novelraw Chapter 793 - 787: A New Recipe, The Hunt Begins
Chapter 793 - 787: A New Recipe, The Hunt Begins
"Pollution of the Purifying Great Luo Golden Immortal level is effortless."
Jia Ren looked around, seeing only the black bizarre flames burning fiercely, with no other source of pollution nearby.
He hesitated for a moment, then stopped converting the bizarre black flames into Immortal Spiritual Qi.
In the upcoming time, he will stay in the territory of the Chaotic Immortal Realm to hunt Bizarre Immortals.
Clearing the pollution outside the Chaotic Immortal Realm can indeed yield a lot of pure Immortal Spiritual Qi, but it would attract the attention of Bizarre Immortals.
The more powerful Bizarre Immortals there are, the easier it is to reveal one’s whereabouts, facing more formidable Bizarre Immortals.
Stirring things up could be harmful rather than beneficial.
After this journey ends, it wouldn’t be too late to find an opportunity to clear the Bizarre Qi pollution.
After all, they remain here and won’t disappear.
Thinking of this, Jia Ren returned to the area of the Law Mountains and proceeded along this path.
After a moment, he returned to the boundless dark void.
Linghuan True Heart seemed to sense something, feeling the distant fluctuations.
Guardians?
Outside the Chaotic Immortal Realm, pollution from both Bizarre Immortals and Dao Bizarre is everywhere, which are hidden dangers from the destruction of the Nan Hua Immortal Domain and the reconstruction of the Chaotic Immortal Realm that was never cleared. They are spread throughout all regions outside the Chaotic Immortal Realm.
The Chaotic Immortal Realm is like an isolated island, hard to enter and exit.
Back when the Heavenly Immortal View, Demon God Temple, and Demon Source Cave still existed, the three major forces had means to come and go freely.
Ever since the Chaotic Immortal Realm fell completely into the hands of the Bizarre Immortals, the methods of interaction with the outside world came under their control.
Entering the Chaotic Immortal Realm was akin to being trapped in a cage; without the ability to traverse bizarre pollution, even Taiyi Jade Immortals find it difficult to leave.
Only a few areas have residual Immortal Path Laws, which are rare paths of survival, naturally guarded by Bizarre Immortals.
Jia Ren had already dealt with the Guardians before, so this was not surprising to him.
Looking around, he saw all the hidden Immortals.
In total, there were five Bizarre Immortals, four Devious Dao True Immortals, and one Bizarre Golden Immortal.
The guarding Bizarre Golden Immortal had a familiar face.
Jia Ren wished to incorporate the petrification rule of the Xuantian Stone Spirit Pot into his body and tread the path of the Profound Immortal. Unfortunately, two types of law powers cannot coexist in one body.
After the petrification rule returned to the world and turned into a Virtual-level Stone Petrification Oddity, it attracted this Bizarre Golden Immortal.
Thousands of years have passed, and he is still the same, with long gray hair reaching his waist and unchanged in Realm.
He and the four Devious Dao True Immortals sat cross-legged, unaware of Jia Ren’s presence.
"Long time no see!"
Jia Ren greeted him cordially, as if he had met an old acquaintance.
The grey-haired Trickster Immortal seemed to sense something, opening his gray eyes.
His gray pupils opened, akin to a monstrous serpent that petrifies people into stone statues, dyeing the area with a hint of gray.
At this moment, his eyes carried a sense of astonishment, and upon seeing who it was, he couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise, "It’s you?!"
He did not receive the Virtual-level Stone Petrification Oddity and walked the path of law mastery, a pain he felt in his heart.
Over thousands of years, he occasionally recalled the appearance of the one who escaped.
If he had a chance to start over, could he change the outcome?
Perhaps heaven saw his prayers and brought a third chance, allowing him to meet the haunting figure once more.
After thousands of years, he felt no joy, only uncontrollable fear.
He did not perceive when the other arrived, silently and without a trace.
