txolops Chapter 424 Netherworld Divine Eye
Chapter 424 Netherworld Divine Eye
Chapter 424 Netherworld Divine Eye (A long chapter of 5,000 words, considered an extra chapter. Please subscribe and vote!)
"Brother Xiao, do you recognize this person?" Upon hearing this, Mingjiu's dark eyes shifted slightly as he looked at Huoxiao, his voice low.
Huo Xiao quickly used divine sense to briefly recount his encounter in the secret realm years ago, his tone filled with regret and solemnity: "—If I had known this child possessed such potential, I should have spared no expense to keep him alive back then! Now, I've raised a tiger that will only cause more trouble, and he's already reached the Nascent Soul stage!"
"A late-stage Core Formation cultivator can hold his own against you for a short time?" Dark light flashed in Mingjiu's eyes, his shock growing even greater.
But then, an even more ominous thought arose: this person had just gone to chase after Whale King. Given Whale King's personality, unless he was fatally injured, he would definitely be entangled with him in the deep sea. Since this person returned unharmed, then Brother Whale—
A chill ran from Mingjiu's coccyx straight to the top of his head! He almost instantly realized that the worst-case scenario had probably become a reality!
"Hurry up!"
Without any hesitation, and without even having time to explain to Huo Xiao, Ming Jiu suddenly let out a sharp and piercing screech. Its body shone with intense black light, instantly transforming into a strange black beam that almost blended into the surrounding light. It abruptly changed direction and fled desperately toward the side of the sky!
His speed far exceeded that of his arrival, clearly indicating the use of some costly escape technique! At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: get as far away from this human Nascent Soul cultivator as possible!
Fire Owl was shaken by the sight of an "old acquaintance," his mind filled with doubt and uncertainty as he weighed whether to fight or retreat.
Suddenly, he heard Mingjiu's panicked "Go!" and then saw the other party fleeing for his life without hesitation, burning his life essence. He was stunned at first, feeling the strong killing intent on Luo Ming's body, and then he suddenly realized what was happening!
"Brother Whale—I'm afraid he's met with misfortune!" This thought exploded in Huo Xiao's mind like a thunderclap!
Without the slightest hesitation, and disregarding his shock and fear, crimson flames erupted around him, transforming into a scorching fire meteor that flew at top speed in the opposite direction from the direction the Dark Dove had fled!
"The reaction wasn't slow. Especially that black bird's eye technique, it seems quite interesting—" Luo Ming watched as the two streaks of red and black light split into two directions and fled for their lives, especially the strange black light that was almost integrated with the light, and a hint of interest flashed in his eyes.
He chuckled lightly, not chasing after the fire owl that was fleeing in panic to the other side. Instead, his figure blurred, and a light blue whirlwind suddenly swirled around him, instantly increasing his speed to an unbelievable level! It was even faster than when he was riding the "Wind Shuttle"!
This was the Wind Escape Technique he used after condensing his Nascent Soul! With his current cultivation level, the speed he used far exceeded that of ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, and was even comparable to some mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators who were known for their speed!
With a flash of azure light, Luo Ming had already transformed into a blurry azure afterimage, chasing after the direction in which the Dark Dove had fled at an astonishing speed! He was more interested in the black bird that possessed the peculiar "Netherworld Divine Eye" and seemed to have an extremely strong ability to sense danger.
On the other side, the Fire Owl, which was desperately fleeing, sensed that Luo Ming's terrifying aura was not chasing after it, but was heading straight for the Dark Dove. It couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness—that jinx went after Mo Jiu—with Mo Jiu's Netherworld Divine Eyes and his ability to escape, perhaps he can—" Before the thought had even finished, he was preparing to accelerate again and get away from this dangerous sea area completely.
"roar!!!"
A terrifying roar, seemingly capable of piercing the very soul and imbued with boundless ferocity and majesty, exploded without warning in the deepest recesses of his consciousness! This roar did not originate from the outside world, but directly affected his demonic soul! It shook his consciousness to its core, causing the escape light he was fully activating to abruptly halt!
"There's someone else?" Huo Xiao was horrified, his sharp eyes scanning the surrounding void. He clearly hadn't sensed any other powerful aura approaching!
However, what responded to him was three undisguised, monstrous auras that suddenly rose from different directions, each of which made him feel a sense of threat!
"Eh-!!!"
