Chapter 480 - 480 486 Warning

Chapter 480: Chapter 486: Warning Chapter 480: Chapter 486: Warning In a certain valley rich with spiritual energy within the Secret Realm,

the tranquility of past days was no more; various Devil Beasts were gathered here, creating quite a raucous and noisy scene.

Yet, if one observed carefully, they would realize that not a single beast present hailed from Great Snow Mountain.

Seated in the highest position among the gathered devils was a fox with pinkish-white fur. The aura it emanated made it clear that this was a late third-stage beast on the verge of advancing to Nascent Soul!

If Li Zhirui had been here, he would have recognized its identity at a glance and sincerely marveled at the Spirit Void Fox’s cultivation level.

For its cultivation speed was incredibly fast—faster even than Li Zhirui’s!

While Li Zhirui had achieved the status of a Nascent Soul True Lord, the Spirit Void Fox was merely in the late third-stage.

However, it must be noted that, for various reasons, despite their innate Divine Powers and longer lifespans, the Devil Race, albeit superior in various aspects, could not match the human race in terms of cultivation speed.

Of course, comparing a fourth-grade Spirit Beast with someone possessing Five Spirit Roots would be completely unfair, an outright bullying.

Therefore, for the Spirit Void Fox to ascend from the second stage to just a step away from Nascent Soul in a little over a hundred years was a remarkable feat indeed!

Beyond its formidable personal strength, its rapid progress was also a result of its direct lineage to a fourth-grade Great Devil; with such an identity, which Devil Beast would dare to disobey the Spirit Void Fox’s orders?

“My fellows! The treasures of the Secret Realm are precious and rare, and now several powers have set their eyes on it. We must defend this place well and not give others any opportunity to take advantage!”

The Spirit Void Fox proclaimed sternly, “So, we must strike back! Expel them all from the Secret Realm! Protect our secret possession!”

With murderous intent flaring in its eyes, it was clear that it intended not only to drive people away but to utterly kill all the cultivators and leave their bones behind.

In fact, it harbored a deadly resolve toward the Devil Beasts of Great Snow Mountain as well, for their existence could very well obstruct the plans it had.

Yet, at the end of the day, since they belonged to the Devil Race, such sentiments could be expressed in private, or even acted upon directly, without anyone intervening, but one could never admit such things in front of all the devils.

“Drive away the Cultivators! Protect the Secret Realm!”

“Drive away the Cultivators! Protect the Secret Realm!”

The devils roared in unison, their shouts echoing as if to pierce the clouds, and even from ten miles away, they could still be distinctly heard.

Immediately following was a sky filled with dust and a slight tremor of the earth.

“What is this…” Li Zhixuan, who was hiding not far away, naturally heard the words clearly, and her complexion changed at once—were the Devil Race planning to clear the field?

Li Zhixuan hesitated, unsure of what to do. Logically, she should flee this place and meet up with Jiang Fengwu and the others to leave the Secret Realm.

Yet, she felt it would be too anticlimactic; they had ventured in and had not obtained any Spiritual Objects. She couldn’t bear to leave empty-handed.

‘Perhaps I could continue to hide here, wait for those Devil Beasts to leave, and then enter the valley to harvest and take away all the Spiritual Objects?’ A wild and brilliant idea suddenly appeared in Li Zhixuan’s mind.

Although the plan was fraught with danger, and should she be discovered, she might very well face the onslaught of a horde of devils, but if Li Zhixuan won the gamble, this trip could yield tremendous gains!

If she were to sell those Spiritual Objects, the resources obtained would be enough to support Li Zhixuan’s cultivation to Golden Core Perfection!

And if she handed them over to the family, the Li family would most certainly not forget to reward her for her contributions!

But now there is a problem…

Li Zhixuan looked at the positioning device within the storage ring, her eyes filled with hesitation and indecision.

She had actually noticed the anomaly with the device quite some time ago, but without knowing the intentions of the Devil Race, Li Zhixuan had thought that if Jiang Fengwu and the others arrived, their combined strength would be enough to make a breakthrough into the valley!

At that time, there weren’t so many Devil Beasts in the valley, just a few third-tier ones, so Li Zhixuan didn’t take any action and just waited for them to come.

But now, the Devil Race was about to clear the field!

The arrival of Jiang Fengwu and the others would indeed enhance their strength, but also, the likelihood of exposure had increased.

Once discovered by the Devil Race, they could suffer heavy casualties, for compared to thousands of Devil Beasts, they were merely a dozen or so Golden Cores, their power far too weak.

Allowing them to come now could very well doom them!

After all, the Devil Race was about to act, and Jiang Fengwu’s group was still hundreds of miles away from Li Zhixuan. It was very possible they would encounter each other on the way!

After hesitating for a moment, Li Zhixuan’s fingertip glowed with Sword Qi, and with a light stroke towards the device, she split it in two.

“I hope you can understand my intentions and stop looking for me!” Li Zhixuan whispered to herself.

Then, Li Zhixuan discarded all distractions, completely concealed her aura, and hid in the narrow crevice, waiting for the opportune moment.

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Meanwhile.

Lots of miles away, Li Chenghuo stared at the positioning device with its Spirit Light suddenly extinguished and exclaimed, “Huh?! What happened?”

“What’s wrong?” Da Qing, who was steering the Spirit Boat, immediately asked.

“Lady Xuan’s device has a problem!” As the craftsman of this set of devices, Li Chenghuo understood it very well. Unless someone had forcefully destroyed it, such an incident would not occur.

Even if someone removed the Spirit Stones from the device, the accumulated Spiritual Energy of the device itself could still show his location. It would only flicker and extinguish after the energy was depleted, not just go out all at once.

Jiang Fengwu, whose thoughts were racing, uncertainly voiced her conjecture, “Has Li Zhixuan encountered an overpowering enemy and destroyed the device to prevent dragging us into it?”

“Impossible!” Da Qing immediately rejected Jiang Fengwu’s guess. With Li Zhixuan’s strength, unless she was ambushed or faced multiple enemies, she would definitely not be unable to even escape.

“Don’t we have Li Zhixuan’s Life Token in our hands? If we look at the Life Token, wouldn’t we know?” Xiaoqing offered a good solution.

To ensure safety between them, Jiang Fengwu, Li Zhixuan, and Li Chenghuo each held Life Tokens of one another.

Li Chenghuo quickly took out the Life Token, and it was intact!

“So, Li Zhixuan intentionally destroyed the device?” Jiang Fengwu frowned, completely puzzled by her action, “But why would she do that?”

A flash of insight suddenly crossed Li Chenghuo’s mind. He tentatively said, “It’s not a matter of life and death, but she destroyed the device; could it mean she doesn’t want us to continue searching for her?!”

Hearing this guess, Jiang Fengwu and others also felt it was highly possible, but why would Li Zhixuan do such a thing?

The group frowned in silence, each pondering the reasons behind her actions.