Chapter 495: Escaping as Light and Preparation

Jie Ming's figure almost turned into a distorted trail of light, speeding toward the depths of the wasteland far away from the allied camp and the main battlefield.

Behind him, after a brief shock, the team of wizards immediately issued a shrill alarm signal.

More wizards gathered from all directions, like sharks smelling blood, whistling and chasing relentlessly.

After discovering that offensive wizardry was ineffective, wizardries of detection locking, long-range interception, and binding restrictions smashed down like raindrops.

Jie Ming had to change direction frequently, rising and falling sharply, shuttling through the dense firepower net, every turn being extremely dangerous.

"Damn... what an unprovoked disaster..."

He gritted his teeth and cursed, but his eyes were unusually calm.

Cannot flee in a straight line, as that would allow the opponent to predict the movement position.

Cannot flee toward the Plane Nuolun defensive line, as it was too far, and he would be intercepted halfway.

He could only unfold a desperate chase on this strange wasteland with the pursuers gathering more and more behind him.

He subconsciously scanned the magic network terminal in the space expansion bag with spiritual power; on it, the signal representing his own unit had almost disappeared.

This meant that at this moment, he was truly alone.

"Unlucky unlucky unlucky unlucky..."

Jie Ming's figure drew a distorted trajectory over the grey-white wasteland.

The Grand Void Step was pushed to the limit, making him like a phantom merging into the wind, but the torrent of pursuit composed of dozens of colored lights behind him was like a maggot on the tarsal bone, biting tightly and not letting go.

"Since you want to chase, then solve you first!"

He gritted his teeth, waved his left hand backward, and the spells stored in the wizarding tool on his wrist were released; three Li Huo Mie Jue Divine Lights shot backward in a fan shape!

The dark golden light flow tore through the atmosphere, and as soon as it left his hand, it instantly expanded to a diameter of several thousand meters, precisely bombarding the area where the pursuit team was most dense.

Two Chaos Secret Sect and three Tower of Extinction wizards couldn't dodge in time, their shields melted like ice and snow the moment the light touched them, and their bodies turned into scattered ashes.

Another Tower of Extinction wizard was a bit luckier, his left arm was grazed by the light.

The entire arm disappeared from the shoulder, the cut was as smooth as a mirror, and even blood didn't have time to spray out.

But the effect of such interception was limited.

More attacks poured down from behind: deep red curse chains, grey-white annihilation energy balls, invisible spiritual spikes chased continuously.

There were even wizards proficient in binding laws who cast spells together, causing the gravity around Jie Ming to suddenly double, and the air to become as viscous as glue.

The Gui Xu Armor continued to circulate transparent micro-light on the body surface.

Most attacks landed on it, like stones thrown into a deep pool, splashing ripples and then disappearing without a trace.

Those curses and spiritual impacts that acted directly on the soul were quietly resolved by the Xuan Gang Hong Chen Barrier.

But facing those energy entity binding wizardries, the Gui Xu Armor was also powerless.

In order to dodge, Jie Ming's speed inevitably slowed down.

What was more troublesome was that the number of pursuers not only did not decrease, but was constantly increasing.

On the distant horizon, more light spots were merging into this pursuit army from all directions.

And what made Jie Ming's heart palpitate even more was that at the edge of his perception range, three energy fluctuations that were obviously much stronger, pressing down like mountains, were approaching at an astonishing speed!

Tier 6 wizards.

And more than one.

"Cannot drag on any longer..."

Jie Ming took a deep breath, and without hesitation, he plunged his will into his dantian to cast his trump card.

Wu Yun Hua Hong Mirror.

Transforming into light to escape.

"Open!"

Jie Ming shouted in a low voice, spiritual power in his body frantically poured into the Wu Yun Hua Hong Mirror, and at the same time, he released another round of Li Huo Mie Jue Divine Light toward the back!

The rainbow light on the surface of the disc suddenly flourished, instantly wrapping his whole body!

The next moment, his body completely "melted" into the light.

Under the action of the Wu Yun Hua Hong Mirror, his whole body instantly transformed its form, turning into a true light!

Hum!!!

In the deafening hum, Jie Ming's figure disappeared from the spot.

The few wizards chasing at the very front were caught off guard and were hit by the Li Huo Mie Jue Divine Light he finally cast, turning into ashes.

And the rainbow light that Jie Ming had turned into had already streaked toward the deeper parts of the wasteland!

A few minutes later.

Three figures appeared at the spot where Jie Ming disappeared like ghosts.

The leader was a Tier 6 wizard of the Chaos Secret Sect, wearing heavy armor inlaid with bone spurs, and wriggling black runes crawled all over his exposed skin.

He floated in mid-air, his eyes like an abyss sweeping over the chaotic pursuit team below, his brows slightly wrinkled.

"Ran away?" His voice was hoarse, like sandpaper rubbing against metal.

A Tier 5 wizard flew up tremblingly and bowed to report: "My lord, the target suddenly turned into rainbow light... the speed is too fast, we simply cannot track..."

"Turned into rainbow light?" Another Tier 6 wizard of the Tower of Extinction—completely shrouded in grey-white mist, with only two points of scarlet light flickering in the depths of the mist—made a low hum, "I didn't know you were so good at literary talent."

