After Lu Li recovered a bit, he began to consume the strange energy in his avatar.
The energy was lurking in his body like a ghost. It was a source of trouble after all. If he did not consume all of it, he would feel uneasy.
It took Lu Li two hours for all the energy to be consumed. Lu Li finally felt relieved.
He was in better spirits. He was still weak, but he could still walk.
Blood Fairy had been checking outside. Nothing happened. Lu Li decided not to worry about her anymore. He continued to cultivate divine energy to recover his weakened body.
During this period of time, it had always been very peaceful. No one approached, and there weren't even any creatures nearby.
Lu Li cultivated quietly for two to three days. His body was fully recovered.
"Okay!"
Now that he had recovered, he would not be afraid even if there were pursuers.
He cultivated for another four hours before he asked, "Blood Fairy, what is going on down there? Can you tell me in detail?"
"I have told you everything."
Blood Fairy replied, "Thousands of miles underground, there is a palace with powerful patterns. I don't know what is in there because I did not go in to check."
"Okay. Go and check. Be careful!"
Lu Li was at the peak of his abilities. He was fearless. Even if something were to be released, he could run away with his speed.
Blood Fairy reached out her tentacles to check. Lu Li came out of the Wicked Bead and waited nervously.
"Master, run!"
After the time for one incense stick to burn, Blood Fairy shouted. She came back as fast as she could. As soon as she went back into the Wicked Bead, she heard a roar coming from underground.
"Woo ~"
Like a ghost, the roar caused the ground to tremble. A surge of violent and cold energy came from underground. Lu Li felt a chill to his bones, as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on a winter day.
"Dragon wings!"
Almost without any hesitation, the robe on the back of Lu Li's back burst open as a pair of wings emerged. Lu Li leaped into the air with one leg, flapped his wings and flew up.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The cave that Lu Li was in suddenly burst open. Then, a huge head of a dark beast popped out.
The head was extremely ugly and looked like a huge maggot.
There was a blood-red eye and a large, scarlet mouth. There was a very long tongue in the large mouth, and when it opened its mouth, it spat out streams of black fog.
"Go!"
Lu Li took a quick glance and flew away. That beast roared but it didn't go after Lu Li. Instead, a ray of red light shot out from its eye toward Lu Li.
"Xiu!"
Lu Li activated the Trace of Dao and dodged away. The ray of red light flew past him and into the sky.
Not daring to stay any longer, Lu Li left quickly.
Lu Li stopped after flying for thousands of miles. He made sure that the beast was not coming after him. He flew down because he would be exposed in midair.
After reaching the ground, he was still worried. He traveled for thousands of miles and made sure that the monster wasn't following him. He asked, "Blood Fairy, what's going on?"
"Ancient tomb!"
Blood Fairy said with certainty, "It's an Ancient Tomb. There's a terrifying being buried there. I only sensed a trace of its aura. Even though it's dead, it's still terrifying.
That monster … should be the guardian of the tomb. "
"Luckily, I didn't touch it before!"
Lu Li felt lucky. If he had touched it before, he would not have been able to run away and would have been killed by the monster.
"Let's go!"
Lu Li sensed that the monster was even more horrifying than Yan Fengming. He did not have the courage to go to the tomb. Given his abilities, he would be committing suicide.
He looked up and frowned. He wondered if he could fly out of this place.
If he couldn't fly out, how could he leave this place of death?
"Let's see!"
After some thoughts, Lu Li dashed up using the Unfettered Steps. However, when he was about three thousand miles away, he noticed some faint divine patterns.
He felt this world was sealed off by the divine patterns and he could not get out.
"Go!"
Lu Li flew on, but he slowed down. When he was close to the Divine Pattern, he could not move. The Divine Pattern in midair was releasing a surge of energy, stopping him from moving forward.
Lu Li had to go down. He looked around to see what was going on.
After looking for a while, he found that there were only mountains and mountains below, and nothing else.
"Whoosh!"
He flew down and picked a random path. It was silent everywhere. There was no sign of life in this barren land.
"What is this?"
After walking on for an hour, Lu Li suddenly saw something shiny in front of him. When he got closer, he realized it was a skeleton.
A leg bone of the skeleton was glowing in a golden hue and was covered with divine patterns.
"This man's leg was cultivated!"
Lu Li had seen this kind of bone in the Palace of Immortals. Young Master Fu had left it for others on purpose. But this leg bone was stronger than the hand bone in the Palace of Immortals and the divine patterns were denser.
"How many years has it been since this man died?"
Lu Li noticed that the rest of the bones were weathered. This man must have been a powerful warrior if he could cultivate his leg bone to this extent.
If the rest of the bones were weathered, then this man must have been dead for tens of thousands of years.
"The Interspatial Ring is ruined!"
Lu Li saw some shards on the side. They must be from the Interspatial Ring and the armor.
He was secretly bewildered. Just who had killed this person?
Even the armor and the Interspatial Ring were shattered.
Lu Li cut off that leg bone and threw it into the mountain for Blood Fairy to study.
He did not understand divine patterns. This bone was comparable to a Relic weapon at best. He could not figure out anything on his own.
"Well … master, the divine patterns on this bone are powerful!"
Blood Fairy said, "This bone is very important to me. I can learn many things from it."
"I am glad that it is useful!"
Lu Li nodded. "Hurry up and study. If you have time, take control of that bead you took from Zhang Tianhao."
That bead could let out a horrifying phantom. If he could take control of it, it would be a piece of treasure that could kill his enemies.
Lu Li moved on. Soon, he found more bones.
Unfortunately, these bones had all been shattered. There were no treasures, nor were there any bones with divine runes.
Moving on, Lu Li saw more bones. Many of them were weathered and filled with holes. They must have been dead for tens of thousands of years.
"Good heavens …"
Thousands of miles later, Lu Li arrived at a plain. All he could see were bones. He could not see the end. He wondered how many had died here.
A gust of chilly wind came. Lu Li felt a chill on his back. He shivered. He moved back slowly.
Though he could see some Interspatial Rings up ahead, he did not dare to go deeper.
He felt that the Yin aura inside was too heavy. Too many people had died. Perhaps there was a strong lingering resentment inside that had formed strange demon spirits. In other words … malicious ghosts.
Also, the deceased did not seem to be powerful. The Interspatial Rings they left behind could not be anything valuable. Lu Li did not want to profit from the dead.
"Do you know why so many died here?"