Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

The Soul-Annihilating Valley is located deep in the wilderness. It is naturally not close to Tianyuan City, but it is not too far either. Theoretically, as long as there are no accidents along the way, two months will be enough.

It was with these in mind that Mo Juren learned a special spiritual pattern secret method from the ancestor of Tiandao before setting out.

This method is specifically used on various magical weapons. Special spiritual patterns can be temporarily drawn on the surface of the original treasures. Once completed, they will operate on their own and exert various powers similar to formations.

Of course, this secret method also has its shortcomings. In order not to cause damage to the original magic weapon, it is only painted on the surface, so it is naturally not sustainable. Each painting can only exist for three months, and then it will dissipate on its own.

One of the techniques he learned was called the 'Hidden Space Pattern', which could hide the spiritual power fluctuations generated when the treasure was used to a great extent.

Upon learning of the miraculous effects of this secret method, Mo Juren was naturally overjoyed, and the first thing he thought of was the flying boat. If he could draw this invisible pattern, wouldn't it greatly improve the safety of the journey?
Therefore, while studying, he also immediately sent a message to Zeng Lu, asking him to buy some special materials specifically for preparing special spiritual ink for drawing spiritual patterns.

The other party was very fast and finished the purchase in a short time, and then delivered it immediately.

Then, under the guidance of the Tiandao Patriarch, he successfully mixed the spiritual ink, and then took out his highest-grade flying boat 'Xingyao' and began to draw.

As expected, he failed, but seeing this, the Tiandao Patriarch laughed and began to explain.

There are also different levels of spiritual pattern secret techniques. Ordinary levels have poor effects and are easy to draw, while high levels have excellent effects and naturally greatly increase the difficulty of drawing.

For example, the 'Hidden Void Pattern' was a relatively high-grade spiritual pattern, so it was certainly not something that a beginner like Mo Juren could master in one go.

It not only depends on talent, but also requires guidance from a famous teacher and a lot of practice. All three are indispensable.

With the Tiandao Patriarch by his side, it goes without saying that he has the guidance of a famous teacher. Mo Juren also doesn't mind practicing a lot. As for talent, he feels that the drawing of this secret method of spiritual patterns is similar to making talismans, so he should have no problem with it.

So he declined the other party's help and continued to try again and again. Fortunately, this secret method of spiritual pattern was drawn temporarily and only existed on the surface, so even if he failed countless times, it would not affect the original magic weapon.

He certainly had plenty of patience, so he tried it over a thousand times and finally succeeded.

This also shocked the ancestor of Tiandao. He was able to successfully draw the "Hidden Sky Pattern" after only more than a thousand times, proving that he had excellent talent in this area.

Of course, just like refining talismans, success just once is largely due to luck and does not mean that you will succeed every time. You still need a lot of practice to increase your success rate.

But even so, it is already very difficult.

In excitement, Tiandao Patriarch directly taught the other party more than ten kinds of spiritual pattern secrets that he mastered.

Mo Juren was naturally delighted by this and immediately accepted it with many thanks.

As for practice, there is no rush now. I can do it slowly when I have time in the future.

Looking at the flying boat with the Hidden Void Spirit Pattern painted on it in his hand, Mo Juren immediately began to try it out, and then he discovered that, at least with the strength of his spiritual sense, he could not sense any spiritual power fluctuations at all when driving the flying boat to escape.

The Tiandao Patriarch standing by also gave a timely reminder that the level of the Hidden Void Pattern is relatively high, so in theory it can achieve the effect of shielding the spiritual consciousness below the fusion realm.

Of course, this is just a theory, which means that the treasure is in a stationary state. If it is replaced by a flying boat, the effect will naturally be reduced. The stronger the enemy's spiritual awareness, the higher the chance of being discovered.

Even so, Mo Juren was still very satisfied. With the help of the Hidden Space Pattern, not only this trip to the wilderness, but also future trips could greatly improve safety.

The fact was just as he thought, this time when he entered the wilderness, he did not choose Xue Rou's White Dragon Boat, but his own "Starry Divine Boat".

This boat was obtained when he entered the Cang Gu Secret Realm before. Its quality was much higher than his original flying boats, especially its speed, which was not much worse than his Wind and Thunder Escape Technique.

The flying boat was chosen for the previous drawing of the Hidden Sky Pattern.

After entering the wilderness, the Starry Divine Ship sped along without causing any obvious fluctuations in spiritual power, so that more than a month passed without a single accident.

