Chapter 804: Killing Intent in the Valley

Not far behind him, there was actually a depression. It was a hundred zhang wide, bare all around, with not a blade of grass growing, looking at a glance like it was definitely not formed naturally.

Han Li's expression shifted, but he first released his spiritual sense, quickly searching everything within twenty or thirty li, and did not discover the presence of other cultivators. Only then did he look at the depression with peace of mind and walk over slowly.

Standing at the edge of the depression, Han Li examined it carefully, and a trace of surprise flashed across his face.

This was not a depression at all, but a very neat circular pit.

The pit was gray and hazy, filled with an unknown depth of gray dust, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

Han Li stared at the large pit for a while, showing a look of contemplation.

But a moment later, he pinched a spell with both hands, raised his hand, and a hurricane over ten zhang high formed out of thin air in front of him.

Han Li spat out the word "Go," and flicked his sleeve.

Immediately, the hurricane swept up the gray dust on the ground and whistled toward the center of the large pit.

Wherever this wind passed, gravel and dust were all swept up. In a moment, the true appearance of the stone pit was revealed.

Below was all stone wall, with a dark red lava-like surface, exceptionally smooth.

"This is..."

Han Li saw at a glance that this was clearly formed by high-temperature fire. Thinking of the shape of this pit again.

He pondered for a moment, and a look of horror appeared on his face.

Could this be a giant pit caused by a fireball similar to a Fireball Technique? If he released a fireball and hit the stone wall, a similar stone pit would also appear, but the area would be at most a few zhang wide. Compared to this hundred-zhang stone pit, it was simply a drop in the bucket.

Could this be the divine ability of an ancient cultivator, truly so powerful?

Han Li stared blankly for a long time before letting out a long breath and shaking his head.

He had thought too far. This pit could also have been formed by the attack of some fire-attribute ancient treasure. But even so, the divine abilities of ancient cultivators were indeed incomparable to those of modern cultivators.

Afterward, Han Li walked slowly around the stone pit, didn't discover anything special, stopped his footsteps, and looked up at the sky.

It should be noon now, but the dazzling sun that was blinding before teleportation did not appear in the sky; instead, it was replaced by endless yellow hazy overcast clouds, emitting a faint light.

Han Li was not surprised; he had seen this kind of situation many times.

This was the result of some kind of barrier covering the entire sky. According to his estimation, it was probably impossible to ascend too high now, otherwise, he would trigger the barrier.

Although he guessed this, Han Li still flicked his finger, and a Gold-Eating Insect he had taken out at some point was released, flying straight toward the sky.

Han Li looked up at this insect, his face expressionless.

Sure enough, when the insect flew to a height of fifty or sixty zhang from the ground, a blue lightning bolt fell out of thin air, hitting the Gold-Eating Insect exactly.

The insect immediately rolled over and fell directly from the sky, but when it fell to a height of seven or eight zhang, it spread its wings again and returned to normal as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this scene, Han Li showed a thoughtful expression, then used his spiritual sense to recall the flying insect.

After identifying the direction, spiritual light flickered around his body, and in a ball of green light, he flew slowly toward the west.

In this kind of eerie place, he didn't dare to fly at full speed. Otherwise, if he bumped into some barrier or spatial rift, that would truly be seeking death.

With appointments with both Zi Ling and Nan Long Hou, Han Li prepared to do two things one by one.

He would put the Spirit Candle Fruit slightly behind; he would first unite with Nan Long Hou and kill that Fire Toad Beast.

Although it was said that the Ghost Spirit Sect people would definitely go looking for the Spirit Candle Fruit after entering the valley. But Han Li didn't believe that relying on the vague memory of a Nascent Soul cultivator who had escaped from the valley, they could find this fruit immediately; who knew how long it would take.

Moreover, even if he found this spirit fruit after much hardship, he had to refine the pill immediately after picking it, and then after taking the pill, he had to meditate to dissolve the medicinal power.

This delay was not a matter of a few days.

As a result, Han Li naturally had to get the Fire Toad inner core, which was incomparably important to Nangong Wan, into his hands before he could go looking for the Spirit Candle Fruit with peace of mind.

What's more, he was also greatly interested in what treasures were on the ancient cultivator's remains guarded by the Fire Toad ancient beast.

Han Li pondered while opening his spiritual sense to the maximum, not sparing any mental effort. At the same time, blue light flickered in his eyes from time to time, and his Bright Clarity Spirit Eye divine ability was also displayed to prevent any barriers or spatial rifts from bypassing his spiritual sense without his knowledge.

Although he couldn't judge where he was in the outer valley, he was clearly not too far from other cultivators.

Although the teleportation array was said to be a random teleportation, it was a random teleportation within a certain range.

Han Li didn't intend to see other cultivators, but wanted to go to the far west of the Fallen Devil Valley to rendezvous with Nan Long Hou and the others.

According to Nan Long Hou, although he also obtained the entry method of Cang Kun Shangren, this method required taking certain risks and consuming a certain amount of vitality to enter the valley. The only benefit of this method was that there was no need to identify one's location; once entering the valley, one could sneak into the inner valley according to Cang Kun Shangren's route from years ago.

