#997 - Blue wakes up

East of the Flowing Cloud Forest, in an area more than fifty thousand miles from the eastern edge of the forest.

Here lies a vast lake, its water a clear, deep blue, like a sapphire adorning the forest.

"Where are you hiding?"

Zhao Jie, a Great Saint Extreme Heaven Realm expert from the Ning King's Mansion, narrowed his eyes, a cold glint flashing within.

He stood above the azure lake, his sharp eyes scanning the surroundings, divine sense spreading, sensing every minute fluctuation within a radius of several hundred miles.

"Having tracked him here, I clearly feel the target should be within five hundred miles, yet I can't find any trace of him around here…"

He muttered to himself, stroking his chin in thought. The target seemed to have stopped moving, making his perception even more blurred.

He was certain the target was within five hundred miles, but repeated searches and senses failed to pinpoint his exact location.

"This is truly interesting, how strange! It's the first time I've encountered such a situation! Within five hundred miles, the tracking mark can sense the target's existence, but I can't determine his location!"

Zhao Jie was filled with suspicion and uncertainty. He couldn't understand what the problem was, or if there was something strange about this area that was affecting his tracking perception.

However, he had repeatedly checked, and there were no formations in the space between heaven and earth in this area.

"Even if he's hiding at the bottom of the lake, I should still be able to lock onto his location…"

Zhao Jie shuttled back and forth above the lake, repeatedly searching and sensing. He was convinced the target was here.

At this moment, Jun Wuxie was hiding deep beneath the earth, more than two hundred thousand meters below the lake bed.

With his current realm and rune mastery, at this depth, the power of the Earth's core and the pressure of the layers were already incredibly terrifying. Continuing further would affect his actions.

"That guy is certain I'm in this area, and he's constantly searching back and forth. For now, he probably hasn't considered that I might be hiding beneath the earth, but given enough time, he'll inevitably become suspicious…"

He pondered, not daring to move at all.

Any movement would surely enhance the Ning King's Mansion expert's perception, and he would discover his location instantly.

"Lan Lan, wake up, you!"

Jun Wuxie had been trying to awaken Lan Lan all along the way, but Lan Lan was sleeping like a dead pig, even snoring from time to time, leaving him speechless.

His master was being hunted and was on the verge of desperation, but his battle pet was sound asleep.

Time slowly passed, and Jun Wuxie continued to try to awaken Lan Lan, but no matter how he called, Lan Lan seemed completely deaf. His voice was as loud as thunder next to its ears, but it was still useless.

"No, if this continues, other experts from the Ning King's Mansion will arrive here as well. When that happens, if I'm discovered, the consequences will be unimaginable. I must leave…"

Thinking this, he began to move slowly.

At the same time, Zhao Jie, who was constantly searching above the lake, suddenly had a fierce light in his eyes, and a sneer appeared on his face.

"Finally, you couldn't hold back, you moved!"

His perception was much stronger, and he instantly locked onto the target's approximate location, a look of astonishment appearing on his face.

"He's actually hiding deep beneath the earth!"

He was shocked. He had been tracking for an entire day and night, and the target's speed was not slow, or he would have been caught long ago.

But he never expected that the target would actually hide deep beneath the earth, no wonder the tracking technique's perception had weakened so much.

The deeper one goes beneath the earth, the stronger the earth's field becomes, and it was those fields that were affecting the tracking technique's perception!

"This time, let's see where you can run!"

He quickly sent a message using a spirit rune, and then opened his palm, his vast true energy surging, covering the sky above the lake and condensing into a giant palm, which he slammed down fiercely.

Rumble!

The water of the entire lake was impacted and surged in all directions, and the bottom of the lake instantly dried up.

The giant true energy palm slammed heavily on the bottom of the lake, splashing mud into the sky, and the earth trembled violently.

The violent power penetrated downwards along the ground, as if an earthquake had occurred.

Jun Wuxie had been locking onto Zhao Jie with his divine sense, and he knew something was wrong the moment he saw him attack, and he fled at the fastest speed.

However, in a short period of time, there was no way to escape the range covered by the palm.

The terrifying energy vibrated down through the ground, and he had to immediately use the World Domain to resist.

"Oh, is that the magical defensive barrier? I'd like to see how long you can maintain that barrier, it's just a desperate struggle."

Zhao Jie's face was full of mockery. The defense of that domain barrier had shocked him beyond compare, subverting his understanding.

But he knew that the young man's realm was very low. Whether he possessed a defensive treasure or whatever the reason, it was impossible to maintain such a barrier for long.

Zhao Jie walked in the air above the dried-up lake, following the target's movement beneath the ground, and constantly bombarded downwards with his palm.

