68: Chapter 68 I Also Want to Give You a Swift Resolution
68 -68 I Also Want to Give You a Swift Resolution
Snake!
Ye Zhen was horrified to find that his body had transformed into the shape of a snake.
Hands, feet, body, even his head had turned into that of a snake, evoking an incredibly strange sensation.
On the surface, it felt as if his entire body had morphed into the likeness of the Illusion Serpent King, but deep inside he was acutely aware that he was still in human form, possessing hands and feet.
It was merely that the True Yuan within his body circulated in a peculiar way, disguising or transfiguring him into a serpent, creating a visual illusion without an actual transformation into a snake.
After the initial shock, Ye Zhen became quite interested in experimenting.
Although it was just an illusion, during the transfiguration Ye Zhen could crawl and spring like a snake; the instincts of a serpent seemed to be imprinted within him.
This illusion did not shatter due to Ye Zhen’s movements, and he discovered that by adjusting the output of True Yuan, he could alter the size of the Illusion Serpent King he conjured.
At the smallest, he could create an Illusion Serpent King about three meters long and nearly one meter wide, which was somewhat similar to the proportions of Ye Zhen’s body.
At the largest, he could create one that was ten meters long and one meter wide.
However, when Ye Zhen conjured an Illusion Serpent King that was fifteen meters long and one meter wide, the consumption of True Yuan was incredibly fast.
Ye Zhen estimated that if he maintained the Illusion Serpent King form at fifteen meters in length, even if his True Yuan was at its peak state, he could not sustain it for more than twenty breaths.
For a while, Ye Zhen indulged in the play of transforming into the Illusion Serpent King, crawling and coiling around trees, thoroughly enjoying himself.
Refining True Yuan, removing impurities from spiritual medicines, and transforming into various beasts at will, Ye Zhen did not know how many more surprises the Mirage Dragon Pearl would bring him.
And this was just the benefit brought to Ye Zhen by the unsealing of the first spatial stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl.
Ye Zhen could not imagine the unimaginable effects when all nine spatial stages of the Mirage Dragon Pearl were fully unsealed.
It was not until the True Yuan inside his body was almost depleted that he suddenly realized, hastily sitting cross-legged to recover the excessively consumed True Yuan.
At that moment, distant roars from the beasts erupted from the mountains, and soon, the sound of demon beasts roaring surged continuously; farther away, a radiant light shot into the sky, unable to calm for a long time.
However, Ye Zhen paid no heed, as deep within the Yin Mountain Range, it was common for demon beasts to fight endlessly throughout the night.
The night passed uneventfully, and when the first rays of morning light penetrated the forest, Ye Zhen, whose True Yuan had fully recovered, slowly opened his eyes, filled with confidence.
On the slightly higher tree hollow on his left, Meng Xiaoyue, who had already awoken, was staring intently at Ye Zhen.
“You’re awake.”
Flashing Meng Xiaoyue a smile, Ye Zhen gently leaped toward the tree hollow where she was, and just as he was about to embrace her while jumping down, heavy footsteps and intermittent cursing suddenly sounded in front.
“Damn, that bastard actually dared to escape to this godforsaken place, it’s unbelievable, isn’t he afraid of being eaten by demon beasts?”
“That damn Ye Zhen, if Meng Xiaoyue dies because he brought her here and our efforts end in vain, I’ll kill his entire family, his entire family!”
Within the forest, Jin Tai from the Water Sect trudged through deep and shallow steps, cursing as he went.
After a night of battle, not only was Jin Tai in an extremely sorry state, but he had also sustained serious injuries.
His clothes were tattered, and on his chest and back, three deep claw marks were visible while his left leg limped severely, making him grit his teeth with each step he took.
These injuries were traces left from Jin Tai’s battle with several demon beasts last night—a demon beast of Lower-grade Earth Level had nearly cost Jin Tai his life.
The beast roars that echoed from afar last night were noises from Jin Tai’s fierce battles with the demon beasts.
Ye Zhen could understand beast language, making him half the King of the Mountains, but Jin Tai couldn’t.
Unwittingly, he had plunged headlong into a den of a Lower-grade Earth Level demon beast and had fought desperately to escape.
Seeing Jin Tai covered in blood entering the woods, Ye Zhen’s first reaction was to cover Meng Xiaoyue’s mouth, fearing that her cry would reveal their whereabouts.
