Chapter 457: Life and Death Road

When Bu Xu entered the Void Heaven Palace and saw so many Nascent Soul stage old monsters arriving one after another, he felt as if cold water had been poured over him, and his heart felt incomparably cold. Net

Nascent Soul stage cultivators coming to this place were naturally aiming for the treasures in the inner palace, and the Void Heaven Cauldron was definitely the top priority.

Although Nascent Soul stage cultivators had visited the Void Heaven Palace before, there were only three or four of them. But this time, eight Nascent Soul stage cultivators had been attracted at once, which naturally made him feel that his hope was slim.

However, since he had arrived at this place, he was unwilling to go back in such a dejected manner.

Still holding a glimmer of hope, he successfully passed through the Ghost Mist and entered the Lava Road.

To tell the truth, if it were said that he still had a few fears about the Ghost Mist and the "Extreme Wonder Illusionary Realm" in the next pass, he had never put the Ice-Fire Path in his eyes, nor had he ever doubted that he would be unable to pass this pass.

Because the cultivation technique he practiced was precisely the "Taiyang Technique," which had quite a reputation in the Chaotic Star Sea.

This cultivation technique was a top-tier mental technique that could be squeezed into the top ten among fire-type cultivation techniques in the Chaotic Star Sea. He had used the Taiyang True Fire in this cultivation technique to turn countless enemies into ashes and send them into the endless abyss. Therefore, he was naturally full of confidence in the way of fire repulsion, feeling it was a piece of cake.

Of course, with many years of cultivation life, he wouldn't be so arrogant as to want to pass this Lava Road empty-handed, and he had prepared two fire-repelling magic tools. It wasn't that he didn't want to prepare a few more, but in order to buy that Fire Dragon Insect, he had almost been bankrupted.

With the "Taiyang Technique" on his body, he also felt that with the assistance of these two magic tools, passing this Lava Road would be completely problem-free.

But the current Bu Xu already regretted it to the point that his intestines were about to break.

Because not long after entering this place, he discovered that although the Taiyang Technique indeed had miraculous effects on fire repulsion, at the same time, if he didn't want to be roasted into a human jerky by the high temperatures in the surroundings within a short while, he had to keep the Taiyang Technique running at full power.

This was completely different from his initial idea that he could ignore the harsh environment with only a little magic power consumption.

When he was outside, he only needed to run 10% of the Taiyang Technique to completely avoid the direct scorching of ordinary fire.

Clearly, the high temperature emitted by the Lava Road was completely different from ordinary fire outside. It must be because of the formation restriction that there was some restraint on fire-type cultivation techniques within it.

And the effect of his two fire-repelling magic tools in this kind of bizarre environment was truly limited.

This made Bu Xu, who had been walking for several hours, panic.

Because judging from the speed of magic power consumption, although he held a spirit stone in each hand to replenish spiritual energy without stopping, he could only maintain it for at most half a day, and he would be reduced to ashes due to the exhaustion of magic power.

Bu Xu naturally didn't want to die by dissolving his body like this. He ran forward nervously while looking around without stopping.

But the surroundings were quiet, and there wasn't a single human figure. This made his idea of killing other cultivators to snatch fire-repelling treasures also die in his belly.

The more he ran forward like this, the stronger Bu Xu's feeling of despair became.

After running wildly for a quarter of an hour, Bu Xu finally stopped his steps, his eyes full of anxiety.

Although there were magic power blessings like the Light Spirit Technique, he had no hope of rushing to the end of the canyon at this speed. Moreover, if he continued to run like this, even if he met other cultivators, his magic power would be seriously insufficient.

By then, let alone wanting to kill others, if others saw him so weak, they would probably make a move against him instead.

Bu Xu paced back and forth in place like an ant on a hot pan. As time passed, all kinds of thoughts and ideas surged into his mind, trying to find a way to survive.

Suddenly, he raised his head to look at the deep red sky, his expression uncertain.

After a flash of determination on his face, yellow light flashed on his body, and his figure actually floated up slowly.

During this process, he didn't blink his eyes, with a face full of caution.

When he was two or three zhang off the ground, there was still nothing wrong, which made his face reveal a look of wild joy.

Because this height was enough to allow him to cast flying techniques. And as long as he cast the flying escape technique to the end of the canyon, wouldn't it be a matter of a moment.

Forcibly suppressing the wild joy of surviving a desperate situation in his heart, Bu Xu pinched a magic formula, and his figure transformed into a ball of yellow light, disappearing from the spot in a flash.

"Boom!" A loud sound.

