Chapter 1069: Chapter 576: Master’s Worries, a Thread of Mystic Yellow Mother Qi! (Part 2)
This Great Dao doesn’t significantly enhance his combat strength, but it does allow him to recover quickly after being injured.
"That old bird is definitely still searching for me. I can’t drag this out any longer. The trump cards in my hand, even when reaching the Chaos Hole Realm, Forget Realm, can still be used; there’s no need to exhaust them all in this battle."
Thoughts surged through his mind as Jiang Shu’s figure shuttled through the magma.
Even though he could use the Two Realms Shuttle, he had to ensure the safety of his location. If he shuttled directly here, he might be ambushed by the Demon Venerable upon returning.
As he continued to shuttle, his Primordial Power stirred his yet unrecovered internal injuries, causing blood to seep from the corners of his mouth.
But Jiang Shu’s eyes were brighter than ever.
Through the battle with the Demon Venerable, he confirmed that he truly stood at the Peak of the Vientiane Realm.
The further one cultivates, the greater the gap between realms.
At the Peak of the Vientiane Realm, even in front of a Demon Venerable, it was just like this.
The fact that he could injure, even if just superficially, was enough to prove that the path he was on was extraordinary.
On the surface of the newly born gray Dao seed inside him, thirteen cracks were slowly expanding, with a vaguely visible rotating galaxy vortex inside.
The magma lake suddenly boiled violently.
Jiang Shu sensed a call from the depths of the earth vein, something purer than Fire Spirit Marrow — Earth Core Source Power.
Without hesitation, he leapt into the heart of the lake, his figure gradually swallowed by the gold-red lava.
As he descended, Jiang Shu only felt his heart rate accelerating rapidly.
A huge crisis loomed over his mind once again.
Even though he had deployed his fleeing speed to the extreme,
in front of the Demon Venerable, no matter how fast he was, it was just like this!
"Huff..."
Jiang Shu gritted his teeth, putting away all thoughts, focusing purely, using the scorching Fire Spirit Qi to evade the Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable’s senses.
At the same time, high above the sky.
The Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable soared in the void, three pairs of vertical pupils staring irritably at the land below.
"Where did that kid hide?"
"Damn it, I should have made this True Flame Dao Vein the array hub back then."
The Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable thought it would be easy to capture a mere late-stage Vientiane junior with his Demon Venerable realm, considering the gap between them was even larger than that between a mortal and a late-stage Vientiane being.
But Jiang Shu’s skills completely exceeded his expectations.
The life-saving items on him seemed endless, not even giving him a chance to deploy any Great Technique before they came crashing down.
These items must have been bestowed by the Supreme Sect Leaders of the Eight Great Sects. Each was a Supreme Treasure in the outside world, but in Jiang Shu’s hands, it was as if they cost nothing.
Thinking carefully, even the Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable felt a bit heartbroken.
These items were incredibly precious to him. Had he used his real techniques to kill Jiang Shu earlier, wouldn’t all these items have been his?
His Divine Sense enveloped the True Flame Dao Vein below, yet he still couldn’t find a trace of Jiang Shu.
The Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable grew even more irritable.
Now, Dragon Venerable and others already knew he was hunting Jiang Shu. Phoenix Venerable even personally decreed that as long as the Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable could kill Jiang Shu, the benefits gained during the True Phoenix Clan’s ascension would be tilted in his favor, a resource substantial enough to drive anyone mad.
But now, Jiang Shu has disappeared!
If others found out, forget about the benefits, even the prestige he accumulated might crumble.
In the Demon Race, they might still consider his reputation.
But in the Human Clan, his fame might only serve as a stepping stone for Jiang Shu!
The sky above the magma lake suddenly twisted, clouds ripped into shreds by an invisible force.
The Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable’s three pairs of Phoenix Wings spread fully, overshadowing the sky, with flames of extinguishing laws dancing at the tip of each gold-red feather, leaving scorched marks in space that took a long time to heal.
"Junior! Do you really think..."
The Ancestor’s third vertical pupil burst forth with blinding gold light, where it glanced, the magma lake surface within ten thousand miles vaporized instantly. In the steaming white mist, Jiang Shu’s tattered figure faintly appeared, yet it vanished in the blink of an eye.
