ATPnovel #449 - Thousand Miles of Pursuit
#449 - Thousand Miles of Pursuit
Chapter 446: A Thousand-Mile Chase
The fox spirit's most powerful weapon is its mental strength. Once its mental strength is suppressed, its abilities are difficult to use.
Originally, if they were in the Dragon Vein land, Zhang Chen wouldn't be able to mobilize the power of the earth. The fox spirit would still have a cultivation advantage, being an eighth-order powerhouse. Its cultivation alone would be enough to give Zhang Chen a hard time. However, they were now in the river basin, and Zhang Chen had mastered water control, allowing him to manipulate all water within a kilometer. This directly erased the gap between them.
With a thought from Zhang Chen, water dragons rose from the river, carrying the force of thunder, and attacked Bai Cang's body with tremendous momentum.
"Good technique!" the fox spirit praised, jumping back and forth in the air. Looking at the water dragons, a hint of horror appeared in its eyes.
However, the fox spirit possessed innate bloodline power and was very agile, always managing to avoid the impact of the water dragons by a hair's breadth.
Zhang Chen, on the river surface, watched the fox spirit constantly trying to break through. The next moment, the hand in his sleeve gently clenched in the air, and the Buzhou Seal appeared in his hand.
Then, Zhang Chen activated the incantation, and the Buzhou Seal transformed into a stream of light, directly smashing towards Bai Cang.
The Buzhou Seal grew larger in the wind, circulating a power of divine might. Even before the seal arrived, its divine power had already suppressed the area.
"That is!!!"
Bai Cang watched the Buzhou Seal smashing down. The divine power around its body became chaotic under the divine might of the Buzhou Seal, and it was directly bound and engulfed by the water dragons. Then, its formation was disrupted, and the Buzhou Seal smashed down with great force, slamming Bai Cang into the river. The riverbed was exposed, revealing the mud beneath.
"Is it dead?" Zhang Chen looked at the exposed riverbed. With a wave of his hand, the Buzhou Seal returned to his palm. His eyes looked at the place where the Buzhou Seal had landed. There was no sign of the fox spirit's corpse, only a tail had fallen off, floating in the river.
"Tail severance to replace life?" Zhang Chen was stunned when he saw this. If he followed this line of reasoning, then Bai Cang should have at least six more lives.
"What a blessed race, to be able to sever its tail to replace its life. It's truly unbelievable. However, I'll just kill you six more times then. No matter what, I can't let you escape again today," a ruthless look appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes.
One kill isn't enough?
Then he would kill it twice!
"This fellow used illusory transformation and actually escaped directly. But can you escape?" Zhang Chen released his water control and took out the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, sensing the fox spirit's direction.
The other party had been struck by the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, and the Blood Transformation Divine Blade had absorbed a trace of the other party's innate divine blood. As the ancestor of blood manipulation, Zhang Chen could sense the fox spirit's direction as long as he used his methods.
Zhang Chen sensed it briefly and found the direction in which the fox spirit had escaped. Then, he transformed into a vampire bat, flapped his wings, and disappeared into the mountains. A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Chen appeared in a dense forest: "According to the direction the fox spirit escaped, it must pass through here."
Zhang Chen took out his slingshot from the spiritual world. The origin of this slingshot was unknown and mysterious. It was also equipped with seven twelfth-order dragon balls as bullets, making it the ultimate weapon. The only flaw was that it was too difficult to pull open. Even if Zhang Chen had Mountain Moving Technique, he could only pull it open a small amount.
But he could try it and see if he could ambush Bai Cang.
Zhang Chen restrained his aura and quietly sensed Bai Cang's aura. He didn't have to wait long before he saw a snow-white figure walking out of the stone wall, cursing: "Damn it! It's simply damn it! That kid doesn't seem to have much strength, how could he have such methods! Don't let me find a chance, otherwise I, your ancestor, will definitely gather the demon experts and kill you."
Bai Cang was spitting out swear words like crazy, his eyes full of anger. Losing a tail was equivalent to losing a life, and the price he paid was too great.
Just as Bai Cang was cursing, Zhang Chen in the distance had already taken the slingshot in his hand. Then, he circulated his magic power and used the Mountain Moving Technique. The golden bullet transformed from the dragon ball shot out with a whistling sound. Bai Cang hadn't even reacted when he felt a golden light flash past, and another tail fell to the ground.
"What the hell!!!" Bai Cang looked at the fallen tail, terrified. He didn't know who attacked him. How did a tail disappear?
Without thinking, it burrowed directly into the ground, not daring to expose its figure.
Zhang Chen put away the slingshot, and the bullet also returned to his hand. Zhang Chen put the slingshot and bullet back into the Bashe space, and then sensed the white fox's aura. The fox spirit had already discovered his trail and was rapidly approaching him underground, trying to ambush him. The next moment, he suddenly retreated, and the bluestone under his feet shattered. Several blue lights pierced through the ground from the fox spirit's hand and shot into the sky, disappearing without a trace.
"That was close!" Zhang Chen was secretly shocked. He almost died. The fox spirit's reaction speed was too fast. In just a few breaths, it had already found Zhang Chen's trail.
The ambush failed. At this time, Bai Cang jumped out of the rock wall, staring at Zhang Chen with angry eyes: "Junior, you are going too far!"
