Chapter 721: The Strange Stone

In the core area, above the clouds, atop numerous undulating mountains.
After passing through the clouds, Ye Feng and his group finally understood why this secret realm was called Blood Sky. Above the clouds, the sky appeared a deep crimson, as if soaked in blood. At the center of the sky hung two purple moons, resembling the eyes of a blood-red beast, sending chills down one’s spine.
As soon as they stepped above the clouds, Ye Feng felt his body grow heavier, his movements slowing down. Frowning slightly, he realized that the gravity here was nearly hundreds of times that of higher-tier main planes. Even ordinary experts at the peak of the Truth-Piercing Realm would struggle to move. What surprised him even more was that his earth-based gravity magic couldn’t counteract this gravity, nor did any other lightness-enhancing magic work.
The higher they climbed, the greater the pressure from gravity became, and the chilling sensation intensified.
In addition, Ye Feng faintly heard harsh howls, as if many undead were roaring. Outside his mind sea, the Big Foolish Bell kept ringing loudly—Ye Feng knew this was a direct soul attack. After all, the Big Foolish Bell was only at the level of a supreme virtual treasure, unable to effectively defend against such a powerful soul attack. With no other choice, Ye Feng retracted the bell. But soon, he noticed that after removing it, a black energy automatically formed a barrier in front of his mind sea. The barrier resembled a black hole, dissipating all soul attacks upon contact.
“This is… the Devouring Magic?” Ye Feng frowned slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he decided not to intervene. In this situation, eliminating the threat of soul attacks would better ensure his own strength.
Turning back, he saw Luo Yan and Jin Wen looking pale, realizing they too had been attacked. “The intensity of this soul attack is roughly equivalent to that of a third-tier expert. It will harm you. There’s no need to resist forcefully. You can use Mirror Magic combined with Corrosion Magic to create an energy barrier in front of your mind sea, reducing the attack’s power by 60%. You can also use Ice Seal Magic and Burning Magic to filter it.”
Hearing Ye Feng’s instructions, the two immediately put them into practice. After a while, their expressions improved slightly.

“I used the method you suggested to create two layers of barriers, which reduced their power by about seven layers. The remaining 30% isn’t harmful enough to cause damage, but with the gravity and low temperature here, I can only utilize around 80% of my strength,” Luo Yan said with a slight frown.

“I’m in a slightly better situation. Gravity and low temperature don’t affect me much, so I can retain almost 90% of my strength,” Jin Wen nodded in agreement.

“Hmm, that’s good enough. My strength isn’t greatly affected either,” Ye Feng nodded and continued, “Considering that your strengths are all impacted, and the monsters here are quite strong, the three of us shouldn’t split up to grab treasures. Let’s work together as a team—it will definitely be faster than me acting alone. Besides, it can prevent some people in groups from stealing from each other.”

“That works. In that case, let’s divide the tasks. Master, just charge forward and kill the monsters right in front of you. Leave the rest to the two of us, one on each side,” Luo Yan agreed.

“I have no objections,” Jin Wen shrugged.

Ye Feng and his companions quickly reached the summit. Upon arriving, the three of them were stunned.

“Damn, am I going blind?” Ye Feng couldn’t help but say.

“What an unusual spatial ability…” Luo Yan also remarked in surprise.

“So powerful!” Jin Wen’s evaluation was brief.

At that moment, standing on the summit, Ye Feng and the others realized it was infinitely vast. Only then did Ye Feng understand what it truly meant to say “one flower, one world.” What should have been a summit of just dozens of square meters now had no visible edges. Even more strangely, the number of monsters in this area seemed endless.

“Are these monsters fake?” Luo Yan asked. “Why can’t I count them even with my soul power? I just scanned roughly, and there must be hundreds of millions of them.”

“Me too,” Jin Wen nodded in agreement.

“This area is indeed strange,” Ye Feng agreed. “But forget everything else. Follow me—let’s start killing them right away.”

Upon arriving here, Ye Feng was relieved that forming a team was a wise decision. After using his soul power to scan, he found there were an overwhelming number of monsters. Almost every cave contained no fewer than 300 monsters, with some even having tens of thousands.

Putting aside distractions, Ye Feng led the two of them into the nearest cave. Following Luo Yan’s advice, he focused on killing only the monsters right in front of him, leaving the rest to Luo Yan and Jin Wen. The three of them moved swiftly inward.

Ye Feng used a lightning-based divine skill. Although it was a single-type skill, it was still at level 36, and its attack and destructive power were far greater than those of other types. It could even kill a level 3 warrior with a single strike.

One after another, the monstrous beasts charged over, their gaping maws looking terrifying. But in the blink of an eye, their bodies were pierced by the powerful purple lightning energy and they collapsed. Before they could fall to the ground, they disappeared. Naturally, Ye Feng wouldn’t let these beast corpses go easily—just as he hadn’t missed a single one before in the outer areas and inner regions.

Luo Yan and Jin Wen used a combination of four divine skills, also at level 36; any lower level would not yield sufficient killing effect. They didn’t use higher levels because the more skills combined, the more energy was consumed per attack. Unnecessary consumption was the biggest taboo in battle.

The cave was continuously cleared, but it was still much slower than when they were on the second level. One reason was the increased number of beasts here, and the other was the obstruction from level 4 warrior-class beasts. In fact, there were quite a number of level 4 warrior-class beasts in the cave—about one in every fifty. The way to identify them was simple: those that didn’t die with a single strike and continued to attack.

But every time a level 4 warrior-class beast charged again, Ye Feng immediately combined seven divine skills, using a combined level 63 divine skill to strike down, killing them instantly.

It took Ye Feng and his two companions half an hour to reach the bottom of the first cave, where there were nearly 2,000 beasts. All 2,000+ beasts were slaughtered without exception, and their corpses were all collected. At the end of the cave, Ye Feng waved his hand, seizing all the treasures.

After taking away the mountainous pile of treasures, Ye Feng’s gaze accidentally fell on the wall that had been covered by the treasures before. In front of the wall was a huge stone.

“This seems like just an ordinary stone. What’s the meaning of these beasts putting it here?” Ye Feng frowned slightly.

“It’s not an ordinary stone. It can even block the detection of soul power…” Luo Yan suddenly spoke up.

“Then take it with us first. We’ll study it when we have time,” Ye Feng said as he reached out to take it, only to find that the stone didn’t budge at all. Even using his storage ring didn’t work.

“Why is this stone so strange?”