Tian Ming did not believe that a sage sect member who had just finished his tribulation and was heavily injured by him could escape from his pursuit.
However, he could no longer sense Jun Wu Xie's aura!
He scanned the area and found it strange. It was filled with a baleful aura, and there was a faint smell of blood in the mud.
This place had existed since time immemorial. Very few living beings had come here, but the smell of blood could still be detected in the mud.
"Damn it. The special aura here has concealed that kid's aura. I've lost track of him!"
His face was gloomy. This was the best opportunity to kill Jun Wu Xie. How could he miss it?
There were too many special areas in the Dragon's Ridge Mountain Range.
Although he was mentally prepared, it was still beyond his expectations.
"Guys, I've lost him!"
As he searched, he transmitted a message to the three Middle Celestial half-Sages from the Ancient Phoenix Sect, Soul Hunting Hall, and Golden Ancient City.
"What? You've lost him?! "
The three half-Sages were guarding outside the Dragon's Ridge Mountain Range, blocking the path to Great Zhou's capital.
The three of them were very far away from each other, but their divine senses had covered the entire area. This was to prevent Jun Wu Xie from escaping back to the Celestial Slayer Sword Sect. Otherwise, with the Xuanyuan Clan and the Celestial Slayer Sword Saint, it would be very costly to kill him.
However, they had lost Jun Wu Xie after receiving Tian Ming's message. This meant that Tian Ming did not suppress Jun Wu Xie immediately, but allowed him to escape after his tribulation.
"Daoist Tian Ming! You were so confident earlier. How could you make such a mistake?! "
The Middle Celestial half-Sage from the Ancient Phoenix Sect was livid. He crossed thousands of miles in a single step like a flaming phoenix and disappeared into the depths of the Dragon's Ridge Mountain Range.
"Daoist Gu Yin!"
The half-Sages from the Golden Ancient City and Soul Hunting Hall called out, but Tian Ming was already far away.
"What should we do?"
The Middle Celestial half-Sage from the Golden Ancient City looked at the Middle Celestial half-Sage Hun You.
"Inform the Lesser Celestial half-Sages to help us seal off this area and prevent Jun Wu Xie from sneaking back to Great Zhou's capital! Since things have come to this, we can only take action. No matter what, we cannot let that kid live! "
"Good! I agree with you! Fellow Daoist Tian Ming has already made his move, and the War Saint has yet to appear. Since that's the case, what do we have to worry about? "
"Not bad!"
Hun You nodded, yet he was still slightly perturbed in his heart.
What they were most afraid of was not the War Saint attacking them, but the Ancient Golden City and Soul Hunting Hall. If that happened, who knew how many half-saints would die? Even greater celestial half-saints would be killed. If that happened, their foundation would be damaged and their vitality would be greatly damaged.
The two figures flashed and disappeared from the border of the Dragon Ridge Mountain Range.
Soon, they arrived at Tian Ming and Gu Yin's location.
It was the swamp area where Jun Wu Xie was hiding.
At this moment, Tian Ming and Gu Yin were searching the swamp area and its surroundings.
"Fellow Daoists, what's going on? Why did we lose track of them?"
Jingong and Hun You's expressions were gloomy as they stood in the sky above the swamp and swept this area with their gazes.
"That kid has a very strange pet beast. I was hit by that pet beast's secret technique and lost all my senses for two seconds. It was as if I had fallen into a dark abyss. He seized this opportunity to flee, but both he and his pet beast were heavily injured by me at that time. However, his aura suddenly vanished when he fled here! "
Gu Yin looked over from afar and continued Tian Ming's words. He said to Jingong and Hun You, "The aura of this area is special, and it should have concealed his aura. However, his aura isn't left behind in the surroundings of this swamp. I'm guessing that kid might be hiding here?"
"You're saying that he's hiding in the mud of this swamp?"
Hun You's eyes narrowed slightly as he stared fixedly at the swamp.
"Exactly! Because his aura isn't left behind in the surroundings of the swamp! " Gu Yin's face was covered in coldness. As soon as he finished speaking, he spread open his palm, causing Crimson Flame True Qi to surge into the sky and transform into an enormous palm that enveloped the entire swamp in an area of 500km.
Tian Ming, Jingong, and Hun You flew backwards and left the area that his palm covered.
In the next moment, rumbling resounded as Gu Yin's Crimson Flame Palm smashed down violently.
Countless strands of mud exploded into the surroundings while the small mountain range within the swamp shook violently. A mysterious domain circulated and instantly blasted Gu Yin's Crimson Flame Palm away.
"This damnable domain!"
The muscles on Gu Yin's face twitched. This place was protected by a powerful and mysterious domain.
His attack only caused the swamp's mud to sink slightly more than a hundred meters. When his palm was spread open by the domain, the swamp instantly returned to its original state.
He couldn't use his strength to forcefully sweep the entire swamp away.
"If that Jun brat is hiding here, that palm strike just now would've been enough for him to suffer!"
"That's hard to say. We don't know exactly how deep this swamp is. There's a domain power within it that can substantially erase any energy that acts on the swamp. I'm afraid that the palm strike just now won't be able to reach the depths of the swamp!"
