#999 - Now let you wait as you wish

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, several days had gone by.

The experts of the Ning Royal Mansion all looked gloomy, constantly searching the northeastern area of the Flowing Cloud Forest, but they were unable to pinpoint the target's location.

Their perception was extremely vague, only vaguely able to determine the target's general direction.

However, that direction was too broad, spanning thousands of miles.

This area of thousands of miles was filled with countless towering mountains and strange peaks.

More than twenty experts were distributed around the perimeter of this area, completely surrounding it.

Deafening roars constantly echoed throughout this area.

The Great Saint experts of the Ning Royal Mansion were like madmen, frequently attacking.

The attacks of more than twenty people covered different areas, completely blanketing this thousands-mile radius, carrying out a violent bombardment.

The earth trembled, the mountains shook, trees snapped, and everything was a mess.

Some of them even forcibly drilled into the ground to search, but due to their overly vague perception, they searched for several days without any results.

"You few continue searching!"

The leading elder transmitted his thoughts, directing the others, saying: "The rest of you surround this area, and we'll wait on the surface! They're hiding underground and dare not move. As long as they dare to move, we'll immediately lock onto them! Although the underground can interfere with our tracking perception, how long can they hide? Sooner or later, they'll have to come out, so let's just wait!"

"Now, this is the only way. Even now, we still haven't figured out who that young man is or what his background is!"

"This matter needs to be addressed by you! You've been lurking near that valley all along, and you should have been fully aware of all the activity around you. As a result, someone sneaked into the valley and signed a soul contract with the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King, and you didn't even know!"

"This…"

The experts who were guarding around the valley were uneasy. Faced with the leading elder's questioning, they didn't know how to explain their dereliction of duty.

"Lord, please calm your anger. We lurked there for those days, constantly perceiving the surrounding movements, not daring to relax in the slightest, but we just don't know how that young man sneaked into the valley!"

"Lord, that young man is a Rune Master, and his attainments in the Dao of Runes are probably not low. Perhaps he used Rune Dao methods to evade our divine senses, allowing him to sneak into the valley silently!"

"You don't need to explain to me. After you go back, you can explain to Prince Ning!"

The faces of those experts turned green upon hearing this.

Thinking of Prince Ning's anger, their bodies couldn't help but tremble.

Then, thinking about it again, if they could successfully bring back the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King's beast core this time, Prince Ning would be overjoyed and would probably not blame them too much. But if they couldn't bring back the beast core and essence blood…

"I have already reported the matter about that young man to Prince Ning. Presumably, Prince Ning has already sent people to investigate the young man's identity. A Rune Master with not low attainments in the Dao of Runes is definitely not alone. He must have an identity and background in Daqian, so it shouldn't be difficult to find out. I want to see who dares to oppose Prince Ning!"

"Lord, do you think it could be someone from the Emperor's side?"

"That possibility cannot be ruled out, and the probability is even very high." The elder said in a deep voice: "Now, in our Daqian Dynasty, besides the one high above in the imperial city, who dares to oppose Prince Ning and has the power to do so, I'm afraid we can't find a second one!"

"If it's really the Emperor… I don't know where the Emperor found such a person. He's young and his realm isn't high, but his attainments in the Dao of Runes are not low. The key is that he can actually make the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King willingly sign a soul contract with him. From this point alone, it's truly shocking!"

"Well, this matter is indeed difficult to understand. The Blood鬃 Lion Beast clan is extremely proud. It's impossible to make them submit to humans unless they are tamed from the cub stage. Otherwise, it's absolutely impossible, let alone the Beast King. This is also the reason why Prince Ning wanted to kill the Beast King instead of taming it, because it's impossible to tame!"

"It seems that the young man possesses special beast-taming skills and must have something extraordinary about him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gained the Emperor's favor, nor would he have allowed the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King to willingly be his battle pet!"

"Hmph, that young man thinks that by relying on the Dao of Runes to hide deep in the earth, he can save the life of the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King. Not to mention that the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King is seriously injured and difficult to heal, can he hide under the earth for the rest of his life!"

"If he hides for a year, we'll wait for a year. If he hides for ten years, we'll wait for ten years until he has to come out! The ending is already determined. He either kneels before Prince Ning, offering his loyalty for the rest of his life and handing over the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King's beast core and essence blood, or he dies!"

"Perhaps it won't be long before we can find him. Prince Ning has received the news and should be looking for someone proficient in the art of derivation. When the derivation master arrives, through tracking the imprint and deduction, that kid and the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King will have nowhere to hide!"

…

Deep within the earth, a Rune Dao barrier shone with the light of runes. Inside the barrier, golden light was dazzling, and vigorous golden blood energy was surging, creating a huge momentum.

It's just that with the barrier isolated, the sound was not transmitted, and even the breath fluctuations were isolated.

So many days have passed, and Jun Wuxie, who devoured Zhao Jie of the Great Saint realm, finally ushered in a breakthrough in his realm.

Saint Realm Middle Heaven Initial Stage, the strength has been increased by one time!

