"Waiting for what?"

Luo Li and the others exchanged puzzled glances.

Big Black Cat's eyes widened, a terrifying thought emerging in his mind. Suibai... Could he have gone to seek out the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon predecessor? They are both among the most powerful and bizarre creatures in the Nether Immortal Ancient Land. If these two powerhouses were to meet, would they ignite a world-shaking battle? Recalling this elderly Suibai, who was even more bloodthirsty and murderous than the other two, I'm almost certain my guess is correct.

Suibai descended from mid-air, releasing a powerful aura that frightened the small black boats on the lake into scattering in all directions.

"Battle!"

Suibai floated above the lake and roared. The lake water surged, and furious waves rose high.

He stretched out his hand and, like a sword, hurled down the ancient staff he held.

A ray of light flashed and vanished.

The staff plunged straight towards the sleeping Red-haired Bone Dragon at the bottom of the lake.

If I were in the lake, I would have seen that the ten Divine Pills I left behind had long since vanished. They were likely swallowed by the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon.

At this moment, the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon had mostly recovered, but a small piece of the flesh in its stomach had yet to be fully digested.

As the staff shot down, the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon suddenly moved, raising a claw and swatting it away.

BOOM!

The staff shattered, turning into powder that dispersed into the lake water.

A crazed light flickered in the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon's eyes. It swung its tail, and its gigantic body suddenly soared into the sky.

WHOOSH!

With a violent churning of lake water, the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon burst from the surface and hovered in mid-air.

It faced Suibai from a distance.

Both bizarre creatures exuded incredibly powerful auras.

So, it's the Eternal Realm! Big Black Cat murmured to himself upon feeling that aura.

"Sect Master, we should move further away," Mu Qing quickly approached and suggested nervously.

The shockwaves from a battle between two Eternal Realm bizarre creatures would be extremely powerful; they naturally needed to retreat to a safe distance.

Luo Li nodded.

Everyone quickly retreated a considerable distance.

Due to the thick black fog obscuring their vision, only Mu Qing could vaguely see what was happening. No one else could use their Divine Sense to probe the battle ahead.

BOOM!

BOOM...

A tremendous noise suddenly erupted from the valley.

Everyone's expression froze; they knew Suibai had engaged the Red-haired Bone Dragon in battle.

Mu Qing strained her eyes, but the dense black fog blocked her vision, and her Divine Sense was severely hampered. All she could discern were faint, chaotic flickers of light and shadow.

She couldn't clearly see how the two Eternal Realm bizarre creatures were fighting at all.

The battle didn't last long.

After only a dozen breaths or so, Mu Qing suddenly saw a small figure seemingly repelled by the massive Bone Dragon.

Suibai... seems to have lost, Mu Qing concluded, seeing Suibai knocked into the distance, disappearing from sight and no longer hovering above the lake.

"Even someone as powerful as Suibai isn't a match for that Red-haired Bone Dragon?" Jun Moxiao exclaimed in shock.

"I only caught a fleeting glimpse. Perhaps both sides were injured, it's hard to say," Mu Qing replied gravely.

Then, her Divine Sense vaguely perceived the gigantic dragon's body vanishing from the air, breaking the water's surface, and returning to the depths of the lake.

The battle ended just like that.

After a moment of silence, Luo Li took a deep breath, raised her head, and said, "The two previous Suibais went mad and vanished without a trace. This elderly Suibai has now been injured. From this point on, we can only rely on ourselves."

"Sect Master, we've been absorbing Spirit Stones and continuously making breakthroughs in our strength. Even without Suibai, we can still use the same method as last time to eliminate bizarre creatures and obtain the Divine Element Longevity Fruit," Mu Qing said with a smile, her delicate face radiating confidence.

Given a little more time, she could break through to the Heavenly Mandate Realm Tenth Level.

At that realm, even if several cultivators at Heavenly Fate Realm Level Nine attacked her simultaneously, they wouldn't be her match.