Jun Wuxie fled deep beneath the earth, and with the World Domain defending him, the vibrating power could not harm him.

However, his spiritual energy was being consumed too quickly.

Just as Zhao Jie had thought, it was impossible for him to maintain the World Domain for a long time.

Now he couldn't run away, and he was constantly locked on by Zhao Jie, continuously enduring Zhao Jie's attacks.

If this continued, his spiritual energy would soon be consumed to a very weak state.

At that time, he would not be able to maintain the World Domain, and he himself would become very weak, and then it would really be over.

"No, I have to wake Lan Lan up!"

While fleeing, he forcibly dragged Lan Lan out of the contract space.

The little guy was still only a foot long, covered in fluff, like a blue fur ball, snoring loudly in his sleep.

Jun Wuxie pinched its nose, and after several breaths, there was no reaction at all.

The Ning King's Mansion expert on the ground was launching wave after wave of attacks.

The World Domain was consuming his spiritual energy very fiercely, and at this moment, his face was already pale and covered in sweat.

"Can't I really wake you up?"

Jun Wuxie lifted its tail and raised his palm to slap its little butt hard, the sound was very loud.

As a result, that guy still didn't wake up.

"You're simply a sleeping immortal!"

Jun Wuxie was speechless. Couldn't even wake it up like this?

Even a deep sleep should have woken up, unless it had fainted, but Lan Lan's state was obviously not fainting, but sleeping.

He swung his palm and slapped it wildly, but it was useless.

Looking at this guy, he really felt a sense of powerlessness that made him want to vomit blood.

"Haha, so many divine beast corpses, wake up and eat divine beasts!"

He was so angry that he gathered his blood energy and shouted in its ear.

In an instant, Lan Lan's snoring stopped, and it bounced up, its two watery eyes rolling around.

"Iiya ~"

It rubbed its eyes with its little paws, looked around and looked at Jun Wuxie, revealing a dazed look.

"Damn it, you glutton!"

Jun Wuxie really didn't know how to describe his mood at this time.

It wouldn't wake up no matter how he slapped it, but a shout of eating divine beasts directly炸醒 it up, how deep of an obsession does this guy have with eating?

Rumble!

The violent power penetrated through more than two hundred thousand meters of earth and impacted Jun Wuxie's barrier, erupting with a dull roar.

Lan Lan, who was dazed and cute, hadn't figured out the situation yet, was finally awakened, and a look of anger appeared in its awakened eyes.

"Iiya!"

It looked up, the fur on its shoulders standing up, waving its little paws, with an angry look on its face.

"Little guy, quick!"

Jun Wuxie patted it.

Lan Lan understood, and its body instantly grew larger, like a majestic blue unicorn wolf king.

Jun Wuxie flipped over and rode on its back, the World Domain wrapped around them, and rushed towards the ground at the fastest speed.

Now time was pressing, and his spiritual energy was being consumed too fiercely.

It was more than four hundred miles from here to the ground, and it would take time.

If he didn't hurry, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on before he rushed out of the ground, and the World Domain would disappear on its own.

"Hmph! Finally coming out, keep hiding! Thinking that hiding deep beneath the earth would allow you to escape our pursuit, naive and ridiculous! The things that Ning Wang wants have never been missed, without exception!"

Zhao Jie sneered again and again.

He opened his palm, his true energy surging, condensing into a giant hand that covered the sky, but he didn't continue to bombard downwards.

The target was rapidly rushing out of the ground, and it looked like he was going to fight him to the death.

If he continued to bombard at this time, he might have forced the target back into the depths of the earth.

He condensed his true energy palm, his eyes flashing with cold light, quietly waiting, only waiting for the target to appear, and then quickly suppress it.

He was extremely certain that the Bloodmane Lion-Dog Beast had no more fighting power, otherwise it wouldn't have fled like this, so even if he was alone here, he was still not afraid, but had absolute confidence.

Suddenly, a light of runes flashed in the cracked and dry lake bed.

Zhao Jie's pupils shrank, and the condensed true energy palm directly suppressed downwards.

"Darkness descends!"

Lan Lan and Jun Wuxie were in perfect harmony, and in an instant, mysterious runes lit up in their eyes, and a vast white light swept across the mountains and rivers.

Zhao Jie was terrified, only feeling as if he had fallen into an endless abyss of darkness, unable to see anything, only vast darkness, and then he lost all six senses.

As a result, the true energy palm suppressed in mid-air suddenly collapsed and dissipated into air waves that surged in all directions.

"You're not arrogant now?"

Jun Wuxie rode on Lan Lan and stepped forward, reaching out and patting Zhao Jie's face.

