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Chapter 1067: Coincidental Encounter
Chapter 1067: Coincidental Encounter
Chapter 1067: Coincidental Encounter
Both Han Li and Jin Liu nodded in agreement with this sentiment.
The three of them released their spiritual sense to scour the surrounding area for a while, and upon verifying that there were no hazards nearby, they jumped down and began to carefully examine the area, but they weren't able to make any noteworthy discoveries.
There were no signs of any living beings in the area, only more ice and freezing winds.
Before long, the three of them arrived before a large palace deep within the cluster of palaces.
This deep within the cluster of palaces, they were no longer able to feel the freezing winds outside, and as soon as Han Li set foot in the palace, a peculiar look immediately appeared on his face.
This minute change in expression didn't escape Su Anqian's attention, and she immediately asked, "Have you noticed something, Fellow Daoist Shi?"
At this point, Jin Liu was also taking Han Li much more seriously than before, and he immediately stopped in his tracks to hear what Han Li had to say.
Instead of answering Su Anqian's question, Han Li quickly made his way over to a corner of the palace before picking up several strands of semi-transparent white fur.
The strands of fur were extremely soft and around half a foot in length. On top of that, they were extremely thin and barely visible, and even Han Li would've most likely failed to notice them had it not been for his formidable spiritual sense.
"That looks like some type of beast fur," Su Anqian remarked.
"Perhaps there really is some type of beast residing in this area," Han Li speculated as he stowed the strands of fur away before casting his gaze deeper into the palace.
Thanks to the multitude of true spirit bloodlines in his body, he was extremely sensitive to the auras of true spirits, and he had detected a faint true spirit aura from these strands of fur, one that was rather similar to his own Azure Luan Bird bloodline.
Su Anqian and Jin Liu exchanged a wary glance with each other.
After a brief hesitation, Jin Liu swept a sleeve through the air, releasing a streak of green land that landed on the ground before him.
The green light then faded to reveal a small, green, fox-like beast with a remarkably long nose and a pair of spritely green eyes.
As soon as the fox-like creature appeared, it began sniffing vigorously at the ground before rushing forward.
"That's a Green-Eyed Spirit Fox!" Han Li exclaimed.
"Looks like you're quite knowledgeable when it comes to spirit beasts, Fellow Daoist Shi," Jin Liu remarked with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"I just so happened to read about these things in a scripture that I had browsed in the past," Han Li explained in an ambiguous fashion.
Green-Eyed Spirit Foxes weren't particularly formidable in battle, but their eyes and noses were extremely sensitive, making them exceptional at tracking down treasures, but they were exceedingly rare creatures.
"With this Green-Eyed Spirit Fox leading the way, we should be a lot safer. Let's go," Jin Liu said, and before long, the three of them had followed the Green-Eyed Spirit Fox through several large palaces.
All of a sudden, the buildings up ahead became much sparser, and a long corridor came into view.
After passing through the corridor, Han Li's trio arrived in a dark hall that was around two hundred to three hundred feet in size, and to their elation, deep within the hall stood a stone gate.
A dark red door of light was embedded into the stone gate, and it was none other than a spatial door.
However, there were no restrictions on the spatial door, perhaps indicating that they had already been undone by someone else.
"This spatial door was much easier to track down than the previous ones!" Su Anqian remarked with an elated expression, but at the same time, she refrained from approaching the spatial door right away as she carefully examined her surroundings with her spiritual sense.
The more tantalizing the circumstances, the higher the likelihood of the presence of a trap, so she remained very cautious and alert.
Han Li and Jin Liu were also scouring the hall with their spiritual sense, while the Green-Eyed Spirit Fox was darting its way around the hall.
Even after a thorough examination of the entire hall, the three of them weren't able to find any traps or hazards, and that left them feeling rather perplexed.
"It looks like something must've happened that caused the collapse of all of those palaces. Whatever was held captive here must've either already perished or fled. Let's go to the fifth level," Su Anqian said before leading the way into the spatial door, and sure enough, she was able to pass through without any incident.
Han Li and Jin Liu followed along upon seeing this, and the two of them found themselves standing on a barren desert.
Fierce winds were howling over the desert, throwing up large volumes of sand into the air, and there was nothing but desert as far as the eyes could see in all directions.
On top of that, there were also some dirt hills in the surrounding area that had been contorted into all types of strange shapes from wind erosion, presenting a rather peculiar sight to behold.
At this moment, Su Anqian was hovering in mid-air, scouring the surrounding area from up high.
The time-attribute restriction on this level was even more formidable, and Han Li discovered that his own spiritual sensory range had shrunk down to only around a tenth of its normal level.
