Chapter 1024: Chapter 1024
At this moment in the void, the thunderclouds were continuously accumulating. Gusu Qingwen could tell that if this bolt of lightning were to strike down, its power would definitely be many times stronger than the previous one.
Ding Fan was already injured from the last lightning strike, how could he possibly withstand this one?
Just as Gusu Qingwen was worrying, Ding Fan suddenly moved, pulling Gusu Qingwen along.
However, Ding Fan's movement wasn't for escaping. In such a dire situation, even running away might not guarantee escape.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh... As Ding Fan walked, he tossed out the array flags he had just made. In no time, the flags were placed.
After setting up the array flags, Ding Fan embraced Gusu Qingwen and, at a speed she couldn't comprehend, dashed quickly in another direction.
Not long after the two of them had escaped, the sky's accumulated lightning struck down again.
The sound echoed through the heavens and earth, even Gusu Qingwen was so frightened that she buried her head into Ding Fan's chest. That kind of lightning was simply too terrifying.
Gusu Qingwen even felt that the world she was in seemed like the apocalypse.
However, the lightning didn't strike Ding Fan and Gusu Qingwen, but rather the place where Ding Fan had set up the array flags earlier.
The entire ground shook violently, fierce winds blew, and sand and stones flew. The place where Ding Fan set up the formation was blasted by the lightning, creating a pit two or three meters deep!
The great formation Ding Fan had set up was indeed effective.
Gusu Qingwen looked at Ding Fan, her eyes filled with admiration.
It's important to know that formations are very intricate and extremely complex. Ding Fan actually managed to set up a Lightning Drawing Formation in less than a minute. This would be hard to believe if told to others.
However, at this moment, Ding Fan wasted no time. He directly sat down cross-legged and started making more array flags with his hands.
Ding Fan was not a god; he was also human. He knew that the Lightning Drawing Formation he set up just now was only a simple one, capable of attracting at most three bolts of Mysterious Thunder.
After three bolts of Mysterious Thunder, he and Gusu Qingwen would still be exposed to the lightning.
So what Ding Fan needed to do now was to make several Lightning Drawing Formations. Once a formation was broken by the lightning, he would set up another one to ensure his and Gusu Qingwen's safety.
Gusu Qingwen watched Ding Fan's hands flying skillfully as he made the array flags, silently standing by his side.
Gusu Qingwen knew that this was a critical moment, and she couldn't disturb Ding Fan.
After about ten minutes, two more bolts of Mysterious Thunder struck down from the sky. Ding Fan didn't dare delay any longer. After setting up another Mysterious Thunder Formation on the spot, he took Gusu Qingwen and rushed toward the depths of the swamp.
Now Ding Fan was no longer afraid of the Mysterious Thunder above. The Lightning Drawing Formations he had made were more than sufficient.
Ding Fan took Gusu Qingwen, rushing all the way, finally arriving directly at the cave where the spirit beast was previously spotted entering.
Ding Fan, pulling Gusu Qingwen along, they both jumped into the cave one after the other.
The size of the cave was barely enough for one person, with a tunnel extending at a forty-five-degree angle underground. Ding Fan then released his flying sword as propulsion.
With Ding Fan holding the sword, he and Gusu Qingwen flew swiftly underground.
In just about ten minutes, the two suddenly found themselves in a vast underground world.
Ding Fan and Gusu Qingwen had previously entered a spirit beast's lair outside of East City in the desert. These spirit beasts liked to make their caves very spacious, resembling small underground worlds.
So there was nothing surprising for Ding Fan now.
Using his Divine Sense to probe, Ding Fan quickly discovered a dense Spiritual Energy emanating from a distant part of the cave.
Immediately, Ding Fan and Gusu Qingwen quickened their pace, heading directly towards the source of the Spiritual Energy.
Coming to this underground world, Gusu Qingwen felt like she was dreaming.
It wasn't until now that Gusu Qingwen realized how Ding Fan managed to know the hiding hole of the spirit beast. Ding Fan found his way as if he had known it all along.
Even though Gusu Qingwen had encountered the spirit beast three times in her life, she had only found its lair twice, and both times were with Ding Fan.
In the past, even Qingwen's master had never led her to a spirit beast's lair, yet Ding Fan managed to find it twice in a row.
Gusu Qingwen felt that Ding Fan truly had a touch of the extraordinary.
Shortly after the two entered the cave, a silhouette swiftly lunged towards Ding Fan.
Ding Fan was already on guard.
These spirit beasts, usually cunning, would fiercely defend their home once an intruder arrived.
At this moment, the spirit beast displayed its fierce side.
As the spirit beast dashed in, Ding Fan made a slight movement, his right hand swiftly grabbing.
What happened next left Gusu Qingwen utterly stunned; Ding Fan had caught the attacking spirit beast.
"How... how is that possible?" Although Gusu Qingwen witnessed the whole process with her own eyes, she still felt that what she saw seemed too unreal.
Previously, Qingwen's master had said that the spirit beast's agility was formidable, unmatched by anyone under the heavens who could catch them.
