In the blink of an eye, several days had passed.
The Town Boundary Army, dispersed into small teams, began to delve deeper into this Shattered Star River.
Of course, they were also ambushed and intercepted by some Devouring Race.
Many small teams were surrounded by Devouring Race beings, then torn apart and devoured.
On the Devouring Race battlefield, there were no so-called corpses.
Because all corpses would be dismembered, torn apart, and then devoured and refined by the Devouring Race.
This applied not only to enemy corpses but also to the corpses of their own kind!
During these days, Jun Xiaoyao, Lu Xingling, and the others continued to advance deeper.
They also encountered more than one wave of enemies.
If Lu Xingling and the others could handle them, they were allowed to do so.
If they couldn't, Jun Xiaoyao would make a Move.
The deeper they went into the Shattered Star River, the higher the frequency of Devouring Race encounters.
After some more time passed,
Jun Xiaoyao and the others suddenly discovered that in the starry sky ahead, gray mist was rolling and spreading.
"The Gray Mist Zone?"
Jun Xiaoyao murmured.
The Shattered Star River itself was located at the border between the White Mist Zone and the Gray Mist Zone.
A portion of it was within the Gray Mist Zone.
Compared to the White Mist Zone, the Gray Mist Zone was clearly more perilous.
He turned to Lu Xingling and the others and said,
"That's the Gray Mist Zone over there. There might be considerable dangers within it. If you enter, you might be in danger."
"I'll be fine alone; even if I encounter any danger, I should be able to protect myself. However, I'm afraid I won't be able to look after you all."
"So, you all should train within the White Mist Zone."
"Additionally, if I don't return, you can follow the main army's retreat later; there's no need to wait for me."
"Yes."
Lu Xingling nodded slightly.
Although she very much wanted to continue deeper into the Gray Mist Zone for training,
she also knew that she couldn't drag Jun Xiaoyao down.
Jun Xiaoyao nodded slightly, his figure soaring through the Void Realm.
Lu Xingling, meanwhile, clenched her small fists.
There was a certain determination in her eyes.
She still needed to become stronger.
That way, she wouldn't be a burden to Jun Xiaoyao!
Jun Xiaoyao began to enter the Gray Mist Zone.
However, the Shattered Star River was clearly only in the outer reaches of the Gray Mist Zone.
In other words, even if Jun Xiaoyao went deeper into it, he wouldn't directly enter the depths of the Gray Mist Zone.
No matter what, the outer area was always safer than the depths of the Gray Mist Zone.
As soon as Jun Xiaoyao stepped into the Gray Mist Zone, he felt it.
This gray mist suppressed Soul Power even more than the White Mist Zone.
This meant that even with Lu Xingling's level, having activated her Soul Heavenly Eye,
her perception might still be keen in the White Mist Zone.
But in the Gray Mist Zone, it would be subject to certain restrictions.
However, this restriction was also relative.
Jun Xiaoyao's Primordial Spirit was too much of a Prodigy, and his Primordial Spirit Rank had reached Ganges Grade Great Perfection, which was a Primordial Spirit Rank that even a Quasi-Emperor might not possess.
So, even in the Gray Mist Zone, Jun Xiaoyao's perception remained keen, not subject to too many restrictions.
He continued to advance.
After entering the Gray Mist Zone, Jun Xiaoyao also became a little more cautious.
His aura was restrained, and his figure moved through the Void Realm, making him almost undetectable by any living being.
After an unknown amount of time,
within Jun Xiaoyao's Divine Soul perception,
he detected a huge energy source concentrated in one place.
Jun Xiaoyao felt something in his heart, his eyes darkened, and he used the Sky-Stealing Sun-Swapping Great Art to conceal his aura, then headed to that place.
It wasn't long before he saw it.
In the depths of a splendid silver river,
there was a huge crack.
These Void Realm rifts were common throughout the Shattered Star River.
Some rifts would lead to special ruins or ancient world sites, and so on.
However, the area this rift led to was clearly not ordinary.
Inside, light was dazzling, and a rich fragrance of medicinal herbs emanated.
It was, in fact, an existence similar to an ancient medicinal garden.
Moreover, it should be an ancient medicinal garden that had existed for an extremely long time, possibly dating back to the ancient times of the Boundary Sea.
