Chapter 246: 129: Ingeniously Solving Dangers Like a God, Can’t Use Full Strength to Break Out (Please Vote for the Monthly Ticket)_1 Chapter 246: 129: Ingeniously Solving Dangers Like a God, Can’t Use Full Strength to Break Out (Please Vote for the Monthly Ticket)_1 A crescent moon, like a jade-inlaid golden ring, hung in the deep purple night sky, shrouded by clouds and mist, much like a solitary white sail floating in the depths of the sea.
In the woods, Chen Dengming checked his surroundings for potential dangers before pulling out a map to determine his current location.
This war zone map was rather mystical, created by an Artifact Refining Sect.
By infusing a thread of Spiritual Energy into it, one’s current location would naturally be revealed.
Chen Dengming scrutinised the map, confirming that he was just over a thousand miles away from his intended rescue area.
These thousand miles, if travelled at full speed, could be covered in half an hour.
However, the sound of wind breaking from rushing at full speed was too loud, riding the Black Cloud Leopard was much more subtle.
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After its recent breakthrough, the leopard had even gained some unusual divine skills shared with uncommon beasts.
Its feet could create clouds, and its wings could control the wind, reducing air resistance and keeping the noise level from flight relatively low.
The speed of level flight was about seventy percent of his maximum speed, allowing him to reach the rescue mission area in just over half an hour.
Chen Dengming also checked the position of Wind Matter Square on the map.
The distance was still far, over seven thousand miles.
As for the fringe location, Moonlight Market, it was even more remote.
On the map, these two locations were both circled in crimson.
Especially Moonlight Market, it was directly labelled with a demon’s skull, implying that it had been completely occupied by the Demon Cultivators and was extremely dangerous.
“I wonder if the Ming family from Moonlight Market managed to escape the invasion of the Demon Cultivators?”
Filled with regret, Chen Dengming dismissed some thoughts from his mind.
The war zone was still too dangerous, even Wind Matter Square was a place he could not venture into, not to mention Moonlight Market.
Furthermore, both of these places were extremely dangerous, full of Demon Cultivators.
If any old friends were there, they were likely dead by now, and if they had already left, it was redundant to search this place.
“It’s no wonder that no one accepted my bounty…”
With a sigh, Chen Dengming put away the map.
Most would probably think the person who posted this bounty was a fool.
Who would risk their life going to such dangerous place to search for missing people?
They probably wouldn’t even find any remains.
Jiang Qiang and Chu Xun, two minor Loose Cultivators who were separated from the Luo family, one of the great Cultivation Families, at the Wind Matter Square, were probably even harder to find within the fleeing crowd of refugees.
Chen Dengming wasn’t sure if he would be able to find his old friends during his lifetime.
However, his lifespan was still long, there should be enough time to find them.
Even if he couldn’t find his old friends, there was a chance that he might bump into their descendants.
After resting on a tree for a while, he mounted the Black Cloud Leopard and resumed his journey.
Compared to the other Cultivators who had spread out to save Refugees, his pacing on the name brand Black Cloud Leopard was much faster.
He could probably only be outrun by Cao Yan, who was in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and the chances were slim.
It was difficult to increase the speed of escape to a large extent.
A few small realm differences could not result in a quadratic speed difference.
During Foundation Establishment, the difference between each small realm mainly lay in the capacity for Divine Sense and Mana.
Even if Mana became multiple times larger, the escape speed wouldn’t undergo the same increase, only the flying time would be extended.
Therefore, in the Cultivation World, Magic Artifacts that enhanced escape speed were quite expensive.
Chen Dengming, who had only recently emerged from his long period of poverty, didn’t dare to dwell on this too much.
However, owning the Black Cloud Leopard was still like owning an expensive flying vehicle resource.
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After almost half an hour of flight, Chen Dengming ran into Zhou Yunji very near the rescue destination.
It was predictable that the closer he got to the destination, the higher the possibility of meeting other Cultivators was.
“Ah, Brother Chen, it’s great that you can ride on Heizi, it’s a lot more convenient than my way of travelling.
It consumes spiritual energy and gives off spiritual light, which easily attracts the attention of Demonic Beasts.”
Zhou Yunji flew after them and sighed in admiration, willing to share the ride, but too embarrassed to ask.
He had barely finished his sentence when spellcasting rumblings echoed from a mountain path to the left.
Their expressions changed.
A battle in this vicinity could likely involve their fellow Cultivators.
“Let’s go take a look!”
Impatient, Zhou Yunji tried to rush forward but was held back by Chen Dengming.
Zhou Yunji turned to look at him, and Chen Dengming said, “Don’t rush.
Try to get closer quietly and carefully.
Don’t alert the enemy.
We might be able to sneak up on them!”
Zhou Yunji blinked, then understood.
Chen Dengming patted the black cloud leopard, and he instantly understood.
He had always wanted to ride this leopard and immediately turned off his spiritual light, climbing onto the Black Cloud Leopard.
“Grr…”
The Black Cloud Leopard rolled its eyes and swished its tail irritably, not very pleased with the idea of anyone but its master encroaching on its pure back.
“Heizi, go.
Be careful, and sneak up on them!”
Chen Dengming spoke softly, elevating his cautiousness and getting closer.
As they approached the destination, they could hear chilling winds, and the ‘whoo, whoo’ howling sounded like a group of ghouls crying in high pitch.
A dense black fog shrouded the area in front of them, constantly roiling.
Within the fog, the flickering Spiritual Light hinted that someone was fighting magic.
There were two Soul Devouring Sect Cultivators standing outside the fog, dressed in grey robes and controlling soul ghosts with a Soul Attracting Banner, attacking the trapped Cultivator in the fog.
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“Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Soul Devouring Sect?
Two of them…”
The blood drained from Zhou Yunji’s face.
“We’re nearing the rescue location, which is probably close to a Demon Cultivator base.
It’s not surprising to encounter two Foundation Establishment Cultivators here.
Be careful.”
Chen Dengming patted the back of the Black Cloud Leopard, which lowered its body in understanding.
They quickly closed the distance under the concealment of the surrounding trees and mountains.