"Wasn't it senior who went too far first?" Zhang Chen replied without changing his expression. At the same time, his hands naturally drooped, and the Blood Transformation Divine Blade appeared again, held in his hand. However, because Zhang Chen's sleeves were too wide, Bai Cang on the opposite side couldn't see the details.
"How about we resolve our grudges here? Otherwise, if we really fight to the death, we'll both end up severely injured. I still have five lives. If we fight to the death, my chances of survival should be much higher than yours." Bai Cang stared at Zhang Chen, feeling somewhat apprehensive. He didn't want to continue fighting Zhang Chen.
His greatest strength was being restrained. What was the point of continuing the fight? He was just a strategist, not good at fighting.
"Stop just because you say so? Don't even think about it." Zhang Chen smiled coldly. He had the upper hand now, so why would he surrender?
Especially now that he was away from the Northern Dragon Vein, he could mobilize the power of the earth. He wasn't afraid of a mere eighth-level Bai Cang, even if he possessed the bloodline of an ancient innate deity.
"Fine! Then let's fight it out. Without water control, I want to see what else you can do to oppose me." Bai Cang was also enraged. He had lost three lives to Zhang Chen. Since the other party wouldn't let it go, he wasn't going to compromise.
Then, Bai Cang directly burrowed into the ground, his voice echoing in the air: "Don't you know how to use遁術? I want to see if you can withstand my Void Transformation."
Zhang Chen focused his mind, sensing the earth. Within fifty meters, all authority over the earth was in his mind, and the operational trajectory of all laws was clearly visible, including Bai Cang, who had transformed into nothingness. At this moment, Bai Cang quietly approached again, wanting to launch a sneak attack.
"Although my earth control can't do anything to Bai Cang when he transforms into nothingness, but…" Zhang Chen suddenly thrust the Blood Transformation Divine Blade into the rock, and then a scream came from under the rock. Bai Cang stumbled out from a distance.
When Bai Cang transforms into nothingness, he can ignore all attacks from the material world, but if he wants to attack someone, he must withdraw from the state of nothingness and re-manifest into matter.
This instant is the best time for Zhang Chen to attack.
Bai Cang covered his head, the wound running down his cheek, leaving a terrifying scar. Blood gurgled from the wound and flowed down.
"How did you see through my tracks?" Bai Cang looked at Zhang Chen in disbelief.
"Mere tricks, how dare you show off in front of an expert?" Zhang Chen sneered, but in his heart, he was thinking about how to capture Bai Cang. This old guy still had five lives. If he really wanted to run, it would be difficult to catch him.
"If you want him to die quickly, it's best to capture him first, and then find a way to deal with him." Zhang Chen thought to himself. He was now worried that Bai Cang would disregard the dignity of a strong person and turn around and run away. With the other party's Void Transformation, it would really be as difficult as ascending to heaven to kill him.
So, he had to suppress him first!
But after searching all his skills, the only ones that could restrain this kind of divine power were probably the 'Fix' and 'Suppress' runes, but these two runes were too low in level. Bai Cang was already an eighth-level powerhouse, and with his current skill level, he simply couldn't restrain him.
"Should I upgrade the 'Fix' rune first? Or should I find a way to trick him into the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation?" Zhang Chen pondered to himself.
At this time, Bai Cang had already attacked again. This time, he stomped his feet and directly drove countless stones, raining down on Zhang Chen.
Some of the stones were as big as millstones, and the smaller ones were the size of fists. Zhang Chen's eyelids twitched, and the next moment, an earth wall rose up, blocking all the stones that fell down.
"He can still control the power of the earth? This kid is really troublesome." Seeing that his means of controlling matter had failed, Bai Cang couldn't help but curse inwardly.
For divine soul cultivators, controlling material attacks before the Yang God stage was already the most powerful means.
"I'm very likely not this kid's opponent." Bai Cang was now a little worried. Although the kid on the opposite side had a low cultivation realm, he had too many tricks.
At this time, Zhang Chen was also considering whether to use the Golden Scissors.
"If I use the Golden Scissors, I'm afraid this old guy will be scared, and then he will run away. The God-Slaying Whip can be used to try to knock his soul out of his body, and then separate his soul from his body. After seven days, I will use skills to mark him." Zhang Chen thought about it, and then focused on the God-Slaying Whip.
"Old fox, you're at the end of your rope! With your mere tricks, you dare to steal my treasure? You really don't know the immensity of heaven and earth." Zhang Chen mocked, his voice full of disdain.
He decided to give this old fox a chance to hurt himself, to relax the other party's vigilance, otherwise, once he was scared away, being targeted by such an old guy would be an endless disaster.
"Kid, don't be arrogant, how could you imagine the means of me, your ancestor?" Bai Cang was unwilling to show weakness, and once again used secret methods, wanting to fight Zhang Chen.
What realm was Zhang Chen? What kind of stuff was he? How could he be worthy of fighting him? He fell into Zhang Chen's hands, and he was not convinced! Not convinced at all!
Even now, he still felt that he was at a disadvantage only because he underestimated the other party, because of his own negligence. As long as he was more careful next time, he would definitely be able to turn defeat into victory.
At that time, all the treasures in Zhang Chen's hands would be his!