Zhao Jie didn't respond at all, like a dead man.

Jun Wuxie's eyes were cold, he condensed his military intent, and the Taiji Star Sea, Primordial Soldier Disassembly, and True Martial Undying Body operated together in his body, the Fighting Word Secret effect was triggered, and the military intent was condensed at his fingertips, and he pointed to kill Zhao Jie's brow.

But he found that when the power penetrated under the skin, it was annihilated by a layer of energy in his body.

He changed position, aiming to strike his throat, but apart from the redness and swelling of the skin and shallow muscles, there was no damage inside.

He tried the heart, but the result was the same.

"Can't kill him!"

Jun Wuxie had guessed this would be the case, but he still wanted to try, and the result was indeed so.

A powerhouse at the Great Saint Limitless Heaven Realm was too high in cultivation. Even with the descent of darkness, losing all six senses and unable to control his true energy for defense, the true energy within his body would still passively defend against attacks to some extent.

With his current cultivation, he couldn't cause substantial damage, only slightly injure his skin and shallow muscles.

This was only under the condition of losing all six senses. In a normal state, even if a powerhouse of this realm didn't actively defend, his current strength wouldn't be able to break through their defenses.

"Thick-skinned!"

He grabbed Zhao Jie's ear with one hand, raised the other, and slapped him dozens of times left and right.

He slapped him until his face was bruised and swollen, like a pig's head, with two strings of blood hanging between his nostrils and upper lip.

"Lanlan, Absolute Slowness!"

Lanlan howled and released her divine ability at close range towards Zhao Jie with a sonic wave.

"Go!"

Lanlan turned and ran, disappearing into the mountains like a blue phantom.

"So fast?"

Jun Wuxie was taken aback. Lanlan's speed was too fast, even faster than his 'Line Character Secret'. It was probably as fast as his 'Line Character Secret' plus the Divine Rune ability.

The little guy's strength had increased so much after waking up from a nap.

He remembered using 'Darkness Descent' on the powerhouse from Ning Wang Manor earlier, and the duration of the 'Darkness Descent' effect was much longer than before.

One must know that the powerhouse from Ning Wang Manor was at the Great Saint Limitless Heaven Realm!

At this moment, he suddenly realized that they still couldn't escape this way.

Even with the longest-lasting 'Absolute Slowness', it couldn't exceed twenty breaths. This amount of time could only cover a distance of tens of miles. At such a close distance, they would still be absolutely locked onto by the awakened powerhouse from Ning Wang Manor.

Thinking of this, he had Lanlan stop and then began to check the condition of the Bloodmane Lion-Hound Beast.

After a day and a night, it should have recovered somewhat.

Indeed, although the Bloodmane Lion-Hound Beast King was still extremely weak and skin and bones, its condition was slightly better than that day.

At least launching another attack wouldn't endanger his life.

"Blood Desolation, prepare to launch an attack. No need for a full-strength attack, just enough to kill a Great Saint Limitless Heaven Realm expert who has lost all six senses and cannot use true energy for defense."

"Yes, Master."

The Bloodmane Lion-Hound Beast King responded weakly, beginning to gather power and prepare.

At this time, above the lake where the water had flowed back and reassembled, Zhao Jie recovered from the 'Absolute Slowness' state.

He was incredibly shocked. What exactly was that kid's battle beast? It actually had such terrifying divine abilities!

He only saw the runes light up in the eyes of the strange beast, a flash of white light, and he felt like he had fallen into a dark abyss, and then he knew nothing.

But he was sure that during the period of losing his senses, he was also hit by some kind of divine ability, which made his body incredibly slow, and any movement was slowed down countless times.

Just now, his hand had been raised for a long time, until the entire effect of that slowness divine ability, a full dozen breaths, had passed before it was raised half a foot high.

A burning, stinging sensation came from his face, and his ears were both painful and hot, making him frantic. His lungs were about to explode with anger, and his swollen face was constantly twitching and distorted.

He, Zhao Jie, a dignified powerhouse of the Great Saint Limitless Heaven Realm, had actually had his ears grabbed and slapped countless times today by a kid in the Saint Realm.

This was truly the greatest humiliation of his life!

"Bastard ant, I will flay you alive!"

Zhao Jie went berserk on the spot, letting out a heart-rending roar that shook the mountains and rivers.

The terrifying sonic waves swept out, causing the space in this area to tremble, and the trees were like being swept by a hurricane. Large swathes of the forest rose and fell like waves.

"Even if you have strange beast divine abilities, where can you escape to!"

Zhao Jie was filled with murderous intent, locked onto the target's location, and strode forward with powerful steps, soon seeing the target riding a blue strange beast on a mountain peak in front of him.

