Chapter 491

"It seems we have entered another dark region."

The further Li Yi walked, the deeper the darkness ahead became; the nearby buildings were pitch black, without a single light, which meant this area had been completely overrun and occupied by the monsters in the darkness, and this also meant the risk of him crossing this darkness was very high.

But there was no other way now; he couldn't just turn back.

After consuming a Spirit Blood Pill to push his own vital energy back to its peak, he took a deep breath, a crimson auspicious cloud formed beneath his feet, and his speed suddenly surged.

A silver streak of light seemed to flash through the darkness, vanishing in an instant; the monsters hiding in the buildings had only just noticed him when Li Yi had already flown over ten kilometers away, and before they could even attempt to pursue him, he had completely disappeared.

Li Yi's judgment at this moment was not wrong; once exposed in this dark region for a long time, all the monsters would swarm toward him, and even if he were a capable fighter, he would be worn down to death here. The only method was to take a risk, use his magic power, and cast the Cloud-Stepping Art to cross this darkness in one breath.

Because at this speed, the vast majority of monsters were effectively useless.

The only things capable of intercepting him would be evil entities with strength far exceeding his own.

But Li Yi did not believe he would be so unlucky as to run into an evil entity stronger than himself while crossing the darkness.

"Rumble!"

Accompanied by the casting of the Cloud-Stepping Art, a deafening roar came from the darkness behind him; a building collapsed, and a black evil corpse was revealed. It roared and bellowed in Li Yi's direction, its strength terrifying, and then it gave chase. It was extremely fast, and its massive body did not appear sluggish but rather incredibly agile; with just a sway of its body, it shattered the air, sending a series of explosions echoing out.

Li Yi's eyelids twitched, and he dared not relax in the slightest, his Cloud-Stepping Art speed only increasing.

That dark evil corpse pursued him for over a hundred kilometers, but it did not understand Daoist arts and could not catch up to the Cloud-Stepping Art, so it could only watch helplessly as Li Yi slipped away from under its nose, finally venting its rage in the darkness in frustration.

"That was close."

Li Yi breathed a slight sigh of relief; he felt that the dark evil corpse's strength was terrifying, but unfortunately, the opponent's alertness was low, and it seemed to have been sleeping in the darkness and had not fully awakened, which was why it was only discovered when he passed by, causing it to miss the opportunity to act immediately, allowing him to escape without any real harm.

Although some powerful monsters continued to strike out from the darkness afterward, they were not to be feared and were all left behind by him, unable to keep up with his speed.

Sun Fei, who was being carried by the Cloud-Stepping Art, was incredibly shocked; this was his first time truly feeling how terrifying Li Yi's flight speed was when his magic power erupted.

The view around them was blurred, and he couldn't see anything clearly; although they were surrounded by darkness and he couldn't determine their location, he could still judge a thing or two from the sounds the monsters made—the monsters' cries would clearly ring out right beside his ears, but in the blink of an eye, they would be left behind and could no longer be heard.

Not a moment later.

Lights suddenly appeared in the buildings ahead.

Then, the lights in the nearby buildings became more and more frequent; the appearance of this phenomenon proved that Li Yi had successfully crossed that dark region.

As soon as he crossed the dark zone, Li Yi immediately retracted the Cloud-Stepping Art and then rushed into a building with relatively bright lights.

He wanted to use the Holy Corpse inside this building to weaken the evil god's curse on his body and shake off the tracking of some powerful evil entities.

"A powerful adventurer has entered the building."

The guard at the passageway widened his eyes, looking in disbelief at Li Yi standing before the Holy Corpse; he wanted to sound the alarm, but soon dismissed the thought, and after looking around and finding that no one had noticed, he simply pretended that nothing had happened to avoid bringing trouble upon himself.

At least it wasn't some monster that had broken into the building.

Li Yi sat beside the Holy Corpse and glanced at the curse on the back of his hand; it had indeed faded significantly, becoming almost invisible. He then took out the magic map and began to study it.

"It's very close; I'll be able to return to the first building soon."

He saw that his current location was only about a few dozen kilometers from the starting point; he could leave here after the next action. By then, he would only need to find the Golden Apple to dispel the evil god's curse, and this trip could be considered a perfect conclusion.

Now he only hoped that Xuan Yuezi had also left this dark world safely.

After closing the map, Li Yi rested for half an hour before setting off again; before leaving, he tossed a bag of gold coins to the guard as a fee for resting.

"Sir, where exactly are we going? It seems we have already traveled a long way." Sun Fei asked curiously at this moment.

Li Yi identified the direction and said, "Of course, to leave this dark world; I need to find the correct building, where there is a passage leading to the outside world. Alright, no more wasting time; I've checked the map, and it's not far now. We'll reach our destination in one go and won't stop in between."

As soon as he finished speaking, he once again channeled his Gang Qi, swept up Sun Fei, and rushed out.

This action was very safe because the dangers in this area were relatively few; the nearby buildings all had lights on, and although they couldn't compare to the Light Zone, at least there was no risk of them being overrun.

