Chapter 971: Found a Treasure (Requesting Monthly Votes)

In the Star Ruin sky, Xu Jin was continuously teleporting through space.

But each space teleportation only covered about thirty thousand li, far short of the maximum distance for space teleportation.

Meanwhile, Xu Jin was not using time acceleration.

Under these conditions, the distance between Xu Jin and the Longma Clan’s Emperor Long Yu, who relentlessly pursued him, remained fixed—at a range where he could not be lost, yet could not be caught.

Roughly two hundred thousand li apart.

Occasionally, Xu Jin released Zhu Linxiao’s sealed physical aura for a single breath, then sealed it again.

Ever since learning that his mistress, the Emperor Du Yue, was coming, Xu Jin had conceived a bold plan.

Why should you be the only one able to hunt me? Can’t I turn the tables and kill you?

While teleporting through space, he continuously contacted his mistress via the Book-Message Disc.

His mistress, Emperor Du Yue, replied with cautious but firm confidence: [Jin’er, give it a try. As long as the opponent remains a Mid-Restriction Emperor, even if your plan fails, I can still extract you both safely.]

Precisely because of his mistress Du Yue’s response, Xu Jin now had this plan.

The Hongluan War Zone largely lay between the Tongxuan War Zone and the Qianxing War Zone.

Previously, Xu Jin had been very far from his master and mistress; even if Du Yue had flown at full speed without sparing her energy, it would have taken her at least half an hour to arrive. (Note: Previously, it had taken nearly two hours because she was carrying Fenghua Emperor.)

But now, Xu Jin’s position was different.

The Hongman Market’s location was already slightly closer to the Qianxing War Zone.

And this time, the location of the massive star surge was heavily skewed toward the Qianxing War Zone.

This drastically shortened the distance between Xu Jin and his mistress, Du Yue.

From the very start of his retreat, Xu Jin had been teleporting toward his master’s position in the Qianxing War Zone.

After requesting aid, as his mistress Du Yue teleported to rescue him, their paths became directly toward each other.

The distance between them was rapidly shrinking.

After roughly a hundred breaths, Xu Jin’s Mingqian Touch suddenly sensed his mistress Du Yue’s aura.

After a brief exchange via the Book-Message Disc, within mere breaths, Du Yue arrived—and vanished instantly.

Simultaneously, Xu Jin halted in mid-air and transmitted a message to Zhu Linxiao within the Abyssal Realm.

“Lin’er, prepare for battle.”

“Husband, what about the seal on my physical body? If I remove it, the Golden Horn imprint should be detectable by the enemy.”

“Let them detect it. We fight with full force and give them a surprise.”

“Understood!”

Within the Abyssal Realm, Zhu Linxiao instantly unsealed her physical body. The instant her Divine Infant returned, her form vanished from the Abyssal Realm.

Almost simultaneously, the Jinzhu Clan’s Emperor Ju Ling suddenly hesitated.

He had just been about to abandon the pursuit.

But as he began to retreat, he suddenly sensed that aura again.

He chased after it.

But only intermittently.

He understood this perfectly.

After all, his unique tracking imprint was extremely difficult to remove—even an Emperor needed considerable time to erase it.

This situation was entirely normal.

But this flickering detection made tracking exhausting.

Then suddenly, his perception of the tracking imprint’s aura became crystal clear.

“Is Long Yu closing in and too occupied to suppress my tracking imprint?”

“Then if I move in now, won’t I become the yellow bird?”

Sensing this, the Jinzhu Clan’s Emperor Ju Ling activated his tracking imprint and pursued from afar.

In the Star Ruin sky, Zhu Linxiao appeared gracefully beside Xu Jin.

“Lin’er, do you remember the rhythm from our last battle against Yinzheng?” Xu Jin asked.

“Of course! We follow the same pattern!”

As they spoke, the Chaos Cloud Tower surged skyward and hovered above Xu Jin’s head.

This was Xu Jin’s greatest confidence now.

Even if the ambush failed or the rhythm faltered, as long as the Chaos Cloud Tower remained, it granted Xu Jin tremendous error tolerance!

Three breaths later, the aura of the Emperor in Xu Jin’s perception appeared ten thousand li away.

Four breaths after that, it was five thousand li away—visible to the naked eye as streaking starlight.

“Huh? Not running anymore?”

Long Yu, the Longma Clan Emperor, emitted a faint blue glow from his slightly ugly dragon horns, sending ripples outward to sense the surroundings.

His sensing technique extended one ten thousand li, two ten thousand li, four ten thousand li, six ten thousand li, to its seven ten thousand li limit.

He sensed no anomalies, no ambushes.

Only then did he resume high-speed flight.

Having risen to Emperor rank, he was extremely cautious.

His caution stemmed from the fact that his previously elusive target had suddenly stopped.

It struck him as deeply suspicious.

Precisely because of this, he approached cautiously and did not attack immediately.

The next instant, Emperor Long Yu arrived within a hundred li of Xu Jin and Zhu Linxiao. The moment his divine sense locked onto Xu Jin, he barked, “Hand over the Zi Yuan Bodhi!”

At the very instant Long Yu’s probing shout rang out, Xu Jin vanished with Zhu Linxiao through a ripple in space.

Emperor Long Yu was stunned, instantly resonating with the fundamental source of the Forbidden Domain and pursuing at full speed.

He couldn’t let the prey slip away.

He regretted being too cautious.

It was highly likely that the Space-Traveling Emperor had exhausted his star power and was just recovering.

Only two breaths later, Long Yu sensed the target’s position again—stopped ahead.

This time, Emperor Long Yu resolved to unleash his full power.

Just one Space-Traveling Emperor and one Fifth-Catastrophe True Person—no threat whatsoever.