A sharp, high-pitched, and majestic cry came from high above! Fire Owl looked up sharply and saw a magnificent bird that had appeared out of nowhere in the clouds high above. Its feathers were interwoven with crimson and gold, its tail feathers were gorgeous, and its body was burning with faint golden flames!
At this moment, she was looking down at him with cold eyes.
"Ugh—!!!"
At the same time, the once calm sea below suddenly exploded! A colossal beast, as large as a mountain, with thick, ancient tortoise shells, and surrounded by yellow and blue spiritual light and scattered electric sparks, slowly rose from the sea.
The Xuan Turtle's half-open, half-closed eyes swept over him indifferently, and a powerful demonic force, as solid as the earth and as vast as the ocean, had already subtly sealed off this sea area.
What made Huo Xiao feel most uneasy and strange was the slightly dim light in the void about a hundred feet to his left.
The place seemed empty, but his divine sense clearly detected a cold aura that was subtly locking onto him. The beastly roar that had just attacked his sea of consciousness was emitted by that shadow.
Three level-seven demonic beasts! Moreover, the aura emanating from each of them was far beyond that of ordinary level-seven beasts, even making him, a Fire Owl in the early stage of transformation, feel a real threat and pressure! They formed a triangle, firmly surrounding him in the center, sealing off all escape routes!
"This—this person has just advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, how can he have so many high-level spirit beasts, and they are far beyond what ordinary spirit beasts can compare to." Huo Xiao's face turned pale, and the last bit of hope in his heart vanished.
He now understood why that human fiend had gone after Mingjiu with such confidence, while ignoring him completely. It turned out the other party had already arranged a backup plan!
Dozens of miles away, above the sea.
"Damn it! Why did this harbinger of death among humans have his sights set on me?"
Ahead, from within that eerie black light moving at incredible speed, came the muttered words of Mingjiu, a mixture of shock, anger, and deep fear.
He desperately activated his escape technique, which depleted his life force, pushing his speed to its absolute limit. He even burned his life essence, all in an effort to shake off the terrifying aura behind him that was like a leech, growing ever closer.
He was filled with shock, anger, and an indescribable sense of frustration. He was not a demon from the waters near Silver Shark Island, but came from a dangerous place known as the "Ghost Mist Islands," a million miles to the west.
Several months ago, at the enthusiastic invitation of his old acquaintance Huo Xiao, he mentioned that the human race in the Inner Star Sea was in turmoil and that the human race on Silver Shark Island was having difficulty getting support. He said that if he and his fellow demon cultivators joined forces, they could definitely flatten the island in one fell swoop. At that time, the human cultivators on the island and countless blood delicacies would be at their disposal.
He was tempted at first, and confident in his own "Netherworld Divine Eye" and ability to escape, he accepted the invitation.
Unexpectedly, not long after arriving, he encountered the momentous event of Luo Ming condensing his Nascent Soul, and witnessed the horrifying scene of him severely injuring Whale Power King with thunderous methods, forcing him to flee for his life! Now, this evil star has even abandoned Fire Owl and is heading straight for him!
"This person has just advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, yet he possesses such strength, capable of defeating or even possibly killing the Whale Power King, who is in the mid-stage of the Transformation Realm! The strength of his divine sense is comparable to that of a legendary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator!" Ming Jiu's heart was filled with shock, and an absurd yet persistent thought kept emerging.
"Could it be that he's not some newly ascended Nascent Soul cultivator at all, but rather an old monster in the late Nascent Soul stage who was severely injured and is now merely re-condensing his Nascent Soul to recover his cultivation? Otherwise, how can this absurd difference in strength be explained!"
Thinking of this, he was terrified and wished he could grow more wings to escape this deadly sea immediately.
However, just as he was caught up in his turmoil and desperately trying to escape, a "Hmph!" rang out.
A cold snort, exploding deep within his demonic soul, sounded like a thunderclap! Immediately afterward, a "crimson spike," only as thick as a hair but as red as blood and as fast as lightning, silently traversed space and instantly appeared at the vital point of his head, aiming straight for his demonic soul in his sea of consciousness!
It was Luo Ming who unleashed another "God-Slaying Thrust" after getting close!
"Not good! It's a mental attack!" Mingjiu's premonition of danger was extremely strong. The moment that cold snort rang out, his pair of pitch-black "Netherworld Divine Eyes" throbbed violently, warning of madness!
Almost without thinking, relying on his honed combat instincts and the vague sense of danger from his "Netherworld Eyes," at the last moment before the "God-Slaying Thorn" struck his body, his entire body twisted to the side in a bizarre manner, as if it had no bones!
