Not long after, a black mountain appeared in front of them. It flowed with the aura of the ancient nether world, majestic and
towering, injecting anxiety to people due to its domineering and robust presence.
"The Reincarnate Lotus is right in this mountain,"
the monk, who stood still in front of the mountain, informed Austin.
"But | can feel that there are many powerful creatures in this mountain.
It will certainly not be easy to get it."
The monk's gaze was fixed on the mountain, looking very stern and serious.
Both Austin and Brady were shocked upon hearing that.
The monk's strength was unfathomable. Yet, even a man of his caliber would have said like that. Judging from how cautious he
was, it was not hard to imagine how many horrible creatures lurking in this mountain.
"lI don't care what kind of place it is. Now that we're here, let's get inside and try our luck," the monk continued.
Then, he took the lead and strode up to the mountain.
Without hesitation, Austin and Brady hurried to keep up with him.
The three walked along a winding trail, ascending atop the mountain with increasing speed.
Along the way, they all felt a weird aura.
There seemed to be many terrifying creatures lurking in the shadows and spying on them.
Boom!
Not long after the three climbed the mountain, they all felt that a wave of strong power dropping from heaven was pressing against
them.
For a moment, Austin's and Brady's movements were restricted as if they were temporarily paralyzed.
It felt like a very massive weight was placed on them as they took every step.
"Humph!"
With a loud snort, the monk waved his sleeve and drew the two to his side.
The terrible pressure exerted on the two disappeared immediately, leaving no trace behind. After a while of composing themselves,
they continued climbing.
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Many black rocks along their path were visibly stained with age signs. Occasionally, one or two spiritual herbs, quite of old age too,
were spotted growing between the crevices of those rocks.
However, Austin and Brady were not in the mood to appreciate those high-grade superior herbs. They dared not pick them at will
even if they were all over the ground.
Somehow, they felt that the mountain was enveloped by a bizarre and eerie aura that seemed to bring danger.
Soon enough, after keeping the looming nervousness to themselves, they reached half of the mountain trail.
"There is a bottomless cliff in front of us!"
Austin suddenly exclaimed in a low voice.
The cliff looked like a boundless abyss, pitch-black with the obscure bottom.
"It seems like there is a pair of eyes looking at us!"
Austin suddenly exclaimed, pointing downward as two rays of light flashed in the darkest depths.
The monk, who was walking in front of them, suddenly stretched out his big hand and scratched down the abyss through the
endless void. Withdrawing his hand, he threw something on the ground with a loud sound.
Both Austin and Brady stared at the thing on the ground.
It was a silvery scale, as big as a palm. It was glittering, while a silver holy flwas dancing on it. The flfluctuated and
emanated a frightening blaze.
As if it was not daunting enough, the scales itself, too, emitted a terrifying and compelling aura.
The whole scene sent shivers down Austin's spine, even making him take a few steps back.
The aura emanated was like a peerless sword radiance pressed against a warrior's throat. This image would make anyone who saw
it shiver and involuntarily retreat.
"This is so horrible,"
Austin mumbled, obviously shocked.
'What a powerful creature!
Fortunately, it was just testing us. Who knows what would happen if it attacks us?’
the monk said to himself with a deep frown.
"Haha!"
Evil and cold laughter cfrom the bottom of the cliff, and the pair of eyes they had seen before had disappeared.
"Let's go. Be careful with your every step and followclosely.
This is a perilous place,"
the monk advised earnestly.
Then, the three of them continued climbing.
Along their journey, roars could be heard from different parts of the black mountains, and bizarre black wind blast past them
several times.
Boom!
A violent black wind, sounding like blaring blast, blew abruptly, pulled up many huge ancient trees which had lived for thousands of
years and swept them to the sky.
"It's the strange black wind again!"
Austin was shocked.
He and Brady had already encountered such a black cyclone in the periphery of the Land of Life-and-death.
However, the one right here seemed to be more terrifying and devastating.
"Be careful! It's coming towards us again!"
Brady reminded Austin.
The strange black wind made their hair stand on end. It rolled up giant rocks and caused the mountains to tremble like an
earthquake, whirring not far away from the trio.
Austin immediately shivered as he gazed at the cyclone. In the whirling wind, he saw a pair of cold and vicious eyes intently
staring at them.
"Pf"
Apparently, the monk had noticed it too. He waved his hand, and two rays of sharp black light were shot forward, shattering into
the void and instantly slashing into the black cyclone.
Ah!
A scream blared not far from them.
The strange black wind vanished, and the eyes were quickly extinguished too.
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In the sky, a strand of black long hair fluttered down, but there was nothing else left.
"What?"
Both Austin and Brady gasped in astonishment.
It was no wonder that warriors of the Divine Continent considered entering the Land of Life-and-death as a death wish. The land
was practically an area filled with dangerous and fatal threats.
"Bang!"
Just as Austin and Brady were sighing in their mind, a tremendous heat wave dropped from the sky and covered the space around
them.
Austin suddenly felt his body temperature drastically rose as if he had jumped into a burning furnace, almost burning him to ashes.
He hurriedly released his vital energy force to resist the horrifying high temperature.
He cultivated the Golden Sun Scripture. Thus, the light golden vital energy he released was very effective to resist the scorching
heat.
The mysterious heat was coming from a cave ahead of them. Blazing flames, too difficult for a human to bear, intensely gushed
out of it.
'What the hell is inside that cave? Why is it releasing such terrifying heat waves?’
Austin could not help but feel frightened as he speculated in his mind.
Caw! Caw...
Suddenly, harsh screams were heard, and countless black crows flew out of the cave.
Surprisingly, every black crow had a ghastly pale human face.
"What kind of crows are they?"
Austin blurted out, his face changing drastically as he stared at those eerie crows.
Caw! Caw! Caw!
Black human-faced crows surrounded with glowing black light and ablaze with fire rushed out of the cave one after another.
In just a few seconds, they filled the sky above, creating a sea of fire that burned in the distance.
"Oh my god! That's a lot of crows!"
Both Austin and Brady were petrified as they gazed at those birds.
Without any warning, suddenly those crows all swooped at the tat a frightening speed.