Chapter 848: A Long, Long Road

"Li brother, what are you going to do with this beast core? It can't be used to refine spiritual power, and it's not useful for refining tools either." Shi Chuan Kong asked with some confusion.

"Take a look at it first." Han Li smiled and tossed it to Shi Chuan Kong, saying.

Shi Chuan Kong caught it and examined it carefully for a moment, a look of surprise flashed across his face.

"This beast core actually contains such a strong aura of flesh and blood. If an ordinary person were to consume it, it would probably be able to enhance their physical strength." Shi Chuan Kong said.

"That's right. Although this world prohibits spiritual energy and does not generate demonic energy, it still has its own rules of heaven and earth." Han Li nodded, saying.

"These strange beasts are probably so physically strong because of the environment." Shi Chuan Kong said, agreeing.

"Those survivors in this place, after so many years of adaptation, will naturally know the effects of these beast cores. Perhaps they will collect them as a resource for cultivating the physical body. We're here for the first time, so we might as well collect some. Perhaps they'll be useful in the future." Han Li said.

"Li brother is as thoughtful as ever. But after all, this place has been abandoned for so long, and I don't know what those people who were exiled here so long ago are like now." Shi Chuan Kong nodded.

"Compared to the Immortal World, the various races in the Sacred Realm are more talented in terms of physical bodies and admire the path of physical cultivation. Those who are exiled to this place cannot use their cultivation, and if they want to survive, they will mostly focus on cultivating their physical bodies." Han Li said thoughtfully.

With that, his heart suddenly stirred, his eyes lit up, and his spiritual power began to probe in all directions.

Upon trying, he discovered that although his spiritual power could still be used here, it was also suppressed by the invisible force between heaven and earth, and its range was reduced to within a hundred miles.

After checking for a moment, he suddenly reached into his arms and took out a folded piece of animal skin. When he opened it, a map drawn inside was revealed.

Shi Chuan Kong and Xie Dao Ren also leaned in to take a look.

"I just used my spiritual power to explore the surroundings and compared it with this map. It seems to be in this area." Han Li pointed to a group of sparsely distributed islands on the edge of the map, saying.

"The Grey Scale Island Cluster... it looks like it's a remote place." Xie Dao Ren said.

At this moment, Han Li's voice suddenly rang in his mind, "How is it, Fellow Daoist Xie? Now that we've arrived in this Accumulation Scale Void Realm, have you remembered anything?"

"I have some vague feelings in my heart, but I don't know if it's because the distance is too far. The feeling is very vague, and I don't know if it's good or bad." Xie Dao Ren replied through voice transmission.

"It seems that this place is mostly related to your lost memories. Does your feeling have a direction?" Han Li asked through voice transmission.

"According to the map, the general direction should be in the central area shown on the map, but I can't confirm the specifics." Xie Dao Ren thought for a moment and replied.

"We don't know where Zi Ling is yet, so let's take this as a direction for now. If those survivors have survived to this day, they will mostly gather in the central area." Han Li said through voice transmission.

"Fellow Daoist Li, this world prohibits spiritual energy. Although I have Immortal Essence Stones as internal power, I can only perform ordinary attacks like you, and I can't use even half of my lightning techniques. Once the Immortal spiritual power in the Immortal Essence Stones is exhausted, I will fall into a deep sleep." Xie Dao Ren suddenly said.

"As I expected, even you are affected by the rules of this world. Next, no matter what happens, try not to participate in battles as much as possible to avoid the consumption of Immortal spiritual power. I can't use the storage ring, and I only brought a few mid-grade Immortal Essence Stones with me." Han Li said.

"That's all I can do. With these Immortal Essence Stones, it's enough to support me to move around here for a while." Xie Dao Ren nodded.

"Be careful! Something's coming..." Just then, Han Li's expression suddenly changed slightly, and he shouted.

Xie Dao Ren and Shi Chuan Kong's expressions tightened upon hearing this.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Soon, a rustling sound came from a distance.

The three of them looked around and saw a white line appearing on the ground in the distance, gradually moving towards them.

As the distance got closer and closer, the white line gradually widened and began to cover the entire earth.

"What the hell is this? There are so many of them!" Shi Chuan Kong muttered.

Han Li didn't speak, but stared intently and found that the black line was actually made up of white crabs the size of fists, densely packed together, scrambling to climb towards the carcass of the giant lizard.

Each of these crabs, taken individually, was small and exquisite, and looked quite pleasing, but when tens of thousands of them gathered together, the scene was really a bit creepy.

The dense crabs climbed onto the giant lizard and quickly covered it like a white blanket.