Not only was the time-attribute restriction present in the area severely hampering spiritual sense, it also weighed down upon their souls like a heavy rock, and it was beginning to affect the accuracy of their spiritual sense.
"Let's go. If this pagoda really does have a total of seven levels, then there are only three levels left. Hopefully, this level will be just as uneventful as the last one," Su Anqian said.
With that, the three of them continued onward, but as they did so, they discovered that the winds were becoming stronger and stronger, sweeping up countless loose rocks of different sizes to severely impact visibility.
All of a sudden, Han Li stopped in his tracks as he cast his gaze directly forward.
"What is it, Fellow Daoist Shi?" Su Anqian asked as she and Jin Liu also stopped in their tracks.
"This wind is rather strange. It's not formed naturally. Instead, someone's controlling it," Han Li replied.
Su Anqian and Jin Liu faltered slightly upon hearing this, then began to carefully examine the surrounding environment, upon which they discovered that there were traces of spiritual qi fluctuation interspersed throughout the wind, indicating that someone was indeed controlling it.
"Looks like we won't be able to pass through this level as easily as the previous one. What should we do now? Should we go and take a look?" Jin Liu asked.
It had to take an extremely formidable being to conjure up a wind storm of such an enormous scale, and there was a good chance that it was the being imprisoned on this level.
"Judging from past experience, the spatial doors are always somewhere near the beings held captive on the levels, so I'm afraid that we may have no choice but to confront whatever it is," Su Anqian mused.
"I agree," Han Li replied with a nod.
Jin Liu was a little hesitant, but he ultimately raised no objections, and the three of them continued onward, tracking the spiritual qi fluctuations in the air as they went.
The further they went, the stronger the winds became, and the spiritual qi fluctuations in the air wind also became stronger, so it was a simple task for them to track down the source of these winds.
As they continued onward, the dirt hills up ahead also increased in number and size, and they were gradually beginning to form some yellow mountain ranges.
After close to an hour of travel, the three of them finally found the source of the spiritual qi in the wind.
The trio descended onto an obscure location near a canyon that was several hundred kilometers in size, and they concealed their own auras as they cast their eyes forward.
At this moment, there were dozens of thick, white tornadoes wreaking havoc within the canyon. Each of them was over a thousand feet in diameter and dozens of kilometers tall, stretching all the way up into the clouds.
These tornadoes were imbued with extremely formidable spiritual power and law powers, and they were sweeping through the area with unmatched ferocity, easily shredding and devouring everything that they came into contact with.
There was a white figure that could just barely be made out within the largest of the tornadoes, but it was impossible to see them clearly through the tornado, and the violent law powers within the tornado also kept out all prying spiritual sense.
There was also a group of around five or six cultivators present in the canyon, and they were doing everything in their power to ward off the surrounding tornadoes.
"It's them!"
The group consisted of Lei Yuce, Wenzhong, a young man and woman duo who were both dressed in black, and the young man who had previously appeared together with Qi Mozi.
In addition to them, there was also Lan Yan, who had managed to flee from Han Li.
Surprised looks had also appeared on the faces of Su Anqian and Jin Liu at the sight of the six people up ahead.
The tornadoes were extremely formidable, and even though the six of them were resisting with all their might, it was clear that they were fighting a losing battle.
What was even more alarming to Han Li was that he could sense at the figure within the tornado wasn't using their full power. Instead, they seemed to be merely toying with Lei Yuce and the others.
Right at his moment, a burst of high-pitched cackling rang out from within the tornado.
"You were hoping to get to the sixth level with your pathetic powers? What a joke! You should all just stay here and entertain me."
As soon as the voice trailed off, all of the tornadoes instantly fused as one, forming an incredibly massive tornado that swept up Lei Yuce's group within it.
The unfathomably enormous tornado stood like a pillar that was supporting the heavens, sweeping up winds that were several times more ferocious than before.
The immortal treasures summoned by Lei Yuce and the others were being blown around like severed kites, and all of them were trapped within the tornado, unable to escape.
Su Anqian and Jin Liu's expressions changed drastically upon seeing this.
Lei Yuce was certainly no slouch, and the people with him appeared to be quite powerful as well, yet they had been trapped like a bunch of helpless children.
Han Li's brows also furrowed slightly upon seeing this. The tornado didn't appear to be remarkable in any way, and it was only imbued with wind law powers, so he didn't understand how it could be this formidable.
He activated his Infernal Devilish Eyes for a closer look, and only then was he able to discover the secret to the tornado's power.
As it turned out, there were two different types of wind law powers within the tornado, but they were perfectly fused together and barely distinguishable from one another.