167: Chapter 167 The Battlefield in the Valley, Echoing Kunlun

Commander Chen Wenming had just sent out a few team members. In his view, although the Kunlun Mountains were indeed extremely dangerous, Li Xiuyuan was clearing the way ahead, so there shouldn't be any special danger.

Even if something did happen, it would likely be directed at Li Xiuyuan.

It was precisely because of this wishful thinking that Commander Chen Wenming let the three of them follow quickly.

His superiors had secretly instructed him that he must obtain the Spiritual Qi data within the Kunlun Mountains at all costs, as this involved a secret experiment that outsiders could not know about.

At first, Commander Chen Wenming could still maintain contact with Xiao Zhou and the other two. Even after passing the place where the previous search and rescue team had gone missing, these connections had not been broken. Just as Commander Chen Wenming was secretly relieved and gradually letting his guard down, Xiao Zhou on the other end of the communicator suddenly went silent.

Commander Chen Wenming's heart tightened, and he immediately called out to the other party repeatedly, but no matter how he shouted, he could not get a response from Xiao Zhou. He immediately realized the situation was bad, and his mind went blank with a buzzing sound.

These three people had not officially accepted any mission or notice, and had entered the Kunlun Mountains only on his orders. If anything happened to the three of them, the final blame would still fall on Commander Chen Wenming himself!

The people who had gone missing before had at least accepted a mission, and if an accident happened, the superiors could cover for him. If an accident happened this time, there would be no one to cover for him.

Although he had just called a superior, that person would certainly not come forward to take responsibility.

Thus, Commander Chen Wenming was extremely anxious, but he dared not tell others, so he could only call Xiao Zhou again and again, but there was still dead silence on the other end of the communicator.

In the Kunlun Mountains, due to the recovery of Spiritual Qi, these barren mountains had gradually begun to show much greenery.

Especially as he went deeper, there was more greenery. Li Xiuyuan did not know that three people were following him; at this moment, he was putting all his energy into the winding mountain road ahead.

From beginning to end, he did not transform into his Qiu Dragon form, but instead maintained his human form, trying his best to keep himself inconspicuous and blend in with the gravel and greenery in the mountain valleys.

Because, as he went deeper, the fluctuation of Spiritual Qi became more and more obvious, and the influence became deeper. He had seen the palace of the Queen Mother of the West more than once, but each time the palace appeared, it looked different.

Sometimes, the fierce and ferocious Kaiming Beast would lie in front of the palace gate, lifting its beast head and looking around, as if monitoring the entire world.

Sometimes, the gate was empty, and the palace lost its color, no longer as brilliant and radiant as before.

Li Xiuyuan found it difficult to determine whether this was an illusion, or if some special change had caused time and space to become chaotic, allowing scenes from ten thousand years ago to appear here, or if they were all real.

In any case, he could be certain that something capable of shocking the world must be hidden within these Kunlun Mountains.

After crossing another mountain, Li Xiuyuan stood on the edge of the peak, looked down, and his figure suddenly paused.

"What is this..."

Before his eyes was a purgatorial battlefield that could no longer be described in words!

The valley was littered with corpses—there were humans, Ancient Heavenly Court deities, Rising Beingss, and even Half-demons. They looked as if they had experienced an extremely tragic slaughter, having burned almost every last drop of blood in their bodies.

Golden divine blood and crimson Yao blood were intertwined, floating in mid-air, lingering for a long time. Judging from the battle situation on the ground below, it seemed that everyone was fighting on their own, and there was no division of factions.

Because on the body of one Ancient Heavenly Court deity, there were several types of wounds simultaneously: the lingering Sword Intent of a Human Race Sword Cultivator, the remaining divine radiance left by the strike of an Ancient Heavenly Court deity's Magic Treasure, and the rough and savage tearing of a Yao Race Rising Beings.

The other corpses also had this situation; this was completely a chaotic battlefield.

Many Ancient Heavenly Court deities lay on the ground, but the Magic Treasures in their hands were still emitting faint light. On the Magic Treasures, obscure inscriptions still retained their power, continuously releasing wave after wave of residual might, colliding with other Magic Treasures and divine weapons.

Even though their holders were dead, their battle had not stopped.

"I only guessed that there might be an incredible secret here, but I didn't expect it to be this."

"Why would they kill each other?"

"Could it be that, just like the Ancient Heavenly Court, they have all gone mad?"

