Chapter 1424: The Hunt and the Flight (Part Two)
The ball of golden light was held in Donglin Tingyue’s hand, aimed precisely at the front left as Li Yan had directed. The object emitting the golden light was none other than the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” she had subdued.
Donglin Tingyue knew that this plan had failed. The stunningly beautiful woman’s cultivation was too strong, and she had no way to escape. She could only use this “Golden-Winged Great Peng” to block the attack.
Sure enough, the moment the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” appeared, the stunningly beautiful woman’s approaching body also paused. A slender jade-like finger suddenly hooked and pulled.
The point of cold light, which had already flown twenty zhang in front of Donglin Tingyue, immediately traced an arc, avoiding Donglin Tingyue and the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” in her hand.
“Shameless human race!” the beautiful woman cursed.
And just as she was about to figure out how to save the other party, she suddenly saw a light flash in the silver-masked woman’s other hand, and a piece of black cloth appeared on top of the “Golden-Winged Great Peng’s” head.
As soon as the black cloth appeared, it wrapped up the ball of golden light.
At the same time, Donglin Tingyue suddenly let go of the defenseless “Golden-Winged Great Peng” and then quickly struck out with her palm.
“Bang!”
Her palm, like the wind, directly hit the black cloth. This made the stunningly beautiful woman’s willow-like eyebrows stand on end.
“Courting death!”
The black cloth, flashing with a gloomy light, wrapped around the other party and fell rapidly downwards.
Donglin Tingyue, on the other hand, used the force of this slap to accelerate her backward flight.
There were still traces of blood at the corner of her mouth, and she didn’t even have time to wipe them away. She understood that Li Yan’s suggestion and vision were the most appropriate at this time.
“Let’s split up!”
Li Yan once again transmitted his voice to the others, including Jia Fugui in the distance.
On this trip to the Heavenly Demon Prairie, the Donglin Family had come for nothing. Seeing that Donglin Tingyue’s actions were also decisive, Li Yan’s heart relaxed slightly.
If the other party had really been reluctant to part with that “Golden-Winged Great Peng,” then the first one to die would have been Donglin Tingyue. That would have been a loss that outweighed the gain. After all, he had also taken the other party’s benefits. When it was time to contribute and give advice, he naturally had to do it.
“Alright, we’ll contact each other again!”
Donglin Tingyue also knew the situation at this time. Even if all of them were together, they would not be a match for this stunningly beautiful woman. Just now, with just one blow from the other party, the few of them had almost perished.
Although their strength would be more dispersed after they separated, it would make it impossible for the stunningly beautiful woman to take care of everyone. In this way, it would just depend on who was luckier.
“Let’s do it!”
“Okay!”
Li Yan received their replies in an instant. While he was still in mid-air, he had already used the momentum of his retreat to accelerate again in one direction.
In order not to expose his own sect’s cultivation art, Li Yan immediately used the “Phoenix Soars to the Heavens” cultivation art and flew away at an even faster speed.
The stunningly beautiful woman, seeing that Donglin Tingyue had not continued to use her clan member as a shield, but had directly sent him to the ground, could only pause her figure.
At this moment, even if she wanted to chase after the other party, she needed to at least bring this little fellow back first and check his injuries.
She immediately waved her hand towards the bottom, and a golden light belt wrapped around the black cloth.
And just as her Magical Power had just come into contact with the surface of the black cloth, she felt a force coming from its surface, pushing the golden light belt away.
She couldn’t help but snort from her beautiful nose. She knew that the other party was willing to lose a high-grade magical treasure in order to buy more time.
Originally, the stunningly beautiful woman only needed to use her Magical Power to bring that “Golden-Winged Great Peng” into her hand, and she could check his injuries while continuing to chase the other party.
But the golden light belt she had sent out had actually been blocked, which forced her to delay again.
In the next moment, she had appeared below the rapidly falling black cloth. With a light raise of her jade-like palm, her five fingers grabbed like a hook. Donglin Tingyue’s black cloth was a small-scale formation. After she had trapped the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” in it, even the stunningly beautiful woman’s Divine Sense could not penetrate it in a short period of time, so of course she could not probe the other party’s specific situation.
In this way, the beautiful woman could only first break this small-scale formation, and then after confirming the situation of that “Golden-Winged Great Peng,” she could decide whether to pursue.
But after all this, Donglin Tingyue and the others, under their desperate escape, might have already escaped her Divine Sense range and hidden themselves.
