A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality

Killing Intent in the Valley

Not far behind him was a depression that was over 1,000 feet wide. It was completely barren, and it was clear that it wasn’t natural.

Han Li’s expression changed, but he first released his spiritual sense and quickly searched everything within 20 to 30 kilometers. He did not find any traces of other cultivators. Only then did he look at the ground with relief and slowly walked over.

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

This wasn’t a depression at all, but rather an extremely neat circular pit.

The pit was covered in grey dust, and it was unknown how deep it was. It was impossible to see anything clearly.

Han Li stared at the huge pit for a while and muttered to himself.

A short moment later, he formed an incantation gesture with his hands and raised his hand, summoning a typhoon over 100 feet tall in front of him.

Han Li said the word “go” and waved his sleeve.

A tornado immediately swept up the dust on the ground and whistled toward the center of the crater.

The wind swept away all of the rubble and dust in its path, revealing the true appearance of the pit in a short moment.

Down below were all stone walls with a dark red lava-like surface that was exceptionally smooth.

“This is…”

Han Li could tell at a glance that this was clearly formed from high-temperature flames. Then, he thought of the shape of this pit.

After some thought, an expression of astonishment appeared on his face.

Could it be that this was a huge crater created by a fireball similar to the Fireball Technique? If he were to release a fireball onto the stone wall, a similar crater would appear. However, the crater would only be several tens of feet in size at most. Compared to this hundred-meter-wide crater, it paled in comparison.

Could this be the power of an ancient cultivator?

Han Li thought for a long time in a daze before letting out a long sigh and shaking his head.

He had thought too much. This pit could have been formed from an ancient fire-attribute treasure. Even so, the abilities of ancient cultivators were far beyond those of current cultivators.

Then, Han Li slowly walked around the stone pit and did not find anything special. He stopped and looked up at the sky.

It should be noon now, but there was no dazzling sun in the sky. Instead, there were endless yellow dark clouds that emitted a faint light.

Han Li was not surprised. He had seen this situation many times.

This was the result of some kind of restriction covering the entire sky. According to his estimations, he probably wouldn’t be able to rise too high, or he would trigger the restriction.

Although he thought this, Han Li still flicked his finger, and a Gold Devouring Beetle that he had taken out flew out of his hand and into the air.

Han Li raised his head and looked at the insect expressionlessly.

As expected, when the Gold Devouring Beetle was only 500 to 600 feet away from the ground, a bolt of blue lightning struck the Gold Devouring Beetle.

The beetle immediately rolled in the air before plummeting to the ground. However, when it was about 70 to 80 feet above the ground, it spread its wings and returned to normal as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, Han Li revealed a pensive expression, then used his divine sense to recall the flying insect.

After identifying the direction, spiritual light flashed around his body and he slowly flew westward in a ball of azure light.

In such a strange place, he didn’t dare to use his full speed. Otherwise, he would simply be courting death if he ran into a restriction or a spatial tear.

As he had an appointment with Violet Spirit and Marquis Nanlong, Han Li prepared to do two things.

He would postpone the search for the Spirit Kindle Fruit, and join forces with Marquis Nanlong to exterminate the Fire Toad first.

Although the Ghost Spirit Sect would definitely look for the Spirit Kindle Fruit after entering the valley, Han Li did not believe that the vague memories of the Nascent Soul cultivator who escaped from the valley could let them immediately find the fruit. Who knew how long it would take?

Furthermore, even if he managed to find the spirit fruit, he would have to immediately refine the pill after plucking it. After consuming the pill, he would have to meditate to dissolve the medicinal power.

This delay was not just a few days.

As such, Han Li naturally had to obtain the core of the Fire Toad that was extremely important to Nangong Wan. Only then could he search for the Spirit Kindle Fruit with peace of mind.

Furthermore, he was also very interested in the treasures on the remains of the ancient cultivator that the Ancient Fire Toad guarded.

As Han Li pondered, he did not hesitate to use all of his spiritual sense. At the same time, blue light flashed in his eyes from time to time. He also used his Brightsight Spirit Eyes to prevent any restrictions or spatial cracks from hiding from his spiritual sense.

Although he was unable to determine where he was, it was clear that he wasn’t too far away from the other cultivators.

Although the teleportation formation was a random teleportation, everybody was within a certain range.

Han Li had no intention of meeting the other cultivators. Instead, he wanted to meet Marquis Nanlong and the others at the westernmost part of Devilfall Valley.

According to Marquis Nanlong, although he had obtained Master Cang Kun’s method of entering the valley, this method required a certain amount of risk and Essence Energy to enter the valley. The only benefit of this method was that he didn’t need to identify his own location. Once he entered the valley, he could follow Master Cang Kun’s previous route of entering the valley and sneak into the inner valley.

