A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 186 Han Li's Inner Discomfort (Add 3k words)

Yuan Yao and Han Li, a man and a woman, rode Icefire Wolves at high speed.

With all four hooves on the ground, firmly planted on solid ground, it naturally doesn't count as flying.

Therefore, the no-fly zone restriction will not be triggered.

The Icefire Wolf exuded a chilling aura, easily neutralizing the approaching heat.

With the demonic power of a level seven Icefire Wolf, it could easily release cold air for half a month or even longer, let alone just for a few days.

Furthermore, once its demonic power is nearly depleted, the Icefire Wolf can transform into a Fire Wolf form and begin absorbing the heat of the area to restore its demonic power.

This is one of the biggest advantages that allows the Icefire Wolf to adapt to this place.

"My lord, this place is very dangerous."

Upon arriving at a lava swamp area, Yuan Yao turned around, a sense of tension rising within her.

On the back of the Icefire Wolf, Han Li hummed in agreement and nodded, witnessing the entire process of a cultivator being robbed several miles down the hillside.

That was a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator.

Restricted by the no-fly zone, they could not fly, otherwise they would attract deadly lightning. In order to conserve their limited mana for unforeseen circumstances, they had no choice but to dart and leap among the exposed rocks in the lava swamp, using them to cross the swamp.

But no one expected that one of the stones was actually a fire-type demon spirit in disguise.

The cultivator in the mid-stage of Core Formation stepped on it and immediately fell into the trap.

After a fierce battle, although he managed to kill the high-level demon spirit, he was also seriously injured and had consumed a lot of his magic power.

The key issue is that the treasure used to ward off fire has been damaged, requiring more magical power to maintain its effect and combat the intense heat and fire poison of this place.

In order to save time and get through the Lava Road Canyon as quickly as possible, the man had no choice but to push forward desperately.

result.

He stepped into thin air.

They fell into yet another natural trap.

It turns out that many places in the lava swamp that appear to be solid are actually hollow underneath. Since even a Core Formation cultivator's divine sense cannot penetrate deep enough to explore the specific conditions beneath the swamp, they have no idea what great surprises are hidden there unless they step into the swamp.

Instead, it's the outside world.

This design will not cause any trouble for cultivators.

There are many ways to detect a safe path.

But here, where is there time to test each person individually?

With only five more days to complete the challenge, it's a test of both skill and luck.

That cultivator in the mid-stage of Core Formation was weak and unlucky; after falling into the lava pit, he never climbed out again.

"Let's go. Since he chose to venture into the Lava Road, he must have been prepared to perish."

Therefore, there's nothing to regret or not regret.

He respects other people's choices and, even more so, their fates.

So he let the Icefire Wolf approach.

When the Icefire Wolf stomped down, the lava in the swamp, some seven or eight meters long, would freeze into blue crystals. As soon as its foot left, the frozen area would quickly melt back into crimson magma.

They quickly approached the lava swamp pit where the previous person had been buried.

After freezing the area, Han Li used his magical power to reach down and scoop out several pieces of charred bones that had been melted by the magma and were now just black fragments, from a depth of thirty feet.

There was also a damaged, bright blue jade pendant, as well as some items that were not destroyed by the lava.

For example, a fragment of a map of the void, three materials for crafting magical artifacts, two finished magical artifacts, and two other ancient treasures.

"His net worth is quite substantial."

He is even richer than Master Hongfu, who was only a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator back then.

However, he didn't hold back on these things.

...

Three hours later.

Han Li and Yuan Yao rode the Icefire Wolf, traversing the fiery red tree sea, crossing the lava swamp, walking through the crimson grassland, and even forcing their way into a lava river where more than a dozen high-level fire-type demon spirits were nesting together...

They traveled thousands of miles, passing through more than twenty dangerous places, and killed twenty or thirty high-level demon spirits.

Finally, we arrived near a black desert.

"My husband, is this the Black Desert?"

"Ah."

The Black Desert is the second half of the challenge on the Lava Road.

In fact, in the past, large and dangerous places like the Black Desert would not have appeared.

However, ever since the Star Palace broke some of the restrictions here a thousand years ago, they have been able to control certain powerful traps to ensnare people.

The black desert of Lava Road, paired with the iron fire ants, is the masterpiece of the two law enforcement elders of the Star Palace.

