Chapter 290: Provocation

Li Yuanqing stood above the bamboo forest and looked down at the bamboo forest that had been very lush just now.

If these bamboos had not provoked him, they would not have caused so much trouble. However, they had already been burned to ashes. The flames even had to burn the last piece of ashes and completely lose any energy before they could stop.

Li Yuanqing noticed that when the bamboo forest was burning, a faint light screen seemed to appear outside the nearby forest. This light screen seemed to have some kind of magic that isolated the flames outside.

Logically speaking, such flames were specially used to restrain these evil creatures, but he did not expect that these flames could be stopped.

If he let the flames spread out, he would definitely burn this valley clean.

“Sounds good.”

Li Yuanqing did not look back at the bamboo forest and continued walking in. What happened after that was no longer related to him.

However, the desire in his heart was gradually rising, as if some desire was constantly urging him to walk forward step by step. But what would he gain if he continued forward? What would it be? It was still a mystery.

In front of Li Yuanqing was a small forest. These trees were not big and looked like ordinary saplings.

However, it was these trees that were united in the face of the flames and released that weak light screen. They were very firm in blocking the flames that could kill them. Although he did not know how they achieved this, this unique defense ability was indeed very different.

Li Yuanqing was also very careful before entering. Although these trees did not look big, they gave him a very dangerous feeling. This dangerous feeling made him feel very uncomfortable.

When he was in the bamboo forest just now, Li Yuanqing had never felt such a sense of danger when facing the person who appeared in the illusion.

He carefully stepped into the bamboo forest. The shield outside seemed to have opened a small door for him. It split open and let him in.

“Stop here. Don’t go any further!”

An extremely dignified voice came from above Li Yuanqing’s head. Li Yuanqing looked up and saw nothing in the gray sky above. It was still the same as before. He could not see anything and was covered by the fog.

“Who are you?”

“I’m a person who knows yourself better than you do.”

“Nonsense. Everyone here is clearly a demon. What do you mean you understand me better than I do?”

That person continued, “Humans have always been weak. They have always looked weak. Even if you look much stronger than those ordinary people, it doesn’t change anything.”

“I don’t need to change anything. I just need to know what’s hidden here.”

“Hahaha!” That person suddenly laughed out loud. His voice was incomparably arrogant. “These are all your human ancestors and figures that you need to worship. Why? Do you want to kill them all too? Oh no, they’re already dead. They’ve been buried here for countless years. Now, there’s such a filial descendant who came to visit them, right?”

Li Yuanqing was indeed completely confused when he heard his words. He did not know if he had gone crazy or what, but his words were so strange. Moreover, there did not seem to be any logic in his words. But if one thought about it carefully, they seemed to be able to find some logic.

What was the use of this valley? What was its origin? Why did this guy say that this place worshiped the ancestors of the human race? Could it be those dead undead?

Just as Li Yuanqing was thinking, he suddenly felt the few small trees beside him move very firmly according to a certain trajectory. Immediately after, the scene in front of Li Yuanqing changed and a battle scene suddenly appeared.

In the image, some humans in golden armor waved their weapons and fought against the demons in front of them. Their bodies emitted endless holy light that covered the darkness brought by those demons.

In the image, they looked so noble and heroic. Li Yuanqing did not know why that fellow wanted him to see such a scene. Could it be that he was telling him that the human race had such a glorious history in the past?

However, at this moment, the scene in front of him suddenly changed to a very dark valley. The valley was not big and was filled with weeds. In the weeds stood skeletons. Their eyes flickered with scarlet light.

They surrounded a despairing human cultivator and stretched out their demonic palms. The person in the middle screamed in horror, but Li Yuanqing could not hear anything. He could only see his eyes glaring like balls.

He tried his best to get help from outside. He reached out to the sky, but no one could respond. His voice echoed throughout the valley, but no living person in the valley could hear this dying shout to save him.

It was all so hopeless, and the image was chilling. Those armored skeletons ate the human in front of them bite by bite.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed.

The cold light turned back into a long, narrow crack.

This scene unfolded from the middle. The skeletons twisted their bodies into black smoke and dissipated into the air. Li Yuanqing stood in the air with his sword in hand and glared at the surrounding space.

“Don’t play these tricks with me. I’m here for no other reason than to find treasures. I know you must be here to protect your treasures, but I’m here today. No matter what, you have to hand over your precious things.”

“Hahaha!”

The voice appeared again. This time, the smile was so arrogant and familiar.

“Good kid, if you’re really so capable, come and take this treasure away. In any case, I don’t want to stay here after witnessing so many dirty human souls. If you can kill me and free me forever, I’ll remember your contribution!”

“Hmph!” Li Yuanqing looked coldly in the direction of the voice and said, “Don’t think that I won’t dare to kill you just because you said this!”

