Chapter 1423: The Hunt and the Flight (Part One)

It wasn’t just them; the nearby demonic and wild beasts were either burrowing into the ground or fleeing in panic.

About three breaths after Li Yan and his group had vanished, at the last known location of the “Golden-Winged Great Peng,” the heart-palpitating power that had been condensing suddenly imploded and contracted.

Following that, the light in that patch of space distorted, giving birth to a series of golden electrical arcs.

Amidst the crackling of the arcs, the distorted and blurry space of light, like a crumpled cloth, was abruptly stretched flat.

Immediately, a beautiful middle-aged woman appeared.

Her features were exceptionally stunning, filled with a mature allure that made one want to possess her. But what was most memorable were her phoenix eyes, which were golden, and her extraordinarily long limbs.

The moment the stunningly beautiful woman appeared, her gaze was initially filled with a bit of confusion.

But in the next moment, her gaze turned in a certain direction. Instantly, waves of killing intent surged in the beautiful woman’s phoenix eyes.

She could sense that the faint trace of her aura, left behind from the activation of the protective talisman, was rapidly dissipating.

This meant that someone had fled the moment the protective talisman’s aura had yet to fully spread, their reaction astonishingly swift.

“Someone dares to touch a disciple of my clan. You’re courting death!”

She couldn’t sense the aura of her clan member, which clearly meant he had been isolated by some magical treasure.

The stunningly beautiful woman was just a wisp of divine will, capable of erupting with the power of a Mid-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator. It was the ultimate life-saving item left for this core disciple.

Originally, she should have appeared the instant it was activated, but it seemed she had been previously isolated within a magical treasure.

It was only because her divine will’s power was stronger, surpassing the Divine Sense of the cultivator controlling the magical treasure, that it had managed to seep out before the magical treasure’s restrictions could fully activate their power.

This had slowed down her condensation process. But in just these few breaths of delay, if the other party had wanted to kill her disciple, it would have been enough time to kill him dozens, even hundreds of times over.

The thought of this made the stunningly beautiful woman’s heart tremble, but she did not sense the dispersed soul aura of her disciple, which temporarily put her mind at ease.

The moment her mind cleared, her body just slightly swayed, and the surrounding space distorted again. Her figure vanished in an instant.

Ten thousand li away, Jia Fugui sensed the two people and one demon chasing him from behind, and only then did his heart relax slightly.

The suddenly appearing aura was too terrifying. He, who had always cherished his life, had instinctively fled with all his might in the first instance, unleashing his full speed.

Li Yan and the others behind him also sensed Jia Fugui’s aura ahead. They had no objection to him being the first to flee. This fatty’s reaction to life and death was incredibly sharp.

However, the fact that he had not forgotten to shout a warning before fleeing was also to his credit.

Due to the three’s decisive escape, and all of them doing so desperately, the terrifying aura had disappeared from their Divine Sense.

“What kind of protective talisman did that ‘Golden-Winged Great Peng’ activate…”

Donglin Tingyue, after sensing Jia Fugui’s aura again, her sense of crisis had also dissipated, and she spoke with lingering fear.

And before she could finish, the expressions of the “Dark Blaze Demondog” and Li Yan both changed. Li Yan had sensed a danger approaching in the unseen, and the “Dark Blaze Demondog” had felt a tremor in its bloodline.

“Someone is chasing us!”

“It’s the Spirit Transformation realm!”

The man and the demon spoke almost simultaneously. It wasn’t that they had outrun the aura by fleeing too fast; it was that the other party had instantly crossed the void, their aura temporarily vanishing due to their incredible speed.

Just as they sensed it, a graceful figure flashed and appeared to their side.

“Die!”

A cold voice, like an ice sword from the nine serenities underworld, instantly pierced into the minds of the few people.

The moment the figure appeared, without any unnecessary words, she gently swiped with one hand towards the two people and one demon on her side.

