Chapter 412: Chapter 413: The Depths of the Frontier
“You’re going to charge me?”

Li Xiaobai’s eyes widened as if he had just met Elder Tianji for the first time.

“As the young friend has just said, the Heaven Ranking is a commercial list. If you want to be on the Heaven Ranking, naturally, you have to pay.”

“Mei Changqing gave me one million top-grade Spirit Stones. As long as you match that number, I’ll immediately change the first place on the Heaven Ranking. How about that?”

Elder Tianji said with a smiling expression.

“Uh… well, actually I don’t have any money…”

Li Xiaobai said dryly.

“That’s too bad then, you won’t be able to take the top spot on the list.”

“But I have made so many contributions to the Immortal Spirit Daily, Elder, look…”

Li Xiaobai was rubbing his hands together, looking very much open to negotiation.

The air turned tense, and the atmosphere fell silent.

Elder Tianji stared at Li Xiaobai for a while, and then suddenly his figure flickered, disappearing into the void without a trace.

Li Xiaobai stood staring dumbfounded at the spot where the Primordial Spirit Phantom had vanished, feeling perplexed. He might not be a human, but this old thing was truly a dog.

He had only just brought up money, and the old man beat a hasty retreat. It was utterly shameless!

I mean, I’ve given my all for the Immortal Spirit Daily, and I’ve contributed enormously to its success today. It’s just a small request right now. Refusing it just because I’m not giving Spirit Stones, what’s the big deal?

Is it really that necessary?

However, today, I did get to witness firsthand the old man’s tight-fisted nature. Next time I get a chance, I’ll definitely fleece him good and proper!

At the same time, on Tianji Peak in Central Province, within a certain cave, an elderly man with grizzled hair wiped the cold sweat from his face while cursing under his breath.

“Damn it, it’s a good thing I’m clever, or I would have been out of pocket.”

The young Taoist at his side was looking eagerly at the old man, asking, “Master, you can be out of pocket?”

“What, why can’t I be out of pocket?”

“The disciple thought that a crafty and cunning person like Master would never lose out!”

“Get out!”

What Elder Tianji was thinking, Li Xiaobai had no idea. At this moment, he was driving his Lamborghini on the road to the depths of the frontier.

This time he hadn’t brought anyone with him. The Flesh Mountain in the deep part of the border was extremely powerful, with even creatures that the Vice Leader of the Eastern Sea couldn’t kill. Bringing others would likely slow him down, so going alone was more relaxing. If something happened, it would also be easier to escape.

The place where the cultivator suspected to be Elder Tianwu was trapped was deep in the border of the first battlefield. The core areas were interconnected with no checkpoints.

You just have to follow the direction to get there.

The Lamborghini headed straight for the core area of the frontier through the fourth battlefield.

[Attribute Points +500…]

[Attribute Points +500…]

As soon as he entered, the foul smell of blood and flesh came billowing toward him. He had entered the encirclement of the Flesh Mountain.

The numbers on the System panel started to jump wildly.

The addition to the Attribute Points was gratifying—five hundred points in one go. If he ventured deeper, he should be able to get even more.

However, the Flesh Mountain moved slowly, and the Lamborghini sped past in practically an instant. Of course, Li Xiaobai didn’t forget to set a fire on the ground as he passed.

This was the core area of the frontier, a true no-man’s-land, where no cultivator would venture. Burning it with Hellfire and letting it spread freely here was the best course of action.

Letting it thrive in the border region for a while, upon returning later, I believe, there will be a significant leap in quality.

All around were large pieces of flesh constantly writhing and moving, the smallest standing two or three meters tall, clustered in pairs or groups, emitting a fishy, blood-red aura.

Li Xiaobai found these things rather disgusting and wondered how they had grown. They moved purely by instinct and seemed to constitute another form of life.

He pulled up the System panel and took a careful look.

[Defensive Power: Half-step Human Immortal Body (2,670,000/10,000,000) (Immortal Spirit Qi: Not Acquired) Can Advance.]

[Attribute Points: Zero.]

[Achievements: Trouble Maker (25/108).]

[Blood Sacrifice Fragments: Ten pieces.]

The System panel flickered, adding a new line of text.

Li Xiaobai’s eyes lit up, indeed there were Blood Sacrifice Fragments within the frontier, and there were as many as ten pieces of them.

It seemed that Cangying was spreading Blood Sacrifice Fragments in the frontier, which conveniently benefited him. Finding and absorbing them all would mean a large wave of Attribute Points.

The sports car sped into the depths of the frontier, entering a gorge surrounded by cliff faces on both sides, leaving only a narrow path—this is called “One Thread of Sky.”

The gorge was too narrow to accommodate more than one person. The Lamborghini couldn’t make it through, so Li Xiaobai got out of the car, tucked the sports car into his Space Ring, and walked slowly in.

The place was narrow, but due to the terrain, he didn’t see any other Flesh Mountains in the gorge.

Yet the Attribute Points on the System panel kept increasing.

[Attribute Points +1000…]

[Attribute Points +1000…]

[Attribute Points +1000…]

Li Xiaobai felt something was off. Clearly, there were no signs of Flesh Mountains around, but the Attribute Points were still increasing, and even more, they had more than doubled suddenly. There was definitely a problem.

He continued along the path with no end in sight; this “One Thread of Sky” was quite lengthy, and it would take some time to walk out of here.

“How was this place formed? How could such a cliff emerge in the middle of plains?” he muttered to himself.

But it was at this moment that the mountain walls beside him suddenly cracked, boulders shattered and sprayed out, and at the same time, a tendril of flesh burst forth, targeting Li Xiaobai’s throat.

“Damn it…”

Li Xiaobai’s expression changed; there was indeed something wrong with this place.

There was no time to dodge as the tendril shot towards his neck but couldn’t penetrate an inch.

[Attribute Points +3000…]

Hisss!

These tendrils added somewhat a lot of Attribute Points; they actually had the strength of cultivators in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.

He recognized these tendrils. This was the ability only Flesh Mountains rivaling Great Crossing Realm Cultivators should have; flesh tendrils were an ability of Flesh Mountains in the Mahayana Realm.

There was still a Great Crossing Realm Flesh Mountain hiding nearby, constantly targeting him.

“Bang, bang, bang!”

More explosions sounded off, boulders shattered and flew, and several tendrils frantically shot out from the mountain walls, attacking Li Xiaobai directly.

[Attribute Points +3000…]

[Attribute Points +3000…]

Li Xiaobai couldn’t dodge in time and didn’t bother to anymore. He casually exchanged for an Instant Transmission Talisman for an emergency and continued walking forward while bearing the onslaught of tendrils.

He had roughly figured out the strength of the Flesh Mountain hidden in the shadows; it wasn’t too strong, probably on par with that Flesh Mountain’s strength within the Tianbei Secret Realm, equivalent to a cultivator who had just entered the Great Crossing Realm.

“Heh, your attacks are not only useless, but I even feel like laughing!” he taunted mercilessly. But at that moment, the mountain began to tremble violently, and huge boulders crazily fell down, signaling that some terrifying existence was awakening…