After flying like this for several hours, Luo Hong and his party soon saw Mrs. Li surrounded by butterflies.
Compared with before, this Elder Mayfly is no different. His cultivation is still at the early stage of integration and has not made any progress.
But this is normal. Among the dozens of fused monks in the human race, 70% are only early-stage monks. Late-stage monks like Luo Hong are rare!
Even in the original time and space, Luo Hong had not decided on the position of Tianmiaoling Emperor, but it was eventually taken away by a female cultivator who was in the middle stage of integration.
Although the Mayfly Clan is huge in power, their combined body is already close to the peak of the spiritual world. Only by obtaining the best-quality heavenly materials and earthly treasures suitable for them can they have a greater chance of making great progress in cultivation.
Therefore, it is normal for even the elders of the Mayfly clan to be trapped and die in the early stages of integration.
Relying on Luo Tianzhou's concealment ability, Luo Hong and others were suspended hundreds of feet away from Mrs. Li, but she was not aware of it.
After waiting for a while, two rays of light, one purple and one red, flew from the sky.
Falling in front of and behind Mrs. Li at the same time, the two immediately revealed the figures of Zi Youzi and the haggard old man.
"Such a strong vitality! Fellow Daoist Luo, that old man should not be underestimated!"
The moment she saw the withered old man, Xin Sanniang felt as if she had seen a bloody sun. Her eyes were so stimulated that she almost shed tears, so she quickly reminded him.
"It's a bit like Blood Soul Da Hua? Everyone should be silent!"
After sensing it for a moment, Luo Hong suddenly felt that the other person's aura was somewhat similar to a secret technique recorded in a book he had read in Thunder Continent.
But before he could think about it, his spiritual consciousness noticed that the other party had made some changes.
In an instant, Luo Hong's eyes narrowed, and while shouting orders to everyone, he quickly drove Luo Tianzhou away from the place!
The next moment, a large number of bloody beetles suddenly shot out from the opponent's sleeves, and immediately covered the large area where Luo Tianzhou was just like a sudden rain!
"What's wrong, brother?"
Seeing the haggard old man's sudden attack, Zi Youzi immediately became nervous, but his consciousness scanned the surroundings and found no trace of the enemy.
"I just had a vague feeling that something was wrong there. Now it seems that it is just an illusion."
Although the withered old man said this, his eyes were still scanning around with a spiritual light, and he finally relaxed after taking a few breaths.
Immediately, he turned over his palm and took out a blood-colored compass inlaid with black crystals.
After confirming the direction, he immediately shouted "Let's go" and fled towards the black mist.
As soon as these three people moved, ten black shadows immediately emerged from the place where Madam Li was standing, and followed closely.
Seeing this scene, Luo Hong and Han Li in Luo Tianzhou couldn't help but look at each other, because the ten black shadows were the mayfly soul-splitting puppets they had seen when they were in the Land of the Styx.
In other words, even though these ten puppets only have the aura of the late stage of virtual refining, when really desperate, they can all explode with combat power close to the early stage of integration!
"Fellow Daoist Luo, they are about to enter the black fog, should we follow them?"
Liu Qing was startled, and suddenly realized the power of the withered old man.
After all, she had tried it before, and with her consciousness comparable to that of the late-stage integration, she was unable to detect the hidden Luo Tianzhou at all!
Although this haggard old man did not completely discover Luo Tianzhou, his mere awareness showed that his consciousness was close to that of a Mahayana monk.
"In terms of divine consciousness alone, it is estimated that only the Spirit Emperor among us can slightly overpower him!"
Liu Qing commented secretly.
"Let's see how they deal with the black mist."
Luo Hong's relationship with the Mayfly Clan is pretty good, but the other party is so sneaky, I'm afraid he's not doing anything good.
At this time, even if you are an acquaintance, it is definitely not a wise move to expose yourself!
While they were talking, Zi Youzi and the others had already arrived at the edge of the black mist.
As soon as they saw the spiritual light, the three people and the soul-splitting puppets were all covered with blood flames.
Just take a closer look and you will know that it is a piece of blood jade hanging on their waist that is using magical powers.
And as the blood flames rose, the black mist that had been slowly surrounding them immediately shrank back like scalded fingers.
"Afraid of fire? That's easy to deal with."
When Luo Hong saw this, he immediately muttered to himself, and then the red-gold Sirius Divine Fire surged out from his right palm.
The fire did not transform, and immediately sank into the ceiling in the form of a pillar of fire.
The next moment, Luo Tianzhou's surface was covered with a layer of red gold spiritual flames.
