Li Yao felt rather lucky.
Thankfully, he had been very careful since he landed and did not expose himself recklessly.
Otherwise, even if the army of the court did not grow suspicious, the 'observer' lurking in the darkness would certainly grow suspicious and cause him endless trouble.
This person was actually able to attach a weak strand of spiritual will to a mosquito and control it from a distance of at least a few mountains. His cultivation must be extremely profound, not below that of the female Aurous Core Stage sword cultivator.
Thankfully, however refined the mosquito was, it was made of flesh and blood. Too many techniques could not be stored inside its tiny body. It was already the best it could do to observe the changes in the battle.
Neltharion, on the other hand, was a piece of cutting-edge magical equipment from the Star Ocean Imperium that had been refined and strengthened by Li Yao countless times. It was unpredictable when it was hidden in the air. It was impossible for a tiny mosquito to sense it.
Therefore, it was Li Yao who discovered the second observer first, not the other way around.
As a result, he was in a very advantageous position in the soundless battle.
The mosquito shivered and flew to the depths of the forest as if it were attracted by spiritual threads.
Li Yao pondered for a moment and issued an order to Neltharion. He followed the mosquito, ready to meet the mysterious observer.
The army of the court, led by the Appeasing Ambassador of the Fifth Prefecture of the Southland of Sorcerers, was enormous and had a lot of soldiers. It was impossible for them to vanish in the forest without a good reason.
Wherever the army passed, they would leave a lot of traces.
Neltharion had explored the terrain nearby. Even if it lost their location, it could still follow the traces left by the army and catch up with them.
However, the mysterious observer might not be found again if he was lost.
Li Yao vaguely had a feeling that the guy's level should be far higher than that of the female sword Cultivator, Jin Dan. He might even be in the Yuanying level.
I wonder, what exactly are the 'ancient Yuanying' of this Sector capable of?
Li Yao smiled and began to take off his clothes.
After taking off his clothes, he took off his pants. His body was so clean that he did not even put on his underwear. The pendulum was swinging and dancing in the wind.
He threw all the items from the Alternate World into his Cosmos Ring and activated the instant self-destruct alarm rune array of the Cosmos Ring.
If he really encountered the worst situation, he would be captured by a terrifying powerhouse who was far more powerful than him. He could also destroy all clues related to the mother planet in an instant.
As for the unsightly sight of being topless, well …
Li Yao scratched his head and found a piece of soft humus. He scooped up the mud and smeared it on his body. Soon, he looked like a bear in the forest.
He also managed to weave two pieces of cloth to cover his lower body with a few broad leaves that looked like banana leaves. Then, he followed the mosquito and rushed forward under the guidance of Neltharion.
The owner of the mosquito never dreamed that somebody would be able to perceive his wizard worm in the depths of the forest that was brimming with venomous gas. The mosquito swaggered without any disguise. After passing over two mountains, it almost turned into a streak of brightness that was even faster than a common bird.
However, it was indeed a dangerous place where few people would visit. The giant trees dozens of meters tall completely blocked the sunlight. Swamps and bubbles of unknown depth were everywhere. Countless venomous snakes, insects, rats, and ants were lurking among the branches and weeds, too.
Li Yao estimated that, not just the troops from the central dynasties, even the local barbarians who grew up nearby might not have the courage to approach the place.
The terrain in front of him suddenly sank abruptly, and a long, deep valley appeared, as if the earth had been slashed by a saber.
On the cliffs on the two sides of the canyon, bizarre-shaped, branching trees were growing everywhere. The green crowns of the trees blocked one's sight like duckweeds that covered a pond. It was impossible to tell how deep the canyon was.
However, from the depths of the valley, noises of water were echoing, as if a rapid river was rushing at the bottom of the valley.
There was not even a single path near the valley that had been trampled by wild animals. Not just the ordinary people, even the most vigorous warriors would not dare to take the risk alone.
Li Yao noticed a weird situation.
After passing over a few mountains with high peaks in a row, he could hear the shrieks of wild animals in the vast primitive forest. He could also sense the aura of some rather strong demon beasts, suggesting that this place was a paradise for wild animals, demon beasts, and spiritual beasts.
But when he reached the valley, where the forest was denser and there was an abundant water source nearby, there was not the slightest roar of a tiger or a dragon. Even the squeaking noises of snakes, insects, rats, and ants could not be heard.
The seemingly vigorous forest was actually a dead graveyard. The sun was shining brightly, but it was emitting a weird sense of coldness.
The mosquito dived into the depths of the valley.
Neltharion was still following him, maintaining the stealth state, not too far away but not too close.
Li Yao quietly performed the Great Dream Tortoise Hibernation Art that Gui Suishou had taught him. While moving at a high speed, he reduced his breathing, heartbeat, and other physiological functions to the minimum.
Not only could the Great Dream Tortoise Hibernation Art be used for hibernation, it also had another advantage, which was that the physiological reactions on the surface of the body would be reduced in a short period of intense exercise. It would be cold on the outside and warm on the inside.
Right now, if one were to observe Li Yao's skin with a high-magnification microscope, they would discover that his pores had been completely sealed, and his skin was as smooth as a mirror, as if he were born without any pores.
