Chapter 19: The Void Abyss Desires to Devour People

[This simulation has ended]

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Li Fan regained consciousness.

He stared intently at the scene of the Taiyan Boat shattering in the light screen, a thick sense of fear lingering in his heart, refusing to dissipate for a long time.

"What on earth was that thing?" Li Fan felt some doubt in his heart.

When Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi previously traversed the Immortal Severing Grand Formation, they did not encounter this thing in the dark layer; why was it different for him?

Could it be that his luck was simply bad?

Li Fan did not think so.

The dark layer within this Immortal Severing Grand Formation was vast; the small Taiyan Boat was like a drop in the ocean within it.

Yet, this unknown existence had found him so precisely…

"Nine times out of ten, it is a method specifically targeting Mortals."

"It seems it is most prudent to wait for the thick fog to disperse and for light to shine from the bottom of the Void Abyss before exploring."

"Although it failed at the last moment, the gains from the previous life did indeed far exceed expectations…"

Li Fan calculated secretly in his heart, then chose to retain the "Taiyan Boat".

Name: Li Fan

Realm: Mortal

Physiological Age: 20 / 86

Psychological Age: 333 / 1113 ↑

Virtualization charging progress: 0%

anchor year charging progress: 1%

Current number of anchor points: 1

Bound items: "Thousand Machines Jade Universe Golden Chapter", Taiyan Boat

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Looking at the psychological age limit with its increasingly smaller increases, Li Fan vaguely felt a sense of pressure.

Fortunately, the Cultivation World was within reach; as long as he left this Immortal Extinction Land, the sky would be high for birds to fly!

In this anticipation, Li Fan's seventh life began.

Before "Huan Zhen" finished charging, Li Fan was determined not to take any risky actions.

Therefore, he still intended to spend the first twenty years according to the script he had already experienced several times.

anchor year 3, Li Fan came to Wen County in Jiangnan again to lie in wait.

anchor year 4, he led his trusted aides and secretly came to Qian Hong's tomb.

This time, he used a spray containing Immortal-Mortal Miasma to slowly erode it until the power of the zhibu remnant stele was weakened to the point where it could no longer penetrate steel armor.

Li Fan, wearing steel armor, entered the tomb and placed his hand on the stone stele.

"Chargeable item discovered: zhibu remnant stele (damaged)."

"Do you wish to charge it?"

The prompt from "Huan Zhen" popped up at the right time.

"It is a pity that there is still some loss." Li Fan secretly sighed with regret and chose yes.

The zhibu remnant stele gradually turned into nothingness and disappeared.

And the anchor year charging progress of "Huan Zhen", after absorbing the zhibu remnant stele, increased directly by 25%.

"As long as I come three more times, I can unlock the second anchor point?" Li Fan was overjoyed, but vaguely felt it would not be that simple.

"Excessive speculation is useless; I will know when I come again next life."

Other things in Qian Hong's tomb no longer had value for Li Fan; after ordering people to reseal the tomb, Li Fan then left.

anchor year 5, Li Fan finally could not hold back and came to the Eastern Void Abyss.

"I will just take a look, I won't go down." Li Fan said this to himself.

Gazing at the endless sea of fog, his line of sight seemed to pass through infinite spatial barriers, reaching directly to the bottom of the Void Abyss.

Standing for a long time, as the strong wind howled, the pervasive thick fog gradually dispersed, and the originally perilous Immortal Severing Grand Formation seemed to become no longer dangerous.

"At this moment, if I piloted the Taiyan Boat, I could reach the Cultivation World smoothly, right?" A thought suddenly popped up in Li Fan's mind, and it could no longer be suppressed; it expanded crazily, quickly occupying all of Li Fan's mind.

"Yes, I have waited for so long; must I wait another fifteen years?"

"So what if 'Huan Zhen' has not finished charging? Being so timid, how can one achieve the Great Dao?"

"I already tested it once in the previous life; as long as I carefully avoid that unknown monster in the dark layer, I can leave this damn place!"

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Voices chattering incessantly kept ringing in Li Fan's ears; his eyes gradually lost focus and just became blood-red, as if bewitched by these voices.

Li Fan walked forward step by step, getting closer and closer to the endless Void Abyss.

It looked like Li Fan was about to be drawn in by the Void Abyss and fall to his death.

At the bottom of the Void Abyss, light suddenly burst forth, piercing through the Immortal Severing Grand Formation and entering Li Fan's vision.

The red color of losing rationality was temporarily suppressed, and the four big characters "Immortal Dao is finished" suddenly appeared in Li Fan's field of vision.

"Boom!"

All those fanatical thoughts in his mind previously, the desperate desire to pursue the path of cultivation and even jump down, all dissipated completely.

"What is going on?" Li Fan, having regained his senses, was suddenly startled into a cold sweat.

In his eyes, the calm Void Abyss suddenly turned into a lurking Vicious Beast that had opened its huge mouth, wanting to devour him.

Li Fan immediately turned around and fled without looking back.

After a long time, the thick fog condensed again.

From the bottom of the Void Abyss, an angry roar was faintly heard.

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Fifteen years later, anchor year 20.

"Huan Zhen" finally finished charging.

With confidence, Li Fan finally returned to the Void Abyss.

Recalling that scene from back then, even though a long time had passed, Li Fan still had lingering fears.

"It seems my guess was correct; that monster in the dark layer really has great malice towards Mortals. Perhaps its mission is to devour every Mortal that approaches this place."

Although it was dangerous, Li Fan would absolutely never give up the path to longevity.

No longer hesitating, Li Fan piloted the Taiyan Boat, arriving at the Thunderstorm Layer with no danger, despite some frights along the way.

Not continuing downward, Li Fan stopped above the dark layer and waited patiently.

"Woo…"

A strong wind gradually rose.

The manic thunderstorm, influenced by this inexplicable strong wind, also began to subside and slowly weaken.

Dotted lights emerged from the darkness, then connected into a whole, forming a vast and continuous scene.

Li Fan did not look at this inverted wonder, but instead used this precious and fleeting light to search for the monster lurking in the darkness.

Unfortunately, he gained nothing!

Seeing that the light was about to disappear, Li Fan gritted his teeth, no longer hesitated, piloted the Taiyan Boat with full power, and suddenly sped toward the bottom of the Void Abyss.

That strange cry sounded again, and in an instant, it arrived by his side.

At this moment, Li Fan suddenly completely changed the Taiyan Boat's sprinting direction.

After drawing a beautiful curve, the Taiyan Boat, which had been charging straight down, was now flying upward at several times its previous speed!

Upward, and upward again!

The Taiyan Boat's power was fully engaged, and amidst an angry roar, it drove back into the Thunderstorm Layer!

Taking advantage of the last glimmer of light about to dissipate, Li Fan, looking down from a high vantage point, finally saw the true face of the monster in the darkness.

It was a giant whale so huge that it could not be described in words; even though Li Fan was already very far away, he could not see its full appearance.

Even just its opened huge mouth occupied Li Fan's entire field of vision.

The giant whale, seeing the prey return to the Thunderstorm Layer, was extremely irritable, but could only swim around without advancing.

After roaring a few times to vent its dissatisfaction, it unwillingly closed its mouth and disappeared into the darkness.