Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 575 - 570 Seeking Shadows and Tracking, Bizarre Locust Trap_1
He felt he couldn’t help and would only be a burden if he followed.
Zong Wu opened his mouth several times but couldn’t bring himself to say words of refusal.
"I will await good news from Junior Martial Brother."
Things having reached this point, Zong Wu could only pin his hopes on his junior martial brother, who possessed unique methods after being resurrected, to find their Master and clear his name.
Jia Ren nodded, activated the talisman given for entering the Jiao Dragon Secret Realm, and returned to the sect.
The Tracing Bizarre Talisman was different from other Bizarre Treasures; it retained the target’s aura.
Using the Tracing Bizarre Talisman in the Jiao Dragon Secret Realm to find Ancestor Ji Kong would leave no room for excuses if discovered by high-level cultivators of the Lingbao Sect.
It wouldn’t be too late to leave the Lingbao Sect and find a safe area before starting the search.
The adventure in the Jiao Dragon Secret Realm had come quickly and ended even faster. All things considered, the gains were substantial.
Jia Ren returned to the sect and flew away from its territory.
The journey was unobstructed, far smoother than he had imagined.
Previously, things hadn’t been fully settled. Some had speculated that he possessed a great treasure and had tried all sorts of methods to seize it. His Master, Ancestor Ji Kong, had defected, taking the sect’s treasures with him. Ma Tianbao had not yet matured, and he had no backing in the sect. He had thought this journey would not be smooth and that he would face difficulties, but it turned out he had worried too much. The Lingbao Sect was decent, treating him with sincerity.
Jia Ren’s attitude toward the sect had somewhat changed; he felt a greater sense of identification and belonging.
He flew swiftly, covering tens of thousands of miles in one go before finally stopping his escape light.
He activated Heavenly Vision and scanned the surroundings once.
Then, he used Heart-Mind Sensing for a second check.
After carefully confirming that no one was tracking him and that there were no high-order cultivators nearby, Jia Ren reached into the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl and retrieved a jade box.
Threads of golden light surged as his right palm was enveloped in a layer of Suppressing Demon Divine Light before he finally opened the jade box.
Inside the jade box lay a black talisman. It was complex and profound, its talisman ink seeming like a living creature, giving the impression of a living talisman.
This item was indeed the Tracing Bizarre Talisman!
"Guide!"
As the Tracing Bizarre Talisman was activated, a dense, black, smoke-like fog rose.
A wisp of the True Dragon Evil’s aura was tossed into it, and the black, smoke-like fog stirred.
The black fog swirled and transformed, coalescing into an elder with dark green dragon horns and deep, gloomy eyes.
His grayish-white hair fluttered in the wind, and his face bore faint, dark green Dragon Scales.
This person was Jia Ren’s Master, Ancestor Ji Kong. Compared to before, his appearance had been transformed, and he inexplicably possessed an indescribable air of dominance.
The pervasive black energy swirled, revealing a more detailed image.
It showed a dilapidated and ruined mountain temple, strewn with white bones—both human skeletons and the massive remains of unknown Magical Beasts.
The most striking features were the grayish-white True Dragon’s skull and its vast, incomplete skeletal body.
An endless stream of black energy emanated from the skeletal remains, pouring into Ancestor Ji Kong’s body. His aura was constantly strengthening.
Did the True Dragon Evil extract the core of the Azure Dragon Giant Beast Treasure Formation to enhance its own strength?
For the Lingbao Sect, the Azure Dragon’s skeleton combined with the formation, augmented by a vast number of Spiritual Treasures and Sky-reaching Spirit Treasures, could summon an Azure Dragon Beast with power comparable to the Mahayana Realm.
This was the best method to increase one’s power.
Neither Ancestor Ji Kong nor the True Dragon Evil possessed many Spiritual Treasures or Sky-reaching Spirit Treasures; they couldn’t compare to the Lingbao Sect’s foundation.
The True Dragon Evil couldn’t fully utilize the power of the Azure Dragon Giant Beast Treasure Formation. Compared to that, prioritizing the enhancement of its personal strength was more important. Making such a choice wasn’t surprising.
