow, therefore early on scattered his own escape light, wrapped her escape light into it, and combined as one continued forward with a furious rush.

With such escape speed, even if someone nearby noticed their escape light and wanted to catch up, it would be nearly impossible.

Most people only felt a flash of blue light in the sky, the blue rainbow having gone from one end of the horizon to the other in an instant, then a blur, and vanished without a trace, leaving only the echo of the sonic boom still lingering in the high sky.

All who witnessed this scene could not help but be greatly startled, immediately discarding that lingering thought in their hearts, and hurried off to seek other targets.

However, given the bold and arrogant nature of the Blood Yao Continent, those who are recklessly bold and overly confident have never been few.

When the blue rainbow was just passing overhead a remarkably wide canyon, suddenly a deep humming sound erupted from below, countless Sanskrit characters surged out, and in flashing motion rapidly formed a remarkably mysterious light formation.

"Daoist friend, please wait; I have a few words to discuss with you." From the light formation simultaneously came a booming, rumbling sound.

The speaker's words were polite, but his earlier actions showed no pause whatsoever; only see that the light formation spun around, and immediately from within flew out a startlingly strong suction force, violently wrapping toward the blue rainbow.

Han Li saw this, his heart flared with anger, having no intention of interfacing, a palm extended from his sleeve, lightly patted downward toward the canyon below, and immediately a tremendous force ten times stronger than the suction surged forth and pressed down mightily.

With a "Boom" earth-shattering roar.

Not only was that suction and light formation instantly shattered by a single strike, but an entire stretch of canyon several li long also suddenly collapsed hard and sank downward.

The cultivator hiding there earlier, who far surpassed others of his level, was unable to dodge in time and was crushed into a ball of blood mist, even his Nascent Soul unable to escape, self-destructing and annihilating.

As for the blue rainbow in the high sky, it paused not at all, directly flashed past above the canyon, and vanished into the distant sky.

Shortly after, near the collapsed canyon, a small mountain suddenly shot out several blood lights, which after circling once, all flew up to the canyon's upper space, and then successively appeared as illusory figures.

Indeed, it was a group of people wearing various attires.

Men, women, old and young, numbering seven or eight, but each person's aura on them was extraordinary.

At this moment, these people looked toward a certain blood-stained spot below, their expressions all not very good.

"What should we do now? If not for chasing up to avenge Daoist friend Ya..." a girl in green clothes suddenly asked.

"Don't joke. Daoist friend Ya picked the wrong opponent, actually choosing a Mahayana old ancestor; it's no wonder others are blamed." A man with disheveled hair said without hesitation.

"Not bad, Daoist friend Ya's cultivation is not inferior to yours or mine; logically, even in the hands of a Mahayana old ancestor, he could only hold on for a moment or two. The opponent could kill Daoist friend Ya with one strike; likely, even among Mahayana old ancestors, he is a top-tier existence; dealing with us would also absolutely not require the slightest effort. If Fairy Ye wants to avenge him, one person going is enough; my brothers will absolutely not interfere in this." Another old man with ugly appearance also said, his facial muscles twitching.

"I'm just saying this casually. Such a great enemy, you dare not provoke, and I certainly won't seek boredom. But now that we've become like this, we can't just wait by the stump anymore; we must also hurry to the place where the Yaoding Palace will appear, to see if we can still fish in troubled waters." The girl chuckled twice and replied.

Thus, after a brief discussion, these people likewise flew off together in escape light, rushing madly in the same direction.

……"Thud" a muffled sound.

A towering giant several zhang tall standing in front was poked by Han Li's finger from within the escape light far away, his skull and the Nascent Soul inside exploded with a "Buzz" sound.

The headless corpse immediately swayed and fell from high altitude.

After the piercing blue rainbow swayed once more, it directly pierced through the bodies of several people behind the giant, instantly splitting them in half down the middle, and then, after a blur, directly vanished into the void behind them.