However, Meng Xiaoyue was much calmer than Ye Zhen anticipated.
After signaling to Ye Zhen, she also gently averted her gaze to avoid alerting Jin Tai with her stare.
Ye Zhen frowned, something was amiss.
He had clearly fled in the opposite direction to this man into the depths of Yin Mountain yesterday.
How could this man still manage to follow him?
Moreover, according to normal reasoning, an escape into the depths of Yin Mountain by someone at the True Essence Second Realm was simply impossible, and no one would believe it if told.
Yet, this man had managed to catch up.
“Could it be, they have some tracking secret technique?”
As Ye Zhen and Meng Xiaoyue prayed for Jin Tai to quickly leave this small grove, Jin Tai’s steps suddenly halted about ten meters away from them.
A blue talisman token appeared in Jin Tai’s hand, and with a flash of spiritual power, the blue talisman token suddenly turned red.
“All red?
Meng Xiaoyue is within a hundred meters?” Jin Tai was stunned, and his eyes immediately sparkled with brilliance.
He raised his head, his gaze searching around like that of an eagle.
Seeing this, Ye Zhen and Meng Xiaoyue shivered, no wonder they had been unable to shake him despite changing directions over the last three or four days—they realized that their pursuer had a tracking artifact in hand.
“Meng Xiaoyue, Ye Zhen, come out you bastards, I know you’re hiding here!” After failing to find them with his search, Jin Tai roared somewhat hysterically.
The hardships of the past few days in the Yin Mountain Range turned into an outburst of rage at that moment.
“Ye Zhen, come out!”
Seeing no response, Jin Tai waved his hands, emitting streaks of spirit light, and began bombarding tree after tree, using this most primitive but effective method to search.
“Spiritual power...”
Watching the spirit light Jin Tai emitted, a sense of helplessness suddenly surged in Ye Zhen’s heart.
True Yuan and spiritual power were completely different levels of forces.
Just like Blood Qi and True Yuan, there was no comparability.
A Martial Artist in the True Essence Realm killing a Martial Artist in the Blood Training Realm was as easy as slicing vegetables, and similarly, a Martial Artist with spiritual power killing someone in the True Essence Realm was just as simple.
“Don’t give up, there’s hope if we persist!”
Suddenly, a phrase that Sha Fei frequently said to him when he was still a servant disciple echoed in Ye Zhen’s mind.
The feeling of helplessness was instantly swept away, and a fierce battle intent surged in his eyes!
“No matter what happens, don’t make a sound!” He whispered to Meng Xiaoyue, his eyes ablaze with fierce battle intent, immediately fixing on Jin Tai.
Jin Tai immediately sensed something and turned his head to look.
Hisss!
In an instant, an Illusion Serpent King about four to five meters long lunged at Jin Tai from the air with a long hiss, and from within the tree hollow, Meng Xiaoyue, seeing Ye Zhen vividly transforming into the Illusion Serpent King, covered her mouth in horror.
“Little crawler, you dare to mess with me!” Seeing it was an Illusion Serpent King, Jin Tai sneered, a demon beast of Human-Level top quality posed no threat to someone in the Spirit Summoning Realm.
Hisss!
Just as Jin Tai was showing disdain, the originally four-to-five meters long Illusion Serpent King shimmered and suddenly grew threefold in size, swelling to fifteen meters.
This startling transformation made Jin Tai, who was about to strike, jump back involuntarily several steps.
Among demon beasts, the size of the body often indicates the level of strength.
In the blink of an eye, the Illusion Serpent King, now tripled in size, lunged at Jin Tai.
Overwhelmed with shock, Jin Tai even failed to notice details like the absence of the usual beastly odor.
Jin Tai staggered back three steps, just as he was about to make a move, a bizarre change erupted.
The fifteen-meter-long Illusion Serpent King’s body shimmered brilliantly and suddenly vanished, and from that burst of brilliance, Ye Zhen leapt out, launching a Thunder Leopard Collapsing Fist straight at Jin Tai’s chest.
Jin Tai was startled once again, his movements slowing down once more.
Almost simultaneously, as the fist neared his chest, a True Essence Finger Sword unexpectedly burst forth from Ye Zhen’s fingertips, merely a foot away from Jin Tai’s chest.
The moment the True Essence Finger Sword appeared, it stabbed into Jin Tai’s chest.