"laugh!"
A crimson spike grazed past his ear, and although it didn't hit him directly, it still gave him a fright and made him break out in a cold sweat. Immediately, a thick bloody light emanated from his body, and his speed increased significantly, allowing him to escape Luo Ming's attack range from behind.
"He actually dodged it?" Luo Ming, who was rapidly closing in from behind, had a hint of surprise in his eyes.
His "God-Slaying Thrust," driven by the divine sense of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, was incredibly fast and caught off guard; few cultivators of the same level could dodge it. This black bird not only provided advance warning but also executed such a bizarre evasive maneuver at the last possible moment—
"They're indeed extraordinary. Those black eyes seem to be able to foresee danger? Or is it some kind of natural sensitivity to attacks based on divine sense?"
Luo Ming's interest in this transformed Nether Dove, with its peculiar pupil technique and keen senses, grew even stronger. He no longer held back, determined to finish the battle quickly.
With a thought, a beam of azure light flew out from his sleeve, transforming into a palm-sized, streamlined "azure shuttle" covered with fine wind-elemental runes—the very same top-tier flying magic weapon that had accompanied him for many years, the "Wind-Escape Shuttle"!
Under Luo Ming's divine control, the "Wind Escape Shuttle" hummed and instantly expanded to a length of about ten feet, enveloping his body. The surface of the shuttle shone brightly with azure light, and countless tiny whirlwinds appeared, perfectly merging and overlapping with the pale azure whirlwind generated by Luo Ming's own "Wind Escape Technique"!
"call--!!!"
In an instant, Luo Ming's speed increased dramatically again! It was more than 30% faster than when he simply used the Wind Release technique! He transformed into a streak of azure lightning that almost tore through space, rushing forward at breakneck speed!
This is his fastest escape technique combination ever – Wind Release Technique stacked with Wind Shuttle!
Although the Wind Shuttle's speed when flying alone is not as fast as Luo Ming's Wind Escape Technique, it is, after all, a top-tier flying magic weapon. When used in conjunction with the Wind Escape Technique, its speed is naturally incredibly fast.
Ahead, Mingjiu, through his divine sense, clearly "saw" the azure lightning bolt approaching rapidly from behind at an alarming speed, the distance between them shrinking at a visible rate! His eyes were filled with despair and resentment.
Meanwhile, in the airspace above the sea area where Luo Ming had previously encountered Fire Owl and Dark Dove.
The battle was raging, or rather, it was a one-sided hunt.
The enormous, mountain-like body of the Xuan Turtle floated silently on the sea surface. Within a hundred feet of its body, the seawater was eerily calm, forming a stark contrast to the towering waves stirred up by the collision of demonic forces on the outer perimeter.
Its half-open, half-closed tortoise eyes were indifferently locked onto the crimson figure struggling and disoriented in the air. Every now and then, it would open its massive maw and spew out fist-sized, chaotic gray pellets with faint electric currents coursing through them.
It emits a "geomagnetic elemental lightning" that sends chills down your spine!
The gray lightning ball was extremely fast, and it could always predict the direction of Fire Owl's dodges, forcing him to frequently change his flight path, putting him in constant danger.
"Damn it! This lightning ball—it can actually corrode my protective demonic fire!" Fire Owl narrowly avoided another gray lightning ball that grazed past him, his face extremely ugly.
Relying on his own fire-attribute demonic bird nature and his strong and resilient body, he initially tried to withstand the lightning balls and forcefully break through the encirclement.
As a result, the power of the "Geomagnetic Elemental Thunder" far exceeded expectations. It not only destroyed his protective demonic fire, but the explosive lightning also had a paralyzing effect, instantly causing half of his body's demonic power to stagnate and his movements to become sluggish.
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If he hadn't acted quickly and spared no effort to expend his vital energy and forcefully dispel the lightning power that had invaded his body with his life essence, he probably would have been caught by the elusive black tiger that was lurking nearby!
Now, what he fears most is that black giant tiger that is always hidden in the surrounding light and shadow, like a ghost.
This beast moved completely silently, and could even merge into the void for a short time. If he hadn't been completely focused and locked onto that area with his divine sense, it would have been impossible to detect its movements.
The dark golden wind blades attached to the opponent's claws were incredibly sharp and fast, with a power no less than that of a top-tier magic weapon! He dared not let it get close, and could only rely on the hundred-zhang "fire hell" formed by the blazing "natal demonic fire" surrounding him to barely force the wind fox beast back to a certain distance.
