Wang Baole's eyes flickered with lightning as he shot forward, heading toward the spot where he'd found the blood and the shredded clothing. At the same time, he ordered the puppets in the area to search for Meng Hao.
Meanwhile, in a valley about fifty kilometers away from where Wang Baole had sensed the ripples, Zhao Yameng was coughing up blood. Her face was pale, and her hair was disheveled. However, she held tightly to the Feng Shui compass in her hand.
The Feng Shui compass glowed with dazzling light as it transformed into a thirty-meter-wide shield that protected Zhao Yameng. At the same time, the shield began to weaken, as if it wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.
Outside the light screen, there was a sea of blue flames. The flames burned in all directions, trapping Zhao Yameng within. There were also faces manifesting in the flames, and they would occasionally roar at the light screen Zhao Yameng was in and slam into it with great force.
Although the shield held them back, it continued to weaken, and the temperature in the area continued to rise as the blue flames continued to spread out. Within the flames stood an old man, clad in the robes of the Dao Palace. He was one of the Yuanying cultivators under Annihilator's command. His eyes shone with a strange light as he stared at Zhao Yameng within the shield. He laughed hoarsely.
"Where do you think you're going to run from me?" With that, the old man lifted his right hand and pushed down toward the shield. Cracking sounds could be heard from the shield, as if it were about to collapse, but it held on.
"Interesting," he said with a laugh. "You seem to have quite a few life-saving items on you." The old man chuckled. He didn't seem to mind at all as he looked Zhao Yameng up and down, making no effort to conceal the greed in his eyes.
"Little girl," he said, "I already noticed something special about you during your trial by fire in the Hyacinthus Tree. Not only did you have an innate spirit body, but you also have Seven Apertures Perception. Not bad, not bad at all. You're an excellent material for concocting Spirit Aperture Pills. You don't come by often." The old man smiled, and the greed in his eyes grew more apparent. He performed a double-handed incantation gesture, causing the flames around him to burn even brighter. Then, he began to perform another incantation gesture, circling around Zhao Yameng, occasionally leaving a mark on the ground.
Soon, a large amount of runic symbols appeared around Zhao Yameng. Their appearance caused the flames to burn even brighter, forcing Zhao Yameng to shudder and cough up a large mouthful of blood. Her arms trembled, and she nearly lost her grip on the compass.
Without wiping away the blood at the corner of her mouth, Zhao Yameng raised her head and stared coldly at the old man, who had a smile on his face the entire time. However, the look in his eyes was becoming more and more terrifying. That old man had been chasing after her for several days, and after she woke up, she hadn't been able to find anyone else in this world. She could only be cautious, but after she met this old man, everything changed.
That was especially so when the old man's goal was very clear. It was as if he knew where she was before he came looking for her. Once he appeared, he immediately attacked her. If her father hadn't given her an extremely precious treasure that blocked the old man's fatal blow, she might have already died.
However, even with that treasure, she was still trapped in this place in the end. She could tell that the old man didn't have the intention to kill her immediately. Instead, he wanted to refine her alive into the Spirit Aperture Core he spoke of!
Zhao Yameng bit her bottom lip. She didn't get angry, and neither did she say anything. Instead, she circulated her cultivation base continuously, and even though it was almost drained, she still poured all her strength into the compass. The compass was an eighth-grade Dharmic Armament she had brought from the Federation, and it could be considered as one of her life-saving items. At the same time, after she obtained the legacy of the Ecang Ancient Formation, she condensed a mark and branded it on it, causing its might to become even greater.
At that moment, when it was fully activated and combined with the pendant hanging around her neck, it was actually able to block Yuanying's attack. However, she knew that the power of the pendant was about to dissipate. Once it dissipated, the array formation alone wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
Furthermore, she had already done enough to save herself. During the three days of fleeing, she would occasionally spit out blood or tear off a piece of her clothes, all for the sake of sending out a signal for help. However, until now, she still hadn't seen a third person in this world. Even though Zhao Yameng had always been calm, she still felt a little depressed at that moment.
However, she didn't despair!
This was because she, Zhao Yameng, was not a weak person. She had her own pursuits, her own ideals, and her own beliefs. Under that calm exterior, there was a raging fire. If it was not burning others, it was burning herself!