Naturally, the spiritual energy, body fluids, and scents that were leaking out of his pores had been sealed tightly.
Li Yao had practiced the corresponding concealment techniques before, too. But the normal techniques could only hide him in the static state and were not as mysterious as the Great Dream Tortoise Hibernation Art, which allowed him to run as fast as he could without leaking any scent or waves.
The canyon was extremely deep. It was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and its profile looked like a triangle. After passing through the top layer that was blocked by the canopies on the two sides, the bottom of the canyon was enshrouded in black fog.
The white water at the bottom of the valley was like a raging dragon, crashing and tearing apart the rocks on the two sides of the valley. Now and then, a few giant rocks were ripped off brutally, only to be minced into pieces by a couple of swirls before they sank to the bottom of the river and disappeared.
Such a dangerous river could truly be described as' feathers cannot float '!
Hideousness and weirdness were leaking out of the place. It was the kind of terrain that was suitable for a couple of zombies to jump out at any moment.
The mosquito flew straight to the rushing river at the bottom of the canyon. It was about to be crushed by the waves when it suddenly blinked in gold and disappeared.
Li Yao blinked his eyes and maneuvered Neltharion to circle for quite a while before he discovered a half-dead tree that was growing horizontally on one side of the canyon close to the river. Behind the roots of the tree was a crack that was deeply hidden and barely wide enough for one person to pass through.
Although the tree was not large, its roots were extremely long and dense, almost covering the entire gap like a natural barrier.
If Li Yao had not seen the mosquito crawl into it with his own eyes, it would have been barely possible for him to discover what was behind the gap even if he searched with his full attention.
Neltharion passed through the gap among the roots carefully. Following the zigzagging gaps, Li Yao groped in the darkness for a long time before the front suddenly became clear.
It turned out to be a very spacious underground cave!
The underground cave was more than a hundred meters in both length and width. The traces of man-made excavation were quite obvious. There were also a few cracks on the ceiling that led to unknown places. Pale light was vaguely leaking down from the cracks, illuminating the cave and making it hard to breathe.
Li Yao observed carefully again, only to discover that it was not just the light that leaked through the gaps on the dome that caused the 'dazzling' effect, but also the bones that filled the entire cave!
Most of the bones were emitting bright gold, dark red, bronze, and other colors. They were countless times larger than the bones of human beings, but Li Yao could still vaguely recognize the limbs and skulls that resembled human beings.
They were the remains of the Pangu Clan or the Nuwa Clan. They were rather well-preserved!
Li Yao's eyes suddenly shone. The discovery of so many remains of the Pangu civilization proved in another way that the mysterious world of ancient Cultivators was indeed deeply related to the Pangu civilization.
However, other than the gloomy primeval remains, there were also some skeletons of human beings.
Judging from the dried flesh and blood left on it, the time of death was not too long ago. It seemed to have been killed recently, and the shape was quite young and narrow. It looked like the skeleton of a three to five-year-old child, or even the skeleton of a newborn baby.
Are evil Cultivators polishing living people in this place?
Li Yao furrowed his eyebrows.
He knew that in many worlds of ancient Cultivators, there were evil arts that could be used to build magical equipment with living people.
Some of the barbaric Cultivators at the edge of the civilization even had the tradition of polishing living people and melting their souls into magical equipment to increase the power of the magical equipment.
When they were polishing living people, it was better to use the unpolluted, pure souls of infants.
To explain it in modern terms, it was probably because the souls of children had not been interfered with and polluted by the cosmic radiations. The force field of the souls was relatively stable.
After a brief count, Li Yao found almost twenty skeletons of children that were relatively complete. There were even more skeletons that were in disarray.
Such a miserable scene made his heart surge with killing intent even though he was usually calm and indifferent.
In the deepest part of the cave, an altar made of black rocks was placed. Ancient, mysterious spiritual stripes and reliefs had been carved around the altar. There were quite a lot of weird scenes where fiends were devouring human beings. Creepy, ghostly auras were spreading out of the altar.
Behind the altar, there was also a vintage refining furnace and a lot of tools for the production of magical equipment. For Li Yao's professional eyes, they were all quite decent.
There was a large pile of items next to the refining furnace, however, which was even more interesting.
They seemed to be part of an enormous armor.
To be more exact, they were half of a gauntlet that belonged to the Pangu or the Nuwa Clan and were more than twenty meters tall.
The half gauntlet was almost five meters long, but it was riddled with holes and mottled. All that was left was a frame.
In front of the gauntlet was a middle-aged man with pale skin and a gloomy face.
The man's eyes were deep, and there was a green birthmark at the center of his eyebrow that looked like a bird spreading its wings. The birthmark covered the upper half of his face.
His eyes were hidden below the 'wings', making them even more profound. His aquiline nose was extremely curved, and the tip of the nose seemed to be stabbing into one's nose. But his lips were narrow and protruding forward, making them look like the beak of a bird.
Although his appearance was unattractive, and he was in the depths of a desolate place, the man had an intimidating charisma that allowed him to do whatever he wanted. He seemed to be the dominator of the forest and an invincible being! (To be continued)
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