118: Savage world...primitive breath

The place where Li Qi ascended to the Upper Realm was a vast mountain range.

This mountain range was extremely expansive, nearly a thousand li away, and most of the inhabitants were huge, powerful, and exotic beasts!

The aura emanating from some of these giant beasts made even Li Qi feel a jolt of alarm; after spotting their presence from afar, he directly bypassed them, avoiding any close proximity.

Not only were the birds and beasts of this world enormous, but even the trees, flowers, and grasses here were equally gigantic; towering trees hundreds of meters high were everywhere.

It was as if this place was an ancient, primeval world, filled with an aura of antiquity and rawness.

Li Qi even saw a golden-eyed giant eagle with a wingspan of a hundred meters; its eyes rotated, golden light flickering in its pupils, and it directly locked onto Li Qi, who was hidden deep within the Void Realm, making Li Qi’s hair stand on end.

Fortunately, although this giant eagle discovered Li Qi’s presence, it did not attack him.

It merely glanced at him from afar, then ignored him, continuing to close its eyes and nap on a giant tree branch.

Li Qi traveled several hundred li before finally seeing human figures.

“Quick! Quick! Surround it!”

“Don’t let it escape! Otherwise, the Clan Chief will be angry again!”

“Watch out for its poisonous mist!”

Li Qi, who was traveling through the Void Realm, paused and stopped, looking down at the commotion below from high above.

Several figures dressed in animal hides were in the process of capturing a giant bat, ten meters long; this bat had purple fur all over its body, and as its bat wings flapped, faint black mist emerged, carrying a hint of a sweet, sickly smell in the air.

Clearly, this black mist was poisonous!

There were five figures below attempting to capture the giant bat, four males and one female, all strong and sturdy, with full, powerful muscles.

They either wielded thick stone clubs and axes, or fought bare-handed; even a casual swing possessed immense power, enough to create large indentations in the air, and the resulting shockwaves were comparable to the full-strength attack of a Lower Realm Great Grandmaster.

Such a display greatly astonished Li Qi.

“What the hell?”

“These people clearly don’t use Martial Skills, relying solely on their Physical Body strength… and they can achieve this level?”

“Are all the people in this world like this? That’s truly outrageous!”

Several figures dressed in animal hides attacked the purple giant bat, their movements completely without method, even somewhat clumsy.

But even with such a series of wild swings, the power was terrifyingly immense; a Peak Grandmaster from the Lower Realm might not necessarily be able to withstand it!

A young man with a scar on his face forcefully threw a stone axe; the stone axe transformed into a blurry image, flying into the sky, and a sharp shriek echoed in the air before the stone axe directly smashed onto the purple giant bat’s spine!

Like striking a drum, the giant bat’s body produced a hollow sound, emitting a dull thud.

The stone axe shattered into pieces, and the giant bat was also knocked down from the sky.

This giant bat’s strength was also not weak, close to a Peak Grandmaster of the Lower Realm; after being knocked down from the sky by the group, its ferocity erupted, and it no longer fled, turning its direction and charging towards the group.

The giant bat opened its large mouth, and purple poisonous flames spewed out towards the group.

Anything touched by the purple poisonous flames—grass, trees, bamboo, and stones—hissed as they were scorched and melted into thick black liquid.

“Get out of the way!”

The group shouted loudly, quickly dodging the giant bat’s poisonous flames, and the giant bat, seizing the moment of their evasion, lunged towards the woman, more poisonous flames surging towards her.

The woman could no longer dodge; the situation had reached a critical moment, and several nearby figures were preparing to go forward to rescue her, but it was already too late.

Just then, massive Sword Qi appeared out of thin air, cutting down from high above, and in an instant, it sliced the purple giant bat into several pieces.

This sudden change stunned everyone present.

Everyone looked up in the direction from which the Sword Qi had come, only to see a figure standing in the air, quietly observing the group below.

“Someone?”

“Who is that!?”

The several young men and women dressed in animal hides were startled; the suddenly appearing person emitted a powerful aura, much stronger than theirs.

“It’s a Celestial Origin Realm expert?!”

The woman who had been saved quickly stepped forward and thanked Li Qi: “Thank you, Senior, for your assistance.”

Li Qi’s figure descended from the sky, and he smiled faintly.

“I’m lost; tell me… where is this place?”

Li Qi casually made up an excuse and chatted with these few people, and he also learned the name of this region… this was the Hundred Barren Tree Sea of the Azure Sky Domain.

The woman Li Qi had just saved was named Wu Lan; she and the other men all came from a nearby tribe, where they hunted giant bats, which they would then bring back to the tribe for other uses.

“Senior, since you’ve gotten lost and ended up here, if you don’t have any urgent matters… why not stay at our tribe for a few days?”

“You just acted righteously and saved my life; we will certainly entertain Senior well.”

Li Qi was new to this place and still unfamiliar with many areas; with the enthusiastic invitation from the group, Li Qi readily agreed to go.

The group took out large animal hide bags from their bodies, put the shattered purple giant bat into them, and then began their journey back.

Along the way, Li Qi subtly extracted information, learning many useful details.

For example, Li Qi’s current Realm was Celestial Origin Realm, which was already considered a very powerful expert to Wu Lan and the others, as they were all still in the Earth Origin Realm.

In the Realm divisions here, those who were strengthened by Heavenly Yuan power, whose bodies had undergone transformation, and who had comprehended Divine Abilities… were called Celestial Origin Realm.

And if the body had undergone transformation but had not yet comprehended Divine Abilities, that was the Earth Origin Realm.

If one had neither comprehended Divine Abilities nor completed the transformation… that was the Human Yuan Realm.

The Human Yuan Realm was the weakest existence here.

But even a Human Yuan Realm… was equivalent to a True Essence Realm Martial Artist from the Lower Realm, which made Li Qi marvel.

“It seems the Upper Realm’s foundation is indeed much stronger than the Lower Realm’s; even the weakest Realm, its strength is equivalent to an Elder of the Pine Crane Longevity Sect!”

“Interesting! Truly interesting!”

Above the Celestial Origin Realm, it was called the Divine Soul Realm; it was said that beings at that Realm had already completed the transformation of their bodies and had begun the transformation and sublimation of their divine soul.

The existence of the Divine Soul Realm, their strength was significantly stronger than the Celestial Origin Realm!

However, Wu Lan and the others did not know much, and they were unaware of the higher Realms.

The group chatted as they traveled, and it wasn’t long before they arrived at the tribe Wu Lan had spoken of.

This was a very small and simple settlement, with a population of less than a hundred; the tribal camp consisted of simple tents and wooden houses, with adults busy inside and children playing.

Although it was very simple… it was filled with a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere.

Upon seeing Wu Lan and the others return, the people in the tribe all rushed over.

“Wu Lan! You’re back!”

“Any harvest from hunting these past few days?”

“Quick, sit down and rest; are you injured?”

Everyone saw Wu Lan and the others, and also saw Li Qi among them, all showing expressions of surprise.

An old man with white hair and beard also rushed over; this was the Clan Chief Wu Lan had mentioned.

The other party carefully scrutinized Li Qi, his eyes flickering with uncertainty and surprise: “Outsider, may I ask who you are…?”

Looking at the old man in front of him, Li Qi was also surprised, because the other party was also a Celestial Origin Realm expert!