Chapter 465 - 430: Pursuit and Ambush, Silver Talisman Sword Aura
The Ghostly Flood Dragon was heading toward the Pure Cyan Gangfeng Layer!
’It’s as if... it’s running away?’
...
"He’s discovered us."
"It seems that burst of Divine Sense just now was him scouting us."
"The intelligence was accurate. This Yehai indeed possesses a Divine Soul on par with a Great Cultivator’s..."
Aboard the Cold Iron Boat, the Eagle and Snake duo spoke, their expressions tightening.
They had started as sea bandits and fought countless battles to reach the Golden Core Realm. As notorious sea marauders, they were cruel, bloodthirsty, and greedy, but also exceedingly cautious.
Based on their experience, cultivators with a Divine Soul that surpassed their Cultivation Realm were almost always peerless prodigies of their rank!
’He might have some tricks up his sleeve. This won’t be easy!’
The silver-masked female cultivator rested her chin on her hand. "Tsk tsk, interesting... An Early-stage Golden Core cultivation, yet his Divine Soul strength has reached the level of a Great Cultivator."
"A top-tier Divine Soul Dao Body..."
"As I recall, there are no disciples with such a Divine Soul Dao Body in our sect’s current generation. In the previous generation, however, there was Mr. Zhao, who possessed the Yuan Lan Soul Body."
"But..."
"When Mr. Zhao first entered the Golden Core Realm, his Divine Sense hadn’t reached the level of a Great Cultivator..."
"Interesting."
The silver-masked woman muttered to herself.
Her eyes glinted as if she had discovered some priceless treasure.
"After him! Capture him alive if possible... His bloodline and constitution are extremely valuable!"
The silver-masked woman gave the order. ’A top-tier Divine Soul constitution, not even sixty years old, and already at the Golden Core Realm!’
’Even if our research yields nothing, he’ll be a perfectly good backup body for one of the sect’s Nascent Soul elders... His Spiritual Root aptitude is unknown, but that doesn’t matter.’
’To reach the Golden Core Realm at such a young age, he must have a Celestial Spiritual Root...’
"As you command," the two replied in unison.
FWOOSH!
Azure-blue tail flames erupted!
The Cold Iron Flying Boat accelerated, chasing after the Ghostly Flood Dragon!
Like a rocket, the Cold Iron Flying Boat rapidly closed in on the Ghostly Flood Dragon!
The sky was like a canvas, painted with an azure-blue streak. The trail was so striking that it lingered for more than ten breaths within the Gang Wind before finally dissipating!
However, just as the silver-masked woman’s party, full of confidence, prepared to begin the hunt!
HISS!
The pupils of the eagle-masked old man suddenly contracted. A horrifying sense of crisis, like a cold, slithering viper, shot up his spine!
"Not good!"
The eagle-masked old man cried out in alarm, instantly shouting a warning.
At the same time, he threw up a protective magical barrier with all his speed and activated a fourth-tier spell solidified on his own robes—the Crimson Blood Armor!
Blood-red lines like flood dragons intertwined, layering over his protective barrier to form a solid defense!
’Just half a breath more, and I can summon the Black Tortoise Shield. Then, I’ll be completely safe...’ An insignia lit up on the back of the eagle-masked old man’s withered hand.
His life-bound Spiritual Treasure, the Black Tortoise Shield, was materializing from the void at extreme speed to protect him!
However.
"Still too slow..."
A consciousness, looking down on all living things with cold indifference, suddenly swept through the void.
Along with it came a ferocious spear woven from black and white light. The spear locked onto the eagle-masked old man’s soul aura and arrived in an instant!
A Divine Technique!
—[Soul-Chasing Life-Taker]!
BOOM!
It was like a clap of muffled thunder!
The eagle-masked old man felt his thoughts instantly fall into chaos, as if a tower of toy blocks in his mind had been knocked over, scattering the pieces everywhere!
This power surged through his sea of consciousness, tearing at his Divine Soul, causing his eyes to bulge so far they nearly popped out of their sockets!
His attempt to summon the Black Tortoise Shield faltered.
Although the Artifact Spirit instinctively tried to protect its master on its own, this was still a beat slower than if the eagle-masked old man had activated it himself.
Immediately after.
SHRED!
The hull of the Cold Iron Boat was abruptly torn apart, and countless gales of Gang Wind poured in!
All the luxurious furnishings inside the cabin were shredded and sent flying like garbage in a whirlwind!
Under this tearing force, the entire Cold Iron Boat shattered in an instant, turning into countless fragments that scattered in all directions!
Fortunately, the cultivators present could all float unharmed, so there was no danger of them plummeting from the sky.
But at the same time.
