The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 662 - 465: The Hanging Black Hair

Chapter 662: Chapter 465: The Hanging Black Hair

Li Yi and Xuan Yuezi sat on Good Wings, wandering through this city shrouded in darkness. The city was filled with a dead silence and ominous aura. The two were quite cautious, and Good Wings flew at a slow pace, constantly on guard against sudden attacks.

But after circling around for a bit, they found no one.

"Immortal, don’t you have Divine Sense? With a sweep of Divine Sense, you can cover hundreds of miles; all Cultivators on the Xuanxian Continent have Divine Sense, and they can easily discern everything nearby," Li Yi asked.

Xuan Yuezi smiled gently, "Divine Sense refers to the external release of Divine Thought. If they dare to release Divine Thought in the Cultivation World, it’s courting death. Many spells can directly strike their body along with their Divine Sense, such as Cang Erzi’s ’Three Flowers Severing Skill,’ where the Primordial Spirit Flower nurtures the sword’s light. If Divine Sense sweeps over Cang Erzi, his sword light can slash all the way to annihilate their Nascent Soul."

"Moreover, this place’s dark aura is quite extraordinary; Divine Sense here would suffer erosion and pollution, likely affecting one’s Divine Soul and disturbing one’s mind."

"Cultivators would never let their Primordial Spirit suffer damage, as a harmed Primordial Spirit can easily affect their foundational path to the Dao."

She critiqued the Cultivators’ use of Divine Sense with disdain, considering it a misguided technique. Although convenient in most cases, it poses great risks; when encountering a true expert, externally releasing Divine Sense is courting death.

Indeed, it’s just like that in the Xuanxian World.

If you release Divine Sense, a strong adversary can instantly reverse locate you, exposing yourself. Simultaneously, some attacks can harm your Divine Sense and your Primordial Spirit. Those Cultivators who recklessly used Divine Sense to scan Li Yi were actually bullying them due to their low power, not understanding the wonderful method.

"Then what do Cultivators rely on to sense their surroundings?" Li Yi asked.

"On aura."

Xuan Yuezi said, "Heaven and Earth Qi is boundless; all living beings and things emit their own aura. This aura is incompatible with Heaven and Earth. Once you achieve the Five Qi Chaoyuan level, you’ll notice aura changes around you. Every action is within your perception, and any transformation techniques are useless. Your form can change, but your aura will never change."

"Sounds like sensing a biological magnetic field," Li Yi contemplated.

Previously, Lin Yue had mentioned some knowledge about biological magnetic fields.

It seems that in every world and every Cultivation method, the derived things are different.

Xuan Yuezi continued, "The earlier crisis was unperceived because the aura of the building merged with the surrounding darkness. Not just that building, the aura throughout the entire city is the same, so I couldn’t discern danger from safety, thus the best method is to destroy everything here."

Although she spoke of disliking conflicts earlier, she now considered destroying a city in the blink of an eye.

The Heavenly Dao Sect’s Seven Immortals truly have violence etched in their bones.

"I’ll quickly find that Yang Wei to see what trick he’s up to. He loves dealing with bizarre things. Of all places, he had to come to this ghostly place," Li Yi said as he pulled out his phone, trying to call back.

He found that he couldn’t connect at all; there was no signal here, nor could he connect to the Intelligent Computer Lan Ji outside.

He suspected if the previous call he received was a supernatural event.

Only supernatural powers disregard logical reality.

Li Yi felt like he might have been deceived.

"No need to rush, find it slowly, we have time," Xuan Yuezi was very calm, "I also want to figure out what exactly this place is, and if possible, find the source of the darkness."

Li Yi nodded; he had no choice but to take things step by step.

But as the two of them were leisurely wandering on Good Wings,

suddenly, from the sky, within the darkness, something started to descend. At first, it was unnoticed, but when it got closer, Li Yi could see what it was—strands of black hair floating and wandering aimlessly in the sky.

Initially, Li Yi didn’t pay much attention.

But soon he noticed something wrong, the surrounding black hair was slowly increasing and seemed to converge toward them with intent.

In just a moment, Li Yi found the air around him filled with these strands of black hair, densely intertwined like an impenetrable net, seemingly about to surround and devour them, with some strands even having residual dried blood, appearing particularly eerie.

"These things are coming at us," Li Yi had no hesitation; he activated his mana and deployed his Daoist Skill, spitting out.

Call Wind!

The raging wind transformed into fire, sweeping around in an instant. He wanted to burn all these eerie black strands of hair and forcibly clear a path.

However, as the scorching Heart Fire Qi spread out, an astonishing scene unfolded.

The falling strands of black hair remained undamaged; his Wind Summoning Technique’s transformed Heart Fire Qi only burned away some remaining blood on the strands. It didn’t melt a single strand of hair. On the contrary, the strands seemed to absorb most of his mana, growing blacker, shinier.

This scene made Li Yi’s eyelids twitch incessantly.

What a joke.

It didn’t burn away?

Know that his Call Wind Skill could even force Nascent Soul cultivators to retreat, and yet, is a single strand of hair here stronger than a Nascent Soul cultivator?

If that’s the case, it’s too outrageous.

"Let me." Xuan Yuezi couldn’t sit still as the surrounding hair drifted over, leaving them less and less space. If they didn’t sever the hair, they might meet misfortune.

She flicked her finger, and her mana transformed into a treasure sword, flying out to slash at a strand of black hair.

