The black hall looked unremarkable from the outside, but the interior space was quite spacious. Seven or eight giant arenas were enveloped in transparent restrictions, each five or six hundred zhang in size. They were surrounded by crowds of people, the clamor deafening.

Han Li stood at the entrance, his gaze sweeping around. He found that fierce battles were raging on these arenas. Some were savage demonic beasts tearing each other apart, some were one against many, and still others were clashes between demonic beasts and cultivators.

Every battle on the arenas was extremely intense. Whenever one side was injured, or blood splattered, it would elicit a roaring cheer from the crowds in the surrounding ring-shaped stands.

Watching the arena battles and the blood, these crowds seemed to have their bloodthirsty and crazy thoughts deep in their hearts stirred up. Each of them wore extremely excited expressions and burst into cheers.

In addition, in the center of the stands, a large stone tablet stood upright. On it were pairs of strange beast names, along with odds, seemingly the order of the upcoming fights.

Han Li frowned slightly at the scene before him.

He was no stranger to such arena fighting venues, having seen them elsewhere before. However, he didn't particularly like this kind of environment.

But Han Li couldn't care about these things at the moment. He immediately looked around and soon found a familiar petite figure among the crowd near one of the arenas.

Like the bloodshot-eyed crowd around her, Jin Tong was shouting loudly at the arena in front of her, waving her arms and stamping her feet, her little face flushed red.

Han Li frowned, then sighed and walked over.

"Jump... lift your foot and grab... use your tail to whip it... oh, you're so stupid!" Jin Tong didn't seem to notice Han Li approaching, shouting and jumping as if she couldn't wait to go up and fight herself.

Han Li followed Jin Tong's gaze to one of the arenas, where two alien beasts were engaged in a fierce battle.

One of the beasts was shaped like a lizard, more than ten zhang long, covered in purplish-black scales. The end of its tail had several sharp barbs, and its mouth was filled with rows of sword-like fangs, making it look very ferocious.

The other beast was about seven or eight zhang tall, shaped like a lion-tiger, with a thick horn on its forehead. Its entire body was strong and powerful, its claws like anchors, flashing with a chilling light that made people shudder.

Han Li's eyes flashed with a hint of curiosity as he looked at the two beasts.

According to his understanding, the beasts on the arenas here were all savage demonic beasts captured from the Desolate Realm. They were extremely ferocious, their demonic power sealed, and thrown into the arena to fight each other, so there was no need to worry about causing trouble.

The two beasts were now locked in a fierce struggle, blood splattering, scales and fur constantly falling off.

From Jin Tong's demeanor, she was clearly supporting the lizard beast, but the lizard was gradually falling behind, forced to retreat by the one-horned beast.

Roar!

The lizard beast roared and took a step back like lightning. Its thick, barbed tail swept out, like a black battle blade, and slashed fiercely at the one-horned beast that was pouncing forward.

Unexpectedly, the one-horned beast was extremely agile. It stepped lightly in mid-air with its limbs, and its huge body turned into a blurry shadow, dodging the lizard's barbed tail.

The lizard beast missed its strike and was about to use other means when the one-horned beast appeared near its just-swept tail. Its mouth snapped shut like lightning, biting the middle of the lizard's tail and flinging it violently.

Bang!

The huge lizard beast was flung out and crashed heavily into the restriction near the arena.

A thunderclap!

The one-horned beast pounced over like a shadow, and the thick horn on its head pierced fiercely into the lizard's belly, pinning it to the restriction light screen.

Large amounts of blood spilled like a waterfall. The lizard beast let out a shrill scream, struggling desperately, but it couldn't break free at all.

As the blood flowed, the power within the lizard beast's body rapidly drained. The movement of its limbs also became slower and slower, until finally it stopped moving.

The one-horned beast took a step back, shook its head, and threw the lizard beast away.

With a "thump," the huge body of the lizard beast fell to the ground, twitching a few times before becoming still.

"Good!"

"Wonderful!"

"So satisfying, so enjoyable!"

Cheers erupted near the arena, shaking the sky. The one-horned beast stood still, chest raised, holding the bloody horn on its head upright, as if enjoying the worship of the surrounding people.

"Useless!" Jin Tong stomped her foot fiercely at the sight.

"Haha, Little Jin, I won this time." A purple-robed youth standing next to Jin Tong said with a laugh.

"Just a small win, what's there to be proud of!" Jin Tong pouted.

Han Li couldn't help but flash a hint of surprise in his heart when he saw this.

You should know that Jin Tong, apart from himself, had always been quite disgusted with other cultivators. It was rare for her to get along with others like this today.

He secretly glanced at the purple-robed youth, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

The aura emitted by this purple-robed youth was at the True Immortal level, but Han Li's divine sense was so strong that he could see through the disguise at a glance.

This person's true cultivation was actually in the mid-stage of the Golden Immortal realm, not below himself.

