Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 784 - 328: Fleeing to the Extreme Abyss

"Young Master, I couldn’t find anything on my side."

The Blood Nightmare Old Monster flew over from the south.

"Young Master, there’s nothing on my side either."

The Corpse Buddha Child from the west said the same.

"Nothing here either."

The always quiet Black Fiend Sword Demon returned as well.

Thousand Faces looked around but ultimately decided to stay silent.

Jiang Hong, whose expression was as grim as it could get, swept his gaze over them. "Are you saying such a big living person simply vanished into thin air?"

"This..."

The Blood Nightmare Old Monster dared not speak.

"Useless!"

Jiang Hong cursed under his breath, then turned to look at the Core Formation Realm Demon Cultivators outside the restriction.

"Young Master, please don’t."

The Corpse Buddha Child quickly stepped forward, cupping his hands and saying, "Right now, Qiu Qianhai must not have left yet. If we open the restriction... what if he escapes?"

The Blood Nightmare Old Monster caught an accidental glimpse at the Corpse Buddha Child, instantly understanding his intent, and added:

"I feel the same way, My Lord."

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and search!"

Jiang Hong shouted, and everyone dispersed to continue searching the surroundings.

Thousand Faces wasn’t familiar with them and was merely a Loose Cultivator forcibly recruited for this task. Previously, he was the furthest away, so now he was alone, flashing to the edge, searching along the restriction.

His so-called searching was just him casting out his Divine Sense to look around.

Anyway, he had already gained merit with Young Master Jiang this time. If he could be rewarded with some good treasures, it would be great; if not, it didn’t matter.

As long as there were no mistakes this time.

But, for some reason, Thousand Faces couldn’t help feeling a bit uneasy.

"Could it be because I killed Ran Kui? But I am Thousand Faces. Things like this, I haven’t done it just once or twice before. How could I be nervous because of this?"

"There must be another reason. But what is it... could it be that Qiu Qianhai is targeting me?"

Thousand Faces spoke while trying his best to extend his Divine Sense, attempting to find any trace of a clue.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t find any clue.

"It shouldn’t be like this..."

Just as this thought emerged, he seemed to sense something.

In the invisible realm, he felt as if a great horror had befallen him.

It was his spiritual senses frantically warning him!

"I’m being targeted!"

Thousand Faces instinctively widened his eyes and cried out in panic, "Not good!"

Before he could even finish speaking, he had already turned into Escape Light and left the original spot.

He ran, but the feeling of being locked onto by a Qi connection did not dissipate. It still held him firmly.

However, at that moment, an extremely large and dazzling beam of Spiritual Energy shot out from a spot beneath the lake. Its power was so immense that it instantly vaporized the lake water within a span of ten miles.

"A third level [Spiritual Energy Cannon] can even kill a Peak of Golden Core. How can a mere early-stage Golden Core cultivator withstand it?"

Within the Mountain of Mind and Heart.

Ji Yuan calmly watched the scene. In his heart, ever since he saw Thousand Faces ambush and kill his senior brother, he had already pronounced a death sentence on Thousand Faces.

Killing Jiang Hong was not easy, but killing an early-stage Core Formation cultivator like Thousand Faces... even if it was difficult and required sacrificing many of his protective measures, Ji Yuan had to kill him.

If he couldn’t even avenge this hatred, what had he cultivated for all this time?

The [Spiritual Energy Cannon] was blasted out; no matter how fast Thousand Faces tried to escape, it was futile.

In mid-air, the Escape Light was intercepted by the [Spiritual Energy Cannon]. When Ji Yuan looked over, only half the body was left falling, and the remaining power of the [Spiritual Energy Cannon] was entirely exhausted on the restriction behind him.

"Boom—"

A deafening thunderous noise erupted, and the indestructible golden shield finally developed cracks as dense as a spider’s web.

Ji Yuan hastily injected mana into the Talisman Treasure in his hand... the Talisman Treasure lit up!

The Heaven Crossing Shuttle could be used!

There was hope!

Ji Yuan’s heart finally had a touch of joy, and immediately he mobilized the mana within his Dantian, pouring everything into it. The Talisman Treasure was activated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Ji Yuan’s cultivation was at the Fake Core level at the time, and with his continuous consumption of Tri-colored Spirit Eggs, even compared to a real Core Formation cultivator, his mana was quite impressive.

In a split second, from when Ji Yuan blasted off Thousand Faces to when he activated the Talisman Treasure, it all happened in the blink of an eye.

So when Jiang Hong finally reacted and looked up at the sky, he realized that the restriction he had so much hope in... had been broken!

"Young Master, the Spiritual Energy Cannon from Shang Dong’s side has been pushed to its limit!"

Corpse Buddha Child flew to Jiang Hong’s side, his tone anxious.

"I’m not blind!"

Jiang Hong cursed angrily, immediately forming a spell with his left hand and muttering under his breath.

As the spell took effect, numerous runic chains appeared around him, and blood patterns spread across his face.

With his right hand, he swiped above his spell-casting left hand, slicing his palm open to let the blood flow, and then made a slash in front of him.

In just a blink, a crescent-shaped blood-colored arc appeared in front of him.

"Swoosh—"

The previously empty lakebed suddenly gave rise to an Escape Light.

A countless wave of water was stirred up.

The moment Ji Yuan activated the Heaven Crossing Shuttle Talisman Treasure, he used a piece of protective scale inside him and also retrieved Thousand Faces’ Storage Bag using the Artifact Manipulation Technique. He couldn’t let his senior brother’s corpse fall into the hands of this Demon Dao group.

But just in that instant of pause, picking up the Storage Bag...

He was seized upon by Jiang Hong, who suddenly slashed out the blood-colored arc, enhanced by his own blood.