Chapter 130: Hunt

Hua Yunfei's eyes were complex; he couldn't regain his composure for a long time. The junior female disciple he had gotten along with for many years was actually just a corpse, controlled by another living being.

"Brother Yang, just as I'm begging you, can you save her..."

He ultimately couldn't let go of the junior female disciple he saw day and night, his tone filled with earnest pleading.

Yang Zhu helped him escape the Ruthless Lineage; this favor is hard to repay, and now he has another request, making him feel ashamed.

"It's nothing, just a casual thing."

Having said that, Yang Zhu reached out into the void; in the next moment, a dark light cluster was drawn out by him from deep within Li Xiaoman's soul.

After the black mist of the light cluster dissipated, a small crocodile ancestor appeared before everyone, only as thick as two fingers.

It was almost substantial, its whole body golden gleaming, yet its eyes were scarlet, extremely cold and vicious, full of hatred in their depths.

"Damn, this thing is really weird!" The big black dog stared at the wisp of the crocodile ancestor's soul, the fierce killing intent making him shudder involuntarily.

"What kind of creature is this crocodile ancestor, and is it strong?" The Jade Pond Saintess was also curious; merely through a wisp of remnant soul, she could sense the crocodile ancestor's own terror.

"Just a suppressed evil thing, it can't stir up any waves."

Yang Zhu exerted a little force, and that wisp of remnant soul was instantly crushed, turning into a wisp of black smoke that dissipated.

The crocodile ancestor's soul was completely slain; Li Xiaoman seemed to have lost her spirit, her gaze became dazed, and she fainted.

"After a while it'll be fine; just take care of her."

Yang Zhu took out a piece of divine source, refined it, and infused it into Li Xiaoman's forehead.

"Brother Yang, I'm truly grateful, and I've troubled you to act again; I don't know how to repay your kindness."

After expressing his thanks, Hua Yunfei carefully supported Li Xiaoman and leaned her against a tree trunk.

Yang Zhu said nothing; he helped Hua Yunfei not to receive repayment, but simply because he didn't want to watch him step by step descend into the abyss.

"How much do you know about those people?"

After this little interlude ended, Yang Zhu moved on to the main topic.

"Very little." Hua Yunfei pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "Their whereabouts are uncertain, and they have no fixed residence."

"If that's the case, let me deduce a bit."

Yang Zhu traced Dao patterns in the void with his fingers; the former character secret began to be deduced, and scenes started to appear in his mind.

Before him in the void, a Dao diagram appeared, evolving profound complexities; the others merely stared at the diagram for a moment and immediately felt dizzy.

"Hiss... what a profound method."

Duan De hastily withdrew his thoughts, shaking his head repeatedly, striving to stay conscious, only then suddenly realizing his soul had almost been drawn in; looking back now, he felt a lingering fear.

After half an incense stick's time, the Dao diagram completely vanished, and everything returned to normal.

"Not the doing of Fluctuating Light..."

According to what was just deduced, the Ruthless Lineage has again sought out Hua Yunfei, and it is not because the Fluctuating Light Holy Child betrayed them.

Rather, the Ruthless Lineage discovered that their slain comrades had not appeared for a long time, immediately began investigating, found that a pawn was missing, and thus launched a renewed offensive, allowing no one to escape.

"They're actually all at the Dragon Transformation Realm, and there might even be a great power expert!"

After hearing Yang Zhu's introduction, Duan De pondered, then slapped his hand, quite delighted: "With so many people, there should certainly be no lack of treasures!"

The others hearing this were all speechless; this guy is indeed extreme, he fears nothing about the opponent's strength, and instead cares only about the number of magical treasures.

"Their strength is not bad; do we have a big chance?"

Hua Yunfei knew Yang Zhu's power was terrifying, but the opponent after all was the Ruthless Lineage; unknown how many years of inheritance they have, their methods naturally won't be few.

"You greatly underestimate Yang Zhu! Not to mention those few trash, even if they all came, they wouldn't be enough to look at!" Duan De's trust in Yang Zhu was absolute.

"Let's go; since he isn't coming, we'll go find him."

After simply settling Li Xiaoman, several people hurriedly left the Grand Mystery Sect. In a certain mountain range, several people were lurking about, looking around.

"Where is the thing you mentioned?"

I'm not sure either; a few days ago I passed through this area and by chance saw immortal light descending, indicating that there must be ancient ruins below.

Several thousand li away from the Grand Mystery Sect, several people were using magical treasures to guide them, constantly searching, as if probing for ruins.

"Whoosh!"

Space twisted, and immediately several golden daggers shot out at extreme speed; before that group could react, they were silently pierced through the brow.

The vitality in that group's eyes quickly faded, their pupils constricted, and at the moment of death they still didn't know who had struck them.

Several corpses fell straight down; not long after, Yang Zhu and his party arrived here.

"Hehe, indeed there are plenty of treasures."

Duan De and Heihuang rushed forward first, searching those people's bodies, letting nothing of value slip by.

"Get lost!"

After looting the treasures cleanly, not even a hair left, Duan De sacrificed the Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Mirror, emitting a divine light that refined the corpses almost completely, leaving no trace.

Afterward, several people again engraved a domain gate and disappeared from this place.

Over several days, they traveled to many places, slaying several hundred people.

Among them, Heihuang and Duan De were especially delighted, their mouths grinning up to their ears, never stopping, earning basins full of gold.

"Isn't this faster than just looting ruins?"

Duan De even more solemnly drew this conclusion.

"There's still one last group."

The Ruthless Lineage splits into many branches, distributed throughout the Eastern Wasteland; Yang Zhu and his companions just need to wipe out the nearby ones.

This branch has mostly been cut down, leaving only a few people, who are also the strongest.

Watercloud Lake, its surface clear as jade, reflecting the whole sky, tranquil and beautiful.

Around the lake, vegetation is lush, towering ancient trees, filled with various rare and exotic herbs; the spiritual energy is many times richer than elsewhere.

Several elders walked side by side; suddenly the one in the middle felt his heart tremble, sensed an inexplicable palpitation, immediately stopped, and vigilantly surveyed the surroundings.

"Since you've come, then come out."

"Soon, several other elders also sensed a killing intent, their faces grew solemn, and they spoke in a low voice."

"As the words fell, a domain gate opened, and Yang Zhu, Hua Yunfei, and several others walked out from within."

"Is it you?"

"Those people, upon seeing Hua Yunfei, were slightly startled, then looked toward Yang Zhu and the others, and suddenly realized."

"So there are helpers, no wonder you were able to escape back then."

"The leading elder was named Li Mugu, white-haired and stooped, his age indiscernible, but his pair of cloudy eyes showed great vicissitude."

"I don't wish to be a gu; I only wish to stay in the Tai Xuan Sect, playing the qin to nurture my heart. Why won't you let me go?"

"Hua Yunfei wore a flowing blue robe, ethereal and refined; after cultivating the Xi Huang Jing, his demeanor became even more transcendent."

"Nonsense, since you've entered my Ruthless Person lineage, how could you think you could just leave?"

"Li Mugu sneered, his expression utterly cold; in his view, Hua Yunfei was merely nourishment for the true successor, life or death mattered not to him at all."

(End of chapter)