The Li man waved his arms wildly, chanting incantations. A beam of light shot into the sky, and a huge fireball fell from the sky, carrying raging flames.
The great wizard held a wooden staff that emitted a red light. This staff was actually larger than the great wizard himself, and a strange stone was embedded at the top of the staff. Under the great wizard's magical power, it emitted an increasingly intense red light.
The next moment, the red light transformed into a blade, instantly extending to over ten feet in length. With a howling wind, it collided violently with the fireball that was falling from the sky.
"Boom!"
Another explosion rang out in the sky, and the light of the flames was dazzling, filling the entire sky. When the light dissipated, the great wizard was seen to be severely injured, spitting out dark red blood, and his figure appeared even more hunched.
"Should we help them?" Xiaobai asked Li Ling.
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Chapter 380: The Sealed Demon Cave
Li Ling made a hand seal, and a large ball of flame appeared around him. The flame split in the air and immediately transformed into hundreds of giant flames. Then, with a flick of Li Ling's finger, these giant flames roared and rushed towards the Li people below.
As the fire giants exploded one after another, flames roared, and the strong shaman of the Li tribe was the first to be hit, instantly turning into ashes. The other Li warriors, whoever was touched by the flames, were all turned into charred remains. In an instant, it was like a living hell.
Once everything had quieted down, the high shaman walked shakily toward him, raised his wooden staff, and bowed, saying, "Thank you for saving us. The entire Miao people are deeply grateful!"
"Well, I'll leave the rest of the matters here to you. Next, I'll go back and completely seal the Beast God. After that, I won't bother with your affairs with the Li Clan!" Li Ling nodded and looked at the Grand Wizard, saying, "However, with so many elites lost this time, the Li Clan will probably find it difficult to compete with you!"
Then Li Ling turned to Xiao Bai and smiled, "Thanks to you this time, I was able to successfully obtain the complete Eight Fiends Profound Fire Formation. I can go by myself from now on, so you don't need to risk your life with me!"
"Okay, take care!" Xiaobai knew what Li Ling was about to face, so she didn't say much, but just gave him a solemn reminder.
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Upon arriving at the Black Forest, Li Ling looked out at the endless, deep, and strangely shaped mountains with wisps of miasma rising up. The entire Hundred Thousand Mountains were completely enveloped in deathly energy. It was better to walk than to fly over them. Therefore, Li Ling did not hesitate to step into the dark and silent Black Forest.
As soon as he stepped inside, Li Ling frowned almost imperceptibly. The air was thick with the pungent smell of sulfur, and the moment he entered the forest, he heard a howling wind. His skin involuntarily went numb, as if he were being watched by some ferocious beast.
"The Beast God is indeed extraordinary!" Li Ling exclaimed inwardly. Then, as if the eerie wind were nothing, Li Ling strode into the unfathomable Black Forest, which contained boundless killing intent.
With all five volumes of the "Heavenly Book" gathered, Li Ling's clone now possesses such high cultivation that he truly stands at the pinnacle of this world. According to the classification of cultivation in the real world, he has now reached the Tribulation Transcending Realm, and is even faintly surpassing Dao Xuan, Pu Hong, Yun Yilan, and others.
The Black Forest is fraught with danger, teeming with poisonous insects and monsters, and filled with miasma and deathly aura. Every now and then, a ferocious beast would leap out from the miasma, but it was clearly not enough to stop Li Ling's progress!
Li Ling made no attempt to conceal his whereabouts, swiftly and decisively cutting down everything in his path. No matter what kind of monsters or ferocious beasts attacked, they were all killed by Li Ling's sword.
The deeper they went into the Black Forest, the more numerous and powerful the attacking monsters became. Unfortunately, even though these monsters had greatly increased in strength, they were no different from Li Ling and were still killed with a single sword strike!
A cold smile appeared on Li Ling's lips, and he suddenly shouted, "Beast God, you should know that these bastards are absolutely no match for me, so why bother with this futile effort!"
As Li Ling finished speaking, all the raging monsters vanished without a trace. If it weren't for the blood flowing like a river on the ground, staining it a dark red, it would have been mistaken for an illusion.
"As expected, she has a proud personality. This saves me a lot of trouble!" Thinking this, Li Ling slowly continued walking forward. (361 Readings)
After walking a few steps, he paused for a moment on an ancient tree beside him, and then his figure disappeared into the depths of the forest!
