Chapter 515: Chapter 515

The Tier Five High-Grade Spiritual Artifact, the "Soul Capturing Treasure Pearl," in the hands of its previous owner, the "Golden Light Ascendant," could immobilize the Primordial Spirit of the late-stage Golden Core Demon Cultivator Blood Nether, allowing Cao Wenjin to easily decapitate him with a sword and scatter his Primordial Spirit.

Such artifacts and divine techniques that can affect even the Primordial Spirit of a Golden Core Stage cultivator are rare in the Cultivation Realm, and those who possess them usually keep it secret, not letting others know.

Because the function of such artifact divine techniques is for sudden attacks, once the enemy is alerted and prepared with appropriate defenses, it won’t achieve the desired effect.

When Zhouyang was pursuing Wu Zidao earlier, he actually planned to use this artifact to launch a surprise attack on Wu Zidao because, in his eyes, Wu Zidao, who could control puppet beasts, posed a greater threat than Song Qingyun.

However, after discovering that Jiang Fengxian’s "Phoenix Bloodline" could greatly suppress the strength of the "Red Flame Centipede," and with Wu Zidao’s Tier Five Puppet Beast being temporarily disabled by a sealing magical treasure obtained from the deathmatch battlefield, he slightly altered his plan and used it on Song Qingyun instead.

Using this treasure unexpectedly to immobilize Song Qingyun’s Primordial Spirit, combined with a Tier Five Lower-Grade Spirit Talisman "Destruction Golden Spear Talisman" also obtained from the deathmatch battlefield, indeed achieved a one-hit kill effect.

However, although Song Qingyun perished, his Tier Five Lower Grade Spirit Beast, the "Red Flame Centipede," was still alive and, due to the death of its master, launched a frenzied attack on Zhouyang.

Zhouyang didn’t want to waste time with this beast, nor did he want to have a deathmatch with an ownerless beast.

Thus, he fought while retreating, moving towards Jiang Fengxian’s location, intending to let Jiang Fengxian deal with this beast. Fresh chapters posted on novel⁂fire.net

However, he underestimated the deterrent effect of the "Phoenix Bloodline" on the "Red Flame Centipede." As he entered within ten miles of Jiang Fengxian, the originally crazed "Red Flame Centipede" dared not approach any further and then directly fled the battlefield, not even caring about Song Qingyun’s corpse.

Seeing this, Wu Zidao’s face turned pale.

He then loudly pleaded for mercy, saying, "Mercy, two fellow Daoists, mercy! Wu was momentarily clouded by pigheadedness and was deceived by that Song Qingyun to attack the two fellow Daoists. If the two fellow Daoists spare me this time, Wu will definitely present lavish gifts!"

"Alright, put away your puppet beasts and stand there obediently, and we’ll spare your life!"

Zhouyang replied with a sneer, while waving the Spirit Beast Ring in his hand, releasing the Golden-winged Thunder Eagle to join the battle.

Meanwhile, Jiang Fengxian had already summoned the Seven-Colored Cloud-Swallowing Python to deal with those Tier Four Puppet Beasts.

Upon hearing Zhouyang’s words, Wu Zidao knew full well that the two of them had no intention of letting him go, so he gave up on begging for mercy, decisively abandoned all his puppet beasts, and frantically fled on his lizard puppet beast.

Abandoning all the puppet beasts certainly broke his heart, but compared to his own life, he knew which was more important.

Seeing this, Zhouyang shouted loudly, "Chase! We must not let him escape!"

Actually, without his urging, Jiang Fengxian was even more eager to kill Wu Zidao to silence him.

Wu Zidao had witnessed her transformation into the "Celestial Phoenix Race," and if he escaped and spread the news in the Spirit Realm, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Immediately, she jumped onto the head of the Seven-Colored Cloud-Swallowing Python and drove it to pursue Wu Zidao, not forgetting to instruct Zhouyang while pursuing, "Sister will go ahead, Brother Zhou can follow the tracks on the ground to catch up after cleaning the battlefield!"

The so-called tracks were naturally the "Snake Dao" left by the Seven-Colored Cloud-Swallowing Python as it slithered through the desert.

The "S" shaped tracks were very distinguishable in the desert, with no fear of losing them.

Zhouyang watched Wu Zidao and Jiang Fengxian quickly disappear into the distance, hesitated for a moment, then unwilling to abandon his spoils, paused the pursuit to clean up the battlefield.

Without Wu Zidao’s command, with Zhouyang’s strength, he quickly dismantled and collected those Tier Four Puppet Beasts.

He also applied a Sealing Spirit Talisman to the Tier Five Puppet Tiger Man, which had been paralyzed by Elemental Magnetism Divine Techniques, and stored it in his Storage Ring, along with Song Qingyun’s corpse, completely eradicating all traces.

After doing all this, Zhouyang followed the tracks left by the Seven-Colored Cloud-Swallowing Python and pursued.

However, to Zhouyang’s surprise, when he followed the tracks for over two hundred miles and saw Jiang Fengxian again, the fleeing Wu Zidao had already fallen at Jiang Fengxian’s hands.

But Jiang Fengxian was not unscathed; when Zhouyang saw her, she didn’t even have the strength to retract the transformation power of the "Celestial Phoenix Race" bloodline, and was covered in blood, leaning against the Seven-Colored Cloud-Swallowing Python, waiting for him to arrive.

"Fengxian, your injuries..."

Zhouyang’s mouth moved slightly, but he didn’t ask how Jiang Fengxian killed Wu Zidao, only looked at her with a worried expression and asked about her injuries.