Instantly, a huge golden silk-like ribbon, like a bolt of lightning, slashed horizontally towards the two people and one demon. She actually wanted to kill all of them in a single blow.

Because the other party had appeared too suddenly, and had attacked without any pause, everything had happened very abruptly.

At such a close distance, the two people and one demon, who were running, although they had sensed the danger approaching, it was too late to dodge.

Donglin Tingyue and the “Dark Blaze Demondog” were instantly horrified. The pressure and the power of the attack they felt told them that a Spirit Transformation stage expert had arrived.

For the few of them, this was a devastating disaster. But in their haste, they had no other choice.

Donglin Tingyue waved the white jade flute in her hand, and immediately from the holes of the flute, a row of bubbles flashing with seven-colored light flew out.

As soon as the bubbles appeared, they immediately stuck together, turning into a colored bubble the size of a head.

In an instant, it also emitted a whistling, wailing sound, like a ten-thousand-jin boulder, turning into a gust of wind and smashing towards the golden silk-like ribbon on the side.

At the same time, a brilliant light was emitted from Donglin Tingyue’s half-moon-shaped silver mask. These silver lights instantly enveloped her from head to toe.

This time, the “Dark Blaze Demondog” did not spit out that kind of red and black flame, but its body rapidly shrank, and its black fur also flowed like water.

At the instant a section of the golden silk-like ribbon swept over, its body had already shrunk to the size of a mantis. It rose and fell like it was treading on waves, as if it was about to float away with the wind.

Li Yan sensed that the other party had a huge suppression on them just from the realm alone. But he had already been able to fight against a Spirit Transformation cultivator, and after more than ten years of arduous cultivation, his cultivation had improved again.

The extremely beautiful woman in front of him, Li Yan could accurately judge that her realm was that of a Mid-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator.

And she could hide on that “Golden-Winged Great Peng.” Li Yan judged that it should be a wisp of divine will, or some kind of companion spirit beast.

Logically speaking, with this kind of realm, after these years of arduous cultivation and his strength increasing again, he should still be able to barely cope.

It was just that the extreme sense of unease in his heart had not diminished because he had judged the other party’s strength. On the contrary, it made Li Yan’s whole body tense.

The golden silk-like ribbon that was slashing towards them was the fastest and sharpest metal-attribute wind blade slash in the world.

Li Yan’s thoughts flashed. He had already used the “Phoenix Soars to the Heavens” movement skill at a small angle. With a quick turn of his body, he had just barely dodged the vital part of the golden silk-like ribbon that was slashing towards him.

Facing the wind blade that was still slashing towards his leg, Li Yan simultaneously struck out with a single fist like lightning. The sense of unease, although it might have been caused by the suppression of the realm, he still maintained his usual caution.

For this extremely sharp golden-system wind blade slash, he still borrowed the supreme defense of the “Earthen Patch.” With a thought, the “Earthen Patch” instantly moved to the back of his hand, and a faint yellow light flashed and disappeared on his fist.

Although Li Yan’s punch was hasty, he had also used eighty percent of his physical strength at this moment, leaving the remaining twenty percent for defense.

This was a head-on clash with a Spirit Transformation cultivator. This was not the kind of surprise attack he had used on the flying boat.

After so many years of constant grinding, Li Yan’s current eighty percent physical strength, even if it could not repel a Mid-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator, after blocking the other party’s blow, he could basically retreat with his whole body.

However, the aura of this beautiful woman was extremely amazing, which made Li Yan feel that the other party was not an ordinary Spirit Transformation cultivator.

The beautiful woman herself was very likely to have the ability to fight across realms. Then Li Yan’s own advantage would be greatly weakened.

However, Li Yan wanted to use the force of one blow, and with the “Earthen Patch” protecting his arm, he would use the force to retreat and fly away, first dodging the other party’s killing move.

