Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Mu Chen's figure shot out from within the spiritual mist. He was able to sense intense Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiating from far behind him. Clearly, Luo Li and Wu Jia had already started exchanging blows for real.
Retracting his gaze, Mu Chen's gaze turned slightly cold as he looked towards Mao Jiang, who was in his hand. With a sneer, he said, "Looks like there's something you're not telling me?"
Mao Jiang's expression changed slightly as he shook his head repeatedly.
"How did Wu Jia know our direction?" asked Mu Chen in a chilling voice. "Was it you who informed him?"
Mao Jiang hastily replied, "Within the spiritual mist within the depths of the Western Desolate Territory, there's a Spiritual Array arranged by Wu Jia. Therefore, he's able to sense some of the fluctuations within."
Shooting a cold glare at him, Mu Chen extended his finger out, shooting a strand of Spiritual Energy into the spiritual mist. Within his perception, he was indeed able to sense extremely minute and peculiar fluctuations radiating from within the spiritual mist. Those were the light rays of Spiritual Arrays.
This Wu Jia truly did have some ability.
A faint glint flashed within Mu Chen's eyes. With a wave of his sleeve, dozens of Spiritual Seals condensed, before dissipating from his body. Rays of light interweaved around Mu Chen's body, seemingly forming a small-scale Spiritual Array, enveloping him within.
This Spiritual Array wasn't strong, but possessed the ability to isolate such senses. Mu Chen didn't want his every move to be captured by Wu Jia.
"Continue to lead the way."
After doing so, Mu Chen looked indifferently towards Mao Jiang as he said in an indifferent voice.
Due to the gaze from Mu Chen, Mao Jiang's heart trembled, before he hurriedly led the way.
In the following journey, Mu Chen didn't encounter any obstruction. After blocking off Wu Jia's senses, that fellow would be unable to sense his position.
Approximately ten minutes later, Mu Chen's speed started to slow down. A gigantic mountain stream had appeared in front of him, while at the end of it was a deep valley permeated with spiritual mist.
"Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong should be within that deep valley. However, the spiritual fog within is too dense, making it extremely difficult to probe." said Mao Jiang as he pointed at the deep valley.
Mu Chen faintly nodded his head. In the next instant, with a flick of his finger, a ray of Spiritual Energy violently knocked Mao Jiang unconscious. Grabbing one in each hand, he explosively shot out, rushing into the deep valley.
After entering the deep valley, his line of sight was obstructed. Mu Chen pondered for a moment before flying up into the sky. The Spiritual Energy within his body erupted, and the Spiritual Energy burning with black flames soared into the sky like smoke signals, scattering a lot of the Spiritual Mist in the surroundings.
The terrain of the deep valley was complex. Coupled with the concealment of the spiritual mist, wanting to find the two people hiding within was too difficult. Therefore, Mu Chen had immediately erupted with his Spiritual Energy. Thinking about it, Shen Cangsheng and Li Wuyou should be extremely familiar with his Spiritual Energy fluctuations. If they were to sense it, they would definitely give a reply.
This action of Mu Chen's was quite effective. After his Spiritual Energy fluctuations had spread out, in a short span of less than a minute, a ray of Spiritual Energy erupted from a certain location within the deep valley.
This Spiritual Energy fluctuation was rather familiar. It was precisely Shen Cangsheng.
Faint happiness appeared in Mu Chen's heart as he immediately shot towards that direction. Ten breaths later, his speed started to slow down, while his gaze faintly focused towards the front. On the cliff there was a mountain cave, with a figure standing tall and straight outside the cave.
"Shen Cangsheng."
Seeing the familiar figure, Mu Chen instantly breathed a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders. Approaching over, when he saw the current appearance of Shen Cangsheng, he could not help feeling astonished.
At this moment, black patches were present on the skin of Shen Cangsheng's body. Those black patches seemed to be wiggling, while a poisonous aura radiated from him, causing Shen Cangsheng to appear exceedingly haggard. However, even though his condition was extremely bad, a smile still hung on Shen Cangsheng's face, while the disdainful aura present did not decrease in the slightest.
