CHAPTER 782: CHAPTER 782: BLOOD-COLORED WILDERNESS, BLOOD DEMON!

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"Brother Yannan, why didn’t you invite Zhu Fei again just now? I felt that Zhu Fei seemed decent enough. If you continued to invite him, he would likely have chosen to join us."

Upon a blood-colored expanse of land, a petite female cultivator named Shen Qianqian couldn’t help but ask Yannan Shan at her side.

As Shen Qianqian finished speaking, the two other male companions and one female companion also turned their puzzled gazes towards Yannan Shan.

Seeing this, Yannan Shan could only offer a wry smile, then turned to Shen Qianqian to explain to everyone:

"Don’t misunderstand, just now it wasn’t that I didn’t want to invite our friend Zhu Fei; it’s just that even if I had invited him, it’s not certain that Zhu Fei would have agreed to come with us."

Hearing Yannan Shan’s words, a white-robed young man named Hua Jun nodded in agreement:

"Brother Yannan is right. If our friend Zhu Fei had wanted to come with us, he wouldn’t have given his Communication Pearl to Brother Yannan.

We can actually understand this point fairly well. After all, didn’t we spend quite a few days in the Central Heaven Hall when we first came to the Central Sky Wilderness?"

"But when we first came here, there was no one like Brother Yannan to help introduce the situation to others. Moreover, Zhu Fei could sense the killing intent here. If he could have come with us this time..."

Shen Qianqian seemed slightly dissatisfied, puffing her cheeks a bit as she spoke.

However, she did not continue and instead turned her bright eyes towards Yannan Shan.

Yannan Shan affectionately patted Shen Qianqian’s head and comforted her with a smile:

"Alright, Junior Sister Shen, no matter what, we have after all formed some good karma with our friend Zhu Fei this time. Whatever the future may hold, let’s focus on what’s in front of us right now."

As he spoke, Yannan Shan seemed to remember something and asked again:

"By the way, Junior Sister Shen, how is that friend, Haitang, whom you saved a while ago doing now? Before we left, did her injuries show any signs of improvement?"

At Yannan Shan’s question, a touch of vigilance flashed across Shen Qianqian’s face as she answered slightly defensively:

"Haitang is basically fine now, but let me ask you, Brother Yannan, why are you so concerned about Haitang? Let me warn you, I’ve already heard from Haitang that she now has a dao companion, so you better not entertain any ideas about her."

Shen Qianqian’s reply immediately caused Yannan Shan to smile bitterly.

He shook his head helplessly and said:

"Junior Sister Shen, what are you talking about? After all this time, don’t you know my heart, Yannan Shan?"

Having said that, Yannan Shan looked ahead towards the vast blood-colored mainland with a worried expression:

"I just wanted to know what conflict Haitang had with Qinghai Immortal Island in the past, to the extent that they issued a Demon Clan’s kill order against her."

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Zhu Fei was unaware of the conversation that took place after Yannan Shan and the others had left. At this moment, as Yannan Shan and his companions had predicted, he remained in the Central Heaven Hall, gathering information about the Central Sky Wilderness.

And Zhu Fei’s inquest lasted for three full days.

During these three days, Zhu Fei indeed discovered many details Yannan Shan had not mentioned before.

Like how to return to the Central Heaven Hall after leaving it and what treasures unavailable in the outside world could be found within the various Wildernesses of the planes.

In short, Zhu Fei gleaned quite a bit from the accumulation of information he received.

And when the morning of the fourth day arrived, Zhu Fei’s figure appeared near the ring-shaped Light Gate.

Indeed, Zhu Fei had decided to enter this ring-shaped Light Gate.

After all, having arrived in the Central Sky Wilderness, it would make no sense not to explore it.

Moreover, based on what Zhu Fei learned over the past three days, if he did not enter that Light Gate, there would be no way for him to leave this place.

So, in the next moment, without any hesitation, Zhu Fei strode forward and his figure immediately merged with the Light Gate.

As soon as Zhu Fei stepped through the Light Gate, he immediately felt a powerful disorienting force of spatial displacement envelop him.

The world seemed to spin around him, and before Zhu Fei could react, he felt a sudden lightness.

The next moment, he found himself in an endless blood-colored wilderness.

Looking around, everything was enshrouded in red.

At the same time, Zhu Fei keenly sensed a faint killing intent lurking around him.

Although weak, Zhu Fei could clearly feel that this killing intent was trying to subtly penetrate his body.

Recalling the rumors about this murderous aura, Zhu Fei dared not take it lightly. His Mana began to circulate within him, effectively blocking the murderous aura from entering his body.

Gazing upon the boundless blood-red in front of him, Zhu Fei couldn’t help but wryly smile to himself.

What a coincidence, he thought, just three days ago Yannan Shan and his party wanted to invite him to this Blood-colored Wilderness. Little did he know that his first teleportation would randomly bring him here.

While musing, Zhu Fei carefully observed his surroundings.

According to the information he’d received, besides the routine natural dangers, what required the most caution in this Blood-colored Wilderness was a creature known as the Blood Demon.

These Blood Demons were said to be formed from the blood of ancient deities, inheriting all sorts of their negative emotions, with a violent and vicious temperament.

If they encountered any living creatures, they would attack relentlessly to suck blood and drain marrow, turning someone into a dried corpse and possibly transforming them into one of their own. Extremely dangerous and savage, one had to be exceedingly careful.

Zhu Fei had just stealthily traveled less than tens of miles in one direction when a series of "Sha Sha" sounds suddenly echoed in his ears.

Hearing these "Sha Sha" sounds, Zhu Fei’s heart tightened, thinking, could it be, that he had just entered the Blood-colored Wilderness and already encountered the notorious Blood Demons?

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

As it turned out, Zhu Fei’s luck really wasn’t very good.

Just as this thought emerged in his mind, up ahead on a small hillside to his left, three streams of blood promptly erupted.

That blood was glaringly red, bewitchingly red, malevolently red...

Zhu Fei saw clearly, three humanoid creatures dressed in red armor, red cloaks, and red helmets, laughing eerily as they stepped closer and closer towards Zhu Fei!