In addition, this golden silk-like ribbon from the stunningly beautiful woman was simultaneously striking three Nascent Soul experts. With the three of them joining forces to resist, Li Yan felt that he should have a better chance of saving his life.

All of this took a long time to say, but the attack and defense all happened in a flash.

“Bang!”

“Screech!”

“Boom!”

Three figures, three different sounds. In an instant, the three figures were split into three sections by the huge golden-system wind blade, emitting different sounds.

Then, the three figures were sent flying backward from the golden light like meteors.

The seven-colored bubble from Donglin Tingyue’s white jade flute, with a whistling wind sound, heavily swept onto the golden wind blade.

Her thoughts were basically the same as Li Yan’s. Since she couldn’t dodge, then under a desperate block, she would also use the force to her advantage and escape into the distance.

As soon as the seven-colored bubble came into contact with the wind blade, it immediately made a “bang” sound and burst in an instant, not even lasting for half a breath.

At the same time, the white jade flute in Donglin Tingyue’s hand also made a wailing cry, and her whole person was as if struck by lightning.

“Pfft!”

As a mouthful of blood was spat out, Donglin Tingyue, like a meteor, shot rapidly backward…

The moment Li Yan’s fist hit the golden wind blade, his face also changed immediately.

With a loud “boom,” Li Yan felt his entire arm go numb and sore. In an instant, he had lost all feeling.

Under a wild flash of yellow light on his fist, the bones of his wrist upward made a “creaking” sound of being overwhelmed.

A huge force also followed his arm up, like a heavy hammer coming at him, and heavily smashed onto his body.

Li Yan felt a tightness in his chest, and a sharp pain as if his internal organs were being cut by a knife. But he still managed to suppress the surging of his qi and blood with his frantic circulation of Magical Power.

But his body was still involuntarily sent flying backward.

And that “Dark Blaze Demondog,” because its body had instantly shrunk and it was at one end of the golden wind blade, and with Donglin Tingyue and Li Yan taking the brunt of the blow, only a part of its body had collided with the golden wind blade.

But he had also used other divine abilities at the same time. His entire fur had become slippery, and the golden wind blade had grazed his fur. But it had still taken away a piece of his fur, along with a piece of his flesh.

Blood instantly flowed out, and he grunted in pain. He turned into a small black dot and was also thrown into the distance.

“You really have some skills!”

The stunningly beautiful woman saw that her attack was blocked by the two people and one demon, and no one had died.

Almost at the moment the golden wind blade came into contact with the two people and one demon, she let out another cold shout, and a jade hairpin had already left her hand, shooting into the distance with a “whoosh,” giving the other party no room to breathe.

The place where the jade hairpin shot was precisely the direction in which Donglin Tingyue was sent flying backward. Because at this time, she sensed that the faint trace of her aura that had remained before had come from Donglin Tingyue’s body.

As for the one person and one demon opposite, who could block her blow, she was not surprised. In the Immortal Spirit Realm, there were still some methods for a Nascent Soul to fight against a Spirit Transformation.

Especially these cultivators who dared to enter the “Heavenly Demon Prairie.” Which one of them was not fully prepared? Not only were their attacks sharp, but their defenses would basically exceed their own realm by a lot.

In addition, she was just a clone, a wisp of divine will from her main body. Many cultivation arts could not be fully used.

Otherwise, if she had just stayed where she was and cast a spell, these three people and one demon would have been dead by now.

At the same time as the jade hairpin flew out, the stunningly beautiful woman’s figure once again blurred and she rushed out. She was definitely going to capture that silver-masked woman first, so that she could be at ease.

As for the one person and one demon next to her, they also couldn’t run away. Even the fatty who had run the farthest was just prolonging his life for a while.

Their speed was a joke in her eyes. With her mastery of the laws of space, catching up to them was just a matter of a thought.

Donglin Tingyue, who was sent flying backward, the layer of silver light covering her entire body had also shown several conspicuous cracks. Her mind was also dizzy and uncomfortable, and she felt like she was about to faint.

