Hunting Wu Sui

Throwing her full strength into a punch that met nothing but empty air left Chou Li in agonizing distress. The spiritual energy gathered within her fist found no outlet; instead, it recoiled, surging violently backward through her meridians and instantly shattering her spiritual light shield.

The chaotic backlash sent her blood and qi churning, forcing a mouthful of crimson blood from her lips.

She stumbled on her feet, nearly collapsing.

Right then, the Black-armored Gu struck.

The two insects slammed directly into Chou Li's vulnerable temples.

Two tiny blossoms of blood erupted.

The Gu insects bored straight through her skull, burrowing into her head.

Though the Black-armored Gu had succeeded, Song Wen did not stay his hand.

Swirling halfway around in a sharp arc, the Cold Moon Blade pierced into the back of Chou Li's skull.

A fierce burst of blade qi instantly pureed her brains.

Chou Li's breath cut short, and she crashed to the ground, dead.

The two insects crawled reluctantly out from the punctures in her temples.

Chou Li's body was rich with blood qi, and they desperately wanted to gorge on her organs and essence blood.

However, Song Wen intended to refine her essence blood himself, so he drove the Black-armored Gu away.

A moment later, after thoroughly cleaning up Chou Li's corpse, a sliver of a smile tugged at the corner of Song Wen's mouth.

Inside Chou Li's storage bag, he had discovered another two Heavenly Spirit Fruits!

This feeling of striking people down while they were weak and seizing their treasures was truly magnificent.

Securing Heavenly Spirit Fruits this easily completely bypassed the need to fight to the death with the Demon Beasts guarding them.

Now, only Wu Sui remained.

Song Wen turned his gaze toward the direction where Wu Sui's flying boat had vanished.

Circulating the Blood Evasion Art, he took off in hot pursuit.

......

Seeing that the Bronze Corpse had not followed him, Wu Sui gradually slowed his flying boat.

With his magical chain artifact destroyed, his Sea of Consciousness had suffered a degree of trauma, leaving him in considerable discomfort.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed an abnormal movement on the ground several miles behind him.

A cultivator was tracking him.

Wu Sui's gaze turned sharp. Though injured, he was not a soft target anyone could push around.

A talisman appeared in his hand, its surface faintly rippling with a sharp, turbulent sword qi.

A Tier 1 High Grade talisman: the Spiritual Sword Talisman.

This was one of the most lethal offensive talismans among those of Tier 1.

Using a Spiritual Sword Talisman to slay a petty rat who only dared to skulk around in the shadows would be more than enough.

Wu Sui maintained a slow speed on the flying boat, acting as though he had not noticed the pursuing cultivator below.

When the cultivator beneath reached within a few hundred meters of the vessel, Wu Sui suddenly channeled his spiritual energy and activated the Spiritual Sword Talisman.

A three-foot-long, one-inch-wide sword of pure spiritual energy materialized in midair.

Sword qi coursed violently across the blade, making it resemble a true peerless sword.

"Go!"

The sword light flashed like a sudden rainbow or a bolt of lightning, streaking past as if tearing through space itself.

Looking at the sword light shooting toward him from the sky, Song Wen was slightly startled, realizing he had been spotted.

On second thought, being discovered was not all that surprising.

Though he had done his best to suppress his aura and control the force of every step, the rushing wind generated by his running was bound to disturb the grass and trees.

Wu Sui was positioned high up in the sky; looking down from above, noticing an anomaly in the foliage was perfectly natural.

Facing the sharp sword qi of the spiritual energy sword, Song Wen did not panic. A bronze-green light suddenly erupted across his body, and an instant later, a solid bronze bell enveloped him entirely.

"Dong!"

The long sword struck the bronze bell, producing a crisp, resonant clang, as if someone were genuinely striking a massive bell.

The spiritual energy sword shattered inch by inch, turning into spiritual qi before dissolving into the air.

The green light on the bronze bell flared brilliantly, and after flashing a few times, it returned to normal.

A Tier 1 High Grade Spiritual Sword Talisman posed absolutely no threat to the bronze bell condensed by the Myriad Poisons Chaos Body.

Over the past two years, despite consuming countless highly toxic substances, Song Wen's Myriad Poisons Chaos Body remained at the Proficient realm.

However, the bronze bell condensed by the technique had grown increasingly solid.

He had a premonition that it wouldn't be long before he could push the Myriad Poisons Chaos Body to the Mastery realm.

Through his cultivation over the past few years, Song Wen had also discovered that his physical body possessed an exceptionally high talent for various body-refining techniques.

It was true for the Corpse King Blood Refining Art, and it was equally true for the Myriad Poisons Chaos Body.

While demonic techniques advanced rapidly in the early stages, the cultivation speed usually dropped significantly upon entering the late stages of Qi Refining. Yet, Song Wen's cultivation speed showed no obvious signs of slowing down. His progress with the Corpse King Blood Refining Art remained rapid and fierce.

This was precisely how he had broken through from the sixth layer of Qi Refining to Peak Qi Refining in a mere three years.

Of course, the assistance of various pills, spirit stones, and spiritual materials had been indispensable.

Seeing his surefire strike effortlessly neutralized, Wu Sui could not help but begin to take the insignificant figure below seriously.

"Forget it, my Sea of Consciousness is damaged. It's better to avoid him for now."

After a brief thought, Wu Sui suddenly accelerated the flying boat, streaking rapidly toward the distant horizon.

From beginning to end, Wu Sui never recognized the person below as Junior Brother Ji Yin, whom he knew. After all, in his understanding, Ji Yin only possessed a fifth-layer Qi Refining cultivation, whereas the person below had erupted with a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivation the moment they clashed. The discrepancy between the two was too vast. Furthermore, Song Wen had altered his own aura. It was only normal that Wu Sui failed to recognize him.

"Flee? Wishful thinking."

Song Wen did not immediately use a movement technique to give chase. Wu Sui carried a corpse puppet refined from the corpse of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Trying to kill him in a head-on clash would still require a fair amount of effort.

Moreover, as the biological grandson of a Golden Core ancestor, it was impossible for Wu Sui not to have a life-saving treasure or two on him.

It would be a much better strategy to wait until the other party lowered his guard and launch a sneak attack.

As for whether he would lose track of Wu Sui due to the distance, Song Wen was not worried in the slightest.

While riding on Wu Sui's flying boat earlier, he had quietly left a Divine Sense imprint on the vessel. As long as the distance wasn't too extreme, Song Wen could roughly sense its position and naturally use it to track Wu Sui down.

Wu Sui only had a Peak Qi Refining cultivation, and his mental power had not yet transformed into Divine Sense. It was absolutely impossible for him to discover the Divine Sense imprint Song Wen had left on the flying boat.

......

That night.

Outside a cave within the Withered Blood Secret Realm.

Song Wen stared at the cave ahead with a peculiar expression.

This cave was quite unusual; the entrance was narrow, but after walking dozens of meters inside, a hidden clearing opened up. The interior was very spacious, roughly the size of an acre.

Inside the cave, two figures were currently tangled together in a passionate embrace.

No one knew when these two had crossed paths again, but they were now stuck together like glue.

With a playful smile on his face, Song Wen adjusted his aura back to the guise he usually displayed and stepped into the cave.

Wu Sui was the first to perceive Song Wen's arrival.

"Someone's here?"

Ying Ni also sensed a familiar aura approaching, but she merely gave a lazy smile.

"Don't worry... It's just Ji Yin."

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