After seeing the battle record screen presented tremblingly by another Tier 5 wizard, this Tower of Extinction wizard sneered:

"Interesting, a truly interesting technique. However, can a Tier 5 wizard master this level of space and elemental composite technology? When did Plane Nuolun produce such a character?"

The third Tier 6 wizard, an old woman with a hunched figure holding a withered wood staff, slowly landed on the ground.

She didn't speak, just tapped the withered wood staff on the ground lightly.

Hum...

Invisible ripples spread out.

The dust on the ground, the energy debris remaining in the air, those light ripples that had not completely dissipated...

All "information" related to that chase just now gathered toward the withered wood staff like iron filings attracted by a magnet.

The old woman closed her eyes and concentrated, her withered lips opening and closing silently.

After a while, she opened her eyes, and countless flickering picture fragments were reflected in the depths of her pupils.

Those were the "traces" belonging to Jie Ming extracted from environmental information: his energy characteristics when releasing Li Huo Mie Jue Divine Light, the space disturbance of Grand Void Step movement, and even a trace of rainbow spirituality belonging to the Wu Yun Hua Hong Mirror that was extremely weak.

"Very exquisite concealment and energy conversion technology." The old woman spoke slowly, her voice like wind blowing through withered leaves, "But he left behind enough 'scent'."

She looked at the Tier 6 wizard of the Chaos Secret Sect: "Kalon, your 'Shadow Hunting Dog' should be useful."

The heavy-armored wizard called Kalon grinned, revealing jagged fangs.

He stretched out his right hand and spread his five fingers.

The shadow under his feet suddenly began to distort and wriggle, "standing up" from the ground as if it had life, and deforming in the air.

Finally, it turned into a "Shadow Dog" that was pitch black all over, with only outlines and no details.

The Shadow Dog had no eyes, but its head turned toward the information fragments gathered by the old woman's staff, making a silent hiss.

Kalon grabbed those fragments in the air and pressed them into the Shadow Dog's body.

The Shadow Dog's body instantly solidified by three points, and faint rainbow patterns appeared on its body surface—that was the spiritual characteristic of the Wu Yun Hua Hong Mirror.

"Go." Kalon patted the Shadow Dog's head, "Find him."

The Shadow Dog raised its head and let out a silent roar, its four limbs exerted force, turning into a black lightning streaking close to the ground, chasing in the direction Jie Ming fled!

The speed was so fast that it was not much slower than a Tier 6 wizard flying at full power!

The three Tier 6 wizards looked at each other, their figures blurred at the same time, following the Shadow Dog.

At the same time.

More than 15 million kilometers away from the battlefield just now.

A rainbow light fell from the sky, re-condensing into a human form the moment it touched the ground.

Jie Ming knelt on one knee, his hands supporting the ground, panting heavily.

Transforming into light to escape placed a huge burden on both spirit and body; even after years of tempering and adaptive evolution of the body-refining method, he still felt every inch of muscle in his whole body aching, and a sense of emptiness came from the spiritual sea.

"Phew... phew... flying so far in one go... it's really quite a burden..."

Fortunately, the body-refining method had adapted to such fatigue, and the body was recovering rapidly.

Jie Ming stood up and looked around.

This was a more desolate area; the ground was no longer a monotonous grey-white, but presented a dull iron-grey, like the residue after the weathering of some metal ore refined.

In the distance, there were a few low rocky mountains that looked like they had been leveled by giant blades, and the sky was still a depressing lead-grey.

Temporarily safe.

Flying more than 10 million kilometers at the speed of light, even if the opponent was a Tier 6 wizard, it was unlikely to catch up...

This thought just rose, Jie Ming's heart jumped violently!

He understood immediately as if it were a whim in his heart; this was the passive feedback from the Causal Tracing Technique.

Although this spell was difficult to actively predict in the chaotic environment of fate, it still had a sense for "danger tracing" involving himself.

Something... was tracking him.

The Xuan Gang Hong Chen Barrier had no reaction, indicating that the opponent did not rely on causal lines or fate chains.

It was likely that they used the information he left behind, so the Causal Tracing Technique would have a reaction!

"Tier 6 wizard's methods... really troublesome." Jie Ming's eyes were solemn.

With his current understanding of tracking and anti-tracking technology, it was almost impossible to completely erase all information residues.

Since the opponent could chase him, it meant they had mastered tracking wizardry he couldn't cope with.

But...

Jie Ming looked up at the direction where the Shadow Dog and the three Tier 6 wizards might chase, and instead of panic, a flash of... eager light flashed in his eyes.

"The distance of 15 million kilometers... even if the opponent is Tier 6, it will take time to catch up."

"This time is enough to do a lot of things."

He originally participated in the outer scouting mission to temper his own system in actual combat.

And now, isn't fighting against Tier 6 wizards the best tempering opportunity?

Of course, Jie Ming was not arrogant enough to think he could shake a Tier 6 wizard head-on.

Not to mention that the number of enemies was likely more than one.

"So... must prepare some 'gifts' for these guests of mine." He grinned.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 496 =====