At that moment, when she realized that there might indeed be no one who could come to her rescue, a resolute look appeared in the depths of Zhao Yameng's eyes. In a flash, it flashed past in a manner that the Yuanying old man could clearly see. Her hands suddenly formed seals, and immediately, the compass that was originally able to hold on for some time actually trembled violently at that moment. With a loud boom, it suddenly self-destructed!
The power of the self-destruction of an eighth-grade Dharmic Armament was shocking to begin with. Furthermore, there was also the mark of Zhao Yameng's Ecang Ancient Formation on it. Because of that, the power of the self-destruction was so great that it instantly reverberated in all directions, forming a windstorm that seemed to be able to topple mountains and overturn seas.
Everywhere it passed, the blue flames were suppressed to the point that they seemed to be on the verge of being extinguished. The valley also collapsed with a loud boom. If it had happened suddenly, it might have hurt the Yuanying. However, the resolute look in Zhao Yameng's eyes was too obvious. The Yuanying old man had long noticed it. At that moment, as he laughed mockingly, the old man retreated and avoided the impact of the windstorm. At the same time, he raised his right hand and grabbed at the air. Immediately, the blue flames that had been suppressed on the ground erupted again, forming a giant hand of fire that grabbed at Zhao Yameng!
Seeing that the self-destruction had not only been avoided by her opponent, but that she was in even more danger than before, Zhao Yameng seemed to be calm, but panic and despair flashed across her eyes. Even though she had unleashed her cultivation base when she retreated, there was no way she could avoid it with her Core Formation cultivation base and her injuries. Almost instantly, she was grabbed by the giant hand and pulled to the front of the Yuanying cultivator.
"Little girl, you're not scheming enough …" The old man smiled faintly. The moment he spoke, he raised his right hand and grabbed the pendant around Zhao Yameng's neck. Without hesitation, he threw it to the side. Immediately, the pendant exploded, forming a shockwave that was even more powerful than before. When it spread in all directions, Zhao Yameng's face instantly turned extremely pale.
"It looked like you wanted to self-destruct the compass first, but in reality, you just wanted to numb me so that this strange pendant could unleash its power. Little girl, you're still too …" The old man had just spoken when the pale-faced Zhao Yameng suddenly opened her mouth and spat out a flying needle without any change in her expression!
"Too inexperienced!" The old man's eyes filled with ridicule. He raised his left hand and caught the flying needle between his eyebrows. However, as soon as he made contact with the needle, his expression changed. The needle collapsed, transforming into a gray mist that shot toward the old man's eyes!
It moved with incredible speed, and in the blink of an eye, the old man instinctively closed his eyes. As he did, Zhao Yameng's face was still pale, but the panic and despair in her eyes had disappeared. Instead, they were replaced by a fierce expression. She lifted her right hand and pressed her index finger down onto the center of her thumb.
It was as if she had implanted some sort of tiny object into her thumb. As soon as she pressed down, two beams of light shot out, one red, the other white!
The white light swirled around Zhao Yameng's body, forming a bubble of protection. As for the red light, it went straight for the Nascent Soul old man. Upon closer inspection, one could see that within the red light, there was a crystal that had been compressed countless times and was only the size of a grain of rice!
A terrifying ripple emanated out from within the crystal. The terrifying ripple, coupled with the speed at which it exploded, caught the old man completely off-guard!!
As it exploded, it seemed to be specifically designed to isolate spiritual energy, causing the Cultivation base of the person who was hit to be sealed. At the same time, the intense rejection of spiritual energy transformed into a fist-sized black hole that seemed capable of ripping apart and swallowing everything!!
This was … the combination of the Federation's most advanced technology and spiritual power to create … the Anti-Spirit Bomb!
A boom rang out, and the old man let out a miserable shriek. His body was mangled, and he was sent tumbling backward. Zhao Yameng was also sent tumbling backward under the protection of the white light. However, her injuries were too severe. Despite the protection, she still coughed up mouthfuls of blood. Her body was weak to the extreme, and yet her eyes were filled with a fierce light. There was not the slightest bit of weakness or despair.
She was not inexperienced. Whether it was her deliberate display of determination, her panic, or her self-detonation of the Feng Shui compass and pendant, she had done all of this to lower the old man's vigilance. She wanted him to feel that nothing was amiss. Then, she would unleash her trump card!
She knew that she only had one chance. Therefore, she had to be extremely, extremely cautious!
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