This "fire prison" was both his defense mechanism and now an invisible cage binding him, making it difficult for him to use his full speed to break through.
As for breaking through from the sky—Fire Owl looked up and glanced at the "Fat Sun Bird" that was circling at a very high altitude, its body burning with crimson-gold flames like a small sun, and a trace of annoyance and helplessness flashed in its eyes.
Although this bird's flames are strong, and even faintly contain a trace of the terrifying Golden Crow True Fire, it poses relatively little threat to him, who also belongs to the fire attribute, and it is difficult for it to break through his natal demonic fire defense in a short period of time.
What infuriated him was the origin of this newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator, who was capable of subduing such a spirit bird with top-tier True Spirit Bloodline! Normally, encountering such a pure-blooded Fat Sun Bird would have filled him with ecstatic joy, prompting him to devour its blood essence to strengthen himself. But now, he felt only deep unease and anxiety.
"With Brother Jiu's Netherworld Eyes and his ability to escape, he should be able to hold off that human evil star for a while! I must take this opportunity to get away as soon as possible!" A fierce glint flashed in Huo Xiao's eyes as he glanced at the Zhiyang Bird high in the sky, his heart hardening.
"Go from above! My natal demonic fire counters its flames. If I can break through, they might not be able to catch me at my speed!"
Having made up his mind, Fire Owl no longer hesitated. He suddenly let out a sharp, piercing roar, his eyes instantly turning blood red, as if about to drip blood! The raging "fire hell" that originally covered a hundred-zhang radius around him was as if it were being frantically compressed by an invisible hand, rapidly collapsing and condensing inward!
In the blink of an eye, the hundred-foot-long fiery hell transformed into a phantom of a fire owl with a wingspan exceeding thirty feet, composed entirely of extremely refined crimson demonic fire, radiating a terrifyingly high temperature that could scorch the heavens and boil the seas.
The phantom faintly overlapped with the fire owl's true form, emitting a piercing screech that could shatter metal and split rocks. With a flap of its wings, it stirred up a sky full of fiery waves and charged headlong into the fat sun bird high in the sky with resolute force! Wherever it passed, the air was scorched, distorted, and exploded!
The roar of the fire owl mingled with the shriek of the giant fire owl, creating a terrifying spectacle. It seemed the giant fire owl was about to break through the crimson-gold sea of fire laid out by the fat sun bird, tearing open an escape route!
At this critical moment—
A calm, serene male voice, seemingly right beside him, entered the depths of his consciousness without warning: "Why are you in such a hurry to leave? Won't you play with my spirit beast a little longer?"
The voice wasn't loud, but it was like a freezing spring from the heavens, instantly extinguishing all the restless flames and hopes of escape in Huo Xiao's heart, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and his blood seemed to freeze!
He turned his head sharply and looked in the direction of the sound.
High in the sky, on the back of that magnificent Zhiyang bird, a black-robed youth with his hands behind his back, his black robes fluttering, and his expression as calm as an ancient well, had appeared—it was Luo Ming!
He was looking down at me with indifferent eyes, as if I were a struggling ant.
"You—how did you get here?" Huo Xiao's pupils shrank to pinpoints, his face drained of all color, and his voice became shrill and distorted with extreme shock and fear. "Brother Jiu—Brother Jiu—has he already shaken you off and escaped?"
In his mind, there was only one possibility for Luo Ming's quick return: he couldn't catch up with Ming Jiu, who was skilled at hiding and escaping, so he gave up and turned back to deal with him.
However, Luo Ming's answer shattered his last shred of hope, leaving him utterly devastated!
"Oh? You mean that Fellow Daoist Black Feather?"
Luo Ming tilted his head slightly, seemingly pondering for a moment. Then, as if remembering something trivial, he flipped his hand, and a flash of inspiration appeared. In his palm, there appeared a pair of eyes, no bigger than walnuts, pitch black, with a faint, swirling light in their pupils, as if they could absorb souls!
Luo Ming toyed with the pair of eyes that still retained a trace of eerie fluctuation, his tone as calm as if discussing the weather, a faint, playful smile even playing at the corners of his lips: "That fellow Daoist was quite polite, insisting on giving me these eyes as a greeting gift before leaving." Unable to refuse, Luo Ming had no choice but to accept. As a return gift, Luo Ming—personally saw him off. The journey was swift, and he suffered little hardship.
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