Some of the crabs even burrowed into its body through the holes in the giant lizard's head.

After only a dozen breaths, a scene that surprised Han Li and the others appeared.

The army of crabs surged over the giant lizard's body like a tide. The giant lizard, which had been covered in scales and complete with flesh and blood, now only had a skeleton of white bones, which was extremely clean, and there wasn't even a bit of fascia or meat left.

If it weren't for the large amount of brownish-yellow bloodstains permeating the ground beneath the skeleton, Han Li and the others would have even thought that the skeleton had been placed here long ago and had been formed after being dried by the wind for who knows how many years.

Shi Chuan Kong's expression was extremely solemn. He subconsciously leaped into the air, but as soon as he leaped up, he fell back to the ground under the pressure of the space.

Obviously, he hadn't been able to adapt to the fact that he couldn't use Immortal spiritual power or demonic energy.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, don't panic. These White Armor Crabs seem to be just scavengers and won't threaten us." Xie Dao Ren suddenly said.

Shi Chuan Kong looked over upon hearing this and saw that the white crabs were indeed bypassing their feet and all swarming towards the centipede carcass.

In the same way, after only a dozen breaths, the centipede was also devoured and reduced to a pile of scattered bones.

"Fellow Daoist Xie, how can you recognize that these are White Armor Crabs?" Shi Chuan Kong asked in surprise and confusion.

"It just looks like it. I just said it casually." Xie Dao Ren paused upon hearing this and said vaguely.

Shi Chuan Kong rolled his eyes and was speechless for a while.

"Let's go. This is not a place to stay. Let's hurry on our way and see if we can meet any of the surviving prisoners here and find out if there is any news about Zi Ling." Han Li said.

Shi Chuan Kong was about to speak when he saw the faint look of worry on Han Li's face, and he couldn't help but sigh and persuade, "Li brother, you don't need to worry too much. Fellow Daoist Zi Ling is a cultivator who ascended from the Lost Interface like you, which in itself is proof of her strength. Even if she is stranded in this Accumulation Scale Void Realm, she will still be fine."

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Shi. I'm still relying on you this time, otherwise, I'm afraid I would have to spend a lot of effort to enter this place." Han Li nodded upon hearing this, but the worry in his eyes did not diminish much.

"You don't have to be so polite with me. If you really want to count it, you saved my life! Speaking of which, even when the situation in the Gray Realm was so critical, I had never seen you with this kind of expression. It seems that Fellow Daoist Zi Ling is really very important to you. Forget it, forget it. I don't think we need to rest. Let's get on our way now." Shi Chuan Kong waved his hand and sighed.

"We do need to hurry on the time. Now Ti Hun is still sleeping soundly in my Cave Heaven Bamboo Building. Although I have placed many Purple Yang Warm Jades in advance and arranged for puppets to take care of him, I can't enter the Cave Heaven as long as I'm in this Accumulation Scale Void Realm. If I delay for too long, there will be trouble." Han Li frowned tightly.

"Li brother, the more this is the case, the more you need to concentrate and calm your mind. This Accumulation Scale Void Realm is not like other places. Although you have many supernatural powers, most of them can't be used here, so the road ahead will have to be even more cautious." Shi Chuan Kong said sternly.

"Let's go. We'll continue on our way." Han Li's expression hardened, he stopped thinking too much, nodded, and said.

With that, the three of them found a direction and began to continue on their way.

After crossing the nearby mountain ridge, a slightly sloping plain appeared in front of them. The terrain was relatively flat and extended for hundreds of miles.

However, as far as the eye could see, the ground was covered with shocking cracks, and there was no green vegetation in sight. When the wind passed, a gust of dust would rise, but it would soon fall back to the ground under the pressure of the space.

Han Li and the others walked down from the mountain ridge and walked along the land, which was like a dry riverbed, leaving three long strings of footprints on the ground, which extended all the way to the edge of the island.

Although the three of them couldn't fly, their pace wasn't slow.

Along the way, they could occasionally see some strange scaly beasts, but they were not actively attacked again. In order to hurry on their way, Han Li and the others didn't provoke them.

In this way, when the sun set in the evening, the three of them had already arrived at the edge of the island.

At this moment, most of the sun had already set, and the remaining half of the red sun shone from the horizon, dyeing the entire earth orange. The plain began to ring with the roars of strange beasts, large and small, rising and falling.

Han Li turned around and looked at the distant plain, then frowned and looked ahead.

Outside the edge of the island, a layer of hazy black mist was spreading on the ground, spreading out like smoke on a lake, separating the island they were on from the adjacent island.