The journey of several dozen kilometers was soon over.

Very quickly.

Li Yi found that familiar building.

At the end of the building's passageway, a kerosene lamp was lit, and the person in charge of guarding it was a man named Liu Ming. Besides this, there were many other passageways in other parts of the building; no one knew where those passages led, and not all buildings had such passages.

He had observed many buildings, and only a small number of them had such special passages. "This is the place." Li Yi walked into the building; he was not in a hurry to leave, but wanted to confirm news of Xuan Yuezi.

At this moment.

The guard Liu Ming heard the movement and immediately looked toward the passageway; when he saw Li Yi, a hint of joy appeared on his face: "It's you? You've returned from your adventure?"

To him, Li Yi had only been gone for a day or two, a very short time, so his impression of Li Yi was still quite deep.

"I did indeed go for a spin outside, and fortunately, I returned safely, bringing along a fellow traveler named Sun Fei." Li Yi said, "By the way, Liu Ming, have you been guarding here for the past two days?"

"Of course, I have to work for a month, and a new guard will be chosen to take my place next month," Liu Ming said. "However, I could spend some gold coins to hire someone to replace me, but I don't want to waste the money."

Li Yi asked, "Then, during your time on duty, have you seen the lady who was traveling with me return?"

He was inquiring about information on Xuan Yuezi.

With Xuan Yuezi's abilities, returning here should not be difficult.

"I haven't seen her."

However, Liu Ming shook his head: "It has been very quiet for the two days since you left; no one has entered this building. What's wrong? Did you get separated from your companion? That's not good; if you get separated in the dark world, it's very difficult to reunite without some special methods."

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Li Yi frowned at this moment.

With his own ability to move, he had returned; Xuan Yuezi, a cultivation expert of the Three-Flower Realm, should logically not have been able to get lost in the dark world.

She was not a child; if she couldn't find the way, she would naturally ask people and inquire about information on this world.

If she wasn't lost, then there was only one possibility: she had encountered danger, and a great danger at that, which had forced this cultivation expert to be delayed.

"Sir, I suggest waiting here for a few more days; with that lady's strength, she should be able to return safely." Sun Fei, who was on the side, suggested.

"That makes sense; you go to the shop and rent two rooms. We will stay here for a while, and by the way, I'll find a way to deal with the evil god's curse. Once my companion arrives, I will take you with me when I leave here." Li Yi nodded and then handed him a bag of gold coins.

Sun Fei took the gold coins, nodded, and immediately rushed to the shop on the tenth floor.

The layout inside the building was the same everywhere; anyone who had lived here would not be unfamiliar with the building.

Very quickly, Sun Fei obtained the keys to two rooms on the first floor.

And after paying the gold coins, the lights in the two rooms on the first floor automatically turned on, which meant that someone had moved in.

However, the lower the floor, the higher the danger of living there; most people still preferred to live on higher floors.

But correspondingly, the higher floors also had trouble, which was that if one encountered danger, it was not easy to escape, and one could easily be trapped in the building; there were pros and cons, depending on how one chose.

Sun Fei trusted Li Yi's powerful strength, so he chose two rooms on the first floor, the purpose being to make it convenient to keep an eye on the situation outside the building.

At the same time, he spent two more gold coins to hire two women in the building to clean the rooms, clear away some trash, and add some daily necessities.

After everything was finished, he handed the keys to Li Yi.

"Sir, the rooms are ready and can be used at any time," Sun Fei said respectfully.

Li Yi asked, "How much do you know about the other passages outside the building?"

"Those passages leading to mysterious places?" Sun Fei said, "I know about that; the appearance of those passages is not fixed. Some buildings have them, and some don't. Adventurers can use those passages to go to some secret realms to adventure, explore the unknown, fight monsters, and obtain treasures, or they can use the passages to go to other buildings."

"I've heard that some people used the passages to go to a forest and obtained the Fountain of Youth, and I've also heard that there are swords in the stone inside the passages, waiting for powerful adventurers to pull them out. I've also been to the passages before, but I entered a cave, encountered quite a few monsters, and in the end, I only hurriedly picked up a few gems, which I exchanged for a few hundred gold coins."

Liu Ming, on the side, said in surprise: "You want to go adventure in the passages? You have to be careful; although there are many treasures inside, since I can remember, not a single adventurer has successfully brought the treasures from the passages back."

He was a native here and knew a lot about the information on the passages outside this building.

"However, as long as you still have that golden rat skin, it's no problem; you can try entering the rooms to get the treasures." Liu Ming suddenly thought of something else and reminded Li Yi again to use that golden rat skin.

Because the golden rat skin was a rare and uncommon monster, possessing special abilities.

This was information unique to this building, which even Sun Fei, an adventurer who traveled frequently, did not know.

Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "Alright, I know; thank you for the reminder, but there's no rush now. I'll rest for a day first, and I'll take action tomorrow."

As he spoke, he took the keys and walked toward the room closest to the Holy Corpse.

(End of chapter)