Chapter 518

517. Chapter 512: Luo Tian Xian Hunts the Immortal King

Shi Li had just sighed in relief when he saw Ding Huan chasing after him.

He was deeply shocked—his sword had fused the essence of poisonous Dao, so why was Ding Huan still unharmed?

Moreover, the other's aura clearly bore the mark of a Luo Tian Xian, yet his attacks were so fierce and brutal?

Though shocked, he paid it no mind.

He had fully subjugated the Celestial Balance; otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to emerge.

Once he unleashed the Celestial Balance's speed, not even Ding Huan, a Luo Tian Xian, let alone an Immortal Emperor, could catch him.

The Celestial Balance's speed increased further, yet Shi Li grew more bewildered.

That broken Dao vein had clearly been in the Thirty-Three Realms—how had a Luo Tian Xian obtained it in the Gray Sea, and then consumed it within the fire-paste of the Gray Sea vortex?

Less than half a stick of incense had passed when Shi Li's expression changed.

He saw that Ding Huan had not only caught up but was drawing even closer.

Clearly, the iron cauldron beneath Ding Huan's feet was faster than his Celestial Balance.

His Celestial Balance was a top-tier primordial treasure—this meant Ding Huan's iron cauldron was at least top-tier primordial, possibly even superior.

Knowing Ding Huan could overtake him at any moment, Shi Li no longer had any thought left for Rong Rong Xiyu or the broken Dao vein.

He frantically burned his essence blood, pushing the Celestial Balance to its absolute limit.

But no matter how he fled, the Luo Tian Xian behind him never fell behind by an inch.

Shi Li forced himself to calm down—he had once escaped from five or six Immortal Kings hunting him, and he'd survived that.

Today, he was merely being chased by a single Luo Tian Xian—how could he have no way out?

Soon, he recalled that those who had hunted him before were multiple Immortal Kings, while today's pursuer was merely a petty Luo Tian Xian.

At this thought, a sense of humiliation surged within him.

Yet he quickly discarded this humiliation—what he needed now was a way to escape the pursuit.

Previously, he had fled into the Gray Sea, relying on his Celestial Balance to survive its lethal aura.

Now, stranded in the void, to escape this Luo Tian Xian's pursuit, he needed to find a place of utter doom.

No matter how deadly the place, with his Celestial Balance, he wouldn't die.

Immediately, he thought of Ding Huan's iron cauldron—its rank certainly wasn't inferior to his Celestial Balance.

Besides, when he'd first seen the man, Ding Huan had stood atop the Gray Sea, seemingly unaffected by its extreme lethal aura.

Even he himself had needed the Celestial Balance to survive the Gray Sea.

Could the man be a body cultivator?

A sense of despair rose in Shi Li—if the man was a body cultivator, how could he flee to any doom?

He still had to keep burning his essence blood; if this continued, he'd be utterly defenseless without the other even lifting a finger.

No matter how hard Shi Li strained his mind, he found no way to evade Ding Huan's pursuit.

What made Shi Li even more desperate was that when he burned his essence blood again, a subtle aura instantly flooded his entire body.

He felt his Immortal Qi and divine sense were sealed, as if bound—gray-white lethal aura spread through every vein.

Poison?

Shi Li had just used a poisoned sword to ambush Ding Huan—he knew perfectly well how devastating poison was when burning essence blood.

He swiftly pulled out a jade box, swallowed the fruit inside, and discarded the box.

After swallowing the Dao fruit, Shi Li exhaled in relief, followed by a sharp pang of loss.

To use a Dao fruit to counter poison—perhaps he was the only one in the Pangu Great World who could do this?

What a waste—this was his last Dao fruit.

The ten different Dao fruits he had once acquired were now all gone.

This made him hate the pursuer behind him even more.

But only a dozen breaths later, Shi Li's face changed again.

He realized the Poison Dao's essence clung to his bones and meridians like a parasitic worm, slowly seeping into his purple palace and mind sea.

Though the Dao fruit suppressed the poison, halting its spread and allowing him to keep burning essence blood,

he knew clearly—if he couldn't expel this terrifying Poison Dao essence soon, he was likely doomed.

Ding Huan's iron cauldron was faster, yet he didn't burn essence blood at all—within a short time, he still couldn't catch Shi Li.

He paid no mind to Ding Huan—he didn't believe Shi Li could escape from under his nose.

He only needed to watch him—he didn't believe Shi Li could expel the Poison Dao essence clinging to his bones and devouring his Dao.

This chase and flight passed in the blink of an eye, days gone by.

Shi Li's despair deepened.

Not only had his essence blood nearly burned out, but the wound from Ding Huan's spear on his back had yet to heal.

The Dao essence within that spear thrust couldn't be removed unless he calmed his mind completely.

These were secondary—the real killer was the Poison Dao essence inside him; it turned his body black, his face gray, and lethal aura oozed from his crown.

This was only because the Dao fruit had acted—otherwise, he'd have had no chance to flee at all.

Shi Li knew that if he kept fleeing, he would surely die.

He might as well fight to the death—the other was merely a Luo Tian Xian; if he gave his all, he'd just reincarnate again.

At that moment, beneath Shi Li's divine sense appeared a colossal spaceship.

Though the ship's speed wasn't slow, compared to Shi Li's Celestial Balance, it was painfully sluggish.

