Translator: CinderTL
With a flick of his wrist, Song Wen conjured eighteen formation flags.
These were the flags of the Nether Corpse Purgatory Formation.
Chi Pei had once used this formation to trap and kill the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape, but the ape had ultimately broken free.
Later, the Azure Profound Dove arrived and joined forces with the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape, forcing Chi Pei and his group to flee in disarray.
In their haste, Chi Pei had no time to retrieve the formation flags, leaving them behind.
After killing Shi Man, Song Wen returned to collect the flags.
Having been refined by Chi Pei, the flags naturally carried his residual aura.
Song Wen activated the Thousand Miles Breath Tracking Technique, drawing out the aura from the flags.
Moments later, a wisp of faint azure smoke curled upward, flickering toward the northwest.
To Song Wen's surprise, the angle of the smoke's drift indicated that Chi Pei was approximately ten thousand miles away.
This meant his earlier guess had been wrong.
Chi Pei hadn't used a Minor Teleportation Talisman, but rather a more powerful Talisman capable of transporting a person ten thousand miles in a single leap.
Without hesitation, Song Wen transformed into a streak of light and shot northwestward.
Though ten thousand miles seemed an immense distance, Song Wen, channeling his full power, traversed it in mere dozens of breaths.
However, Chi Pei was no longer there; he had already fled.
Guided by azure smoke's instructions, Song Wen continued his pursuit.
After chasing over a hundred thousand miles, he finally caught up with Chi Pei.
Perhaps believing he had escaped far enough that Ye Hua couldn't possibly follow, Chi Pei was now inside a mountain cave, setting up a concealment formation.
Sensing Ye Hua's sudden appearance in the sky above the cave, Chi Pei froze mid-motion, his face etched with shock.
He was clearly astonished that Ye Hua had managed to track him this far.
Realizing Ye Hua must possess some kind of tracking spell, Chi Pei felt a wave of helplessness wash over him.
His spiritual power was now nearly depleted.
With Ye Hua relentlessly pursuing him, his chances of survival seemed slim.
Chi Pei emerged from the cave and gazed up at Song Wen hovering above.
"Ye Hua," he called out, "what grudge do you hold against me? Is it worth risking the wrath of the Divine Blood Gate just to kill me?"
Song Wen gripped the sun-chasing spear, its tip sweeping through the air, unleashing a surge of righteous energy.
"Senior Tang Gui and Senior Sang Bu showed me kindness as vast as the mountains. You killed them, scattering their souls and spirits. Naturally, I must avenge them."
Chi Pei didn't believe a word of Song Wen's claim.
However, he understood one thing clearly: his opponent was determined to kill him, leaving no room for compromise.
"Ye Hua, I bear a Divine Soul Mark placed by a senior member of the Divine Blood Gate. If you kill me, this mark will transfer to you, subjecting you to the Gate's relentless pursuit for eternity."
Song Wen replied, "Young Master Chi Pei, you needn't concern yourself with that. If you surrender peacefully and answer a few questions truthfully, I'll grant you a swift death."
Chi Pei's expression darkened, as if it could drip with malice.
"Delusional fantasy!"
"Whether it's a fantasy or not will soon be revealed."
With those words, a crimson tide surged beneath Song Wen's feet, instantly coalescing into a vast Blood Sea spanning hundreds of miles.
A colossal tentacle erupted from the Blood Sea, lunging directly toward Chi Pei.
Knowing that Ye Hua possessed a tracking spell, Chi Pei realized escape was impossible. His only chance for survival lay in defeating—or even killing—Ye Hua.
Chi Pei channeled his remaining spiritual power, fully activating his Natal Magic Treasure, the Blood Sea Seal.
Instantly, a crimson spear materialized in mid-air, hurtling toward the descending tentacle.
The spear stretched over three thousand meters long and thirty meters wide.
Yet compared to the Blood Tentacle looming above, it seemed insignificant.
That Blood Tentacle, hundreds of meters thick, resembled a colossal pillar collapsing from the heavens.
