As the team advanced, the group gradually ascended. When the sun rose the next day, they finally climbed along the cliffside to the mountainside near the summit of the thousand-zhang peak.

The higher they went, the narrower and more treacherous the path became. The leading scaled beast and puppet had to clear the way as they went, so their speed was naturally slow.

Almost all of the Xuancheng people were standing on the backs of the scaled beasts, their expressions solemn.

"Rumble..."

A series of muffled sounds like thunder kept coming from the valleys and ravines below the cliff.

The crowd was frightened and looked down.

Immediately afterward, a burst of white mist rose from below the valley with extreme speed, accompanied by the continuous rumbling sound.

Below the white mist, a mass of violent wind blades swept upward, containing a bone-chilling cold air.

"Here it comes again, be careful!"

Someone shouted, and the Xuan竅s on everyone's bodies lit up as they all took action.

Duan Tong stood on the back of a Darkscale Elephant, raised his right hand, which had been trained with the Tongxuan Arm Divine Ability, clenched his huge fist tightly, took a slight step back, and slammed it down at a ball of white mist rushing towards him.

"Boom," the void trembled violently.

The tip of Duan Tong's fist seemed to be covered with a layer of starlight vortex, pulling a piece of void in front of him and pressing it forward, turning it into a huge force like crushing cities and splitting mountains, slamming down.

This force collided violently with the white mist blown by the gale, and both dissipated at the same time.

On another Darkscale Elephant some distance away, Fang Chan, the pig-faced youth who looked somewhat foolish, held a roasted demon beast leg in his left hand and tore off a large piece of meat from it, chewing it heartily.

The beast leg was obviously completely cold, with a layer of greasy fat frozen on it, which looked a little disgusting. Fang Chan didn't care at all and ate with relish.

He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw a ball of white mist flying towards him. He frowned slightly, as if his interest in eating had been disturbed, and a look of displeasure appeared on his face.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he retracted the beast leg in his hand, turned his body towards the white mist, and suddenly opened his mouth and let out a sharp scream.

An incomparably powerful sonic wave amplified and impacted the white mist in an almost visible manner.

Upon colliding, the white mist and the whirlwind below it burst open, turning into a misty cloud that dispersed in all directions.

Han Li, watching the undissipated mist from a distance, suddenly had a strange look in his eyes and exclaimed:

"Careful..."

Before his voice fell, a black shadow rushed out of the misty cloud, and then a huge scaled python's head suddenly protruded from it, opening its bloody mouth and biting down on Fang Chan.

The scaled python's body was hidden in the mist below the cliff, but the size of its head was almost equal to that of a Darkscale Elephant. When it opened its mouth, it seemed as if it could swallow the entire Darkscale Elephant into its belly.

Fang Chan, who usually seemed foolish, was now extremely alert. Reminded by Han Li, his figure had already leaped into the air, leaping into the air before the scaled python, and his protruding mouth suddenly opened, letting out another sharp scream towards the bottom.

"Awoo..."

As this sound rang out, circles of white starlight-like objects spurted out of his mouth, turning into circles of visible powerful waves, rushing towards the scaled python's head.

A cloud of blood exploded on the top of the scaled python's head, large pieces of scales flew off, and the head slammed heavily on the back of the Darkscale Elephant.

"Rattle" a sound...

The black stone palace on the back of the Darkscale Elephant was smashed to pieces, and rubble and broken tiles fell all over the ground. The other two White Rock City cultivators who lived in the same palace as Fang Chan also hurriedly jumped up from the elephant's back and climbed up the steep cliff.

The cliff under the Darkscale Elephant that was hit boomed, and it collapsed directly, unable to bear the weight. In panic, it lifted its front hooves into the air, and its huge body suddenly retreated, hitting the scaled beast puppet behind it.

The scaled beast puppet lost its footing, and the cliff under it collapsed. Its figure also plummeted, sliding down the cliff along with the shattered cyano crystals.

Two black-skirted women with light veils covering their faces stood on the puppet's back, constantly waving their hands in the void. Two white bone rings were fastened on their arms, shining with starlight, flickering uncertainly.

The huge scaled beast puppet, shaped like a bear, had a ring of beast cores on its chest that were flashing wildly. Its four hooves stepped on the constantly sliding rocks, struggling to climb back up to the cliff. However, the speed of the rubble collapsing was too fast, and although the bear scaled beast struggled to climb, it still inevitably slid down.

Seeing that the scaled beast puppet was about to be buried by the constantly collapsing rubble, the two black-skirted women finally decided to abandon it. They leaped lightly and flew towards the cliff.

Just then, another change occurred.

The scaled python, which had been knocked down by Fang Chan, suddenly raised its head again, opened its bloody mouth, and a burst of ice-blue light appeared in its mouth. Threads of blue cold air that penetrated the bone marrow then surged out.

