Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

Chapter 141: 139
 

“Earth Escape Technique?”

Senior Brother Zhao frowned.

“No, it’s the Earth Escape Divine Power.”

Zhuo Feifan’s face looked troubled, “The Earth Escape Technique is merely a spell derived from the more sophisticated Earth Escape Divine Power by the ancients. It can only travel a few dozen feet underground.

Only the Earth Escape Divine Power can truly integrate oneself with the earth and conceal one’s breath to such a faint level.

The disciples of the Beast Taming Sect have all sorts of bizarre Lifebound Spiritual Beasts. It seems this fellow’s Lifebound Spiritual Beast is one that possesses the Earth Escape Divine Power.”

While he was speaking, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly drew his sword, barely missing Senior Brother Zhao and striking the ground behind him.

Senior Brother Zhao was startled, then realized what Zhuo Feifan was doing—he was saving him.

Because he had already sensed an unusual presence. That Beast Taming Sect brat was planning to use the same old trick again, attempting to sneak up from behind and launch a stealth attack. If it weren’t for Zhuo Feifan’s quick response, he might have been successfully ambushed.

A muffled clang of metal upon metal came from below, and Qin Feng once again fled to even deeper depths. Zhuo Feifan’s Flying Sword suddenly spun, piercing the ground to chase after him, but after descending some seven or eight dozen feet, it had to be retracted.

The Flying Sword was greatly hindered underground; it couldn’t spin freely like it could in the air. If his opponent took the opportunity to severely damage his Flying Sword, his war power would be greatly affected.

“Thank you, Junior Brother Zhuo, for the rescue. Had you not acted in time, I would have been severely injured or worse,”

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Senior Brother Zhao gratefully said to Zhuo Feifan.

“There’s no need for formality between us, Senior Brother. Let’s just be vigilant to prevent that kid from launching another stealth attack,”

Zhuo Feifan replied.

“Alright.”

Neither dared to stay on the ground any longer, fearing Qin Feng might emerge from anywhere for a sneak attack. They both flew up on their swords, extending their Divine Sense to scout around.

Dozens of feet deep underground, Qin Feng was enveloped by a hazy yellow light. Once he deployed the Earth Escape Divine Power, he moved through the earth as freely as a fish in water.

Of course, there was still resistance when moving underground, and he wasn’t as fast as above ground. The deeper he descended, the greater the pressure he faced.

With his current Cultivation, he could only manage a depth of around ten to twenty feet or so. Any deeper, and he might not withstand the immense pressure.

At that moment, he slightly furrowed his brows.

Now that those two had ascended on their swords, another stealth attack was impossible.

After a moment’s thought, he moved directly beneath the earlier battlefield, quietly ascended, then grabbed the body of the slain Senior Brother Li and dragged it down with him.

“How bold!”

Above ground, seeing Senior Brother Li’s body suddenly sinking and about to disappear into the soil, Zhuo Feifan and his companion became furious, aware that the other party wanted to take Senior Brother Li’s body. They quickly commanded their Flying Swords to strike downwards toward the body.

However, the Ruyi Golden Snake was sturdy as refined gold, and its pair of Golden Wings were both offensive and defensive. With a swift barrier, it blocked their Flying Swords.

Qin Feng quickly pulled Senior Brother Li’s headless corpse dozens of feet below, then fled hundreds more feet away, to avoid any chance of those two being able to imprison the ground he was in and strike at him.

He checked and found that the two had not located his position, so he calmly removed Senior Brother Li’s Storage Bag, rummaged through the corpse, and took off a ring from the man’s finger.

Using his Divine Sense to inspect it, he found that the ring was a Magic Artifact containing three threads of Sword Qi.

This item wasn’t of much use to him, so he stored it along with the Storage Bag, planning to deal with it after he left the area.

With the spoils secured, he left Senior Brother Li’s body where it was, a fitting burial.

Qin Feng had no intention of emerging again. Since those two weren’t providing him with an opportunity for a sneak attack, there was no point staying in the area. He decided to hurriedly leave and reunite with Qin Xi and the others.

Now that the Spiritual Vulture was injured and he had lost his Riding Tool, it would take him much longer than anticipated to catch up with Qin Xi and her group.

Zhuo Feifan and his companion pushed their Divine Sense to the limit, and after a full fifteen minutes, Qin Feng did not reappear.

“Let it be, let’s go,”

Senior Brother Zhao shook his head with a sigh, “It seems that kid has already left. Let’s go bury Senior Brother Li’s head.”

Zhuo Feifan said nothing, merely breathing out quietly.

He had been worried that Qin Feng might suddenly surface from below and reveal his actions.

