A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Chapter 178 Blood-Red Cloak

As soon as Lin He stepped into the Lava Path, it felt like walking on a fiery mountain, with waves of heat hitting him. He put on the fire-repelling robe he had obtained earlier, and only then did he feel much cooler.

"We can't fly here; we can only walk to the canyon exit. It seems we need to hurry."

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Lin He hadn't walked far when he encountered a fire spirit born from this special environment!

This was a flock of red fire crows, numbering about forty or fifty. As soon as they saw Lin He, they pounced on him with a fierce look.

Seeing this, Lin He suddenly produced a golden ball of light in his palm. With a squeeze, the golden ball of light exploded and transformed into countless golden orbs that flew out. The fire crows could not withstand it and were easily pierced by the golden orbs.

"These fire spirits can only exist in an environment like the Lava Path, so it's a pity that they can't be subdued and used by me!"

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This flock of red fire crows is quite powerful. Although Lin He eliminated them easily, ordinary Core Formation cultivators would inevitably have to fight them and would probably have difficulty escaping without paying a price.

On the way forward, Lin He encountered two more groups of fire spirits. After eliminating them without hesitation, he arrived at a black desert.

As soon as Lin He stepped into the Black Desert, black sand particles floated up and then transformed into black flying ants, numbering about five or six thousand, which then swarmed towards Lin He.

"Fire ants! It's a pity they can't recognize a master."

Lin He felt it was a bit of a pity.

He now has seventy to eighty thousand Gold-Eating Insects. These Gold-Eating Insects have been soaked in Star Spirit Liquid and infused with Star Power. They are far larger and more ferocious than before.

Lin He only took out tens of thousands of gold-devouring insects, and soon the black ant swarm was surrounded by a cloud of gold and silver insects.

The fire ants seemed to realize something was wrong, and immediately combined and transformed into a jet-black spear to break through the encirclement, seemingly about to escape.

Just then, a blinding golden light struck, and the black spear was severely damaged, deformed and broken, and was quickly devoured by the swarm of gold-devouring insects.

These fire ants pose a significant threat to Core Formation stage cultivators, but they are not a threat to Nascent Soul stage cultivators like Lin He. Lin He has many other ways to deal with them, but he released them only to allow these gold-devouring insects to evolve again and cultivate the three-colored gold-devouring insects.

"Those guys in the Star Palace really will stop at nothing to weaken the power of both the righteous and demonic paths!"

Along the way, Lin He encountered seven or eight waves of Ironfire Ants, and even a large swarm of 50,000 to 60,000 ants. Fortunately, he was a Nascent Soul cultivator. If it had been a Core Formation cultivator, or even a late Core Formation cultivator, he would not have survived.

Lin He shook his head. He couldn't care less about the grudges between the righteous and demonic paths and the Star Palace. He hoped they would fight as fiercely as possible so he could fish in troubled waters.

Ahead, a sand dune appeared, and there stood a huge crystal pillar, twenty or thirty feet tall, all alone.

The crystal pillar was extremely cold and shimmered with a faint white light. Inside it was also a tall, black giant.

"This black giant was composed of countless iron fire ants and was probably killed by the Xuanhuang Mirror, an ancient treasure of the Wanfa Sect."

Lin He took out tens of thousands of gold-devouring insects and swallowed these crystal pillars along with the iron fire ants inside, thus obtaining a crystal ball-shaped item the size of an egg.

"This must be the refining crystal! As long as some is added to any magic weapon, not only will its power increase significantly, but its sturdiness will also be greatly improved, making it very difficult to cut or destroy."

Lin He carefully put away the crystal.

Before long, he reached the end of the canyon, where there were four tall stone gates and a teleportation array.

A few people were scattered around inside the stone hall. Ji Yin, Man Hu Zi, Qing Yi, and Nangong Wan sat together, while Wan Tianming, Mu Teng Zi, and Tian Wu Zi sat together.

However, their faces were extremely gloomy at this moment. It seemed that they were aware of the changes in the Ice and Fire Path and knew that it was a means for the Star Palace to suppress the righteous and demonic paths.

Jia Chen casually uttered a few words of self-reproach, while Jin Kui offered only a few symbolic reproaches before glossing over the matter, which enraged both the righteous and demonic factions, yet they were unable to vent their anger.

Wan Tianming's expression was extremely gloomy. Fortunately, Lin He appeared safely at this moment, which made him relax. Lin He naturally sat down with the three of them, including Wan Tianming.

The crowd waited for a long time until the teleportation array disappeared and the four stone doors opened. At this point, there were only a dozen or so people left on site.

Jin Kui couldn't help but look Lin He over again before saying, "Three of these four passages lead to a different pavilion. Each pavilion contains different treasures, such as ancient artifacts, elixirs, and cultivation techniques left behind by ancient cultivators. However, each person can only take one treasure before being immediately teleported to the third level, the Extremely Wonderful Illusionary Realm. As for the fourth passage, it directly teleports you to the third level. If that happens, you're out of luck and have made a wasted trip. Also, if anyone doesn't want to attempt the level, they can simply stay in this stone hall for a while without touching the treasures in the pavilion, and they will automatically be teleported out of the Void Heaven Palace. Fellow Daoists, please take care."

This time, no one below responded, clearly still sulking about the Ice and Fire Path incident. Jin Kui sneered at this and didn't say anything more.

Soon, some cultivators couldn't wait any longer and began to enter one of the passages. Lin He also randomly chose a passage and entered, and soon arrived at Baoguang Pavilion.

Looking at the circular jade platforms around him, Lin He frowned. The ancient treasures on the first floor were of too low grade to be of any interest to him. He quickly found a simple teleportation array and arrived at the second floor.

There was a huge circular light barrier in front of him. Lin He raised his hand and a golden light flew out, which quickly and easily broke through the circular light barrier. With a movement, Lin He appeared inside the light barrier.

There were restrictions here, so one's divine sense could not leave the body. One could only rely on intuition to choose treasures. Lin He quickly spotted the blood-red cloak.

The blood-red cloak was woven with silver threads inside, and covered with unknown feathers on the outside. These feathers constantly changed their blood-red luster, making it look extremely eerie.

Lin He naturally set his sights on the blood-red cloak. It was a top-tier ancient treasure, a divine tool for escaping. Although it consumed a lot of mana, if Lin He used all his strength to activate this ancient treasure to escape, even a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would not be able to catch him.

Lin He has the Gold-Eating Insects, so he can take two treasures. Besides the blood-red cloak, he can also take another ancient treasure.

"This Five Elements Ring doesn't perform well against powerful cultivators; it can only bully Core Formation cultivators. This golden mirror seems like a good ancient treasure; it's also a top-tier ancient treasure. Let's choose it."

Lin He already possesses an ancient mirror treasure, a fine one at that, but this mirror should be even more powerful. He could give his original mirror to Nangong Wan to use.

Thinking of this, Lin He followed the original instructions, taking the blood-red cloak and the golden mirror, and arrived at the third level, the Wonderful Illusionary Realm.