Simply put, even martial artists at the current highest fathomable level, Profound Level Peak, couldn't capture the spirit beast.
In front of him, not only can Ding Fan follow the tracking spiritual beast directly to find the spiritual beast's nest, but he can also catch the tracking spiritual beast with one hand.
Gusu Qingwen truly couldn't help but admire Ding Fan!
"Qing Wen, bite your finger, I need two drops of your blood!" At this moment, Ding Fan called directly to Gusu Qingwen.
Gusu Qingwen agreed, although she didn't know what Ding Fan wanted to do, but now, whatever Ding Fan asked her to do, she would do it without hesitation.
Gusu Qingwen quickly bit her finger directly. Blood flowed out.
"Drip the blood on the top of the tracking spiritual beast's head," Ding Fan said.
Gusu Qingwen didn't dare to delay for a moment, she briskly walked over and directly dripped the blood on top of the tracking spiritual beast's head.
At this time, the tracking spiritual beast was still struggling back and forth in Ding Fan's hand, but no matter how it struggled, it couldn't escape from Ding Fan's grip.
Seeing that Gusu Qingwen's blood had already dripped onto the spiritual beast's head, Ding Fan extended two fingers from his left hand and pressed them directly onto the blood drop on the spiritual beast's head.
This was the method of recognizing a master that Ding Fan used.
Simply put, it was letting the spiritual beast recognize its master.
This technique was one of the unique skills of the Spirit Sect, the art of controlling a spirit to recognize a master.
Sure enough, as Ding Fan infused True Qi into the spiritual beast's body, the spiritual beast indeed calmed down from being frantic. In a short time, the spiritual beast became very docile.
After about ten minutes, Ding Fan finally removed his fingers from the spiritual beast's head.
Looking at the spiritual beast's head again, the bloodstains on its head had already disappeared without a trace.
The spiritual beast cried out twice and then jumped directly onto Gusu Qingwen's shoulder.
Gusu Qingwen was stunned.
This tracking spiritual beast was difficult to tame due to its wild nature, but now it acted just like a little kitten.
"How… how is this possible?" Gusu Qingwen looked at the tracking spiritual beast squatting on her shoulder with disbelief on her face.
"It has recognized you as its master, from now on until its death, it will never leave you," Ding Fan said.
"You're saying, it's mine now?" Gusu Qingwen asked with delight, her beautiful eyes wide open.
Gusu Qingwen had a lovable, girlish side to her, and being able to have a cute spiritual beast as a pet made her extremely happy.
Ding Fan nodded in agreement.
At this moment, Gusu Qingwen appeared very happy, she extended her arms directly.
The tracking spiritual beast seemed to sense Gusu Qingwen's intentions and jumped directly into her palms.
The tracking spiritual beast had a slender body and was covered with white fur. It looked quite similar to a small fox.
Gusu Qingwen's delicate little hand gently brushed over the tracking spiritual beast, which purred comfortably in her palm like a kitten.
Gusu Qingwen was instantly attracted to it.
"From now on, I'll call you Xiao Bai…" Gusu Qingwen was very happy to cradle the tracking spiritual beast in her palms, and in a moment of affection, she couldn't help but rub her face on the spiritual beast's body.
The tracking spiritual beast purred enjoyably, seeming to agree with Gusu Qingwen's proposal.
"Alright, let's go." Seeing Gusu Qingwen and Xiao Bai being affectionate for quite a while, Ding Fan said to Gusu Qingwen.
"Let's go, Xiao Bai!" Gusu Qingwen called out to the tracking spiritual beast.
Then, the two people and one beast headed towards the depths of the cave.
In the cave, after walking for about five or six minutes, a wave of heat surged directly up, and Ding Fan found that the heat wave was coming from a corner within the cave.
Ding Fan walked directly over. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾※𝙣𝙚𝙩
Upon reaching the corner, Ding Fan discovered a square meter of deep red stone slab.
Ding Fan picked up the slab, using Divine Sense to investigate.
After the investigation, Ding Fan's face was filled with disbelief.
Ding Fan discovered that the slab was actually crimson stone.
Crimson stone is an exceptional treasure of the world, containing crimson fine iron within it, said to be able to refine defensive artifacts that are extraordinarily powerful.
Defensive artifacts made from the crimson fine iron within crimson stone can withstand a full strike from a Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator.
A cultivator at the Tribulation stage is incredibly powerful, capable of world-destroying feats, and even Heaven must send Mysterious Thunder down to let them transcend and enter existence.
The artifacts refined from crimson fine iron can withstand the full power strike from such formidable Tribulation stage cultivators.
Ding Fan felt that he was incredibly lucky!
Such treasures in the Cultivation World are simply the best of the best artifact refining materials.
Even those so-called Great Gate Sects couldn't possibly acquire such treasures.
For a Great Gate Sect to have a small piece of crimson stone is already impressive, and now Ding Fan was truly impressive, directly acquiring a square meter slab…
It seems following this tracking spiritual beast was absolutely the right choice. Otherwise, how could he have obtained such remarkable treasures?