Chapter 589

Two "Swish" sounds came, and two green glows flew out from the corpse of the Yin beast, shooting back toward the area behind a giant rock nearby. Net Then, a figure flashed, and a man and a woman turned out from behind the rock.

The man had an ordinary appearance with clear eyes, and the woman was beautiful, graceful, and gentle; they were none other than Han Li and Mei Ning. However, both were now wearing light blue animal skin coats, and Han Li had a small, inch-long green sword hooked in each hand. At the hilts of the small swords, circles of translucent, thread-like things were wrapped—they were actually some fine animal tendons.

Han Li walked over in a few steps, lowered his head to look at the two Yin beasts killed by the small swords, and then raised his head to look at the group of people who were looking at them with vigilance.

"I saw these two Green Toad Beasts trying to run just now, so I had no choice but to act rashly. You won't blame me, will you? But rest assured. I don't need these two Green Toad Beasts; I just want to ask you all a few questions. I wonder if you can answer me?" Han Li smiled and said to the opposite side with a friendly expression.

"You really don't want the corpses of these two Green Toad Beasts?" A slightly older, sturdy man spoke up with a look of doubt on his face; it seemed he was the leader of this group of young men and women.

"Of course it's true, I am not short of food." Han Li kicked the corpses on the ground and repeated affirmatively.

"Alright, ask away!" Although the sturdy man felt something was a bit strange, he felt he wouldn't lose anything, so he finally nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the other party was so sensible, Han Li nodded with satisfaction and said unhurriedly:

"Are you all from the nearby Red Earth Village?"

"That's right, we are all villagers of Red Earth Village!" The sturdy man frowned but still answered honestly.

"That's good. We came here actually wanting to inquire if your village has received any newcomers from the outside recently. We are here looking for someone." Han Li asked calmly.

"Newcomers? No! But last time when the rift opened, we found a few skeletons where the Yin beasts were active, both men and women, all left with just piles of white bones. It seems they were unlucky and were picked clean by the Yin beast packs that returned early." The sturdy man thought for a moment and said with some hesitation.

"White bones?" Mei Ning, standing behind Han Li, had her expression change slightly, looking a bit ugly.

In the past month or so, the two had already run through three other villages. Similarly, although they hadn't seen her brother, there seemed to be two or three lucky cultivators who had survived in each.

This village was something else; the moment they opened their mouths, it was all about dead people.

How could this not make Mei Ning's heart tighten, with a faint, ominous premonition!

"That's right. We buried the remains on the spot. But the things on them were put into the village warehouse by us. Do you two want to go take a look?" The sturdy man saw that Han Li was truly looking for someone, so his vigilance faded, and he greeted them somewhat generously.

"Alright. Then I will trouble you, brother." Han Li looked at the silent beauty beside him and nodded, making the decision.

Even if they were dead, they had to confirm their identities. In case her brother was truly among them, he wouldn't have to busy himself with this matter anymore.

"Hehe! The way you speak, brother, is so bookish; one can tell at a glance you are an outsider. You must be a newcomer who just arrived here, right?" The sturdy man greeted the others behind him to go clean up the Yin beast corpses, while he chatted enthusiastically with Han Li.

Seeing this, Han Li smiled freely.

After walking several miles with their group, Han Li and Mei Ning arrived at another unfamiliar village.

This village was clearly much smaller than the others.

Although it was also protected by stone walls all around, the walls were not only only seven or eight zhang high, but also tattered in many places, as if there was no time to repair them.

Judging from the scale of the village, there were at most a hundred people living here; the population was pitifully small.

As soon as they entered the village, the sturdy man pointed to a relatively large stone house and, with some apology, told Han Li and his companion to go see for themselves. He had to deal with the Green Toad Beast corpses with the villagers first; these were precious food and had to be prioritized.

Han Li naturally didn't care about this and, after saying thanks, took Mei Ning and walked over.

"Are these really your brother's things?" Han Li looked at the tattered, blood-stained clothes in front of him and asked with some surprise.

He really didn't expect that as soon as they entered this so-called warehouse, Mei Ning would recognize her brother's belongings placed in the corner at a glance. Her face turned deathly pale, and her beautiful eyes became somewhat vacant.

