Chapter 2237: Pursuit and Slaughter!
About a quarter of an hour after Zhou Yu left.
A black and a red stream of Spiritual Light streaked rapidly towards the area.
Soon after, they stopped at the location where the two had just battled.
The newcomer was indeed Elder Tu.
By his side was another super expert of the Integration Realm.
A sullen glint flashed in Elder Tu’s eyes as his Divine Sense shrouded the surroundings.
"That boy really has escaped."
"His speed is exceptional. By now, he has probably already fled several hundred thousand miles away."
"Damn it!"
Elder Tu angrily punched the nearby mountain rock.
Instantly, the hundred-foot-high rock turned to dust and vanished.
The Integration Realm expert beside him squinted and said:
"If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I could hardly have imagined that such a formidable Void Refinement Realm cultivator exists in this world."
"To think even you weren’t a match!"
Upon hearing this, Elder Tu retorted with a somber face:
"I already said, it was just a moment of carelessness. I didn’t expect this kid to have so many tactics and Top Level Magical Treasures."
"Moreover, he actually mastered Divine Skills like the Devouring Spirit Evil Light."
"It’s not just me; even if it were you, you’d probably fare the same."
The Integration Realm expert next to him, hearing this, remained noncommittal.
He then said blandly:
"Brother Tu, based on your description, this person seems to be of the Human Race."
"The Human Race is struggling to protect themselves. Why would they come here to get involved in the matters of the Black Cloud Twenty-eight Clans?"
"Could it be that the Human and Demon Clans secretly allied with the Black Cloud Twenty-eight Clans?"
Elder Tu snorted coldly.
"How should I know?"
"I’m not concerned with these matters now. I just want to find this kid and tear him to pieces."
"When is the Spirit Seeking Magic Plate available for use again?"
The person next to him said blandly:
"The Spirit Seeking Magic Plate can be used once every half a month."
"It’s only been ten days since the last use."
"It will take five more days before it can be used again."
Upon hearing this, Elder Tu’s face turned as grim as dead water.
"So, it seems the Jade Box on that boy will be hard to reclaim."
"The task of retrieving the Jade Box falls upon both of us."
"But now, it’s been snatched away by a mere Void Refinement Realm boy. This time, we’ll have a hard time escaping the clan’s punishment."
Upon hearing this, the Integration Realm expert next to him snorted coldly.
"Brother Tu, it’s too early to draw conclusions."
"Although that boy has eluded our pursuit for now, he won’t be able to escape this region for a while."
"Currently, my Divine Horn Clan has control over most cities within hundreds of millions of miles."
"We merely need to send a Spirit Talisman to our fellow clansmen in those cities, asking them to send experts to watch for signs of him. He won’t escape this range."
"At that time, as soon as we discover his whereabouts, we’ll transmit there immediately, and he will not get away."
Upon hearing this, Elder Tu took a deep breath and nodded:
"We have no choice but to do that now."
"Let’s do as you said!"
...
Along the way, Zhou Yu was swallowing a massive amount of Pill Medicine to restore his Primordial Power while fully activating the Thunder Banner.
In just three days, he had forcefully tunneled light over a distance of several million miles.
Only after confirming there was no longer any pursuit did he breathe slightly easier.
With such a prolonged period of desperate escape, the injuries Zhou Yu originally had worsened considerably.
Now, he was surrounded by barren wilderness.
Zhou Yu repeatedly confirmed with his Divine Sense that within tens of thousands of miles, there was nothing else present.
Immediately, Zhou Yu landed, found an inconspicuous secluded place, and opened up a temporary cave dwelling.
Then, using a Formation to seal the surrounding aura, he sat cross-legged to begin healing his internal injuries.
This battle with Elder Tu, an Integration Realm expert, was intense.
Though he couldn’t kill him.
This fight, however, afforded Zhou Yu many insights.
Especially concerning the Integration Realm.
Elder Tu’s ability to manipulate Heaven and Earth Primordial Power was beyond Zhou Yu’s reach.
During this time, Zhou Yu received serious wounds.
But mostly, they resulted from excessive depletion of Primordial Power.
Therefore, recovery wouldn’t take much time.
After three days, Zhou Yu was fully recovered.
Then, Zhou Yu spread his palm open, and a Jade Talisman appeared in the center.
Zhou Yu’s Divine Sense instantly immersed into it.
This Jade Talisman was a regional map he obtained from Yuan Sect Master.
From the map, Zhou Yu learned that although he successfully returned to the Heavenly Origin World, he appeared in the northernmost part.
The Human and Demon Clans, on the other hand, were in the southernmost part of the Heavenly Origin World.
The distance between them spanned countless miles.
Given Zhou Yu’s current tunneling speed, assuming no energy depletion midway and no encounters with danger, it would take thousands, even tens of thousands of years, to fly back to the southern region of the Human and Demon Clans.
A journey without incidents is clearly impossible.
Therefore, the only way to return to the southern region would be through a Transmission Array.
Generally speaking, within the same realm, Transmission Arrays connect major cities with one another.
Of course, for cross-clan travel, the availability of such arrays is uncertain.
Currently, he happens to be in the original region of the Black Cloud Twenty-eight Clans.
Each major city here has a Transmission Array connecting them.
However, Zhou Yu isn’t sure if these major cities are still under the control of the Black Cloud Twenty-eight Clans.
But there’s no other way now, and Zhou Yu can only grittingly give it a try.
He quickly pinpointed the closest city to him.
This city is called Golden Light City.
According to the marks on the Jade Talisman given by Yuan Sect Master, Golden Light City is a high-grade city within the Black Cloud Twenty-eight Clans.
Normally, the Black Cloud Twenty-eight Clans’ cities were stratified by their varying strengths.
They were divided into upper, middle, and lower ranks.
Golden Light City is an upper-rank city.
Generally, upper-rank cities are heavily defended by the Black Cloud Twenty-eight Clans.
Even with the formidable power of the Divine Horn Clan, taking one down isn’t easy.
Of course, these are just Yuan Sect Master’s assumptions.
As for the actual situation, he doesn’t know.
After confirming the direction of Golden Light City, Zhou Yu swiftly took off toward its location.
During this journey, Zhou Yu remained extremely cautious.
If there were any signs of trouble, he would avoid them immediately, never acting on any curiosity.
Initially, everything was calm.
As he got closer to Golden Light City, the occasional tunneling light around him increased.
Most of these tunneling lights were from cultivators below the Divinity Transformation Realm.
Cultivators above the Divinity Transformation Realm were very few.
Seeing this, Zhou Yu squinted his eyes, with a vague sense of unease in his heart.
He was already near Golden Light City; why were there no High Rank Cultivators to be seen?
As Zhou Yu was pondering this, suddenly, a group of figures appeared in the distance...