Chapter 428 322: Choice 2

Then, he lost all consciousness.

When he regained consciousness,

he found himself on the beach of a deserted island.

In the distance were towering, overlapping trees that blotted out the sky, along with dense thickets of shrubs and grass...

The scene, reminiscent of a primeval wilderness, exuded an ancient, boundless desolation.

"Where am I... Wait, an island."

"Could this be that place?!"

As if struck by a thought, Han Yuan suddenly turned around.

Behind him was a vast expanse of white fog, and visibility was extremely poor.

However, through the haze, Han Yuan could still make out the silhouettes of several massive ships.

They were anchored not far from the beach, standing silently like massive Sea Beasts.

Seeing this, Han Yuan paused to think. Instead of venturing onto the island ahead, he decided to check if there was anyone on the massive ships.

After all, this was supposed to be the Orange Cat's Sea of Consciousness.

The fact that he could appear here meant this scene was exceptionally important to the Orange Cat, hence the vividness of the memory.

SWISH~~

Han Yuan executed the Lightweight Water Floating Technique. After tapping his toes on the water's surface a few times, he finally landed on the deck of one of the massive ships.

But there was no one on the deck; it was utterly deserted.

"Where did everyone go?"

Seeing this, Han Yuan couldn't help but frown.

He thought for a moment and, instead of leaving immediately, decided to check the situation inside the ship's cabin.

Once inside, Han Yuan found that the rooms within were also completely empty.

Yet, the ship was stocked with plenty of food and fresh water.

This indicated that there had definitely been people here once; they had just vanished to who knows where...

Of course, it was also possible they hadn't gone anywhere, but had been devoured by something bizarre.

Finally, Han Yuan could only walk out of the cabin in resignation and return to the deck.

'If my guess is right... then everyone from the ship must have gone ashore on the island.'

Han Yuan's gaze shifted to the distant island.

He took a deep breath and leaped from the deck.

His figure flashed, and he soon landed back on the beach.

This time, he headed directly for the distant Wilderness Forest.

Before long, Han Yuan encountered an incredibly shocking and terrifying scene.

A man, his upper body entangled in tree roots, was roaring incessantly.

His lower body was completely fused into a dead tree.

It looked as if the man was growing out of the dead tree itself.

Just then, the man spotted Han Yuan and screamed as if he'd seen his savior, "Please... save me!!!"

Han Yuan snorted coldly, abruptly channeled his power, and threw a punch.

Here, one did not rely on physical strength, but entirely on the power of the mind.

The stronger the spirit, the stronger the power.

Although Han Yuan was not an Abnormal Person, his Divine Soul was exceptionally focused.

This was because both the Innate Great Demon Skill and the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Skill had the effect of tempering the Heart Spirit.

Otherwise, given the extreme nature of these two Cultivation Techniques, one simply wouldn't survive without an equally extreme Heart Spirit.

Therefore, Han Yuan's punch was one thrown with his condensed Soul Power.

BOOM!!!

An extremely violent burst of Divine Soul Power erupted forth.

The bizarre man let out a wretched scream as his entire upper body was smashed to pieces by Han Yuan's punch.

However, the dead tree remained completely unaffected, which surprised and puzzled Han Yuan.

But soon, he saw a massive, twisted, disgusting tumor grow on the tree's surface.

When the tumor swelled to a certain size, it exploded with a BANG.

A bizarre man, covered in foul-smelling slime and possessing only an upper body, appeared before Han Yuan.

"Save me, save me... I'm begging you... save me!!!"

The bizarre man roared madly and charged toward Han Yuan.

Han Yuan frowned.

Without a second thought, he channeled his Divine Soul Power and threw another punch.

BANG!

The bizarre man was once again smashed to pieces.

This time, however, Han Yuan did not linger. With a flash of his figure, he sped directly into the deeper parts of the Wilderness Forest.

'It seems some things on this island have already been corrupted.'

'Could it be that the thing behind the Immortal Sect has already been released?'

As Han Yuan sprinted onward, his mind raced.