Su Ye’s figure appeared!
Another black-and-white spear whistled through the air!
A Divine Technique!
—[End of Tracing Origin]!
Its target was the eagle-masked old man!
In that moment, Su Ye launched a sudden attack, unleashing two Divine Techniques at once, determined to kill in a single strike!
To be precise, it was three Divine Techniques.
Without Netherworld, Su Ye’s concealment could never have been so seamless.
"Stop!"
It all happened too fast. The silver-masked woman and the snake-masked man were only just now reacting!
"How dare you!"
The silver-masked woman was furious. A small silver sword slid from her sleeve, aimed directly at Su Ye!
In an instant!
An indescribable malice and sense of crisis locked onto Su Ye!
Clearly, this small silver sword was something extraordinary!
However, Su Ye’s expression didn’t change in the slightest.
SHIING!
As fast as lightning, the End of Tracing Origin pierced through the eagle-masked old man’s head!
An incredibly dense aura of death, like arctic ice, instantly froze his life force. Within his Dantian Qi Sea, the light of his Golden Core dimmed!
BUZZ!
The eagle-masked old man’s body lost all its warmth and fell to the ground, rigid!
He was dead!
A Late-stage Golden Core Great Cultivator, a notorious Sea Evil Cultivator who terrorized the sea regions, had fallen completely in less than a breath’s time!
His life-bound Spiritual Treasure, the Black Tortoise Shield, only now activated, blankly raising its shield to protect a master who was already devoid of life.
"How could you dare!"
The silver-masked woman was utterly enraged!
She hadn’t intentionally waited, but activating this Silver Talisman Sword required a certain amount of time!
But she never imagined that in that short moment, Su Ye would actually kill a Late-stage Golden Core Great Cultivator right in front of her!
Rage erupted from her like lava!
’These Sea Evil Cultivators are powerful, after all! They would have been very useful for the sect’s plans, and for the possible Yaoguang War in the future!’
’To think we lost one here!’
’Despicable!’
At the same time, besides anger, fear also welled up in the silver-masked woman’s heart.
’If he had chosen me as his target... could I have blocked it?’
’I should be... fine, right?’
The silver-masked woman didn’t know.
And she didn’t dare to bet on it.
What she had to do was use the cruelest, most powerful means at her disposal to utterly obliterate this threat!
SHIING!
The small silver sword was finally activated!
A dazzling sword light shot forward!
The speed of the sword light was completely unimaginable; almost at the same instant it was unleashed, it pierced through Su Ye’s body!
"Die!"
The silver-masked woman shrieked madly!
’This Silver Talisman Sword is a protective treasure from one of the sect’s Nascent Soul elders... Huh?’
After being pierced, a large hole opened up in Su Ye’s chest, but his expression remained normal. He even gave the two of them a strange smile.
Then, his body suddenly shattered, dissolving into countless shadows.
An Illusionary Substitute Body!
"We were tricked!"
The hearts of the silver-masked woman and the middle-aged, snake-masked man skipped a beat in unison!
This Illusionary Substitute Body was incredibly lifelike. Its aura, Magical Power, and even its flesh and blood had seemed almost identical to a real person under their observation.
"If this man isn’t eliminated, he’ll become a grave threat."
The same thought rose in both of their minds simultaneously.
’With that kind of explosive power and that level of concealment, if Su Ye doesn’t die, we Golden Core cultivators will probably never sleep soundly again!’
Under the pressure, the silver-masked woman fully extended her Divine Sense.
As a cultivator from a major sect, she had cultivated a High-level Divine Soul Skill.
And just as expected, she found a trace!
In the distance.
Amidst the Gang Wind, a faint shadow was stealthily escaping!
"He’s over there!"
"Attack with full force! Don’t let him get away!"
The silver-masked woman shouted.
The middle-aged, snake-masked man looked incredibly solemn. He directly activated a Divine Technique!
ROAR!
Behind him, a ferocious giant serpent with horns and a pair of wings on its back emerged and opened its maw to devour!
Su Ye’s heart jolted, and he involuntarily stopped his escape, standing still in mid-air.
"Quick!" the snake-masked man transmitted anxiously. "My Nightmare-Devouring Python has consumed his thoughts of ’escaping’ and ’dodging’! Hurry up and use that talisman sword to kill him!"
The silver-masked woman didn’t hesitate. She brandished the Silver Talisman Sword, and a brilliant silver light streaked across the sky, aimed straight at Su Ye!
"Die!"
However.
Don’t forget.
This was the Gangfeng Layer...
Su Ye sneered and activated his other two Divine Techniques!
—[Heart of the Vast Sea]
—[Monarch of Calamity]