I am in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have a demonic beast clone!

Chapter Seventeen: Kill Lu Mingyuan! Foundation Establishment Pill Obtained!

After flying for another ten miles or so, a secluded valley appeared ahead, shrouded in a faint miasma and with a treacherous terrain.

Lu Mingyuan threw himself into it without hesitation.

Xiao Jin followed closely behind, relying on his Earth Listening Technique to perceive the terrain and spiritual energy fluctuations with extraordinary sensitivity. As if guided by his own navigation system, he silently infiltrated the valley and approached the core area where the two had landed.

The valley is filled with jagged rocks and ancient trees, and the miasma greatly obstructs visibility, making it a "good place" for murder, robbery, and disposing of bodies.

Just as Xiao Jin stealthily approached within a hundred feet of the two, preparing to find a better observation position, Zhou Ding was suddenly startled by Xiao Jin's perception!

Another presence was stealthily creeping in from the direction of the valley entrance, moving cautiously at times, sometimes pausing, sometimes moving quickly!

This aura was quite well concealed. If Xiao Jin hadn't possessed the Earth Listening Technique, a comprehensive spiritual radar, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect it in such a complex environment and at such a distance.

Zhou Ding was familiar with this aura.

It was Han Li!

"He still came..." A strange feeling welled up in Zhou Ding's heart.

Even with his involvement, Han Li still ended up here.

Is it a coincidence?

Or is there some hidden agenda at play?

What followed almost perfectly mirrored the original plot as Zhou Ding remembered it.

Despite his carefulness as he infiltrated the valley, Han Li was still noticed by Lu Mingyuan, who was on edge and constantly alert to his surroundings.

An unexpected encounter broke out in an instant!

In the valley, a sudden burst of light and explosions erupted!

Lu Mingyuan was shocked and furious. He never expected that someone would follow him and ruin his good deed in such a remote place.

They attacked with ruthless and deadly moves, attempting to quickly silence the witnesses.

Han Li was terrified. He had come to investigate following a strange fluctuation of spiritual energy he had sensed earlier, hoping to find something to gain, but he never expected to stumble upon a scene of fellow disciples killing each other, and he became the target of being silenced!

At this critical moment of life and death, how could Han Li dare to hold back in the slightest?

He used talismans, magical artifacts, movement techniques, and even the pills he had just refined without hesitation.

Although he was only at the eleventh level of Qi Refining, his magical power was pure. He had just purchased several top-tier magical artifacts and used a variety of methods to fight Lu Mingyuan, who was at the twelfth level of Qi Refining and wielded the exquisite top-tier magical artifact "Azure Dragon Flag," to a standstill.

Zhou Ding controlled Xiao Jin, lurking underground dozens of feet away from the edge of the battlefield, like an indifferent bystander. Through his earth-listening technique and the occasional glimpse of his eyes through cracks in the rocks, he clearly "watched" this fierce and dangerous battle.

The azure dragon transformed from the Azure Dragon Banner was fierce and incomparable. Han Li's magical artifact was equally powerful. The light of various talismans intertwined and exploded, and the clanging sound of the magical artifacts colliding echoed throughout the valley.

Both of them used their most powerful techniques, which rapidly depleted their magical energy, and they began to suffer injuries.

This battle lasted for more than half an hour.

The vegetation in the valley was mostly destroyed, the ground was pitted and uneven, and there were traces of magical artifacts and spells everywhere.

At this point in the fierce battle, both Lu Mingyuan and Han Li were nearing their limits.

Lu Mingyuan's face was pale, his forehead was covered in sweat, his hands, which were controlling the Azure Dragon Flag, trembled slightly, and his eyes were filled with shock, anger, resentment and a trace of barely perceptible panic.

He never expected that Han Li, who seemed so ordinary and grew herbs in the Hundred Herbs Garden, would be so troublesome and have such a rich fortune!

Han Li was also in bad shape, with very little magic power left in his body, his robes torn, and blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

But his eyes remained as calm as ice. He frantically stuffed Qi-restoring pills into his mouth, clutched a mid-grade spirit stone in his hand and desperately absorbed its energy, all the while his mind raced, searching for an opportunity to kill him with one blow or escape safely.

He stared at Lu Mingyuan, whose momentum had already waned, and his killing intent grew stronger—this man must die, or there will be endless trouble in the future!

Just as Han Li's killing intent surged, preparing to risk everything with his last trump card, and Lu Mingyuan also mustered his power, preparing to unleash the final strike of the Azure Dragon Banner—

A sudden change has occurred!

"puff!"

A faint sound, almost drowned out by the echoes of the battle, broke through the ground about a foot behind Lu Mingyuan!

Lu Mingyuan's entire focus was on Han Li in front of him, and with his magic power and divine sense greatly depleted, his reaction time was no longer at its peak.

He felt a chilling killing intent descend upon him from behind, his hair stood on end, and he desperately tried to turn around or dodge, but it was too late!

A burly gray figure seemed to emerge from the underworld, bursting up from the ground behind him without warning!

Its right forepaw was covered with a layer of deep, chilling black light, and it slashed horizontally with lightning speed!

"ah--!"

A sharp, short scream suddenly pierced the noise of the valley!

A flash of dark light, followed by a burst of blood!

The protective aura around Lu Mingyuan's body was easily torn apart like paper, followed by his body... which was actually cut in half at the waist by the claws covered in dark light!

His upper body flew up with an incredulous and terrified expression, while his lower body remained standing in place, blood gushing out like a fountain!

The gray figure, having landed a successful blow, didn't pause. Its claws, gleaming with dark light, swept through the air, snatching the storage bag from Lu Mingyuan's waist before it fell. Then, with a flicker, under Han Li's horrified gaze, it sank back into the ground like a ghost, disappearing without a trace, leaving only a shallow pit on the ground that was quickly soaked with blood.

The whole process was so fast it happened in the blink of an eye!

Han Li stood frozen in place, feeling a chill run from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head, his scalp tingling, and his back instantly soaked in cold sweat!

What is that?!

Monster?

But what kind of monster can appear and disappear so mysteriously, vanishing without a trace?

Moreover, the dark light on those claws... was so terrifying that even Lu Mingyuan's protective spiritual light, activated to its maximum, was rendered useless!

He immediately pushed his divine sense to its limit, frantically scanning the ground below and his surroundings, but he couldn't detect even a trace of demonic energy or spiritual power, as if the terrifying scene just now was just an illusion.

But the lingering stench of blood in the air, and the two severed, unseeing remains of Lu Mingyuan's body, reminded him of the reality and horror of what had just happened.

"This place is no place to stay!" Alarm bells rang in Han Li's mind, and he dared not have the slightest thought of lingering or checking the scene.

He didn't even dare to touch Lu Mingyuan's remains, and he couldn't care less about the unconscious Chen Qiaoqian beside him. He immediately pushed his Wind Control Technique to its limit and fled desperately out of the valley without looking back!

He needed to leave this strange and dangerous place immediately, as far away as possible!

Meanwhile, deep underground, Little Jin, having successfully struck and fled dozens of feet away, was carrying a blood-stained storage bag in its mouth. Under Zhou Ding's control, it was silently and rapidly disappearing into the depths of the Taiyue Mountains, in the opposite direction of Han Li's escape.

In the valley, only the heavy stench of blood remained, gradually spreading and mixing with the original faint miasma.

Lu Mingyuan's mangled body lay quietly in a pool of blood. Not far away, Chen Qiaoqian remained unconscious, completely unaware of what had just happened.