Chapter 572 - 335: Blood Disaster
Four hundred li away, a member of the Scripture Defector Association named Heart watched with suspicion as a blood-red speck suddenly appeared in the distance. It streaked toward him like a line, coming from far away to land right on his body.
The massive fleshy tumor on his chest was currently emitting a purple glow, and his entire body was shrouded in a layer of purple mist as he flew rapidly through the sky.
The purple mist distorted his form and aura, allowing him to remain temporarily undetected.
But the sudden, inexplicable appearance of the blood-red speck filled him with a terrible premonition, and he pushed himself to fly even faster.
But in just a few breaths, a strange and powerful aura suddenly rushed toward him from far behind, moving at a speed several times his own.
Heart’s expression changed. The moment he sensed the aura, he unhesitatingly grabbed the fleshy tumor on his chest.
The fleshy tumor burst with a POP, releasing even more purple mist. His entire body began to shimmer with a purple glow, and the space around him warped as if it were breathing.
From the other side of some unknown dimension, countless tiny tentacles reached out, wrapping around his body and pulling him, bit by bit, into the warped space.
But compared to the speed of the approaching aura, this process was far too slow.
"Faster! Faster!"
Gritting his teeth, Heart rapidly burned his own Mana and blood in an attempt to accelerate the process.
This was his last-resort escape technique. Using it would plunge him into a long period of weakness. This wasn’t a side effect of the ability itself, but rather the result of the extreme strain of burning his own life force—a toll that not even his Innate Flesh Mushroom could mitigate.
But just as his body was halfway submerged in the warped space, a black shadow shot forth like a swift arrow, instantly piercing through his torso.
BOOM!
The spot where Heart was erupted in a violent blast, unleashing a massive cloud of purple mist.
When the purple mist dissipated, the assailant—Xuan You, fused with the beast—had Heart in a death grip by the neck, forcibly yanking him out of the warped space.
RRRRIP—
Accompanied by the sound of tearing flesh, Heart’s body was ripped free as if he’d been glued down and then violently torn away. His skin split and his flesh was mangled, yet he was utterly powerless to resist.
The gap in their strength was simply too vast.
Even if this was merely a clone of Xuan You fused with a Fierce Beast, it was far beyond what a mere Corpse Transformation like him could possibly resist.
Staring at Heart, the human face of Xuan You’s fused form twisted with cold disdain, as if he were looking at a rat.
"One."
「Meanwhile, elsewhere.」
In a desolate mountain range hundreds of li from the Golden Dipper Divine Sect, deathly silence reigned. The land was so barren that almost no vegetation could be seen.
But just then, a blood-red speck appeared from the distance, finally landing on a large boulder in the desolate mountains.
The next moment, the boulder pulsed and contracted as if it were living flesh. It had been formed from skin and muscle, perfectly blended with its surroundings. The camouflage melted away, revealing Pi Fa’s gaunt figure.
His expression was grim. With no time to think, Pi Fa knew he had been discovered. His flesh and blood immediately twisted, transforming him into a giant bird as he prepared to flee.
’He’d thought that by hiding here and relying on his ability, not even a cultivator with a much higher Cultivation Level would be able to find him, even up close.’
’But he never expected the person from the Golden Soul Sect to have a method to lock onto him directly.’
’It was like playing hide-and-seek and suddenly realizing you had a glowing rope tied to your own body. The thought was horrifying.’
Pi Fa used his fastest escape technique, transforming into a black shadow that shot nearly a thousand meters in an instant, covering a vast distance in the blink of an eye.
And yet, the aura that had appeared behind him was closing in at an unbelievably bizarre speed, homing in on the blood-red speck attached to his body. In the blink of an eye, his pursuer was right in front of him.
BAM!
A vicious claw punched through Pi Fa’s chest, stopping him dead in his tracks.
"Two."
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Far away, Sheep Horn had transformed into a monster with massive horns and was burrowing deep underground. He tunneled onward, descending deeper and deeper into the earth.
’The earth was the best place to conceal one’s aura. Who would ever think a Cultivator would hide a thousand meters beneath the surface?’
’It was just like when they’d hidden for months in the small Forbidden Land beneath the Golden Dipper Divine Sect, completely undetected by the Golden Soul Sect.’
But to his shock, a sudden blood-red speck pierced through the earth without any resistance and landed right on him.
Before long, a tremendous crash echoed from the surface above.
As dirt and rock flew, the ground erupted, leaving a massive crater. Xuan You dragged the blood-soaked Sheep Horn out from the depths, holding him by one of his horns before pinning him to the ground with his foot.
Hundreds of li away, Zhi Ying, the woman clutching a baby, was torn in two. She collapsed in a pool of blood, and the crying infant fell into Xuan You’s hands.
Elsewhere, when faced with the pursuing Xuan You, Black Egg gave up all resistance.
In a mountain ravine, one of Xuan You’s clones followed a blood-red speck to a withered tree. He saw a rotting, one-armed husk of skin hanging from its branches and snorted coldly.
’To think someone was decisive enough to kill their own body just to escape his lock. A ruthless one, indeed.’
’Still, judging by the reports from his other clones, several of these rats had already been caught. One getting away was of little consequence.’