And after Han Li pondered, he still chose to use the Ghost Spirit Sect's method to enter the valley.

After all, the Ghost Spirit Sect dared to sell Fallen Devil Tokens in large numbers, so they must have some confidence in their entry method. Han Li naturally wanted to choose a safer one.

Now it seemed that the Ghost Spirit Sect's method of entering this outer valley was indeed smooth. It was just that on the way there, he probably had to take some risks.

Han Li pondered while looking around constantly. Suddenly, his figure paused, staring ahead, and he frowned slightly.

But he immediately returned to normal, continuing to fly forward, only his flight speed slowed down by thirty percent without him realizing it.

After flying over a hundred zhang, Han Li stopped, looking at a white light arc suspended in mid-air in the distance, and couldn't help but lick his lips.

This was a light arc a zhang long, thick in the middle and thin at both ends, crescent-shaped. It hung silently in the air, not emitting a trace of spiritual energy fluctuation.

Han Li examined this light arc carefully, suddenly raised his arm, and slashed lightly into the void in front of him.

A green sword qi appeared out of thin air above the light arc, then fell fiercely downward.

"Boom." Green light flashed explosively.

But once the sword qi made contact with the light arc, it immediately disappeared, as if it had been swallowed. And the light arc remained hanging in the air as if nothing had happened, without the slightest change.

Han Li nodded; it seemed this was the so-called spatial rift.

If it were this obvious, it would be easy to dodge. But it was said that there were invisible spatial rifts, which was a bit troublesome. And having just walked not far, he immediately saw this rift, which showed that spatial rifts were indeed everywhere in the entire Fallen Devil Valley. If he wasn't careful, he would definitely be in big trouble.

Han Li thought with a chill in his heart.

Then his figure flickered, his flight light drew a large arc, bypassed this rift, and continued to fly away without paying any attention to it.

What Han Li didn't know was that in a place over a hundred li away, a chubby old man was also staring at a light arc a foot long and much smaller in front of him, muttering similar words.

"That was truly dangerous. It actually teleported me next to a spatial rift; if I had deviated by ten or so zhang, my life would have been gone. It seems there are indeed many spatial rifts in this Fallen Devil Valley, I really must be more careful."

The old man muttered to himself, his face somewhat pale.

Afterward, he also observed the surroundings, confirmed there was no danger with his spiritual sense, identified a direction, and his flight light flashed, flying five or six zhang away, preparing to leave this place.

Suddenly, a white light lit up on the way.

The old man didn't even let out a scream, his body instantly splitting into two.

Two halves of the corpse, mixed with a thick smell of blood, fell into the dust. The old man's face was full of disbelief and unwillingness before death.

And this spatial rift that had just revealed its form converged its light and slowly became transparent and invisible again. If someone else came, they would similarly be unable to discover its existence.

In another place, three cultivators in brocade robes were flying back and forth in a pile of rubble, sweating profusely, but no matter which direction they went, as soon as they flew out dozens of zhang, seven-colored rosy light would appear, blocking their path.

"This won't do, we can't get out like this. Those bastards from the Ghost Spirit Sect actually teleported the three of us into this barrier. When we brothers get out, we must settle the score with them properly." One of the scar-faced big men among the three finally couldn't help but stop his flight light and curse loudly.

"Hmph, save your breath. Would the Ghost Spirit Sect be afraid of small sect cultivators like us looking for trouble? Besides, they said from the beginning that the teleportation was random, and if you were teleported into a spatial rift, it was just your own bad luck. Fortunately, although this barrier is powerful, it doesn't seem to be of the attack type; if we slowly find a way, we can always get out." Another high-cheekboned cultivator also stopped and said coldly.

"But if that's the case, wouldn't the treasures in the valley be snatched by others first? You have to know, our three's cultivation bases are at most enough to search for treasures in the outer valley. Going to the inner valley is just seeking death. And to buy this Fallen Devil Token, we have almost gone bankrupt." The scar-faced big man shook his head repeatedly and said.

"If that's the case, we can only use brute force to break the barrier. Although this barrier looks somewhat magical, the barriers in the outer valley can't be that powerful. If we do this, although we will consume more magic power, we can finally get out immediately." After hesitating for a moment, the high-cheekboned cultivator said so.

"Fine, that's the only way. Second brother, your magic treasure is of the attack type, it's all up to you. The two of us will assist from the side." Another dark-faced cultivator thought for a moment and also agreed.

"Leave this to me. Just a few hits will be enough to break this damn thing." The big man heard this, his spirit lifted and he said.

Afterward, he opened his mouth and spat out a ball of yellow light, inside which was wrapped a small, square stone seal, an inch in size.

The big man pinched a spell with both hands and pointed at the seal. Immediately, the stone seal expanded wildly in the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it was several zhang in size.

The other two released a red and a white, two flying swords flashing with essence light.

===== CHAPTER 805 =====