High Martial Arts Era

Chapter 768 Special? Black Ancient Spirit
"Boom!" The water, which had been flowing slowly, suddenly became turbulent, and streams of strange gray-black power merged into the water, attacking Li Yuan and his two companions from all directions.

"Get out of my way!" Starry Sky God Emperor frowned.

hum~
With a wave of his hand, a series of rumbling water currents instantly rippled outwards, easily blocking the strange gray-black power.

And this time.

Not only the Starry Sky God Emperor with the strongest perception, but also Li Yuan and the Awakening Star God Emperor clearly sensed that there were several powerful figures millions of kilometers away.

They were all beast-shaped, with four hooves, and their bodies were silvery-white, smooth as flowing water, making them very beautiful.

Only their eyes are pure white.

"It's Bai Guling!" Juexing God Emperor's expression changed slightly: "Judging from their aura and size, they should all be ordinary Emperor Realm level (seventh-order Quasi-Saint), but how can there be so many of them, with six appearing at once? We have only just arrived at the Ancient Ruins of the Long River."

"I don't know." The Starry Sky God Emperor also frowned: "These White Ancient Spirits are not a concern, but what I'm worried about is whether there are other White Ancient Spirits lurking in the shadows? Their sensing range in the Long River Ancient Ruins far exceeds ours."

"Juexing, when you descended upon the Ancient Ruins of the Long River in the past, did you ever encounter this situation?" the Starry Sky God Emperor inquired.

"No." Emperor Juexing shook his head.

The two God Emperors realized what was happening and looked at Li Yuan at the same time. The Starry Sky God Emperor said in a low voice, "Alliance Leader, it might be related to you."

"With me?" Li Yuan's heart stirred slightly.

The ancient ruins of the long river contain countless dangers, but the most common dangers encountered by the powerful beings of the universe are of two kinds. One is the numerous, unpredictable, and dangerous ancient ruins. Before entering each ancient ruin, no one knows what it contains. Throughout history, many rulers have perished in the ancient ruins.

Another type is the ancient spirits that are scattered throughout the void rivers and the ancient ruins sea.

Gu Ling is an indigenous life form born from the ancient ruins of Changhe.

Ancient spirits are divided into white and black, which can be distinguished by the color of their eyes. Black ancient spirits are extremely rare, and each one is incredibly powerful, at least at the peak of the Emperor Realm. Their strength is comparable to that of a Ruler or even a Supreme, and they are also extremely intelligent.

The White Ancient Spirits have pure white eyes. They generally have low intelligence and rely more on instinct to act. Their strength ranges from second-tier quasi-saints to rulers.

In the ancient ruins of Changhe, the ancient spirits make up the vast majority.

However, although there are many ancient spirits, most of those that reach the Emperor Realm level are in the Ancient Ruins Sea and rarely appear in the void rivers that serve as branches.

Li Yuan and his two companions had just arrived when they encountered six White Ancient Spirits.

"According to the information Xiaomu gave me, and the information I have, one generally wouldn't encounter this level of danger in the Void River." Many thoughts flashed through Li Yuan's mind: "Judging from what Master and the Starry Sky God Emperor said, they didn't encounter this special situation when they descended before. Could it be related to me?"

"Moreover, from the moment I arrived, I sensed a terrifying pressure that has lingered in my heart ever since," Li Yuan frowned.

This oppressive aura seemed to emanate from an infinitely distant space-time.

It was as if some terrifying being was secretly watching and observing him through the barriers of time and space, which made Li Yuan feel very uncomfortable.

According to the information Li Yuan knew, no other powerful figure had this situation.

"Could it be related to the Eternal Divine Palace?" Li Yuan pondered to himself, but since this was his first time visiting the Ancient Ruins of the Long River, he couldn't be sure.

Before Li Yuan could think further...

boom! boom! boom!
Seeing that the long-range attack was ineffective, the six white ancient spirits moved at the same time. Their bodies were born for the environment of the ancient river ruins, and in an instant they completely merged into the river water, their speed soaring to a terrifying level, and they rushed directly towards Li Yuan and the other two.

Li Yuan flipped his palm and took out the divine spear, ready to make a move.

"Alliance Leader, you don't need to worry about this trouble. Leave it to me," the Starry Sky God Emperor said in a low voice, reaching out his hand again.

With a single slap, it grows rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, it reached a size of a million kilometers. At the same time, a hazy and vast aura of the eternal Dao made the giant hand seem to be covered with a layer of radiance. Time and space were also changing. It seemed to be relatively far away from those white ancient spiritual seas, but in the next instant, it rushed to their front.

"Bang~"

"Bang~" "Bang~" Like a stone smashing an egg, wherever the giant palm touched, one after another white ancient spirits instantly exploded and shattered, their bodies turning into countless tiny streams of water that merged into the vast river.

"escape!"

"It's the peak of the Emperor Realm."

"We can't afford to mess with them, let's run!" The white ancient spirits, whose bodies had exploded, had their life force greatly reduced, but their fragmented bodies quickly reassembled, each one trying to escape in terror.

They are indeed very unintelligent and act very recklessly, but that is in comparison to the cosmic cultivators!

That doesn't mean they're stupid.

They will flee immediately if they encounter an invincible enemy.

"Escape?" The Starry Sky God Emperor frowned. His attacks were powerful and unpredictable, but he couldn't restrain all the White Ancient Spirits at the same time.

With a thought, Li Yuan unleashed the power of the World Dao, causing the surrounding void to rapidly solidify as he attempted to use his World Domain to intercept the White Ancient Spirits.

“Li Yuan, let them go. Killing them is useless and might even cause more trouble,” Juexing God Emperor said immediately.