The two crimson behemoths collided with a thunderous crash.
Surprisingly, the far larger Blood Tentacle proved remarkably fragile. The spear pierced through it effortlessly, tearing into its flesh.
The spear surged upward with unstoppable force, cleaving through the Blood Tentacle. As it advanced, the tentacle gradually disintegrated, transforming into crimson blossoms that rained down from the sky.
However, the Blood Tentacle was simply too vast.
After shattering several kilometers of the tentacle, the spear's momentum finally waned. Unable to advance further, it was swatted aside by the remaining mass.
Seizing the opportunity while the two Blood Sea Seals clashed, Chi Pei retrieved another black thunder talisman.
The thunder talisman shattered, coalescing into a massive thunder orb spanning a hundred zhang.
The orb erupted, unleashing a thunder pillar over ten zhang thick.
The pillar tore through the air, hurtling toward Song Wen, who hovered above.
"Thunder magic? I have that too!" Song Wen declared.
As his words echoed, dark clouds surged across the sky, gathering like ink.
Strands of violet-gold Thunderlight flickered and danced within the dense, swirling clouds.
The Thunderlight converged, forming a bolt as thick as a man's head, which burst through the clouds.
Just as the silver thunder pillar was about to strike Song Wen, the violet-gold thunderbolt crashed down.
The two bolts collided mid-air, erupting in a blinding flash and a thunderous roar that shook the heavens.
Countless silver lightning snakes writhed wildly, surging in all directions and illuminating half the sky.
Though seemingly slender, the violet-gold thunderbolt possessed overwhelming power. It tore through the silver thunder pillar, striking toward the thunder orb at its base.
However, halfway through its descent, the violet-gold thunderbolt's energy waned, and it was ultimately engulfed by the silver pillar.
Crack!
From the dark clouds above, another violet-gold thunderbolt crashed down, striking the silver pillar once more.
"Great Azure Divine Thunder!" Chi Pei's expression darkened further. "Ye Hua, who are you really? Where did you learn the Nine Great Heavenly Thunder Secret Arts? And where did your Corpse King Rebirth Art come from?"
Chi Pei grew increasingly certain that "Ye Hua" was a core disciple of the Divine Blood Gate.
The spiritual power Ye Hua displayed possessed both righteous and malevolent attributes. In the entire mystic realm, only the Divine Blood Gate's Corpse King Rebirth Art could achieve such a feat.
As for the Nine Great Heavenly Thunder Secret Arts, they had once been the Divine Blood Gate's most closely guarded secret.
However, due to the covetous schemes of certain individuals, the secret arts were eventually leaked.
Yet even those who obtained the secret arts struggled to unleash their true power. This was because only the Divine Blood Gate possessed the altar capable of plundering others' thunder magic talents.
Chi Pei himself lacked any innate thunder magic talent, rendering him unable to seize such abilities from others. Consequently, he had never cultivated the Nine Great Heavenly Thunder Secret Arts, relying instead on thunder talismans.
"Chi Pei, you still have the mind to pry into my identity? You should be focusing on how to escape this predicament!" Song Wen said.
As Song Wen spoke, the second Great Azure Divine Thunder completely shattered the thunder pillar, and the thunder orb vanished without a trace, its energy depleted.
From the Blood Sea beneath Song Wen's feet, a massive crimson hand emerged, reaching out to seize Chi Pei.
"Ye Hua, my spiritual power is dwindling, and I'm no match for you in my current state," Chi Pei roared, his voice tinged with desperation. "But if you want my life, you'll pay the price!"
A jade bottle suddenly appeared in his hand.
As he channeled a wisp of spiritual power into it, the bottle shattered instantly, releasing a peculiar fragrance that rapidly dispersed in all directions.
Song Wen's heart jolted at the scent.
This wasn't poison; it was Demon-Attracting Incense, and of exceptionally high quality—likely sixth-tier.
Chi Pei was clearly prepared to go down with him, intending to drag Song Wen to his doom.
(End of the Chapter)
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