Li Xiuyuan stood on the edge of the peak without moving, lowered his head, and watched silently.

Suddenly, Li Xiuyuan's pupils constricted; he thought of a possibility.

Unless these beings had all gone mad, they would fight on their own here. There was another explanation: they were fighting for an Opportunity!

"If it was the fight for an Opportunity that led to the appearance of such a purgatorial battlefield, then that so-called Opportunity must be an earth-shattering existence."

"There is another question: where is the initial battlefield?"

Li Xiuyuan opened his brilliant golden eyes and searched around. Based on his analysis and judgment of the battlefield below, this was certainly not the first battlefield.

Because those below were all Ancient Heavenly Court deities, powerful Human Race Cultivators, or powerful Yao Race Rising Beingss, and even the Yao creatures were quite large.

The traces of battle in the valley were completely unworthy of the tragedy before him.

Just as Li Xiuyuan was searching around, a scream came from the valley behind him. Immediately after, he saw a scarred ape-Yao leap up and land on the ground, and there was a person where the ape-Yao landed.

"Lin Yaling?"

Seeing that person, Li Xiuyuan felt surprised.

The Kunlun Mountains were so dangerous that he had thought Lin Yaling would surely die, but he hadn't expected her to still be alive.

However, Lin Yaling's situation didn't seem very good either. She had lost an arm, her figure was disheveled, and her own aura was very weak compared to when they last parted.

Lin Yaling looked at the ape-Yao descending from the sky, and determination to face certain death had already appeared in her eyes.

"Fairy, we really can't get out of Kunlun this time."

She muttered to herself.

Fairy Caiyun, who shared her body and soul, said in her heart: "It is I who harmed you. In the end, I was too arrogant and made the wrong judgment."

"But wasn't it my decision in the end? I don't regret it."

After saying that, Lin Yaling raised her remaining arm and looked at the ape-Yao about to reach her, with only the determination to fight to the death left in her eyes.

But just as the ape-Yao was about to raise its heavy fist to smash down, a figure appeared behind it, moving much faster than it.

The ape-Yao seemed to have considerable strength. The moment Li Xiuyuan appeared, it seemed to have sensed something and actually dodged Li Xiuyuan's strike in mid-air.

However, although this attack was successfully dodged, it was still very disheveled.

But it was better than surviving.

The ape-Yao flew to the side, fell to the ground, and rolled several times before finally stopping.

It was extremely agile; after rolling several times and stopping, it did a Carp kip-up from the ground and looked vigilantly at the figure that had suddenly appeared.

Lin Yaling never imagined that Li Xiuyuan would appear at this critical moment and save her life.

She had already accepted the impending end and was prepared to fight to the death.

"How did you come here?" Lin Yaling asked.

Li Xiuyuan did not respond but looked at the ape-Yao in the distance, his brows slightly furrowed. He felt a very ancient aura from this ape-Yao.

Why does this ape-Yao not feel like a modern Rising Beings?

"Why are you here?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

Lin Yaling shook her head: "I was originally following the Monitoring Bureau's instructions to enter Kunlun to investigate the situation. Who knew that as I walked, I lost contact with the outside world, and no matter how I walked, I couldn't get out."

"Just as I was aimlessly looking for a way out, it suddenly appeared and kept hunting me."

As she spoke, Lin Yaling suddenly bit her lip in pain, covering her severed left arm.

Li Xiuyuan glanced at the wound on the severed left arm; it looked like it had been torn off by force.

The pain of having an arm torn off was definitely not something an ordinary person could endure.

"I'm fine. If I can get out alive, there are ways to grow it back." Lin Yaling's lips were slightly pale, but what she said was not just being stubborn or pretending to be strong.

With the combination of modern technology and cultivation, it shouldn't be too much effort to grow an arm back.

"You have to be careful. The Fairy said that this ape-Yao comes from their era." Lin Yaling had no intention of dealing with this ape-Yao together with Li Xiuyuan; with her current strength, dealing with it together would just be a drag on Li Xiuyuan.

"Hmm, it does indeed have an ancient aura on it." Li Xiuyuan nodded.

The ape-Yao examined Li Xiuyuan for a long time, seemingly pondering something, and looking at its flickering eyes, one didn't know what it was planning.

Li Xiuyuan, however, did not stop. His figure paused, then disappeared from where he was, followed by a sonic boom, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the ape-Yao.

