Chapter 728: 693: Corpse Formation Absorbs Vitality

Chapter 728: Chapter 693: Corpse Formation Absorbs Vitality

“I’m afraid even if we want to leave, we won’t be able to do so immediately.” Li Fan reminded in a cold voice.

Huang Fusong only remembered at this moment that once one enters the mystical realm, one could only leave by finding and passing through a specific location.

Otherwise, an inch away would be as far as the end of the world, separated by a step, yet unable to cross for all eternity.

In an instant, a drop of cold sweat trickled down his forehead.

“This…”

Dong Fangyao, who was a bit braver, patted Huang Fusong on the shoulder and comforted him, “Relax, Brother Huang. This place may seem a little strange, but after all, they are all dead. There shouldn’t be any danger.”

“If you are really scared, hide behind me. I will lead the charge.” He patted his chest and promised.

Huang Fusong nodded continuously, “I’ll leave it to you then. But be careful, this place…”

After hesitating for a while, he whispered, “There’s not a trace of death aura. These cultivators may still be alive.”

Upon hearing this, Dong Fangyao’s body trembled for a moment.

“Brother Huang, if you don’t want to help, that’s fine. But don’t speak recklessly.” Dong Fangyao scanned the countless ice coffins on the black sea with his eyes, his face turning very ugly.

“Don’t scare yourself. Since we are here, we should make the best out of it. Let’s first figure out what’s going on.” Li Fan, who had the Even True treasure and could escape at any time, appeared much calmer than the other two. He took the initiative and instructed them calmly.

The three of them put away the true virtue vessel, formed a formation, and set up a protection matrix around them. They meticulously arranged the many defense treasures they had prepared, and cautiously flitted across the sea surface.

The Mirror of Celestial Measurement twinkled with a cyan light, collecting and recording data from the passing areas.

The three of them didn’t dare to approach the ice-sealed cultivators floating on the sea surface, only observing them from afar.

“From their clothing and appearances, they should all be cultivators from the Ancient Xian Realm. We cannot sense their aura, so we can’t determine their cultivation levels.”

“Strange, they don’t seem to be alive. But compared to the dead, they seem a bit different.”

“I wonder what they saw before being frozen. The expressions on their faces are really eerie.”

“Who did all this? To be able to instantly freeze so many cultivators, his cultivation level…”

…

The three constantly exchanged thoughts through their spirit consciousness, without anyone rashly attempting to shatter the ice coffins below.

True, the treasures, elixirs, and even the techniques carried by countless ancient cultivators were very tempting. But no one could guarantee that shattering the ice coffins wouldn’t trigger an unknown turn of events.

And, with the Qingxuan points obtained from exploring the mystical realm, as long as they could return safely from here, they would have already made a big profit.

With the reward of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals in front of them, the ancient cultivator’s treasures seemed less attractive.

Time seemed to stand still in the Dead Silent Black Sea. There were no changes of sunrise and sunset, and the sky was forever grayish.

The connection between the Mirror of Celestial Measurement and the Tianxuan Mirror seemed to be cut off, with the rapidly increasing reward points recorded in the ancient square mirror only, and no synchronization was completed.

Huang Fusong and the rest knew that if they couldn’t get out alive, the so-called Qingxuan points would simply be a pile of irredeemable numbers, meaningless. On the other hand, if they could successfully escape after completing the exploration, even if they didn’t gain anything in their subsequent actions, the points gained here would already be enough.

Therefore, the few of them were particularly cautious.

In their perception, they had been flying for dozens of days, but they still hadn’t reached the end of this dark sea area.

All they could see were still the bodies sealed in ice.

Even Dong Fangyao began to sense something was wrong.

“Are we going in circles?”

Huang Fusong nodded and agreed, “From the looks of it, it seems so. Although the direction we’re heading seems to be in a straight line, it’s quite apparent that our senses have been distorted by some force in this place. Otherwise, the number of corpses we’ve seen these past few days would total in the billions. Even if all the cultivators of the Ancient Xian Realm were buried here, there wouldn’t be this many.”

Li Fan, however, remained silent.

He was comparing and reconstructing the images recorded in his Spirit Consciousness from the Huadao Stone.

The blue lights flickered as if they had been pushed to their limit.

Shortly after, Li Fan discovered an extremely chilling fact.

As a matter of fact, so far, the frozen cultivators they had encountered didn’t seem to have any repeats.

Or rather, even if a few identical-looking ones were ignored by him, most of the cultivators they had seen in the Sea of Death Silence were indeed individual different entities.

“There are a total of 2.6798 billion cultivators resting here.”

“And that’s only what I’ve seen so far.”

Li Fan looked at the endless line of ice coffins floating in the ocean, not seeing an end to it.

“What on earth…”

The peculiarity of this mystical realm was far beyond his imagination.

“We can’t continue like this; we need to find the way out quickly.” As Huang Fusong spoke, he suddenly coughed lightly.

Li Fan and Dong Fangyao were stunned for a moment, exchanged glances, and their expressions changed slightly.

“Brother Huang, are you okay?” Dong Fangyao rushed to Huang Fusong’s side, grabbing his shoulder, and began to check his condition.

A moment later.

“Strange, there’s no anomaly. But what was that cough about?” Dong Fangyao’s face was very serious.

Huang Fusong also realized something was wrong, and after closing his eyes and sensing for a moment, his face turned gloomy: “I feel a bit weak. It’s as if… my vitality is constantly ebbing…”

He looked at the Dead Silent Black Sea below: “This ocean seems to be siphoning off our vitality.”

“So that’s it. My physique is better than yours, so I’m okay for now.” As he spoke, Dong Fangyao paused.

He couldn’t help but look at Li Fan: “But, Daoist Li Fan, why are you…”

Huang Fusong’s eyes also narrowed.

After all, they came to this eerie mystical realm because of Li Fan’s guidance. Huang Fusong was well aware of Dong Fangyao’s special physique.

However, Li Fan, who was only a Nascent Soul cultivator on the surface, seemed to have more “vitality” than Huang Fusong, who was at the God Transformation Stage, and he seemed to be able to hold on longer above the Sea of Death Silence…

It was no wonder Huang Fusong became suspicious.

Li Fan, of course, understood this point. He smiled faintly and shook his head: “You two shouldn’t have any doubts. Perhaps it’s because my Cave Heaven Domain is of the Wood Attribute, and so my vitality is much stronger.”

“In such a situation, we should join forces and not let differences arise.”

“Brother Huang, you should take the Elixir of Immortality I gave you. It might have miraculous effects.”

Seeing Li Fan being so forthright, Huang Fusong temporarily suppressed his doubts. He took out a jade bottle, swallowed the Elixir of Immortality, and his complexion indeed looked better.

“It really works. Thank you, Brother Li!” Huang Fusong expressed his gratitude with a look of guilt.

“No problem.” Li Fan waved his hand, seemingly not minding at all.

“As for how to get out, Brother Huang, do you have any ideas?” he asked.