"How could I forget! This garment was sewn by me for my brother. And this storage bag beside it also has our unique sibling mark." Mei Ning stared at the pile of things with slightly red eyes, murmuring with a choked voice.

Han Li didn't know what words of comfort to say for a moment, so after hesitating, he patted the woman's shoulder twice and quietly exited the stone house.

He knew it was better to let her stay alone for a while now.

Sure enough, as soon as he left, intermittent sobbing sounds came from inside. Han Li sighed lightly, looked at the sky, and remained silent.

After a full quarter of an hour, Mei Ning walked out of the house with slightly swollen eyes.

"Let's go. Since my brother is no longer here, there is no need to go to other villages. Let's go directly to Storm Mountain!" The woman said calmly.

It seemed she had forcibly hidden the pain of losing her brother deep in her heart.

"Of course we have to go to Storm Mountain, but before that, I have other things to do; I need to collect some Yin Nether Beast Crystals." Han Li looked at Mei Ning and said calmly.

"Beast Crystals! What is the use of collecting them? Besides, those Yin beasts are not easy to deal with." Mei Ning naturally knew about the Yin Nether Beast Crystals by now, and after being startled, she asked with some surprise.

"Collecting them naturally has my own uses. I estimate that although the world is vast, places like the Yin Nether Land, even if not unique, are definitely extremely rare. After leaving here, if one wants to collect Yin Nether Beast Crystals again, it will be an extremely difficult task. As for dealing with these Yin beasts, we don't need to act at all; let it deal with them." Han Li suddenly shook his sleeve, and a green light flew out, landing in front of the two.

"It?" Mei Ning looked at the small monkey in front of her, a look of doubt appearing on her face!

"Of course it's it!" Han Li affirmed with an unchanging expression.

On the road before, because he was in a hurry to find villages, Han Li had only sought out safe sections to travel. Therefore, along the way, although he had killed some low-tier spirit beasts with his small swords, he hadn't seen any beast crystals appear. This made Han Li, who faintly knew the use of Yin Nether Beast Crystals, naturally want to collect more.

Now, Han Li didn't say anything more, greeted the woman, and turned to leave with the Soul-Devouring Beast.

He prepared to rest for a day in this Red Earth Village and start heading toward the places where powerful Yin beasts gathered tomorrow to test the power of the Soul-Devouring Beast.

A giant clawed beast, five or six zhang tall, was walking leisurely in a depression.

Relying on that pair of huge, indestructible sharp claws and a mouth full of sharp fangs, it was the overlord of this area, so it naturally didn't worry about any high-tier Yin beasts suddenly ambushing it.

Suddenly, its somewhat insensitive small ears seemed to hear some movement, and it immediately turned its head, staring with fierce eyes to one side. More than ten zhang away, a small monkey about a foot tall had appeared at some unknown time.

The small monkey was staring at the behemoth in front of it with extremely excited eyes.

Upon seeing the small monkey, the giant clawed beast didn't pounce on it in a rage; instead, after snorting a few times, it wanted to retreat with a look of fear on its face. But as soon as its figure moved, a yellow glow flew over like lightning, covering the giant beast's figure within it.

Subsequently, a heaven-shaking roar came from the yellow light. After the light shone brightly, the yellow glow flew back, carrying wisps of black energy that were sucked into the small monkey's large nose.

The small monkey chewed a few times with relish, patted its slightly bulging belly, and a look of satisfaction appeared on its face, as if it had eaten something extremely delicious.

At this time, Han Li walked over from afar with a relaxed expression, and beside him was the beautiful woman who was dumbfounded.

This woman had seen the whole scene just now, and it was truly hard for her to believe.

Now she glanced at the giant clawed beast's corpse, which had shriveled by more than half, and finally faintly thought of the small monkey in front of her and a certain legendary fierce beast, and her face couldn't help but turn ugly.

Han Li had already walked to the giant beast's head by now, shook his sleeve, and a silver-shining short blade appeared in his hand.

With an unchanging expression, he cut under the skin, and the giant beast's head split into two like a watermelon. Subsequently, a green crystal the size of a thumb fell out.

Seeing the crystal, a trace of a smile finally appeared on Han Li's face. He bent down and picked it up.

"Seven miles to the west, there are a few more powerful Yin beasts; it's just right to deal with them all together." Han Li raised his head to look to the west, as if talking to himself.

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