In the sky, there were avian demonic beasts; on the ground crawled others. Still more were burrowed under the ground. All kinds of demonic beasts existed here, each with its own powers.

The presence of Xue Lin made Black Puppy and the Sky-Devouring Snake very happy. To them, Xue Lin was their Mistress. And she'd always been kind to them.

Black Puppy trotted along by Xue Lin's heels and kept on rubbing its little head against her pant-leg.

Suddenly, Black Puppy stopped. It stared into the distance, its expression growing serious. "Everyone, stop walking," he said. "There's danger ahead."

Qingfeng Li lifted a hand, motioning to the group to stop. Just as Black Puppy had spoken, he had also sensed danger up ahead. There was a ma.s.s of powerful demonic energy rising up from the canyon in front of them.

Qingfeng Li activated the clairvoyance ability with his right eye, and it began to glow with a golden light. Through it, he was able to see through the Void and into the canyon ahead. The canyon was ma.s.sive, five thousand meters deep, so deep that it was hard to see the bottom. And within the swirling black mist that filled the canyon, it felt like there was some kind of devilish creature.

Suddenly, Qingfeng Li's Clairvoyance caught sight of a demonic corpse. The black mist, or rather devilish energy, had come from this corpse. It drifted over the entire canyon, blocking the group's path.

Qingfeng Li's pupils contracted. He sensed powerful energy from this demonic corpse, one no weaker than his own.

The important point here was that this demonic corpse was just that, a corpse of a dead man. Could a corpse practice self-cultivation? Qingfeng Li didn't know the answer to that question.

He frowned. "We can't go over there," he said. "Let's find another path into the Core Region of the Sun Mystic Realm."

Qingfeng Li and company wanted to leave, but the black devilish energy that filled the canyon wasn't about to let them go easily.

The black devilish energy merged together, forming a ma.s.sive demonic soldier. It stood several thousand feet tall. In its hand, it clutched a black scythe that roiled with devilish flames. Cras.h.i.+ng through the air, the demonic soldier charged toward Qingfeng Li and the others.

Qingfeng Li's expression changed. He opened his mouth and spat out a beam of Golden energy, which tore through the air and slashed upon the devilish soldier's outer armor. In an instant, the armored demonic soldier had been cleaved in half.

However, the next scene left Qingfeng Li and his friends in utter shock. The two halves of the armored demonic soldier merged back together, good as new. It was as though nothing had happened at all.

Black Puppy, as the Dog Ancestor of the Ancient Continents, knew a little about such demonic soldiers. It opened its jaw to explain, "Qingfeng Li, these demonic soldiers are made of undead devilish energy. They cannot be killed by physical techniques alone. Only fire and lightning can defeat them."

Qingfeng Li nodded. Channeling his golden flame, he let them dance upon his index and middle fingers before flicking it forward in a flash of golden fire.

The Golden Flames sliced through the air like a bolt of lightning, flying into the armored demonic soldier with tremendous force. The demonic soldier let out a howl born of fear stemming from the depths of its soul.

In just a moment, the armored demonic soldier was reduced to a wisp of black smoke, fading into the air. This, however, seemed to anger the devilish energy filling the canyon. The black energy tumbled and turned, creating several hundred armored demonic soldiers that charged toward Qingfeng Li and his friends.

Qingfeng Li's expression changed as he cried out, "Everyone, back away! Quickly, get out of here!"

If it were just one armored demonic soldier, Qingfeng Li could naturally kill it with ease. h.e.l.l, he could kill ten of them. But against hundreds and thousands of black phantom soldiers, even Qingfeng Li would be in trouble.

His Golden Flames could only be used three times. Once it reached that limit, it couldn't be used again.

Seeing the armored demonic soldiers closing in on him, Qingfeng Li grit his teeth and turned around. He took out his Thunder Pearl.

Qingfeng Li activated the thunder inside the Thunder Pearl. From within the pearl came a series of loud crackles as a thousand bolts of lightning flew from its surface.

With indomitable force, the thunder bolts flew at the hundreds of armored demonic soldiers. In an instant, the soldiers were blown apart, fading into a black fog that quickly disappeared.

Sensing the power of Qingfeng Li's Thunder Pearl, the black devilish energy gave an infuriated roar. Somewhat unsatisfied, it turned and returned to its canyon.

Qingfeng Li silently let out a deep breath. He was lucky he had the Thunder Pearl, which was able to frighten the demonic soldiers off. Otherwise, who knew what would have happened.

He turned to speak to the group, "Now that we are within the Core Region of the Sun Mystic Realm, and the most dangerous region, everyone please be careful."