Although he didn’t know why the other party had remained silent up to now, it was a good thing for him.

But, leaving the kid alive in the Heavenly Pool Secret Realm was always going to be a risk.

He clenched his fists tightly, his eyes revealing intense murderous intent.

No matter what, he couldn’t allow that kid to leave the Heavenly Pool Secret Realm alive; otherwise, he would never have peace of mind.

Speaking of which, he still didn’t know Qin Feng’s name. At that time, when he was chasing after Qin Feng, he only thought of quickly killing his target to silence him, not bothering to find out who he was.

Now that Qin Feng had stealthily escaped underground with the Earth Escape Divine Power, Zhuo Feifan had no clue where to find him. His only hope was to encounter him again in the Secret Realm.

If they did not meet, Zhuo Feifan had firmly resolved to set an ambush near the Space Channel before the end of the Secret Realm event, adamant that he must eliminate Qin Feng.

Qin Feng had traveled more than ten miles underground before resurfacing.

Being underground wasn’t always safe; sometimes he would encounter Demon Beasts burrowing and nesting below.

More importantly, using the Earth Escape Divine Power consumed a considerable amount of True Yuan. It was better to conserve his strength within the Secret Realm, as any unforeseen circumstances could prove dangerous.

After emerging from the ground, Qin Feng activated his Divine Movement Technique and started hurrying forward.

Although within the Demon Refining Pot he had an Iron Armor Rhinoceros, large enough to serve as a mount, its bulk caused the ground to tremble when it ran, easily attracting attention. Therefore, he could only rely on his two legs to travel.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to tame more Spiritual Beasts suitable as mounts; it’s just that his time spent on the path of Cultivation had been too short, and he had used most of his time on learning and Cultivation, leaving him no leisure to tame more Demon Beasts. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been as hard as it was now.

Qin Feng sighed silently to himself. No wonder the many old fogies in the Cultivation World were so powerful—aside from anything else, with the vast time they had for Cultivation, just the treasures they accumulated were beyond what ordinary Cultivators could contend with.

If he had cultivated for a few thousand years, not to mention his Cultivation Realm, at the very least the Spiritual Beasts in his Demon Refining Pot would definitely be plentiful and varied.

He ran wildly in the direction indicated by the Qi on the Jade Talisman, and also noticed that the other party was moving towards him.

Looking at it this way, they would be able to meet within half an hour.

Just as Qin Feng was burying his head in haste, he suddenly perceived spiritual power fluctuations coming from the forest to his front left, followed by a buzzing sound.

Turning his head, he saw a person running out of the forest two hundred zhang away.

Around this person, there were countless Tiger-Headed Demon Bees swarming like a blanket, enveloping him into a mass.

The Tiger-Headed Demon Bees emitted a faint demon energy, considered the lowest level of Demon Beast, each about the length of a finger, with their tail’s stinger nearly an inch long, flickering with dark and sharp menace.

Qin Feng inwardly clicked his tongue in amazement, not knowing which Sect this unlucky individual belonged to, daring to provoke so many Tiger-Headed Demon Bees.

Although the Beast Taming Sect did not specifically use Demon Insects as their main focus, among the 108 peaks of the Outer Sect, there were some peaks that raised countless Strange Insects, such as Heavenly Silkworm Peak, Sky Scorpion Peak, and Spiritual Butterfly Peak, which specialized in various Strange Insects.

Therefore, disciples of the Beast Taming Sect also had quite a bit of knowledge about various Strange Insects, at the very least, Qin Feng could recognize common flying insects like the Tiger-Headed Demon Bees at a glance.

Among all Demon Bees, Tiger-Headed Demon Bees were definitely one of the most ferocious; with such a huge number of them, it was truly suicidal for that Cultivator to provoke them.

However, judging by that Cultivators beard on the chin, his age was not small, probably a Cultivator from some Minor Sect.

Because a Major Sect like the Beast Taming Sect would prefer giving opportunities to enter the Secret Realm to younger disciples with potential, allowing them to seek their own chance within the realm.

Only those Minor Sects, in order to collect resources and also to prevent talents in the Sect from dying within the Secret Realm, would send some older disciples with Limited potential to try their luck.

The person had the Cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Stage, if there were only a few poison bees, naturally they would not be his opponent, but there were so many of these Tiger-Headed Bees, and it was unknown just how many there were; even though he tried to ascend into the sky several times in a row intending to escape through Sky Controlling, it was a pity that he was forced down by the sheer number of poison bees.

Having no other choice, he could only prop up a Defensive Shield and, while running wildly, cast Fire Element Magic to bombard those Tiger-Headed Bees.

