Chapter 578: Giant Beast Attack

Although Han Li and Mei Ning were two unfamiliar faces, the guards only glanced at them and didn't ask any questions. Instead, they surrounded the others who had gone out, discussing something excitedly. They even had those tall men show them the fish and shrimp in the leather bags, followed by bursts of exclamations.

All of this made Han Li, who was watching coldly from the sidelines, frown slightly.

It seemed that fish and shrimp were either extremely rare here, or food was in very short supply.

Afterward, Han Li swept his gaze across the entire village.

The entire village was protected in the center by identical tall stone walls. All the buildings in the village were built of pitch-black stone, mostly simple and rough, and mostly square.

But the most eye-catching thing was a stone platform in the center of the village.

This stone platform was not large, but it was several times higher than the other houses, reaching thirty or forty zhang in height. Furthermore, pale purple mist was released from the top of the stone platform, covering the sky above the entire village. Whenever blue lightning fell from the sky into the village, it was immediately absorbed clean by this purple mist.

This purple mist was undoubtedly some kind of magic array barrier. But he did not sense any spiritual energy from the stone platform; instead, there seemed to be a kind of cold energy lingering there.

One must know that although his spiritual sense could not leave his body, his sensing of spiritual energy was extremely sharp. On this point, he was absolutely not mistaken.

Han Li couldn't help but feel extremely surprised.

Near the high platform, there were several halls much larger than ordinary stone houses. At the entrance, several people were pointing at the lean man and the others, whispering something. One of them looked toward Han Li with eyes flashing with sharp light.

Han Li's heart tightened.

This was the first person he had seen in this place who possessed profound internal energy.

If he were outside, he could naturally crush him with a single finger, not even worth looking at. But now, he had to be twelve times more alert to deal with the other party.

Just then, the lean man walked toward those people, said something, and then pointed at Han Li and Mei Ning several times. Those people's gazes immediately swept toward Han Li.

Han Li remained calm, not showing any timidity. But Mei Ning, beside him, showed some unease, not knowing how the other party would arrange for them.

"You two, come over here. The elders in the village have something to ask you." The lean man beckoned to Han Li and the other.

Han Li nodded and walked over with the woman with a calm expression.

The group turned and entered the hall behind them, and Han Li followed.

"Please sit, you two. Since you have arrived here, we are all of the human race, so we will naturally do our best to help. However, this place is indeed quite different from the outside world. Could you two please introduce yourselves first, and then I will tell you about this place." Inside the hall, an elderly man who was slightly fat and sitting in the center position said to the two with a kind expression.

On both sides sat several others. One of them, with long, narrow eyes and a hint of ruthlessness, was the white-faced person who had swept a glance at Han Li outside the hall.

His eyes were flashing with sharp light, but at this moment, he only swept a glance at Han Li's face, his gaze falling instead on the beautiful woman behind Han Li. Although he didn't say a word, his eyes flashed with a strange look.

"The two of us have nothing to say, we just ran into the Ghost Mist on the sea and were swept in here. As for our previous identities, what use would they have here? Better not to say!" Han Li smiled casually and replied very calmly.

Hearing Han Li's vague answer, the old man laughed.

He narrowed his eyes and looked the two over several times, then suddenly said something that startled Han Li.

"You two are cultivators, right! There is nothing to hide about this identity." After saying this, the old man's gaze fell on the storage bag at Han Li's waist, which looked bulging.

Han Li's expression remained unchanged, but he remained silent for a moment.

Mei Ning's pretty face turned pale, and she felt a bit worried in her heart.

"You two don't need to be afraid. Although there aren't many cultivators who come to us, there aren't few either. Compared to ordinary people, we welcome those who were cultivators before to join our village even more. However, you two should also know by now. In this Yin-Underworld Land, things like spiritual power and magic power cannot be used. The only power that can be used is Yin-Underworld power and some crude martial arts." The old man explained with a normal expression.

"Yin-Underworld power?" Han Li asked with a flash of doubt.