The four Devious Dao True Immortals beside him disappeared silently.
Unable to ascertain the other’s Cultivation Level and Realm!
Everything pointed to the fact that the Immortal, whom he once encountered fleetingly and hunted down in flight, had officially grown into a formidable powerhouse.
The Realm was possibly above his own...
Escape!
Instinctive warnings urged him to flee from this place, as far as possible.
As long as he reported the news of this person, either his mastermind Stone Manifestation Guixian Lord or powerful Bizarre Immortals of the Chaotic Immortal Realm would deal with him. There was no need to personally take risks.
"Petrified World!"
Gray-white Bizarre Qi erupted with the grey-haired Trickster Immortal at its center, affecting formations in the distance, brushing them with a hint of gray-white.
He didn’t expect this move to petrify the target, only to buy time for escape.
In his palm, a long spike appeared at some point, the escape tool known as the Escapade Bizarre Immortal Spike.
Gray light flickered, enabling him to forcefully escape this area.
A hand reached out towards the void, feeling reminiscent of fishing for the moon in the sea.
The nearing disappearing body uncontrollably flew to the other’s palm, followed by a shift of heaven and earth, vanishing completely.
Jia Ren withdrew his hand, the Xuantian Suppressing Immortal Demon Tower Mark at his brow gradually faded.
The grey-haired Trickster Immortal vanished, leaving only a long spike exuding Bizarre Qi.
"Average quality!"
Once regarded as a treasure, now he saw its quality as unimpressive.
Opening his palm, it seemed like a giant abyssal mouth opened, swallowing the gray spike directly.
The law power quietly transformed into the Devouring Rule, and moments later, a pile of gray-white powder spewed from his palm, like dumping garbage.
The Heavenly Treasured Path Celestial Force saw some growth; albeit unimpressive results.
"Better than nothing!"
Jia Ren was using the Spirit Devouring Treasure Art.
Through the Devouring Rule and the Proficiency Panel, this technique broke the limit to the Performance-Magic Level, integrating various devouring secret techniques and divine skills, resulting in a revolutionary change.
Devouring an intermediate bizarre immortal artifact wouldn’t take much time.
Ordinary immortals with the Spirit Devouring Treasure Art wouldn’t dare to devour a bizarre immortal artifact; the power of contamination is harmful rather than beneficial. Who would dare to consume such an artifact?
Is it like an old man consuming arsenic, wishing for a longer life?
Jia Ren was different; he was a unique existence.
The contamination of bizarre laws, once inside the body, is immediately traced back to normal power, without affecting him at all.
It can be said that from now on, bizarre immortal artifacts officially became part of his menu!
Jia Ren’s consciousness sunk into the Dantian Cave Heaven, and the 147 Starry Cave Heavens suddenly inhaled, drawing the Heavenly Treasured Path Celestial Force flowing within his body into the Star Immortal Orifice.
"Detachment Transference Technique!"
A layer of special interval formed, confining the Heavenly Treasured Path Celestial Force.
The Pseudo-Devious Incarnation appeared, merging with his true body.
Previously, he used the Detachment Transference Technique to prevent immortal power from being contaminated by bizarre power; now, it protected the Mimicry Phantom Body, preventing it from being traced back to a standard law clone.
"True Immortal Realm, is it too weak?"
The Pseudo-Devious Incarnation could only mimic the devious path realm to the True Immortal Realm; forcing it to the Golden Immortal level, the quality and level of the power of laws would be insufficient, easily exposing him.
"Exile!"
Most of the power of laws was transformed by the Gray Pearl into simulated laws, dissipating its inherent will and allowing it to return to heaven and earth.
Before long, this power of laws became contaminated by heaven and earth, transforming into mimicry devious power.
Previously, he would’ve worried that the Pseudo-Devious Incarnation being too powerful could hide the potential threat of devouring its master, so he didn’t dare to enhance its strength. Now, these concerns were entirely unfounded.
"Collect!"
