Chapter 713 - 301: The Path to Self-Destruction (Part 3)
It was thought that a person with such divine techniques would surely come to Snow Mist Valley to compete for treasures.
Therefore, the middle-aged man in luxurious clothes and the beautiful woman in red were specifically arranged to accompany Tantai Song into the Snow Peak Mountain Range using some methods.
Yet at this moment, Tantai Song still couldn’t sense the aura of the Yellow Court Seal.
The beautiful woman in red sighed softly:
"It seems that finding the Yellow Court Seal is a bit difficult. Nephew Song, since we’re already here in Snow Mist Valley, let’s explore a bit.
If you can truly acquire the Spiritual Clarity Fruit, it will be of great benefit to you as well."
Tantai Song lightly exhaled the stuffiness in his chest.
"That’s the only thing left to do; let’s go and meet up with the cultivators from our sect."
Saying this, the three of them turned into three rays of escape light, swiftly flying into the valley.
The area near the entrance of Snow Mist Valley was once again peaceful.
After another half-day had passed, strange sounds suddenly emanated from the passage at the valley’s entrance.
In no time, four demon beasts with half-human, half-beast forms emerged from the passage.
Two of them were the dragon-shaped and bird-shaped demon beasts that had appeared previously at the back of the Snow Peak Mountain Range.
The other two were a leopard-headed human-bodied one, and another whose upper body was human but had two exceptionally stout bear legs below.
After the four demons entered, a wave of demon beasts followed them in.
These demon beasts emitted a towering demonic aura, their presence intimidating.
After the four demons entered, they too stopped.
At this time, the bird-shaped demon beast suddenly emitted a series of beast language sounds from its mouth.
The next moment, the demon beasts took flight, scattering in all directions.
The four transformed great demons, upon seeing the demon beasts disperse, also glared fiercely.
The dragon-shaped demon beast flicked its tongue but, realizing its upper body was human, found the gesture inappropriate and halted the action.
Its two eyes gleamed with a ghostly light.
"We shall now separate. In the past, those human cultivators hunted us demons.
Now, it is time for them to taste the feeling of being hunted."
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At this moment, Chu Ning was flying in a high mountain.
In the palm of his hand, he was holding a Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly.
Since this spirit butterfly promoted to a Tier Two Demon Beast, its speed greatly increased, but compared to his flying speed, it was still much slower.
So at this moment, Chu Ning could only carry this spirit butterfly while flying.
Only letting this spirit butterfly guide the way.
Although relying on the sensing of the Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly, Chu Ning overall was flying in a northeastern direction.
This direction was indicated by that Nascent Soul Cultivator from Divine Sound Valley who mentioned the presence of Nine Rites Gold.
"This Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly is only sensitive to gold attribute heavenly materials and earthly treasures, whereas it can’t sense any other attributes whatsoever.
This is where it falls short compared to Xiaobai; if Xiaobai were around, plenty of spirit medicine and treasures of other attributes would also be detectable."
Chu Ning muttered to himself, having no choice but to extend his divine sense to communicate.
However, Chu Ning did not fully extend his divine sense.
He only kept it within a range of about a hundred meters.
Though it had been a day since entering, everyone was relatively more dispersed.
But since so many old demons had entered,
naturally, Chu Ning remained cautious.
He wasn’t sure if he’d encounter one or two of those old guys with astonishing spiritual senses.
Or perhaps they carried other secret techniques.
As he continued onward, whenever any spirit medicine appeared within his divine sense, Chu Ning would casually harvest it.
He indeed discovered several materials he could use to refine spirit pills.
He also found one or two types of artifact refining materials.
Continuing forward for quite a distance, he was about to leave this mountain.
Suddenly, Chu Ning sprang forward.
The next moment, where he had just been standing, a yellow beam of light pierced through.
"Huh?"
Accompanying a surprised exclamation, a short, dwarf-like cultivator emerged from the ground.
This person looked at Chu Ning with a surprised expression.
"You, a Middle Stage of Golden Core, could actually detect my concealment and attack; you seem to possess some skill."
At this moment, Chu Ning frowned, looking at this person.
Surprisingly, this dwarf was a Golden Core Late Stage Cultivator, and previously outside the valley, Chu Ning had indeed taken note due to the unique stature.
Unexpectedly, shortly after entering the valley, he encountered this person.
Moreover, the other party had initiated an attack on him.
This person’s stealth technique was truly remarkable; even with his divine sense strength, he hadn’t detected it earlier.
Gazing at the figure only half his height, Chu Ning spoke in a solemn voice:
"I hold no grudge against you, fellow cultivator. Why suddenly strike at me?"
"Why? Blame it on you being a Middle Stage of Golden Core Cultivator."
The dwarf cultivator chuckled:
"Those with too low cultivation have little to gain, and those too high I don’t want to provoke. If not you, then who?"
Hearing this, a peculiar expression appeared on Chu Ning’s face.
After entering the valley, he specifically didn’t conceal his cultivation aura, to avoid appearing too weak and attracting ill intentions.
Yet unexpectedly, this became the reason for an ambush.
Nodding slightly, Chu Ning pointed behind the other person.
"Fellow cultivator, see what’s behind you?"
Seeing Chu Ning’s gesture, the dwarf sneered dismissively.
"Such a small trick was played out by your grandpa."
As soon as the words fell, the dwarf’s face suddenly froze because, at that very moment, he clearly sensed a massive power attacking from behind.
As it approached within half a foot of him, he only just sensed its presence.
While diving into the ground to dodge, the dwarf quickly activated the defense shield around his body.
However, this reaction seemed a bit too slow under Chu Ning’s Void Finger.
Just as his feet had sunk halfway into the ground, that Void Finger fell upon him.
The defense magical shield couldn’t fully activate its power either.
Under the attack of this Void Finger, it nearly instantly shattered.
The force of space attacked directly at the back of his head.
And then pierced through!
A finger-sized hole appeared in his forehead, and the next moment, his eyes widened as his life instantly slipped away.
It turned out that Chu Ning’s strike pierced through his spiritual sea, instantly killing this Golden Core Late Stage Cultivator.
Watching the dwarf’s Golden Core Late Stage body fall backward, yet unable to fall completely due to his legs being half-buried in the ground,
Chu Ning was slightly stunned by the strange posture.
This Void Finger was indeed incredibly powerful, perfect for a surprise attack due to its silent and unnoticeable nature.
However, had the person not dodged downward, even if struck at the spiritual sea, hitting the body might not have resulted in a one-hit death.
Simply put, the moment the person attacked him, he had already driven himself to a path of destruction.
After collecting the opponent’s storage bag, he quickly released a fireball, incinerating the body clean.
Chu Ning continued heading forward.