Chapter 478: Chapter 6: Celestial Demon Mark_2
The next moment, the Demon Monster completely lost consciousness.
In the depths of the sea, the dazzling Five Fire Divine Thunder transformed into a fleeting bolt of brilliant lightning, instantly smashing the Demon Monster’s immense body to pieces.
Countless chunks of foul-smelling flesh splattered everywhere, some even flung miles away.
Thick, filthy blood gushed out in an instant, staining the entire expanse of the sea.
Instantly, countless Sea Monsters, Celestial Demons, and other Demons were drawn by the feast, swarming to devour the Demon Monster’s flesh and blood.
Yang Jing led the pursuing black light in several circles around the Demon Monster’s corpse.
Then, he suddenly vanished, darting into a crowd of Yin Death Demons and taking on their appearance.
A moment later, the black light that was the Tribulation Sea Ancestor arrived at the scene.
It had lost Yang Jing’s trail and circled restlessly above the swarm of Yin Death Demons. Yang Jing had refined an unknown number of Yin Death Demons before, so his transformation was nearly perfect.
For a moment, the black light couldn’t distinguish him and could only activate what little of its Divine Thought was left.
The Yin Death Demons below, who were happily devouring the Demon Monster’s corpse, were suddenly struck by a calamity. They let out bloodcurdling screams as their bodies collapsed, turning into wisps of dissipating Demonic Qi.
One of the Yin Death Demons suddenly shifted, reverting to Yang Jing’s appearance.
In his sea of consciousness, the Five-Colored Divine Light flared, easily blocking the Sub-Soul’s Divine Sense attack.
Before the Tribulation Sea Ancestor’s Sub-Soul could give chase, Yang Jing flickered away. The Demon-Catching Tripod released plumes of Nine Illusion Mirage Demon Qi, shielding him from the Sub-Soul’s perception.
By the time the Sub-Soul caught up, Yang Jing had used the Fetal Transformation Technique to blend into a crowd of bizarre Demon Monsters.
It was a good thing the Tribulation Sea Old Demon’s Sub-Soul couldn’t speak; otherwise, a torrent of profanity would have already spewed from its mouth.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Yang Jing kept changing his form, forcing the Sub-Soul to expend its Divine Thought.
By the time he hid among a group of Three Yin Evil Demons, the Tribulation Sea Ancestor’s Sub-Soul was already extremely weak. The black light it formed wavered between tangible and intangible, on the verge of dissipating at any moment.
Yang Jing’s heart stirred. Just as he was thinking, ’Should I use the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light to finish this Sub-Soul?’ the black light’s aura suddenly surged, like the final flare of a dying candle.
"Not good!"
He knew the Sub-Soul was about to use its ultimate, last-ditch move.
The black light suddenly shattered, transforming into countless black needles, like a fine, drizzling rain, that shot out in all directions.
Yang Jing hastily used Earth Escape to tunnel underground.
But he hadn’t expected the black needles to have the power to penetrate the soil.
The next instant, a black needle passed through his Protective Gang Qi as if it weren’t there and landed on his arm, transforming into a strange and mysterious Demon Talisman.
Yang Jing tried using Celestial Gang Qi, the True Talisman Scripture’s Magical Power, and the Nine Great Celestial Thunders, but found them all to be of little effect. He realized he could only grind the mark off his arm with slow, patient effort, a task that would take at least seven days.
He emerged from underground.
The Sub-Soul had released tens of thousands of black needles, so he certainly wasn’t the only one who had been marked.
Concealing himself in the water with Nine Illusion Mirage Demon Qi, Yang Jing considered the situation. ’Although the Tribulation Sea Old Demon released many black needles, the weaker Celestial Demons and Sea Monsters died instantly. The survivors are at least Great Demons at the Foundation Establishment Realm. That drastically reduces the number of traceable targets.’
His expression darkened at the thought, and he took out the Demon-Catching Tripod.
’Being on the edge of the Demon Realm, it’s better to use the methods of a Demon Cultivator to stay hidden. This time, I only attracted a Sea Monster of average Power, but next time might not be the same.’
’I had no choice during the chase before, but if I keep acting so recklessly, I might accidentally provoke a Nascent Soul Demon King, who could be even more trouble than the Tribulation Sea Old Demon.’
"Capture all the marked Sea Monsters and Celestial Demons."
The instinct to seek fortune and avoid disaster was unavoidable even for Celestial Demons. Those Sea Monsters and Celestial Demons were not unintelligent; upon discovering a mysterious mark had appeared on their bodies, they panicked and fled in all directions.