Li Yuan was taken aback, but did not refute it. With a thought, he stopped expanding his world domain.

Within the ancient ruins of the long river, the spatial and temporal suppression is even more terrifying than that of the immortal world. Therefore, even powerful emperors cannot tear through the void to move forward, and their battle range is greatly restricted.

If it were a clash between Emperor Realm experts in the universe, once it broke out, it could potentially affect half of a star field.

Quickly.

The six white ancient spirits fled and quickly went beyond Li Yuan and the others' sensing range.

“Master?” Li Yuan looked at Juexing God Emperor. “Alliance Leader, Juexing was right just now.” Starry Sky God Emperor said, “These White Ancient Spirits have extremely special life forms. Even if we kill them, their bodies will completely merge into the void river, leaving nothing behind.”

"At most, you can get some of the treasures they carry with them, but the White Spirits are not very intelligent and rarely carry any treasures."

"Moreover, the Ancient Spirits are of one mind. Before they die, they might pass on the news that we are the murderers to the other Ancient Spirits... which would provoke even greater hostility from the Ancient Spirits," said the Starry Sky God Emperor.

Obviously.

Starry Sky God Emperor and Awakening Star God Emperor have ventured into the Ancient Ruins of the Long River many times and know a great deal about the Ancient Spirit Clan.

"Therefore, unless we can instantly annihilate them, preventing them from transmitting any messages," said the Starry Sky God Emperor, "in most cases, simply driving them away will suffice."

Li Yuan understood.

These white ghosts are like leeches; killing them will only bring trouble and little benefit.

“If it’s a Black Ancient Spirit, then it’s different,” said the Star God Emperor. “Black Ancient Spirits are extremely intelligent. They explore many ‘ancient ruins’ in the Long River Ancient Ruins and usually find a lot of treasures… Every time we kill one, we can reap amazing rewards.”

"However, the Black Ancient Spirits are all cunning and extremely powerful, making them extremely difficult to kill." Emperor Juexing sighed, "Back then, I only managed to kill one Black Ancient Spirit by following Chaos and Xinmeng."

"I haven't killed anyone," Starry Sky God Emperor said, spreading his hands.

Li Yuan couldn't help but smile. Inviting Master Juexing and the Starry Sky God Emperor to come together was indeed useful, as much of their experience had not been mentioned in the intelligence reports.

“Let’s leave here first,” said the Starry Sky God Emperor. “Based on the coordinates of some tokens I left behind, this void river should be void river number '39'. If we go downstream, we should be able to enter the Ancient Ruins Sea in about three months.”

"Once we enter the Ancient Ruins Sea, we will be close to the Demon Heart Lake."

Li Yuan nodded. The ancient ruins of the long river were boundless and vast, containing countless dangerous places, and Demon Heart Lake was just one of them.

Even the divine realm is difficult to teleport to.

Therefore, it is normal for a journey to take several months, and for a quasi-saint with weaker strength, it is normal for a journey to take several years or even decades.

Led by the Starry Sky God Emperor, the three quickly headed towards the Ancient Ruins Sea.

……

Three hours later.

Deep within the void river, far from Li Yuan and his companions, floats a massive mansion in the calm waters, where a large number of White Ancient Spirits live.

But deep inside the cave.

Six ancient spirits, all silver-white in color, were prostrate on the ground, showing their submission to an ancient spirit in the hall that was similar in form but much larger than themselves.

This ancient creature's eyes were entirely black, yet extremely bright.

This is a black Gullfowl!

"You're saying that the six of you were instantly blasted apart by a single cosmic cultivator? And that you were all severely injured?" A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the black ancient spirit: "Could it be an eighth-order quasi-saint? Why would you provoke such an existence?"

Soon, these white spirits began to utter strange language.

"The scent of food? Tempting you?" Hei Guling's eyes flashed with shock: "You mean, you sensed one of the cultivators was attracting you from the shadows, as if killing him would guarantee your evolution? Making you unable to resist taking action?"

Gu Ling is the native life form of the ancient ruins of Changhe.

Their growth mainly occurs in three ways. One is through self-cultivation, but this is extremely difficult, and almost no ancient spirit can evolve purely on its own.

Secondly, it evolves by devouring strange treasures.

Thirdly, one must kill all outsiders, including cultivators from the universe. Successfully killing them will bring many benefits.

This also leads to the Ancient Spirits frequently attacking and killing outsiders.

However, this Black Ancient Spirit had never heard of an outsider who could evoke such allure in a White Ancient Spirit at the Emperor Realm level.

"Moreover, this cultivator doesn't seem to have the aura of the Eternal Dao yet. Could it be that he hasn't entered the Emperor Realm yet? Why is he so special?" The black ancient spirit quickly pondered.

It did not act rashly.

Over countless years, having survived countless calamities, it knew very well that the ancient spirits wanted to kill outsiders... but the outsiders also wanted to kill dark ancient spirits like itself.

Think for a moment.

"Mo Jiu," Hei Gu Ling transmitted, "Lead your strongmen and take Qing and the others to hunt down this group of cultivators. I have laid down a large number of 'spiritual springs' in this area. As long as they do not escape my territory, the spiritual springs will be able to sense them... to test their strength."

"Be as detailed as possible."

Even as a test, this black ancient spirit was unwilling to reveal itself directly.

"Yes, leader." In a flash, more than thirty White Ancient Spirits left the mysterious water palace.

……

In the vast and mighty void river, Li Yuan, the Star God Emperor, and the others moved forward swiftly. Having gained experience from their recent descent, they were very cautious.

but.

In just one day, they were attacked by the White Spirits three more times, although they easily resisted each time.

However, the frequency of these attacks was somewhat difficult for Li Yuan and his group to understand.

(End of this chapter)