His Spell was powerful, truly burning quite a few Tiger-Headed Bees under the attack of his Flame Magic, but the poison bees were fearless in death; however many died, just as many would swam him again, causing him considerable distress.

In his desperation, he suddenly spotted Qin Feng and immediately shouted in surprise, “Daoist Fellow, please save me!”

While crying out, he ran towards where Qin Feng was.

Seeing this, Qin Feng didn’t say a word and turned to run in another direction.

Not to mention that he didn’t know the person at all, but even if he did, you can’t just lead so many poison bees to me like that!

The person, seeing Qin Feng run away, hurriedly chased after him, calling out, “Daoist Fellow, please wait.”

That request made Qin Feng run even faster.

“Ah, Daoist Fellow, don’t go, I discovered a thousand-year Vermilion Fruit; if Daoist Fellow is willing to lend a hand, I am willing to share it with you.”

Qin Feng turned a deaf ear to his promises.

“Just joking, with the sky filled with poisonous bees that even Foundation Establishment Cultivators could only desperately flee from, he was merely a small Qi Refinement Stage cultivator now; where would he find the means to deal with so many poisonous bees?”

“Besides, this place is the Heavenly Pool Secret Realm, a dangerous land where nearly half of the cultivators who enter each time would end up injured or dead; it certainly wasn’t the place for him to show off his kindness.”

“He wasn’t without any life experience, a naïve youth; how could he easily trust other cultivators from Sects he did not recognize?”

“However, the Vermilion Fruits were indeed a good thing. The fruits that grew on a millennium-old tree had definitely great effects. If what that cultivator had said was true, and the Tiger-Headed Demon Bees had been lured out of the hive, Qin Feng felt he might as well go and see if he could harvest some for himself.”

Thinking thus, he quickened his pace and dived into the bushes not far away. Then, in a spot where that cultivator couldn’t see him, his figure suddenly sank into the ground and using the Earth Escape Divine Power, he traveled around in a half-circle towards the direction from which that cultivator had come.

As the cultivator, with Tiger-Headed Demon Bees hot on his heels, reached the spot where Qin Feng had vanished and looked around, he was puzzled and couldn’t figure out where the young cultivator had hidden.

Since he couldn’t find another person to share the burden of fending off the Tiger-Headed Demon Bees, he had no choice but to start fleeing once again.

Otherwise, if he stopped and became surrounded by the bees, chances were he would be dragged away by their sheer number, making it hard for him to escape.

The stingers of these Demon Bees were extremely sharp, when they struck his Protective Shield, it caused huge consumption of his True Yuan, forcing him to constantly cast Flame Magic to attack the Demon Bees.

Meanwhile, Qin Feng quietly poked his head out from underground, following the route of the fleeing cultivator into the forest.

He wasn’t worried about losing the way, for along the path many poisoned bees had been burnt to death by that cultivator’s Fire Element Magic. All he needed to do was follow these traces and he would surely find their source.

Following the traces deep into the forest for a few miles, he finally found the location of the Hive, and really did discover a two-zhang tall, with winding branches, Vermilion Fruit Tree near the Hive.

However, the tree was empty; the Vermilion Fruits had already been picked by that cultivator earlier.

Damn!

Qin Feng cursed silently in his heart, that guy really wasn’t a good person at all. He had already picked the Vermilion Fruits, yet he still tried to lure him in to help.

“Hmph, the deception in the Cultivation World is indeed rife; I really need to be more careful from now on.”

Since there were no benefits left here, Qin Feng didn’t stay any longer because the Tiger-Headed Demon Bees left in the Hive had already detected his presence, and a few of them were already buzzing towards him.

He wasn’t in the mood to settle scores with that cultivator. With his own strength, he had already encountered several ambushes. Qin Xi’s strength certainly was not as good as his; it was better to quickly find her.

Without wasting any more time, Qin Feng didn’t turn back to leave the forest but instead crossed straight through from within, heading in the direction indicated by the Jade Talisman.

After traveling over a hundred miles, although he was still in the forest, he felt that he was getting closer and closer to the presence sensed by the Jade Talisman.

But shortly after, Qin Feng’s expression suddenly changed.

Because he found that the presence on the Jade Talisman was no longer approaching him directly, but was flickering from left to right, very erratic.

This clearly showed the other party had encountered danger; probably being chased, otherwise such a situation would not occur.

Qin Feng silently sensed it for a brief moment, concluding that the distance from the other party wasn’t too far, just about twenty to thirty miles away. So, a flash of Golden Light enveloped him, and he instantly merged with the Ruyi Golden Snake. Beating his Golden Wings on his back, he shot forward like a bolt of lightning towards their location.

Moments later, he heard a few urgent birdsongs from ahead, accompanied by the cry of a young girl.

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