The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 695 - 493: Return to the Origin

Chapter 695: Chapter 493: Return to the Origin

"It seems like we’ve entered another dark zone."

The further Li Yi walked, the deeper the darkness in front of him became. The nearby buildings were completely shrouded in darkness, with no lights at all, indicating that this area had completely fallen, taken over by the monsters lurking in the darkness. This also meant the risk of crossing this dark area was quite high.

But there was no other choice; he couldn’t possibly turn back.

After consuming a Spirit Blood Pill, boosting his Qi-Blood to its peak again, he took a deep breath. A red cloud formed under his feet, and then his speed suddenly surged.

In the darkness, it seemed as if a silver streak of light flashed by, disappearing in an instant. Before the monsters hidden in the buildings could even react, Li Yi had already flown dozens of kilometers away, disappearing completely before they could give chase.

Li Yi’s judgment was not wrong; once exposed in this dark zone for too long, all the monsters would swarm upon him. Even if he was powerful, he would eventually be exhausted and die here. The only way was to take a risk, use mana, and perform the Cloud Soaring Technique to swiftly cross the darkness in one go.

Because at that speed, most monsters were virtually useless.

Only evil objects far more powerful than him could possibly intercept.

But Li Yi didn’t believe he’d be so unlucky as to run into a stronger evil object while crossing the darkness.

"Boom!"

With the execution of the Cloud Soaring Technique, deafening thunderous noises erupted from behind in the darkness, buildings collapsed, revealing a massive black evil corpse. It roared angrily in Li Yi’s direction, its power terrifying. Then it chased after him, moving incredibly fast, its huge body surprisingly agile, breaking the air with a swish and causing a series of explosions.

Li Yi’s eyelid twitched, not daring to relax for a moment, keeping the speed of the Cloud Soaring Technique steadily increasing.

The dark evil corpse chased him for hundreds of kilometers, but it didn’t understand Daoist Skill, unable to catch up with the Cloud Soaring Technique, and could only watch helplessly as Li Yi slipped away under its nose, finally venting its fury recklessly in the darkness.

"That was close."

Li Yi breathed a slight sigh of relief, feeling the power of the dark evil corpse was terrifying. Unfortunately, its awareness was low, seemingly asleep in the darkness earlier and failed to awaken, which led to it not making a move the first time, missing the opportunity, letting Li Yi escape safely with some frightened thrill.

Even though there were still some powerful monsters emerging from the subsequent darkness, they were not formidable enough, all left behind unable to keep up with his speed.

Enveloped by the Cloud Soaring Technique, Sun Fei was incredibly shocked, experiencing for the first time the frightening speed of flight that Li Yi’s mana burst forth.

The surroundings were a blur, with nothing clearly visible. Although everything around was dark, making it hard to determine his position, the sounds of monsters helped with some estimation. The monster cries seemed loud right by his ear one moment but were already left behind in another, never to be heard again.

No time to lose.

Soon, there were lights in the buildings ahead.

Gradually, more and more lights appeared in the nearby buildings, a phenomenon proving that Li Yi had successfully crossed that dark area.

Once through the dark zone, Li Yi immediately retracted the Cloud Soaring Technique and rushed into a brightly lit building.

He needed to use the sacred corpse within this building to weaken the Evil God curse on him, and shake off some powerful evil predators.

"A strong adventurer has entered the building."

Guard at the passageway widened his eyes in disbelief seeing Li Yi standing before the sacred corpse. He intended to sound the alarm but quickly dismissed the thought, looked around to ensure no one else noticed, and decided to act as if nothing happened to avoid any trouble.

After all, it wasn’t a monster that broke into the building.

Li Yi sat next to the sacred corpse, glancing at the curse on his hand, seeing it had indeed faded significantly and was almost invisible. He then pulled out the magic map and began to read it.

"Very close, I’ll soon return to the building we started from."

He saw his current position was only about tens of kilometers away from the initial point, almost ready to leave in the next operation. Once that’s done, he only needs to find the Golden Apple to lift the Evil God’s curse, marking the perfect end of this journey.

Now he only hoped that Xuan Yuezi also safely left this Dark World.

After closing the map, Li Yi rested for half an hour before setting off on his journey again, handing a bag of Gold Coins to the guard as a resting fee as he departed.

"Sir, where are we going? It seems we’ve been traveling for a long time," Sun Fei asked curiously at this moment.

Li Yi identified the direction and replied, "Of course, to leave this Dark World. I need to find the right building, where there is a passage leading to the outside world. Alright, let’s not waste time. I checked the map, and we’re almost there; let’s reach the destination without stopping."

As soon as he finished speaking, he gathered his power, swept up Sun Fei, and rushed out.

This time the journey was safe because the danger in this area was relatively low, and the nearby buildings were all lit up. Although it wasn’t as good as the Bright Zone, there wasn’t a risk of falling to darkness.

