Chapter 272 - 271: Making a Move (Please Subscribe)

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Chapter 272: Chapter 271: Making a Move (Please Subscribe) "Oh?" Bai Ziyue pondered slightly and soon agreed. *Having connections in the court made things easier, and with a letter of recommendation, it would certainly be better for him.* *After all, he was unfamiliar with the place, and he was not the kind of person who would foolishly refuse help when it was offered.* *This wasn’t about currying favor, it was just normal social interaction.* *Moreover, if he indeed encountered danger, he was confident that even if he couldn’t defeat it, escaping shouldn’t be too difficult.* *In the worst case, he could outrun the others.* Seeing this, Zhao Ziyun smiled slightly, unsurprised, and then said, "Let’s go, I have a technique that can track, let’s see what kind of creature is causing this demon disaster." With that, the group quickly arrived at a village that had been plundered. "Senior Brother Zhao’s Thousand-Mile Tracking Skill is quite exceptional," Guh Hao smiled faintly at Bai Ziyue and praised. Bai Ziyue nodded silently, making a mental note of the name of this magic. This Thousand-Mile Tracking Skill was evidently superior to the Tracking Technique he had mastered, and if he had the opportunity, he naturally wanted to learn it. A burst of intense spiritual fluctuations emanated, and Bai Ziyue felt a massive wave of spiritual power emerging from Zhang Ziyun. One breath, two breaths, three breaths... It took a full five breaths! Buzz! A mysterious ripple spread out. "Follow along!" Zhao Ziyun’s eyes moved as if he saw something and shouted, flipping up onto the Immortal Crane. Guh Hao naturally climbed onto the back of the Immortal Crane immediately. As for Bai Ziyue, he rode on the dog’s back. Toot! The Immortal Crane let out a low cry, instantly transforming into a beautiful arc and fleeing into the distance. The Little Black Dog hurried to keep up, its speed rapid. The three of them in pursuit along the way. This Thousand-Mile Tracking Skill was evidently effective, easily distinguishing the aura of the demon, even days apart, and quickly closing in on its location. In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed. During this time, Zhao Ziyun performed the Thousand-Mile Tracking Skill twice more, and the group soon arrived at a mountain range. From afar, they heard the sounds of battle. Vaguely, they heard dense squeaking and shouting sounds. "It’s Yuu Yang and Ding Mao." Zhao Ziyun shouted, and the Immortal Crane took the lead, flying ahead. Guh Hao followed closely, the Immortal Crane transformed into a beautiful arc, passing through the mountains and approaching the battle site. "Soul Energy +7, +8, +7, +6..." His gaze swept across the attribute panel, the rapidly increasing soul energy startled Bai Ziyue, and he quickly patted Little Black Dog’s head and shouted, "Keep up!" Little Black Dog’s body expanded, its limbs became robust and powerful, quickly leaping through the mountain range. A few breaths later, Bai Ziyue’s pupils contracted, and his face changed involuntarily. On the ground, a multitude of mountain rats, each the size of a wild rabbit, almost countless. And at the center of the surrounded mountain rats, with Zhao Ziyun and Guh Hao, a total of six people gathered together, each employing their methods to launch an attack on the rat swarm. Seeing the scene before him, Little Black Dog’s body trembled, its steps hesitated immediately. "Get clever, find a place to hide." Bai Ziyue lightly patted its head, leaping out directly. Reaching out with his palm, a massive handprint condensed in the void, sweeping down mightily. Immortal Martial Hand Seal! Boom! With a resonant sound, all the mountain rats within the handprint, at least several hundred, turned to mush. Layer upon layer, the dense increasing values of soul energy flashed before him. Although the individual increase wasn’t much, adding them together from several hundred allowed him to boost his soul energy by over three thousand. *Feeling encouraged,* Bai Ziyue applied a spirit light shield to himself and sent out another palm strike. Boom! Yet another large swath was swept away. "Who is this Fellow Daoist?" A somewhat tall and slender immortal cultivator, while attacking, looked at Bai Ziyue with a moved expression. "Fellow Daoist Gong, this is Fellow Daoist Bai, who we encountered on the way, currently a loose cultivator, but he’s practicing the Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique and wishes to join the Sunrise Daoist Sect. Upon hearing that Senior Brother Yuu and Senior Brother Ding were here, he volunteered to come over." Zhao Ziyun spoke quickly, his expression fairly relaxed, his flying sword swept over like an aurora, penetrating mountain rats one by one. Then he continued introducing Bai Ziyue, "This is Fellow Daoist Gong Fei from the Grand Daoist Sect, in the Seventh Layer of Qi Cultivation. And this is Fellow Daoist Liu Zhixuan, whose rank is higher than all of us, also a disciple of the Grand Daoist Sect, with Eighth Layer of Qi Cultivation strength. As for the other two, they are Senior Brother Yuu Yang and Senior Brother Ding Mao of the Sunrise Daoist School, both in the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation. Their strength is formidable." Bai Ziyue didn’t mind the mistakes in Zhao Ziyun’s words, taking action while his gaze swiftly scanned over the others. *Gong Fei looked to be the weakest, but he wielded a Five Elements Square Seal, and each time he used it, it transformed into a giant stone that crashed down, killing a large number.