This special landscape wasn't mountains, rivers, valleys, or anything like that. It wasn't a restriction or anything like that either. Instead, it was a skeleton, a very strange skeleton.
If it were a human skeleton, then it would be understandable. After all, many humans had come here and it was not unusual for them to turn into skeletons after they died.
However, this skeleton was more than one hundred feet tall and there were wing bones and tail bones. Clearly, this was not a human.
The skeleton was dark gold in color. Its face was facing down, forming the Chinese character "大". There were some glistening runes on the skeleton. One look and Lu Li could tell that this was a powerful creature.
"Monster?"
Lu Li walked around the skeleton. The skeleton did not seem to belong to a beast. It must be a strange monster. The monster must be powerful, at least as powerful as a supreme warrior in the Divinity.
"There is no danger in this illusion. How did the monster die?
Could it be that he was trapped to death? "
Lu Li murmured. Given the monster's abilities, it could live for at least a million years. It shouldn't die even if it was trapped here for tens of thousands of years.
Could it be that it came in when it was near the end of its life?
Or, was there danger here?
Lu Li stayed near the skeleton for two hours. He observed for such a long time but found nothing strange.
He pressed on. After the time for one incense stick to burn, he suddenly stopped. He slapped his head and said, "Wait …"
He remembered something. There was something wrong with the position of the skeleton.
The skeleton was placed in the Chinese character "大" with its face facing down. If the monster had died at the end of its life, then it would not be in this position.
If this Demon Race was killed, then this posture was too strange, right?
Could it be that he was smacked to death by someone from above?
What was more … there were no wounds on the skeleton. It was unlikely that the monster was killed.
Lu Li thought for a while. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. There must be some secrets in the skeleton. If he could figure out the secrets, he might be able to find a way to solve the illusion.
He went back at once. He walked for the time for one incense stick to burn and he was not fast. He was only three hundred miles away from the skeleton.
However, when he returned a thousand miles away, he found that the skeleton was nowhere to be found.
He had been wandering around for an hour and had covered an area with a radius of tens of thousands of miles. However, the skeleton was nowhere to be found.
Lu Li stopped, slightly annoyed. He had been too careless and missed an opportunity.
He could only choose a random direction and force himself to calm down at the same time.
The outside world could change at any time. He could not stay here for too long. Otherwise, by the time he got out, the Land of Youyan Pass would have turned into hell. Even the Heaven Reverse Universe and the Earth Imperial Universe would be destroyed.
He sped up and ran. He believed that if he could find a skeleton, then he would have a chance to find other things. If he kept running, he might find the skeleton again.
Lu Li walked faster and faster until he was at the top of his speed. At his current speed, he could cover a distance of more than 300 miles in the time for one breath. Unless the illusion was boundless, there was a chance that he could run into some strange scenery. There was a chance that he could run into the skeleton again or find Ling Qingyan.
More than two hours later, Lu Li stopped again because he saw a pitch-black temple in front of him!
The temple floated in midair. Many beasts were carved on the walls of the temple. The beasts emitted a strange energy that made Lu Li's heart palpitate.
"A temple!"
Lu Li had seen this temple before, the first time he came to the Ancient Demons Perished Land. But back then, it was like a mirage, an illusion.
According to the Deaf Taoist, the temple was in the core area, a mysterious site.
"Is this real or an illusion?"
Lu Li blinked in confusion. The temple was faintly discernible in the haze. But he felt it was real, as if the temple was floating in front of him, miles away.
"Move!"
Lu Li walked toward the temple slowly after a moment of hesitation. As he moved closer, the temple became clearer and more real.
However, when Lu Li was about to see the temple clearly, the temple suddenly glowed in a dark light and drifted to the distance.
"What?"
Lu Li's heart skipped a beat. Why did the temple fly away when he approached?
Was there someone controlling the temple?
Lu Li felt the temple was only a mile away. He could reach it in an instant.
That being said, he did not dare to act rashly. He sped up, trying to shorten the distance between him and the temple.
What happened next shocked him — as soon as he sped up, the temple sped up as well. The temple kept a distance of a mile from him.
Lu Li stopped after a while. The temple stopped as well.
"No one can get close?"
Lu Li stared at the temple in the distance with a frown. He thought for a while and began to circle around the temple, trying to see if he could approach it from other directions.
Soon, he realized that he could not. No matter which direction he approached, the temple would keep a distance of a mile from him. As soon as he approached, psychic power would fly away.
"Whoosh ~"
Lu Li did not believe it. He sped up and flew toward the temple at the top of his speed.
That being said, the temple moved almost at the same time. It flew toward the distance at the same speed as Lu Li.
"Whoosh ~"
The temple and Lu Li flew away, chasing after each other. Lu Li was enraged. He sped up to the top of his speed. He believed that he could not get close to the temple.
Just like that, Lu Li chased after the temple. No matter what Lu Li did, he was still miles away from the psychic power. He could never get closer.
"Something is wrong!"
After flying for an hour, Lu Li suddenly came to his senses. He stopped in midair.
Jiang Yi recalled something. At this moment, he was in the illusion realm. That meant … this Divine Temple could very well be an illusion.
In other words, the temple might be fake and it might be leading him to a place on purpose!
Logically speaking, the person who set up the illusion would not lead the challengers to a land of treasures. Instead, it would lead them to a land of death.
If Lu Li continued to fly down the temple, he would most likely fall into a deadly trap.
A mysterious temple suddenly appeared in the illusion. Clearly, it was not an average temple. There might be valuable treasures in there.
Anyone would try their best to get close to the temple, enter it and get the treasures.
Therefore, the temple was a trap, leading the challengers to their death!
Having figured this out, Lu Li turned around and flew away without any hesitation.
Treasures were not too tempting to him. So what if he had a Primordial Spirit Heavenly Treasure?
He might not be able to kill Yan Zhen, not to mention that the temple might be fake.
"Whoosh ~"
What surprised him was that as soon as he stepped back, the temple kept a distance of three miles. Lu Li tried to turn left and right, but the temple was following him.
"Swish ~"
While he was flying, he suddenly took out the Cold Edge Saber and hacked at it behind him. A ray of sword light came out. The saber turned around three times in the air and then landed on the temple.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, the temple was knocked back for hundreds of feet. The temple was glowing in a dark light and some beasts were wandering around. A sense of antiquity spread out.
"Um …"
Lu Li was shocked. The temple was real?
It was not an illusion. He could feel the tremor in space caused by the Slayer's Ghost Slash.
Soon, Lu Li was filled with excitement. The temple was real and it had been following him. Did it mean that the temple was a Relic with an artifact spirit?
Was the artifact spirit controlling the temple to play a game with him?
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