This succession of eerie changes shocked Jin Tai repeatedly, each time slowing his actions slightly.
Puh!
The True Essence Finger Sword penetrated Jin Tai’s chest without any resistance.
However, the moment it pierced him, a brilliant spiritual light burst forth from Jin Tai’s body, emitting a Protective Spirit Power dozens of times stronger than Ye Zhen’s Protective Gang Qi.
Boom!
The True Essence Finger Sword could only penetrate three inches before it could go no further, even scattering under the force of Jin Tai’s spiritual power.
Crack!
With a casual slap, Jin Tai swatted Ye Zhen away like a fly, and Ye Zhen felt as if struck by lightning; his organs spasmed, blood uncontrollably spraying out.
“Hmph, dreaming of harming me with your mere True Essence Second Realm cultivation?”
Spitting disdainfully, Jin Tai laughed, “Beast transfiguration, True Essence Finger Sword, boy, I suddenly find you more interesting than Meng Xiaoyue.
Once I catch Meng Xiaoyue, I’ll have some fun with you too!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Tai dashed toward the spot where Ye Zhen had just been thrown, intent on finding Meng Xiaoyue.
Whoosh!
Almost at the same moment, Ye Zhen, who had just fallen to the ground, suddenly shot up with the help of Snake Bounce Grass, swiftly intercepting Jin Tai with another True Essence Finger Sword.
“Foolishness!”
Bang!
Jin Tai kicked out with one foot, sending Ye Zhen flying backward; however, his other leg was injured, and lacking strength in midair, he fell back to the ground.
Bang bang bang bang!
The same scene kept repeating.
Hiding in a tree hollow, Meng Xiaoyue, covering her mouth, now had tears brimming in her eyes and suddenly stood up from the tree.
“No, no, I’m here.
Take me back, and stop hitting Brother Ye Zhen; he’s going to die, he’s going to...” At that moment, tears streamed down Meng Xiaoyue’s face.
Bang!
“Brother Ye Zhen, no!”
Once more, Ye Zhen was kicked flying by Jin Tai, but his body once again blocked Jin Tai.
Even as he fell to the ground like a lifeless fish, in the next instant, he would immediately scramble up and intercept Jin Tai again.
“To catch her, you’ll have to kill me first!” Ye Zhen, spitting blood, said deliberately and emphatically.
“Damn it, fool!
If it weren’t for the fact that I suspect you have the secret of beast transfiguration, and restrained myself, you’d be dead already!”
After being blocked by Ye Zhen over a dozen times, Jin Tai was furious.
Seeing Meng Xiaoyue come out, he no longer insisted on capturing her first.
After all, since Meng Xiaoyue had shown herself, how could she possibly escape under his watch as a mere human?
Fine, let’s deal with Ye Zhen first.
As he planned, Jin Tai slowly limped toward Ye Zhen, who was kneeling on the ground.
“Ye Zhen, how do you perform beast transfiguration?
Hand over that secret, and I’ll grant you a quick death!” Jin Tai threatened as he approached.
With his mouth bloody, Ye Zhen actually started smiling, “I’d love to give you a quick death too, you know?”
“Just you?” Jin Tai laughed scornfully.
Suddenly, there was a flicker of light on Ye Zhen’s wrist, and a dark object appeared in his hands.
As soon as it appeared, Ye Zhen grinned at Jin Tai with a smile that made him look like a fierce ghost, his white teeth stained with blood.
“Ever heard of the Qiyun Sect’s True Flame Burst Spirit Bomb?”
“What, the True Flame Burst Spirit Bomb?”
As Ye Zhen grinned, that dark object in his hand suddenly emitted a faint Spirit Light, which he flung like lightning at Jin Tai.
It was too close.
The mere five-to-six meter distance allowed no time for Jin Tai to react.
His eyes filled with sheer terror, Jin Tai instinctively punched out with his spiritual-power-packed right fist, attempting to block the incoming ‘True Flame Burst Spirit Bomb,’ even his Protective Spirit Power not managing to come forth on time.
The True Flame Burst Spirit Bomb from Qiyun Sect could heavily damage even those in Spirit Transformation Realm!
At the same time, Ye Zhen, who had just thrown the ‘True Flame Burst Spirit Bomb,’ started to smile bitterly.
If he truly had a ‘True Flame Burst Spirit Bomb,’ would he have waited until now?
But now, it was a do-or-die moment.
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