And at this moment, two urgent cries were transmitted into her mind at the same time.

“Dodge quickly!”

This was the anxious voice of the “Dark Blaze Demondog.” His body was also being sent flying, and for a moment he could not stop.

Relying on the powerful physical body of a demonic beast, and the fact that he was not taking the brunt of the golden wind blade, he was still much more clear-headed than Donglin Tingyue. He immediately saw the stunningly beautiful woman raise her hand and wave, and the direction was precisely the Donglin Tingyue who was flying backward in the air.

“To the front left, use that ‘Golden-Winged Great Peng’ to block, quick!”

This was Li Yan’s voice transmission.

Li Yan, who was also sent flying backward, although his feet were firmly planted in the air, his feet had drawn a long white mark in the void.

Because the backward speed was too fast, the front of his black robe was stretched straight in front of him as he retreated rapidly, like a large flag being torn.

The power of the other party’s blow, he was unable to completely dissipate it while retreating for a moment.

And what made Li Yan even more horrified was that although the beautiful woman was only at the Mid-stage Spirit Transformation, her cultivation was much higher than that of the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator.

Li Yan instantly thought of a possibility. Although the other party’s realm was Spirit Transformation, her control over the rules was already not at the Spirit Transformation realm.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to have his arm go numb and lose consciousness after just one blow from the other party.

“This is a wisp of divine will clone. Her main body should be a Void Refining Realm… or even a stronger level of expert!”

In an instant, Li Yan thought of the wisp of divine will that True Lord Qianchong had left in the “Sacred Demon Palace” back then. It was just that because of the laws of heaven and earth of the lower realm, True Lord Qianchong’s divine will clone ultimately only had the cultivation of the Spirit Transformation realm.

But this did not mean that in the Immortal Spirit Realm, the divine will of a cultivator above the Void Refining Realm could definitely be divided into a clone that was only slightly lower than him. All of this still depended on the cultivation art he had cultivated, the strength of his divine will, and other factors.

The stunningly beautiful woman in front of him, although it was also possible that she was a companion spirit beast of that “Golden-Winged Great Peng,” the realm and cultivation of a companion spirit beast usually could not be higher than the master’s.

Otherwise, the master would be unable to control the companion spirit beast, and it might even lead to the master being devoured, which would be a big joke.

In an instant, Li Yan knew that they had fallen into a huge crisis. He had not expected that the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” would have a life-saving item given by a cultivator above the Void Refining Realm.

This meant that the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” was by no means an ordinary demonic beast, and its status in its clan must be very high. This was why it was so highly valued. They had completely misjudged this time.

These thoughts arose in an instant, flashing through Li Yan’s mind like lightning. This made him incomparably clear-headed in an instant. When his Divine Sense scanned the stunningly beautiful woman’s figure and it blurred, he immediately transmitted his voice to Donglin Tingyue.

Everything had happened too fast. In the distance, Jia Fugui had just sensed it when he saw the two people and one demon being sent flying.

And apart from Li Yan, Donglin Tingyue and the “Dark Blaze Demondog” had both been injured in just one blow.

A look of struggle flashed in Jia Fugui’s eyes, and his speed also slowed down a little. But he felt that even if he went back and joined forces, he would not be a match for that stunningly beautiful woman…

At the same time Donglin Tingyue heard the voice transmission, she had already sensed a point of light coming at her. Fortunately, the speed at which she had been sent flying backward was also extremely fast, which gave her a little bit of buffer time.

While she was retreating, her strength had not been completely dissipated. At this time, it was too late to dodge. Apart from clashing with the other party head-on again, there was simply no other way.

But the arrival of that point of light made her entire body tense, and she had a feeling that a great disaster was about to befall her.

In her haste, Donglin Tingyue suddenly gritted her teeth. A black light flashed in her hand, and a ball of golden light blocked in front of her!