Han Li's pupils constricted slightly, naturally he would not give this snow lion any chance to recover.

He made a sword gesture with one hand, and the cyan longsword immediately trembled, with wisps of golden lightning flashing on the blade, turning into a golden web of electricity that poured down, instantly submerging the snow lion's head.

The constantly gathering white streamers of light exploded upon touching the golden web, unable to penetrate it at all.

"Boom!"

The Cold Essence Crystal within the snow lion's head was also completely shattered into dust under the bombardment of the interwoven golden lightning.

Without the support of the Cold Essence Crystal, its movements suddenly froze, and then its massive body crashed to the ground with a "puff", turning into a pile of snow and scattering in all directions as if crushed by a falling boulder.

Without a word, Han Li summoned with a casual wave of his hand, and the cyan longsword immediately transformed into a stream of light, flying into his body and disappearing.

"Brother Liu is so powerful!"

Lu Yuqing clapped her hands and cheered, quickly stepping forward and squatting down to rummage through the pile of snow.

After a moment, she stood up with some disappointment and said, "Brother Liu's attack was too powerful, the Cold Essence of this frost beast has completely melted away, not a bit is left."

"What use do you have for that Cold Essence?" Han Li asked, raising his eyebrows slightly.

"Brother Liu may not know, this thing is extremely cold in nature, but it is not biased towards yin. Although it can't compare to Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow, it does have some of the effects of Cold Marrow… Anyway, it's always good to keep it. You can exchange it for a lot of spirit stones in Blackwind City," Lu Yuqing explained.

Han Li nodded noncommittally, said nothing more, turned around, and entered the valley, heading towards the cluster of buildings inside.

The mountain road into the valley was somewhat narrow, and the snow in the middle was even deeper than outside the valley. Stepping on it would sink to the waist. Han Li simply circulated his magic power and cast a Light Body Spell, floating his body on the snow and walking towards the valley.

Seeing this, Lu Yuqing followed suit, following behind Han Li.

The two walked inward for about half an hour, but encountered no more frost beasts, and smoothly arrived at a flat square.

As before, wherever there were buildings, the momentum of the wind and snow would be reduced by a few points, and the snow accumulation was not deep.

The area of the buildings in the valley was not small, occupying almost the entire valley, looking like a bustling town. However, the buildings inside were quite magnificent, and the decorations were very ornate.

Many of the pillars and flying eaves were also engraved with profound array runes, but almost all of them had been damaged. The treasures hidden here had naturally been snatched away by others.

Han Li and Lu Yuqing spent most of an hour checking the buildings one by one, only finding some damaged magical artifacts, all of which were useless junk.

After walking out of the last pavilion, Han Li glanced at the back of the town and saw that the end of the valley was not a snowy mountain, but a crystal-clear ice wall.

At the very bottom of the mountain wall, there was an archway several meters high, which seemed to lead to the back of the valley. It was unknown how deep it was.

Han Li and Lu Yuqing exchanged glances and slowly walked to the end of the valley, arriving at the bottom of the archway.

The two looked inside the archway and saw that the light inside was dim, and it was difficult to see things clearly. Only a point of white light could be seen hundreds of feet away, which seemed to be the end of the archway.

Han Li's eyes flashed with blue light, and his divine sense suddenly expanded, probing into the archway.

After a moment, he shook his head to himself and walked inside first.

Lu Yuqing opened her mouth, wanting to ask something, but seeing that Han Li didn't seem to intend to linger, she hurried to follow.

Entering the archway, Han Li realized that not only the mountain walls on both sides and overhead, but even the ground under his feet was made of blue solid ice, as smooth as a mirror.

The archway was very quiet, with no sound except for the footsteps of the two.

Han Li did not walk fast, occasionally stopping to look around in all directions before continuing.

After repeating this three times, Lu Yuqing finally couldn't help but ask the questions in her heart:

"Brother Liu, why do you keep stopping and starting? Did you find something?"

Han Li didn't answer her immediately, nor did he look back at her. He simply shook his head gently and continued his actions.

Seeing this, Lu Yuqing had no choice but to follow behind him helplessly.

When they reached the middle of the archway, Han Li stopped again.

He first closed his eyes and stood still for a while, then squatted down and pressed a palm on the ground, his eyes flashing with blue light, lost in thought.

"There's movement below," he said after a moment.

Lu Yuqing's heart stirred upon hearing this, but before she could react, the light gathered in Han Li's palm and suddenly pressed down.

