Riding on Xiaoqiang and following the direction pointed out by the foodie, Qin Shilei flew rapidly towards Fengdie Valley, which was tens of thousands of kilometers away.
After crossing countless high mountains and dozens of great rivers, flying for several hours, a towering mountain finally appeared before his eyes.
This mountain was at least tens of thousands of meters high, and from its halfway point upwards, it was completely hidden in the clouds.
The lower part of the mountain was covered with lush trees, while the upper part was entirely snow-white, covered by ice and snow.
Fengdie Valley was located in a very gentle valley within this mountain.
Qin Shilei had Xiaoqiang stop a hundred kilometers away from the great mountain.
"Xiaoqiang, go back to your pet space for now, lest they discover our whereabouts."
"Okay, Master. Call me if you need anything."
Qin Shilei took out the cloaking formation, activated it, and then continued to fly forward.
Perhaps it was because he had reached the main camp of the Illusion Sound Butterflies, but Illusion Sound Butterflies could be seen swarming in the forests below.
However, these Illusion Sound Butterflies were unaware that a human had just flown by silently overhead.
It took Qin Shilei nearly an hour to find the valley mentioned by the Golden Armored Beetle at the foot of the mountain.
Between the two mountain ridges was a narrow canyon. To the right of the canyon was a river less than ten meters wide, and at the end of the river was a lake about one square kilometer in size.
The entire Fengdie Valley was filled with trees three to four meters in diameter, and countless treehouses were built on these trees.
Illusion Sound Butterflies were moving in and out of the treehouses.
By the side of the small lake stood a particularly giant ancient tree.
The ancient tree's trunk was at least ten meters thick and three to four hundred meters tall, with its canopy almost completely covering the small lake.
Through the dense leaves, a palace entirely built of wood could be seen in the middle of the ancient tree.
Even Qin Shilei, who had been bombarded with information from the internet, found this palace to be extremely magnificent.
Qin Shilei flew around the ancient tree and discovered that it had an opening resembling a portal on the side facing away from the mountain.
At this moment, a team of Illusion Sound Butterflies was flying out of the treehouse.
This team of Illusion Sound Butterflies actually had five individuals whose cultivation had reached the Golden realm.
One of them, an Illusion Sound Butterfly at the ninth star of the Golden realm, even glanced suspiciously in Qin Shilei's direction. However, seeing nothing, it continued to fly outwards.
Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and then flew directly into the entrance of the palace.
As soon as he flew in, he felt an invisible pressure engulfing him.
The alarm bells in his heart rang frantically.
Qin Shilei scanned his surroundings vigilantly but found no enemy. He could only retreat slowly.
"Hehe, since you're here, why be in such a hurry to leave."
Suddenly, a clear voice sounded in Qin Shilei's ear.
Damn it, the cloaking formation couldn't even hide him from the other party's detection?
A phantom suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of Qin Shilei and quickly flew into the ancient tree's palace.
Qin Shilei, on the other hand, rapidly retreated from the ancient tree's vicinity.
Perhaps the sudden appearance of the phantom attracted the other party's attention, as the pressure that had enveloped him vanished completely after he retreated from the ancient tree.
At this moment, half of his consciousness was attached to the phantom.
Through the phantom, Qin Shilei once again felt the invisible pressure from before.
"A ghost, or an elemental life form?"
The voice from before sounded again in the phantom's ear.
As the words fell, an extreme icy aura rapidly spread towards the phantom.
In the blink of an eye, it froze the phantom into an ice pop.
And this ice pop was rapidly expanding, soon becoming a ten-meter-high ice mountain.
Originally, Qin Shilei could have used teleportation to avoid the freezing when the icy aura struck.
However, he did not do so.
Just as he had guessed, after the phantom was frozen, an Illusion Sound Butterfly with colorful wings appeared in front of the phantom.
The Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor was nearly two meters tall. Apart from its wings being a brilliant seven-colored hue, it was no different from other Illusion Sound Butterflies.
As soon as it appeared, it directly pressed itself against the ice.
As if sinking into a water curtain, the Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor rapidly approached the phantom within the ice.
Dharma Appearance Heaven and Earth!
One-Punch Man!
Under Qin Shilei's control, the phantom directly activated its two strongest attributes.
The ice outside its body was instantly shattered, and then it swung a sword at the nearby Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor.
"Hehe, you can still move."
The Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor calmly looked up at the phantom, which had turned into a small giant.
That extreme icy aura reappeared.
It instantly spread to the phantom's entire body, attempting to freeze it again.
"Break!"
The phantom's movements became slow, but it still resolutely continued to slash at the Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor.
A massive sword aura, as if shattering countless ice blocks, let out crisp cracking sounds.
The ice that had just formed was shattered by the sharp sword aura in an instant.
Then it quickly reformed.
The sword aura was extremely sharp, yet the Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor smiled faintly, showing no concern at all.
Ice Seal!
As the Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor softly uttered two words, the phantom was once again instantly frozen inside a giant block of ice.
"Hehe, let me see what exactly you are."
The Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor once again melted into the ice mass, spread its wings, and prepared to embrace the phantom.
Lightning of Devouring!
The phantom shattered the ice on its arm and quickly formed hand seals to summon myriad raging thunderbolts.
As heavenly thunder descended, the surrounding magnificent palace was instantly reduced to ruins.
"You are seeking death!"
The Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor, who had been calm and composed all along, changed its expression for the first time.
With a flap of its wings, it swept the ice mass, along with the phantom inside, out of the ancient tree's vicinity.
At the same time, a thick ice shield appeared above its head, blocking the lightning descending from the sky.
Teleport!
Qin Shilei controlled the phantom to teleport from the ice mass to the Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor's rear.
Consecutive Lightning Slashes!
Dong dong dong!
Several crisp sounds rang out. The ice shield that appeared out of thin air behind the Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor was shattered by the phantom one after another.
"Not bad, I'm becoming more and more interested in you."
The Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor returned to its nonchalant demeanor.
Ice Seal!
Frozen ice once again sealed the phantom within.
Before the phantom could teleport out again, the Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor, carrying the ice mountain, had already left the ancient tree's vicinity.
At this time, the duration of the One-Punch Man buff had passed, and the phantom's strength dropped significantly. It suppressed the urge in its heart and did not launch another attack.
Through this brief exchange, Qin Shilei also gained a preliminary understanding of the Illusion Sound Butterfly's strength.
The opponent was very strong, so strong that he couldn't even land a single sword strike.
The heaven-defying divine ability of Paralysis was thus rendered useless.
The area-of-effect attack, Lightning of Devouring, could not break through the opponent's ice shield.
Although teleportation was unpredictable, there was a very brief moment between Qin Shilei's teleportation and his attack.
The quick-reacting Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor was fully capable of blocking or dodging during this time.
"Have you resigned yourself to fate?"
The Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor smiled and, for the third time, melted into the ice, attempting to embrace the phantom.
What answered it was another Lightning of Devouring.
"It's useless, you're just wasting your energy."
The Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor sneered.
However, as soon as its smile appeared, the phantom disappeared. And it did not reappear by its side.
Lightning of Devouring!
Five hundred meters away, the phantom suddenly appeared there, then summoned raging thunder to attack the surrounding treehouses randomly.
"You are seeking death!" The Illusion Sound Butterfly Emperor was now thoroughly enraged.