168: 900 meters underground

The shadowy figure’s pupils constricted in horror, as if struck by lightning.

Under the threat of the World-Extinguishing Ice Spear, his Soul trembled uncontrollably.

“Drawing Blood as a Guide, Blood Escape Great Art!”

At the critical juncture between life and death, he didn’t hesitate to use a forbidden technique, frantically depleting his vital blood and burning his inner potential, all just to tear open the spatial barrier.

He sought to break through the Extreme Cold Domain’s blockade.

A deafening roar echoed, shaking the heavens!

Just as the World-Extinguishing Ice Spear was about to strike the shadowy figure, he vanished into the Void Realm like a ghost.

However, the powerful pressure of the Extreme Cold Domain, like Mount Tai crushing an egg, severely reduced the speed of the Blood Escape Great Art, and a series of “crack, crack” sounds could be heard, as if bones were breaking.

His Qi and blood, comparable to a great river, left a continuous trail of crimson ice flowers in the Void Realm, like a raging inferno.

And along with it, his boundless potential was also burned away.

This showed that the Cultivation Technique cultivated by the opponent was of an extremely high grade and had been cultivated to a profound level; otherwise, it would have been impossible to break through the Extreme Cold Domain’s confinement and ice seal.

But how could the World-Extinguishing Ice Spear, as the strongest killing move of the Absolute Ice Ten Styles, be so simple? The moment the shadowy figure broke free from the confinement, it abruptly changed direction, directly pursuing him into the Void Realm.

“I take back what I said just now. You do have some tricks, but if you think you can kill me with just these, you’re still far from it!”

The shadowy figure’s face was as cold as ice. He simply abandoned this Physical Body, and with a howling yin wind, his Soul, like a wild horse unbridled, fled into the Void Realm.

In an instant, he had broken through several hundred meters, and in a flash, he was already a thousand meters away.

Want to escape?

Chu Jiang’s eyes were chilling.

At this moment, the World-Extinguishing Ice Spear erupted like a volcanic eruption, like an ice-forged nuclear bomb, rampaging through the Twilight Mountains, unstoppable.

An area of several thousand meters was swallowed by this world-destroying power. Everything was frozen, the earth cracked, hundreds of thousands of trees turned into ice sculptures, and even the white clouds in the sky were frozen into ice clouds.

The shadowy figure’s Physical Body was reduced to a pile of ice shards under this terrifying force, and his Soul, having just separated from his body, was mercilessly frozen a hundred meters away.

Chu Jiang took the shadowy figure’s Soul into his hand and coldly said, “Who sent you?!”

However, before the shadowy figure could speak, his Soul unexpectedly fell into dead silence and completely dissipated.

“Hmm…”

Chu Jiang fell into confusion. He had deliberately controlled the force so as not to kill this Soul body, so why did it suddenly die?

“What a tight-knit organization. A Peerless Grandmaster, dying just like that, and even with his Soul restrained, he still had self-destructing means!”

“This is to prevent failure of the assassination, to avoid being tortured into revealing the person behind it!”

The organization behind this shadowy figure was definitely not ordinary, perhaps even more powerful than the Marquis of Conquering the West’s forces in Fire Province.

It was absolutely impossible for him to come from the Yunzhou Thirteen Prefectures. This was a Peak Peerless Grandmaster, and in Yun Province, there was only Ye Lingkong.

Among the Yun Province Seven Sects, it seemed possible that Yu Xu Palace might have a Peerless Grandmaster, but it was unlikely to be of this level.

This person’s strength was extremely formidable. If it weren’t for the Extreme Cold Domain and the World-Extinguishing Ice Spear, these two ultimate killing moves, if he wanted to leave, I wouldn’t have been able to stop him.

Swish! Swish!

The shadowy figure’s Relics were drawn into Chu Jiang’s hand, consisting of a Storage Pouch and a rusted iron sword.

“This rusted iron sword shouldn’t be a Mortal Weapon!”

Even a Peerless Grade Mortal Weapon would be reduced to dust under the World-Extinguishing Ice Spear, absolutely impossible to remain intact.

