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Chapter 1290: Chapter 1288: Beneath the Abyss

As Xiao Yifeng walked, he started to feel disoriented, as if he was just walking in circles.

”Kid, be careful. This forbidden zone is filled with formations. Don’t walk yourself into a dead end!”

Long Qian reminded him.

”Formations? What are those?”

Xiao Yifeng asked, puzzled.

”Ugh, forget it. I don’t want to waste time explaining. You take your time, I’m going to sleep!”

With that, Long Qian threw out the statement and stopped speaking.

Xiao Yifeng continued forward alone, bringing Little Xiuxiu with him. After walking for half a day, he indeed started to feel lost. Massive trees surrounded him on all sides, making it impossible to discern any direction. No matter which way he went, it felt like he was walking in circles.

”Could it be that I’ve really lost my way? What should I do now?”

Xiao Yifeng muttered helplessly, his eyes clouded with confusion.

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

At that moment, Little Xiuxiu suddenly started squeaking toward a certain direction, catching Xiao Yifeng off guard and prompting him to glance in the direction it indicated.

”You’re saying we should go there?”

Xiao Yifeng asked Little Xiuxiu, who nodded its tiny head with a remarkable sense of intelligence.

”Alright then, since we’re lost anyway, let’s go check it out!”

Nodding in agreement, Xiao Yifeng began to stride forward.

Following Little Xiuxiu’s guidance, Xiao Yifeng soon arrived at the edge of an abyss. In front of him, a thick layer of fog concealed the depths below, making it impossible to see through.

”What? You led me here? There’s no road left to take!”

Xiao Yifeng muttered as he scanned his surroundings.

Little Xiuxiu, however, kept squeaking persistently toward the abyss.

”You want me to jump down?”

Startled, Xiao Yifeng looked at Little Xiuxiu in disbelief, only for it to nod again.

”No! Definitely not!”

His expression changed instantly. Retreating backward frantically, he quickly moved a dozen meters away.

”You’re insane! Asking me to jump into this abyss? I’ll be pulverized into nothingness!”

Displeased, Xiao Yifeng glared at Little Xiuxiu as he spoke.

Roar!

Just at that moment, a beastly roar so chilling it made one’s scalp crawl echoed from behind Xiao Yifeng, startling him. He spun around, only to see a massive beast towering two or three meters high appear before him.

The creature’s fur stood on end like sharp spikes, and its eyes—larger than copper gongs—gleamed with a bloodthirsty light as they locked onto Xiao Yifeng.

An aura of despair emanated from the beast, bearing down on Xiao Yifeng, leaving him struggling to breathe and making his legs tremble uncontrollably.

”This...”

Staring at the enormous beast before him, Xiao Yifeng gulped nervously. He couldn’t suppress the trembling in his heart as fear filled his eyes, causing him to retreat instinctively.

Roar!

The ferocious beast let out another terrifying roar, its stout limbs propelling it straight toward Xiao Yifeng.

”Ahhh!!!”

Unable to hold back his panic, Xiao Yifeng screamed and turned to dash forward. The direction he fled in was none other than the fog-shrouded abyss.

With such a massive beast charging at him from behind, Xiao Yifeng had no time to reconsider and leaped straight into the abyss, reasoning that being pulverized was preferable to being devoured alive.

As Xiao Yifeng plunged into the abyss, Little Xiuxiu also followed suit, leaping after him. In an instant, man and beast disappeared into the dense fog.

The ferocious beast, however, paused and stared at the abyss. A look of apprehension flickered in its eyes before it turned and left.

Thud!

Experiencing a heart-stopping descent, Xiao Yifeng finally crashed onto the ground with a heavy thud. His body felt as though it had fallen apart.

”Ouch!”

Groaning in pain, Xiao Yifeng took several moments to recover, his expression twisted as he struggled to get up.

”I’m... alive? Jumped from such a height and didn’t die?”

Staring at his intact body in astonishment, Xiao Yifeng could hardly believe he had survived the fall unscathed.

But soon, the atmosphere around him began to feel off, and when he swept his gaze around, his eyes widened in horror and he staggered backward.

In front of him appeared faces contorted with malice—not human faces, but patches of gray entities that had transformed into sinister visages. Thick clouds of malevolent energy enveloped them, resembling vengeful spirits as they fixed their furious gazes on Xiao Yifeng.

”What the hell are these things?”

Feeling like he was nearing the breaking point, Xiao Yifeng groaned in despair. First, he encountered the terrifying beast; then, leaping into the abyss resulted in him facing a group of such entities.

”Such powerful vengeful spirits. These are lingering consciousnesses of ancient strong ones... What is this place? Could it be...”

Awoken from his slumber by the sudden events, Long Qian was momentarily stunned upon seeing the clusters of gray entities surrounding Xiao Yifeng, then muttered to himself in shock.

The vengeful spirits Long Qian spoke of began to close in on Xiao Yifeng, revealing fiercer faces that made his scalp tingle with terror.

Xiao Yifeng deeply regretted not listening to Lin Feeng and venturing into the forbidden forest, only to end up in this dire situation.

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

Just then, Little Xiuxiu leaped forward, suddenly squeaking excitedly at the vengeful spirits, as if delighted to see them.

Little Xiuxiu’s body suddenly emitted a blood-red glow as thick Blood Evil Energy spread out. Opening its small mouth, it generated a horrifying devouring force, causing the vengeful spirits to transform into streams of gray energy and be absorbed into its body.

After devouring the vengeful spirits, Little Xiuxiu’s aura intensified several times over, becoming overwhelmingly powerful.

”This little creature is impressive! It can even devour ancient vengeful spirits! But what is this place? Could it really be an ancient battlefield?”

Long Qian murmured his speculations. However, Xiao Yifeng didn’t hear him.

With the vengeful spirits vanquished by Little Xiuxiu, Xiao Yifeng’s heart finally eased slightly. He began to take in his surroundings.

”This...”

Scanning the area, Xiao Yifeng froze in disbelief.

Stretching endlessly around him was a barren expanse of yellow sand, permeated with a desolate atmosphere. Surrounding him were scattered skeletal remains, their white bones gleaming starkly. As he ventured further, Xiao Yifeng uncovered broken and shattered weapons littering the ground.

A gentle breeze swept through, stirring up the yellow sand and filling the air with mourning. Some parts of the sand still retained faint crimson stains, which seemed impervious to time and weather. The air itself carried a thick mixture of bloodshed and malevolence.

The place resembled a battlefield, leaving Xiao Yifeng shocked and bewildered. He could not fathom how the forbidden abyss under the Miao Clan’s forest harbored such a location.

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