The deep gullies cleaved open by sword qi, the blasted pits, the toppled trees, and the shattered rocks all bore witness to the ferocity of the battle.
Finding nothing other than a few broken weapons, he cautiously made his way deeper into the gorge.
The traces of battle extended deeper into the gorge. Visibility here was already very low; beyond two hundred meters, he could see nothing but a mass of churning black mist.
After walking for another hour, Li Dalong finally saw the cave Elder Biyun had mentioned. Black mist was drifting out of it. No wonder there was black mist in the gorge-it had come from inside the cave.
He tried contacting Elder Biyun again but still received no response. Faced with such a mysterious cave, Li Dalong truly hesitated this time.
Judging by the traces of battle in the gorge, the fighting here had been extremely fierce. From their materials, the broken weapons had almost all been high-grade immortal artifacts, showing that both sides had been very powerful.
He had intended to contact Ke Xialing and tell her about the situation here, but after some thought, he put down the jade talisman in his hand.
Once she knew, she would certainly urge him to turn back. But having come this far, he could not put his mind at ease without going inside to look.
"Why hasn't this damned hot blood of mine cooled yet?" Li Dalong grumbled, then decided he would go inside and take a look after all.
As he approached the cave entrance, he sensed something distinctly unusual. The mist drifting out of the spacious cave felt particularly sinister and evil; he could essentially deduce that something evil lay within.
The disappearance of Elder Biyun and the others definitely had something to do with this.