Chapter 600: Desperate Counterattack

After figuring things out, Lin Zhangqing immediately set to work, stripping down all the useful materials. Furthermore, the remaining skeleton and demon beast meat were not wasted.

He kept them all as rations for his spirit insects and spirit pets. After handling all this, he put away the formation.

This time, he didn't dare to let Chu Er out again; its strength was even slightly inferior to Chu Yi's.

If it were to encounter another Black-Feathered Mystic Thunder Bird and take a hit from a Ren Water Divine Thunder, it would likely lose its life instantly.

Therefore, this time he had to rely on himself. His primary task now was to confirm his approximate location.

Only then would Lin Zhangqing know which direction to head; otherwise, the secret realm was so vast, who knew when he would manage to stumble upon Jilei Mountain.

Fortunately, the vicinity was likely the territory of that Black-Feathered Mystic Thunder Bird. Lin Zhangqing flew for over twenty miles without encountering any decent demon beasts.

However, while he didn't see any demon beasts, he did spot a cultivator, and that person also saw Lin Zhangqing.

The person immediately flew toward him. Lin Zhangqing also instantly activated two defensive spiritual artifacts and summoned the Thunder Horn.

Fortunately, the person stopped at a reasonable distance and spoke to Lin Zhangqing: "Fellow Daoist, excuse the intrusion. I have no ill intent; I just wanted to come over and form an alliance with you so we can help each other survive. I have no other meaning!"

Lin Zhangqing shook his head and said: "Sorry, we aren't familiar, and I have no intention of forming an alliance with anyone!"

The person was helpless and could only take a step back, then spoke again: "Then let us exchange some information!"

Lin Zhangqing had no objection to this proposal, so he nodded and agreed.

The person knew Lin Zhangqing was waiting for him to speak first, so he didn't waste time and said directly: "I came from the left side, and over a distance of fifty-some miles, I encountered more than a dozen Second-Stage Fire Spirit Monkeys.

If my flight speed hadn't been relatively fast, I would have been lost there. So, unless necessary, I suggest Fellow Daoist not head in that direction."

Lin Zhangqing nodded and also said: "Behind me, about twenty-some miles away, there is a type of Second-Stage Black-Feathered Mystic Thunder Bird.

Its Ren Water Divine Thunder is extremely formidable. One of my spirit pets took a hit and almost died and fell directly!

Whether or not you want to head that way, Fellow Daoist, you can decide for yourself!"

Hearing Lin Zhangqing's words, the person nodded, offered a salute, and changed direction to leave.

Lin Zhangqing waited until he could no longer see the person's figure before continuing to fly in his original direction. In truth, he had already gained a significant advantage.

At the very least, the vast majority of cultivators had been caught off guard by the Myriad Sect Island, but Lin Zhangqing had been prepared from the start!

The jade slip provided by the Listening Wind Pavilion even contained a rough map of the Thunder Extreme Secret Realm, which could be considered giving him a partial head start! After flying for several dozen more miles, upon seeing a large bamboo forest, Lin Zhangqing knew exactly where he was in the secret realm!

Normally, given his personality, upon encountering this Thunder Bamboo forest, he would have insisted on going in to take a look.

There would certainly be quite a harvest inside, but he was in a rush now, so he painfully gave it up! Besides, he didn't have his inner space now; even if he obtained Thunder Bamboo seeds, he had nowhere to plant them. It was better to just give up and reach Jilei Mountain sooner.

He would see if he could obtain the Thunder Extreme Fruit first; that was the most practical thing. Fortunately, his luck was neither bad nor good.

He had landed right in the middle section of the secret realm, and from here to Jilei Mountain would take about ten days.

So he immediately changed direction and headed toward his target. However, not long after he started flying, more than a dozen fire cones shot out from the forest below.

Lin Zhangqing immediately gained altitude, narrowly avoiding the fire cone attacks. He had been afraid of encountering aerial demon beast attacks earlier, so he hadn't flown too high.

He hadn't expected to almost get hit instead. With a sweep of his divine sense, he immediately discovered more than a dozen golden-red monkeys in the trees.

He understood immediately; these dozen or so monkeys were likely the Fire Spirit Monkeys the previous cultivator had mentioned. However, killing them wouldn't benefit him much. Lin Zhangqing didn't want to waste time, so he followed the other person's example and immediately accelerated away. The dozen or so monkeys below chased for a distance.

Later, realizing they couldn't catch up, they finally gave up. After this lesson, he slightly increased his flight altitude.

Maintaining a height of about five hundred zhang from the ground, things went much more smoothly, and he basically didn't encounter any more attacks from the ground.

However, he might have been at odds with the Black-Feathered Mystic Thunder Birds. After flying for more than two hours, he encountered another Mystic Thunder Bird.

And this one was even more formidable. From about three miles away, it sent a Ren Water Divine Thunder his way.

"Boom!"

A Ren Water Divine Thunder, without any warning, suddenly slammed down on top of Lin Zhangqing's head.

It directly shattered his three-layer defense. If this divine thunder hadn't already been weakened multiple times by his defensive spiritual artifacts,

by the time it reached him, its power would have been negligible. Plus, he himself was a thunder cultivator with relatively strong thunder resistance.

Only then did he manage to survive it; otherwise, he would have been finished long ago! Even so, he had almost lost control at an altitude of five hundred zhang.

After reacting, he struggled to control his flying sword, wobbling as he descended toward the forest below.

At this moment, Lin Zhangqing didn't dare to fly in the sky anymore. The attack range of this Black-Feathered Mystic Thunder Bird was so long that it was clearly already a Third-Stage demon beast.

Now, Lin Zhangqing could only use the forest for cover, draped in his light gauze magic treasure, trying his best to hide his figure so it wouldn't discover him, or hoping it would come closer.

It would be best if it entered his attack range, so Lin Zhangqing could give it a heavy blow! Otherwise, he could only stare helplessly!

Fortunately, this damn bird, in order to find the figure of its prey, really did come closer.

At the extreme distance of over four hundred zhang, Lin Zhangqing returned the favor with three Geng Metal Divine Thunders.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Three clouds of blood mist exploded in the sky in succession, and many black feathers flew everywhere. Then, Lin Zhangqing heard a mournful cry from the bird.

That Third-Stage Black-Feathered Mystic Thunder Bird fell directly from the sky.

Although he saw it fall, Lin Zhangqing didn't dare to go over just yet.

He had just narrowly escaped death, so he didn't dare to be careless this time. Plus, the falling height wasn't high, and that Mystic Thunder Bird could still emit mournful cries.

So Lin Zhangqing estimated it might not be dead yet, and naturally, he didn't dare to go over now.

But he guessed that even if it wasn't dead yet, it should be close. It might be holding onto its last breath, waiting for Lin Zhangqing to go over so it could give him a heavy blow.

Lin Zhangqing knew the habits of these demon beasts and certainly wouldn't be easily fooled.

Therefore, he released all his Purple Crystal Scorpions, letting them handle that dead bird.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 601 =====