As the mighty momentum gradually subsided and the golden light faded away, he entered the weapon tomb to temper his body and stabilize his realm.

"This Great Saint Extremely Heaven expert should be enough to raise my realm to the Great Saint Great Heaven stage. What a resource sent to my door."

He checked Zhao Jie's corpse in the cave. Breaking through a realm, Zhao Jie's energy value was only swallowed by him for a very small part.

"Derivation Master?"

Although he was cultivating before, his divine sense had been sensing the situation on the ground. He heard what the people above said.

He knew that those people must have talked a lot, but he couldn't hear some of the conversations that were communicated with divine sense. Some of the words that were directly spoken were captured by his divine sense.

"Deliberately talking about the Derivation Master, is this suspecting that I might be sensing the situation on the ground through the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King, so they specially said it to me, wanting to create psychological pressure on me and force me to move?"

Jun Wuxie pondered. He didn't know whether the Ning Royal Mansion's expert was telling the truth about the Derivation Master coming or whether it was to deliberately force him to move in order to lock onto his position.

Regarding Derivation Masters, he knew about them. There were Derivation Masters in the God Ancient World. They were a kind of people who specialized in the art of deduction.

This kind of person is extremely rare in the world because the threshold is very high. One must have talent in derivation and calculation.

The Derivation Master's extremely strong deduction power can be used to deduce the target through anything related to the target.

If a Derivation Master really comes, then his position will definitely be locked, which is beyond doubt.

"Currently, the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King is in the critical period of recovery, so it is not suitable to use too much power to fight, and there are too many opponents here, distributed over an area of thousands of miles. Lanlan's supernatural power cannot control such a large area. It seems that, in order to be safe, I must leave…"

Jun Wuxie thought for a while and made a decision.

Regardless of whether the Ning Royal Mansion's expert said that the Derivation Master would come back was true or just to deliberately force him to move in order to lock onto his position, he had to leave here.

This is an overt scheme, leaving him with no choice.

But this overt scheme seemed a bit ridiculous to him.

"Even if I come out now, what can you do to me?"

His face was full of coldness. He checked the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King's physical condition. Its body had recovered a lot. The skinny body had grown a lot of flesh and was much fuller.

The moment to harvest the Great Saint experts has come. If he can't deal with more than twenty people at the same time, can't he deal with three or two people at the same time?

"Lanlan!"

He patted the little guy who was dozing off.

"咿 呀～"

Lanlan immediately cheered up, transformed and became bigger, and was majestic.

Riding on Lanlan, they quickly went towards the ground.

Not long after, several experts from the Ning Royal Mansion looked towards a certain area almost at the same time.

A cold light burst out in their eyes!

They sensed it, it was getting clearer and clearer, the target was moving and coming towards the surface.

"Well, they are really paying attention to the situation on the ground. Hearing that the Derivation Master is coming, they finally couldn't hold back!"

The leading expert of the Ning Royal Mansion showed a sneer. He was just trying before and couldn't guarantee that the target could hear him.

Now it seems that this step was very clever.

"Come quickly!"

The elder transmitted his voice to the others, pointing to a certain area.

More than twenty experts moved quickly, narrowing the encirclement.

When Jun Wuxie was only two hundred thousand meters away from the surface, they narrowed the encirclement to an area of five hundred miles.

In such an area, if twenty people attack at the same time, how many times would that area be covered?

"Prepare, we must ensure that the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King is killed with one blow, and we must not give it a chance to fight back!"

The elder secretly transmitted his voice. He knew that the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King's dying counterattack would be terrible, so he had to strike first.

It was seriously injured and in poor condition, so as long as they launch a thunderous blow together, it would definitely not be able to withstand its current state.

More than twenty people, all with the true energy of the law flowing between their palms and fingers, the secret technique was ready, and they were deadlocked in the area where the target was located, ready to launch the strongest blow at any time.

But Jun Wuxie suddenly stopped at this time.

He didn't continue towards the surface, but let Lanlan rush to the west.

With the speed of Supergod, under ten times the speed, Lanlan's speed reached twenty to thirty times the speed of sound, flying quickly through the depths of the earth.

"Want to run! Shake them out for me!"

The elder's pupils shrank, the true energy between his palms and fingers boiled, and he slammed down violently.

Almost at the same time, the attacks of other experts also slammed down one after another.

Rumble!

The mountains shook, the ground trembled, rocks rolled down the mountains, and dust soared into the sky.

The violent power penetrated downwards through the strata, directly reaching the area where Jun Wuxie and Lan Lan were at this moment.

Although Lan Lan's speed was extremely fast, the attack's coverage was too wide. Even with Lan Lan's super god-like speed, it was impossible to avoid it in such a short instant.

He instantly erected his world domain.

Those powerful energies impacted the domain, causing the domain barrier to vibrate slightly.

Under the joint attack of more than twenty powerhouses, the attack was too fierce, but the world domain was indestructible and immortal, still easily resisting it and obliterating all the impact.

"Chase, continue to bombard, we must force him out!"

The old man commanded, leading more than twenty Great Saints, following Jun Wuxie and Lan Lan's movements, while launching a violent storm-like attack.

