As Zhang Ling continued to explore this place, a layer of gray-black air floated on the ground, a manifestation of the yin energy gathering here.
The spiritual energy here was mixed, and the air was filled with a cold energy. Could this also be a place of yin and evil, he thought.
This time, Zhang Ling walked five or six miles without encountering any demonic beasts. A subterranean river emitting a phosphorescent glow appeared before him.
The river water flowed slowly, with occasional bursts of spiritual light, which seemed strange. The water flow was dark and heavy, and some white mist swirled and condensed on the river surface without dissipating.
Looking at the underground dark river that seemed to stretch endlessly, Zhang Ling frowned.
Suddenly, with a 'plop,' a white thing jumped out of the river and pounced at him.
Zhang Ling was startled, and the corpse bear beside him waved its claws, grabbing the thing in its hands. The thing let out a strange cry and thrashed incessantly in the corpse bear's claws.
Upon closer inspection, it was a kind of ugly monster fish. The fish head was flat and round, about a foot long, and the back half was like an ordinary black fish, but the fish head was a white, ghastly skull.
At first glance, it looked like a black fish with a skull on its head. He had never seen such an ugly monster fish before. And on the belly of the monster fish grew a pair of slender black claws.
The monster fish's mouth opened and closed with a 'kakaka' sound, revealing two rows of sharp steel teeth, which looked very ferocious.
"Could this be the ghost-faced fish recorded in the classics?"
Looking at the extremely ugly monster fish, and corresponding it to the demonic beasts in some ancient books, he really found a similar demonic fish.
It is said that ghost-faced fish only live in Yin Water Rivers and are extremely rare. Could the black river emitting light in front of him be one?
According to the records, ghost-faced fish are quite strong, with even low-level ones reaching the level of second-order demonic beasts, but this monster fish is only equivalent to the second or third level of Qi Refining.
The corpse bear exerted force with both claws, and the ghost-faced fish was pinched to death.
Zhang Ling walked along the Yin Water River for a while. As long as he approached the water's edge, some ghost-faced fish would jump out of the black water to attack him.
The large ones were two to three feet long, while the small ones were only a few inches in size.
Then, he used his spiritual power to shoot some river water from the river and tested it. As expected, the river water was extremely cold, but it did not freeze.
There was obviously no way out here. He didn't know how long the Yin Water River was, and with these ghost-faced fish in it, he knew it would be full of dangers.
As such, he didn't want to take any risks. Then, he looked up, but couldn't see the top at a glance.
Zhang Ling frowned, fully opened his divine sense, and directly probed upwards. After a while, a look of joy appeared on his face.
He patted his storage bag, and the flying boat was released by him. With a flash, he arrived on the flying boat, and the corpse bear also heavily stepped on the ground and leaped onto the flying boat.
The space on the flying boat was limited, just enough to accommodate two people.
Piloting the flying boat, he ascended to a height of fifty or sixty feet, and then he flew straight. A stone cave appeared on the stone wall on his left.
Zhang Ling landed with the corpse bear on a platform in front of the stone cave. The surroundings of the stone cave were smooth, obviously artificially constructed.
He commanded the corpse bear to walk in front and enter the stone cave.
……
In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed, and he was now in a stone room.
The stone room was simply furnished, but it was also like a quiet room. A dried corpse was sitting cross-legged on a square platform. The clothes on the corpse would turn into dust with a touch.
The dried corpse had already begun to petrify, and most of it had melted into the stone platform beneath it, obviously having been there for a very long time.
At this moment, he was holding a black jade pendant in his hand, the only thing found on the corpse.
Three large characters were engraved on one side of the jade pendant, but only the character 'Ghost' could be recognized. The other two characters were no longer visible. On the other side was engraved what seemed to be a palace-like building.
This object was obviously the identity jade pendant of this person. The only ghost character was still a kind of legacy immortal script circulating in ancient times.
If he hadn't studied these immortal scripts before, he wouldn't have recognized it. This seems to be an ancient relic.
Suddenly, he heard a sound of fighting in his ears, and Zhang Ling's heart sank. He quickly put away the jade pendant and ran in the direction of the fighting.
Soon, after passing through a partially collapsed tunnel, he stepped into a new cave.
This was a large stalactite cave, about a hundred feet in size. A sweep of his divine sense revealed that seven cultivators were fighting with a tall demonic beast not far away.
Among these people, he saw Bai Heyu, Kui Gang, the bearded man stationed at Qingyue Tan, and a yellow-shirted man he didn't recognize. The remaining three were actually members of the异魔族 (Yi Mo Zu) alien demon race.
At this moment, the seven were joining forces to fight a monster covered in green hair. Upon closer inspection, it was a giant ape two zhang tall.
This monster was very similar to the green monkey he had killed before, both covered in green hair, except that it had a red and round nose on its big face, which was very conspicuous. The aura on its body was also astonishing, actually being a fourth-order demonic beast.
This was a powerful demonic beast that could rival the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.
"Junior Brother Zhang Ling, quickly join us in slaying this demonic beast."
An urgent voice called out from one of them, with a hint of joy. It was Bai Heyu, who happened to be facing his direction when he saw him come in.
The others were also overjoyed when they saw him arrive, but before they could be happy,
a shrill scream came from the other side, causing everyone's faces to change.
Naturally, the others couldn't care less about Zhang Ling and immediately activated their magical artifacts for defense. The yellow-shirted man was caught off guard and was approached by the green-haired ape.
The demon ape snorted from its big nose, and a cloud of yellow smoke suddenly spewed out, enveloping the man in it.
Then, the man's screams were heard, and after a few breaths, there was no movement.
The green-haired ape inhaled through its big nose, sucking the yellow smoke into its body, and roared excitedly, with two chewing sounds coming from its mouth.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling hesitated for a moment, then released his flying sword and flying spirit shield, joining the battle.
When he discovered the sound of fighting, he had put the corpse bear into the storage bag. Although this demon ape was powerful,
there were three Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivators here, plus the alien demons, and two mid-stage cultivators, so they had a good chance of fighting the demon ape.
The demon ape was not in a hurry to attack the others at the moment, but was enjoying chewing, completely ignoring the others, which made everyone look at each other!
"Monster!"
The bearded man was furious when he saw his companion killed. He raised his hand and released a silver hammer magical artifact emitting flames, shooting towards the demon ape.
Bang! With a muffled sound, the silver hammer hit the demon ape's back. The demon beast, caught off guard, naturally took the blow.
Roar!
The demon ape was furious and condensed the aura on its body, forming a demonic wind that charged straight at the bearded man.
"Attack together!"
Bai Heyu shouted with a gloomy face, having to call on everyone to attack together.
The demon ape was very fast, instantly crossing a distance of more than ten zhang. At the same time, seven or eight magical artifacts greeted the demon beast.
For a time, flames and wind blades howled.
Zhang Ling sacrificed his flying sword, performed the Illusory Sword Technique, and conjured five or six sword lights, attacking with sharp sword芒(mang - radiance).
Instantly, the green-haired demon ape was covered by various attacks, concealing its figure within the light. Everyone was at the Foundation Establishment stage, and their attack power was not weak, making it seem like they would kill the demon beast on the spot.
But after a series of metallic clangs, all the magical artifact lights rapidly weakened, and a gray-black aura condensed on the demon ape's body. With a bang, it shook back everyone's magical artifacts.
