Chapter 746: Taiyin Heavenly Ghost Light

The bone flute glowed brightly, clear as crystal. Its light pulsed, guiding the way. This phenomenon hadn't occurred when they encountered the second bone flute piece near Huntian Island before. Its sudden appearance surely had a reason. If there truly was another bone flute piece nearby, its implications were obvious!

"Could I really gather all the bone flute fragments and obtain this complete ancient treasure?" Qin Sang couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement. After discovering that the first two bone flute fragments had landed in different locations, he had lost hope, so it was completely unexpected that a third piece existed in the Canglang Sea region!

"Someone nearby is carrying a bone flute fragment. I don't know if their bone flute has a similar reaction, but based on the last time, it's unlikely." Qin Sang widened his eyes, peering through the bloody light, but his vision was void of anything except the figures of his companions. He tried to struggle and move to the left, curious about the bone flute's range of detection and hoping to get closer to the cultivator holding the fragment. However, a massive impact soon struck, hindering Qin Sang and the others. He watched as the light on the bone flute began to dim, fading completely in a short while.

*Bang! Bang!* Several red figures descended from the sky onto an endless wasteland. Only after they landed did the red light slowly dissipate. Qin Sang landed, stumbled, then quickly regained his balance, surveying his surroundings. Xiang Yi and the others had also landed nearby; all eight of them were present.

"So this is the Seven Kills Hall," Qin Sang muttered, looking up at the gray sky. The immortal array seemed nonexistent, allowing them to easily see the outer hurricane. He pushed off the ground, floating upwards again, and gazed into the distance. He discovered that, like the inner palace of the Ziwei Palace, this was an extremely vast space, with no end in sight.

In the distance, the sky was filled with clouds and mists of various colors, many indicating the presence of secret realms. His vision took in ancient forests with towering trees, from which eerie sounds emanated, indicating the presence of living creatures—a clear distinction from the Ziwei Palace. There were also majestic mountains, sprawling like ancient dragons, with ancient restrictions drifting and immortal palaces nestled within. It was a desolate yet grand landscape.

It appeared that the Seven Kills Hall did not have an obvious core area like the Heavenly Mountain in Ziwei Palace, yet its dangers were absolutely no less. "The Heavenly Pagoda..." Qin Sang's gaze quickly swept across the landscape, settling behind a range of mountains. Peaks rose high there, enveloped in boundless clouds. The Heavenly Pagoda was in that direction, reportedly taller than even the Seven Kills Hall's first peak, but it was obscured by the sea of clouds, its silhouette invisible from their current vantage point.

At this moment, various streaks of light appeared across the wasteland, heading in every conceivable direction. To Qin Sang's disappointment, the bone flute remained silent after their arrival. This indicated that the cultivator possessing the other bone flute piece had likely entered before them and already left the wasteland. Given the bone flute's limited range of detection, it was unknown if they would ever encounter that person again. If that individual perished within the Seven Kills Hall or disappeared after leaving, the bone flute might never be reassembled. This treasure remained a serendipitous find, not something to be actively pursued.

Qin Sang fell silent. After completing the Merchant Alliance's mission, he would undoubtedly prioritize the ancient teleportation array. He couldn't afford to search extensively for this person unless the ancient teleportation array was incredibly easy to locate. The priorities were clear. He could only push the bone flute to the back of his mind for now.

"Are all of you unharmed, fellow Daoists?" Xiang Yi asked, looking at each person with concern. The sword-wielding youth and Cui Ji seemed to have encountered some mishap; their breathing was erratic, and they were sitting cross-legged on the ground to recuperate. The others were in good condition. Although they had been firmly protected by the bloody light drawn by the jade pendant, everyone still felt lingering fear.

The couple from the Liu family complained, "My husband and I consulted a friend who had been to the Seven Kills Hall before. He told us that when they entered, the immortal array they encountered on the periphery wasn't nearly as terrifying as this one. Our protective bloody light nearly shattered several times; we truly thought we were going to be buried here forever."

Xiang Yi chuckled softly, "I don't know when your friend entered, but it was likely either when the Seven Kills Hall manifested itself or when they broke through during a low tide in the immortal array. That's certainly different from this time. It's still a long time until the next low tide in the immortal array. To forcibly breach it now and achieve this result is already quite remarkable. It's said that the Witch Tribe not only sent their Grand Shaman for this but also paid an astonishing price."

"Perhaps that's precisely why our human race agreed to the Witch Tribe's Nascent Soul cultivators entering the Seven Kills Hall?" The fat man, clad in luxurious robes that were now crumpled from frequent impacts with the immortal array, had no energy to straighten them. Like Qin Sang, he eagerly surveyed the Seven Kills Hall. He landed from the sky and asked in puzzlement, "Did the Witch Tribe receive some intel? Is there a treasure of great importance to them in the Seven Kills Hall? To think they'd expend the full strength of their tribe for this journey."

"Xiang has received no such news; only the Witch Tribe themselves likely know," Xiang Yi replied. "Has anyone seen which direction the Grand Shaman went? Perhaps we could deduce something?"

Everyone shook their heads. Not only the Grand Shaman, but other Nascent Soul cultivators had already entered long ago. The fat man chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I don't even know what the Grand Shaman looks like."

Just then, Lady Liu's expression changed abruptly, and she pointed towards the edge of the wasteland, crying out, "What is that?" Everyone focused their gaze, seeing a strange light appear there out of nowhere. Moving with astonishing speed, it instantly shot out of the wasteland and vanished deep within the mountains. What was alarming was that as they glimpsed this strange light, it seemed to contain extremely ferocious devils. Sensing their gaze, the devils stared back in unison with crimson, bloodshot eyes.

For a moment, everyone except Qin Sang felt a profound mental shock, experiencing dizziness and confusion. In their terror, they hastily withdrew their gazes, only then freeing themselves from the influence. To be affected by a mere glance from such a distance, and for each person to see a seemingly different demonic image, left them all horrified.

"The Supreme Yin Celestial Ghost Divine Light!" Xiang Yi's expression darkened, and he uttered the origin of the peculiar light.

"What?" the fat man exclaimed. "That's the renowned number one divine light of the Canglang Sea, the Demon Lord's peerless divine ability, the Supreme Yin Celestial Ghost Divine Light? It's said that only the Demon Lord's disciples on Jizhen Island can cultivate this divine ability!"

"That's no mere disciple of the Demon Lord! To momentarily appear and almost make us lose control of our minds, only the Demon Lord himself could achieve that!" Xiang Yi's face was grim. "The Demon Lord, like the Grand Shaman, is a Grand Cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage. As one of the human race's few Grand Cultivators, he reportedly only appeared in the past when the Seven Kills Hall manifested itself. This time, he actually entered alongside the Grand Shaman... Have the two of you recovered? We'd best act quickly!"