* Occasionally, when he used a talisman or two, the power was quite formidable. The ground was practically a river of blood and flesh, extremely terrifying. As for Liu Zhixuan, he wielded a top-grade magical artifact, the Cold Ice Gourd, from which emanated a fierce and intense freezing aura, causing almost any mountain rat within its range to risk being frozen stiff. Meanwhile, Yuu Yang and Ding Mao, both dressed as young Taoists, wielded flying swords as magical artifacts, simultaneously demonstrating the Chaoyang Sword Technique. The two sword lights, like piercing sword blades, didn’t care about the surrounding mountain rats but attacked a giant rat king within a huge cave, a creature entirely golden in color, reaching a height of two people. The rat king let out a long squeal, and its body emitted a layer of golden light. However, at that moment, countless mountain rats on the ground rushed like moths to a flame, continuously colliding with the sword lights, using their bodies to shield the rat king from the attack. In the end, the two flying swords could only slightly pierce the golden light, causing it to tremble slightly, but they were ultimately ineffective and returned without success. "Senior Brother Yuu, why did you rush into this rat’s nest? Could it be that this demon calamity is because of that rat king?" Guh Hao conjured a defensive light shield, and a magic spell formed instantly. Streams of golden needles shot out like meteors. Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! The dense golden needles pinned a large number of mountain rats to the ground, nailing them alive. However, the mountain rats in the cave seemed to keep emerging, rushing out in the thousands and tens of thousands, truly alarming. "Whether it specifically is or not, we do not know, but here we’ve seen the skeletons of humans, clearly the work of these beasts. We had just stepped in to slay a few of the foolish ones, and innumerable mountain rats poured out of the cave..." "After that, you also saw it." Liu Zhixuan quickly replied. "Is that so?" Zhao Ziyun responded, *his spiritual power surged and strong fluctuations of Spiritual Qi were emitted,* "Capture the leader to capture the gang, take out that rat king first. These rat swarms can definitely be broken." Chirp, chirp, chirp... The rat king screeched long, and countless mountain rats, including some exotic beasts of considerable size, and even entities of the Mouse Demon Level, swarmed towards Zhao Ziyun. Bai Ziyue made an appropriate gesture with his hand, and a mass of orange-red flame shot out like lightning. Poof! The flames spread, and amidst the tragic wails, countless mountain rats were completely incinerated. Then, *Bai Ziyue’s spiritual power surged,* and he patted his waist. Buzz! A flying sword immediately shot out like a sharp blade. Sunrise Swordsmanship! The Swordsmanship was profound, piercing directly through this group of rats and exotic beasts, with virtually no mountain rat able to withstand it. It was precisely at this moment that Zhao Ziyun’s magic spell finally formed, rolling clouds in the void, with lightning flashing through them. Sizzle! A lightning bolt as thick as an arm roared down. Recognizing some familiar fluctuations of Spiritual Energy within it, *Bai Ziyue couldn’t help but show a hint of a peculiar expression on his face.* Thunderfall Skill! At that moment, what Zhao Ziyun was demonstrating was clearly the Thunderfall Skill. However, compared to Bai Ziyue’s Thunderfall Skill, the one that Zhao Ziyun cast was much weaker, and naturally, its destructive force wasn’t as strong as his own. Meanwhile, everyone else completely abandoned their attacks on the lower-level mountain rats, directing all their attacks towards where the rat king was located. Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp... The rat king shrieked, and immediately innumerable mountain rats stood before it. The Five Elements Square Seal blasted forth, causing the wall of mountain rats to vibrate slightly, killing a large number, but it was quickly replenished. Boom! The lightning roared and struck down, splitting open the rat wall that had been heavily damaged, revealing the silhouette of the rat king behind. And right at that moment, no less than four flying swords shot out, flashing with fierce lights. The rat king roared, sensing the crisis, and spat out its demonic core as its glow intensified. Boom! Boom! Boom! The flying swords struck the golden light, shattering that layer of defense. Then collided directly with the demonic core, as if iron clashed with iron, and the flying swords were all knocked away. Sizzle! Just then, a second bolt of lightning struck down, landing on the demonic core. The demonic core trembled, and its spirit light seemed to dim, causing the rat king’s figure to shake unsteadily. *It seemed to sense the crisis at this point and immediately began to flee.* But, just as it recalled its demonic core and was about to escape, a faint white light suddenly descended, landing on the demonic core. Instantly, it caused the demonic core to pause slightly. At this critical moment, it was Bai Ziyue who acted. Magic skill, Treasure-Setting Divine Light descended! This spell was not yet at entry level, but its method of fixing treasures was still strange and powerful. Even if it only made the rat king pause for a moment, this moment was all it took to determine victory and defeat, life and death. Boom! Boom! Boom! The continuous lightning struck relentlessly, hitting the demonic core. Yuu Yang and Ding Mao and others struck at the critical moment, shooting the flying swords again, fiercely aiming at the rat king.

Chapter 272 - 271: Making a Move (Please Subscribe)

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