If she broke through, Big Black Cat naturally would as well.

If Big Black Cat breaks through to Heavenly Fate Realm Level 7, with his bizarre speed, powerful Pupil Technique Divine Power, and lethal Blood Spirit Sting, I believe any team encountering us would have to seriously consider whether to engage in battle.

Luo Li nodded silently.

She naturally understood the underlying meaning of Mu Qing's words.

After discussing for a while and confirming their direction, they left the valley and first located the forty-third Heavenly Mechanism Tower.

They didn't enter the area enveloped by the Heavenly Mechanism Tower's silver light.

Using this Heavenly Mechanism Tower to get their bearings, the six of them then cautiously made their way towards the forty-fourth Heavenly Mechanism Tower.

「A few Time Units later.」

As they climbed over a mountain ridge, they suddenly spotted a faint greenish glow twinkling in a distant valley.

The Divine Longevity Tree!

The glow exuded a faint life force, perceptible to everyone despite the considerable distance.

"Our luck is good!" Luo Li smiled faintly and quickly led the group forward.

"Hold it!"

From another direction, a team of a hundred people suddenly emerged.

They were all dressed in uniform gray robes. Their faces were pale, devoid of any color, and each carried a vermilion coffin on their back.

"Coffins again?" Big Black Cat exclaimed reflexively upon seeing them.

Mu Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, her expression turning grave. She said in a low voice, "It's said that the Nether Immortal Dynasty has three Supreme Major Sects: the Nether Immortal Cave, the Yin Corpse Sect, and the Ghost Shadow Sect. I suspect these people are from the Yin Corpse Sect."

"Why haven't we encountered anyone from the Yin Corpse Sect along the way?" Big Black Cat asked with a frown.

"The disciples of the Yin Corpse Sect use peculiar cultivation methods and possess a certain resistance to poisonous gases. Thus, they operate independently, seldom visit the Heavenly Mechanism Towers, and are therefore not well known to most," Mu Qing explained after a moment's thought.

"Unexpected! You little girl, you actually know of our Yin Corpse Sect and seem to understand a fair bit. Which sect are you from?" The man in the lead, a Heavenly Mandate Realm Tenth Level cultivator, asked with a chilling gaze and a sinister cackle.

Mu Qing replied calmly, "We are just Loose Cultivators."

"Since you're merely Loose Cultivators, you should stay out of this. The Divine Element Longevity Fruit ahead has already been claimed by our Yin Corpse Sect," the man declared with a loud laugh.

The other Yin Corpse Sect disciples also began to laugh eerily.

Big Black Cat's ears twitched, a suspicious look on his face. He suddenly sensed strange laughter emanating from within those coffins.

The laughter seemed to come from men and women, old and young.

"Your Yin Corpse Sect... isn't that a bit too tyrannical?" Jun Moxiao asked with a frown.

If not for his low cultivation realm, Jun Moxiao truly wanted to go all out and fight. With his Reverse Dragon Technique, no cultivator below the Heavenly Mandate Realm was his match.

"Our Yin Corpse Sect is a Supreme Major Sect. Don't you few Loose Cultivators understand that?" the man sneered, his eyes filled with disdain.

The fog in the distance swirled.

Suddenly, a small team of twenty to thirty people rapidly emerged from it.

"So what if you're a Supreme Major Sect? The Divine Element Longevity Fruit has always gone to those destined to have it. Surely, the Yin Corpse Sect understands this principle?" a clear, young woman's voice rang out.

As this team approached, Luo Li and the others were visibly surprised.

The young woman leading them had bright eyes and was exceptionally beautiful. She wore colorful attire and held a cute, small blue cat in her arms.

Haha, Senior is here! Big Black Cat thought excitedly.

To avoid giving anything away and potentially jeopardizing his senior's mission, he quickly covered his mouth, his muffled laughter sounding forced.

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