"What's going on?"

They had already chased for hundreds of miles, constantly bombarding and killing along the way, but the target was always moving at high speed, and that speed was so fast that it was unbelievable.

At this time, the target actually threw them thousands of miles away, already out of attack range, and the distance was still constantly widening.

"What is this speed? Could it be that the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King has completely recovered?"

They were both surprised and angry. This completely subverted their understanding and was beyond their expectations. Even the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King at its peak should not have such speed.

"You two come with me, the rest keep up!"

The leading elder selected the two fastest ones who could barely keep up with him and went ahead, chasing at the fastest speed.

The others were slower than them and were quickly left behind.

Under the earth, Jun Wuxie, while directing Lan Lan to run towards the west, was also constantly increasing his altitude, getting closer and closer to the ground.

"Lan Lan, restore to original speed, rush out, it's now!"

His divine sense sensed the environment on the surface. This place was surrounded by mountains, and their current position was right below the mountain col.

Lan Lan rushed out of the ground and was located right in the mountain col.

"Blood Desolation, get ready to work!"

He secretly gave the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King an order.

A fierce glint flashed in the eyes of Blood Desolation, who was healing.

It hated the powerhouses of Ning Wangfu to the bone.

Those human powerhouses took advantage of its serious injury, ambushed early, wanting to dig out its beast core and extract its essence blood. These days, they had been chasing relentlessly, which had already made it hold back a belly full of resentment.

Before long, three figures streaked across the sky like shooting stars and landed in the mountain col.

"You are the young man who signed a soul contract with the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King?"

The leading elder tracked them to this place and saw a young man riding a blue strange beast, as if deliberately waiting for them here, and couldn't help but be startled.

"That's right, I am the master of the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King."

The corners of Jun Wuxie's mouth rose slightly, and there was a touch of coldness in his eyes.

The three powerhouses were suspicious, but they reacted quickly. Their bodies flickered, and two of them quickly moved to his sides.

The three formed a triangular position, surrounding Jun Wuxie in the middle.

"Young man, obediently hand over the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King, and you will return to Ning Wangfu with us, swear allegiance to Ning Wang, dedicate the rest of your life to Ning Wang, and I guarantee you will have wealth and glory in the future, and a bright future!"

The leading elder said lightly.

He knew that Ning Wang definitely needed such talents. If he could bring him back and make him loyal to Ning Wang, then Ning Wang would definitely be very happy, and he would be considered a meritorious service.

"Ning Wang is indeed a hero, but unfortunately, my path is different from his and we cannot conspire together."

Jun Wuxie acknowledged Ning Wang's ability, but he did not like his way of doing things.

This kind of person uses unscrupulous means, which is a type he very much dislikes.

Not to mention those dead senior brothers and sisters of Zhenwu Peak, all because of Ning Wang, and the current encounters of the eldest senior brother and second senior sister are also thanks to Ning Wang.

As a disciple of Zhenwu Peak, Ning Wang is his enemy. This is an irreconcilable contradiction, and opposition has long been destined!

"Boy, you are refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit! What different paths and unable to conspire together, this seat wants you to kneel in front of Ning Wang and acknowledge him as master, swear allegiance! You want to conspire with Ning Wang, what are you? A mere Saint realm, an ant! Uttering wild words, the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King can hardly protect itself, do you think it can still protect you?"

"Acknowledge as master, swear allegiance?"

Jun Wuxie was dumbfounded and laughed. Even the Great Emperor would not dare to say this, let alone a mere Ning Wang.

"We remember what Ning Wang did to my Zhenwu Peak. Today, we will first kill you lackeys of Ning Wang and collect some interest, and then settle accounts with Ning Wang in the future!"

"What did you say?" The pupils of the three powerhouses shrank, revealing a look of shock, "You are from Qingyun Zhenwu Peak?"

They couldn't believe it. When did Zhenwu Peak have a disciple who was proficient in the Dao of Talismans?

Moreover, this disciple was also proficient in the Dao of Beast Taming and could sign a soul contract with a Beast King in the Great Saint realm!

"Presumptuous, what are you, daring to rant about settling accounts with Ning Wang! Your entire Qingyun is just a strong ant in Ning Wang's eyes, which can be crushed to death at any time! You want to kill us, then let your Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King come out and try, and see if the extremely weak it can do it!"

"Now let you wait as you wish."

As Jun Wuxie's voice fell, Lan Lan, who was connected with him, opened his mouth and roared.

With a howl, a sound wave blooming with law runes swept across all directions in an instant, covering the entire mountain col.

The three powerhouses had no time to react at all, and were instantly covered by the sound waves. They only felt that their bodies were like sinking into a quagmire, as if they were imprisoned, and it was difficult to move.

"What kind of supernatural power is this!"

The smiles on their faces froze, and a look of horror appeared.

How could this be? They were existences in the Extreme Heaven position of the Great Saint, and the strange beast under that kid was only at the Saint level, but it could actually restrict their movements, causing them to enter an extremely terrifying state of slowness!