With no other options, Shi Li unhesitatingly guided his Celestial Balance straight toward the colossal spaceship.

Boom!

The Heaven and Earth Scale slammed into the restrictions of the massive flying ship, and at such extreme speed, the ship's protective formation shuddered again and again. "Who is attacking my Gan Banner?" A scholarly-looking man landed at the edge of the protective formation and demanded coldly.

Shi Li said urgently, "Fellow Daoist, I encountered danger in the void. Please take me in. I am willing to pay a hundred million high-grade immortal crystals…"

Even when pushed to the brink of death, Shi Li still only offered a hundred million high-grade immortal crystals.

In fact, the high-grade immortal crystals in his ring numbered at least five or six hundred million. Back when he was the sect master of an immortal sect, he simply could not spend so many immortal crystals.

A hundred million high-grade immortal crystals meant nothing to Ding Huan, and in Shi Li's eyes, it could only be considered a not-inconsiderable sum of cultivation resources.

But to the cultivators on this warship, this hundred million high-grade immortal crystals was a hefty fortune.

Moreover, Shi Li's cultivation only looked like early-stage Immortal King. On their side, they had two mid-stage Immortal Kings, so they did not fear this Shi Li.

The restriction was opened, and Shi Li rushed in immediately.

But before the restriction could close, Ding Huan's iron pot followed and charged into the flying ship.

"And who are you?" The scholarly man's gaze fell on Ding Huan, but his divine sense landed on Ding Huan's iron pot.

Without a doubt, Ding Huan's iron pot and Shi Li's scale were both top-tier treasures.

Shi Li put away the Heaven and Earth Scale, took out a ring, and handed it to the scholarly man: "Many thanks, Fellow Daoist, for the rescue. Here are a hundred million high-grade immortal crystals."

The scholarly man nodded and put away the immortal crystals.

He grew increasingly puzzled.

The Dao rhythm fluctuation on Ding Huan was clearly not at Immortal King. If he was not mistaken, this should be a Luo Tian Immortal.

An Immortal King like Shi Li being chased by a Luo Tian Immortal — that was rather strange.

Ding Huan pulled out the Reincarnation Spear, looked at the scholarly man, and said, "I was cultivating when this man suddenly ambushed me. What do you think?"

Hearing Ding Huan's words, the scholarly man immediately frowned and looked at Shi Li.

A Luo Tian Immortal like Ding Huan — he truly did not take seriously.

This chased Immortal King was rather despicable. To ambush someone while they were cultivating — truly low in character.

Moreover, an Immortal King ambushing a Luo Tian Immortal.

"That is because he snatched something of mine. Not only that, he despicably poisoned me in secret."

Shi Li knew that if he could not get the help of the people on this ship today, he was done for.

He was afflicted with a deadly poison; one glance was enough to tell, no proof needed.

As for the matter of him himself having poisoned his own sword, he simply forgot about it.

Ding Huan could not be bothered to explain, and merely looked calmly at the scholarly man: "This is a matter between him and me. I hope outsiders will not interfere."

His divine sense had just swept through — on this flying ship there were a total of two Immortal Kings.

The scholarly man before him was an Immortal King, and there was a woman inside the restriction using her divine sense to observe him and Shi Li.

Both were at mid-stage Immortal King.

Besides these two Immortal Kings, there were six Luo Tian Immortals, ten Great Luo Immortals, and the remaining hundred-plus were all below Great Luo Immortal.

In terms of strength, the power on this flying ship was not low.

But Ding Huan did not take it to heart at all; he kept sketching void array patterns.

The outermost immortal formation of this flying ship was a mere grade six.

As for the immortal restrictions inside the flying ship, the grade was even lower.

He was a grade-nine immortal formation emperor; such immortal formations and restrictions had no effect on him whatsoever.

"What? On my flying ship, if I want to interfere, what can you do about it?"

A cold, clear voice came over, and a woman in red appeared before the group.

Ding Huan knew — this woman was the second Immortal King on the flying ship.

Ding Huan's domain slowly extended outward, and the Reincarnation Spear in his hand bloomed with ring after ring of killing intent.

He was not a slaughtering maniac; otherwise, once the poison dao spread out, not a single person on this flying ship would survive.

Seeing this, the scholarly man quickly stopped the red-clothed woman, then cupped his fists toward Ding Huan and said:

"Fellow Daoist, by rights we should not meddle in this matter. It's just that I just accepted a hundred million immortal crystals from the fellow Daoist ahead.

I hope to learn the full cause and effect of this matter. If it truly is the fault of the fellow Daoist ahead, we will not interfere."

"Brother Fan… what is this?" The red-clothed female cultivator looked at the scholarly man in confusion.

Ding Huan was merely a Luo Tian Immortal — what was there to be polite about?

Ding Huan, however, glanced at the scholarly man before him in surprise. Under normal circumstances, with him being just a Luo 【Tian Immortal】, the other party would have long since struck.

Yet this scholarly man's cultivation really was quite good — not only did he have no intention of attacking, his meaning clearly showed he would not aid evil.

Because Shi Li had offered immortal crystals, if Shi Li was in the wrong, he would very likely stand by and do nothing.

If Shi Li was not in the wrong, then they would help Shi Li deal with him.

Facing someone who reasoned, Ding Huan did not continue to press aggressively.

Such people were truly too rare.