Chapter 179: Stepping Foot on a New Continent

Rumble!

The black crescent blade light struck the giant clam and the thunder whale, and a dazzling black sun appeared out of thin air, enveloping the two thunder beasts.

The next moment, the sun exploded with a deafening roar, causing the nearby void to twist.

Rings of black waves, like tangible things, rippled outward, turning everything they touched into nothingness.

After a long while, these black ripples finally dissipated, revealing the figures of the giant clam and the thunder whale.

The purple lightning on the giant clam had completely disappeared, and cracks appeared on its shell, from which blue blood faintly seeped.

The thunder whale looked even more miserable; the black sphere had shrunk to its original size, and cracks also appeared on its surface.

The giant whale was covered in wounds, with several huge gashes extending from its head to its tail. Fortunately, these wounds were not deep, and blood dyed the nearby sea red.

However, ahead of them, Han Li's figure had long since vanished without a trace!

The clam shell opened a crack, revealing the green light-like eyes, which flickered wildly, seemingly still frightened.

Although it had lost the object it had nurtured and condensed over many years, its life was not in danger, and with its long lifespan, it could always condense another.

On the other side, the thunder whale opened its mouth and sucked the black sphere into its belly, its huge eyes rolling around, also clearly uneasy.

At the same time, the surrounding serpentine thunderstorm gradually subsided.

After the two giant beasts glanced at each other, they naturally had no intention of continuing to fight, so they turned around and slowly submerged into the sea, heading in opposite directions.

At that moment, on the cross-sea thunder boat that had traveled thousands of miles away, the void flickered in Han Li's room, and a figure appeared out of thin air—it was Han Li.

He set up several more layers of restrictions in the room, then sat cross-legged, flipped his hand, and took out an object—the black long knife—with a hint of joy in his eyes.

After today's battle, he finally understood a bit of the black knife's power. Although it could not compare to the devastating Xuantian Slaying Spirit Sword, he had finally obtained a suitable immortal artifact.

However, this knife was not yet truly one with him in mind and will; it still needed some time to be refined before he could wield it more adeptly.

With this thought, Han Li opened his mouth and spat out a mass of green flame, which enveloped the black long knife and swallowed it into his belly.

He then waved his hand again, and a purple sphere the size of a head appeared in his hand.

This sphere was not perfectly round but oval-shaped, translucent like jade, and deep purple in color.

At the moment, there was not a trace of lightning on the surface of the purple crystal; it emitted a translucent and smooth purple halo, with threads of law power emanating from within.

Han Li frowned slightly. He had originally thought this sphere was something like the giant clam's demon core, but upon closer inspection, it seemed not.

According to legend, beasts that had cultivated to become true immortals no longer had demon cores in their bodies but had transformed into nascent souls like human cultivators.

And after they comprehended the power of laws, they mostly attached the law power to a certain part of their body. The Tai Fei he had killed earlier had attached the law of time to its single eye.

However, some true immortal beasts, after comprehending the power of laws, would center on the comprehended law power, condense the essence of their bodies, and form a demon core.

For true immortal beasts, this demon core was not as vital as a demon core; it was more like a natural prototype of a magic weapon.

Therefore, every demon core was extremely precious.

He shook his head, stopped thinking about these things, held the crystal sphere in both hands, and slowly infused his immortal spiritual power into it.

The purple halo on the surface of the purple crystal sphere brightened slightly, and then there was no further change.

Han Li frowned slightly, then with a shift of his mind, silver arcs of electricity appeared on his hands and entered the purple crystal sphere.

Crackle!

The purple crystal sphere immediately burst into brilliant purple light, and arm-thick purple arcs of electricity emerged, emitting a rumbling thunder.

Inside the crystal sphere, fine purple electric lights like spider silk also appeared, which upon closer inspection were composed of countless lightning runes, constantly changing shapes, emitting a strong power of the law of lightning.

As expected...

Han Li's face lit up with joy, and then he stared intently at the lightning runes inside the crystal sphere, sensing the changes in the power of the law of lightning, trying to glimpse some of the mysteries of the law of lightning.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed.

Crackle!

In the room shrouded by restrictions, the purple crystal sphere was surrounded by arcs of electricity, suspended in mid-air, gently rotating.

Below the crystal sphere, Han Li sat cross-legged with his eyes tightly shut, his eyeballs rolling slightly under his eyelids, sensing all changes within the crystal sphere through his divine sense.

After a long time, he opened his eyes, sighed helplessly, and waved his hand.

The purple arcs on the surface of the crystal sphere immediately faded, and then it fell into his hand.

After contemplating for a full half a year, he still had no clue about the law of lightning.

It seems I was too naive... he muttered to himself with a bitter smile.

The way of laws was profound and mysterious, and the process of comprehending them was accompanied by various fortunes and opportunities. Although he had obtained this crystal sphere containing the power of the law of lightning, it did not mean he could definitely comprehend it.

He had long been mentally prepared for this, but he still couldn't help feeling a bit disappointed.

However, to be fair, he had not gained nothing.