Bu Xu, who had just flown out more than ten zhang, was actually struck directly by a silver lightning bolt from the deep red sky, immediately letting out a miserable cry, and his body immediately turned into flying ash and disappeared. Two things fell from mid-air and landed in the grass on the side, with no sound at all.

In a certain place on the Lava Road, a beautiful woman in her thirties, wearing a light gauze shining with blue light, was hesitating while looking at the lava river in front of her. Except for a square stone pillar about a foot wide, a red river channel about forty zhang wide lay across the path the female cultivator was moving forward on.

Looking at the lava flow in the river channel that was scorching and smoking, the beautiful woman frowned, but after hesitating for a while, she still stepped onto the red stone pillar carefully, with a cautious expression on her face.

The moment the beautiful woman's slender feet stepped onto this pillar, her jade face revealed a trace of pain. Clearly, the heat of the stone pillar was extraordinary, and even with the light gauze on her body, the suffering she endured was not light.

However, this female cultivator was clearly a person with a firm will, and after biting her silver teeth, she still moved forward little by little along the stone pillar, with a cautious expression on her face.

At first, it was very smooth, allowing her to walk through a small half of the distance safely, but just as she was about to approach the center of the stone pillar bridge, suddenly a rumbling low sound came from the distance.

The beautiful woman was stunned and couldn't help but raise her head to look at the upper reaches of the river channel. As a result, her face turned incomparably pale, and she suddenly became panicked!

A strong hurricane was surging wildly from the upper reaches to the lower reaches along the river channel, transforming into a gray giant dragon, dancing with claws and fangs, arriving in front of the stone pillar in the blink of an eye, and wrapping the female cultivator who had just flown into the air within it.

A sharp, desperate sound came, and the female cultivator's figure disappeared without a trace.

A moment later, on the lava below the stone pillar, a certain object flashed with blue light, and then sank to the bottom.

In a certain place on the Profound Crystal Path, a middle-aged man and an old man were back-to-back, fighting with more than a dozen crystal-clear monsters. Red and white lights were shooting everywhere, but not long after, the fighting sound stopped. The monsters only stayed in place for a moment before scattering, leaving only two incomplete corpses on the ground.

And in another place on the Profound Crystal Path, Extreme Yin Old Ancestor was walking leisurely on a piece of ice ground. Black light flashed on his body, and there wasn't a trace of coldness.

Occasionally, crystal monsters would drill out from under the ice, wanting to ambush Extreme Yin.

They were all cut into two halves easily by a flash of black light from him.

Then, he continued on his way as if nothing had happened.

Two days later, on a red small mountain on the Lava Road, Han Li stared blankly at the front, his expression somewhat hesitant.

After he unfolded the Luo Smoke Step to pass through the large grass field quickly, he restored his normal marching speed. After all, the burden of the Luo Smoke Step on his body was still somewhat too great. Even with his tough body after Core Formation, he couldn't sustain it for too long. Of course, compared to the time when he was Foundation Establishment, it was naturally a world of difference.

Later, he passed through a section of extremely dangerous lava swamp. Those dark pits that looked like solid ground but were actually all lava made Han Li, a person with tough nerves, break into a cold sweat after passing through.

If it weren't for him sacrificing Man Man Huzi's Cold Ice Bead early, and using this bead to protect his whole body when falling into the pit, he was afraid that even if he didn't die, he would have been scalded to pieces.

As for passing through a strange tree forest later, he was targeted by two or three Flame Spirit Beasts, which also made Han Li spend quite a bit of effort before he could pass safely.

But these places didn't have the scene in front of him that made Han Li so shocked.

Because in front of him, a boundless black desert appeared.

That's right! Black-colored sand grains, black-colored sand dunes.

This kind of bizarre scene naturally made Han Li somewhat uneasy, and he didn't dare to walk in rashly.

Detouring was naturally impossible.

The area of this black desert was truly too large. If he were to detour, he would have to delay at least two more days.

According to the experience of cultivators who had passed this pass before, one must pass through this pass within five days. Otherwise, the teleportation array would be completely closed, and people trapped inside would naturally have no life.

And Han Li estimated that he had only walked to the middle section of the canyon. If he delayed two more days, time might truly be insufficient. He didn't want to take this risk.

After all, who knew what ghost things were waiting behind the black desert, and the time delayed might be even longer.

Han Li frowned, looking at the scene in front of him, guessing what bizarre danger was hidden here.

But just at this moment, Han Li's expression moved, and without even turning his head, his figure swayed. He disappeared from the spot and was nowhere to be seen.

At this time, there was a faint sound coming from behind.

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