Chapter 162: Death Valley

Death Valley is located beyond the Dark Abyss and is close to the Profound Abyss Territory.

It harbors a large number of demonic beasts, including even Saint-level ones, and often experiences beast tides. Human martial artists dare not approach, and the area for hundreds of miles around is desolate and uninhabited.

Therefore, it is called Death Valley.

Following Mo Wenjian's directions, Ye Chen, accompanied by Wu Qingxue, finally arrived at this place after several twists and turns.

"No wonder I couldn't find this place a few months ago. This Death Valley is indeed too hidden," Ye Chen sighed lightly. Months ago, when he was searching for the Hundred-Pattern Kunwu Wood for Lin Miaoyin, Ye Chen had traveled to many places, almost covering the entire Nine Desolation Realm, but still couldn't find Death Valley.

This place is indeed too hidden. Even with Mo Wenjian's guidance, they had to go through several obstacles. Without his guidance, it would have been really difficult to find this place.

Wu Qingxue felt the same way.

"Let's go."

Ye Chen tore through the void, and soon they arrived at the location mentioned by Mo Wenjian. However, as they arrived, Ye Chen furrowed his brows gradually, slowing down his pace and eventually stopping.

"What's wrong, Chen Shao?" Wu Qingxue asked.

"The demonic energy here is extremely heavy, and there seems to be a strange aura mixed in with it. It seems that the demonic beasts here are not ordinary," Ye Chen said in a solemn tone.

"Not ordinary?" Wu Qingxue was puzzled. What could be unusual about demonic beasts?

"Also, look at the spatial fluctuations in Death Valley," Ye Chen pointed ahead.

Following his gesture, Wu Qingxue looked ahead and saw a series of roaring sounds emanating from the pitch-black gorge, as if a storm was raging inside. Occasionally, there were flashes of light, like sharp blades cutting through the air, extremely terrifying.

"Those blades are as powerful as a strike from a Saint Martial expert. If we were flying in the sky and got hit by those sudden blades, even a Saint Martial expert would probably die," Ye Chen said.

"No wonder this place is called Death Valley. Even Saint Martial experts dare not approach easily," Wu Qingxue exclaimed softly. Just at the entrance, there was already such a terrifying storm of blades. Who knew how many dangers lay within?

"Let's go, we'll walk in," Ye Chen said.

Although he was not afraid of those spatial storms, if they flew through the air, resisting the blades would consume energy unnecessarily. It would be better to avoid it altogether.

Wu Qingxue followed closely behind. Soon, the two of them entered Death Valley.

As expected, Ye Chen's speculation was correct. Those spatial storms only ravaged the sky above and had no effect below.

Before long, the two of them had walked several miles.

Both of them had strong cultivation bases. Although Wu Qingxue's martial cultivation was only at the Fourth Level of Emperor Martial, her soul power had reached the level of a Saint Martial, and she had also cultivated in the Dream Realm, making her no small threat.

The rugged Death Valley was like flat ground to them, and their speed was not affected at all. As they advanced, a group of pitch-black demonic beasts, resembling armored pangolins, appeared before them.

"What kind of demonic beasts are these? They look like humans wearing armor," Wu Qingxue was curious. She had never seen such strange demonic beasts before.

Ye Chen shook his head. These demonic beasts looked like pangolins, but they had many tentacles, and each head had two giant mouths, which were extremely strange and terrifying.

Even Ye Chen had never seen anything like them before.

As Ye Chen observed, the demonic beasts suddenly launched an attack, spewing flames from their mouths like divine fire, capable of incinerating everything.

"Courting death!"

Ye Chen unleashed a burst of qi with a flip of his hand, like a sharp blade slicing through the air.

The blades were unstoppable, flashing like meteors and directly cutting the attacking demonic beasts into two halves.

With a flicker of his figure, Ye Chen appeared ten meters away, and the demonic beasts behind him all trembled before exploding into pieces, dissipating into smoke and dust.

