The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 692 - 490: The New Coordinates

Chapter 692: Chapter 490: The New Coordinates

"I thought you were already dead. I didn’t expect you to be so tough. You took that hit and walked out of the darkness on your own."

Li Yi scrutinized Yang Wei, showing an expression of disbelief.

That black evil corpse was not ordinary; even he was no match for it. If it weren’t for the Dragon and Tiger Energy given to him by Xuan Yuezi, even he might have been finished from that strike. Yang Wei didn’t even have any defensive magic treasures to protect him, and yet he stood his ground, surprisingly unscathed.

"Life and death are not very important to me. As long as I want, I can be undying and indestructible. This is something an innately evil Earthling like you cannot envy," Yang Wei said. "How’s the task going? Did you manage to safely deliver the person?"

"Why don’t you go see for yourself? I’ve accomplished what I promised. Now it’s your turn to fulfill your promise," Li Yi opened his mouth to say.

"Your dad’s cross-border coordinates, right?"

Suddenly, Yang Wei took out a black box from a storage magical artifact. Inside was recorded a cross-border coordinate. He casually tossed the coordinate over. "I’ve prepared what you wanted. These are your dad’s cross-border coordinates."

Li Yi caught the black box, an expression of surprise on his face. "How did you get it?"

His dad’s crossing involved soul crossing, and it was a random cross, almost with no return. Determining the coordinates was an extremely difficult task. He still hadn’t found a way to track it. If it were a physical crossing, it would be easy.

One just needs to trace the source of the bloodline. Many spells can do this.

"When you have a strong enough backing, this becomes a trivial matter," Yang Wei said. "But you must understand one thing. Your dad has been gone for so many years. If he survived, he probably remarried and had children by now. What’s the point of finding him then?"

Li Yi put away the coordinate box and then said, "Some things need closure. It’s my family matter, so you needn’t bother. Since the deal is done, I should be leaving. It’s no easy journey coming to this world; I almost lost my backing."

"Don’t want to join me in saving the world?" Yang Wei asked.

Li Yi said, "I better think of ways to save my family first. If I can’t even save them, how can I save the world? I’m not that noble. Plus, the waters in this world run deep. The evil beings hidden in the darkness have terrifying power. One wrong step might really cost me my life. Unlike you, dying and having a chance to resurrect; if I die, I’m truly dead."

With that, he turned and walked into the outside darkness without looking back.

Sun Fei, though afraid of that endless darkness, still mustered the courage to follow.

Yang Wei didn’t continue persuading, just watched as Li Yi left.

As soon as he left the building and entered the darkness, Li Yi felt the curse of the Evil God on the back of his hand intensify again. A faint sting came from it, and the brand became clear. At the same time, the darkness immediately sensed this curse, and the evil object approached him quickly.

"Let’s go."

Li Yi didn’t hesitate. Using Gang Qi, he swept up Sun Fei and rushed toward a distant building.

Although it’s quite dangerous outside, they’ve now left the dark zone. Nearby buildings offer shelter. The number of monsters has significantly decreased, and those powerful evil objects are less likely to appear in the normal urban areas unless something extraordinary happens.

As Li Yi was running, he didn’t forget to glance up at the sky.

In the dark sky, the numerous eyes of the Evil God had disappeared, but in a distant place, there were still countless strands of black hair and scarlet hooks hanging down, seeming to explore this world, searching for powerful individuals who could threaten the world’s order.

"If I want to find Xuan Yuezi, I should follow the direction where the hooks hang, but I can’t reveal myself now. Otherwise, with my strength, I won’t escape capture by the hooks. Then I’d have to waste ten years of life using spiritual weapons, and with my power, finding a Tri-Floral Realm cultivation expert isn’t very realistic. Xuan Yuezi can perform Cloud-Riding Technique, traveling thousands of miles in a flash. At such speed, it’s impossible to catch up."

He contemplated and decided to give up on finding Xuan Yuezi, focusing instead on finding a way to leave this Dark World and return to Tianzhong City.

That’s what he thought.

But Li Yi was currently lost.

He didn’t know where he was. There was no signal, no stars, no way to tell direction. In this dark world, the only transportation means was that train.

But the train had long gone, and he didn’t know when he might encounter it again.

"If it doesn’t work out, I’ll use the cross-border artifact to open the Cross-border Gate and return to Earth," Li Yi thought to himself. He had another more extreme method.

He still had a Seven-Colored Stone.

But using a miracle as an energy source to open the Cross-border Gate is too costly. It would render the miracle dormant for at least three months. Only three complete miracles together can open the Cross-border Gate without a cost. The Seven-Colored Stone in his hand was very special; he didn’t know if it counted as a complete miracle.

"I’ll take it one step at a time."

Li Yi didn’t dwell much on this as he felt it was impossible for him not to find his way with his strength. There must be a method to position himself in this world.

But just as he thought this, strange cries came from the sky, and the familiar death spirit monster came charging with a sickle in hand. It was clear it had discovered Li Yi and wanted to hunt him, and it wasn’t just the death spirit monster; other monsters in the darkness were also rushing at him. Clearly, the curse of the Evil God was working, attracting all nearby evil creatures and monsters.

