Chapter 97: Chapter 95: The Sword Immortal Guides a Missile, Reaping a Soul from a Thousand Miles

From an altitude of 3,000 meters, the blood-mist-shrouded Golden Ears Farm looked exceptionally eerie.

Han Feng’s breathing was steady, his mind calm.

’I refuse to believe you can hide underground forever.’

He activated his Spiritual Vision.

The physical world before his eyes instantly bled of color.

The entire world transformed into a tapestry woven from endless lines of Energy.

The mountains were a thick, earthy yellow.

The rivers, a flowing pale blue.

And the area tainted by the blood mist was a chaotic, corrupt crimson.

From his vantage point 3,000 meters in the air, he scrutinized the farm’s perimeter inch by inch, his perspective one no Mortal could comprehend.

He waited patiently for his prey to expose itself.

「Meanwhile, fifty meters beneath the eastern edge of Golden Ears Farm.」

Xue Si was desperately sprinting through a narrow tunnel temporarily carved out by an Earth Dragon Gu.

He could clearly feel the furious True Qi of Lei Zhen and Wang Defa clashing violently with the worms he’d left behind at the far end of the tunnel.

Finally, with a violent collapse, everything fell deathly silent.

The tunnel was completely sealed shut.

’Hmph. Fools.’

A twisted glee at having survived the ordeal spread across Xue Si’s face.

’Underground, this is my domain!’ 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Trying to catch an insect expert like him underground? It was a fool’s errand.

He opened his palm, where the ball of bloody light enveloping the Nether Embryo hovered silently.

Within the bloody light, the faint image of a tiny Gu Insect slept.

It was formed from the last lingering remnant of Long Nail’s will to live.

"Long Nail, don’t you worry. For your great service to the Divine Sect, the Elder Deacon will surely find you a new body with outstanding Talent and help you be reborn."

He whispered smugly to the Gu Insect, his pace quickening once more.

This secret tunnel, which he had dug in advance, was five kilometers long. Its exit led directly to a rocky slope outside the farm.

Once he was out, no one would be able to stop him.

Then, he would be as free as a bird in the sky!

Soon, a sliver of light appeared ahead.

’The exit!’

Xue Si desperately suppressed his wild joy, his movements becoming exceptionally faint.

He poked his head out from an opening concealed by vines and a camouflage net.

He scanned his surroundings warily, confirming that there was no one in sight.

The next second, he leaped out, completely suppressing his aura as he sprinted toward an even more concealed cave not far away.

The very instant his head emerged.

Three thousand meters above, a sharp glint flashed in Han Feng’s eyes.

Within his Spiritual Vision, on a rocky slope at the eastern edge of the farm, an incredibly brilliant ball of Energy had appeared out of thin air!

The orb of light radiated immense Life Essence Qi and a cold, corrupt power. It stood out starkly against the simple world of earthy-yellow Energy lines!

’Found you!’

Han Feng slammed the control stick forward.

Without a moment’s delay, the fighter jet shot straight toward that location!

「The rocky slope, inside the hidden cave.」

"Elder Deacon!"

Xue Si dropped to one knee. He raised his hands high, reverently presenting the slowly pulsating, purple-black growth to the black-robed elder before him.

The Elder Deacon snatched the Nether Embryo. As he felt the immense Life Force pulsing within it, an unsuppressible ecstasy bloomed across his withered face.

"Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!"

"Long Nail and Xue Si, your contributions are immeasurable!"

He then looked toward the sleeping Gu Insect, his gaze filled with approval.

"For a service this great, I will personally petition the Elder Council for your reward when we return to headquarters!"

An excited flush crept up Xue Si’s face.

Just then, the Elder Deacon’s tone shifted.

"We have what we came for. We can’t linger here. Reinforcements from East Sea City could arrive any second. We must leave immediately!"

Before he could finish, a Cultist on lookout duty scrambled into the cave, his voice trembling.

"Elder Deacon! We’re in trouble!"

"A fighter jet! It’s heading straight for us!"

"What are you panicking for!"

the Elder Deacon snapped, displeased.

"It’s just one plane. Is it going to eat us?"

