After Gu Yuan meticulously searched the surrounding area, he found nothing, and in the end, he could only sigh deeply as he focused his gaze on the gathering area of the Yin Fire Demon Bats.

It seems that if there is truly a chance that the five-element celestial iron exists in this large area, then it must be there.

Oh well, oh well, if you don’t risk it, you won’t catch the wolf.

If you want to obtain the five-element celestial iron, you must indeed take some risks, after all, rare are the times when a pie falls from the sky.

Gu Yuan cautiously flew for a while, carefully avoiding several near-collisions with the Yin Fire Demon Bats during this time.

Before long, Gu Yuan arrived at a rocky area.

This area had many rocks, and Gu Yuan could see quite a few Yin Fire Demon Bats flying back and forth, occasionally emitting a piercing squeaking sound, appearing rather noisy.

Furthermore, there was a huge stone cave ahead, and some Yin Fire Demon Bats were upside down on the rock walls above, with their heads facing downwards, wings wrapped tightly around their bodies, motionless, eyes shut tight, clearly sleeping.

Seeing this, Gu Yuan began to cautiously approach, his gaze sweeping around, starting to search for traces of the five-element celestial iron.

However, not long after, Gu Yuan suddenly froze, his whole body turned rigid, not daring to move.

Because he had astonishingly discovered that among the group of resting, hanging upside-down Yin Fire Demon Bats, there was one particularly distinct Yin Fire Demon Bat.

Compared to other Yin Fire Demon Bats, this one’s size was over five meters tall, and its fur was not pale but silver-white, adorned with many dark red and beautifully intricate patterns.

Moreover, the status of this Yin Fire Demon Bat was evidently higher; at least within its surrounding radius of a dozen meters, no other Yin Fire Demon Bat dared to come near, yet this Yin Fire Demon Bat’s aura was exceedingly powerful.

"Is this the Yin Fire Demon Bat King? Damn it... a Yin God Giant Level demon..."

Gu Yuan felt a bit of a headache.

The other Yin Fire Demon Bats are manageable, all being Celestial Human Realm demons, with a few at the Golden Core Level.

As for these Yin Fire Demon Bats, as long as they weren’t too numerous, Gu Yuan had nothing to fear.

However, this Yin Fire Demon Bat King was different.

This demon was surely more perceptive, faster, and stronger compared to ordinary Yin Fire Demon Bats, and might possess other abilities.

If it discovered his presence and issued a call, rallying its whole tribe, thousands upon thousands of Yin Fire Demon Bats surrounding and attacking him, that would be disastrous.

"Should I go take a closer look..."

Gu Yuan pondered, while contemplating his own methods and calculating the feasibility of an escape if he alarmed the opponent.

"I have the Eternal Divine Escape, once fully deployed, its speed is fast enough that this group of Yin Fire Demon Bats shouldn’t be able to catch up, as for the Yin Fire Demon Bat King, it should also be challenging. But I just don’t know if this Yin Fire Demon Bat King has other special divine techniques..."

Gu Yuan pinched his chin, contemplating for a while, then gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Damn it, if you don’t risk it, you won’t catch the wolf! Do it!"

"But before that, it would be best to ascertain whether there is any five-element celestial iron near this stone cave."

Gu Yuan pondered, then decidedly flicked his finger, releasing a wisp of smoke which drifted towards a direction as if guided by some spirit.

This wisp of smoke was naturally a power of the Dreamy Illusion Great Divine Techniques, appearing merely as a wisp of smoke, but in truth, equivalent to his divine thought, capable of aiding him in detecting some details in the surroundings.

However, though this ability was novel and rare, it had certain limitations.

For instance, it could only reach four or five hundred kilometers away at most, otherwise it would lose contact, and it could only be maintained for a few hours before dissipating.

In conclusion, with these drawbacks, it was clearly not as useful as divine thought.

However, this ability had one advantage, which was that it was exceedingly stealthy when deployed, even harder to detect than divine thought.

Using it here now was definitely appropriate.

This wisp of smoke was like an eye as it drifted along, allowing Gu Yuan to "see" the scenes clearly wherever it passed.

"Huh? That is..."

Soon, Gu Yuan suddenly felt uplifted, as he distinctly saw, right at the left side of the lair, in a corner, some lava flowing.

This lava churned, ceaselessly bubbling up, and erupting into a series of bubbles that burst open.

Beside the pool of lava, set into a stone was a special stone about the size of a grinding disc.

More accurately, it was a piece of special ore.

This piece of ore had an irregular shape, somewhat elliptical, yet somewhat bizarre, most importantly, its surface emitted a faint five-colored spiritual light, not particularly dazzling, but rather gentle, and the stone also bore a bit of a metallic sheen.

Five-element celestial iron!

This ore was precisely the five-element celestial iron that Gu Yuan was targeting!

"Indeed... there actually is five-element celestial iron here."

Gu Yuan rubbed his hands, his spirits suddenly lifted. Because he had already found his target, and that piece of five-element celestial iron was sufficiently large, no, even bigger than he had imagined, enough to refine the five Flying Swords required for crafting his Five Elements Sword Dao Array, definitely with some remaining.

So, next he just needed to figure out how to obtain it.

The good news was he had a clear target, the bad news was how to get it was indeed not easy.

Gu Yuan pondered, devising a strategy.

He decided to start with the Yin Fire Demon Bats.

Isn’t this fire demon’s forte in calling for teammates? Well, he could entirely start from this point!

Thinking of this, Gu Yuan quietly departed.

Soon, he fixed his gaze on a Yin Fire Demon Bat.

This Yin Fire Demon Bat was noticeably smaller, about half a man’s height, clearly not yet matured.

Nearby, several other Yin Fire Demon Bats were capturing a peculiar fire insect in the lava as food.

And the Yin Fire Demon Bat that Gu Yuan had targeted was apparently rather playful, at that moment poking a fire lizard back and forth.

Gu Yuan then performed a gesture with his hands and pressed down.

Next moment, a light white mist surged out, moved swiftly towards this Yin Fire Demon Bat.

This young Yin Fire Demon Bat initially didn’t sense any danger, but soon discovered these white mists.

It hastily backed away, attempting to flee.

However, these white mists seemed to possess a spirit, directly blocking its escape route, and rapidly started penetrating its body.

Squeak Squeak Squeak!!! Squeak Squeak Squeak!!!

This young Yin Fire Demon Bat cried out in fright, producing a piercing sound, not particularly loud in volume, yet with tremendously strong penetration, clearly audible even hundreds of miles away.