"Heh. I never imagined that you would actually be the first to arrive. Truly unexpected," said Shen Cangsheng as he looked towards Mu Chen. Unable to contain himself, he started to laugh.
Mu Chen landed at the entrance of the cave, and casually threw Chi Yu and Mao Jiang on the ground.
"Is that Chi Yu and Mao Jiang?
You've actually dealt with both of them. "
Upon seeing the two of them, Shen Cangsheng felt slightly astonished. Although Chi Yu and Mao Jiang were only ranked seventh and eighth, they were, after all, at the Heavenly Completion Stage Initial Phase, and could be considered formidable. He never imagined that they would actually be defeated by Mu Chen's hands.
"Senior Lin Zheng and the rest have rushed over. However, the current situation doesn't seem to be particularly good."
Looking towards Shen Cangsheng, Mu Chen asked, "How are the two of you?"
"Seems like the situation isn't too good."
Shen Cangsheng shrugged his shoulders helplessly, before turning around and walking into the mountain cave. Mu Chen followed behind him, and within the mountain cave, he saw Li Xuantong, who was in an even worse state. The black spots on the latter's body were even denser than Shen Cangsheng's, while fluctuations of poison pervaded his body from head to toe.
Li Xuantong raised his eyes. There was also a black spot on his face, which caused his originally handsome face to appear somewhat strange. Upon seeing Mu Chen, a bitter smile appeared at the corners of his mouth. Obviously, he never expected that the first person to find them would actually be Mu Chen.
"Why is it like this?"
Mu Chen was somewhat confused. With Shen Cangsheng's and Li Xuantong's strength, even though the other party had more people, they should not be in such a miserable state.
"Mo Longzi was long prepared. His strength has already reached Heavenly Completion stage late stage. Previously, he had been concealing his strength during the fight with us, and only revealed his true strength when they surrounded us. Furthermore, he even brought out the Demonic Dragon Poison from the Demonic Dragon Palace. It's an extremely potent poison refined by a Sovereign Stage expert, and is extremely formidable. We were careless and were poisoned, causing us to be unable to recover our strength." Li Xuantong said in an indifferent tone.
"Heavenly Completion stage late stage."
Mu Chen's eyes narrowed. Mo Longzi had indeed reached such a level. If that was the case, even senior Lin Zheng would not be his match.
"Training in the Demonic Dragon Palace is extremely poisonous. Although the later stages are limited, the early stages progress is rather quick. This time, I've been careless. I never imagined that Mo Longzi would be able to make a breakthrough so quickly."
Shen Cangsheng frowned. In fact, he had already touched upon this step. If he were to go into closed-door training after returning, he would definitely be able to reach Heavenly Completion stage late stage. However, it was a pity that due to the Demonic Dragon Poison, they were unable to shake off Mo Longzi and the others' pursuit.
"The most important thing now is to get rid of this Demonic Dragon Poison. If Mo Longzi has really advanced to Heavenly Completion stage late stage, senior Lin Zheng and the others might not be able to hold on for too long. We have to go and help them as soon as possible," muttered Mu Chen.
Shen Cangsheng sat on the ground and said helplessly, "Only a Sovereign Stage expert has the ability to cure this Demonic Dragon Poison. There's nothing we can do."
Mu Chen frowned. Sovereign Stage expert?
Now that they were able to find a Sovereign Stage expert, why would Mo Longzi still dare to jump around?
He was certain that Hokuang Reiwon would not send a Sovereign Stage expert to deal with him. That was why he dared to be so arrogant.
"Let me give it a try. My Spiritual Energy is somewhat special, let's see if there's any effect."
After muttering to himself for quite a while, Mu Chen spoke out. His Spiritual Energy had fused with the Jiu You Flames, which should have some restraining effect towards the Demonic Dragon Poison.
Hearing Mu Chen's words, Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong nodded their heads. At this moment, the only thing they could do was to treat a dead horse as a living one.
Turning around, Mu Chen arrived before Shen Cangsheng. With a clench of his hand, Spiritual Energy blazing with black flames started to rise, while a high temperature started to radiate from him.
