Cultivating immortality relies on spatial abilities; defying fate to become the protagonist.

Chapter 120 Exterminating the Vampire Bats
Gu Shihan suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if the heavy burden that had been weighing on her had suddenly disappeared, and her body felt much lighter.

"Snap!" Suddenly, a crisp and slight sound reached Gu Shihan's ears.

To her surprise, she discovered that a crack had appeared in her cultivation barrier, and it was spreading rapidly at a visible speed.

The entire cultivation barrier shattered with a roar, and a powerful and pure force surged into her body.

Under the impact of this force, Gu Shihan's cultivation level rose steadily, and she finally broke through the bottleneck and advanced to the late stage of the sixth level of the Golden Core realm.

At this moment, she was surrounded by a faint golden light, like a fairy descending to earth, with an extraordinary and refined temperament.

Just as Gu Shihan was immersed in the joy of her improved cultivation, a faint and distant voice came from somewhere: "The Way of Heaven is elusive, and so is the Way of Man. The Way and the Demon, the Demon and the Way, who truly understands what it means to be human? What is a demon? What is the Way?"

There are three thousand great paths, and the demonic path is just one of them; it all depends on the human heart. By upholding one's true nature, achieving the Great Dao is not an unattainable goal!

The voice, like the morning bell and evening drum, echoed continuously in Gu Shihan's mind, plunging her into deep thought...

"Little sister, you? You advanced?!" Shi Qinghan's surprised voice interrupted Gu Shihan's thoughts.

"Hmm! You've advanced a small level. Let's go, now that things are settled here, we need to head to Black Wind Cliff immediately, or things might change!"

This time, the two decided not to travel by sword, but to choose a more convenient and faster way—to have Xiao Hei carry them.

In this way, the speed of travel is vastly different from that of flying on a sword, increasing by several times.

Time flew by, and in less than half an hour, the two arrived at an ancient stone tablet with the three large characters "Black Wind Cliff" engraved on it.

Following the winding path beside the stone tablet, you can soon see the bottom of Black Wind Cliff.

As soon as we reached the bottom of the valley, a dark mass rushed towards us. Countless vampire bats surged out of the cave entrance, seemingly trying to escape from this place.

Indeed, without the nourishment of blood and qi, they need to find a new place to be nourished!

Seeing this, Gu Shihan dared not delay for a moment and quickly waved her hand to cast a spell, summoning Xingbai and Yutong.

She called out anxiously to Xingbai, "Xingbai, with your binding power, can you trap all these vampire bats here?"

Xingbai observed the situation for a moment, then nodded and replied, "Don't worry, Hanhan, it shouldn't be a problem. However, you need to speed up your actions, as I'm afraid I can't hold out for long."

After receiving Xing Bai's affirmative reply, Gu Shihan breathed a slight sigh of relief, but she was still on edge.

She immediately began to deploy the task: "Okay! Brother, you and Long Teng go quickly to investigate the surrounding caves and carefully check if there is anything unusual."

As for Yu Tong and me, we were responsible for dealing with the situation here.

"Little Black, I hope you can lend Xingbai a hand and make sure it doesn't get hurt by these vampire bats."

Upon receiving the order, everyone sprang into action, quickly heading to their designated positions and carrying out their respective duties.

Faced with a large and menacing horde of vampire bats, the most effective countermeasure was to use fire. In an instant, the raging flames, like a ferocious beast, suddenly leaped up and soared into the sky, illuminating the entire Black Wind Cliff base as bright as day.

The blazing flames seemed to devour everything, turning everything in their path crimson.

In less than three breaths, the bottom of Black Wind Cliff was engulfed in flames.

Countless vampire bats flew around in terror in the firelight, their shrill cries mingling with the sounds of them falling to the ground, creating a deafening cacophony.

Some of the more cunning vampire bats, sensing the danger, hurriedly turned and retreated into the cave. But Gu Shihan was not about to let them go so easily.
The crimson lotus fire in her hand roared like a lively fire dragon, rushing straight into the cave and sealing the entrance.

Meanwhile, Shi Qinghan and Long Teng quickly began searching the various caves.

After a careful search, they successfully found dozens of unconscious men and women in several of the caves.

These people were dressed in various ways; some were dressed as cultivators, while others were clearly dressed as demons.

Shi Qinghan frowned slightly as he looked at the group of unconscious people in front of him. He turned to Gu Shihan and said, "Little sister, although these people are all unconscious, it is still unknown whether they have Gu worms in their bodies. I'm afraid we will have to wait for Xingbai to come and examine them to make a determination."

Gu Shihan nodded slightly in agreement: "Okay, sure. But right now, most of those vampire bats are concentrated in the caves we just searched. Yu Tong! You and Long Teng, clean them up piece by piece!"

He then turned his gaze to Xingbai, who was standing to the side, and instructed, "Xingbai, you've worked hard. Please examine these people carefully and see if there's anything unusual about them."

"Hanhan, they're alright. They were probably brought here to be used as blood dolls. How should we settle them?" Xingbai asked, circling around the unconscious people.

"Demons? They are also victims. We just need to take them outside Demon City. The rest of them can be sent into the Qiankun House, and we'll take them with us when we leave. We can settle them in once we get outside," Gu Shihan said calmly.

Shi Qinghan also strolled over, his face full of approval: "Sister, your plan is brilliant! I feel restless and uneasy after being exposed to this demonic energy. This place is not a place for us Dao cultivators to stay for long."

Gu Shihan nodded slightly in agreement: "Yes! In that case, let's set off quickly! I wonder how things are outside now?"

Gu Shihan waved her hand, and a black shadow quickly swept past, with Xiao Hei already flying close by.

It landed steadily on the ground, and Gu Shihan and Shi Qinghan lightly leaped onto its back. Then, Little Black flapped its wings and took off, carrying them away from Black Wind Cliff like a gust of wind.

Before long, they arrived at a forest not far from Moke City.

Gu Shihan waved his sleeve and released more than a dozen demons from the Qiankun House. He then had Xingbai organize more than a dozen storage bags and placed one next to each of them.

These storage bags were filled with tens of thousands of magic stones, which they had collected from various places in the Soul Palace.

After doing all this, Gu Shihan and Shi Qinghan quietly disappeared to the side.

A moment later, the demons began to wake up one after another.

After confirming that they had both regained consciousness and were in good health, the two turned and left, heading towards the teleportation array.

(End of this chapter)