Wu Shattered Star River

The teleportation array didn't directly send them into the Valley of the Undead, but to a huge valley.

In the north of this valley was a massive gate of light, just like the one that led into the Divine Demon Battlefield.

At this moment, the light gate rippled with energy, and the first group of people who had been teleported over had already rushed into it.

Jiang Han wasn't in too much of a hurry. He waited for more than half the people to be teleported into the valley before following.

Once he arrived, he lowered his head and pressed a mask onto his face. He changed his appearance, concealed his aura, and followed the main group, quickly rushing towards the light gate.

The surging crowd rushed towards the light gate like a tide, wave after wave disappearing inside. In the blink of an eye, nearly ten thousand people had entered, the speed was extremely fast.

Soon it was Jiang Han's turn. He sensed the warriors around him and, finding no powerful ones, he relaxed and followed the main group into the light gate.

"Buzz~"

A burst of white light flashed, the world spun, and after about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Jiang Han felt his body plummeting. He quickly controlled his posture, wanting to float in mid-air.

But as soon as he circulated his Xuan Power, he felt a powerful gravity enveloping him, and he crashed heavily downwards.

"Boom!"

His body landed, and his eyes scanned like lightning, discovering that he was in a dark forest.

Everywhere he looked were towering trees, each hundreds of feet tall, with lush branches and leaves that blocked the light, making the area below dim and sinister.

"Bang bang bang!"

Sounds of impact echoed nearby as warriors continued to fall. Many didn't have time to stand up before being hit by those suddenly appearing from above, creating chaos in the area.

"咻!"

A figure appeared above Jiang Han's head, quickly plummeting towards him. Jiang Han flashed, turning into a streak of white light as he rushed away.

The surrounding area was ordinary forest, and he didn't sense any danger.

Jiang Han ran for a while, found a secluded place, quickly changed his clothes, and put on a set of black robes.

"Buzz~"

Jiang Han took out his battle blade, scanned his surroundings, cautiously on guard, and quickly moved forward.

As he advanced, he encountered many warriors. Whenever he sensed warriors nearby, he immediately avoided them, not wanting to meet any.

"There aren't that many warriors nearby; this light gate's teleportation shouldn't be fixed!"

After running for half an incense stick's time, Jiang Han realized he had only encountered a few hundred warriors. Before him, more than twenty thousand warriors had entered. If they were all teleported nearby, it was impossible to only encounter this few.

He continued forward for the time it takes to burn an incense stick. Jiang Han was moving in a straight line. Although his speed wasn't at its peak, he had traveled at least several hundred miles.

Over such a long distance, the scenery nearby hadn't changed much. Apart from discovering over a thousand warriors, he hadn't found any natural treasures, nor had he encountered any danger.

Even… not a single corpse or skeleton was found.

"Something's fishy!"

Jiang Han was secretly surprised. The Valley of the Undead had existed for thousands of years. How many people had died here? It was impossible to count.

He had been in here for so long and hadn't even found a single skeleton, which was very strange.

Jiang Han tried to fly, and he found that he wasn't completely unable to fly. He could fly about thirty feet into the air, but he couldn't go any higher.

The higher he got off the ground, the greater the gravity. Once his body exceeded thirty feet, he couldn't withstand the powerful gravity.

Being only able to fly thirty feet high was as good as not flying at all, and besides, there were trees everywhere, making it unsuitable for flying.

"Try burrowing into the ground!"

After advancing some distance, Jiang Han thought for a moment, found a bush, and burrowed into the ground.

After entering the ground, Jiang Han quickly realized that it wasn't suitable for traveling underground because the underground was full of crisscrossing tree roots.

The tree roots here were very thick and particularly hard. He took out his battle blade to chop at them. Although he could cut them, it would affect his speed, and traveling underground would be much slower.

Jiang Han climbed back up and continued running.

He didn't change direction, continuing to run north. It was said that people would get lost in the Valley of the Undead. Since there were dense forests everywhere, Jiang Han could only choose to head north to avoid going in circles.

This went on for two hours!

The Valley of the Undead should be a secret realm. It was vast and boundless. The scenery nearby hadn't changed much in two hours. He hadn't encountered danger or discovered any natural treasures.

"Ah—"

Suddenly, a scream rang out from the front, followed by angry shouts and explosions.

Jiang Han's spirit lifted, and he quickly and quietly approached, probing and sensing.

Soon, Jiang Han closed the distance. He leaped onto a large tree and, enduring the powerful gravity, looked into the distance.

There were several warriors in front, none of whom seemed particularly strong; there were seven or eight in the Mountain Sea Realm.

At the moment, three of them were entangled by the branches of a large tree, while the other Mountain Sea Realm cultivators were hacking at the tree's branches with their weapons.

"Black Tree!"

Jiang Han's heart skipped a beat. He realized that this tree was different from the surrounding trees.

This tree was pitch black all over, its branches like iron whips. The tree seemed to be a spirit, its branches able to twist flexibly, like hundreds of tentacles, attacking those Mountain Sea Realm cultivators.

The Mountain Sea Realm cultivators swung their weapons, chopping off branch after branch. But there were too many branches, and soon two more cultivators were tightly entangled by the branches, bound like dumplings, unable to move at all.

"Run, Third Brother, hurry!"

"Third Brother, you go, don't worry about us. These branches have thorns, and the thorns have poison. Our Xuan Power is in chaos; we can't escape!"

"Third Brother, hurry!"

The entangled people roared, desperately twisting their bodies, their faces filled with despair.

They couldn't do anything, they could only roar, telling the two who were still desperately chopping at the branches to run quickly.

"We won't leave; we'll die together!"

The slightly older Mountain Sea Realm Eighth Level cultivator roared, wielding his battle blade and continuously chopping, trying his best to rush towards the bound cultivators.

But the branches seemed endless. Many had already been chopped off, but new branches were constantly shooting down from above.

Soon, the remaining two were entangled by the branches, unable to escape. Everyone's faces were filled with fear and despair, feeling the breath of death.

"咻!"

A blade light flashed, condensing into blade energy, sweeping over everyone's heads, instantly chopping off dozens of branches.

The branches binding the cultivators were all severed, and the cultivators fell down.

The cultivators looked in the direction the blade light came from, discovering a cultivator shrouded in black robes slowly walking over.

Everyone was overjoyed and quickly pried open the branches wrapped around their bodies. The two bowed and saluted, saying, "Thank you for saving us, Senior."

"咻!"

Jiang Han raised his hand and unleashed another blade, chopping off a large swath of branches sweeping down from above. He said coldly, "Aren't you leaving yet?"

"Yes, yes!"

The group quickly fled, occasionally turning back to cup their fists in thanks to Jiang Han.

"咻咻咻!"

Countless branches whipped towards Jiang Han from above. Jiang Han casually unleashed a blade aura, chopping off a swath of branches. He looked at the black tree, his brows furrowed.

Before entering, Qian Yuan had told him a rumor—when entering the Valley of the Undead, be careful of black trees, yellow snakes, and purple mist.

He had encountered the black tree, but it didn't feel like much; it wasn't particularly terrifying.

It might be a bit dangerous for low-level cultivators, but after reaching the Reincarnation Realm, it didn't feel threatening. The reaction speed of a Reincarnation Realm cultivator could easily avoid it and escape.

"Drink!"

Jiang Han flashed, arriving near the black tree's thick trunk. He swung his battle blade and heavily chopped at the tree trunk.

A single chop caused something shocking to Jiang Han to happen.