The image manifested by the Tracing Bizarre Talisman disintegrated, revealing the True Dragon Evil’s path. Several distinct black footprints appeared every ten miles.
The depth and shade of the footprints could be used to determine how long ago they were left and the timing of the tracks.
By following the recent tracks, it wouldn’t be difficult to find the True Dragon Evil’s hiding place.
The Tracing Bizarre Talisman truly is a divine artifact for locating people!
The only unfortunate thing was that the manifested footprints were limited to a maximum range of 50,000 miles.
Ultimately, the Tracing Bizarre Talisman was of a slightly lower grade. It wasn’t a true Tracking Shadow Bizarre, so its power was considerably limited.
Jia Ren wasn’t bothered by this shortcoming, as he possessed many Tracing Bizarre Talismans.
This item wasn’t as rare as the Longevity Trickster Fruit. It was quite numerous, so producing 10,000 Tracing Bizarre Talismans wouldn’t be an issue.
By using quantity to make up for quality, finding Ancestor Ji Kong’s location wouldn’t be difficult.
Having absorbed the Evil Qi from the Azure Dragon’s skeleton, the True Dragon Evil’s strength must be at least at the late stage of the Body Integration Realm, if not the Mahayana Realm. It won’t be easy to deal with.
This trip was to ascertain Ancestor Ji Kong’s condition. Without absolute confidence, it wasn’t wise to act.
Ancestor Ji Kong is already dead. Once I reach the Body Integration Realm or the Mahayana Realm and have absolute confidence, it won’t be too late to avenge my Master. The True Dragon Evil is in a parasitic state. Devising a way to force the True Dragon Evil out of my Master’s body will require careful, long-term planning and strategic action.
Jia Ren flew onward, drawing ever closer to his target.
Along the way, the Suppressing Demon Divine Light formed an Under Armor to protect him, guarding against encounters with unknown Bizarre Demons.
His caution proved to be entirely correct.
Before flying 50,000 miles, he encountered five different types of Bizarre Demons.
The Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower was full and could not contain more Bizarre Demons before it advanced to a Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure. The Supreme Demon-sealing Tower had limited space remaining and faced the same constraint.
Unless it was an exceptionally powerful monster, he had to carefully consider if it was worth sending into the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower.
Jia Ren still had to track the True Dragon Evil and couldn’t be bothered with these lesser Bizarre Demons, so he sped past them.
Just then, a treasure cloud rose in the distant sky, condensing into the shadow of a huge Treasure Pagoda.
A Lingbao Sect’s Lingbao Command Talisman?!
Jia Ren was no stranger to this item. It was the Lingbao Sect’s unique method for calling for help. Any capable individual who saw it was obligated to render assistance.
Ancestor Ji Kong had given him one to use for saving his life in a critical moment. Lingbao Sect cultivators within a 30,000-mile radius would be able to see it and offer mutual assistance.
He had used it once in the Tianling Secret Realm to attract fellow sect members, foiling the Xuantiandao Sect’s plot to deploy the Thousand Mechanism Poison Lock.
This was the first time he had encountered someone else using it.
Jia Ren decisively changed his route and rushed towards the location of the Lingbao Command Talisman.
His sense of identification with the Lingbao Sect was still quite strong. Since he had stumbled upon this matter, he naturally had to intervene.
However, to avoid walking into a trap and facing an enemy he couldn’t handle, he had to remain cautious.
The Mirror Flower Divine Moon activated, camouflaging him and concealing his form.
The Bewildering Spirit Bead could just barely cloud perception, making him undetectable. Only by employing both measures did he feel secure.
In less than the time it took to brew half a cup of tea, Jia Ren flew 30,000 miles, rapidly approaching the source of the disturbance.
"Who dares to harm a Lingbao Sect cultivator? They must be tired of living!"
A man in a purple robe, treading upon a Purple-Golden Dragon Shadow, flew through the sky. His face was full of arrogance, and he emanated the Spiritual Power Fluctuation of a peak early-stage Void Refinement cultivator.