"If he's not hiding here, wouldn't we have wasted our time and allowed him to escape even further?"
"No! There's at least an eighty percent chance that he's hiding here! " Gu Yin coldly said, "Now that we've lost his aura, instead of aimlessly trying our luck with that twenty percent chance, we might as well lock onto this swamp! No matter how deep he's hiding, even if he's turned into a loach, I'll still drag him out! "
"Which one of you stays outside to guard? We'll enter the swamp and search. No matter what, we'll find that brat!"
Tian Ming's face darkened. Jun Wu Xie had fled right in front of him, and this caused him to feel both humiliated and furious.
"Fellow Daoist Jin Luo, you stay outside and guard the swamp. We'll head down!"
Said Hun You. He still intended to obtain Jun Wu Xie's soul and quintessence.
If he didn't follow them down, then once Tian Ming and Gu Yin found Jun Wu Xie, it was very likely that they would directly annihilate Jun Wu Xie. At that time, he wouldn't be able to obtain anything.
"Even so, I'll wait here for Fellow Daoists to bring that brat's corpse out!"
Jin Luo naturally didn't have any objections. The swamp was suffused with the smell of blood, and he could imagine that some sort of terrifying incident had occurred here countless years ago.
This swamp was definitely tainted with boundless blood all those years ago.
Just thinking about it made him feel disgusted, so he was naturally happy to stand guard outside.
Tian Ming, Gu Yin, and Hun You raised their True Energy barriers before they each chose a location and plunged into the swamp mud, searching for different areas.
…
At this moment, Jun Wu Xie didn't move at all in the depths of the swamp.
He didn't dare to raise the golden blood energy sphere to separate himself from the swamp because that would cause blood energy fluctuations. Even though the range of a Half-Saint's Divine Perception was only a few tens of kilometers away, doing that would still increase his chances of being exposed.
He had to put an end to any possibility of being exposed now.
Otherwise, once he was exposed, then besides wasting the opportunity to summon the God Slaying Sword, he wouldn't have any chance of survival.
However, he absolutely couldn't summon the God Slaying Sword rashly.
This world was filled with too many uncertainties. He had to preserve this opportunity for a rainy day.
Now, even though he seemed to be in a hopeless situation, he felt that he still had a trace of hope of survival.
He would rather be ruthless to himself and firmly hold onto that trace of hope than waste the number of times he could summon the God Slaying Sword.
The smell of blood in the swamp ceaselessly entered his body, and it caused him to have the desire to do evil.
The swamp emanated baleful qi that corroded his wounds, and it caused him to feel intense pain that pierced his heart.
Half of his waist had been severed, and there were still remnants of Half-Saint energy within it that were destroying his vitality.
He didn't dare to take the initiative to refine resources to heal himself. He had to put an end to any energy fluctuations, and could only rely on his own vitality to heal himself.
However, while the injuries in other parts of his body could still slowly heal, his waist couldn't.
He had used layers and layers of clothes to forcefully wrap around the wound and prevent his internal organs from flowing out.
His consciousness was a little groggy, and he really wanted to sleep like this.
"If I could lie on a soft bed right now and sleep for a few days and nights, how comfortable would that be …"
He thought so in his heart. He was mentally and physically exhausted. He had never been so tired in his life, and he really wanted to have a good sleep and rest peacefully.
He had just survived the Nine Heavenly Tribulations and fought against the nine human-shaped lightning clones of himself. After surviving the tribulation, he didn't even have the chance to catch his breath before he was hunted down by a Middle Celestial Half-Saint.
"I can't sleep, I can't think about resting! I have to pull myself together and get out of this predicament. When the time comes, I'll find a safe place and have a good sleep! "
He shuddered and forcefully suppressed the lazy thoughts in his mind that wanted to rest.
He knew that this was the thought of escaping when his body was under pressure that exceeded his limits.
This thought had to be extinguished, or it would be fatal!
He could feel that his body, which was riddled with holes, was still bleeding even though the mud was squeezing him from all directions.
Originally, when he was escaping, he had been frantically refining resources to heal himself. Other than the wound on his waist, the other parts of his body had already stopped bleeding.
But just now, Gu Yin had struck out a palm at the swamp, and it had almost caused his body to disintegrate.
At that time, he had no choice but to bear with his injuries and continue to dig deeper into the mud. Otherwise, he would have died without a doubt.
At this time, his powerful spiritual will sensed that someone was approaching.
It was Gu Yin's aura!
Jun Wu Xie retracted his aura, dragged his broken body, and quietly left.
He knew that the senses of a Middle Celestial Half-Saint could only reach a radius of 20 to 30 miles. Even if they had the soul strength of a Greater Celestial, they could only reach a radius of 50 to 60 miles.
However, his senses could reach a radius of 100 miles!
When he moved, he noticed that someone was approaching from behind.
It was Tian Ming's aura!
Not long after, Hun You's aura approached as well.
He carefully distanced himself from them and played hide and seek with them.
However, his body's condition was too terrible, and his consciousness was constantly in a daze.