"We’re inside a cave. How could he possibly detect us?"

"And even if he got impossibly lucky and spotted us, are his missiles going to bend around corners to fly in here? Stop scaring yourself!"

Hearing the Elder Deacon’s rebuke, the Cultist retreated to the side, trembling.

But for some reason, Xue Si’s heart began to pound wildly.

An icy chill shot straight up his spine.

’Missiles that can bend?’

He suddenly recalled his burrowing worms on the tarmac, how they had been killed with such precision.

And those worms had all been underground!

’That plane... there’s something terribly wrong with it!’

"Elder Deacon! Watch out!"

The color instantly drained from Xue Si’s face. He threw his head back and screamed with all his might.

"That plane—"

He couldn’t finish his sentence.

The Elder Deacon had sensed it too.

A terrifying sense of mortal danger shot across a kilometer of Space, locking dead onto the cave’s coordinates!

With no time to think, he instantly drained every last drop of Blood Energy from his body.

A massive shield, formed from countless withered bones and wailing flesh, materialized defiantly before him!

And at that exact instant.

A Spiritual Energy Combat Missile, trailing a ghostly blue exhaust, carved an impossible Z-shaped trajectory through the air!

It expertly maneuvered around the massive boulder at the cave’s mouth, slipping inside without a sound!

Its target: the Elder Deacon holding the Nether Embryo!

The Elder Deacon’s pupils instantly shrank to pinpricks!

Even in death, he would never understand how a fighter jet’s missile could actually bend!

All he could do was pour every last bit of his remaining power into the Bone Shield before him.

He braced himself to withstand this one strike that overturned everything he had ever known!

Inside the cave, the Elder Deacon’s Bone Shield, already surging with blood-red light, erupted in a blinding flash the moment the missile struck!

BOOM—!

The deafening explosion reverberated wildly through the narrow cave.

A devastating shockwave hurled countless shards of rock and clouds of dust, along with several Evil Cultists who were standing too close, into the darkness.

Their screams were snuffed out before they could even escape their lips, completely erased by the violent shockwave.

PTHOO!

The Elder Deacon violently spat a mouthful of black blood as an irresistible Giant Strength sent him flying backward.

His feet carved two deep furrows into the ground before he finally managed to steady himself.

The Solid Bone Shield before him was now covered in countless cracks, its light grown dim.

He was covered in grime, his black robes blasted to tattered rags. He was a pathetic sight to behold.

"BASTARD!!"

Looking at the devastated cave and his dead and wounded subordinates, the Elder Deacon’s withered cheeks twisted in absolute fury.

He flung the barely conscious Xue Si aside, his eyes bloodshot as he stared death at the sky outside, now lit by the fires of the explosion.

’To think that I, a dignified Elder Deacon of the Blood Feeding Sect, a Gu Master Level expert, have been forced into such a desperate situation by some unknown Pilot!’

"Kill him!"

"Tear him out of the sky for me!"

The Elder Deacon let out a piercing shriek.

He whirled around, looking toward the depths of the cave.

There, several Flying Demon Beasts, injured in the explosion and whimpering softly, trembled as they felt their master’s rage.

All reason had vanished from the Elder Deacon’s eyes, leaving only savagery and madness.

He bit the tip of his tongue, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood essence imbued with his Origin Power!

"By my blood, I ignite your souls! Berserk!"

The blood essence transformed into several arrows of blood that shot accurately into the brow of each Demon Beast.

ROAR!

The once-listless Demon Beasts instantly let out crazed roars of excruciating pain.

Their wounds squirmed and knitted shut at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Their muscles bulged madly.

Their eyes turned a bloody Crimson.

Eerie, blood-colored markings surfaced on their skin.

Their auras surged explosively!

Seven Flying Demon Beasts, forcibly pushed to a power level bordering on Tier Two Peak, burst from the cave mouth, brimming with a monstrous, violent aura!

They swarmed from all directions toward the Hunting Falcon high in the sky!

In the air, seven raging red dots of light shot out from the cave within Han Feng’s Spiritual Vision.

They instantly surrounded him.