Chapter 140: A Failure at the Final Step

The person who attacked from behind.

It was the sole surviving leader of the Yin Kui tribe, the Yin Kui King.

The Yin Kui King barely survived the energy explosion of thirty fifth-rank nuclear explosion elixirs only thanks to a fifth-rank protective formation plus a sixth-rank body-protecting talisman.

Yet even so, the Yin Kui King was already severely injured; otherwise, he would not have used a precious sixth-rank talisman against Ye Qingxuan.

Part of this was certainly his dread of Ye Qingxuan.

But more so, it was because the Yin Kui King was now too badly injured, his strength greatly diminished, and he did not wish to take risks, wanting to settle the matter with a single strike.

However, he had not expected that Ye Qingxuan had detected his presence from the very start, even producing a sixth-rank talisman to counter him a step ahead.

The collision of energy from the two sixth-rank talismans caused both Ye Qingxuan and the Yin Kui King to change color simultaneously, and they both fled backward.

As Ye Qingxuan retreated, he activated another fifth-rank body-protecting talisman, condensing a fifth-rank energy shield around himself.

The Yin Kui King opposite him did the same.

Although he was already at the Nascent Soul realm, his severe injuries meant his strength was reduced to less than one percent, so the protective power of his own shield had naturally declined.

Thus, the Yin Kui King likewise activated a fifth-rank talisman to protect himself.

"Boom, bang!"

The fierce sound of energy collision echoed through the sky once more, though this time the energy fluctuations were far weaker.

The residual energy from the clash of the two sixth-rank talismans could be easily blocked by the fifth-rank body-protecting talisman.

After the first exchange, Ye Qingxuan did not stop.

Seeing the Yin Kui King far away, unable even to control his own injuries, Ye Qingxuan launched another sixth-rank talisman at him.

This time, the Yin Kui King's expression changed drastically, for he had no other sixth-rank talismans left.

Without a sixth-rank talisman to counteract the suppression inherent in a sixth-rank talisman,

in his current state, he absolutely could not break free from its suppression; he would have to endure its full power directly. But glancing down at his own condition, the Yin Kui King wore a bitter, miserable smile on his face.

Seeing the Yin Kui King with no further moves left, Ye Qingxuan could not help but show excitement on his face.

If he could hunt down and kill the Nascent Soul-level Yin Kui King, plus several Golden Core-level Qing Demon Clan corpses, after offering them as sacrifices, he would absolutely be able to advance to the peak of the Golden Core realm.

The moment the sixth-rank talisman in his hand was activated, Ye Qingxuan seemed to already see the fruit of victory.

But the next instant, Ye Qingxuan's expression suddenly changed.

Sensing the spatial fluctuations around him beginning to stir, Ye Qingxuan cast an unwilling glance at the soon-to-be-annihilated Yin Kui King, then produced another fifth-rank teleportation talisman.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Qingxuan directly activated the fifth-rank teleportation talisman in his hand.

As a beam of light flared, Ye Qingxuan's figure vanished instantly from the spot, while at the same time, the Yin Kui King opposite him was struck by the sixth-rank talisman Ye Qingxuan had unleashed, his life force gradually dissipating.

The next moment, as the spatial fluctuations churned, a Soul Transformation-level Qing Demon Clan member with overwhelming momentum suddenly appeared.

In a small thousand-world realm like the Demon Domain, a Soul Transformation cultivator could already break through space to perform void traversal.

After the Soul Transformation-level Qing Demon Clan member arrived, he glanced at the completely annihilated Yin Kui King corpse falling downward, then casually stored the Yin Kui King's body away.

Then, sensing the spatial fluctuations from Ye Qingxuan's talisman teleportation, he sneered and said:

"You slaughtered my tribe and still think to run?"

Immediately, he took a step forward, his figure vanishing, and followed the spatial fluctuations generated by the teleportation talisman Ye Qingxuan had activated to pursue him.

On the other side.

After Ye Qingxuan landed, he did not stop but activated another fifth-rank teleportation talisman.

The reason he did not activate a sixth-rank teleportation talisman was that Ye Qingxuan's cultivation base was currently too low.

He had already used two sixth-rank talismans consecutively; using a third sixth-rank talisman would exhaust his spiritual power.