The Wanhua Child nodded. He stomped a single foot on the tripod, and countless Demon-Catching Chains shot out in all directions, seizing the fleeing Sea Monsters and Celestial Demons and dragging them back.
Yang Jing then ordered the Wanhua Child to use Nine Illusion Mirage Demon Qi to control the captured monsters, sending them scattering in every direction to create maximum interference for the Tribulation Sea Old Demon’s tracking. He assigned only one monster to each trajectory.
"Master, which direction should we choose?"
the Wanhua Child asked.
Yang Jing pondered for a moment.
"We’ll go southeast."
’The Tribulation Sea Old Demon’s Southern Demon Sect is in the Northern Continent. After getting news that the Xuyu Coral was stolen, he most likely rushed here from the north.’
’If I hadn’t been marked, I could have gone north, thinking to do the opposite of what he’d expect. But now that I have this mark on my arm, heading north would just be a foolish mistake, like walking right into a net.’
’It’s better to just head south. With my skills, I might even be able to remove the mark before the Tribulation Sea Old Demon catches up to me.’
Yang Jing used his Water Escape Form. He didn’t travel at full speed, lest the Tribulation Sea Old Demon notice that this particular marked target’s Tunneling Speed was too fast and lock onto his position.
「Three days later.」 A ray of demonic light silently appeared above the Spiritual Acupoint, which was now in such a state of ruin that its original appearance was unrecognizable.
Because it was surrounded by a dense cloud of Demonic Qi, the Spiritual Qi had nowhere to go, so its concentration here remained at Tier Four. However, under the ravages of the Five Fire Divine Thunder, the Great Sun Demon Fire, and the Taiyin Moonlight, the buildings within the Spiritual Acupoint had long been completely destroyed, leaving no trace behind.
The Tribulation Sea Old Demon’s heart had skipped a beat when he sensed that the Powerful White Bone Demon he had set up in the Spiritual Acupoint had been triggered, and that his disciple Wu Chan’s Soul Token had shattered. He never imagined that despite all his preparations, something had gone wrong with the Xuyu Coral.
He had immediately begun to travel at full speed. To reach the Spiritual Acupoint as quickly as possible, he had even used several precious Tier Four Spirit Talismans.
"Who was it! Who the hell was it?"
Even though his Cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, the Tribulation Sea Old Demon still felt he was losing control of his emotions. The veins on his forehead throbbed as if they were about to explode.
’Could it be that Wu Chan betrayed me?’
His mind raced, but he instantly dismissed the thought, because Wu Chan’s Soul Token was in his possession. He had also secretly planted a Celestial Demon inside the Divine Soul of this most trusted disciple.
Now that the Celestial Demon was also dead, there was no way Wu Chan could still be alive.
’To be able to kill Wu Chan without even giving him a chance to activate the Star Demon Split Body Talisman... could the attacker be a fellow Nascent Soul Cultivator?’
The most unwelcome thought surfaced in the Tribulation Sea Old Demon’s mind.
’If the Xuyu Coral fell into the hands of a fellow Nascent Soul Cultivator, getting it back would be nigh on impossible.’
With a flick of his Magical Power, countless tiny bone fragments flew out from the earth.
The fragments assembled in mid-air, forming the incomplete shape of a White Bone skeleton. A significant number of pieces were likely shattered too finely for even him, its Sacrificial Refiner, to find.
Even so, he could still determine that the Powerful White Bone Demon he had refined was completely destroyed by being cleaved in two with an extremely sharp and powerful attack.
However, what made him quite uncertain was the attacker’s Power.
An ordinary Golden Core Cultivator would never possess such a technique, but compared to a Nascent Soul Cultivator, it was lacking by more than a small margin.
At the very least, the technique used to cut the Powerful White Bone Demon in half was already capable of threatening a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
’As long as it’s not a Nascent Soul Cultivator, it’ll be fine. As long as it’s not a Nascent Soul Cultivator.’
The Tribulation Sea Old Demon consoled himself. If the Xuyu Coral was stolen just like that, the incident would likely become his inner demon, making it difficult for his Cultivation to advance even a single step.
"No matter who you are, what belongs to me, Tribulation Sea, is not so easily taken,"
he said viciously. As long as his opponent’s Cultivation wasn’t at the Nascent Soul Realm, they could never escape his Soul Division and Body Seizing Skill.
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