The void crackled, as if the air was being frozen towards the two women bit by bit.

The two Puppet City women had just crossed the stone cliff when they saw a cloud of cold air covering their heads. They hurriedly waved their palms and struck at the blue cold air.

Han Li glanced over and saw that there were also many Xuan竅s lit up on the arms of these two women, indicating that they had also put in a lot of hard work in Xuan cultivation.

However, their strength was ultimately not comparable to Duan Tong and Fang Chan. With one wave, they only dispersed a little of the blue cold air. Before their bodies could pass through, a bone-chilling cold came from their lower bodies, and half of their bodies were frozen.

As a result, the two women immediately lost their mobility, and their bodies fell involuntarily towards the bottom of the cliff again.

Seeing this, Han Li frowned slightly and disappeared from the spot with a flash.

Gu Qianxun wanted to stop him, but it was too late.

Only a series of "bang bang" explosions sounded in the void, as Han Li stepped into the void and chased straight down.

The Xuan竅s on his legs shone brightly, and his speed was extremely fast. After a few consecutive flashes, he came to the two black-skirted women, grabbed their arms with his left and right hands, and jumped in the void. He returned to the cliff in a few moves.

At this time, the handsome young man from Puppet City with twin halberds on his back had also stepped on the rock wall and flew over.

After discovering that Han Li had saved people, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he turned around, grabbed a short halberd from his back, his arm muscles bulged, and he threw it forward violently.

With a "whoosh" of whistling.

After the white bone short halberd shot out, it drew a brilliant silver light in the air, like a silver river hanging horizontally, emitting a strong wave of star power.

As the starlight silver light flashed, the short halberd instantly pierced into the scaled python's head. After entering almost silently, it "popped" out from the back of its head.

The handsome young man hooked the corner of his mouth and gently lifted his fingers upward.

"Chih..." A sound of tearing flesh sounded.

A white crystal thread connected to the short halberd suddenly crossed, and the scaled python's head was dissected like a watermelon.

The handsome young man casually pulled, and the short halberd flew back with a "whoosh," and a crescent-shaped blade attached to the halberd body still hung a beast core the size of a fist intact.

The scaled python's huge body slid down the cliff. The handsome young man returned to the cliff, took the two black-skirted women from Han Li, and said with a smile: "I am Zhuo Ge, thank you for your help, may I know your name?"

"Li Feiyu," Han Li said.

"This Earth-Rank beast core is a thank you gift, please accept it." The handsome young man named Zhuo Ge casually tossed the scaled python's beast core over and said.

Han Li did not refuse, took it in his hand, cupped his fist at him, and turned to fly towards Gu Qianxun.

"This person... is a bit interesting." Zhuo Ge said with a smile, and then returned with the two women.

Seeing Han Li land on the back of the Darkscale Elephant, Gu Qianxun frowned and said, "Fellow Daoist Li, you are too reckless."

"What's wrong?" Han Li raised an eyebrow and asked.

"We are mortal enemies with Puppet City after all. Even if you are unwilling to slaughter them, you shouldn't help them. In this way, others may regard you as a traitor." Gu Qianxun said through voice transmission.

Han Li looked around and saw the Xuancheng people in the distance looking at him with unfriendly expressions. Only the pig-faced youth Fang Chan grinned at him, not knowing whether it was a foolish appearance or gratitude for Han Li's previous reminder.

Han Li withdrew his gaze, then twitched the corner of his mouth and replied to Gu Qianxun through voice transmission: "The situation here is changing rapidly. If both sides are unwilling to cooperate, I'm afraid they won't get any benefits in the end."

In fact, Xuancheng had not been able to find any news about Zi Ling. He thought of the puppet remains found in the cave back then, and felt that she might have fallen into the hands of the Puppet City people.

These days, he had been wanting to inquire about some news through Puppet City, but the other party was mostly hidden and the two teams rarely intersected, so he had no way to start.

Now that he had the opportunity to connect with Puppet City, he would naturally not let it go, and he would not care whether he would offend Xuancheng.

After this incident, the two teams became more cautious, and had been closely watching the movements under the cliff. Even so, they were attacked several times by hundreds of ice-cold scaled beasts shaped like snow leopards, making it extremely difficult to move forward.

Fortunately, hard work pays off. After crossing this mountain, they went down the mountain all the way and finally came to a huge canyon deep in the mountains.

Han Li and the Xuancheng people and the Puppet City people set up camps on the left and right sides of the canyon entrance.

Inside the canyon, the rock walls were half cyan and half crimson, and cold and hot auras emanated from them. Through the valley, it could be seen that the Black Abyss ran through the entire canyon, cutting it off from the center like a black river.

The Black Abyss was also surrounded by dense spatial cracks, gathering together like a storm.