After a long while, a strange sound rang out, and the tree that Li Ling was watching twisted and changed, slowly revealing a pale-faced person walking out of it.
Looking in the direction Li Ling left, Hei Mu couldn't help but feel a chill. He had just summoned the most ferocious monster in the Black Forest, but he couldn't even stop the other party from slowing down by half a step. The strength of the newcomer was truly terrifying!
What would someone with such extraordinary cultivation want with the Beast God? It's just that what follows is beyond his comprehension!
As Li Ling had predicted, no more demonic beasts came to hinder him. He even occasionally encountered two demonic beasts, but upon seeing him, they merely flashed a fierce light in their eyes and then completely ignored him.
Without the obstruction of these demonic beasts, Li Ling's journey went much more smoothly. He arrived at the foot of a barren mountain shrouded in black mist, where the ancient cave he was looking for, the Demon-Sealing Cave, suddenly appeared before him!
Looking ahead at the towering Demon-Sealing Cave, and listening to the howling ghostly cries emanating from within, a life-sized stone statue of a woman stands before the cave. After years of wind and rain, her face bears the marks of time; this is the statue of the witch Linglong.
Just as Li Ling was about to step inside, a sudden gust of cold wind blew through the entrance, and a tall, sinister spirit appeared at the cave entrance, planting its giant sword in the ground and blocking Li Ling's way, shouting angrily, "Demon-Sealing Cave! Trespassers will die!"
"You think you can block my way with just a mere evil spirit like you?" Li Ling sneered, making a hand seal. A burst of fire shot out and struck the tall, angry-looking spirit. It barely grazed the edge, yet the spirit couldn't help but scream in agony, its entire body emitting hissing smoke as it suffered a severe injury.
"Why bully a gatekeeper? Please come in." A faint voice echoed from inside the cave.
The tall, vengeful spirit, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly changed his expression and looked at Li Ling, shouting, "There are extremely terrifying monsters inside! You must not go in!"
Li Ling glanced back at the tall, sinister spirit and laughed, "Don't worry, after today, that monster will no longer exist!" After saying that, he stopped looking at the tall, sinister spirit and walked directly into the Sealed Demon Cave.
Li Ling continued forward, descending deeper into the underground cave as the entrance gradually descended. Every so often, an extremely ferocious monster would suddenly leap out, clearly placed there to guard the cave. Unfortunately, when faced with Li Ling, it couldn't withstand a single sword strike.
Pushing open a stone door, one finds an ancient brazier burning with flames, yet devoid of any combustible material. This is the legendary 'Fire Gathering Brazier,' capable of gathering the essence of heaven and earth's fire, its flames only slightly less powerful than the Mysterious Fire Mirror.
At this moment, countless white bones lay beneath Li Ling's feet, but the instant he entered, his gaze was drawn to the person on a jade platform not far behind the brazier. Even when the skeletons of those demonic beasts turned their heads strangely, he paid them no heed.
On the jade platform, the man wore brightly colored silk clothes and had a face that looked like that of a young man, but his eyes held a divine light that seemed to have seen countless hardships.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would have thought that the legendary beast god, born from the malevolent energy of heaven and earth and who had kept the Wu tribe in fear for tens of thousands of years, would actually look like such a frail young man!
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Chapter 381: Mission Completed [The End]
"In all these years, you are the first person to voluntarily come here. What is it for?" The Beast God looked Li Ling up and down and smiled slightly.
Li Ling carefully examined his body. Of the five cracks, three had now been filled with strange treasures. Clearly, if he found two more treasures, he would be able to break the seal and leave this Demon-Sealing Ancient Cave.
Li Ling said calmly, "I came here because you can't escape. If you do escape, you will inevitably become my enemy. Since that's the case, I might as well kill you here before you escape!"
“Young man, I can sense that although you are young, your cultivation is quite strong! But if you want to kill me, I'm afraid it's not enough, is it?” The Beast God looked at him and said gently.
At this point, a slight smile appeared on the Beast God's pale face: "I'm quite interested. What makes you think you can come?"
At this moment, all the ferocious beasts made of bones around the Beast God suddenly opened their giant skeletal mouths and let out a thunderous roar, staring fiercely at Li Ling.
Li Ling pointed to a magic array on the ground that covered the entire cave and said to the Beast God, "Is the Eight Fiends Profound Fire Array, which the witch Linglong carved herself ten thousand years ago, enough?"