Chapter 624: A Gamble!

"Bang!"

Ding Liang suddenly struck out with his palm, shattering a large tree beside him, revealing the depth of his fury.

No matter how much he calculated, he never expected Ye Yuan to possess a Void Thunder Explosion Talisman!

Not only did he fail to capture Ye Yuan, but he also sustained considerable injury.

Earlier, he had confidently declared that Ye Yuan wouldn't escape this time, yet in the end, he still got away.

Faced with the layers of mist before him, Ding Liang hesitated to advance.

He knew well that beyond this mist lay a forbidden zone for human martial artists. Even a peak Divine Travel realm expert who entered this Death Zone would never return.

Well... to be precise, they would return, but only as a corpse.

According to the information gathered by the Hurricane Realm, this Death Zone was the most terrifying place in the Boundless Border, a place even the Wind Emperor dared not set foot in.

Before their departure, Zhao Tianyin had repeatedly warned them about only two things.

One was not to provoke the demon beasts of the Boundless Forest, and most importantly, never to enter the Death Zone!

The other was to kill Ye Yuan at all costs!

Now, these two matters had miraculously converged.

So... could the Death Zone kill Ye Yuan?

Ding Liang thought that since even the Wind Emperor dared not tread there, Ye Yuan couldn't possibly survive, right?

Suddenly reminded of something, Ding Liang looked at the curse mark on his hand and his expression changed—he had lost all感应 to Ye Yuan's curse mark!

This Death Zone was truly eerie, able to sever the connection between soul curses!

This soul curse was extremely vicious, like a clinging bone. As long as the cursed person lived, the mark could never be removed.

Even Ding Liang, a Divine Travel realm eighth-layer expert, couldn't block this connection, but the Death Zone could!

"Forget it, I'll just wait here by the tree! That kid is too uncanny; if he really manages to come out, it'll be trouble! Anyway, as soon as he leaves the Death Zone, I'll sense him no matter where he goes!"

Ding Liang quickly made his decision.

...

"White Light, where are you?"

In the mist, Ye Yuan kept calling White Light's name, but received no response.

Everything before his eyes was a gray haze; he could see nothing.

After walking in the mist for an entire day, Ye Yuan finally confirmed two things.

One: he and White Light had been separated!

The other: he was lost!

The mist seemed endless; no matter how far he walked, there was no end.

Even with Ye Yuan's vast knowledge, he couldn't identify what this mist was.

However, Ye Yuan could confirm one thing: the mist was devouring the primal energy within his body!

After a full day and night, without doing anything, his primal energy had dwindled to only two-thirds of its original amount!

At this rate, in three more days, his primal energy would be completely depleted.

Ye Yuan wasn't too worried about this; he had brought enough pills to sustain him for a long time.

What worried Ye Yuan was that he might remain trapped in this mist forever.

That was the most terrifying thing!

The mist seemed to contain nothing, utterly silent, as if the entire world had been reduced to Ye Yuan alone... and this mist.

This feeling was almost despair-inducing!

No wonder the people of the Boundless Border called this place the Death Zone. Even a peak Divine Travel realm expert, faced with this endless gray mist, would likely go mad in the end.

No matter how great your divine powers, you could find no outlet for them.

And clearly, the more primal energy you consumed, the faster you died!

In the gray mist, no matter where you went, the scenery was identical—a gray blur—making it impossible to tell where you had been.

In such an environment, escaping the mist was simply impossible!

For two whole days, Ye Yuan walked seemingly aimlessly, the scene before him forever gray.

During this time, Ye Yuan swallowed a pill and restored his primal energy to its peak.

But now, his primal energy had again dropped to two-thirds.

After two days, Ye Yuan finally stopped.

He suddenly halted, sat cross-legged, and began to contemplate the "Lin" mantra!

"This mist isn't a formation, but I feel like I've been walking in circles! It seems I've walked for two days and nights, covering a great distance, but in reality, I haven't gone far at all! Even with my mind in a state of perfect stillness, I can't see through this mist. Since that's the case, I have no choice but to break through my mental state to find a way out of this dead end!"

Though there was no fighting, the mist itself was Ye Yuan's greatest enemy!

The Death Zone was truly worthy of its name!

With Ye Yuan's knowledge and cultivation, after two days and nights, he still couldn't find any clue.

But Ye Yuan had a vague feeling that he had been walking in circles!

He had only faintly sensed this under the state of perfect stillness.

Clearly, without an extremely high mental state, no matter how high your cultivation, you could only wait for death here!

Even with Ye Yuan's already lofty mental state, it took him two full days to gain even a vague insight!

This truly showed that the name "dead end" was no joke.

The terror of this Death Zone absolutely surpassed any predicament Ye Yuan had faced since his rebirth!

Because the predicament he now faced was one that the knowledge from his rebirth could not solve!

The most terrifying thing for humans is the unknown, and Ye Yuan was no exception!

When all his knowledge proved useless, that was naturally his most difficult moment.

Even though Ye Yuan had a faint feeling, he didn't know if it was correct.

Even if his feeling was right, Ye Yuan didn't know if he could break through his mental state before his recovery pills ran out.

Everything was uncertain!

Ye Yuan had no choice now; he had to gamble!

Gamble that this faint insight was correct!

Of course, this was only possible for Ye Yuan. If it were any other martial artist, even Zhao Tianyin himself, they might not have such an opportunity to gamble.

No matter how high their cultivation, who among them could match Ye Yuan's mental state?

According to Ye Yuan's deduction, to see through this mist, perfect stillness was probably no longer sufficient.

That is, he had to break through to the mental state of a heart as firm as a rock!

This mental state was legendary even in the Divine Domain!

However, Ye Yuan truly didn't know if his current perfect stillness had reached its peak.

If he succeeded in breaking through but didn't attain the heart-as-firm-as-rock state, that would be truly amusing.

In short, everything was a gamble!