Chapter 1354: Chapter 587: A Billion Miles in an Instant (Part 2)
Upon this thought, Lin Xuankong shook his head slightly, then glanced around and said solemnly, "Cyan Bird Celestial Demon, although those cultivators from the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm, human and demon alike, are not closely related to me, they are ultimately cultivators from my Golden Dragon Immortal Realm. If you are sensible, do not trouble them in the years to come! That way, when I, Lin Xuankong, return to Cyan Wood Forest and this Red Water Demon City in the future, I naturally won’t trouble you either! Otherwise, today I can easily suppress you with my Initial Tier Perfection cultivation; in the future, when I, Lin Xuankong, reach the Minor Success Realm, capturing you will be as easy as turning my hand!"
Before he finished speaking,
all the immortal artifacts arranged into nineteen of the Seven Realms Luo Water Grand Arrays around him sparkled with dazzling light,
All those lights flickered and fell towards Lin Xuankong’s location. The sheer number of immortal artifacts and the brilliance of the light were too overwhelming. The waves generated by the massive amount of immortal artifacts even distorted the space around Lin Xuankong, making it impossible for all the Celestial Demons present, including the Cyan Bird Celestial Demon, to detect Lin Xuankong’s movements clearly at that moment!
By the time all those lights and waves disappeared,
the thousands of Initial Tier Celestial Demons, as well as the Red-haired Celestial Demon and Cyan Bird Celestial Demon, looked carefully and were astounded to find that Lin Xuankong, who was previously floating within the Luo Water Array, had vanished without a trace!
The Cyan Bird Celestial Demon’s eyes were filled with intense reluctance as it unfolded its newly freed body, spreading a large amount of demonic Qi around, trying to sense Lin Xuankong’s movements. Unfortunately, even though it used concentrated demonic Qi to scan the entire surrounding territory of tens of thousands of miles in an extremely short period, it still couldn’t find any trace of Lin Xuankong!
The Red-haired Celestial Demon similarly activated its demonic Qi to probe around. A moment later, the Red-haired Celestial Demon looked at the Lord Cyan Bird Celestial Demon beside it and hesitantly said:
"Lord Cyan Bird, something’s not right here! Even if that Lin Xuankong had used some exquisite escape technique to leave here at an extremely frightening speed, there should still be some ripples and traces left on the trajectory of his escape. Even a Celestial Demon in the Great Success Realm would find it impossible to exert an escape technique without causing any disturbance to the surrounding space!
But why did Lin Xuankong just suddenly vanish without leaving any trace of Primordial Qi fluctuation, nor does the surrounding space seem to have been disturbed in any way!"
The thousands of Initial Tier Celestial Demons around also looked puzzled at their Lord Cyan Bird Celestial Demon! To these Initial Tier Celestial Demons, everything that had just happened was like a dream. Lin Xuankong came suddenly and left suddenly as if he had never appeared in the Cyan Wood Forest, yet the battle scars left near the now-closed passage entrance clearly told those Initial Tier Celestial Demons that indeed a Lin Xuankong, whose strength, artifact refining level, and array formation level far exceeded their imagination, had been there for those short tens of breaths!
The Cyan Bird Celestial Demon stood in place with a face full of reluctance, its gaze continually shifting, its heart equally a jumble of complicated emotions.
For over ten thousand years of bitter waiting, it had thought its own strength at the Mid Stage of Minor Success Realm, coupled with the Immortal Slaying Thousand Demon Array formed by several thousand Initial Tier Celestial Demons nearby, should be sufficient to take down any cultivator ascending from the Little World below, even if Lin Xuankong could refine a large amount of Immortal Artifacts! After all, no matter how strong an Immortal Artifact is, its power greatly differs in the hands of the strong and the weak!
But what it couldn’t have imagined was that in the process of ascending to the Supreme Origin Realm, Lin Xuankong had directly become an Initial Tier Perfection cultivator, creating a miracle it had never heard of. In addition, Lin Xuankong had shown extremely high levels of artifact refining and array formation, easily luring it into the Grand Array, playing it, the Lord-level Celestial Demon at the Mid-Stage of Minor Success, in the palm of his hand!