What’s more, Donglin Tingyue felt that the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” was not in any life-threatening danger, and had only suffered some minor injuries. Once the stunningly beautiful woman confirmed this, she might not necessarily pursue them relentlessly later.
The beautiful woman’s Magical Power surged in her hand. First, he couldn’t fly around like this. That would be constantly attracting attention. He had to hide first, and then try to contact the others.
This mission should have failed. They no longer had the ability to snatch back that “Golden-Winged Great Peng” from the stunningly beautiful woman.
But since Donglin Tingyue had paid the reward, of course he couldn’t just fly back. He still had to see what other plans the other party had.
As long as the other party’s request was not too outrageous, Li Yan would of course not refuse.
Thinking of this, Li Yan’s Divine Sense began to constantly observe his surroundings while flying. When there were fewer demonic beasts around, he immediately landed in the dense grass below.
Just as some demonic beasts’ Divine Sense swept over, his aura had already disappeared, and his entire person had also lost his trace.
Half an hour later, Li Yan was sitting on a large tree. After hiding, he had not stopped, but had stealthily made his way here.
After Li Yan stopped moving here, he immediately took out a voice transmission talisman and sent a message to everyone.
After a hundred breaths of time, Donglin Tingyue, for reasons of distance or other reasons, had not replied.
And Jia Fugui was the first to reply, and he had already begun to approach Li Yan’s side.
After Ye Huo learned that Li Yan had not found Donglin Tingyue either, he replied again that he would contact Donglin Tingyue again and then make a decision later.
And he told him and Jia Fugui to meet up first, and then come and find them. Ye Huo and Donglin Tingyue had fled in a relatively close direction. It was just that after they separated, he didn’t know if she had turned in another direction halfway.
So, Li Yan continued to stay here for a while. He estimated that if Jia Fugui was flying in a concealed state, it would take at least half an hour.
And just as Li Yan was silently calculating the time, he, who was sitting with his eyes closed, suddenly his aura dropped again, and his eyes suddenly opened wide, a look of surprise on his face.
Because the feeling that made his heart palpitate had suddenly appeared again. Li Yan’s heart was pounding.
“Several people fled in different directions, but she actually chased after me!”
Li Yan’s thoughts raced, and he had already seen a graceful figure stepping out of the void and appearing a thousand zhang away.
Seeing the person who had come, Li Yan felt a little incomprehensible.
Logically speaking, Donglin Tingyue should be the primary target of the other party’s pursuit. How could this beautiful woman have chased him to this place? Was she coming for him?
“Could it be that Donglin Tingyue has already met with misfortune…”
Li Yan thought quickly in his heart. After all, Donglin Tingyue had not contacted the three of them all this time. This possibility was still very high.
Li Yan sat motionless on the tree. “Tidefall” and “Stealthy Night Art” were circulating at the same time, and he was constantly thinking about the reason and countermeasures.
After the stunningly beautiful woman appeared, there was also a sixteen or seventeen-year-old man beside her. It was the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” that Li Yan had seen before.
It was just that at this moment, he had a dejected look on his face. In his flickering gaze, there was still some resentment.
As soon as the young man appeared, he immediately scanned the surroundings and at the same time said to the beautiful woman, “Master, are those people hiding here?”
It was just that after he had asked, the stunningly beautiful woman did not pay any attention to him, but was still constantly scanning the surroundings. Her cold voice had already echoed.
“Human brat, I know you are here. I will give you five breaths to consider and show yourself. Otherwise, if I have to go to the trouble of finding you myself, your end will not be pretty!”
Her voice was crisp and clear, like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, very pleasant to the ear.
She had been searching all the way here. With her arrogant attitude, she had soul-searched many demonic beasts. In the end, she confirmed that the ordinary-looking young man had disappeared in this area in front of her.
However, that was half an hour ago. After the young man had hidden himself here, he had disappeared.
But most cultivators, after hiding themselves, usually would not fly very fast. In fact, in order to hide better, they would stop and reduce the use of their Magical Power and Divine Sense.
If she started searching from here, it was still possible to find some clues. At that time, she could just follow the trail all the way.
Li Yan on the tree did not move. However, his expression on his face began to change constantly after he heard what was said.
“She… the brat she mentioned in her words, this is a clear target. Is she chasing me, or Jia Fugui? I changed directions several times in the middle, but from her tone, it seems like she is specifically looking for me!”
Li Yan was filled with shock and uncertainty. If the other party was really chasing him, then.
After six breaths, the beautiful woman withdrew her Divine Sense. A cold look appeared in her beautiful eyes. She had not found any trace of the other party.
