Mortal: Fairy Song Yu has issued you a task.

Chapter 111 Climbing the Mountain (Please continue reading)

Day after day, more than a month later, Lin Jingchu and Song Yu once again embarked on the perilous journey to climb Storm Mountain.

After Lin Jingchu's persistent "encouragement," Song Yu is now radiant and her beautiful eyes are bright. No matter how strong the wind or how steep the mountain path, her steps still exude an indescribable lightness.

Lin Jingchu took things one step at a time. Although he didn't overwork himself, he still put in a lot of effort during the time he spent holed up in the cave.

The two were now connected by a blue rainbow rope around their waists, helping each other as they struggled through an ancient, frozen glacier area and finally reached the mountainside.

Ahead, a thick, gray, swirling fog, like an invisible wall, blocked the way, obscuring the mountain path.

"Junior brother, that should be the so-called 'Illusory Mist' ahead." Song Yu's tone was serious, but when he looked at Lin Jingchu, an indescribable charm unconsciously appeared in his eyes.

Lin Jingchu shuddered involuntarily and subconsciously rubbed his lower back again, muttering to himself that this desolate place lacked spiritual energy to nourish his body, making his physical recovery much slower.

He composed himself and sent a mental command to the Heavenly Crystal Ant Queen perched on his shoulder.

Several miles away, on a steep cliff covered with icicles, a flying monstrous beast was struggling and crashing against the rock wall, trying to shake off the countless black "grains" covering its body.

Suddenly, these "grains of rice" all paused, then flapped their wings and flew up, disappearing into the howling wind like a wisp of black smoke, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

The Yin Beast stood frozen in place for a long while before letting out a sharp, agonizing screech, as if it had just escaped a calamity, and then staggered away into the distance.

Above Lin Jingchu and Song Yu, a deep, continuous buzzing sound instantly drowned out the ceaseless howling wind.

Dark clouds, even deeper and more somber than the surrounding gloomy winds, gathered from all directions, blotting out the sky and the sun.

While Lin Jingchu was "diligently carving jade" in the cave, the ant colony never rested, completely unleashing its hunting and expansion.

Especially after successfully devouring the second giant high-level Yin Beast, the newly bred Heavenly Crystal Ants not only expanded their population to hundreds of thousands, but also began to undergo strange adaptive evolution.

The subsequent hatched Celestial Ants all changed from pale purple to jet black. These new Celestial Ants were almost immune to the Yin-Yang sorcery attacks of various Yin Beasts.

Even more astonishingly, the Crystal Ants, which were originally not good at escaping, became like fish in water in this raging Yin-Yang wind, and their speed increased exponentially.

This massive swarm of insects has already hunted down no fewer than a dozen high-level Yin Beasts around the foothills of Storm Mountain, and its population has grown like a snowball, reaching millions.

At this moment, the "cloud of insects" composed of countless black crystal flying ants the size of rice grains hovered above the two people's heads, slowly swirling and emitting a chilling and murderous aura.

Song Yu inserted the long sword he had been holding in his right hand into the leather sheath at his waist, and at the same time took out a lustrous jade pendant that was still warm from his body, from his bosom.

It is the "Jade Heart Pendant," a rare treasure that can stabilize the mind and resist external evils.

The two exchanged a glance, then tacitly intertwined their fingers, grasping the jade pendant together. Side by side, they stepped into the swirling gray mist ahead.

The jade pendant immediately emitted a cool and gentle fragrance, like a babbling brook, silently seeping into the hearts and minds of the two, cleansing their spirits and maintaining a clear and lucid state of mind.

The illusory mist was so thick it was almost tangible, enveloping the two of them. It was as if countless greedy tentacles were trying to lick and penetrate them, but they were always firmly kept out by that cool aura.

Although visibility was poor and direction was difficult to discern in the fog, the absence of the violent, gloomy winds that had previously hindered their movement actually allowed them to travel at a much faster pace.

After traveling through the gray fog for several days, the fog finally began to gradually thin out.

When Lin Jingchu and Song Yu joined forces, using the fangs of the Yin Beast as ice axes, and struggled to climb onto a cliff platform covered in frost, the view suddenly cleared.

They finally escaped the oppressive "illusionary mist." However, leaving the "illusionary mist" meant entering the territory of raging, eerie winds.

Moreover, the cold wind here was even more chilling and penetrating. Even with the stone talisman array cutting away the hair from their eyebrows, black frost instantly condensed on their hair.

Song Yu exhaled white breath and took out three low-level Yinming Beast Crystals from behind his back, placing them on the stone plate to completely fill the twelve empty slots. Purple light flowed on the plate, and the red of the shield deepened again, the warmth instantly dispelling the icy chill.

Catching their breath, the two prepared to continue uphill along the narrow mountain path beside the cliff.

"Roar—!" "Howl—!"

Countless roars filled with violence and greed exploded simultaneously from various parts of the cliff above.

From the crevices of the steep rock face and behind the protruding strange rocks, a thousand flying ghostly beasts of various shapes and sizes suddenly pounced out.

Some had grotesque bony wings, while others had dark scales and feathers. Their sharp claws and fangs gleamed with a cold light, and their bodies surged with intense fluctuations of dark energy. They rushed towards the two "prey" that suddenly appeared on the platform!

However, before the flying beasts could get close, the enormous "black cloud" that had always been there moved.

"Buzz—!!!"

Millions of Heavenly Crystal Ants suddenly expanded and spread, like a giant net, fiercely enveloping the swarming Yin Beasts.

The swarm of insects and the herd of beasts clashed violently.

A series of chilling, rapid "crackling" gnawing sounds erupted simultaneously with the agonizing, desperate howls of the evil beast, echoing across the cliff!

A ferocious bone-winged Yin beast with a wingspan of nearly two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) struggled and thrashed in the black tide for only a dozen breaths before being completely devoured. A huge skeleton fell from the sky and crashed onto the rocks below.

However, there are also powerful beings among the Yin Beasts. A relatively small, ferocious bird with a single horn on its head suddenly unleashed a violent circular shockwave, temporarily creating a gap in the swarm of insects surrounding it.

Its body was covered with black spots from frantic biting, yet it continued to pounce on Lin Jingchu and Song Yu relentlessly.

At the same time, a ghostly light gathered on its head, and a beam of dark light shot out like an arrow on a bowstring.

Lin Jingchu would not give it a chance. With a flick of his wrist, the Azure Rainbow Rope emerged like a serpent from its hole, precisely wrapping around the strange bird's neck, and then he pulled hard.

The strange bird's swooping momentum was immediately disrupted, causing it to lose its balance and crash heavily into the cliff face beside it.

It crashed onto the edge of the platform, mixed with ice and gravel, stirring up a cloud of snow dust.

Before the strange bird could even struggle to its feet, dazed and confused, Song Yuqing shouted and moved like a wisp of smoke, her Autumn Water Sword flashing with a cold light.

As the sword flashed, the monstrous bird's hideous head flew off!

With a flick of her wrist, Song Yu deftly lifted the sword tip, cleaving open the skull with pinpoint accuracy and extracting a vibrant green crystal. She turned and waved it at Lin Jingchu, smiling sweetly.

Lin Jingchu smiled and gave a thumbs up.

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