He did not use any Innate Supernatural Power, but only used his own brute, rough strength.

Because Li Xiuyuan was not sure if using his Innate Supernatural Power would be detected by the things deep in the mountains.

However, even if it was just brute force, it was definitely not something an ordinary Rising Beings could handle.

The ape-Yao was covered in wounds; on its abdomen and chest, there were several shocking wounds visible to the naked eye. Those wounds had long since stopped bleeding, but the red-stained fur on its body was still silently telling how fatal these wounds were.

Li Xiuyuan could be certain that these wounds were definitely not something Lin Yaling could have created. Judging from the wounds, they were very similar to the personal divine weapon held by a certain Ancient Heavenly Court deity he had just seen in that valley.

"Could this ape-Yao have survived from that ancient battlefield?"

"Wait... I think I saw it in that valley just now."

Li Xiuyuan was multitasking; while attacking the ape-Yao with his fists, he was recalling the scene in the valley.

'Bang!'

This cannon punch hit the ape-Yao squarely in the face, sending it flying backward. At the same time, Li Xiuyuan was also certain that he had seen the corpse of this ape-Yao in that valley just now.

But what was going on now? How did this guy come back to life?

While Li Xiuyuan was surprised in his heart, the ape-Yao, which had been sent flying, had already stabilized its figure. It spat on the ground with disdain and then looked at Li Xiuyuan with a provocative gaze.

"Junior, with such low strength, you dare to run into Kunlun, hoping to compete with us, and the myriad of gods, for the final Opportunity of the Heavenly Dao's fall? You really have the guts!"

"However, you junior, although your strength is lacking, you have ambition, which surprises me."

"Originally, considering that it is not easy for a junior like you to cultivate into a Qiu Dragon, I didn't want to skin you, but you shouldn't have, you absolutely shouldn't have, gotten mixed up with this Heavenly Court dog-donkey!"

The ape-Yao opened its scarlet eyes and hissed at Li Xiuyuan.

Immediately after, the ape-Yao's aura suddenly rose, carrying a suffocating pressure. It stomped its right foot on the ground, and the whole earth actually showed countless cracks, one of which was particularly eye-catching, extending directly from the ape-Yao's feet to in front of Li Xiuyuan.

'Crack!'

With a sound like the sky collapsing and the earth shattering, Li Xiuyuan suddenly felt empty under his feet; that crack had instantly turned into a bottomless abyss!

A powerful suction force came from the abyss. Even though Li Xiuyuan could fly through the air relying on the ability of the Sovereign of Heavens Water, he still couldn't resist this suction force.

Just as he was about to be dragged into the abyss, he pulled out the dragon lord blade from his waist, stabbed it hard into the ground, and gripped the hilt of the dragon lord blade tightly with his right hand, while also being forced to use his Innate Supernatural Power.

Once the [True World False Realm Seeking Causality] Innate Supernatural Power was used, Li Xiuyuan appeared in an identical world in the blink of an eye.

Everything in this world had been pressed on the pause button. The ape-Yao in the distance stood in place, and Lin Yaling behind it looked at him, who was about to be dragged into the abyss, with a panicked expression.

Li Xiuyuan flew into the air, closed his eyes, and began to search for that path.

Countless threads of Karma were intertwined in mid-air, covering the sky and the sun. The point where those threads of Karma converged was Li Xiuyuan himself.

Only at this moment did he realize with surprise that he had actually forged so much Karma in this world.

He calmed his mind and quickly found the thread of Karma that could allow him to escape danger.

However, the other end of that thread of Karma was deep in the Kunlun Mountains, and no matter how Li Xiuyuan tried to feel for it, he could not find it.

"There is a way to escape danger, but I don't know how to escape it."

"Could it be that because my connection with Kunlun is not deep, that is why this is the case?"

"Do I have to get involved in the Karma of the Kunlun Mountains?"

The reason why he couldn't find the other end of that thread of Karma now was because he hadn't created any echo with the Kunlun Mountains.

And once he echoed with the mountains, it meant that he would be forced to be involved in all the Karma of Kunlun.

That confusing chaotic battlefield, as well as those secrets deep in the hinterland of Kunlun and everything else, would eventually involve Li Xiuyuan.

What the final consequence would be, Li Xiuyuan didn't know for the moment.

But, he only thought for a moment before resolutely choosing to echo with Kunlun.