“Has he already left this place?”
She was just a wisp of divine will, and her strength was greatly reduced. Many things could not be quickly confirmed.
As a Void Refining Realm expert, of course she had many methods, but she did not want to use the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” clan’s “Grotto-Heaven Golden Eyes” divine ability at this time.
Once used, her wisp of divine will’s cultivation would decrease, and she could only use it twice at most. Then this wisp of divine will would no longer be able to support itself and would collapse on its own.
This divine ability could only be cultivated at the Spirit Transformation realm, so she also did not expect the disobedient disciple beside her to use it.
With a glance at the young man beside her, a wave of anger surged in the stunningly beautiful woman’s heart. This time, if the other party’s enemy-trapping magical treasure had been a little stronger, she would not have been able to condense.
Then this disciple would have really disappeared for no reason. When he appeared next time, he would definitely have been planted with some kind of contract and become a spirit pet…
The thought of this made her heart turn cold. This disciple’s aptitude was a once-in-a-ten-thousand-year occurrence.
After she went back this time, she would personally seal his Cave Residence. He would not be allowed to come out of seclusion until he reached Spirit Transformation.
Immediately, the stunningly beautiful woman’s thoughts returned. This was the place where the young man had disappeared. If she didn’t search from here, there would really be no clues at all.
Her main body was at a moment of enlightenment in its seclusion and could not immediately come out. Otherwise, all her previous efforts would be wasted. So this made her hesitant.
The stunningly beautiful woman’s aura condensed. It seemed that she could only risk losing this wisp of divine will. Perhaps then she could find that young man.
She was also a decisive person. In the next moment, an abnormal change immediately occurred in her phoenix eyes. A great sun appeared in her left eye, and a crescent moon appeared in her right eye.
Immediately, two brilliant golden lights shot out from her two eyes. Within these two golden light pillars, a great sun and a shallow moon also flashed and then began to slowly rotate.
Soon, the two golden light pillars, following the rotation of the sun and moon, began to approach each other. At the intersection of the light pillars in the void in front, an eye appeared.
After the eye appeared, it immediately, following the beautiful woman’s constant turning of her head, also began to look in different directions. At this time, the scene that appeared in the beautiful woman’s Sea of Consciousness was already completely different.
The external scenery she saw at this time had already lost its color, leaving only black and white.
In the grass or in the forest in front, one after another dazzling white light spots suddenly appeared, all of which were reflected in the beautiful woman’s Sea of Consciousness. Those were all demonic beasts and spirit plants with spiritual energy.
And as the beautiful woman constantly moved her head, in just three breaths of time, the golden eye in the void began to dim.
The golden light in the beautiful woman’s phoenix eyes also began to flicker and become unstable. A sharp pain came from her Sea of Consciousness.
And at this moment, her cultivation, in just a few breaths of time, had already slipped from the peak of the Mid-stage Spirit Transformation to the edge of the Mid-stage Spirit Transformation.
In another two breaths, she would become an Initial-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator.
‘Using this art with divine will is too restrictive!’ the beautiful woman thought to herself, but she was not willing to give up. Today, she had actually discovered someone using the “Phoenix Soars to the Heavens” movement skill. No matter what, she had to capture the other party.
It was just that her cultivation could not fall to the Nascent Soul realm. In that case, she would no longer have the confidence to capture the other party.
‘If it really doesn’t work, I’ll force my main body out of seclusion!’
Various thoughts raced through the beautiful woman’s mind. The thought that the “Phoenix Soars to the Heavens” movement skill might slip away right before her eyes made her grit her teeth secretly.
And just one breath later, her delicate body suddenly paused. The golden light in her eyes immediately disappeared, and the eye in the void in front also disappeared without a trace at the same time.
And at the corner of the stunningly beautiful woman’s mouth, a smile appeared. The other party was indeed hiding in this area, relying on his extraordinary divine ability. Although she didn’t know what his plan was, as long as he hadn’t left, that was the best result.
Just now, she had only one breath of time left. The image in her Sea of Consciousness had begun to shake. Suddenly, she saw on the branch of a tree with a black back, a very blurry light gray outline. That outline was almost invisible even under her “Grotto-Heaven Golden Eyes,” as if it could merge into the void at any time.
‘He’s not relying on a magical treasure to conceal his aura. What a brilliant concealment art. A Nascent Soul deceiving a Spirit Transformation? And he also has the ‘Phoenix Soars to the Heavens’ cultivation art. If this kid is really a human cultivator, and not…’