The journey of dozens of kilometers quickly ended.

Very soon.

Li Yi found that familiar building.

At the end of the building’s passageway, an oil lamp was lit, guarded by a man named Liu Ming. In addition, there were many other passages in the building. Nobody knew what those passages connected to, and not all buildings had such passages.

He had observed many buildings, but only a few had special passages like this.

"This is the place." Li Yi walked into the building, not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he wanted to confirm Xuan Yuezi’s news.

At that moment.

The guard, Liu Ming, heard the sound and immediately looked toward the passage. When he saw Li Yi, a hint of joy appeared on his face: "It’s you? You ventured back?"

To him, Li Yi had only been gone for about one or two days, a very short time, so he still had a strong impression of Li Yi.

"I did indeed take a tour outside, and thankfully returned safely, along with a fellow traveler. His name is Sun Fei," Li Yi said. "By the way, Liu Ming, have you been guarding here these past two days?"

"Of course, I have to work for a month before a new guard is selected to take over my shift," Liu Ming said. "But I can also spend some gold coins to hire someone to replace me, though I don’t want to waste that money."

Li Yi asked, "During your shifts, have you seen the lady who accompanied me return?"

He inquired about Xuan Yuezi’s information.

With Xuan Yuezi’s abilities, returning here shouldn’t be difficult.

"I haven’t seen her."

However, Liu Ming shook his head: "Since you left, it’s been quiet these past two days. No one has entered this building. What’s wrong? Did you and your companion lose each other? That’s a tricky situation; in the Dark World, it’s hard to reunite without some special methods."

Li Yi furrowed his brow at this moment.

With his ability, he managed to return. A cultivation expert like Xuan Yuezi in the Tri-Floral Realm shouldn’t get lost in the Dark World.

She’s not a child; if she couldn’t find her way, she would naturally ask people and gather information about this world.

If she wasn’t lost, then there is only one possibility: she encountered danger, and big danger that delayed her, even for a cultivation expert like her.

"Sir, I suggest waiting here a few more days. With that lady’s strength, she should be able to return safely." Sun Fei suggested from the side.

"Makes sense. Go to the shop and rent two rooms. We’ll stay here for a while, and in the meantime, find a way to deal with the Evil God’s curse. Once my companion arrives, I’ll take you and leave here." Li Yi nodded, then handed him a bag of gold coins.

Sun Fei accepted the gold coins, nodded, and immediately headed to the shop on the tenth floor.

The layout inside the building was all the same, so anyone who had lived here wouldn’t be unfamiliar with it.

Soon, Sun Fei obtained keys to two rooms on the first floor.

After paying gold coins, the lights in both rooms on the first floor automatically turned on, indicating that someone had moved in.

However, the lower the floor, the higher the danger level of living there. Most people preferred to live in high-rise buildings.

However, high floors came with their issues, as escaping during a dangerous situation would be difficult, and one could easily become trapped inside the building. There were pros and cons, depending on how one chose.

Sun Fei had great faith in Li Yi’s formidable strength, so he chose two rooms on the first floor for the convenience of observing the situation outside the building.

At the same time, he spent two more gold coins to hire two women in the building to clean the rooms, clearing out some garbage and adding some living supplies.

Once everything was settled, he handed the keys to Li Yi.

"Sir, the rooms are ready for use anytime," Sun Fei said respectfully.

Li Yi asked, "How much do you know about other passages outside the building?"

"You mean those passages leading to mysterious places?" Sun Fei said. "I understand those. The appearance of those passages isn’t fixed. Some buildings have them, others don’t. Adventurers can traverse those passages to venture into some secret realms for adventure, exploration, battling monsters, acquiring treasures, or reach other buildings through the passages."

"I heard someone used a passage to reach a forest and obtained water from the Eternal Spring. I’ve also heard about a treasure sword existing in a passage, waiting for a strong adventurer to pull it out. I’ve been through a passage myself, but it led to a cave where I encountered many monsters and in the end only managed to hurriedly collect some gemstones, exchanging them for several hundred gold coins."

Liu Ming, beside them, exclaimed, "You want to adventure through the passages? Be careful. Although there are many treasures inside, no adventurer has ever successfully brought back the treasures from the passages since I’ve had memory."

He was a native here and was very familiar with the information about the passages outside this building.

"But as long as you still have that golden rat skin, it’s fine. You can try entering the rooms to get treasures." Liu Ming suddenly remembered something and reminded Li Yi to use the golden rat skin.

The golden rat skin was a rare and unique creature with special abilities.

This was exclusive information of this building, unknown even to adventurers like Sun Fei who frequently roamed around.

Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "Alright, I understand. Thank you for the reminder, but there’s no rush now. I’ll rest for a day and act tomorrow."

With that, he took the keys and walked toward the room closest to the sacred corpse.