The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 692 - 390 Borrowing a Knife_2

The lifespan of Qingluan is much longer than that of Humans. As long as it survives the Heavenly Tribulation, its lifespan will greatly increase after that. At this moment, she is only anxious to join the battle; why would she care about a mere twenty years of lifespan?

No one knew what Secret Technique Duanmu Yan used, but his figure left behind afterimages as he fled, his speed surprisingly not slower than Qi Zai. It took him only half a second to escape the encirclement of the Tree Guards, leaving the vine attacks to miss emptily. The Bashe Forest was guarded by Tree Guards, but unfortunately, these beings also shared the weaknesses of trees—their large size made them move too slowly. Therefore, they were generally used for alerting and guarding. When facing a true formidable enemy, the ones who actually fought were the Hidden Stream Demon Soldiers called upon by the alarm.

Duanmu Yan was well aware that Qingluan had already issued a battle assembly order to the Hidden Stream. If he didn’t escape within a few minutes, he would never be able to leave. He was just an avatar of Yin Jiu You, and he wasn’t powerful enough to confront the entire Hidden Stream alone.

Regrettably, he couldn’t use a tame tool to escape into the sky now—Langya was experienced in battle and possessed extensive Divine Skills. The hurricane he summoned swept across the entire sky, a force as unstoppable as if it were withered vines and decayed wood, specifically to prevent Duanmu Yan from escaping through the air. Ning Xiaoxian only glanced at it and determined that the level of this hurricane was almost equivalent to the level 12 typhoons that frequently ravaged the Southeast Coast of Huaxia. Even if Qi Zai flew into the sky, facing such adverse flying conditions, its speed and agility would be greatly reduced.

Therefore, Duanmu Yan could only flee on the ground towards the direction of Red Cloud Plateau, striving to run out of Hidden Stream’s home ground first. The Secret Technique he used could greatly increase his speed, but it wasn’t sustainable and could only last for about five breaths. However, since Red Cloud Plateau was just half a mile away from here, five breaths of time were sufficient.

He sprinted forward with long strides. Just then, a large net suddenly sprang from the ground in his path, enveloping him from above. Each rope of the net was as thick as a child’s arm, rugged and entangled as if it had withstood thousands of years of wind and frost, covered with tree tumors and scars, interspersed with a faint glaze-like metallic luster. Under the sunlight, each mesh of the net shimmered with a bluish light—that was the size of Iron Tribulus, with sharp barbed spikes attached.

Even more insidious, while everyone was arguing just now, Meat Ball, the scoundrel, had woven the net in two layers for caution and to kill time out of boredom!

While they were talking, Changtian already knew that a fierce fight was inevitable. He had commanded Meat Ball to slide into the ground from behind Ning Xiaoxian and then burrow to the front to ambush—the perfect hunter lying in wait for its prey.

The large net woven by Meat Ball sprung out with the speed of lightning, like a gigantic carnivorous bat, while Duanmu Yan himself moved as fast as lightning. It looked as though he was going to throw himself directly into the net... Keep in mind, hundreds of shining poisonous hooks were awaiting his arrival. Facing such a sudden change, his reaction was extremely quick. Without the slightest sign of surprise on his face, he had already drawn out a pitch-black Longsword with a flick of his wrist, and amidst the bustle, he managed to make an extremely regular and beautiful cross cut with his sword.

To put it in words, it was just a moment when a black light flashed past and struck heavily upon the vine net.

Nurtured by the precious soil at the cost of significant effort, Meat Ball had undergone several advancements. It had now fully transformed into glaze gold, its strength was more than twenty times that of mortal iron, and could almost compare with cloud pattern steel, a type of special steel with rare output. Combined with the natural toughness of the Vine Demon, this large net possessed both flexibility and thickness. Even Ning Xiaoxian herself wasn’t confident that she could break through it in a short time.

However, when the Black Sword slashed out, although the light it emitted was barely visible, it cut through Meat Ball’s body as if it were slicing through tofu. With a swift "zhi liu" sound, it sliced open a cross-shaped gap in the massive net in front of Duanmu Yan, just big enough for a person to pass through. The edges of the cut seemed burned by a hot iron, not only wilted and shrunk but also charred black. In Ning Xiaoxian’s Sea of Consciousness, the wails of Meat Ball immediately resounded, indicating severe damage.

Qingluan soared high in the sky with good eyesight. At that moment, she could see the Longsword in Duanmu Yan’s hand was actually black with red gleams, emitting a faint black light. However, ancient demon script began to surface on the sword, the two large characters "Demon Skull" with an eerie blood-red flickering amidst the letters. With each swing, a thick scent of blood spread out.

But even with the vine net’s interception, Duanmu Yan’s steps were still slowed down. Changtian Yuan had no expectation that Meat Ball’s attack would succeed; what he vied for was the delay bought by that split second. This truly was a case of an inch of time being worth an inch of gold!

Langya had already caught up. His running method was very strange, not akin to ordinary Cultivators who energize their steps with power; it was more similar to instantaneous movement. Often you would see him fifty yards away one moment, and the next second, he would already be nearing your face, indeed quite chic and unrestrained.

After Langya got closer, he did not rush to attack but instead initiated his own unique Domain, and then he closed in. His deployment of the Domain was very skillful because he and Duanmu Yan were at the front, so the Domain temporarily only covered the two of them. Qi Zai was also about to catch up with the two men, but Changtian shouted, "Retreat! You can’t touch this Domain!" Qi Zai immediately soared skyward, just grazing the periphery of the Domain, and afterward hovered above the two. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to cast your recommendation tickets and Monthly Tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)