However, at this moment, this ancient medicinal garden ruin had already been discovered.
Large numbers of Devouring Race were moving back and forth within the ancient medicinal garden, transporting some ancient medicines.
Furthermore, among them, there were many general-Rank Devouring Race, and their auras were not weak.
In the shadows, Jun Xiaoyao observed this, a thoughtful expression on his face.
If it were just an ordinary medicinal garden, Jun Xiaoyao might not necessarily be interested.
As the Young Lord of an Emperor Clan and the Lord of the Xuanhuang Universe, he lacked no resources.
However, Jun Xiaoyao could faintly sense an even more transcendent aura within that ancient medicinal garden.
That aura was not unfamiliar to Jun Xiaoyao; it was precisely the aura of Immortal Material.
What did this signify?
It signified that there was at least a Half-Immortal Medicine level existence within!
The preciousness of a Half-Immortal Medicine was something that even Jun Xiaoyao could not ignore.
Jun Xiaoyao could also sense faint fluctuations of battle coming from within the ancient medicinal garden ruins.
Perhaps some powerful existences among the Devouring Race were fighting with the creatures guarding the medicinal garden.
After all, such ancient medicinal gardens would obviously have some guardian beasts or similar existences.
Thinking of this, Jun Xiaoyao no longer hesitated.
He directly revealed his figure, pointing his fingers like a sword, his Sword Qi winding like a mountain range, incredibly thick, as it slashed down towards the Devouring Race beings.
"Enemy attack!"
A soldier-Rank Devouring Race reacted, letting out a sharp shriek.
The next moment, he was shredded by the Sword Qi.
Jun Xiaoyao appeared, Sword Qi crisscrossing wherever his feet landed, while his Qi and Blood surged, like a Dragon spanning the sky.
The Devouring Race present began to explode.
But even more Devouring Race charged towards Jun Xiaoyao.
However, numbers were useless against Jun Xiaoyao.
Because unlike other Cultivators, Jun Xiaoyao was the unparalleled Innate Holy Body Dao Embryo.
His magic power was not endless, but it was close.
So, trying to exhaust Jun Xiaoyao with numbers and drag him to his death was basically impossible.
No living being could compare to Jun Xiaoyao in terms of endurance.
Furthermore, Jun Xiaoyao's Moves were also extremely terrifying, grand and unreserved, fierce and surging, annihilating all enemies.
With every gesture, it was as if a nuclear bomb had fallen, kicking up endless dust.
In this manner, Jun Xiaoyao directly cut through the Devouring Race and then entered the ancient medicinal garden within the Void Realm rift.
Upon entering, Jun Xiaoyao immediately felt a rich fragrance.
Many ancient medicines were growing within it.
Many were even almost extinct in the Boundary Sea.
However, this was not yet the deepest part of the ancient medicinal garden, so Jun Xiaoyao did not linger.
The truly important ancient medicines that he valued were still in the deepest part.
He continued to advance.
It wasn't long before surging battle fluctuations came from ahead.
Several humanoid figures were fighting an ancient beast.
That ancient beast was the guardian beast of this place.
It had absorbed the essence of the ancient medicinal garden over a long period of time.
Although it had not yet reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm, it was basically at the Great Perfection Realm of a Chaos Dao Venerable.
And those humanoid figures were, of course, general-Rank Devouring Race.
One Silver-Armored Man, with four eyes, had appeared on the battlefield before.
He was considered the commander of this Devouring Race army, and his cultivation had almost reached the extreme of a Chaos Dao Venerable.
"Hmm, a Human Race being?"
Noticing Jun Xiaoyao's arrival, the Silver-Armored Man and the other Devouring Race cast their gazes over.
In an instant, a fiery glint burst forth in their eyes.
Because they sensed the Bloodline essence on Jun Xiaoyao, which was almost maddeningly attractive.
As an Innate Holy Body Dao Embryo, Jun Xiaoyao, whether in the eyes of the Ba Clan or the Devouring Race,
was like the flesh of a Tang Monk; if they could devour and refine him, there would be endless benefits.
In fact, in the Silver-Armored Man's view, the value of the entire ancient medicinal garden couldn't compare to Jun Xiaoyao.
"You all hold back that ancient beast; I'll kill this person!"
The Silver-Armored Man charged directly towards Jun Xiaoyao.