This kind of effect naturally made Mo Juren more satisfied.

Not only him, but all the other team members were also very surprised. They did not expect that this trip to the wilderness would be so smooth.

After flying for more than ten days, the flying boat finally reached its destination.

On the deck, Mo Juren looked forward, and what came into view was a huge, endless mountain range. The entire mountain range was shrouded in thick gray fog, giving people a gloomy and terrifying feeling.

"This is the Yinsha Mountain Range. The mountain is shrouded in dense Yinsha aura year round. Fortunately, this aura is quite common and poses no threat to cultivators like us in the Spiritualization Stage.

However, Wan'er and the other two are in the Nascent Soul stage. If they go deep into the cave for too long, it is inevitable that there will be some effects. However, before setting off, they had already prepared treasures to block out evil spirits, so there is no need to worry.

As for the 'Soul Obliteration Valley', it is a special valley located deep in the Yinsha Mountains. It is extremely vast, stretching for millions of miles in length alone, and the terrain is extremely complex. Under such circumstances, it is not easy to find the missing Team C12 in it..." Looking at the huge mountain range in front of him, Xue Rou gave a detailed introduction.

"Is the area vast?" Mo Juren frowned, but soon returned to normal. It would just take a little more time, so there was no need to worry too much.

He turned to look at everyone and asked solemnly,

"You all already know everything about the situation in the Soul Valley, but are you ready?"

“Don’t worry, Captain. We are well prepared and can go in at any time. Moreover, Tianyuan City has special shielding magic weapons for the soul-devouring aura. The effect is very good. There will be no problem even if we go deep into it for a year or two.” Zhou Heng, a white-haired old man at the side, laughed.

“We can’t be too careless. After all, the soul-devouring energy is easy to deal with, but those spirit-devouring ones are different. The low-level ones are not a problem, but the high-level ones are more troublesome!” Lu Shan shook his head slightly.

"It is indeed quite troublesome. Those Soul Devourers are extremely strange. Although they are not very powerful, they have the ability to gather and disperse invisibly, and they have an endless supply of Soul Devourer Qi to replenish at any time. They are almost immortal and extremely difficult to deal with." Xue Rou also nodded and continued,
"According to past records, most of the Soul Devourers are of ordinary level, and there are not many high-level ones. However, in recent years, there have been some subtle changes, and it seems that they can threaten the cultivators in the Void Refining Stage. The incident of Team C12 is very likely related to this."

"How come I didn't know about this?" Zhou Heng was slightly surprised. Not only him, but Lu Shan beside him also had a look of astonishment on his face. If there really was a Soul Devourer at the Void Refinement level, wouldn't that be dangerous?

It is true that the captain is very powerful, and he seems to have a dragon spirit beast at the middle stage of the Refining Void level. But as the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands. What if he encounters too many powerful soul-eating beasts?
Everyone didn't know that Zi Dian was seriously injured and was recuperating in the cave, so they didn't come with them.

But it doesn’t matter. Mo Juren has the even more powerful Tiandao ancestor with him, so naturally he has nothing to worry about.

There is not much essence left in the body of the Heaven Sword Patriarch, so he cannot fight for a long time, but that refers to the strong people in the Fusion Realm. Facing the existence of the Refining Void Level, it is just a matter of time, and there is not much consumption at all. "It's just a rumor, it may not be true. Besides, even if there are really Devouring Souls comparable to the Refining Void Stage, there can't be too many. There is no need to worry with the captain here." Xue Rou shook her head slightly.

"If the number is not large, it's indeed not a problem, but I'm afraid there will be accidents!" Lu Shan sighed, and the hearts of the others also tightened.

Everyone subconsciously looked at their captain, and only felt relieved when they saw that he remained calm.

"Get ready, we'll go in directly later." Mo Juren didn't say much, just gave the order calmly. Hearing this, everyone no longer hesitated and started to act immediately.

After a busy period, Mo Juren directly put the flying boat into the Xuanhuang Bracelet, and then took everyone to fly rapidly towards the mountains. In a blink of an eye, they disappeared into the heavy gray fog.

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At the same time, somewhere in the sky thousands of miles away from the Yinsha Mountains, a strangely shaped flying boat was flying at high speed.

There were two huge figures on the deck. One of them was ten feet tall, with a green face, fangs, and two horns on his head, like a devil from hell. The other was only about ten feet tall, with a graceful and slender figure and an extremely beautiful face.