If you switch to the Mystic Crystal Path, it's "Blood Ice Forest" paired with Silver Light Rat.

This is a dirty trick targeting all cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage.

Even at the late stage of Core Formation, there is a high possibility of failure.

"Does that include me too?"

Han Li sighed softly.

"Perhaps they don't take me, a Core Formation elder of the White Water Sword Sect, seriously at all..."

So what if someone dies?

Right.

The White Water Sword Sect is merely an outer force of the Star Palace.

It belongs to a branch.

In the eyes of the Nascent Soul elders of the Star Palace, even the Core Formation stage cultivators of the Star Palace itself are just dispensable consumables, so how could they possibly value the Core Formation cultivators of the outer branches?
Although rationally he understood the reasoning behind it, after all, he was not an important figure in the Star Palace, nor was he a blood relative of the two old guys who had some of the restrictions on the Void Heaven Palace. Why would they give him special treatment or back doors?

But emotionally, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable.

I'm a bit frustrated and annoyed by this.

"Then, my husband, shall we wait here for my senior sister?"

"No need. I will sweep away as many fire ants as possible along the way and make sure my gold-eating beetles have a good meal. When Yanli arrives, she will find the traces we left behind and then catch up with us."

"it is good."

Understood.

The next moment, Han Li led Yuan Yao into the black desert of this area.

The so-called Black Desert is actually a type of black iron ore.

After being heated to a high temperature, it became scalding hot.

For cultivators, stepping on it was not much better than stepping on the blades of red wild grass.

What makes this place even more dangerous is that it contains the Iron Fire Ant, the 37th ranked insect on the Yuling Sect's list of extraordinary insects.

This is not.

Just as the two set foot in the Black Desert and had ventured two miles into the desert, a sudden change occurred.

The once quiet black desert now seemed to come alive.

Black iron pellets floated up and danced in the air. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be tiny black flying ants flapping their wings and soaring through the air.

"So this is the fire ant?"

Yuan Yao looked serious.

"Go ahead and test their quality."

Han Li suggested.

Fire ants are one of several very powerful flying ant species.

When they act in groups, they will spontaneously condense into weapon form to attack, and can also spew black flames.

When they are in disguise and lying in wait, they are exactly the same as the iron sand ore that can be found everywhere in the Black Desert, and even divine sense cannot distinguish them. If one is not careful, even a Nascent Soul cultivator may step into the trap of an ant swarm.

In terms of defensive capabilities, this strange insect is no less formidable than the Gold-Eating Insect; both are quite extraordinary. They are practically impervious to blades and spears.

Moreover, fire ants are immune to most magical attacks.

Aside from mid-level or higher water and ice spells, and a few spells of other attributes that can damage them, these flying ants have almost no weaknesses.

Furthermore, it is superior to the Gold-Eating Insect in resisting direct attacks from magical artifacts.

The only pity is that it cannot recognize a master.

Once a forced contract is made, all the fire ants will spontaneously explode and die, without exception.

The group in front of them numbered only three or four thousand, which was perfect for Yuan Yao to practice on.

Subsequently.

Unsurprisingly.

Yuan Yao's usual methods were completely ineffective against the Ironfire Ant swarm.

Not only did he destroy an ordinary magical artifact, but he also found himself in grave danger.

original.

Yuan Yao wanted to use water-based magic to inflict some damage on the Ironfire Ant swarm, but the extremely high temperature environment here greatly reduced the power of her water-based magic. In the end, she only gave the Ironfire Ants, which were spewing black fire, a cold shower.

Left with no other choice, she had to temporarily withdraw from the desert.

"how do you feel?"

Han Li asked with a smile.

"They're very troublesome. I feel that each one is at the level of a level 2 demon beast. Once they combine and condense into a weapon, they become even more terrifying. Any attack from them can be comparable to the full power of a magic weapon activated in the mid-to-late stage of the Core Formation stage. Because of this, I even lost an ordinary magic weapon that I used for testing."

Yuan Yao said somewhat dejectedly:
"Furthermore, even with the aid of water-based magic to suppress them, and even with nearly half of my mana depleted, I've only managed to eliminate a little over a thousand. At this rate, I have no chance of crossing this vast desert within five days."

She thought that once she reached the late stage of Core Formation, she could help her husband, but she never expected that she would still just be a burden.