The large amount of Immortal Artifacts it had once dreamed of, and the massive rewards it might have received after capturing Lin Xuankong and handing him to the Thousand Illusion Saint Monarch, had all turned into nothing! It couldn’t even chase Lin Xuankong, as even now, after continually expanding its search range, it still couldn’t find any trace of him!
As for Lin Xuankong’s words about not troubling the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva, Immortal Lord Feiyun, Sect Leader Qiu of the Divine Dynasty Immortal Sect, it sank the Cyan Bird Celestial Demon’s heart even further! As a powerful Lord of the Small Domain Cyan Wood Forest in the Red Water Demon City, when had it ever been threatened like this!
However, thinking about the strength and cards Lin Xuankong had just shown, as well as those formidable Grand Array Spirits, the Cyan Bird Celestial Demon had to admit that if the Initial Tier Perfection Celestial Immortal Lin Xuankong were to ever break through to the Minor Success Realm, dealing with it would become even easier, even lighter, even more irresistible!
The Red-haired Celestial Demon couldn’t help but speak then, "Lord Cyan Bird, should we contact the other small city lords to collectively search for Lin Xuankong’s traces?"
Already feeling extremely agitated and complex, the Cyan Bird Celestial Demon paled at this and shook its head, "What use would contacting them be? I, a cultivator who has practiced detection arts for millions of years, cannot find any trace of Lin Xuankong, much less they!"
After speaking, the Cyan Bird Celestial Demon turned to the thousands of Initial Tier Celestial Demons around and spoke again, "Since Lin Xuankong has already escaped, it’s impossible for him to return, you all disperse! But you must remember one thing clearly: any news about what happened at the number three passage entrance today must not be leaked, otherwise, the Red Water Prison might end up hosting some unprecedented Celestial Demon prisoners!"
The many Initial Tier Celestial Demons, hearing their Lord Cyan Bird Celemon say this, showed a hint of fear,
The horrors of the Red Water Prison, and the countless torments of the water prison, were a nightmare to any Initial Tier Celestial Demon who knew of it! Most importantly, after countless years together they understood their Lord Cyan Bird Celestial Demon too well! If any of the Initial Tier Celestial Demons present dared to leak today’s information, their Lord Cyan Bird Celestial Demon could indeed deliver punishment that instilled absolute terror!
Thinking of this, the expressions of all the Initial Tier Celestial Demons turned solemn, bowing to the Cyan Bird Celestial Demon, even assuring that they would not dare to reveal today’s events under any circumstances! Then, the thousands of Celestial Demons each retracted their Demon Artifacts and headed into the depths of the Cyan Wood Forest!
The Cyan Bird Celestial Demon looked into the distance, contemplating its mistakes in the battle just now, its face as a Lord of the Cyan Wood Forest growing increasingly grim!
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On the East Ming Divine Continent, at Candle Mountain, deep within the tall and dense forest at the mountain’s base by the edge of a lake thousands of miles in circumference.
The air wavered slightly, and a figure suddenly appeared—it was none other than Lin Xuankong, who had departed from the Red Water Demon City.
After suppressing the Cyan Bird Celestial Demon, the Lord of the Cyan Wood Forest, and learning from its mouth that the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva and others were imprisoned in the Red Water Prison,
Lin Xuankong immediately and without hesitation activated one of the talents tied to his Vigorous in Old Age Life Plate: the [Return to Hometown] Rule Talent, which allows instantaneous travel over great distances by consuming a certain amount of lifespan to return to a pre-designated location. At the current age of ten thousand and six hundred years, the maximum travel distance instantaneously is ten million and six hundred thousand miles, with each activation consuming one thousand and six years of lifespan.
Moreover, Lin Xuankong didn’t activate it just once, but continuously activated the Return to Hometown talent hundreds, even thousands of times, consuming a lifespan cap of over a million years in the process before finally stopping!
Among Lin Xuankong’s non-combat talents, the Return to Hometown talent is one of the extraordinarily powerful and mystical talents within the Vigorous in Old Age Life Plate!
This Return to Hometown talent allows his current self to instantaneously transcend over tens of billions of miles, truly achieving an instant movement of billions of miles, and it can be continuously activated. It surpasses by far any escape technique Lin Xuankong has encountered, the only downside being the need to consume a certain amount of the lifespan cap. But now that Lin Xuankong has a truly unlimited lifespan cap, where would he still worry about the lifespan consumption for activating the talent being a bit too much!
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