But he had to maintain his consciousness. Every time he was about to be unable to hold on, he would grab the wound on his waist and pinch it hard.
The heart-wrenching, bone-piercing pain jolted him awake.
"How is it? Did you notice anything?"
Tian Ming, Gu Yin, and Hun You met at the bottom of the swamp.
Gu Yin shook his head, "No. But I still feel that kid is hiding down there!"
"Continue searching. That kid's injuries are extremely severe. No matter how tenacious his vitality is or how firm his will is, he can only last for two to three days at most! We'll continue searching until he loses consciousness. At that time, he'll be like a dead loach, and we'll find him very soon! "
Tian Ming said.
"Let's not talk about that kid's soul for now, but I want his origin energy!"
Hun You said.
"We'll talk after we find him!"
Gu Yin's face was gloomy, and he was slightly furious. The Soul Hunter Hall wanted the soul and origin energy wholeheartedly, but he didn't care about that. He just wanted that kid's body and soul to be destroyed so that he could never be reincarnated!
At this moment, Jun Wu Xie was over 50km away from them, and it just happened to be within the limits of his perception. Thus, he could grasp their movements at any time.
When they separated again, Jun Wu Xie thought for a moment. He couldn't continue like this.
He had to rest. Even if he couldn't circulate his life essence to heal his injuries, it was better than constantly moving through the swamp that was filled with baleful energy.
He pondered for a moment before he started moving towards the depths of the swamp.
How deep was this swamp? He kept moving down, but it seemed like he would never reach the bottom.
He was too tired.
He felt that he wouldn't be able to hold on if he continued moving like this.
After resting for a moment, the three of them appeared within the range of his Divine Perception once more.
He had no choice but to continue moving down.
In next to no time, he discovered a mountain.
This mountain was hidden beneath the swamp and was submerged in mud.
He moved down the mountain and sensed a strange energy fluctuation below.
He felt that it was strange and followed the energy fluctuation.
When he reached the bottom of the mountain, he found that the area within a radius of several dozen meters was very spacious.
There was a light of energy in front of him that pushed away the surrounding mud.
"What is this place?"
He was a little surprised. In a daze, he dragged his broken body forward and saw a cave.
The energy was being emitted from the runes carved on both sides of the cave.
When he arrived at the entrance of the cave, a strange and evil aura greeted him. It was like a flood or a ferocious beast surging towards him, causing his mind to tremble.
"Wuah —"
"Hehe —"
"Wuwu —"
…
All kinds of strange sounds came from inside the cave. They were sharp and ear-piercing, causing his scalp to go numb and his hair to stand on end. He couldn't help but feel a sense of fear in his heart. It was as if he had arrived at a bottomless abyss, as if he would fall into eternal darkness if he took one step forward!
He shook his head vigorously and forced himself to focus his vision. His blurry vision gradually became clear.
Looking inside the cave, he saw that it was a slightly dark cave. In the depths of the cave, there was a hexagonal stone platform that was carved with runes.
There were six stone pillars erected around the stone platform, and the stone pillars also had mysterious runes on them.
There was a black chain on each of the stone pillars, and one end of the chain was chained to a person's limbs, neck, and torso!
That strange and evil aura came from the person who was chained up.
There was an ancient sword piercing through the person's heart, and there was an ancient rune stuck between his eyebrows.
Just as Jun Wu Xie was shocked by what he saw in the cave, Tian Ming, Gu Yin, and Spectral Soul appeared in his range of perception again.
One of them was coming in his direction.
"I've already reached my limit. I need to find a place to stop and slowly heal my injuries. It seems that this strange cave is the only place for now!"
He clenched his teeth and staggered into the cave.
Suddenly, the strange and evil aura covered the sky and covered the earth.
He felt as if countless malicious spirits were pouncing on him.
The evil consciousness crazily drilled into his body and attacked his soul. His soul, which had evolved into a Primordial Spirit, felt an intense pain as if it was being torn apart. All kinds of negative emotions grew in his heart.
His state of mind suddenly became irritable, and evil thoughts grew in his mind. He wanted to kill, madly kill, and he wanted fresh blood. He wanted a lot of fresh blood.
"The Curse of Utmost Darkness. This is a high-level Curse of Utmost Darkness!"
He was horrified, but he had no other choice. He forcibly resisted the corrosion of the Curse of Utmost Darkness and rushed toward the hexagonal stone platform.
The moment he stepped onto the platform, the impact of the Curse of Utmost Darkness became even more intense, almost causing his consciousness to collapse instantly.
He staggered until he reached the stone pillar that was as thick as two people hugging it. He sat down and leaned against the stone pillar, panting.
His soul was in intense pain, and the strange screams of the Curse of Utmost Darkness kept invading his ears and reverberating in his mind.
He felt that his consciousness was about to be completely devoured by the Curse of Utmost Darkness. He was about to lose himself and be controlled by the Curse of Utmost Darkness.
At this critical moment, he quickly communicated with the Temple of Eternal Life, and his soul instantly entered the temple.
At this moment, all the Curse of Utmost Darkness disappeared, and his soul collapsed in the Temple of Eternal Life, panting.
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