"Can you escape?!"
Like claws that could capture mountains and seas, the Phoenix Talon pressed downward, causing the entire ground to groan under unbearable pressure.
Under the great might of a Demon Venerable Late Stage, the crust was as fragile as an eggshell, with web-like cracks swiftly spreading from the lake’s center.
What spurted from those cracks wasn’t magma but violently extracted earth vein essence.
The entire True Flame Dao Vein, like a dying Red Dragon, was forcibly torn from the underground!
"Reveal yourself to this venerable!"
The Phoenix Talon, entwined with Chaotic Qi, clawed at the Dao Vein, pouring Nirvana Fire along the meridians.
The True Flame Dao Vein emitted an anguished wail, with the mystic crystal armor on its surface exploding under high temperature, the fire essence hidden within the vein’s eye vaporized into green smoke before it could even escape, its million-year-old memories fleeting swiftly in the Ancestor’s Divine Sense.
No?
No, still no!
The Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable’s face contorted in the firelight, a crack splitting open on the jade crown on his forehead.
He suddenly realized he might have made a fatal error.
That kid most likely had already left the True Flame Dao Vein!
"Scoundrel!"
The Phoenix Wings abruptly folded, compressing the extracted True Flame Dao Vein into a crimson point of light.
When the energy density reached the critical point, the entire earth vein exploded in the Ancestor’s palm!
Boom!
A shock wave comparable to a star’s annihilation spread spherically, restoring even the dust to its most primal state wherever it passed.
The topography within three thousand miles was permanently altered, the magma lake completely dried up, and the exposed rock layers revealed a glazed molten state, as if plowed by celestial fire.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
The Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable’s roar shattered three distant mountain peaks, golden-red fire rain pouring down from the clouds, burning countless charred holes into the earth.
He had never been so angry.
A mere junior at the late stage of the Vientiane Realm had managed to escape from him repeatedly and even caused him to exert his full force to no avail!
"Taichu Dao... Taichu Dao!"
He ground his teeth, repeating these four words as golden light swelled in his vertical eyes.
If it weren’t for that strange Dao characteristic, Jiang Shu would have long been reduced to ashes. Yet, it was this wisp of dim Dao Rhyme that repeatedly interfered with his pursuit, unraveling his every spatial lock!
The Taichu Dao itself is a kind of retrospective return to space.
"When this venerable catches you, your Divine Soul will be extracted, eternally imprisoned in the Heaven-Burning Fire Prison!"
The Phoenix Wings suddenly vibrated, turning the Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable into a streak of crimson gold light shooting toward the sky, his Divine Sense spreading like a tide, scanning the vast territory.
He absolutely refused to believe Jiang Shu could vanish into thin air.
That kid had to be hiding somewhere, merely temporarily evading his senses.
Perhaps he used some treasure unknown to him to conceal his aura.
But such a treasure couldn’t provide long-term concealment. As long as Jiang Shu remained here, he would inevitably be found!
This is the Demon Domain, after all!
This is the territory of the Demon Race!
What about the Eight Great Sects?
Before entering the Demon Domain, Jiang Shu had no chance of survival!
The Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable’s feathers threaded through the void, each feather carrying his aura to search every corner of space.
Deep within the Earth’s core.
Jiang Shu curled up inside a cocoon woven by the Taichu Dao Rhyme, with fine popping sounds coming from his entire skeleton as the strong pressure from the Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable made it somewhat difficult for him to breathe. Yet he dared not take large breaths, fearing exposure.
In that brief moment, he clearly sensed the Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable’s fury nearly burned through the crust. If not for swiftly retreating into the depths of the True Flame Dao Vein and concealing himself with earth vein aura, he might have already been extracted.
"It seems I truly can’t stay here."
He licked his parched lips, tasting the iron tang of blood.
The splashing magma was pulverized into powder before hitting the ground by the Demon Venerable’s pressure, leaving the space within a hundred thousand miles still in an extremely unstable state.
There’s no time to wait.
I must leave now, or there truly won’t be another chance!