If they need to use other means to resist the black mist, it will probably conflict with Luo Tianzhou's hidden magical power, making it impossible for them to continue tracking.
But the current black mist can use the hot spiritual flames to push it back, and the Heavenly Wolf Divine Fire has the ability to restrain energy, so it can get the best of both worlds!
"Looking at the appearance of the old man in blood-clothed clothes, it seems that he is heading for a certain treasure in the black mist. His target is probably the same as fellow Daoist Black Phoenix. Let's follow up first to confirm the situation.
If there is no trace of Fellow Daoist Black Phoenix, just pretend that we have never met them."
After that, Luo Hong drove Luo Tianzhou, followed closely behind the people of the Mayfly clan, and escaped into the black mist.
At the same time, in the valley on the other side, the well-fed and drunk red-haired dolphins had gathered together all of their subordinates.
"I asked, you were the one who urged me just now, and you are the one who is delaying now. Have you finished that crap thing?"
In front of the door of the stone house, the red-haired dolphin slammed the ghost-headed sword in his hand, which was almost as long as itself, on the ground. He was speechless at the moment.
"What do you know? Although the aura of the Yuan Devouring Beast is mixed and abnormal, it actually has a hidden pattern. If you only imitate a surface, it will not be able to hide it from those Fusion Level Yuan Devouring Beasts deep in the forbidden area.
Zhu Ben, if you don’t want to waste your time fighting with those combined element-devouring beasts, why not come here less? Haha, done!”
After some irritable rebuke, a shout of surprise suddenly came from the stone house.
Then there was a "bang" sound, and the newly repaired stone door shattered into slag again.
The next moment, the white-faced old man appeared in front of a group of armored dolphin monks holding an egg-shaped crystal ball made of many strange-faced soul stones.
"Can this thing deceive those king-level element-devouring beasts?"
Zhu Ben looked at the inconspicuous crystal ball with a strange face and couldn't help but wonder.
Because there is still no way to resolve the toxins in the body of the king-level element-devouring beasts, so to the monks of the dolphin clan, these guys are far less valuable than those low-level, edible element-devouring beasts.
However, the king-level element-devouring beast is still very powerful, so it is so thankless that Zhu Ben is not willing to have a conflict with it.
But Zhu Ben didn't believe it that only a crystal ball with no aura could make those difficult king-level element-devouring beasts blind!
"Oh? Then look at me now!"
The fat old man just chuckled when he heard this, and then input a burst of mana into the strange-faced crystal ball above his palm.
Suddenly, the densely packed strange faces on the crystal ball came to life at the same time, squirming and looking like they were trying to squeeze out of the surface of the crystal ball.
And with the change of the crystal ball, a powerful devouring aura suddenly emitted, which immediately made Zhu Ben, who was originally lazy, look straight, and even subconsciously pulled out the big knife inserted into the ground!
"How is it? Do you believe it now?"
Seeing everyone's reaction exactly as he expected, the white-faced old man immediately said with a proud look on his face.
"I asked, are you really so sure that the devouring power in the forbidden area comes from a fallen true spirit? Maybe it is the unique law of this world?"
Zhu Ben did not answer at the moment, but said solemnly.
When the Armored Dolphin Tribe suddenly broke up with the Mayfly Tribe in this world, it was because the old man in front of them proved to the Great Elder that it was possible to reconcile the devouring power within the body of the Devouring Beast.
The power of devouring is indeed a very powerful magical power, but it is also very dangerous.
The ghostly appearance of the Yuan Devouring Beast is caused by the out-of-control devouring power. Therefore, the Oryx Dolphin Clan has always been very cautious in developing the power of blood.
It is hard to say whether the source of the devouring power in the forbidden area is a blessing or a curse. Maintaining the status quo and obtaining long-term benefits is actually the best choice for the Oryx clan.
Individuals can take risks, but groups require stability!
"The laws of heaven cannot be entrusted to living creatures. Those black mists contain vitality. Fellow Daoist Zhu also knows it. Why bother to ask this question now?"
The white-faced old man suddenly became serious and said.
"Haha, Lao Wen, now that you have made up your mind, my clan will not go back on your word.
But according to the agreement, the devouring source can only be used by you to understand the cycle of great tribulation once, and our clan will take it back afterwards!"
Zhu Ben suddenly grinned at this moment, causing the tense atmosphere to disappear immediately.
Immediately afterwards, he raised the ghost-headed sword on his shoulder and called for everyone to set off.