"Boy, I will let you experience the most cruel death in this world!"

The moment he saw the target, his eyes spat fire, and his gaze was incomparably cold.

Having learned from the past, he was very cautious. He stopped more than ten miles away from the target, and the profound Saintly Spirit Law true energy condensed into an energy shield, wrapping his body.

In his opinion, as long as he had Law true energy to protect his body, he could resist the effects of that strange beast divine ability.

"Now, kneel down and accept your death, grovel at my feet and beg for forgiveness, and I might let you suffer less!"

He stood in the high sky, overlooking Jun Wuxie on the mountain peak, the killing intent in his eyes was so strong that it could not be added to, and his palm slowly lifted, a condensed handprint condensed, covering the sky, covering Jun Wuxie's sky.

"What do you think I'm stopping here waiting for you for?"

Jun Wuxie's mouth rose slightly, with a hint of mockery.

"Just you such an ant?"

Zhao Jie's true energy palm slowly pressed down, and said in a cold voice: "Say! Where is the Bloodmane Lion-Hound Beast King?"

If he hadn't not seen the Bloodmane Lion-Hound Beast King, his true energy palm would have already killed him.

"You want to see the Bloodmane Lion-Hound Beast King? I will fulfill your wish now."

At the same time as his voice fell, Lanlan howled, and a wave of sound that bloomed with Law runes instantly rushed out.

Zhao Jie sneered, separated by more than ten miles, that kid and the strange beast's realm are very low, this is a safe distance, and immediately he was about to withdraw and fly back.

However, before he had time to make a move, the sonic wave instantly hit him.

He found that his body was like being trapped in a quagmire, almost unable to move.

Just like before, the movement of the body was slowed down countless times.

"How could this be?"

He was shocked and angry in his heart, separated by such a distance, that strange beast was only equivalent to the Saint Realm, and he was a Great Saint!

He actually didn't manage to dodge, and even with Law true energy to protect his body, he was still hit.

What kind of divine ability is that, that there is no way to defend against it!

"Hahaha!" Zhao Jie laughed angrily, mocking: "Your strange beast divine ability is indeed remarkable, but so what? Can you break my defense? A weak Saint Realm, dare to directly confront the Great Saint, an ant shaking a tree is beyond your ability!"

"I see that you have a short memory, haven't you been slapped enough?"

Jun Wuxie rode Lanlan to Zhao Jie's front, and a sentence directly broke Zhao Jie's defense.

Zhao Jie's eyes became gloomy and ferocious.

This was the greatest humiliation of his life, being slapped by a Saint Realm, his face was red and swollen, and that feeling was as uncomfortable as ten thousand ants devouring his heart.

"I will flay you alive!"

He gritted his teeth, his eyes staring at Jun Wuxie like a poisonous snake.

"No, you have no chance." Jun Wuxie said lightly, and then gave the order: "Blood Desolation, kill him!"

Zhao Jie sneered when he heard this, kill him?

If he could kill him, he would have killed him just now.

Is Blood Desolation the name of this strange beast?

He just wanted to laugh, but the smile froze instantly, his pupils dilated violently, and his eyes were filled with horror.

The Bloodmane Lion-Hound Beast King actually walked out of that Saint Realm kid's body.

Although its state looked extremely poor, the sharpness exuded by the claw that was surrounded by blood light made him smell the taste of death.

"No... You are seriously injured and dying, how can you still exert such a powerful force! Bloodmane Lion-Hound Beast King, you bastard, you are willing to sign a soul contract with an ant in the Saint Realm, but you are not willing to offer the beast core and blood essence to Ning Wang!"

"Darkness Descent!"

Jun Wuxie didn't want to listen to his nagging anymore, he couldn't delay any longer, the other powerhouses of Ning Wang Manor must be rushing here.

Lanlan's eyes burst with rune flashes.

"No!!!"

Zhao Jie was terrified, a white light flashed, and he instantly lost his senses.

"Blood Desolation, don't use such a strong power."

Jun Wuxie reminded, he felt that the power condensed by the Bloodmane Lion-Hound Beast King was too strong, which would have a great impact on its injuries.

Pfft!

The Bloodmane Lion-Hound Beast King's claws fell, dissipating most of its power, but still easily tore Zhao Jie's body, killing him along with his soul.

It opened its mouth to bite Zhao Jie, but was stopped by Jun Wuxie.

"I have use for the corpse!"

With a wave of his sleeve, he swept Zhao Jie's corpse into the cave heaven, then put the Bloodmane Lion-Hound Beast King back into his body, and rode Lanlan away like a whirlwind.