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Chapter 92: Finally Found.

"So this is the Elemental Phoenix Secret Realm?"

On top of a black mountain, Li Xun stood, gazing in all directions with deep eyes.

The Elemental Phoenix Secret Realm was even more vast than he had imagined. There was no end in sight, everywhere covered in a silent darkness.

The entire world was enveloped in black, with only a few faint stars shining dimly in the sky.

Unfortunately.

These faint lights couldn't dispel the darkness covering the whole world.

As Li Xun took a step forward, his figure landed on the ground. In that instant, the breeze he stirred up turned the nearby monster skeleton into powder.

It wasn't intentional on his part; rather, the body of the monster nearby had already weathered away after who knows how many years, completely decomposed.

With a gentle blow, it disappeared completely.

"It's just as Elder Xie said. This was once a battlefield of the monster race, with monster skeletons scattered everywhere. It's no wonder there is divine beast essence blood here."

Li Xun murmured to himself.

Before coming in, Elder Xie had told him everything about the Elemental Phoenix Secret Realm, including how it came to be.

In ancient times, there was a great battle among the monster race, where various divine beasts, fierce beasts, and monsters were said to have participated, including the true Phoenix and the fallen Tianfeng.

Their blood stained this land, and countless years later, most of the blood had lost its spirituality and dried up, becoming useless blood. However, there were still some divine beast essence blood left behind in this secret realm to this day.

As long as one's luck was good enough, perhaps they could find the essence blood of a true dragon. Even if they couldn't find essence blood, even a drop of ordinary blood with residual activity could greatly benefit a person.

Of course, most of the benefits in this secret realm had already been plundered by the Grand Zhou Imperial Family. Occasionally, there might be some leftovers, which relied entirely on individual luck.

Fortunately, the spiritual energy in this secret realm was abundant, and due to the special environment, one could occasionally find spirit medicines like Dragon Blood Grass or Phoenix Blood Immortal Grass.

Such spirit medicines were very rare and required dragon blood or phoenix blood to nourish. Finding just one plant could greatly elevate a person's cultivation.

"I wonder where the others have landed."

The Elemental Phoenix Secret Realm was very peculiar; everyone who entered would randomly appear in a location. The disciples of Xuanyang Sect who came in with him had long since disappeared without a trace.

Li Xun proceeded in the darkness, searching for the disciples of Xuanyang Sect on one hand and seeing how his luck fared, hoping to find some opportunities here.

After all, it wasn't easy to make this trip. He couldn't return empty-handed, could he? Hmm?

Suddenly, Li Xun stopped in his tracks. The darkness in front of him began to ripple, and at a height of a hundred meters, two blood-red lanterns lit up all of a sudden.

At the same time, a terrifying fluctuation swept out.

"Hiss!"

A scalp-tingling sound echoed out, and the two lanterns descended, getting closer, finally revealing the full appearance of those two lanterns.

It was a snake several hundred meters long, completely black, blending into the darkness. Its icy eyes stared emotionlessly at Li Xun.

"It’s not even 5 minutes in yet, and I encountered a Profound Core realm monster beast. Should I say I'm lucky, or should I say you're unlucky?" Li Xun raised his head, locking eyes with the serpent, his eyes sparkling with interest.

His words had just fallen when suddenly—

Boom!

The giant snake moved without warning.

The snake's tail swept in all directions, smashing a nearby hill into pieces, causing the mountaintop to collapse. A small mountain several dozen meters high was reduced to powder under this tail.

The violent wind roared, and even before the snake's tail descended, a powerful pressure was felt.

"Bring it."

Li Xun remained still. With a low hum, he clenched his fist and smashed forward. It was like a golden divine iron, emitting a piercing vibration due to its rapid speed.

This was a violent divine power. The golden radiance completely dispersed the darkness within a radius of kilometers, rendering a beautiful scene as if a scorching sun had fallen to the ground.

Bang!

This forceful punch heavily struck the snake's tail. Its body, several hundred meters long, exploded into a mist of blood as if struck by a meteor from outer space.

Amidst the blood mist, Li Xun quickly reached out his hand. When he retracted it, he had a fist-sized monster core in his palm.

"The monster core of a Profound Core realm monster beast. It's not cheap. Perhaps I can sell it for a good price after I leave." Li Xun weighed it in his hand, then directly stored it away before stepping into the depths of the darkness.

Meanwhile, on a dark plain.

Qin Xueyi was enveloped in divine light. Her hair danced lightly, her skin was as smooth as jade, and her red lips shone beneath the jade flute, emitting ethereal and melodious sounds, as if celestial music resonated in all directions.

It was as if the entire Elemental Phoenix Secret Realm was resonating with her melody.

Under the enchanting melody, the long-extinguished monster bones on the plain were shrouded in a hazy glow, as if they would completely revive in the next moment.

After a full fifteen minutes,

The melody faded away.

Qin Xueyi raised her head and looked in a certain direction. Her eyes, as clear as black gems, seemed to penetrate the void.

"Finally found it!"

A hint of joy flashed across her crystal-clear face.

She entered the Elemental Phoenix Secret Realm in search of a drop of Vermilion Bird blood. In the previous life, she only knew that Vermilion Bird blood appeared in this secret realm but didn't know who found it or whose hands it fell into.

Ultimately, in her previous life, she was still too weak at this time, and many things were just hearsay. In this life, she used some means.

The result didn't disappoint her; she had already sensed the whereabouts of the Vermilion Bird blood.

The location wasn't far from her, only about a thousand miles away.

An hour later, Qin Xueyi rode on a flying treasure and arrived thousands of miles away. She gazed down below, where stood a towering black mountain, thousands of zhang high.

The entire mountain was covered with skeletal remains.

On the mountaintop, a small crimson grass, no more than a palm's height, swayed in the wind, exuding an extremely rich fragrance. Upon careful listening, one could even hear the faint chirping of a Vermilion Bird.

Beside this crimson grass, several large-sized monsters stood guard, wary of each other.

The strongest among them had reached the pinnacle of the Profound Core realm, while the weakest was in the early stages of the Profound Core realm. At this moment, their auras converged like an endless wave of power, surging in all directions.

For ordinary people, coming here would likely mean they couldn't even stand steadily, let alone snatch food from a tiger's mouth.

"The Lingguang Immortal Grass often grows where there is Vermilion Bird blood."

Qin Xueyi took a deep breath, observing the crimson grass below and murmuring softly.

Currently, the appearance of the Lingguang Immortal Grass indicated that beneath this spiritual herb, there was the Vermilion Bird blood she desired. However, the problem was that there were several Profound Core realm monsters guarding it.

With her current peak Spirit Connection realm strength, it was difficult for her to obtain it directly.

"I can only set up a killing formation first!"

Qin Xueyi's face turned cold as she descended from the sky to the foot of the mountain.

If the creatures fighting for the herb on the mountaintop were human, she would definitely find it difficult to set up the formation calmly. But since they were monsters, it wasn't a big problem.

Once she set up the formation, not only could she kill the monsters, but she could also calmly refine the Vermilion Bird blood after obtaining it, killing two birds with one stone.