Chapter 720: Chapter 720

Qinglian Marketplace, Cloud Sea Garden.

Xu Yingying, Xu Xu and Lin Tao sat in a golden stone pavilion, engaged in conversation.

"What? Someone beat us to it?"

Xu Yingying exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, the other party’s escape speed was too fast. I could sense that he was only in the early stages of Void Refinement, instantaneously moving over two thousand miles. It wasn’t long before I couldn’t sense his presence anymore."

Lin Tao said with a frown.

"Senior Sister Liu is also a Thunder Spirit Root cultivator. When she uses the Thunder Escape Technique, she only manages to escape just over a thousand miles at a time. The opponent’s escape speed is so formidable?"

Xu Yingying asked in amazement.

"Indeed! We can’t catch up, so we have no choice but to give up. Furthermore, I suspect it’s the incarnation of a Unity-stage old monster. Ordinary Void Refinement cultivators don’t have such a fast escape speed."

Lin Tao said earnestly.

Xu Yingying nodded and said, "Since we can’t catch up, then let it be."

"By the way, have Taoist Friend Wang and Fairy Wang not returned yet?"

Lin Tao asked curiously.

"Not yet, are you suspecting them?"

Xu Yingying responded.

"No, that’s not it. I’m concerned that they may have encountered trouble. In recent years, cultivators from the Haixi Clan have frequently been spotted around the edges of Qinglian Archipelago, which is quite strange. Junior Brother Xu, haven’t you figured out their purpose yet?"

"The Haixi Clan is searching for the murderer who killed their clansmen. They are of little concern. The Bloodvine Clan is the troublesome one. Several Void Refinement Bloodvine Clan cultivators have appeared near the Qinglian Archipelago, and their intentions are unknown."

Xu Xu said with a furrowed brow.

"Bloodvine Clan? Hmph, if they dare enter the Qinglian Archipelago, then let’s slaughter them. Do they really think Qinglian Archipelago is their territory?"

Lin Tao’s face was filled with murderous intent.

"Senior Sister Wang and the others are investigating the Bloodvine Clan Cultivators. I’m not very clear on the specifics,"

"Let’s leave this matter to Senior Sister Wang and the others! I hope they can capture the Bloodvine Clan cultivators,"

Xu Yingying said with a look of longing.

In a certain azure sea region, a desolate island with a radius of a thousand miles was covered by a yellow mist, obscuring the view within.

A loud roar of a beast echoed as the sea churned tumultuously. Two flat-bodied silver giant fish surfaced, with slender tails—early-stage level-six Thunder Mantas.

One of the Thunder Mantas, eager to enter the desolate island, while the other let out a loud beastly roar, seemingly trying to dissuade its companion.

"Damn Human Cultivators, wanting to lure and kill my compatriots using Demon Attracting Incense."

One of the Thunder Mantas spoke human language and spat out a thick beam of silver thunder light into the yellow mist, which exploded with a loud boom.

"To speak human language, it seems it won’t be so easy to lure you onto the island. Now that you’re here, it won’t be easy for you to escape either,"

an icy male voice sounded.

No sooner had the voice faded, when a fluctuation of the void emerged, and a blue dragon claw covered in dragon scales appeared above one of the Thunder Mantas. It was the True Dragon Capturing Immortal Claw, swooping down to capture its prey.

The Thunder Manta’s body surged with lightning, unleashing a massive silver lightning bolt to meet the attack, but it was shattered by the blue dragon claw.

The blue dragon claw struck its head, and the Manta’s head suddenly bore several terrifying blood holes, from which blood gushed uncontrollably.

Normally, it could withstand a hit from a mid-grade Sky-Reaching Spiritual Treasure without issue, but it had never imagined the blue dragon claw could be so powerful.

"No good, this is a tough one,"

the Thunder Flood Dragon realized the grave situation and its body erupted with lightning, transforming into a beam of silver light and disappearing.

The next moment, a silver lightning flash lit up over a thousand miles away at the sea surface, the Thunder Manta reappeared.

"Thunder Escape Technique? I can do that too,"

the cold male voice resounded.

No sooner had the voice faded, a golden lightning flash appeared and Shen Long materialized above the Thunder Manta, his back adorned with a pair of huge golden wings covered with golden electrical arcs, radiating a destructive aura.

The instant he appeared, a huge Thunder Manta phantom surfaced in the sky, encompassed by silver arcs, manifesting the Dharma Nature of the Thunder Manta.