After some thought, Han Li decided to use the Ghost Spirit Sect’s method to enter the valley.

After all, since the Ghost Spirit Sect dared to wantonly sell the Devilfall Medallions, they must have some confidence in the method to enter the valley. Naturally, Han Li had to choose the safer method.

From the looks of it, the Ghost Spirit Sect’s method to enter the outer valley was indeed extremely smooth. However, he was afraid that he would have to take some risks on the way to the rendezvous point.

As Han Li pondered, he kept looking left and right. Suddenly, he stopped and stared ahead, frowning.

However, his expression immediately returned to normal as he continued to fly forward. However, his speed had unconsciously decreased by 30%.

After flying for more than 1,000 feet, Han Li stopped and looked at the white light fox floating in the air in the distance. He could not help but purse his lips.

It was a three-meter-long light arc with a thick center and thin ends. It was in the shape of a crescent moon. It silently hung in the air without emitting any spiritual fluctuations.

Han Li carefully sized up this arc of light once before suddenly raising his arm and lightly slashing forward.

An azure sword Qi appeared in the air above the light arc before fiercely descending.

With a boom, azure light flashed.

However, as soon as the sword Qi came into contact with the light arc, it immediately disappeared as if it had been devoured. Meanwhile, the arc of light remained suspended in the air as if nothing had happened.

Han Li nodded. It seemed that this was the so-called spatial rift.

If it was so obvious, it would be easy to avoid. However, it was said that there were invisible spatial tears, which were quite troublesome. Furthermore, he had only walked a short distance before he immediately saw this spatial tear. This meant that there were spatial tears everywhere in Devilfall Valley. If he wasn’t careful, he would definitely be in deep trouble.

Han Li thought to himself warily.

Then, his body blurred and he flew in a large arc, avoiding the rift and continuing on his way.

…

What Han Li did not know was that more than a hundred kilometers away, a chubby old man was also staring at a foot-long smaller arc of light in front of him, muttering something similar.

“That was quite a close call. They actually teleported me to the side of a spatial tear. If I were to land another hundred feet to the left, I wouldn’t be able to keep my life. It seems there are quite a few spatial tears in Devilfall Valley. I’ll have to be more careful.”

The old man muttered to himself with a pale face.

Soon after, he also examined his surroundings and used his spiritual sense to confirm that there was no danger. After determining a direction, his body flashed with light and he flew fifty to sixty feet away, preparing to leave.

Suddenly, a white light lit up along the way.

The old man didn’t even have the chance to scream before his body was split into two.

The two halves of the corpse carried a thick scent of blood and fell to the ground. The old man’s face was filled with disbelief and unwillingness before he died.

As for the spatial tear that had just appeared, its brilliance was completely withdrawn, and it slowly became transparent and invisible. If anyone else were to come, they wouldn’t be able to discover its existence.

…

In another location, three brocade-robed cultivators were sweating profusely as they flew back and forth through a pile of rubble. However, no matter which direction they went, rainbow light would appear every hundred feet and block their path.

“This won’t do. We won’t be able to leave this place. Those Ghost Spirit Sect bastards actually teleported the three of us into this restriction. Once we leave, we’ll definitely settle the score with them.” A large man with a scarred face couldn’t help but stop and curse.

“Humph, save your breath. The Ghost Spirit Sect is afraid of us small sects looking for trouble? Furthermore, they said from the start that the teleportation would be random. Even if we were teleported into a spatial tear, we would be considered unlucky. Fortunately, although this restriction is powerful, it doesn’t seem to be an offensive type. We will slowly think of a way to get out.” Another cultivator stopped and coldly said.

The scarred man shook his head and said, “But if that’s the case, the treasures in the valley will be taken by others. With our cultivation, we will only be able to search for treasures in the outer valley. If we go to the inner valley, we will be courting death. In order to buy the Devilfall Medallions, we’re almost bankrupt.”

After a moment of hesitation, the second cultivator said, “If that’s the case, then we can only use brute force to break through the restrictions. Although the restrictions appear somewhat mystical, the restrictions in the outer valley can’t be too powerful. In that case, we’ll be able to leave even if we exhaust a bit more magic power.”

After a moment of thought, the dark-skinned cultivator nodded and said, “Alright, that’s the only way. Second Brother, your magic treasure is an attack type magic treasure, so we’ll have to rely on you. We’ll assist you from the side.”

When the large man heard this, his spirits were roused and he said, “Leave it to me. I only need a few moves to break this ghost thing.”

He then opened his mouth to expel a ball of yellow light, within which was a small stone seal that was around an inch in size.

The large man formed an incantation gesture with his hands and pointed at the seal. In the blink of an eye, the stone seal swelled to several feet in size.

The other two released a red and a white flying swords respectively.