Li Yirou and Li Yi advanced cautiously amidst a cloud of black dust. Their surroundings resembled apocalyptic surroundings, with only a few scattered spiritual plants, all low-lying grasses. Through the ducts in their stems and leaves flowed a fiery sap, being transported to various parts of the body for absorption.
They are very beautiful, she sighed silently, but they are just some very low-level spiritual plants and have no effect, so they are not worth picking.
But soon, the peacefulness of the journey aroused her vigilance. Given her luck, this shouldn't be the case. Unless, there was a bigger trouble waiting for them ahead.
Li Yirou was about to warn Li Yi to be extra careful. Her spiritual awareness was ahead, but suddenly she couldn't detect any spiritual energy or vitality. This was wrong!
She reached forward and grabbed Li Yi's collar, stopping him in his tracks. Li Yi, upon seeing this, released his spiritual awareness, but found nothing.
Li Yiru was the same, but because of the silver bracelet, her spiritual awareness was exceptionally sharp and meticulous. A blank environment with almost no plants was already unusual.
But Li Yi also knew that Fang was not sure whether he would do anything rash at that time, so he held the spirit sword in his hand in advance and kept alert in the direction he was facing.
Li Yirou also adjusted the formation flag, replaced it with a second-grade shield talisman, and held the spirit sword in her hand.
But after a long silence, nothing happened. Li Yi turned around and asked Li Yirou, "I don't think anything is wrong."
Li Yiru couldn't give a reason, so she continued.
They were walking uphill. The mountain wasn't very high, and the path wasn't steep, so climbing up was easy. But there were rocks of various sizes under their feet. After a few more steps, they suddenly found a large rock half-buried in the soil.
Li Yi continued to move forward, and Li Yiru stopped at the edge. The stone made her feel a little strange, but when she probed it with her spiritual sense and looked at it with her naked eyes, there was nothing unusual, it was just a big stone.
Li Yirou used a dust removal technique to brush away the black dust on the stone, and it was evenly covered with tortoise shell patterns.
When he realized she hadn't caught up, Li Yi turned around, stunned for a moment, and suddenly pulled her up and ran down the mountain, "Be careful! Mountain-devouring beast!"
The dust in the air seemed to come alive, suddenly condensing into many small stones. They paused for a moment, retreated a little in the opposite direction of where they were, gathering strength, and the next moment, suddenly flew towards them, blocking their path.
Li Yirou's spiritual power was insufficient, and the formation was shaken by the blow, but she was able to hold on for a while. The tortoise-shell-like stone only then began to fluctuate with spiritual awareness and spiritual power. However, it was not large, and its moves did not seem very powerful.
Mountain Devouring Beasts cultivate by devouring and digesting food. It's said that a mature Mountain Devouring Beast can actually swallow an entire mountain. This monster is clearly still young, and can only lie on the mountain, eating clods of earth, rocks, and nearby monsters and spiritual plants.
The strange fire analyzed that this was only a small demon beast of the eighth level of spiritual level, and Li Yi had no problem fighting it. He watched as he lifted the mountain-devouring beast from the soil and resisted the demon beast's devouring power.
Li Yi's expression was not relaxed. He shouted to Li Yirou, "I've never seen a mountain-swallowing beast. I've only read about it in books! It's said that when it's still young, it will follow its mother..."
As expected, just as he was about to kill the little demon beast, the ground beneath his feet began to shake. The thick layer of soil, like a layer of dust, was shaken and shattered, like an earthquake. Li Yirou and Li Yi also lost their balance and fell to the ground.
It wasn't a mountain beneath my feet! It was a fully grown mountain-devouring beast! It was a ground-level demon beast, equivalent to a mid-to-late Jindan cultivator! Why would a ground-level demon beast exist in a secret realm of the Qi Refining Stage?
Li Yiru and the others now confirmed that there was a big monster, so they didn't bother to think too much and drew out the earth escape talisman without hesitation. However, they simply couldn't use so much spiritual power to activate the talisman!
She was locked in! Li Yirou only hoped that Li Yi would escape first, so that she could enter the space to hide and then wait for an opportunity to escape. A demon beast with the cultivation level equivalent to that of a golden elixir would kill her too easily. When Li Yirou was locked in, she felt that no matter how hard she struggled, she could not move.
But she was not at the end of her rope yet, and she believed she could find a way to escape.
But Li broke free from the restraint a moment later and reached out to pull Li Yirou. The restraint on her was also dispelled by him in an instant. "Go!" Li Yirou shouted, and at the same time tried to use her spiritual power, but the big monster did not allow it and restrained her again.
"No! We have to go together!" Li Yi blamed himself immensely. He had previously blamed Yu Mao and Lu Huairen for not listening to him, but just now he had acted no differently than them. Seeing Fang Ye's suspicions, he hadn't noticed anything, and in his heart, he didn't trust him.
It's all his fault. If Fang Ye were alone and had such doubts, he would definitely leave this place.
No wonder the guide said this black volcano near the edge was so hard to find. It turned out it wasn't a black volcano, it was a mountain-devouring beast! It moved, so how could it be found every time? He was thankful to have successfully discovered the black volcano near the edge of the secret realm, but it turned out that it had led Fang Ye into a desperate situation.
Suddenly, the giant mountain-devouring beast began to devour the two of them. Li Yiru was no match for the immense suction force. She was like a tiny speck of dust, drifting in the wind.
She made a final attempt, "Go away! Do we both have to die here?"
But Li Yi, the stubborn one, still held her hand tightly, trying to resist the power of the mountain-devouring beast. After struggling for a long time, as expected, both of them were swallowed by it.
While being swallowed, Li Yiru's head hit a hard object and she fainted with hatred.
"Fang Ye, Fang Ye!" She felt someone stuff a pill into her and then carry her on their back. The person wasn't tall enough, so her toes dragged on the ground as she climbed up with a bumpy climb.
A vibrating sound of "kong kong kong" was heard, like crushing gravel. Li Yiru finally opened her eyes and found herself lying on the ground, being protected by Li Yi, and huddled in a cave.
"We are still alive?" Li Yiru originally planned to break free from his hand in the chaos and disappear into space, but she was unexpectedly knocked unconscious.
She had never expected Li Yi to not give up on her and save her regardless of the danger. Li Yirou felt that at this moment, they were true friends and true teammates, just like An Sheng and the others.
Li Yirou was still frightened by the huge suction of the mountain-devouring beast just now. She was afraid that she would not be able to escape its pursuit in a short distance of 40 meters.
If she really faced it alone and was locked onto by the monster, she would probably still not be able to escape.
"Don't worry, there's still a whole mountain in the belly of the mountain-devouring beast that needs to be slowly digested. As long as we persist and find its tail, we can get out!"
Li Yi still gave her confidence at this time, "The moment we get out, we will activate the earth escape talisman and we will definitely be able to leave!"
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