Unexpectedly, the treasure sword formed from the Three Flowers Realm expert’s mana didn’t cut through the hair. Instead, the sword shattered, transforming into Cosmic Energy absorbed by the surrounding hair, faintly feeding the hair to grow stronger.

"Can’t be cut?" Xuan Yuezi was surprised.

Her strike seemed casual, but it wasn’t weak. Generally, experts from the Three Flowers Realm wouldn’t dare take it head-on, yet here she couldn’t handle a few strands of hair.

This defies common sense.

"Even Immortal can’t handle it?"

Li Yi’s eyes widened. He thought bringing back-up ensured their safety, but unexpectedly, even a Three Flowers Realm expert stumbled.

Xuan Yuezi’s exquisite face showed a slight hint of embarrassment; she felt she lost face.

Just a few days after crossing realms, his power had largely recovered, yet his first strike resulted in such a dire situation.

"Good Wings, descend to the ground."

Seeing this, Li Yi had no choice but to retreat first. He ordered Good Wings to land from the air, temporarily using the house for cover to block some of the falling strands of hair, gaining a bit of time.

But even though Good Wings moved swiftly, its enormous size still came into contact with one strand of hair.

The strand of hair seemed to be alive, instantly attaching itself to a spot on Good Wings’ body, and like taking root, it began growing into the flesh. In just a moment, the parasitized area withered at an alarming rate, shriveling as if part of its life was drained by this black hair.

Yet Good Wings seemed unaware, merely watching in amazement at the parasitic hair on its body, feeling no pain, and even experiencing a sense of comfort.

"Damn it."

Li Yi’s expression changed drastically. He extended his fingers, concentrating radiant light to its fullest, and using it like a blade, he swiftly sliced through Good Wings’ body, attempting to remove some of the flesh to save its life.

However, after slicing off a large chunk of shriveled flesh, he was horrified to discover.

Good Wings’ flesh was already full of black hair, intertwined like blood vessels, pervasive throughout the flesh. These hairs were wriggling, growing at an unimaginable speed.

Fortunately, Good Wings was large, capable of enduring.

If it were a normal person, they’d probably have been completely drained by this black hair by now.

At this moment, Li Yi hesitated.

If they continue to cut, Good Wings might end up with only half its body remaining.

Can it still survive?

"Let me."

At this moment, Xuan Yuezi exclaims, her beautiful eyes narrowing with anger at the strange black hair, she reaches out with her fair hand, striking through the air.

A dragon’s roar and a tiger’s screech resound.

Half of Good Wings’ body instantly explodes.

Flesh and blood splatter, along with a large amount of black hair precisely isolated.

But such a blow also deeply wounds Good Wings, its massive body crashing to the ground, bleeding profusely, even its organs are damaged.

Nonetheless, it managed to survive, no longer showing signs of being parasitized at its wounds.

"Use the Purple Gold Gourd to take it in, it can’t stay outside, or it will die." Xuan Yuezi immediately advises.

Li Yi acts quickly, immediately taking out a Purple Gold Gourd, and then manipulates the Dao Artifact, aiming it at Good Wings and absorbing.

Good Wings’ injured body begins to quickly shrink, then flies into the Purple Gold Gourd.

"Heavenly dew descends, salvation for all beings, flesh regenerates on bones, all ailments vanish."

Xuan Yuezi then forms a spell, as the Purple Gold Gourd is yet to close, a stream of clear spring appears out of nowhere, transforming into raindrops, sprinkling over Good Wings.

Then the crisp spring dew and Good Wings both disappear from sight.

However, Li Yi perceives that the wounds inside the Purple Gold Gourd on Good Wings are rapidly healing, but even so, it’s gravely injured and takes time to recover.

"Let’s go."

Li Yi packs away the Dao Artifact, then using his Gang Qi, he flies close to the ground, sweeping up Xuan Yuezi as he dashes past the building, quickly breaking out of the encirclement while the black hair is blocked by one side of the building.

If they were a moment slower, they’d likely have been parasitized by the black hair.

However, though Li Yi’s flying speed was fast, these hairs seemed able to sense his location. As soon as they broke out of the encirclement, ahead was a dense cluster of hair drifting on the street, blocking their way.

Moreover, as his steps halted, the surrounding hair seemed attracted, closing in.

If they don’t find a way to break the chase by these black hairs, Li Yi and Xuan Yuezi would have to hide inside the Purple Gold Gourd.

"Get into the house."

Li Yi didn’t want to hide in the gourd; doing so meant they would be completely trapped.

If the gourd itself got entangled with hair, it would spell certain doom.

However, Xuan Yuezi reminds, "These black hairs seem intent on forcing us into the house. I’ll use the Cloud Riding Technique to carry us away."

Li Yi quickly considers this and thinks it reasonable.

Since things are so strange, it’s best to leave first.

But just then, his phone suddenly rings again.

The ringtone echoes in the silent street.

Li Yi picks it up and sees another unknown number, but he knows who’s calling.

No doubt, it’s Wei.

In this signal-less ghostly place, only his phone can connect, others can’t communicate at all. He’s truly puzzled about how this guy managed it.

"Li, I saw you. So pathetic, some hair has made you look haggard, I kind of regret calling you now." Wei’s voice comes through, sighing, sounding quite disappointed.

Li Yi’s face darkens.

How dare you say that, wasn’t it you who made me come here?