He didn’t pay much attention; these were not formidable monsters. If they caught up with him, he could easily kill them.

Immediately, he accelerated with Gang Qi, flying over two hundred kilometers before deciding to stop for a brief rest, to avoid prolonged exposure in the darkness and attracting even more powerful evil objects.

Yet in this short time, a large group of monsters had already followed him.

Some monsters had been shaken off, but most were still in hot pursuit.

"It’s truly troublesome. If this Evil God’s curse is not removed, it’s really difficult to move about in this world." Li Yi looked at the building in front of him.

This building was considered relatively bright in the Dark World, and the passage leading to the building had no doors or defensive lines set up. At the end of the passage, a kerosene lamp was lit, making it clear to passing adventurers that this was a well-functioning and very safe building.

Li Yi didn’t rush into the building but gestured to Sun Fei. "You stand in the passage. I’ll go in after clearing out a batch of evil objects here."

"Alright." Sun Fei didn’t hesitate and immediately began to slowly retreat.

Li Yi took out the Netherworld Artifact used by the Yin God again. Accompanied by the coiling and gathering of silver Gang Qi, a silver great axe appeared in his hand once more.

He held the great axe and confronted the approaching monsters.

With the surge of Gang Qi and the explosion of Divine Power, he quickly dealt with the pursuing monsters almost single-handedly, killing most of them within five minutes. Only then did he retreat into the passage, using the holy corpse aura of this building to isolate the Evil God’s curse, allowing himself some time to rest.

However, just as Li Yi entered, a group of adventurers frantically rushed out of the building.

At first, Li Yi thought they were targeting him, but later he discovered that these adventurers were actually going to pick up loot among the corpses of monsters outside the building.

After dying, monsters in the darkness always left behind many valuable items.

For example, a Soul Reaver demon would leave a Soul Scythe and a money pouch; the Undying Sword King would leave a Golden Heart, blood-colored armor, and a Great Sword, and even the previous Hell Flame Demon dropped a Hellfire Whip.

"This powerful adventurer, according to our agreement, it shouldn’t be an issue for our building to take thirty percent of the loot this time, right?" An elderly man leaning on a cane said with a squinting smile. He stood at the end of the passage, seemingly waiting for Li Yi’s arrival.

"No problem." Li Yi glanced and said, "I need to rest in this building for a few hours. I’ll leave after that."

Obviously, his earlier actions had attracted the attention of the adventurers inside this building, but because it was dangerous outside, they dared not come out to assist. Now that the battle had subsided, they wanted a share of the loot.

But Li Yi didn’t care much for these things, so he didn’t oppose it.

"Don’t just rest for a few hours; even a few months wouldn’t be an issue." The old man then noticed the Evil God’s curse on Li Yi’s hand and said, "Were you driven out by people from other buildings after being cursed?"

"No, I am seeking the right path to return to a building I was in before," Li Yi replied.

"You’re lost? That’s quite difficult to handle. In this Dark World, the worst fear is getting lost. Haven’t you purchased a magic map? It only costs twenty gold coins, but the magic map needs you to venture out and expand it yourself. It records all the places you’ve been." The old man said.

Li Yi thought of something at this moment and immediately took out a parchment map from his Five Elements Bracelet: "Are you talking about this thing?"

"Yes, that’s the magic map," the old man replied.

Li Yi cast his gaze over the magic map.

The map currently showed that he had entered a building, with many small person markers around him, likely representing the adventurers in the building. But unlike others around him, the old man was indicated differently; others were gray, but the old guy was marked as a golden little person, and the figure was larger than the others.

Instantly, he looked in surprise at the old man in front of him.

The way the magic map marked him so distinctively was enough to indicate that this old man was quite unusual.

"You only have the local map open; you need to switch to the world map," the old man advised.

Li Yi asked, "How do I switch to the world map?"

The old man extended his finger and touched a subtle magic symbol at the lower right corner of the map.

The next moment, the magic map changed.

The internal pattern of the building disappeared, replaced by the appearance outside the building. Several buildings hidden in the black mist appeared on the map, while outside the map was all dark.

"You can also manipulate the magic map to move its position," the old man pointed again, indicating a cross-arrow icon in the upper right corner. By touching the arrow’s position, you could move the direction of the map.

Li Yi tried it, and it indeed worked.

However, the magic markers on this parchment map were very vague; he really hadn’t noticed them after buying it without careful inspection.

"Thank you for your guidance, elder," Li Yi quickly moved the map to search around.

Most of the map was dark, and he couldn’t find a lit position however he moved.

This showed that the world was very large, much larger than imagined.

"Hmm."

Suddenly.

The old man beside him let out a sound of surprise. He wasn’t sure if he was mistaken, but the adventurer’s map actually displayed the kill markers for the Hell Flame Demon and the Undying Sword King, indicating that the person in front of him had once hunted down two legendary monsters in the darkness.

As for other common monsters, they were even more countless.