Chapter 225 – Zombie Jiao-dragon 1
Everyone secretly prepared themselves and, as a group, quietly snuck away from the camp. They only had a cooperating relationship with the Jade Seal Family and Nie Li didn’t want their activities to become overly restricted.
The entrance to the first level of the Nine-Layered Deathlands was a long winding road that lead into a dense fog.
Everything was shrouded in thick layers of fog, making it impossible to see.
Occasionally, the shadows of a few people were seen walking upon the narrow path, heading deeper into the fog.
Within the fog, Nie Li could periodically sense the auras of death drifting towards him on a nonexistent wind.
The ground was littered with bones and damaged weapons and armours. Many had undergone heavy corrosion over time. A casual touch could reduce them to ashes.
Sensing the terrifying death aura, everyone shivered.
“Fortunately, there are a lot of people here.” Lu Piao withdrew his head closer to his body. This place really wasn’t suitable for humans.
Along the way, they occasionally passed other groups of people, which eased their nervousness.
Those that had come here were warriors from the various families of the Nether Realm. Most were at least of Black Gold rank, with a few Legend ranks. Demigod rank experts wouldn’t bother to come to the first layer of the Deathlands.
Upon entering the opaque fog, their surroundings suddenly fluctuated. The moving figures of the warriors from the various families suddenly vanished.
“What’s going on? Why did those people disappear?” Du Ze asked in curiousity.
Ye Ziyun and the others also couldn’t help showing curiosity in their eyes. Those people had only been tens of meters away. Why did they suddenly disappear?
Nie Li knitted his brows and urgently said, “Follow me closely. Someone has placed a [Fog of Misleading] over this area that causes people to easily lose their way. The Fog of Misleading usually lasts for an entire day before dissipating, but I would guess that this fog has roughly an hour or so left before it evaporates. If you get lost, then we’ll gather again when the fog clears.”
Right after those words left Nie Li’s mouth, he looked around and realized that Lu Piao and Xiao Xue were already nowhere to be seen.
After that it was Du Ze, then Duan Jian.
The surrounding people disappeared one after another. Nie Li quickly grabbed Ye Ziyun’s hand and reached for Xiao Ning’er’s. However, her silhouette had already vanished into the fog. When the surrounding fog fluctuated again, Yu Yan thought she saw something and took off as well.
“Ning’er!” Nie Li yelled, however, Xiao Ning’er was already gone.
“Where are Ning’er and the rest?” Ye Ziyun asked with a tone of nervousness and worry.
“It’ll be alright. They may have strayed away from us, but our soul realms have already formed the Soul Array, so we should be able sense their presence.” Nie Li briefly reached out his senses before saying, “We’ll meet up eventually!”
Having her hand grabbed by Nie Li, Ye Ziyun couldn’t help turning slightly red. However, she didn’t dare let go because she knew that the Fog of Misleading would separate them if they let their guards down for even a moment. She never imagined that she would suddenly become Nie Li’s fiancée and still felt a little uncomfortable with her new title.
Nie Li lead Ye Ziyun outside the range of the fog.
Having traversed through the dense fog for hours, Nie Li and Ye Ziyun finally exited it. Although they could sense that the others’ were not far from their location, they knew that actually finding them would not be an easy task.
After exiting the fog, Nie Li saw many figures in the distance, soaring and skimming the ground as rays of scarlet light. A wave of mysterious and majestic auras were spreading throughout their surroundings and he could sense that it contained an unquantifiable amount of pure energy.
A thought moved Nie Li’s heart. Could this be the sign of some treasure being born?
“Follow me.” Nie Li said to Ye Ziyun as he skimmed forward.
Ye Ziyun followed behind Nie Li as the two of them flew towards the distant scene.
Before them was a huge lake with muddy water. However, there seemed to be something hidden within its depths, as the scarlet rays penetrated the muddy lakewater and emerged again. Just sensing the aura within would give others a relaxed sensation.
The object in the lake had obviously attracted the lust from countless others.
Experts from the various families were gathered at the edge of the lake, trying to contest over for the treasure in the lake. However, no one dared to enter it. This wasn’t the first time many of them had come here. Although the first layer of the Nine-Layered Deathlands was rather safe, many places still had danger lurking around. Especially in the lake, no one knew what was hidden in that abyss.
The treasure in the lake must have attracted the greed of many.
“I never thought that the first layer of the Nine-Layered Death