Placing his palm over the top of Shen Cangsheng's head, Spiritual Energy directly gushed into the latter's body. Without the slightest bit of resistance, Shen Cangsheng allowed Mu Chen's Spiritual Energy to enter his body.
Only after Mu Chen's Spiritual Energy had entered Shen Cangsheng's body, did he feel the terrible state of the latter's body. The Demonic Dragon Poison was akin to poisonous dragons, shuttling back and forth within his body. Wherever the poison passed, even Spiritual Energy would be corroded and dissipated. Due to this, the Spiritual Energy within Shen Cangsheng and the rest would be unable to recover.
After muttering to himself for a short while, Mu Chen controlled his Spiritual Energy to shoot out, before wrapping around a strand of Demonic Dragon Poison. As black flames rose, he prepared to refine and expel it.
Chi Chi.
Following the envelopment of the black flames, the Demonic Dragon Poison seemed to have sensed danger. Unexpectedly, an ear-piercing sound rang out, as a black poisonous gas radiated out, blocking the black flames.
As the black flames rose and the poisonous gas dispersed, the two forces intertwined. However, what caused Mu Chen's heart to feel slightly depressed was the fact that the Demonic Dragon Poison was abnormally tenacious. Even in the face of the refinement of the Jiu You Fire, it was still firmly entrenched within. Although it was indeed dissipating bit by bit, the speed at which it did so was far too slow.
With a sigh in his heart, Mu Chen retracted his Spiritual Energy, while a sunken expression appeared on his face. According to this speed, it would take several days for him to completely refine and expel the Demonic Dragon Poison within Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong's bodies.
As of now, they clearly did not have that kind of time.
Seeing the expression on Mu Chen's face, Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong gave a soft sigh. Although they indeed did not hold much hope, they were still slightly disappointed.
Mu Chen's eyebrows were tightly knitted together. Indeed, the Jiu You Fire was able to refine and expel the Demonic Dragon Poison. However, it was obvious that this fire was still not strong enough. If there was an even stronger fire, it might be able to swiftly eliminate the Demonic Dragon Poison.
However, an even stronger fire than the Jiu You Fire. Was he going to do it now?
As Mu Chen sunk into deep thought, a quiet and stifling atmosphere enveloped the mountain cave, causing people to be unable to breathe.
"An even stronger fire!"
Mumbled Mu Chen to himself. After a long while, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed across his mind. An even stronger fire than the Jiu You Fire?
After the Jiu You Sparrow had successfully evolved, didn't its fire evolve as well? From the Jiu You Fire, didn't it become an undying fire?
A bright light surged within Mu Chen's eyes. Soon after, his eyes faintly narrowed, as his mind sunk into the Universe Bracelet, searching for the Jiu You Sparrow that had transformed into a giant egg after successfully passing its tribulation and had entered a state of evolution.
Within the Universe Bracelet, Mu Chen quickly found the mysterious giant egg. Faint purple patterns flickered on the surface of the giant egg, while a powerful aura radiated from it.
Mu Chen's mind stealthily transmitted into the giant egg. He did not have the qualifications to control the Undying Fire, therefore, he could only hope that the evolving Jiu You Sparrow could hear his call and produce one for him.
"Hurry up, Jiu You Sparrow!"
As his mind urged, Mu Chen also muttered to himself in his heart.
While Mu Chen was attempting to obtain the Undying Fire to help Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong refine and expel the potent poison, in a certain place in the depths of the Western Desolate Territory.
The ground here was in a state of collapse, as gigantic fissures extended outwards, while mountain peaks were crumbling.
Bang.
On top of a shattered mountain peak, a figure swept down. With a single punch, he blasted apart the giant rocks that littered the ground, before reaching his hand into the giant pit, and picked up a figure that was covered in blood.
Mo Longzi's eyes looked indifferently at the heavily injured and unconscious Lin Zheng, before picking him up. Turning around, he walked towards another direction.
"It's time to finish off the second one."
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(To be continued.)