"It's enough to understand it once. The way of devouring, the way of nine-headed majesty, is the only way for me to ask the sky in this life!"
It turns out that this white-faced old man known as "Lao Wen" is the Wentian who has a close relationship with Luo Hong!
After muttering something to himself, he soared into the sky along with the dozens of escaping lights and quickly headed towards the forbidden area of black mist.
"Haw!"
Accompanied by a shrill wail, atop the vast black mountains, an alienated and extremely ugly strange bird was cut in half by a blood wheel in the air.
Immediately a rain of blood poured out, the crazy look in the strange bird's eyes quickly dissipated, and two huge bird corpses smashed down two black mountains one by one!
"Go quickly, you can't stay here for long!"
With a flash of blood, the withered old man returned to Zi Youzi and others. Although he had just killed a king-level element-devouring beast, his aura was still intact.
Zi Youzi and others didn't say anything after hearing this, and they immediately continued to escape deeper into the black mist.
And not long after they left, all kinds of weird roars came from all directions.
The next moment, several king-level element-devouring beasts appeared in the sky and on the ground. As soon as they arrived, they all rushed towards the two bird corpses, tearing them apart and devouring them!
"Obviously knowing that just killing it would greatly increase the strength of the other ancient beasts, why didn't they burn the bird carcass?"
Looking at the crazy eating scene below, Liu Qing frowned and asked.
"Fairy Liu, I'm afraid you haven't noticed that as soon as the strange bird died, black mist began to flow out of the body.
If these ancient beasts hadn't come to devour it, the density of the black mist in this area would have greatly increased. I think this is what the fellow Taoists of the Mayfly Clan are guarding against!"
At this time, Han Li was also staring closely at the ancient beast below, but he had already realized that the black mist around him, which could be forced back by the spiritual flames, was probably the biggest terror in this place.
"Fellow Daoist Luo, now that the number of these weird ancient beasts is increasing and their strength is getting stronger, do we still want to continue to track them?"
The powerful and crazy aura of the king-level element-eating beast impacted Ye Ying's spirit, making her hesitate to continue deeper into the black mist.
After all, until now, they have not found any trace of the Black Phoenix Demon King in the black mist.
"Fellow Daoist Luo, look over there!"
However, as soon as she finished speaking, Mo Yi suddenly pointed to a rock below and exclaimed.
Everyone immediately looked around and saw a man-made pattern on a black rock that was everywhere in the area.
"Black Phoenix secret pattern? Fellow Daoist Mo, what does this secret pattern mean?"
With just one glance, Luo Hong recognized that it was the secret pattern unique to the Black Phoenix clan.
When he first arrived in the spirit world, he had become a black phoenix envoy, so he was extremely impressed.
"Forbidden burning! This secret mark is to prohibit our monks from using their own black flames!"
Mo Yi replied immediately.
"I am afraid that Daoist Brother Heifeng would leave a message here because she has already caught the Tao. Is this the reason why she is trapped here?"
Xin Sanniang couldn't help but guess at that moment.
"Whether it is or not, now that we have found traces of Fellow Daoist Black Phoenix, we can only continue to follow him!"
From the moment he entered the black mist, Luo Hong felt a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart, and the closer he got to the central area, the stronger this feeling of uneasiness became, like a wild beast that had fallen into a trap and kept getting closer to the rope.
Fortunately, there was someone standing in front of them to protect them from the thunder. Otherwise, according to Luo Hong's temperament, he would not go deep into such a weird and mysterious place without first using the time illusion to self-destruct!
In this way, relying on Luo Tianzhou's concealment ability, Luo Hong and others continued to follow Zi Youzi and his party, watching them kill various alienated Yinming beasts blocking the way, until a black lake came into view.
This is a huge depression located in the mountains. The black water of the lake has no ripples and looks extremely silent.
But in the center of the giant lake, Luo Hong and others saw the first plant since they entered this secret realm!
I saw a giant tree with black tumors on its trunk standing in the middle of the giant lake.
At first glance, the branches and leaves of this thousand-foot giant tree are extremely lush, but if you look closely, you can find that the hundreds of branches branching off from the main trunk are actually slender arms!
And those leaves, each one has black runes flashing on and off, swallowing the surrounding black mist.
"Clan leader!"
Suddenly, Mo Yi, who was sitting cross-legged next to Luo Hong, suddenly stood up, and his eyes reflected Xiao Guan, who was wrapped in black tree tumors with only one head exposed!
The missing Black Phoenix Demon King turned out to be planted in the hands of a strange tree!
PS: It’s a bit stuck, so the second update will be later.