But he didn’t sense the Spiritual Artifact aura on it like that of the Black Gate. According to his judgment, this should be a damaged Spiritual Artifact; its strength remained, but its spirituality was lost.

The owner was dead.

He performed the Ten Thousand Refinements Art, effortlessly erasing the shadowy figure’s imprint and entering the Storage Pouch.

The Storage Pouch’s space was 8x8x8, slightly larger than the Storage Pouch he obtained in Ghost Moon Cave.

It was very simple inside.

There were only three items.

A token, a mask, and a map.

The token was white, with no writing on it, only a strange flower carved on both sides.

The mask was not plastic; it could change one’s appearance when worn on the face.

The map was of the Yunzhou Thirteen Prefectures, with Yunze County and the Twilight Mountains, where Chu Jiang was located, specifically marked.

“Return to the Demon Suppression Division and have the intelligence personnel investigate. Just looking at these three items, it’s completely a blur!”

Chu Jiang murmured.

Once he figured out who was behind him, he would make them pay a bloody price.

Chu Jiang immediately left.

He transformed into a long rainbow, patrolling the skies above the Twilight Mountains for a full three hours, finally discovering its tracks in a lonely valley nearby.

He saw.

Little White was carrying a nine-toothed rake, frantically digging into the cave ahead, with large amounts of dirt and rocks being thrown out.

The cave entrance extended deep underground into the mountain range. No wonder this guy hadn’t returned for several days; it turned out he was digging a hole here.

“Master, dig faster! I feel like there’s definitely something good inside!”

Little White said, covered in dirt, his eyes unusually excited.

It was the first time Chu Jiang had seen such an expression on Little White’s face, so it seemed there truly was an extraordinary treasure.

He simply joined Little White in digging the pit. With their combined efforts, the speed increased several times over. In just one day, they dug down five hundred meters underground.

The next night, nine hundred meters underground.

Crack!

Poof!

With a whoosh, the two dug through the tunnel and entered a brightly lit space, where various crystals had formed.

They emitted a dazzling light.

“This is…”

Chu Jiang looked at the large number of blue crystals of various shapes, interspersed with white crystals.

His face showed wild joy.

He didn’t know what the blue crystals were, but he knew the white crystals perfectly well—they were Spirit Stones.

However, judging by their energy density, they should not be as high as the Mid-Grade Spirit Stone in the Forbidden Ground; they should be Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Spirit Stones are the hard currency used by transcendent beings.

Spirit Stones can not only be used for transactions but also for Cultivation.

“Little White, what are those blue crystals?”

Little White held these crystals, unable to put them down. Hearing Chu Jiang’s question, he said, “These are purple lightning crystals, a first-grade high-rank exotic treasure, which can be used to forge lightning-attribute Spiritual Artifacts or Cultivate lightning-attribute Cultivation Techniques!”

Good heavens, they really stumbled upon a treasure. This Six Desires Stone Demon Ape is good at transformations. I think its greatest function is treasure hunting, right?

“Dig! Dig them all up!”

Chu Jiang said without hesitation, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

They were going to get rich this time.

One human and one ape, like diligent miners, began to frantically mine. The purple lightning crystals and Spirit Stones here were dug up one by one.

They were placed into bags.

The crisp “clink, clink” echoed through the underground mine.

It lasted for several hours until all the Spirit Stones and purple lightning crystals in the mine were dug up, not a single piece left behind.

And, at this moment.

A beast roar suddenly sounded.

“Human, who gave you the guts to dig up this King’s precious crystals?!”

The mine shook, and a Titan Python burst out of the ground, its body entwined with purple lightning.

【Purple Lightning Dragon Python, Nether Grade Eighth Rotation cultivation, capable of controlling lightning, has been cultivating underground in the Twilight Mountains for eight hundred years, never venturing outside, cultivating by relying on purple lightning crystals and Spirit Stones. It loves to sleep, usually for decades or even hundreds of years. Now awakened by you, it found its food cleared out and is in a state of extreme rage.】

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(Dear readers, I had something to do this morning, so I could only write one chapter. The next chapter will be released this afternoon.)