Now, his understanding of the power of lightning was more thorough than before, and his means of controlling lightning had subtly become more exquisite.

Han Li flipped his hand and placed the crystal sphere beside him, then wiped his hand over the True Water Pouch at his waist, and a mass of heavy water shot out, landing in his hand.

He tapped the purple crystal sphere, and crackling, a purple arc of electricity emerged.

Han Li formed hand seals with both hands, and a mass of purple arcs flew out from the crystal sphere, merging with the mass of heavy water.

Crackle!

As soon as the two came into contact, they immediately repelled each other violently, with water light and electric light flashing wildly.

Han Li was not flustered at all. His hands moved quickly, forming seals, and streams of spell seals flew out, enveloping the purple electric light and black heavy water in the middle.

As his spell seals changed, the two slowly merged.

Three days later.

Han Li played with a fist-sized round sphere, its surface adorned with some purple thunder patterns.

This object was the Heavy Water Pattern Thunder, but this time, he had used the purple lightning from the crystal sphere mixed with heavy water to refine it.

Although he had not yet tested it, the power of this purple-black pattern thunder was definitely greater than the Heavy Water Pattern Thunder refined with the power of the Thunder Roc.

A smile appeared on Han Li's face. He flipped his hand and put away the purple-black pattern thunder, then glanced out the window.

After such a long voyage, the cross-sea thunder boat had left the central area of the thunderstorm ocean, and the lightning on the clouds in the sky had significantly decreased.

More than half the journey had been covered, and in another two or three years, they would arrive at Guyun Continent.

A hint of joy flashed in Han Li's eyes, and he waved his hand again to take out a mass of heavy water.

Before arriving at Guyun Continent, all necessary preparations must be completed.

...

Three years later.

An eagle-beak-shaped cliff covered with frost and snow hung alone at an altitude of ten thousand zhang.

Above the cliff, a majestic pass over a hundred zhang high was built with an unknown dark red rock, with a gold-lettered plaque hanging above it, inscribed with the three characters 'Eagle Sorrow Ferry'.

Below the cliff was a vast expanse of white cloud sea stretching tens of thousands of miles, with clouds churning inside. Every few tens of miles, a small section of a mountain peak would emerge from the cloud sea, like floating islands on the sea, appearing only the size of a palm, but in reality, each was a majestic peak tens of thousands of zhang high.

These peaks all belonged to the famous 'Crane Cry Mountain Range' of Guyun Continent. Although it was only a remote branch, it was still majestic and imposing.

It was early morning, and the sun had just risen. Under the light golden sunlight, the entire cloud sea was dyed a brilliant gold.

Blown by the cold mountain wind, the cloud sea churned, rolling up layers of golden waves, magnificent and beautiful.

Amidst the mountain wind, there was abruptly a sound like a cow's 'moo', low in pitch but sharply penetrating, echoing through the entire sky.

In the cloud sea, a huge object was breaking through the golden cloud waves, slowly heading toward Eagle Sorrow Ferry.

The huge object was several hundred zhang in size, looking like a large blue-black sea turtle. Its four huge flippers were like four oars, slowly moving in the cloud sea, stirring the clouds and mist, advancing under the push of the airflow.

On the turtle's dark green shell, a three-story pavilion building shaped like a treasure ship was ingeniously built, with carved beams and painted pillars, gilded and jade-adorned, appearing magnificent and extremely luxurious.

At that moment, on the deck of the treasure ship, several hundred people were standing, most of them looking around with relaxed expressions, enjoying the cloud sea scenery before them.

At the very front of the deck, closest to the turtle's head, a medium-built man in green clothes stood against the wind, holding onto the thick ebony railing embedded in the turtle shell, his eyes bright as he gazed into the distance at Eagle Sorrow Ferry.

This person was none other than Han Li, who had traveled thousands of miles from Huanglan Continent.

Sun Ke, whom he had met on the cross-sea thunder boat, had parted ways with him after landing on Guyun Continent.

At this moment, the giant turtle beast he was riding was called 'Cloud-Traveling Yuan', a large flying spirit beast with a gentle temperament, easy to tame, and with great load-bearing capacity, skilled at traveling through the cloud sea, so it was often tamed and raised by large merchant associations for long-distance transport.

After all, not every place in Guyun Continent had teleportation arrays. As a newcomer to the continent, unfamiliar with the place, he naturally paid some travel fees and took this Cloud-Traveling Yuan to travel, also to familiarize himself with this continent where the Candle Dragon Sect was located.

Moo...

With a long cry from the Cloud-Traveling Yuan, the edge of the giant turtle's shell collided with the dock of Eagle Sorrow Ferry, causing a slight tremor before gradually stabilizing.

Under the招呼 of the Cloud-Traveling Yuan boat manager, people walked down a wooden ladder built along the slope of the turtle shell, stepping onto the cliff suspended in the high sky.

Han Li also stepped onto the cliff with the crowd, unable to help but look up at the towering majestic pass.

According to the map, this place was considered to have left the border of Guyun Continent and officially entered the central region of Guyun Continent.