Chapter 1086 First Battle in the Valley of Illusory Beasts

Chapter 1086 First Battle in the Valley of Illusory Beasts

Rumble~

At the same time Xuan Hao had his first encounter with the illusory beasts inside the Valley of Illusory Beasts, the old man who had managed to escape from the encirclement of over fifty Soul Ascension Realm Experts with the help of a special pill arrived above the small town he had been inside of only half a day earlier.

"This should be far enough for now. Even if those juniors want to catch up to me, it will at least take them a few days." Muttering this to himself as he glanced at the small town below him, the old man's face relaxed slightly after seeing that the strongest person present was only in the Domain Lord Realm.

Even if he couldn't keep up his current state for long and his strength had already started decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, it would still be impossible for someone in the Domain Lord Realm to discover him.

Whoosh~

Knowing this, the old man lowered his guard a bit as he began using his divine sense to search for somewhere to hide and recover from the terrifying injuries, he had received during the battle earlier.

Although he understood that it would be impossible to fully recover his strength without some kind of heavenly treasure, it wouldn't be impossible for him to recover his strength back up to the lowest level of the Earth Immortal Realm. At least that would be enough for him to safely leave the Blue Sea Empire.

Unfortunately, he also understood that it was unlikely for him to find a place where he could spend the next few years recovering without any disturbances. The fifty or so Soul Ascension Realm Experts were bound to find him if he didn't find some kind of abandoned secret realm or special space to hide inside of...

"Hm?"

Just at this moment, a slight fluctuation appeared at the edge of his divine sense. Not an ordinary fluctuation from two cultivators fighting with each other. Instead, it was an all too familiar spatial fluctuation from a spatial gate of sorts being activated!

"This, an abandoned secret realm!?" Feeling a sense of excitement as he looked in the direction that the fluctuation had come from, the old man who was about to revert back to his half dead state wasted no time in rushing towards the direction that the spatial fluctuation had come-

Swish-!

Soon arriving directly in front of the wooden gate that Xuan Hao had passed through only half a day earlier.

"Indeed... It looks like it's an abandoned secret realm." Smiling happily to himself as he said this, the old man quickly used most of his remaining strength to put down a few simple formations to hide the appearance of the wooden gate and prevent any of the Soul Ascension Realm Experts chasing after him from noticing it.

Although the formations wouldn't work if any of the Soul Ascension Realm Experts entered the cave that the wooden gate was located inside of, it would at least make it harder for them to discover the cave, while at the same time preventing any random animals from wandering inside the gate and possibly alerting any nearby Soul Ascension Realm cultivators to its existence.

Whoosh~

Having done everything he could to ensure his safety, the old man stepped through the wooden gate and made his way inside what he assumed to be an abandoned secret realm-

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"Looks like I won't be able to make use of it any longer..." Noticing what the illusory beast was doing and feeling how its strength was starting to increase at a speed visible to the naked eye, Xuan Hao could not help feeling a sense of regret as he understood that he wouldn't be able to make use of the illusory beast any longer.

But this feeling didn't last for long as he remembered that there were still countless other illusory beasts present in the valley.

"Haaa..."

Taking a deep breath, Xuan Hao gathered his qi-

Swish!

And with a swift motion, he drew his sword and lunged towards the illusory beast!

Roar!

Having already expected this, the illusory beast stopped absorbing the white qi and changed its original cloud-like lion shape into that of a large illusory serpent. Moving with an otherworldly grace to dodge Xuan Hao's sudden attack.

Bang!

However, Xuan Hao continued to press onwards and ultimately ended up landing a series of precise strikes on the illusory serpent-

Rooar!

In turn, the illusory serpent stopped dodging and instead met Xuan Hao head on.

Ching~!

Even though it had been interrupted and didn't get a lot of time to absorb the white qi, its strength had still increased to a certain degree. Putting its current strength infinitely close to the Sixth Tribulation of the Soul Ascension Realm. Giving it more than enough strength to meet Xuan Hao's sword head on.

Boom-boom-boom!

As a result, the clash between Xuan Hao and the illusory beast became more intense as neither party had the upper hand. The illusory serpent beast constantly using everything it had, while Xuan Hao's sword unleashed waves of terrifying sword qi that cut through its illusions and dispelled its illusory constructs before they had a chance to do anything.

Of course, at this point in time, Xuan Hao had only been using his Sword Dao to fight against the illusory beast...