Shi Chuankong's heart skipped a beat. He focused his gaze and saw that the ancient glaze lamp in the center of the formation was undergoing some changes.
The eyes of the four exotic beasts under the lotus lantern were all glowing with a strange red light.
Shi Chuankong only glanced at the red light before his mind buzzed and he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
At this moment, he felt as if the blood in his entire body was boiling. His entire body was extremely hot, and even breathing was a little difficult.
He hurriedly calmed his mind and activated his cultivation method to protect his entire body. When he looked at the four exotic beasts again, he suddenly felt as if they had suddenly come to life and were all grinning hideously.
He felt an indescribable sense of resentment in his heart.
In a trance, he felt that the world was extremely unfair to him. He stood aloof from worldly affairs and did not want to be involved in the fights between his brothers. He only wanted to be a wealthy merchant who could travel the world and collect all the rare treasures in the world. How carefree and free would that be?
However, his eldest brother, his fifth sister, and even his other brothers seemed to be filled with hostility towards him. Why was that?
Since you're so heartless, don't blame me for being unjust …
Gradually, his handsome face became ferocious and his eyes became filled with brutality.
At this moment, a stern shout suddenly sounded out of nowhere.
This voice was extremely familiar. It came from Han Li. After it sounded, Shi Chuankong suddenly felt his mind go blank, and the strange sounds in front of him and his ears all disappeared.
His expression was not very good, and he felt a faint lingering fear in his heart.
When he calmed himself down and looked at the glaze lamp again, he found that the red light was still there, but it was being suppressed by a powerful Divine Sense.
The source of this Divine Sense was naturally Han Li.
At this moment, Han Li looked calm on the surface, but the turbid waves in his sea of consciousness were already surging.
Perhaps the refinement method left behind by the Twin Beauties was fake, or perhaps he had injected too many threads of his soul into the lamp, but the lamp actually reacted. The four strange beasts actually manifested in his sea of consciousness, absorbing the power of his soul wantonly in an attempt to devour his soul as well.
In his sea of consciousness, the silhouettes of four enormous exotic beasts were slowly advancing towards the center of his sea of consciousness from all four directions, constantly compressing the space in his sea of consciousness.
Han Li silently recited the incantation for the fifth stage of the Spirit Refinement Art and began to circulate the Spirit Refinement Art with all his might.
Waves of powerful Divine Sense spread out from the center of his Sea of Consciousness, turning into huge Sea of Consciousness waves that slapped towards the surrounding Exotic Beasts, obstructing their advance.
However, this was merely an expedient measure. It could only delay the current crisis, but it couldn't solve it.
"Condense!"
Right at this moment, Han Li let loose an explosive roar.
His entire sea of consciousness seemed to have been attacked by a snowstorm. A snow-white light swept past and actually froze the four Exotic Beasts in an instant.
Only when the four Exotic Beasts' movements were obstructed did Han Li catch his breath. Just as he was about to take another step forward, there was a crack.
After the four Exotic Beasts absorbed a large amount of his Divine Sense, they couldn't be frozen at all. They broke out of the ice one after another, continuing to roar as they gathered towards the center of his sea of consciousness.
An oppressive feeling that was far greater than before filled his entire sea of consciousness, and it seemed to be growing more and more astonishing.
Han Li's heart sank when he saw this.
He understood that once the four Exotic Beasts gathered and completely compressed the space in his sea of consciousness, his Divine Sense would be completely exhausted, and his soul would completely dissipate. In the end, he would become a walking corpse.
Just as he was trapped, there was suddenly a purple light above his sea of consciousness. A warm and comfortable force flowed out of it and converged into his sea of consciousness, quickly replenishing his Divine Sense.
Han Li's spirit was refreshed, and he hurriedly made a gesture in his heart, concentrating all his Divine Sense together, trying his best to merge with that force. At the same time, he continued to condense waves in his sea of consciousness that were stronger than before, preventing the surrounding Exotic Beasts from approaching.
Although the speed of the Exotic Beasts was greatly reduced, they were still approaching little by little.
Han Li only felt that the oppression in his sea of consciousness was getting stronger and stronger. As the space shrank, it seemed that the power of his Divine Sense was also being extracted bit by bit. The purple light above his sea of consciousness also became a little distorted with the compression of the sea of consciousness space, as if it had been kneaded into a ball.
A suffocating feeling of terror arose spontaneously.
But at this moment, in the entire sea of consciousness, there was a sudden sound of thunder, and then the purple light that was kneaded into a ball suddenly shone brightly and turned into a purple glow that swept away.
"Boom!"
The final bottleneck that had been stuck for a long time was actually broken under this extreme oppression!
The fifth layer of the Spirit Cultivation Technique had finally reached the phenomenal stage.
Han Li hadn't even had the time to be happy when a storm surged in his sea of consciousness, and a powerful Divine Sense condensed in the sky above his sea of consciousness. All the rays of light gathered little by little, and finally condensed into an incomparably huge Divine Sense Sword.
The Divine Sense Sword was translucent, and its surface was engraved with strange runes. It emitted waves of powerful Divine Sense, and like bursts of intense pressure, it rushed in all directions.
As the Spiritual Will Sword slowly descended from above, waves of powerful waves pressed down in all directions.
The four Exotic Beasts' phantoms, which seemed to be unstoppable at first, actually began to retreat under the suppression of the Divine Sense Sword, little by little, until they retreated out of Han Li's sea of consciousness.