Although these demonic beasts were strange and terrifying, they were not powerful. They were only equivalent to human True Martial experts, so how could they pose a threat to Ye Chen? In the blink of an eye, he could easily annihilate them all.

"Let's go."

Ye Chen and Wu Qingxue continued on their way. After walking for a few more miles, Ye Chen suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong, Chen Shao?" Wu Qingxue asked in confusion.

"Look behind us," Ye Chen said in a serious tone.

Behind us?

Wu Qingxue turned around in confusion, and when she saw it, her expression suddenly changed.

Not because of anything else, but because the space behind them had changed. Wherever her gaze reached, there were no more external mountains and peaks, only a pitch-black gorge.

"Chen Shao, what is this..." Wu Qingxue's voice trembled, and her soul power quietly gathered as she became alert.

"This is an independent space. Interesting," Ye Chen chuckled lightly. He had unexpectedly entered another space without realizing it. It seemed that this place was indeed interesting.

After being reborn in this lower plane, Ye Chen had entered several independent spaces before.

For example, the Dan Saint ruins outside the Dark Abyss, and the forbidden land deep in the hundred-thousand-snow mountains of the Northern Cold Palace. However, he could sense those independent spaces. Only Death Valley had exchanged spaces without him noticing. It seemed that this Death Valley was indeed quite interesting.

No wonder Mo Wenjian was able to find the Reincarnation Wood here and even suffered serious injuries.

But the more so, the happier Ye Chen was. Only in this way could he prove that his trip was not in vain.

"Stay vigilant."

Ye Chen lightly reminded as they continued forward.

Before long, a fragrant scent wafted through the air, and upon looking up, they saw several spirit herbs ahead.

"It's a True-level spirit herb," Wu Qingxue said, but she didn't show any excitement.

The True-level spirit herbs were hardly worth her attention.

However, Ye Chen's eyes lit up not because of the grade of the spirit herbs but because of the spirit herbs themselves.

Because these True-level spirit herbs exuded powerful medicinal properties, containing complete rules.

"Perhaps, this lower plane once had its glory," Ye Chen muttered to himself. These rules were consistent with those of the Immortal Martial Realm, indicating that this lower plane was not originally fragmented and incomplete.

What kind of changes had occurred to make this lower plane like this?

Continuing forward, Ye Chen and Wu Qingxue encountered stronger demonic beasts, and the grade of the spirit herbs they found also increased. They had already harvested countless Emperor-level spirit herbs.

These spirit herbs were not of much help to Ye Chen anymore, but they were extremely precious to the Limitless Palace.

Spirit herbs with complete rules were a hundred times more precious than those found in the outside world.

"Chen Shao, there's a Saint-level spirit herb," suddenly, Wu Qingxue exclaimed in surprise. Ahead of

 them, on a cliff, grew an old vine resembling a coiling dragon. It grew on the cliff and drooped down, with a blood-red fruit hanging from it, resembling an apple or a blood pearl.

That fruit seemed to be on the verge of ripening, emanating a powerful medicinal power that made people salivate.

"Starlight Fruit!" Ye Chen's eyes widened, showing some surprise.

He hadn't expected to encounter Starlight Fruits in this lower plane.

"Starlight Fruit?" Wu Qingxue was puzzled. She only knew that this fruit was very tempting and was definitely Saint-level, but she didn't know what it was or its use.

"Chen Shao, what is Starlight Fruit?" Wu Qingxue asked.

Ye Chen returned to his usual self and explained, "Starlight Fruit contains powerful starlight energy, which is the holy energy cultivated by Saint Martial experts. If consumed by a peak Emperor Martial expert, it can immediately break through to Saint Martial. If consumed by a Saint Martial expert, it can unconditionally raise their cultivation by one level."

"Moreover, the Starlight Vine is the main ingredient for refining the Profound Star Pill. The Profound Star Pill can increase the probability of breaking through by three times for Saint Martial experts."

Upon hearing this, Wu Qingxue's expression trembled.