Published: September 9, 2025
Chapter 831: Unusual Beast
āDonāt be impatient. This spiritual herb has been here for so many years; itās impossible that nothing is guarding it. Otherwise, even with the illusion formation shielding the outside, the spiritual fruit would have long been devoured by other ancient beasts,ā Han Li said calmly, though he was equally excited inside. At this moment, he replied unhurriedly.
āBrother Han means that there are still ancient beasts guarding this place?ā Zi Ling, having heard Han Li mention the existence of ancient demonic beasts in Fallen Demon Valley, was startled and instantly felt clearer-headed.
āThatās right. Look at the top of that spiritual herbāthere are two obvious bite marks, which means two spiritual fruits were swallowed whole twice by the guarding ancient beast. Although eating the Spirit Candle Fruit wonāt trigger a cultivation breakthrough, it still has some effect on overcoming bottlenecks. No wonder that thing didnāt dare to devour them all at once,ā Han Li said slowly. Then, his gaze swept around Green Lake before he lowered his head slightly to look at the relatively small lake surface.
Undoubtedly, if anything was hiding nearby, it must be lurking in the lake.
After entering the Inner Valley, Han Li took off his cloak. While guiding the wind-riding wheel and using the Mingqing spiritual eye, he did not hide it from Zi Ling. After all, she had already guessed that he had a method to avoid the spatial rift, so there was no need to conceal anything from her.
Therefore, after scanning the lake water with his spiritual awareness and finding nothing unusual, Han Liās pupils flashed blue light. His gaze instantly penetrated dozens of meters beneath the water, directly into the bottom of Green Lake. His expression moved slightly.
āWhatās wrong? Brother Han, did you find something?ā Zi Ling, who had been carefully watching Han Liās expression, raised her delicate brows and asked with a slight frown.
āStep back a little. This guarding ancient beast seems tricky. Iām afraid Iāll have to use some methods to deal with it,ā Han Liās expression returned to normal in an instant. He turned his head slightly and said to Zi Ling calmly.
The ancient beasts of Lake Prefecture actually had a way to evade his spiritual awareness detection. Naturally, Han Li held them in higher regard.
āThen Iāll leave it to you, Brother Han!ā Zi Ling knew her cultivation base was low and that staying by Han Liās side would only be a hindrance. She sensibly agreed, then immediately flew backward thirty or forty meters before stopping her light speed, hovering motionless in the air.
Seeing Zi Ling step aside, Han Li didnāt hesitate. He reached to his waist and took out three spiritual beast pouches, consecutively summoning them into midair. Then he formed hand seals with both hands. Tens of thousands of golden flying insects swarmed out from the three pouches.
They fluttered across the sky, blocking out the sun and turning the area tens of meters around into a dazzling, golden, demonic spectacle.
āAh!ā From afar, Zi Ling saw the terrifying scene and couldnāt help but let out a light gasp, her expression full of surprise.
Han Li mastered the insect repelling technique, and Zi Ling naturally knew this. She had even witnessed it twice before in battles at Void Heaven Hall and the Six Paths Sect. But now, the flying insects, nearing their mature stage, were completely different from the golddevourer worms from back thenāin size and color, incomparable.
Now these golden insects had doubled in size, with fierce and resplendent appearances. Han Li released tens of thousands of them at once, creating an extraordinary aura. It was normal for Zi Ling to be shocked without any preparation.
Han Li had no intention to pay attention to Zi Lingās astonishment. After setting the golddevourer worms, he flicked his sleeve. Thirty-six green bamboo bee cloud swords slipped out from the sleeve in a row, transforming into dozens of golden lights about a foot long. They hovered and danced beneath the insect cloud.