txolops Chapter 131 Escape
Chapter 131 Escape
Not long after Luo Ming left, the sea suddenly burst open with splashes, and several figures emerged from the water. They were Liu Kun and the others who had followed Luo Ming in pursuit.
The group hovered above the sea, their divine senses instantly spreading out to scan the surrounding waters, but they couldn't even detect a trace of Luo Ming's presence. Their faces showed confusion and solemnity.
"Wang Chan is only a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation, how could he escape so quickly? Could it be that he sensed our intentions and made preparations in advance?"
Liu Kun's face was ashen as he looked across the vast sea. He had just used all his strength to release his divine sense to investigate, but the area within dozens of miles was calm and there were no abnormal fluctuations. It was clear that Luo Ming had immediately concealed his whereabouts after escaping.
In such a vast and boundless region as the outer sea, teeming with demonic beasts, if the other party intends to hide, finding a Core Formation cultivator skilled in concealment would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
"What should we do? Senior Tianwuzi just transmitted his voice, ordering us to stop Luo Ming and seize his spirit beast. The five of us joined forces, yet a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation slipped away right under our noses. If the senior is angry, we will surely suffer a severe punishment!"
A black-robed cultivator was pale-faced, his voice filled with barely concealed fear.
"Brother Liu, now that things have come to this, how should we end this? Should we continue searching for Luo Ming's whereabouts, or go back to apologize to our senior?" Another cultivator looked at Liu Kun with a worried expression. The situation was unclear, and they were all at a loss.
"Now that Senior Tianwuzi is pursuing that mysterious Nascent Soul cultivator and cannot leave for the time being, and since Wang Chan already knows that we are going to harm him, the best option is to return to Qiyuan Island as soon as possible and then teleport back to the Inner Star Sea. As long as we get back ahead of time..."
After discussing the matter, the group immediately assigned two of their fastest speeds to control a white flying boat, which sped towards Qiyuan Island in an attempt to intercept Wang Chan.
At this moment, Wang Chan, whom they saw, had already left that sea area and appeared on the sea surface thousands of miles away.
Sensing that there were no pursuers behind him, Luo Ming finally breathed a long sigh of relief. But then he thought that the two mysterious Nascent Soul cultivators were still nowhere to be found. What if Tian Wuzi couldn't catch up with the Nascent Soul cultivator and turned to chase after him? With the methods of those old monsters, they might actually be able to find him.
"This place is not safe to stay for long. It would be best to get away as soon as possible and return to the Inner Star Sea immediately." Luo Ming thought to himself. After weighing the pros and cons, he no longer hesitated and took out all the mid-grade wind spirit stones from his storage bag.
He had previously exchanged for it in Blackrock City. Now, in order to save his life, he didn't care about the cost and embedded the Wind Spirit Stone into the core of the Wind-Escape Shuttle's array, urging the magic weapon to fly towards Qiyuan Island at full speed.
Once he returns to Qiyuan Island and steps into the teleportation array, he can return directly to Tianxing City and completely escape this crisis. In any case, his core goal afterward is to refine that set of Xuan Yuan Pearl magic treasures.
Tianxing City is located in the center of the Inner Star Sea, with abundant spiritual energy, far surpassing the desolate islands and cities of the outer sea. As for resources, they are naturally abundant. Except for a few specific items from Qiyuan Island, almost everything can be found there. As long as you have enough resources, it is a sacred place for cultivation.
If you need to hunt monsters in the open sea in the future, you can go directly to other islands in the open sea.
"What a pity, these high-grade spirit stones are too rare. Even spirit stones can't exchange for them. Otherwise, I wouldn't need to change spirit stones so frequently, and the continuity of my flight is also affected." Luo Ming said helplessly as he controlled the Wind Shuttle, taking out new mid-grade wind spirit stones from his storage bag to replace the spirit stones that had run out of energy. He was filled with resignation.
Although the Wind-Escape Shuttle is a rare high-speed flying magic weapon, almost like constantly casting wind escape techniques, its speed far exceeds the escape light of ordinary Core Formation cultivators, but its consumption of spirit stones is also terrifying.
However, after traveling only ten thousand miles, the mid-grade wind spirit stones in his storage bag were almost completely used up. In the end, he had no choice but to give up on using the spirit stones to activate the magic weapon and instead use his own magic power to drive it.
Even so, the speed of the Wind-Escape Shuttle is still not slow, but without the extreme speed and stealth of the wind attribute spirit stone, it is inevitable that some of its aura will be leaked when flying.
"Wind attribute magic..." Luo Ming suddenly had a thought, and the image of the wind fox beast in the spirit beast bag appeared in his mind.
His Wind Fox Beast has now reached the peak of level four. He had specially fed it a wisp of precious Wind Spirit Essence, and it is now peacefully sleeping and cultivating in the spirit beast pouch, digesting the pure spiritual power of the Wind Spirit Essence.
Recalling the appearance of the Xuan Turtle awakening its Earth-elemental Divine Thunder and the Azure Flood Dragon displaying its Water-controlling Divine Power, Luo Ming couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation. The Wind Fox Beast already possessed pure wind-attribute bloodline. If it successfully advanced to level five, it would surely awaken powerful bloodline divine powers, and it would probably be able to master the Wind Escape Technique.
The fact that the other party had mastered the Wind Release Technique meant that he had mastered it as well, which excited him.
Just as Luo Ming was using all his strength to activate the Wind-Escape Shuttle and speed towards Qiyuan Island, in the other sea area, the remaining three people, including Liu Kun, stood trembling in front of Tian Wuzi, not daring to breathe loudly.
At this moment, Tian Wuzi was surrounded by a dense aura, as if it were about to solidify. The surrounding seawater was forced to surge and churn by this aura. Clearly, his current emotions were not as calm as his face showed.
Tian Wuzi's voyage was originally intended to hunt the mutated whale Kun, but he unexpectedly discovered the Xuan Turtle under Luo Ming's command. The Xuan Turtle had a calm aura and a powerful body, and its body even faintly exuded the fluctuations of earth element divine lightning. Its aptitude was even more outstanding than the Li Turtle raised by his senior brother.
This instantly aroused Tian Wuzi's greed. He originally planned to deal with the mutated whale-kun and then give Wang Chan a hint—if the other party was sensible and offered up the Xuan Turtle, he would reward him; if he was not sensible, he would directly seize the treasure.
However, all their plans were completely disrupted by the sudden appearance of a mysterious Nascent Soul cultivator.
The mysterious cultivator wielded a dark blue flying sword, its swordplay sharp and powerful. Tian Wuzi pondered for a long time but could not figure out which Nascent Soul cultivator possessed this flying sword treasure.
What frustrated him even more was that the other party consistently avoided fighting and possessed astonishing escape skills, making it impossible for him to probe the other party's true identity and the depth of their cultivation.
"Which old man is it? He's hiding like this, obviously afraid I'll recognize him. But among all the Nascent Soul cultivators I know, none of them wield such a powerful cyan flying sword..." Tian Wuzi frowned, pondering repeatedly, but still couldn't figure out the other party's origin. In the end, he could only suppress his doubts and give up the investigation.
When he turned to look at Liu Kun and the others trembling in front of him, recalling their earlier report of "Luo Ming's escape," his pent-up anger instantly found an outlet, and he shouted angrily:
"Three late-stage Core Formation cultivators and two mid-stage Core Formation cultivators, five people working together, and they still managed to let a single early-stage Core Formation cultivator escape! Have all your centuries of cultivation gone to waste? Could it be that Wang Chan is hiding some top-tier flying escape magic weapon?"