The dark-red hills fell behind him, and the blood-scented baleful qi in the air grew fainter and fainter.
His seventh-layer True Qi Realm cultivation was enough to let him ignore the lingering dangers at the edge of this forbidden land.
At last, he had left that land of death.
"I'm out..." Lin Ye murmured. Only now did his tightly wound nerves ease slightly.
He took out the map scroll of the Seventh Star Observation Platform and carefully compared it with the surrounding terrain.
His current location should be on the outskirts of the Miasma Swamp.
Once he crossed this swamp, he would reach the safe zone within the secret realm.
Having confirmed the direction, Lin Ye wasted no more time and headed deeper into the swamp.
A pungent odor pervaded the swamp. From time to time, strange-looking venomous insects could be seen crawling about.
Three days later, solid ground appeared ahead. According to the map, he was already close to the safe zone.
Faintly visible amid the woods were abandoned huts built by human hands.
Lin Ye observed them from afar for only a moment before continuing along the stone-paved path.
After walking for half an hour, the view suddenly opened up before him, revealing a cleared patch of land.
At its center stood a stone stele roughly thirty feet tall, with a silver crystal embedded at its peak.
Lin Ye walked up to the stele and pressed his palm against its icy surface.
Just as he was about to circulate his true qi and inject it into the stele—
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Several sharp gusts tore through the air from the dense woods around him.
Five figures darted out from different directions, surrounding Lin Ye.
The five wore matching crimson martial outfits, their hostility and scrutiny utterly undisguised.
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