Within a thousand miles, the sky flashed with electric arcs and thunder roared.

The Thunder Manta phantom opened its huge maw, spewing out a thick silver lightning bolt, striking at Shen Long.

Thousands of thick silver lightning bolts tore through the sky, heading straight for Shen Long.

Shen Long didn’t dodge or evade, allowing the silver lightning to strike his body, the blinding silver light engulfing his figure.

"I’m certainly not afraid of ordinary thunder and lightning," he declared.

A cold male voice sounded.

No sooner had the voice faded than a blinding golden lightning lit up, the silver light flashed wildly before extinguishing, revealing Shen Long safe and sound.

The Thunder Roc had refined a fifth-grade Absorbing Thunder Pearl and a fifth-grade Leading Thunder Pearl. As it advanced to the sixth rank, the grades of the pearls also improved, enhancing its ability to guide and absorb the power of thunder and lightning.

With a fierce flap of his golden wings, Shen Long unleashed a barrage of golden lightning, striking the Thunder Manta phantom’s body sequentially.

The Thunder Manta phantom let out a mournful roar, its body trembling as it dissipated into spots of spiritual light.

The Dharma Nature destroyed, the Thunder Manta’s body shook.

Shen Long spat out a thick bolt of golden lightning, striking the Thunder Manta on the head, submerging its body in golden light, followed by an excruciatingly pained scream.

His right hand transformed into a giant golden talon, reaching into the midst of the lightning.

A mini Thunder Manta flew out from the golden light, and Shen Long summoned a Green Jade Vase, capturing the mini Thunder Manta.

The golden lightning dissipated, and the Thunder Manta was lifeless, its head pierced with several large bloody holes.

Shen Long collected the Thunder Manta’s corpse, and with a strong beat of his golden wings, he transformed into a bolt of golden lightning and vanished.

The next moment, he appeared near a deserted island, already having stored the other Thunder Manta’s corpse in his Storage Bracelet.

Shen Long flew into the deserted island, landing on an open area.

The Hundred Eyes Cicada lay on the ground, its eyes flickering with golden light.

"Master, you’re back. I’ve detected that Ximen Lang and Liu Yun passed by from the southwest direction, over a thousand miles away," said the Hundred Eyes Cicada.

"Ximen Lang? Liu Yun?"

Shen Long was slightly startled. He had an impression of these two—they had bought Thousand Beast Incense from him.

"They’re probably hunting Monster Beasts. Never mind them; let’s continue to wait here," Shen Long said nonchalantly, as it wasn’t unusual to encounter other Void Refining Cultivators overseas.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the Hundred Eyes Cicada said, "Huh, I’ve detected two other Void Refining Cultivators. Master has met them; they’re both Void Refiners."

"Also from the southwest direction? Who are they?" Shen Long asked.

"Yes, they’re from the Four Seas Sect. Master, you have shown me their portraits before. Their names are Wu Lang and Wang Xue, that’s right, it’s them, and they’ve increased their speed," said the Hundred Eyes Cicada.

"The Four Seas Sect!"

Shen Long’s eyebrows furrowed, a contemplative expression on his face.

"It’s not a big deal anyway. Let’s go and have a look," Shen Long said, putting away the Formation Flag and Disk. The Hundred Eyes Cicada flew into the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

With another fierce flap of his golden wings, he turned into a bolt of golden lightning and disappeared.

Thousands of miles away, a hundred-yard-wide blue light gate floated in the air, with a giant tortoise pattern on its surface.

A blue Flying Shuttle approached from the distant skies, stopped with a flicker, and a portly blue-robed elder along with a buxom woman in a white dress stood atop it.

"Xuangui True Monarch’s Zouhua Cave?"

The blue-robed elder’s gaze flickered with uncertainty.

"Possible. This person was a Unity Cultivator, and his Zouhua Cave must contain many treasures. We have discovered his clone’s Zouhua Cave before," the woman in the white dress said excitedly.

"Let’s go in together and take a look. Hopefully, we can find some good things," the blue-robed elder said gravely, conjuring a spell as the blue Flying Shuttle flew into the blue light gate.

Shortly after, a bolt of golden lightning flashed, and Shen Long appeared, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Having stayed in the Qinglian Archipelago for hundreds of years, he naturally heard of Xuangui True Monarch, but he could not be sure this was Xuangui True Monarch’s Zouhua Cave.

He applied several defenses to himself and flew into the blue light gate.