Moreover, this purple-robed youth's aura was unique, and he didn't seem like an ordinary cultivator, but rather like a demon clan.

"Jin Tong," Han Li called out.

"Oh, Uncle, what a coincidence! Why are you here too?" Jin Tong ran over when she saw Han Li.

The purple-robed youth also turned around and looked at Han Li in the direction of Jin Tong's call. Han Li also glanced at the other party.

This person looked to be in his twenties, with slightly curly white hair and handsome features. Especially his eyes were very bright, and his pupils showed a faint purple color, which was very peculiar.

The purple-robed youth also looked Han Li up and down, and a faint purple light flashed in his eyes.

"It's already dark, and you've been running around all day without coming back. How could I not come and see?" Han Li said with a slightly angry expression.

"It's so late already? But this place is so much fun, Uncle, you should join us too," Jin Tong scratched her head and said with a smile.

"Jin Tong, who is this fellow cultivator?" Han Li ignored Jin Tong, his eyes still fixed on the purple-robed youth, and asked.

"Oh, you mean this guy? He's a friend I just met, Shi Chuankong," Jin Tong looked back and said.

"I am Shi Chuankong, a Desolate Hunter, may I ask who you are?" The purple-robed youth also walked over at this time and cupped his hands at Han Li with a smile.

When he raised his hand, the skin on his arm was exposed at the cuff of his sleeve, and it was covered with dense purple scales.

"I am Li Feiyu," Han Li said, raising his eyebrows slightly when he saw this, and returning the courtesy.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Li, a pleasure to meet you. I get along quite well with Little Jin, so I've been here gambling on beasts for fun, I hope it hasn't delayed Fellow Daoist's affairs," Shi Chuankong said with a hearty smile.

"Jin Tong is always mischievous and naughty, and I usually don't know how to discipline her. I'm more than grateful to have Fellow Daoist Shi taking care of her today," Han Li also smiled and said.

"That's good. By the way, I was chatting with Little Jin just now, and it seems that you two have just arrived in Yuanhuang City and plan to go to the Desolate Realm. I'm the same. I plan to take a ferry to the Desolate Realm in half a month. Why don't we form a team and travel together?" Shi Chuankong seemed like a straightforward person and invited enthusiastically.

"Thank you for Fellow Daoist Shi's kindness, but we have other arrangements," Han Li shook his head and politely declined.

"Is that so? That's a pity," Shi Chuankong said with a hint of regret when he heard this.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, we have some things to do, so we'll take our leave," Han Li said goodbye.

"Since Fellow Daoist Li is here, why rush to leave? Why not gamble a couple of rounds too," Shi Chuankong said with shining eyes.

The arena where he and Jin Tong were standing before was bursting with roars again, and the next competition had begun.

Jin Tong's two small ears suddenly perked up, and she looked eager to try.

"Thank you Fellow Daoist Shi, but I have no interest in such gambling, so I won't disturb your pleasure," Han Li shook his head and smiled, grabbed Jin Tong, who was still a little reluctant, and walked towards the entrance of the hall.

Shi Chuankong looked at the two figures, shook his head regretfully, and quickly looked at the arena again.

……

"Jin Tong, how did you get together with that person?" Han Li asked after leaving the black hall where the arena was located.

"Hey, don't mention it! That guy is always going against me, this Immortal Maiden refuses to believe in evil!" Jin Tong said, putting her hands on her hips.

"What do you think of that person?" Han Li pondered slightly and asked again.

"This guy smells a bit like you, not as annoying as other cultivators," Jin Tong took out a string of candied haws from somewhere and said while eating them.

"That's rare," Han Li touched his nose and showed a hint of contemplation.

"Uncle, is there something wrong with this person?" Jin Tong blinked her eyes.

"This person is not simple, be careful when you meet him again in the future," Han Li said noncommittally.

"Yes! Next time I meet him, I will be more careful. Next time, I will never lose to him again!" Jin Tong nodded vigorously.

Han Li was speechless for a while, turned around and glanced at the arena, and left with Jin Tong, returning to Yanmiao Garden.

The next day, he went to Tongtian Street again to purchase some other elixirs and other things that might be used in the Desolate Realm, and then stayed in Yanmiao Garden all the time, only occasionally going out to inquire about some news.

To be on the safe side, he didn't let Jin Tong continue to play in the city.

During this period, although he didn't find out much about the Desolate Realm, he did hear some things about the sand sea outside the city.

That sand sea was not a barren land. It also produced some earth-attributed spiritual materials, and there also lived a special kind of sand beast, which contained sand crystals similar to demon cores in its body, which were quite precious.

Many cultivators in Yuanhuang City entered the edge of the sand sea to hunt some small sand beasts and hunt for sand crystals.

However, recently, the sand sea has been a little uneasy, because many of the cultivators who entered it seem to have disappeared, causing some panic in the city.