The Purple-Golden Dragon Shadow he rode was clearly a Supreme Spirit Treasure. The lining of his Taoist robe was also extraordinary, likely a high-quality Spiritual Treasure.
A quick glance revealed at least three or four Spiritual Treasures, most of them high quality.
This was something cultivators from other sects would find difficult to achieve.
In the distance, several more figures flew over. The majority were Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators from the Lingbao Sect.
Nascent Soul Level cultivators were too low in cultivation. Not only would they be of little help, but more importantly, they were too far away. By the time they arrived, it would be too late.
A Lingbao Sect cultivator was bound there, his body crisscrossed with wounds of varying sizes. He looked like a man drenched in blood, as if he had just undergone excruciating torture.
Upon seeing his fellow sect members arriving to help, his face showed no joy, only panic. He quickly warned them, "Leave quickly, it’s a trap!"
"Don’t worry about me, just run for it!"
"Too late!" A figure shrouded in a black robe emerged, looking at the newcomers as if they were already dead.
"Such audacity! Daring to bully a Lingbao Sect cultivator! You deserve execution!"
The Purple-Golden Dragon Shadow lunged forward, slashing towards the black-robed figure. Sword light flashed, accompanied by the resounding cries of dragons.
Tiny sword dragons danced wildly, each possessing extreme lethality. They combined to form a 300-foot-tall sword dragon that slashed towards the black-robed figure.
"Divine Sword: Dragon from a Single Slash!"
Wherever the sword dragon passed, its might was absolute. The black-robed figure had no power to resist and was instantly slashed into a cloud of black mist.
The black mist did not dissipate but instead congealed into countless black locusts.
Millions of black locusts appeared, swiftly charging towards the Lingbao Sect cultivators.
"Become nourishment for my power!"
The Lingbao Sect cultivators’ expressions changed drastically. They sensed an unusual, bizarre aura emanating from the black locusts.
"Bizarre Demons? Oh no, this is a Bizarre Person from the Hidden Cultivation Sect!"
Luminous glows lit up around the cultivators. One by one, Evil-warding Treasures rose to protect them.
This highlighted the difference between the Lingbao Sect and other sects: every Lingbao Sect cultivator carried an Evil-warding Treasure.
The sky filled with Bizarre Locusts, swooping down relentlessly like a tide of death.
"You’ve picked the wrong opponent!"
No fear was visible on the arrogant young man’s face. A crimson token appeared, forming a blooming ring of red fire.
Wherever the red flames passed, the black locusts rained down from the sky.
This was clearly an Evil-Averting Spiritual Treasure.
"Heh heh, you’re celebrating too soon!"
The Bizarre Locusts corpses on the ground flew up again, revived from death, and continued their assault.
The red fire flared once more, but an eerie scene unfolded.
After being subjected to the flames once, the Bizarre Locusts developed a resistance to the red fire, and it could no longer incinerate them completely.
A massive swarm of Bizarre Locusts surged forward, continuously gnawing at the light of the Evil-Averting Spiritual Treasure.
"How is this possible?!"
Not only the arrogant youth found it unbelievable, but Jia Ren, who had been observing from a hidden distance, also wore an expression of utter disbelief.
The power of the Evil-Averting Spiritual Treasure to kill the black Bizarre Locusts was not to be underestimated.
Yet, in the blink of an eye, it could no longer harm the Bizarre Locusts at all.
The same method could only kill them once, not a second time? In that case, these Bizarre Demons are truly perverse! Not to mention their devouring characteristic; this was the hardest type of Bizarre Demon to deal with.
"Heh heh, become my food!"
Amidst the vast tide of black locusts, the light of the Evil-Averting Spiritual Treasure and Evil-Repelling Magical Treasures gradually dimmed. Their wielders all perished in the black locust plague.
This Bizarre Person is truly arrogant, daring to wreak havoc in the Mysterious Realm!
Just as the surging black locust tide was about to engulf the Lingbao Sect cultivators, a sky full of golden light appeared out of thin air.
Within the golden light, the black locust tide seemed like insects trapped in amber. Their movements slowed, and eventually, they froze completely.