"Don't be discouraged. You've already done a great job by getting out of the desert on your own."

It should be noted that quite a few people, even those in the mid-stage or late-stage of the Core Formation realm, perished under the swarm of fire ants.

Yuan Yao only used half of her magic power to kill more than a thousand of them. It seems that as long as she was willing to give up the remaining magic power, she could completely kill the thousands of iron fire ants in front of her.

Then, they walked a long distance in the black desert.

"Does my husband have a solution?"

Han Li smiled upon hearing this.

In the next instant, several spirit beast pouches at his waist opened simultaneously, and tens of thousands of gold-devouring insects flew out from them.

"We'll use spirit insects to deal with them."

“Perfect timing, I have quite a few here too.”

Han Li cracked his knuckles.

Immediately, several huge swarms of insects rushed toward the swarm of fire ants like a tidal wave.

The individual is stronger, and much stronger.

There are more of them, and many more.

The control is more precise, and it also includes the suppression of the Ironfire Ants' consciousness.

In this situation, he really couldn't figure out how the remaining two or three thousand fire ants could fight against more than sixty thousand gold-devouring insects.

but.

Fire ants are also tough.

Even when outnumbered, they refused to back down and vowed to defend their territory to the death.

Nearly three thousand flying ants transformed into three small streams that surged forward, colliding with the six great streams of ten thousand insects formed from more than sixty thousand gold-devouring insects.

In just one encounter, more than a thousand fire ants lost their lives and fell to the ground as fragments.

The fire ants were enraged. They coalesced into a giant hammer, wielding it with tremendous force, and smashed it down on the gold-devouring insect swarm.

The swarm of gold-devouring insects nimbly transformed into a large net, enveloping the giant hammer and skillfully deflecting its force before swarming in to devour it. In just a dozen breaths, the gold-devouring insects dispersed again, but what giant hammer, formed by the iron fire ants, was still inside?

That area was so clean that not even a single fire ant's wing remained.

They were all devoured by the Gold-Eating Insects, who quickly cleaned up the battlefield.

And throughout the entire process, not a single gold-eating beetle was killed!
This scene left Yuan Yao, who was standing to the side, dumbfounded.

It also deeply moved him.

Only by experiencing it firsthand can one truly understand how troublesome fire ants are.

Only by experiencing it firsthand can one truly understand how terrifying the Gold-Eating Insect Swarm, which easily wiped out the Iron Fire Ants, is.

She then realized how unfathomable her husband was.

...

In a dark corner of the Grand Canyon, two elderly men in white robes were talking calmly:

"Was it a bit too hasty to use the Ironfire Ants and Silverlight Rats this time? In the past, although our Star Palace has also tampered with things during treasure hunts, it was still relatively discreet. But this time, the Black Desert and Blood Ice Forest have expanded by more than twenty times, which feels far too obvious. Apart from a lucky few who won't encounter these two dangerous places, most of the other cultivators, especially those in the Core Formation stage, will probably perish here..."

In the past, those with deeper foundations and in the early stages of Core Formation had a chance to pass the trials.

Mid-stage Core Formation stage, there is great hope.

In the later stages of Core Formation, things become relatively easier.

This time, however, let alone the mid-stage of Core Formation, even the late-stage Core Formation would have to think twice.

During the Nascent Soul stage, one can easily suffer losses if one is not careful.

"Wan Tianming, the barbarian bearded man, and his gang are not to be fooled."

"No need to fool them, they all know the truth. The only thing to watch out for is that old codger Ji Yin, who actually brought so many demonic offspring in this time. Heh, I hope they don't all die too easily."

“Ji Yin won’t go crazy, nor would he dare to. That old demon is extremely afraid of death and would never dare to be an enemy of our Star Palace.”

"Too."

"What a pity about that Core Formation stage cultivator from the White Water Sword Sect..."

"His sacrifice was worthwhile for the great cause of my Holy Palace."

"We should have reminded him telepathically earlier..."

"No, sending messages randomly could easily be intercepted by Barbarian Beard and Wan Tianming. It's better not to take that risk, otherwise both the righteous and demonic paths will know how many restrictions of the Void Heaven Palace we control. Besides, he's just a mere Core Formation stage cultivator; it's not worth us making exceptions for him..."

It would be more appropriate to replace Young Master Yu Ling with him.

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