302: Explore Swallowtail Valley

Riding Little Strong, and guided by Glutton, Qin Shilei flew rapidly towards Phoenix Butterfly Valley, tens of thousands of kilometers away.

After crossing countless mountains and dozens of rivers, and flying for several hours, a towering mountain finally appeared before his eyes.

This mountain was at least tens of thousands of meters high, with its upper half completely hidden in the clouds.

The lower part of the mountain was lush with trees, while the upper part was entirely white, covered in ice and snow.

Phoenix Butterfly Valley was located in a very gentle valley within this mountain.

Qin Shilei had Little Strong stop a hundred kilometers away from the large mountain.

"Little Strong, you should return to the pet space first, to prevent them from discovering our whereabouts."

"Alright, Master, just call me if you need anything."

Qin Shilei took out the Concealment Array Diagram, activated it, and then continued to fly forward.

Perhaps because he had reached the main base of the Illusion Sound Butterflies, groups of Illusion Sound Butterflies could be seen everywhere in the forest below.

However, these Illusion Sound Butterflies had no idea that a human had just quietly flown over their heads.

It took Qin Shilei almost an hour to find the valley that Gold Beetle had mentioned at the foot of the mountain.

Between two ridges was a narrow, long canyon. To the right of the canyon was a river less than ten meters wide, and at the end of the river was a lake about one square kilometer in size.

The entire Phoenix Butterfly Valley was filled with large trees three to four meters thick, and countless treehouses were built on these trees.

Illusion Sound Butterflies were constantly moving in and out of the treehouses.

By the side of the small lake, there was an exceptionally large ancient tree.

The ancient tree's trunk was at least ten meters thick and three to four hundred meters high, and its canopy almost completely obscured the small lake.

Through the dense leaves, a palace built entirely of wood could be seen in the center of the ancient tree.

Even Qin Shilei, who had experienced a bombardment of internet information, found this palace to be extremely magnificent.

Qin Shilei circled the ancient tree and found a portal-like opening on the side facing away from the mountain.

At this moment, a team of Illusion Sound Butterflies flew out from a treehouse.

Five of these Illusion Sound Butterflies had reached the Golden Realm.

One of them, a Golden Nine Star Illusion Sound Butterfly, even glanced suspiciously in Qin Shilei's direction, but seeing nothing, it continued to fly outwards.

Qin Shilei thought for a moment and then flew directly into the main entrance of that palace.

As soon as he flew in, he felt an invisible pressure envelop him.

The warning in his heart frantically surged.

Qin Shilei cautiously scanned his surroundings, but failed to find the enemy's location, so he slowly retreated.

"Hehe, since you've come, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Suddenly, a clear voice sounded in Qin Shilei's ear.

Damn it, even the Concealment Array Diagram couldn't escape the opponent's detection?

The phantom suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of Qin Shilei and quickly flew into the ancient tree's palace.

Qin Shilei, on the other hand, quickly retreated from the ancient tree's range.

Perhaps the sudden appearance of the phantom attracted the opponent's attention, as Qin Shilei felt the pressure enveloping him vanish without a trace after he exited the ancient tree's range.

At this moment, half of his consciousness had already possessed the phantom.

Through the phantom, Qin Shilei once again felt the invisible pressure from before.

"A ghost or an elemental life form?"

The voice from before sounded again in the phantom's ear.

As the words fell, an extremely cold aura quickly spread towards the phantom.

In the blink of an eye, it froze the phantom into an ice stick.

And this ice stick was rapidly expanding, soon turning into a small ice mountain ten meters high.

Originally, Qin Shilei could have used Teleportation to avoid being frozen when the cold attacked.

But he didn't do that.

Indeed, as he had guessed, after the phantom was frozen, an Illusion Sound Butterfly with colorful wings appeared in front of the phantom.

The Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress was nearly two meters tall, and aside from her splendid colorful wings, she was no different from other Illusion Sound Butterflies.

As soon as she appeared, she directly pressed against the ice block.

Like sinking into a water curtain, the Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress rapidly approached the phantom inside the ice block.

Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth!

One-Punch Man!

Under Qin Shilei's control, the phantom directly activated its two strongest attributes.

In an instant, it shattered the ice block around its body, then struck out with a sword towards the Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress, who was now within arm's reach.

"Hehe, you can still move."

The Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress calmly looked up at the phantom, which had turned into a small giant.

That extremely cold aura appeared again.

It instantly spread throughout the phantom's body, attempting to freeze him again.

"Break!"

The phantom's movements became slow, but it still steadfastly continued to strike down towards the Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress.

A massive sword qi, as if shattering countless ice blocks, emitted a series of crisp cracking sounds.

The newly formed ice blocks were shattered by the sharp sword qi in the blink of an eye.

Then, they quickly reformed again.

The sword qi was incomparably sharp, yet the Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress smiled sweetly, not caring in the slightest.

Ice Seal!

As the Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress softly uttered two words, the phantom was instantly sealed inside a giant block of ice once again.

"Hehe, let me see what exactly you are."

The Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress merged into the ice block again, spread her wings, and prepared to embrace the phantom.

Devouring Thunder!

The phantom shattered the ice on its arm, quickly formed hand seals, and summoned thousands of raging thunders.

As the heavenly thunder descended, the surrounding magnificent palace instantly turned into a pile of ruins.

"You deserve to die!"

The Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress, who had always been composed, changed her expression for the first time.

She flapped her wings, sending the ice block along with the phantom inside it flying out of the ancient tree's range.

At the same time, a thick ice shield appeared above her head, blocking the descending thunder.

Teleportation!

Qin Shilei controlled the phantom to teleport from the ice block to behind the Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress.

Lightning Chain Slash!

Boom boom boom!

Several crisp sounds rang out as ice shields that had appeared out of thin air behind the Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress were shattered one after another by the phantom's slashes.

"Not bad, I'm becoming more and more interested in you."

The Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress once again returned to her calm and collected demeanor.

Ice Seal!

Solid ice once again sealed the phantom within it.

Before the phantom could teleport out again, the Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress had already carried the ice mountain away from the ancient tree's range.

At this point, the duration of the One-Punch Man buff had passed, and the phantom's strength dropped significantly. He suppressed the urge in his heart and did not launch another attack.

Through this brief exchange, Qin Shilei had gained a preliminary understanding of this Illusion Sound Butterfly's strength.

The opponent was very strong, so strong that he couldn't even land a single sword strike on her.

The heaven-defying Divine Power Stiffening was thus unable to take effect.

The area-of-effect attack, Devouring Thunder, also failed to break through the opponent's ice shield.

Although Teleportation was elusive, there was still an extremely brief moment between Qin Shilei's teleportation and his attack.

The quick-reacting Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress was fully capable of using that moment to defend or dodge.

"Are you accepting your fate?"

The Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress smiled, merging into the ice block for the third time, attempting to embrace the phantom.

Her answer was another Devouring Thunder.

"It's useless, you're just wasting your vital energy."

The Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress sneered.

But just as her smile formed, the phantom's figure vanished again. And the opponent did not reappear by her side.

Devouring Thunder!

Five hundred meters away, the phantom suddenly appeared there, then summoned raging thunder to randomly attack the surrounding treehouses.

"You're courting death!" This time, the Phantom Sound Butterfly Empress was completely enraged.