If he were tracked down then, he would truly lose all ability to resist. Ye Qingxuan did not believe that a single sixth-rank teleportation talisman could shake off the pursuit of a Soul Transformation cultivator.

After all, a sixth-rank talisman is merely external aid; how could it compare to the cultivation and abilities of a Soul Transformation cultivator himself?

The light of the fifth-rank teleportation talisman flared again, and Ye Qingxuan's figure vanished once more with the light.

Less than a few seconds later, that Soul Transformation-level Qing Demon Clan member's figure appeared again at the spot where Ye Qingxuan had just vanished.

Sensing the renewed spatial fluctuations, this Soul Transformation-level Qing Demon Clan member wore an amused smile on his face and said softly:

"Human ant, let me see how many teleportation talismans you have left."

Then he took a step forward, following the spatial fluctuations, and once again pursued in the direction Ye Qingxuan had fled.

After Ye Qingxuan landed for the second time, sensing the spatial fluctuations behind him once more, he did not panic.

Calmly, he took out five fifth-rank teleportation talismans and activated them all at once.

Activating five fifth-rank teleportation talismans simultaneously directly consumed a large portion of Ye Qingxuan's remaining spiritual power.

Ye Qingxuan's face turned pale, while the supreme-grade spirit stone he had been holding continuously replenished his expenditure.

As the five fifth-rank teleportation talismans were activated, Ye Qingxuan threw four of them in different directions, while he himself held onto only one fifth-rank teleportation talisman.

Five beams of light flashed together, and Ye Qingxuan's figure vanished once more.

After landing again, Ye Qingxuan did not continue to activate fifth-rank teleportation talismans.

Instead, at his maximum speed, he fled into the nearby mountain range, found a small crack, and activated the minor divine technique Deceive Heaven to completely conceal his aura and form.

After waiting a moment, that Soul Transformation-level Qing Demon Clan member's figure appeared not far above Ye Qingxuan. Sensing the surrounding fluctuations, he frowned and said, "Not here? Chose the wrong direction again?"

Then his figure vanished once more, returning to the previous location to choose a new direction to pursue.

And Ye Qingxuan, who had been lying in ambush and hidden, did not immediately rise and leave, but remained lying in ambush at the spot.

Sure enough, after a short while, that Soul Transformation-level Qing Demon Clan member appeared again, a wisp of qi trace appearing in his palm. He said in confusion, "Still nothing? That human ant has vanished? Interesting!"

The wisp of qi trace in his hand was left behind by Ye Qingxuan when he fled in haste, too hurried to erase it.

Extracting an un-erased qi trace is not difficult; it merely requires spending a little time.

Originally thinking that tracking Ye Qingxuan would be effortless, he had not wasted time extracting the qi trace Ye Qingxuan left behind in the remnants of the Yin Kui tribe at the start.

But unexpectedly, in the end, he lost Ye Qingxuan's trail.

Thus, he could only return once more to the Ruins of the Yin Puppet Tribe, deliberately intercepting Ye Qingxuan's spiritual resonance to track him down.

He never expected that, even with the aid of the spiritual resonance, he still could not find any trace of Ye Qingxuan.

Scanning the surroundings and sweeping his spiritual sense across a region of nearly ten thousand li, he confirmed that the human ant had not been spotted.

This Soul Transformation realm demon of the Green Demon Clan felt mocked; he forcibly suppressed his rage and spoke in a deep voice:

"Human ant, do not let me encounter you again next time, hmph!"

With an angry snort, he took a single step and left the place, vanishing from sight.

He did not continue searching for Ye Qingxuan's whereabouts.

Having faced the Soul Transformation teams of the Earth Profound Realm for many years, he naturally understood the extremely powerful concealment methods employed by those teams.

Since the opponent had successfully evaded the tracking and gone into hiding, unless they revealed themselves voluntarily or attacked again, there was no way for him to easily locate them.

What he did not expect was that a human ant below the Soul Transformation realm would dare to act recklessly within the Demon Domain.

Even more unexpected was that this human ant managed to escape smoothly from his grasp, causing him to lose face.

However, having now captured the opponent's spiritual resonance, he would absolutely not fail again next time.

(End of this chapter)