Both of them have a pair of scarlet flesh wings behind them, on which flash many strange runes of different colors, which are extremely gorgeous.

The beautiful woman sat on the man's shoulder, stroking a green sword in her hand from time to time, her eyes full of obsession.

"That guy Akagi invited us two over in such a mysterious way. What do you think is his purpose?" At this moment, the ugly man suddenly said in a muffled voice.

"I just received the news at the last minute, how could I know?" The beautiful woman shook her head slightly and continued,

"But the other party has been a good friend of yours and mine for many years, so I think it shouldn't be a bad thing."

"That's true!" The ugly man nodded, but suddenly changed the subject.
"But the place they agreed to meet was the 'Soul Oblivion Valley' in the central area of ​​the Yinsha Mountains. This is really a bit strange. Could it be that something unexpected really happened there?"

"Perhaps. After all, the environment of the Soul Annihilation Valley is harsh, especially the 'Soul Devouring Qi' that is everywhere. It poses a great threat to our race. Even beings of your level and mine dare not get even a little bit of it.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, almost no one is willing to go in, and even if it happens inside, it is difficult to know.

But that guy Chi Tong unexpectedly ran in there for no apparent reason. I guess there must be some reason behind it." The beautiful woman analyzed thoughtfully.

"That guy is always the type who plans before he acts. Maybe he has discovered some incredible opportunity. I'm looking forward to it."

"I hope it's as you said, and I won't run into danger instead of having no chance."

"Danger? With our strength, and we are not far from our clan, what danger can there be?"

"That's right in theory, but there are dangers everywhere in the wilderness, so it's better not to be careless..."

"..."

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Mo Juren was not aware of the situation outside. At this moment, he was leading everyone to approach the central area of ​​Yinsha Mountains at a rapid speed, where the Soul-Annihilating Valley was located.

The mountains are filled with endless evil energy, and the deeper you go, the thicker the evil energy becomes.

These evil auras are not of high level and are the most common type, but they should not be underestimated, especially for cultivators below the Spirit Transformation Stage, who must not stay in them for a long time.

However, for beings above the Spirit Transformation Stage, these evil spirits are of no concern. Even without using magic weapons, they can easily eliminate them with their own protective aura.

In addition to the dense evil aura in the mountains, there are also some special life forms, mainly flying insects, which are overwhelming in number.

However, just like the evil aura, although these flying insects are huge in number and of different species, they are all very weak and do not pose any threat to everyone.

In this way, everyone escaped all the way to the center of the mountain range, and it was surprisingly smooth. In just a few days, they arrived at their destination, the outer area of ​​the Soul Valley.

Everyone was naturally quite happy about this situation. After all, no one wanted to cause trouble.

However, it is only so easy to cross the Yinsha Mountains outside. Once you enter the Soul-Annihilating Valley, the situation is completely different.

Mo Juren first glanced at the two Yuanying stage team members, then looked at Xue Rou and Zhou Heng next to them. The two immediately understood what he meant, and then each called one person to come to their side.

Seeing this scene, everyone did not delay any longer and flew straight into the valley at high speed.

The moment they entered the valley, they immediately felt something different. The gas around them was no longer gray, but had become as black as ink. It even seemed to have consciousness, sweeping towards them like crazy.

That feeling was as if one had seen delicious food and wanted to devour it all.

Seeing this scene, even though everyone had already made sufficient preparations and blocked out the inky black air, they still instinctively felt a chill in their hearts.

It's no wonder that no one is willing to accept any mission related to the 'Soul Valley' unless it's absolutely necessary. It's really too terrifying. The slightest accident could lead to eternal damnation.

Just like the magic weapons that everyone has prepared, no one can guarantee that there won’t be any problems, right?
Unlike everyone else, Mo Juren was covered in a thin layer of golden gauze, like a close-fitting garment. The style was magnificent, but it could directly purify the surging black air.

This was naturally the result of the condensation of the evil-breaking divine light. In fact, he had some doubts at first. After all, this light only targeted all evil spirits, and it was not certain whether the soul-devouring spirit was also included.

Therefore, before setting off, he also prepared a magic weapon specifically for shielding the soul-devouring energy, and would immediately replace it if the evil-breaking divine light did not work.

Unexpectedly, after some attempts, it was discovered that the Evil-Breaking Divine Light was extremely powerful and also had a strong purifying effect on the soul-devouring energy.

Doesn't this mean that the so-called soul-devouring energy is also essentially a kind of evil energy? (End of this chapter)