Chapter 169 : What the Hell Is That
Chapter 169: What the Hell Is That?
“Alright!”
Hearing this, Li Yunqing immediately became serious.
Yuan Qing’s warning still echoed in her ears.
Ever since the Immortals and Gods perished, many places within the Transverse Immortal Mountains had undergone strange transformations.
Some had fused with the lingering remnants of Immortals and Gods, while others were covered by natural grand formations.
Certain areas had even become ominous due to the aftermath of great battles.
Even the remnants of Immortals and Gods that once resided here did not dare explore them lightly.
For nearly a hundred thousand years, no one had been able to break through the Immortal God Forbidden Zone’s barrier over the entire Fallen Immortal Land.
In such a place, how could Li Yunqing possibly be careless?
“Abandon the carriage. Move forward carefully. Do not step outside the marked paths to avoid accidents!”
As Li Yunqing finished speaking, Ying Qianqian, Xiaolan, and Li Yunqing herself all stepped down from the carriage.
“Abandon the horses as well!”
Looking at the mounts of the six guards, Li Yunqing spoke again.
If the horses panicked here and charged wildly, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Ying Qianqian and Xiaolan walked on either side of Li Yunqing.
The six guards followed closely, surrounding the three as they stepped into the Immortal God Forbidden Zone.
But the moment they entered, an extremely cold and sinister aura silently enveloped them all.
Feeling that aura, even though none of them were weak, their scalps tingled.
It felt as though they had stepped into a mass grave filled with malevolent energy.
Fortunately, along the mountain path, there were markings left by previous explorers. Though shrouded in that sinister aura, no strange incidents occurred.
After traveling nearly a hundred li along the path, an even more terrifying presence suddenly descended.
“Th-that… what is that?”
One of the guards cried out in terror, his words trembling as he looked toward a distant valley.
Everyone followed his gaze and saw a straight mountain peak rising from the ground, like a monstrous leg stepping forward into the distance.
Looking upward along that “mountain,” they saw a pitch-black figure, shrouded in dark mist, moving forward like a walking divine mountain.
“Boom…”
With each movement of that figure, the entire mountain trembled.
Massive ancient trees, like mere toothpicks, were trampled and snapped, sinking into the earth.
Rocks tumbled, and thunderous sounds echoed endlessly.
“Th-this… it should be a guardian beast of an immortal sect from the Age of Immortals and Gods. Who knows how many years it has been dead, yet it still patrols the mountain!”
“Wait until it passes before we move!”
Ying Qianqian’s voice also trembled.
The guardian beast was clearly dead, its body filled with deathly energy, yet it still moved—evidence of a terrifying mutation.
Especially that overwhelming aura—even a Divine Realm expert would likely be suppressed upon encountering it.
“It’s a black bear!”
Li Yunqing’s eyes shimmered like spring water; her Greater Yin pupils saw everything with absolute clarity.
The black bear was as massive as a mountain, towering a thousand zhang high.
Its body was dried and withered, devoid of flesh, skin clinging to bone, filled with decay and deathly energy—yet it seemed alive.
It could still walk within this Immortal God Forbidden Zone.
Wherever it passed, mountains collapsed, and countless ancient trees snapped.
“Boom…”
The black bear’s swaying body moved away step by step on legs like mountains.
Only after it had gone did the guards, Xiaolan, and Ying Qianqian dare to let out long breaths.
“Buzz!”
At that moment, light flickered around Li Yunqing.
The next instant, nine figures stepped out from her body and moved to the front, surrounding and protecting everyone.
“Follow my incarnations. Don’t be afraid!”
At this moment, the function of the Divine Intent Incarnation fully manifested.
They could explore dangerous areas ahead. Even if destroyed by unseen forces, they could be reformed again.
The loss was only a strand of divine sense.
For Li Yunqing, who had already condensed a Yang Spirit, this consumption was negligible—far less than what her Pure Yin Dao Body could replenish.
“Is that fire?”
Not long after they resumed walking, Xiaolan pointed at a valley and cried out in surprise.
“No! That’s a pool of blood!”
“Don’t approach it, and don’t look too closely—it’s… strange!”
Li Yunqing replied, her tone more serious than ever.
Even she, upon looking at the blood pool, felt an urge to approach it, to bathe within it.
Yet around the pool, not a single blade of grass grew—there was not the slightest trace of life.
The blood was so vividly red that it seemed to burn like flames.
“The Immortal God Forbidden Zone is truly terrifying…”
At that moment, this thought arose in everyone’s mind.
A terrifying beast, dead for countless years, still walked as if alive.
A pool of blood, existing for who knew how long, had not dried up and even emitted a strange attraction.
And there were even more anomalies around them.
They saw a small, vibrant green blade of grass surrounded by countless bones, pieces of armor, and shattered weapons.
They were piled thickly.
Beneath a towering ancient tree, drops of fragrant liquid fell, yet the moment they touched the ground, they vanished.
And beneath that tree, not even dust remained on the ground.
Strange, cold, and unsettling—enough to make one’s skin crawl and hair stand on end.
This was truly not a place for ordinary people.
No wonder even Divine Realm experts were reluctant to set foot here.
No wonder those who explored the Immortal God Forbidden Zone rarely lived long—some could not even leave this place.
“Huozhou being called the Demon State is not without reason…”
Everyone recalled Huozhou, the prefecture closest to the Immortal God Forbidden Zone, whose chaos made one’s scalp tingle.
Everyone there seemed mentally unstable—disagreements led to immediate violence, some felt no pain, feared no blood.
Some even disregarded their own lives, charging into battle knowing death was certain.
It was only because Li Yunqing’s presence was so intimidating that they had been able to pass through Huozhou so smoothly.
Following the path opened by previous explorers, they continued forward in fear.
After another hundred li, the sky suddenly darkened.
“What’s going on? The sun hasn’t set!”
A guard spoke, looking up at the sun overhead, only to find that even its light could not dispel the darkness here.
“This is bad! Be careful!”
Ying Qianqian suddenly cried out, “No one move!”
“This is the Lightless Zone. If you move recklessly, you’ll become lost within it!”
“I’ve heard my father speak of this place!”
“Stay where you are. Don’t move. After a while, the Lightless Zone will disperse.”
Just as her words fell, the area was suddenly engulfed in darkness.
A dense, absolute darkness—no light at all, as if everything had vanished into nothingness.
For a moment, no one dared to move in the slightest.
Even Li Yunqing’s Greater Yin pupils could not see clearly, only perceiving a blur.
Even her divine sense, when extended, felt nothing but emptiness.
“No one move!”
“No matter what you hear or see, do not move. Do not be afraid!”
“My incarnations will guard the surroundings!”
“When the time passes, the Lightless Zone will dissipate!”
Li Yunqing spoke as a flash of light emerged from her sleeve, and her flying sword hovered before her.
Her eyes were fixed intently on the darkness ahead.
There—was an extremely vague shadow.
A pitch-black figure that swallowed all light, eerily strange.
This Lightless Zone likely existed because of it.
Watching that figure move forward step by step, slowly approaching them,
its target was clear—it came straight toward Li Yunqing’s true body, without the slightest deviation.
At that moment, even Li Yunqing felt her scalp tingle, unable to resist cursing inwardly.
“What the hell is that thing?”
“Don’t tell me it’s coming for me again?”
“Damn it—who are you trying to scare? Whatever you are, I’ll kill you first!”