“Damn it…” Qing Huo growled in fury, flicked his sleeve, and the enormous hand that had blocked the sky instantly vanished. This group of wandering cultivators was simply too infuriating.
“All disciples, assemble! Enter the forbidden area, and kill any wandering cultivators you encounter,” Qing Huo coldly commanded, his face like ice. His greatest fear was that one of these wandering cultivators might get lucky and obtain some rare treasure. To prevent this, he issued the order to kill any wandering cultivators on sight.
“Yes, Elder,” the disciples of Lieyan Sect nodded in unison.
Other major sects also ordered their disciples into the forbidden area, and the Yao Clan similarly dispatched their clansmen.
Qin Wang stood there, gazing at the crack, attempting to sense something, but found that it blocked all forms of detection. When he tried to touch it, a mysterious force repelled him.
Clearly, only cultivators below the Great Heaven Realm could enter this forbidden zone.
…
As Lin Fan leaped into the fissure, he immediately activated his invisibility. He had no idea what awaited below, so for his own safety, he decided to proceed cautiously.
When Lin Fan regained his senses, he was shocked by the scene before him.
“Roar…”
Roars echoed throughout the forbidden area.
Lin Fan looked around and saw countless beast spirits moving like ghosts. They had no physical bodies—only spirits.
“Ahh…”
A series of screams rang out. Lin Fan focused his gaze and saw the wandering cultivators falling from above, landing directly among the beast spirits. With bloodshot eyes, the spirits tore the bodies apart like wolves and tigers, leaving them dismembered and unrecognizable.
The sight was horrifying.
“What the hell… This is a trap!”
At that moment, Lin Fan realized that this sudden fissure was nothing but a death trap.
If he hadn’t activated his invisibility, those beast spirits would have definitely detected him. Although his physical body was strong enough to withstand some attacks, he couldn’t be sure there weren’t stronger spirits among them.
“Help! Someone!”
A wandering cultivator landed near Lin Fan and was immediately swarmed by countless beast spirits. His body was torn apart in an instant. His blood seeped into the ground and vanished.
Lin Fan took a deep breath and looked around. The place resembled a hellish mountain of blades—vast and endless. Twisting paths spiraled downward like staircases.
When Lin Fan looked up, the steep cliff walls above showed no sign of the crack he had entered through. It seemed that entering from the fissure was completely different from entering through the main gate.
Looking around, Lin Fan noticed that the beast spirits were mostly around the Divine Entry Realm in cultivation.
If he were to kill them all, the experience gained would be considerable. However, his priority was to uncover the secrets hidden in this Sea of Graves. Fighting these spirits would just be a waste of time.
He then tried to fly, only to discover that some mysterious force in this place prevented aerial movement. Everything had to be done on foot.
Lin Fan hated places like this the most—ugly surroundings and ridiculous restrictions.
He carefully maneuvered to avoid brushing against any spirits. At that moment, he noticed many caves along the spiraling downward paths. Some stronger wandering cultivators had managed to escape the spirits and fled into these caves, battered and bruised.
“Sigh…”
Lin Fan sighed deeply. This Sea of Graves was truly a deadly forbidden zone.
Not long after, Lin Fan successfully evaded the spirits and entered one of the caves. At that moment, he noticed a commotion among the spirits.
Focusing, he saw a man ruthlessly slaughtering the spirits like a madman, roaring like a fearless Roman warrior.
But to Lin Fan, this man looked like a fool—wasting time fighting spirits instead of searching for treasures. With so many spirits around, when would he ever finish?
Without giving it a second thought, Lin Fan disappeared into the cave.
…
In another part of the area.
Zou Tenglong stared around, his gloomy face filled with confusion.
“This isn’t right… How could the Sea of Graves change like this?” After crushing a beast spirit with his fist, Zou Tenglong looked around at this place—familiar yet foreign.
“Where is my burial ground?” A furious fire burned in his heart. Everything had changed in ways he never anticipated.
Zou Tenglong was no longer the same Zou Tenglong. He had been possessed by a jade-white skeleton, which was searching for a person with extraordinary talent to serve as its furnace.
Although Zou Tenglong had decent talent, he was far from meeting the required standard.
“Damn bastard! Daring to feed that black dog with the Divine Transformation Pill that contained a fragment of my divine consciousness!” Flames flickered in Zou Tenglong’s eyes as he coldly snorted and continued forward.
Lin Fan walked through the cave. The walls were icy cold, and deep within the darkness, a force that made his heart race seemed to be stirring.
The Sea of Graves was definitely hiding something. That black beam of light was definitely not from the Seven Sacred Treasures Map. What exactly was lurking inside this Sea of Graves?
Just then, Lin Fan heard fighting sounds ahead and quickly moved closer.
“Hand it over,” said Zeng Hailong, a disciple of the Lieyan Sect, smirking coldly at the wandering cultivator before him.
After entering through the entrance, Zeng Hailong had noticed that his fellow disciples had vanished. It seemed that some mysterious force had scattered them upon entry.
To Zeng Hailong, this increased the danger, but he didn’t care. It was actually more convenient for him to kill and loot treasures alone.
As he wandered, he spotted a wandering cultivator hiding and darting around suspiciously. His heart leapt with joy—this must mean the cultivator had found something valuable.
“Impossible…” The cultivator standing opposite Zeng Hailong refused to comply. He had just discovered a treasure chest in a cave, containing a pill. Now that someone was trying to rob him, he naturally wouldn’t hand it over.
Though he didn’t know what kind of pill it was, anything found in this forbidden area must be extraordinary.
“Hmph, you’re asking for death…” Zeng Hailong roared in anger. His figure moved like a ghost, and with a flick of his hands, a red arc shot toward the cultivator.
Lin Fan, still invisible, emerged from the cave and watched the fight from a hidden spot.
Zeng Hailong was at the peak of the Divine Entry Realm, while the cultivator was only at the middle stage.
The outcome was obvious.
“Hmph, you overestimated yourself…” Zeng Hailong sneered contemptuously at the cultivator whose chest had been pierced. He retrieved the pill and smiled slightly.
An experienced disciple like Zeng Hailong could easily judge a pill’s quality by its scent. This pill smelled fragrant, and one whiff made the body feel relaxed and refreshed.
Without hesitation, Zeng Hailong swallowed the pill. As a disciple of a major sect, his knowledge far surpassed that of wandering cultivators. The cultivator had dared not take it because he didn’t understand its effects. But Zeng Hailong was certain—it was a pill for enhancing one’s cultivation.
Just as Lin Fan, still invisible, was about to make a move, he froze—something was wrong with Zeng Hailong.
Zeng Hailong had been eagerly awaiting the pill’s effects, but in an instant, he clutched his chest, as if his mind had suddenly gone blank.
Shock flickered in his previously confident eyes.
“Ahh!” Zeng Hailong suddenly fell to his knees, clutching his head and screaming toward the sky.
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