A short while later, he encountered danger again.

This time, it was a giant two-headed python. Its body was as massive as a small hill, and its Scale Armor was incredibly tough.

The moment it burst out from the dense bushes, Han Yuan reacted instantly. His figure flashed as he dodged the bites from its two heads and simultaneously whipped out a powerful leg kick!

He kicked it right in its massive torso.

THUD!

It was like kicking an incredibly hard steel plate.

But his Divine Soul Power was indeed strong enough.

The two-headed giant python roared as Han Yuan's kick sent it flying back over ten meters, snapping countless giant trees in its path.

However, this seemed to further enrage the giant python.

It thrashed about wildly, crushing everything in its path as it charged ferociously toward Han Yuan.

BOOM!

With no fear in his eyes, Han Yuan crouched down and launched himself forward, charging straight at the beast.

In Han Yuan's hands, the two-headed giant python seemed exceptionally clumsy, completely unable to pose any threat to him.

But the creature had thick skin and tough flesh, making it incredibly durable.

Finally, after Han Yuan smashed one of its eyeballs with a punch, the two-headed giant python let out a wretched scream and actually turned to flee.

'This thing...'

Han Yuan was stunned for a moment.

In the end, he chose not to give chase.

The Wilderness Forest was filled with dangers; chasing after it would clearly be unwise.

Han Yuan rested for a moment to calm himself, then continued forward.

RUMBLE!!!

He had barely taken a few steps when a violent, immense roar echoed from ahead.

The entire Wilderness Forest began to tremble violently.

Wave after wave of furious, terrifying roars rolled in from the distance.

'Have they entered the Immortal Sect?'

Han Yuan's expression changed, and he immediately raced madly toward the source of the roaring.

Before long, Han Yuan burst out of the cold, desolate Wilderness Forest.

He saw an ancient, indescribable mountain.

It was difficult to believe the great mountain was naturally formed. It soared into the clouds, and its peak was shaped like a giant, open palm.

The whole scene looked as if an Ancient God was slumbering beneath the seabed.

Now, this Ancient God had awakened and extended an arm from the depths below, forming this mountain range.

But was that really the case?

Han Yuan didn't know.

He only knew that he could feel an astonishingly powerful aura fluctuating from the strange, steep, and straight mountain peak ahead.

And the source of these fluctuations was the very peak that resembled the palm of a Divine Spirit.

'The Immortal Sect... is on that summit?'

Han Yuan's eyes were filled with gravity.

That was right.

From the moment he appeared on this island, he had guessed he had arrived at the time of the first exploration of the Immortal Sect.

Back then, all the world's experts had gathered together for the sole purpose of exploring the legendary Immortal Sect, which was said to grant immortality!

In other words, this was also proof that the Fat Thief had indeed been extremely powerful back then.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to participate in this operation.

One must understand that before the start of the Chaotic Ancient Era, there were beings like Nirvana Martial Artists and Void Breaker Abnormal People.

However, after these experts entered the Immortal Sect, they were never seen again.

Instead, they reappeared in the world as Source Evil Seeds and Evil Demon Seeds...

This led the later Profound Celestial Alliance to speculate that all who entered the Immortal Sect were corrupted and mutated into monsters.

But as for what truly happened inside the Immortal Sect... no one knew the real story.

It was precisely because of the fall of these experts that the Source Evil Seeds and Evil Demon Seeds began to wreak havoc across the land, officially ushering in the Chaotic Ancient Era.

It wasn't until the establishment of the Profound Celestial Alliance and the appearance of Li Qingxuan that this turmoil was gradually suppressed.

After the turmoil subsided, Li Qingxuan entered the Immortal Sect again and brought out a small piece of Source Seed Shredded Meat.

As for him, he never walked out of the Immortal Sect again.

Therefore, Han Yuan was both expectant and nervous.

Although this was only the Orange Cat's Sea of Consciousness, just a fragment of its memory.

But Ling Yunzi had said it before.

Once he saw the Source Seed... even if it was just within a memory, there was no guarantee he wouldn't be corrupted.