“Well said, well said. Come in and kill me. As long as you kill me, everything will be over. There will be nothing left in this valley, and there will be no more of these messy evil spirits to devour the souls of those people. There will be nothing!”

Li Yuanqing felt that it was a little strange. He did not know if this guy was crazy or something. Why did he want him to kill him so much? What benefits could he obtain? Could it be that he had really fallen into madness and did not want to continue living in such an environment like he said? This seemed reasonable, but it was not that convincing.

“I’ve already been tortured by you humans for more than a thousand years. If I can be freed from you, a human junior, won’t it be considered a good end?”

A human-shaped black shadow suddenly appeared beside Li Yuanqing. This black shadow appeared very suddenly. It was originally invisible, but it transformed into half a person just like that. Only its upper body was left as it slowly circled Li Yuanqing, as if it was not worried at all that Li Yuanqing would attack him now.

As he circled around, he whispered into Li Yuanqing’s ear, “Kid, but it’s not that simple if you want to kill me. You have to kill all the people outside first. These are your human ancestors. If not for them causing trouble here, this Evil Spirit Valley wouldn’t have become so notorious. I’m not a bad person.”

“Don’t tell me this. Their minds have already been corroded. They’re no longer humans. No matter what you say, they’re useless to me.”

Li Yuanqing’s words suddenly made the ghost smile even more happily.

He jumped up and down excitedly, and his entire body seemed to have become a little unstable. He said to Li Yuanqing happily, “That’s right, that’s right. They were once brave heroes here. They killed so many of my clansmen and sealed us here. But now, they’ve become like this. Not only do we have to ostracize them, but even your human race doesn’t recognize them as your seniors. They’re like monsters that can be cut down with a saber!”

Li Yuanqing did not want to waste his breath on him anymore. This fellow had been saying something completely useless. It did not feel particularly realistic to try to get something out of him.

It was better to go all out and kill this person first. Then, the canyon would fall into a situation of losing control. At that time, there would not be these array formations around and they would not be able to block Li Yuanqing so easily.

Just as Li Yuanqing had the thought of attacking, this fellow suddenly laughed out loud.

“Kid, you must be impatient. You must want to kill me now, right?” Although the ghost said that, its body retreated very honestly and disappeared into the smoke. “Of course I want to die under your knife and be free forever, but not now. You have to get past them first!”

As soon as he finished speaking, a pair of skeletons walked out of the thick black smoke. These skeleton soldiers were similar to the skeletons outside. They were all tattered and their eyes flickered with a strange red light. Of course, they had completely lost their minds.

He looked at Li Yuanqing as if he was looking at good flesh and blood. His eyes were filled with greed. When their desire increased, the red in their eyes would become very strong. The red had already reached its peak.

Li Yuanqing, who was standing in front of them, was quite strong. He was the highest cultivation level they had seen in such a long time.

If they ate this kid, it would definitely increase their strength greatly and make them extremely satisfied.

These skeleton soldiers kept emerging from the smoke in all directions. There were more than ten of them in the beginning.

More than ten Formation Arrangement Realm skeleton experts unleashed the sharp claws in their hands at almost the same time and attacked Li Yuanqing. They howled and charged forward, their bodies constantly emitting a strange energy that connected them together.

The power of this connection was very strange. It seemed to be somewhat similar to the light screen emitted by the forest just now.

If one looked carefully, they would be able to see that these skeleton soldiers’ feet were connected to the ground by this black thread. The trees had already retreated to the side at some point, creating a circular area with a diameter of hundreds of feet in the middle.

Li Yuanqing’s sword slashed at the skeleton. It was not as simple as cutting vegetables. It felt like he had slashed at a slippery fish. The saber was actually deflected just like that.

After discovering this, Li Yuanqing was also very surprised. The armor of these skeletons should not be so strong. But why did their armor seem to have been strengthened many times? It was much different than before.

Just now, it was not this strong at all. Now, it was suddenly so powerful. What happened? What changes had they undergone during this period of time?

Li Yuanqing emitted a dense aura and repelled these skeletons. He replaced it with a golden rod before stabbing in a direction.

Just like before, these skeletons seemed to have a very strange barrier on them that isolated the power of the outside world. It could resolve thirty to forty percent of the power.

This could be said to be very powerful. If it was just the armor on their bodies, they would definitely not be able to achieve this level of strength. After Li Yuanqing observed carefully, he realized that something was wrong.

These skeleton soldiers were connected to the trees. They were like compatriots. The power between the two sides kept flowing and communicating. It was precisely because of this that these skeleton soldiers could resolve Li Yuanqing’s power so thoroughly.

This was because everytime Li Yuanqing hit one of them, these trees and other soldiers helped share the pressure. That was why this power was diverted.

Such a powerful method was really shocking. It turned out that these trees actually had methods to use array formations. They themselves could form a complete array formation that was formed by their roots. If he did not break this array formation, even with his strength, he would probably be drowned by this endless skeleton army.

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