Immediately afterward, a "crack" was heard!

The solid ice under his palm suddenly cracked, and then a web-like fissure emerged from it, expanding in all directions.

Han Li stood up and stepped back a few steps. The area he had pressed with his palm sank down, collapsing into an oval hole about ten feet in diameter.

A "whooshing" sound came from below the hole, and there seemed to be a lot of space inside.

Without a word, Han Li leaped and jumped directly into the hole, falling downwards.

Lu Yuqing didn't even have time to ask Han Li what he had discovered before she couldn't see his shadow anymore.

Helplessly, she had no choice but to follow and jump down.

The two fell from the hole one after the other, and soon their feet landed on solid ground again.

Han Li steadied himself, only feeling that the soil under his feet was somewhat loose and damp. Looking up, he saw that the three-foot-thick layer of blue ice was just laid on top of his head. This underground area was indeed a different world.

"Brother Liu, what is this place? It feels a little strange," Lu Yuqing looked around and asked, finding herself in a dark underground passage.

"Don't talk yet, just follow me carefully," Han Li made a gesture of silence and said.

Lu Yuqing immediately shut her mouth and obediently followed Han Li along the downward direction of the passage.

After walking more than a hundred feet diagonally downward in the dark passage, the two stopped.

In front of them, a little faint light shone in, and at the same time, bursts of muffled rumbling sounds came over.

The two exchanged a glance in the darkness, simultaneously concealing their auras and continuing downwards.

Arriving at the end of the passage, the rumbling sound they had heard earlier became even clearer, echoing in the passage.

Han Li came to the exit of the passage and saw that he was actually on a cliff.

Below the cliff was a huge underground cave.

Looking towards the center of the cave, he saw sword lights flashing and explosions constantly, and it seemed that two figures were fighting with several huge frost beasts.

In the very center of the cave, a rather wide white stone square had been artificially opened up. There seemed to have been a palace building of considerable size on it, but it had been completely destroyed and turned into a pile of ruins.

Han Li's eyes narrowed, and he realized that the clothing on the two figures in the square looked very familiar. One was a tall middle-aged man, wearing a somewhat loose black robe with a skull pattern embroidered on the collar. He was obviously a cultivator of the Ghost Cry Sect.

The other was a thin, withered old man in short black clothes, with a black scarf covering his head, dressed like a Southern Li Tribe cultivator.

Earlier, Han Li's attention was on the old man named Chen Pi and the four people wielding golden staffs, so he hadn't paid much attention to the appearance of the others in the two forces. Therefore, he didn't have any impression of the specific names of the two people in front of him.

Now, after taking a closer look, he saw that the withered old man, although short in stature, was quite powerful. He was holding a golden halberd that was twice as tall as himself, and swinging it was like a golden fan, constantly sweeping out huge golden fan-shaped arcs in the air.

Whenever giant claws fell towards him from the two snow lion frost beasts, they would be swept by the fan-shaped arcs. At best, the snow on their legs would collapse, opening up an shocking gash. At worst, they would simply break apart.

The middle-aged man from the Ghost Cry Sect didn't use any weapons at all, fighting barehanded with two snow ape-like frost beasts. The tips of his fists were shrouded in white light, with faint blue dots flashing within, resembling a nebula.

Every time he punched, there was a burst of sound in the void in front of him. Wherever the snow ape frost beasts, covered in wisps of cold air, came into contact with his fists, they would definitely explode into a pile of dust with a bang.

The two seemed to be gaining the upper hand, wielding their fists and halberds with great success. In fact, they were fighting quite awkwardly. The frost beasts didn't seem to be affected by physical damage. No matter how serious their injuries were, they could recover quickly.

Their recovery was similar to that of the snow lion that Han Li and Lu Yuqing had faced at the entrance earlier, and even faster.

The most deadly thing was that, in addition to these four frost beasts, there was also a snow dove sculpted from ice and snow standing on the palace ruins, its pair of deep blue eyes staring at them as if it had a soul.

One could imagine that once the two were careless, the snow dove would suddenly burst out and attack them with lightning speed, catching them off guard.

This beast was different from the four frost beasts. Its sharp beak could spit out silver ice threads like arrows, which contained the power of ice-attribute laws. Even though the two were both True Immortals, they didn't dare to be careless.

Han Li carefully watched the situation of the two fighting with the several frost beasts, as well as the Cultivation Methods they used. His brows furrowed slightly at first, then raised up, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"It's really a coincidence, it's actually them?"