NOVEL NEXT Chapter 175 - 175: Escaping Danger
Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Escaping Danger
Translator: 549690339
“Impossible, how could his aura disappear?” Wei Guang, standing on the ground, wore a face of disbelief.
He had been using a special method to trace Jiang Xiaobai’s original aura, a unique imprint, which would not vanish unless he died.
Precisely within a certain distance, he could always locate Jiang Xiaobai.
But now his method had failed?
This was the last place Jiang Xiaobai’s aura had been detected. But after they landed, there was no trace of him – not even a hair.
“What’s going on?” The exotic woman’s face was full of fury. How could they have lost him?
“I lost his trail. This kid must have found a way, it’s just strange. How did he manage to block my search?” Wei Guang frowned deeply.
“Mr. Wei Guang, how can your tracking method be broken?”
The exotic woman frowned: “Aren’t you tracking his original aura? As long as he’s alive, he should not be able to lose his direction, right?”
“Indeed, that’s the case.”
Wei Guang squints his eyes. “However, this method is so effective it can only track within the range of three thousand miles. And if the person has a way to hide their original aura, they can obstruct the tracking.”
“But Jiang Xiaobai couldn’t do either of those things. Perhaps he accidentally fell and died?” a man at the late stage of Transcendence asked dazedly.
His words met with blank stares and no one took him seriously.
For a moment, everyone was stuck. Regardless of how Wei Guang activated his method, he could not trace Jiang Xiaobai’s whereabouts.
“Considering the circumstances, perhaps the kid really did die?” Liu Dongsheng suggested, full of cheer.
He didn’t care about the details, all he thought about was that the most likely possibility was that the guy was dead, even though they had not found a body.
And according to Yuwen Tiancheng’s plan, as long as he contributed in this effort, he would be rewarded with over ten million superior spirit stones later on. Even if he hadn’t done much this time, he should still receive a few million superior spirit stones.
That kind of money, he wouldn’t refuse.
Wei Guang squinted his eyes as he stood where Jiang Xiaobai’s aura had last been detected.
He knew that Jiang Xiaobai had a method for traversing through the earth, but that alone would not be enough for Jiang Xiaobai to escape.
“Have someone stay and guard this spot, that Jiang Xiaobai must have found some way out.”
A moment later, Wei Guang took out a jade token, pointed to a person at the late stage of Transcendence and said, “You keep watch here. The rest of us will continue the pursuit. If you discover anything, let me know immediately.”
“Yes, Mr. Wei Guang!”
Then, Wei Guang shot into the sky and chased in a certain direction with the exotic woman and the others following behind him.
“No matter how he did it, we must find him alive or his corpse.” Wei Guang huffed coldly.
Jiang Xiaobai was aware that Wei Guang and the others had left and that only one man at the late stage of Transcendence was left on guard several hundred meters above him.
Jiang Xiaobai could clearly sense all these, but he did not immediately move.
Instead, he deliberately waited underground to rest a while.
Finally able to catch his breath, Jiang Xiaobai felt much more relaxed as he began to think about how to deal with upcoming situations.
“Pretending to be dead actually worked, but this is not a long-term solution.”
Jiang Xiaobai murmured to himself, “Able to hide the original aura? Damn, it seems “Divine Concealment” could achieve that, but it would require the technique to be cultivated to the advanced stage, which would take at least a hundred years of cultivation.”
He knew that accumulating cultivation rewards could advance his techniques. After taking time to shake off the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Jiang Xiaobai took advantage of the moment to rest.
Although he was currently in a faux death state and unable to recover from physical injuries, rest for his mind was essential.
An hour and a half later, it was completely dark. In Jiang Xiaobai’s perception, the man in the late stage of Transcendence was still here, however it seemed that Wei Guang and the others had chased off quite a distance.
“It’s time to move, I can’t keep pretending to be dead.”
“I must act quickly. If they return just as I recover, it would be terrible.”
Jiang Xiaobai pondered, then instantly activated the antidote he had kept in his mouth to reverse his simulated death status. He had purposely kept a bit of spirit at the corner of his mouth, enabling him to perform simple swallowing movements.
From the state of simulated death, Jiang Xiaobai did not hesitate to dash straight up into the soil.
Simultaneously, the late-stage Transcendent guard on the surface spotted him, but before he could react, Jiang Xiaobai had already covered hundreds of meters and appeared before him.
The late-stage Transcendent was known for their sharp reactions and managed to avoid death at the last second dodging Jiang Xiaobai’s attack, although he lost a hand in the process.
“Bastard!”
Enraged, he immediately activated the jade token. A conflict ensued between them.
“Hmph, without your gang, are you still a threat to me?”
Jiang Xiaobai roared, brandishing his long sword with a ferocity matching the terrifying power of his acquired spiritual treasure. His opponent was taken aback by the onslaught.
In less than a minute, his foe was severely injured, his weapon reduced to shards by Jiang Xiaobai’s attacks.
“Die!”
Jiang Xiaobai swiftly appeared beside the man, the sword flashing in the night sky with a brilliant beam like a dazzling star, slicing the man’s throat.
The man clutched his throat, staring at Jiang Xiaobai in disbelief.
Jiang Xiaobai snorted coldly, giving him no chance as he thrust his sword through the man’s brow.
He then grabbed the jade token in the man’s hand and shattered it. This was the item that had caused Jiang Xiaobai’s predicament.
Even though Wei Guang could use the same tracking method, it would still take time. Jiang Xiaobai immediately seized this window of opportunity to escape.
In less than five minutes after he left, Wei Guang and the others scrambled back only to see the late-stage Transcendent laying there dead with his eyes wide open. All their faces instantly darkened.
“Damn it, the kid was really hiding here!” Wei Guang roared in fury.
Although he had suspected this, he could not be sure, hence he only left one late-stage Transcendent behind.
The consequence was that they let Jiang Xiaobai escape.
Wei Guang immediately set to work with his special method, hoping to pick up Jiang Xiaobai’s aura again. However, after he completed the jade token, he found that he could no longer detect Jiang Xiaobai.
“Bastard, bastard!”
Wei Guang roared in rage, his aura erupting furiously. He slapped a nearby small mountain into dust with one palm.
“Mr. Wei Guang, what should we do now?” The exotic woman asked, furrowing her brows. She felt things were getting out of control.
“At present, we can’t locate the guy. The only option is to issue a wanted notice. If he dares to show up, he’ll face endless pursuit.” Wei Guang said, a grim expression on his face..