On the small boat, Shi Chuankong looked nervously at Han Li in front of him. He was still holding a piece of Violet Sun Warm Jade in his hand, and he was hesitating whether he should continue to place it above Han Li's head.
At this moment, a translucent crystal light suddenly shot out from between Han Li's eyebrows, and it gave Shi Chuankong a fright. Just as he was about to dodge it, he discovered that the crystal light was a small crystal clear sword, and it was steadily hovering in front of his eyebrows.
Shi Chuankong didn't move recklessly, and he only glanced at the Soul Devouring Lamp. When he saw that the red light in the eyes of the four Exotic Beasts had already been extinguished, his heart calmed down a little, and he fell backward on his butt.
Opposite him, Han Li slowly opened his eyes, and there was a clear divine light in his pupils. Obviously, he was already fine.
The translucent Divine Sense Sword flew back, and disappeared into the space between his eyebrows.
He glanced at the small piece of Violet Sun Warm Jade that was still floating above his head, and the other piece in Shi Chuankong's hand. His heart slightly moved, and he cupped his fists towards Shi Chuankong, and said, "Today, it's all thanks to Brother Shi's help, or else the consequences would be unimaginable."
"Don't be so polite, I was still hoping that Brother Li's strength would be a little stronger, so that I would have more confidence if I were to encounter any trouble in the future.
Oh right, why don't you tell me what happened first, why did you suddenly suffer a backlash? "Shi Chuankong first waved his hand, and then he changed the topic and asked.
"I'm also not too sure, it seems that when I inserted the Divine Sense Crystal Thread into the Soul Devouring Lamp, I didn't control it well, so the power of my Divine Sense was too much, and it caused the four Exotic Beasts to suffer a backlash.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, you used the Violet Sun Warm Jade to protect my Divine Sense, and replenished the gap in my Divine Sense, so that I had the opportunity to break through the bottleneck, and turn defeat into victory, "Han Li explained.
Shi Chuankong was confused by what he heard, but after thinking about the situation just now, he could understand to a certain extent how dangerous it was.
"What's the matter with that translucent small sword just now?" he asked, still puzzled.
"That's the Divine Sense Sword, it's another kind of Divine Sense magic power that I've mastered after mastering the fifth layer of the Cultivation Method of Cultivating Spirit. As for the specific power of this magic power, it's still hard to say, but in short, it's not bad," Han Li explained after a slight hesitation.
This matter was related to the magic power of others, even if Shi Chuankong still had doubts, he wouldn't continue to ask.
While the two of them were talking, the strange phenomenon of the stone stairs on the cliff had already been left behind, and couldn't be seen anymore, and the small boat that the two of them were riding on had already slid out of the open water, leaving only meandering ripples on the surface of the river.
Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, eighty years had passed.
Above a gloomy sea that was as dark as ink, a huge black whale carrying a thousand feet island on its back was splashing the waves on the water's surface, and cruising forward.
The entire island was no more than a thousand feet high, and the overall terrain was flat. The vegetation on the island was flourishing, and pavilions could be faintly seen.
On a small mountain pavilion at the center of the island, there were two people sitting opposite each other, drinking wine, and a gentle breeze blew past them, making them incomparably comfortable.
"Brother Shi, it's really too extravagant for just the two of us to reserve the entire Whale Island," the green-robed Han Li, who was sitting on the left, said with a smile as he held a wine cup in his hand.
"I say, Brother Li, can you not act like a loser after getting such a bargain?
Didn't I reserve this island because the formation on it can absorb the world's spiritual energy, and expel the world's Demonic Qi so that you can stay more comfortably? "Shi Chuankong said in a bad mood.
"I'm also afraid of being too ostentatious and attracting the attention of others.
Speaking of which, the closer we get to the central area, the denser the Demonic Qi between the heaven and earth. Although I've cultivated the Demonic Race's cultivation method, I still have to resist it from time to time, and it's a little annoying, "Han Li said with a bitter smile.
"As the saying goes, fake and real!
They don't know our exact whereabouts, so they naturally can't stop us, "Shi Chuankong said with a smile.
"Your big brother and fifth sister aren't ordinary people. The past twenty years may seem peaceful, but they might be plotting something. We have to be on guard," Han Li said.
"It's fine.
We're about to reach the Ink Sea Region, and we're only a step away from Yang Ye City. We can't be less vigilant, but there's no need to be too cautious, "Shi Chuankong said with a smile as he drank a cup of wine.
"Roar …"
As the two were talking, a loud and drawn-out sound came from the mouth of the black whale beneath them.
Shi Chuankong frowned slightly and looked at the distant sea region. However, there was nothing there, and his expression couldn't help but become a little nervous.
He carefully turned his head to look at Han Li, afraid that he would say that he was a jinx again.
"It's just an underwater great demon, and its aura is only at the peak of the Golden Immortal Stage. Moreover, it's not the kind that likes to fight," Han Li said after looking into the distance.
As soon as he finished speaking, a fluorescent light suddenly lit up in the sea region in front of them. The pitch-black sea water violently surged, and an incomparably huge water bag appeared.
Under the water bag was a huge white jellyfish that was far larger than the black whale. Its entire body was translucent, and there was a crystal light shining inside it. It looked like a white lamp that was reflected on the sea surface.