"Brother Zhou, don’t worry. Sister has nothing serious, just some Primordial Qi was injured from forcibly using the yet-to-be-mastered Celestial Phoenix Race bloodline divine techniques,"

Jiang Fengxian forced a smile, her snow-white face full of indifference, as if nothing had happened.

However, Zhouyang was not a fool. Her injury might be true, but it surely wasn’t as light as she claimed. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have even lacked the strength to retract the transformation of the "Celestial Phoenix Race" bloodline.

He waved his hand, took out the backpack, and put it on his back, then looked at Jiang Fengxian with a serious expression and said slowly, "Say no more, I understand. First, store away your Spirit Beast, and recuperate on my back. This Red Desert is not a good place for recovery, let’s leave here quickly to find a suitable place for you to heal!"

Seeing this, Jiang Fengxian shook her head and said, "There’s really no need, I can just rest a bit and..."

But before she could finish her sentence, Zhouyang interrupted her with an annoyed remark.

"If you keep being stubborn, I’ll take forceful action!"

Immediately, Jiang Fengxian didn’t dare say anything more, obediently storing away the Seven-Colored Cloud-Swallowing Python and sitting inside the backpack.

As he no longer needed to slow down for Jiang Fengxian, Zhouyang’s travel speed in the following days increased two to three times compared to before.

In less than five days, he had carried Jiang Fengxian out of the "Red Desert" and reached the edge of a vast body of water.

Zhouyang didn’t know the name of this vast water area either. On Jiang Fengxian’s map, it only marked a "Heaven-Reaching Peak" landmark at the center of the water, stating that if one could climb the "Heaven-Reaching Peak," they could obtain a treasure from within.

According to their plan, while passing through this water area, they would first attempt climbing the "Heaven-Reaching Peak." If they could retrieve the treasure, that would be ideal. If not, they would head to the "Poisonous Flood Dragon Pool" for hunting instead.

However, since Jiang Fengxian’s injuries were quite severe, Zhouyang intended to find a place for her to heal first.

Thus, after testing and finding that the water area lacked any power of forbidden sky, he summoned the "Thunderbolt Golden Light Divine Shuttle" to fly with Jiang Fengxian into the vast water expanse.

Half a day later, they stopped on an uninhabited deserted island.

This deserted island wasn’t large, comparable to the Zhou Family’s Yuquan Lake Oasis, and had only a Tier Four Low-Grade Spiritual Vein.

The island was initially occupied by a Tier Four Giant Crocodile Demon Beast. After discovering the island, Zhouyang casually killed it with a sword and established a temporary cave dwelling on the island for Jiang Fengxian to recover.

Jiang Fengxian possessed the "Green Wood Spirit Body" and practiced an advanced Wood Element Technique. Her recovery ability was naturally very strong, and with the help of a Healing Spirit Pill, her injuries would recover in no time.

While she was healing, Zhouyang began tallying up the gains from the "Red Desert."

In the battle of the "Red Desert," he used up a treasure that sealed Elemental Magnetism Divine Techniques and a Tier Five Lower-Grade Spirit Talisman "Destruction Golden Spear Talisman," which was a considerable loss.

However, compared to the gains, this loss was insignificant.

Song Qingyun, who died at his hands, was at the Sixth-Layer Golden Core Cultivation. Zhouyang obtained five Tier Five Artifacts, four Tier Five Spirit Talismans, two Talisman Treasures, and three Tier Five Middle-Grade Spirit Pills that could elevate the cultivation of Golden Core Stage cultivators, a Tier Five Healing Elixir, a Tier Four Top-Grade Array, twenty-three pieces of Top-grade Spirit Stones, and three Tier Four Demon Pills from him.

Additionally, from Song Qingyun’s Storage Ring, Zhouyang found two "Kunxu Orders" and a map of the Kunxu Realm.

Although Wu Zidao’s Storage Ring was in Jiang Fengxian’s hands, the Tier Five Puppet Beast refined by him fell into Zhouyang’s possession, along with several Tier Four Puppet Beasts disassembled and carried by Zhouyang.

Among these treasures, the most precious was naturally Wu Zidao’s Tier Five Puppet Beast.

This Puppet Beast had merely been paralyzed by an Elemental Magnetism Divine Technique. As the effect of the technique dissipated, the Puppet Beast’s inherent recovery ability would slowly repair its functions, allowing it to be driven again.

Zhouyang had personally tested the prowess of this Puppet Beast. Without a second thought, he erased the Spiritual Mark left by Wu Zidao on it and implanted his own Divine Sense Mark.

With this Puppet Beast, his journey to the "Kunxu Realm" would certainly be much safer.

As for the remaining Artifacts, Elixirs, Spirit Stones, and other items, he left them untouched, planning to distribute them once Jiang Fengxian’s injuries were healed.

During the time while waiting for Jiang Fengxian to heal, Zhouyang took out the Kunxu Realm map obtained from Song Qingyun’s Storage Ring and began studying it.

This map was much more detailed than the one Jiang Fengxian had, encompassing about eighty percent of the Kunxu Realm and specifically marking several important locations.

After studying the map, Zhouyang’s gaze immediately fell upon a particularly marked location.

The marked location was "Holy Infant Valley," with a side note stating, "The growth area of the Tier Six Spiritual Root ’Holy Infant Tree.’ Golden Core Ninth-Layer cultivators consuming one ’Holy Infant Fruit’ can increase the success rate of Nascent Soul formation by thirty percent"!