Translator: CinderTL
A figure suddenly appeared and seized Zhong Jun by the head.
It's Gou Jun! He's a Divine Transformation Stage cultivator! The realization flashed through Zhong Jun's mind.
He understood that Gou Jun had been hiding near the mountain all along, observing his entire descent to the mountainside.
The massive boulder that had collapsed from the mountain's peak was also Gou Jun's doing.
The man intended to kill him!
"Gou Jun, we have no grudge against each other! Why are you trying to kill me?" Zhong Jun cried out in terror. "Please spare my divine soul! I have a vast number of spirit stones in my Storage Ring—the savings of my entire life. You can have them all..."
His desperate pleas went unanswered.
Suddenly, an overwhelming suction force pulled his divine soul uncontrollably toward Gou Jun's body, ultimately dragging it into Gou Jun's Sea of Consciousness.
Just as Zhong Jun was reeling from this bizarre development, a massive Black Hole materialized above him. The irresistible suction force that had seized his divine soul emanated from this void.
"No... I don't want to die... Gou Jun..."
As his divine soul was devoured by the Black Hole, Zhong Jun's consciousness faded into oblivion.
Several blood-colored tentacles erupted from Song Wen's hand, swirling into the air to engulf the shredded flesh and severed head of Zhong Jun's body.
As the blood-colored tentacles retracted into Song Wen's body, a Storage Ring appeared in his hand.
Song Wen's figure flickered, and he swiftly vanished from the scene.
Using the Two-Faced Buddha to conceal his aura, he fled hundreds of miles before finding a shallow pit in the ground and hiding inside.
Repeating his usual trick, Song Wen buried himself under the earth.
After several hours, when he was certain there was no immediate danger, Song Wen retrieved Zhong Jun's Storage Ring and began examining it closely.
The number of spirit stones inside surprised him—nearly ten thousand.
Previously, when Song Wen had killed Kong Jin, Shu Sheng, Jiang Wo, and Jiang Chao, the total spirit stones in their Storage Rings combined had barely reached two thousand high-grade spirit stones. This might have been because they were prisoners, and most of their wealth had already been confiscated.
Yet Zhong Jun alone possessed five times that amount.
Despite his immense wealth, Zhong Jun had always projected an image of greed and stinginess.
If not for his hesitation when exchanging spirit stones, the Qicang Flying Ark wouldn't have been so easily destroyed.
Beyond the spirit stones, the most valuable item in the Storage Ring was the concealment formation.
Named the "Ten Directions Illusionary Domain Formation," this formation could block the divine sense of cultivators at the Void Refinement Stage.
As for the medicinal pill Zhong Jun had taken to startle the Purple Cloud Dove, Song Wen searched the Storage Ring thoroughly but couldn't find it. It seemed Zhong Jun had only possessed that single pill.
However, Song Wen did discover two Fourth-Tier Fire Attribute Talismans. Zhong Jun likely used these to create a distraction twenty to thirty miles away, hoping to draw the Purple Cloud Dove's attention and lure it away.
But the Shadow King Gu had pushed the massive boulder down the mountain, disrupting his plan and ultimately exposing his position.
After cataloging the contents of the Storage Ring, Song Wen slowly climbed out of the earthen pit.
Following the path he had taken during his escape, he cautiously retraced his steps, eventually returning to the crash site of the Qicang Flying Ark.
Surveying the scattered wreckage, Song Wen shook his head slightly.
In comparison, traveling aboard the Qicang Flying Ark with Ye Bing and the others had undoubtedly been much safer.
At least then, in times of danger, there had been others to share the demon beasts' attention, giving him a chance to escape. Now, he faced these threats alone.
Song Wen retrieved the Dual Polarity Sect's map, quickly oriented himself, and rose three feet above the ground, slowly taking to the air.
With his divine sense limited to a few hundred yards, Song Wen released both the Shadow King Gu and the Shadow Gu to serve as his scouts.
His pace was unhurried, ensuring the Shadow Gu could keep up.
After cautiously advancing over ten thousand miles, Song Wen arrived at the entrance of a deep canyon.
According to the map, this canyon stretched over a thousand miles wide, teeming with demon beasts and poisonous insects, while gale-force winds howled overhead. Crossing this chasm would be trivial for a Qicang Flying Ark, but Song Wen was alone, facing overwhelming peril.
Standing at the canyon's edge, Song Wen felt the faint gale brush against his skin, stinging his cheeks.
After a moment's contemplation, he recalled his four Gu. Though highly resistant to miasma, they couldn't withstand the gale's fury.
Song Wen activated the Spirit Guard Umbrella, suspending it above his head.
The umbrella cast a black spiritual light, forming a dark barrier around him.
He then summoned the sun-chasing spear, gripping its shaft.
Immediately, a dense Blood Mist erupted around him, gradually engulfing his entire body.
Since the canyon was both perilous and unavoidable, his only option was to cross it as quickly as possible.
As the gale swept through, the Blood Mist dissipated, leaving no trace of Song Wen.
However, Song Wen hadn't truly vanished. He was merely traversing the canyon at extreme speed, soaring through the air.
As he approached the canyon's central region, the gale intensified. While the Spirit Guard Umbrella shielded him from the wind's direct assault, it couldn't neutralize the gale's relentless impact.
The force struck the protective shield like a thousand-pound hammer, repeatedly slamming against it, threatening to hurl Song Wen into the canyon's depths.
Song Wen had to mobilize his Spiritual Power to withstand the relentless force of the gale.
However, the gale grew increasingly violent, and Song Wen gradually found himself struggling. He was forced to slow his escape speed to maintain his balance.
The Blood Escape Technique was forcibly interrupted.
His escape speed continued to plummet.
Just as Song Wen was about to reach the central region of the canyon where the gale raged at its peak, a swarm of poisonous insects suddenly erupted from the depths below.
These insects resembled mosquitoes but were the size of fists. Though only Third-Tier in strength, they completely ignored the raging gale, moving freely through it as effortlessly as fish swimming through water.
They moved with lightning speed, swarming together like a sharp arrow, rapidly closing in on Song Wen.
Seeing this swarm of Third-Tier insects daring to challenge him, Song Wen felt a pang of humiliation, like a tiger fallen into a trap being harassed by dogs.
He channeled Spiritual Power into his sun-chasing spear, causing its tip to materialize into a dazzling, hundred-zhang-long spear beam.
With a swift wave of his hand, Song Wen swept the spear beam horizontally across the sky, tearing through the gale with a hissing sound.
Sensing the spear beam's lethal aura, the poisonous insects scattered, flapping their wings frantically to evade the attack.
The spear beam moved with lightning speed, but the insects were no slouches either. Only a small fraction were struck, exploding into clumps of dark green pus that scattered into the gale; the majority narrowly escaped.
(End of the Chapter)
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