"That's right, this is an external force similar to magic power. Although you cannot use it to directly cast magic spells, you cultivators can borrow some Yin-Underworld beast crystals from the bodies of Yin Beasts to set up some small magic arrays. It is quite useful for the village. And even if you aren't proficient in magic arrays, the bodies of cultivators are much stronger than ordinary people. You will also be good helpers." The old man stroked his short beard and said slowly.

"You seem to know quite a bit about us cultivators. Are there other cultivators in the village?" Han Li asked after thinking for a moment.

"Yes, of course. And there are five or six of them. This old man is not talented, but I am one of them. Before I was sucked into the Ghost Mist, I had already successfully reached Foundation Establishment." The fat old man's mouth curled up, and he said with a smile.

A flash of surprise appeared on Han Li's face. He hesitated for a moment and wanted to ask something more, when the entire hall suddenly trembled, followed by a series of rumbling sounds coming from afar, as if some behemoth was charging toward the village.

The people in the hall changed expressions, ignoring Han Li, and stood up to walk outside.

Han Li looked suspicious and walked out without delay.

Just outside the hall, several elders of the village were directing hundreds of strong men and women with solemn expressions, rushing onto the thick stone walls, holding various white long spears and some crudely made bows and arrows.

Although everyone looked nervous, they were orderly, without a hint of panic, as if they had already experienced this many times.

Han Li turned his gaze and looked in the direction of the loud noise. But because of the stone wall blocking the view, although he felt the ground trembling more and more alarmingly, he saw nothing.

Han Li touched his chin, looked around, and immediately walked a few steps to a high house nearby. Then, taking advantage of others not paying attention, he stepped on the wall with his toes, easily climbed onto the stone house, and stood on the roof to look out.

At this moment, Han Li could finally see what was happening in the distance.

He saw that in the distance outside the village, sand and stones were flying, and a wild wind was dancing, blowing up a black strange wind, making it impossible to see anything clearly. Wherever these black winds passed, a layer of black frost condensed on the ground. It looked extremely cold.

It seemed this was the Yin wind the lean man spoke of; it was indeed not something ordinary people could withstand.

But as soon as these Yin winds approached within a hundred zhang of the village, they dissipated on their own. They were never able to cross an invisible boundary.

And within these black winds, a series of heavy objects falling to the ground could be heard. Although they were still far away, the astonishing momentum had already faintly permeated through. A moment later, a huge black shadow more than ten zhang tall rushed out from the wind.

After seeing the true face of the black shadow clearly, Han Li gasped.

At first glance, the black shadow looked like a gray giant ape magnified more than ten times. But this beast had four eyes on its face, a pair of fleshy wings on its ribs, and was holding a pitch-black strange wood in one hand, charging fiercely toward the village. At the same time, its four strange eyes were glowing with blood-red light, filled with endless killing intent.

"It's a Jiao-Zhen Beast, this time it's a Jiao-Zhen Beast, quickly send the large shields over." After seeing the face of the giant beast clearly, several people shouted loudly at the same time.

Immediately, a large group of women, children, and white-haired old men emerged, holding various shields, and sent them one by one to the people on the wall. Then they ran down the stone wall in a panic again.

At this moment, the giant beast had already run to within a hundred zhang of the stone wall. The vibration of its giant feet hitting the ground almost made Han Li doubt whether this seemingly sturdy stone wall would be shaken down by a section before the beast even approached. But fortunately, this did not really happen.

The giant beast rushed to within thirty zhang in the blink of an eye.

But just at this moment, several huge tentacles formed by purple mist suddenly shot out from the ground nearby, binding the giant beast's feet tightly.

The giant beast lost its footing and fell heavily to the ground in front of the stone wall. The vibration made everyone on the stone wall sway from side to side.

Han Li was startled and subconsciously looked back at the high platform.

He was astonished to find that four people were sitting cross-legged on the stone platform at some point. They were covered in faint purple mist, seemingly casting spells.

"Is this Yin-Underworld power?" Han Li's heart stirred!

"Attack!" Almost instantly, someone issued the order.

Dense spears and arrows shot toward the giant beast lying on the ground like raindrops, completely covering it.

Seeing this, Han Li couldn't help but feel his heart tighten!

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