Jia Ren, united with the Pseudo-Devious Incarnation, opened his mouth and inhaled. Upon sensing the fundamentally identical devious path laws, the mimicry didn’t have time to act before being rapidly swallowed into his abdomen.
The mimicry aura gradually escalated, rising at an alarming speed, soon reaching the level of the Devious Path Taiyi Jade Immortal.
The aura slowly retracted, dropping back to the Devious Path Golden Immortal Realm, then further down to the Devious Path True Immortal.
On the surface, there was no difference in his realm, but in reality, his movements were much freer.
Whenever he wished, his realm could switch between Devious Path True Immortal and Devious Path Taiyi Jade Immortal Realm, unlike before, where he was restricted by his realm changes.
"This level is about right."
Jia Ren gradually adjusted his physique; his face seemed to be reshaped by hands, with the color of his hair and pupils changing silently.
Gray hair and gray eyes, with a cold demeanor, his appearance was identical to the Grey-haired Trickster Immortal sealed within the Xuantian Suppressing Immortal Demon Pagoda.
Manifesting a reflective water mirror with his palm, after a quick glance, a satisfied expression appeared on his face as he propelled his Escape Light to leave the void area.
Outside the void, it was still an endless desert, the sun hanging high, scorching with intense heat.
Flying forth, manipulating the gray aura, gathering up the power of contamination, brazenly flying over.
His left eye was crimson, the right eye an abyss of black, examining the heavens and earth with these heterogeneous pupils, searching for the surrounding bizarre aura.
"Found it!"
Jia Ren flew straight to the center of the sandy area, his fist exuding spatial bizarre aura, striking down heavily.
From the depth of the sand came a muffled groan, as if silent thunder exploded beneath the earth, resembling hundreds of earth dragons flipping under the sand, stirring up a thousand-mile spectacle.
He extended his palm, grabbing at the void. The bizarre spatial law power surged, and a chaotic twisting clump of sand slowly formed in his palm, gradually coagulating into a yellow-clothed figure.
"Fellow Daoist Ye, I didn’t expect your strength to be concealed so deeply."
"Please don’t misunderstand; I, too, am a guardian here."
"After the immortal who mastered the Virtual-level Stone Petrification Oddity escaped from here, Stone Manifestation Guixian Lord was exceedingly furious, commanding me to hide here, watching and assisting."
"One visible, one hidden, ensuring no one can leave from here."
His tone carried some flattery, a bit of sycophancy, but mostly disbelief.
All along, he looked down on the proxy practitioners of the same realm, not bothering to engage.
Otherwise, how could fellow guardians in this place not even acknowledge each other?
Never did he expect the other to hide so deeply, certainly a Devious Path Immortal Monarch.
What was his purpose in concealing his realm?
"You know too much!"
Five fingers emanating powerful bizarre space force, a palm descended, and the living sand vanished without a trace.
The mark of the Xuantian Suppressing Immortal Demon Pagoda flickered briefly between his eyebrows.
"The first prey is captured!"
The Grey-haired Trickster Immortal and four guardians were all proxy practitioners, merely sealed, not killed.
Once a proxy practitioner died, the power of bizarre laws would return to its original master, reaping no rewards while alerting the corresponding practitioner about the incident here.
Proxy practitioners dutifully protected this place, and once they left for a long time, the practitioners would retrieve their power.
If anyone forced their way in and killed them?
The corresponding practitioner would also receive the information.
Their deaths were insignificant, only serving to toil for someone until life’s end.
Jia Ren didn’t want to alert anyone, merely suppressing them.
The trickster immortal formed from sand was different, mastering the true devious path laws.
Once the Sand Trickster Immortal entered the Xuantian Suppressing Immortal Demon Pagoda, a powerful Immortal Slaying Flying Knife swooped by.
The body split in two, dark red bizarre threads crumbled one by one.
Half a cup of tea later, the Sand Trickster Immortal was annihilated in both form and spirit, the traced-back power of laws absorbed into the Daozang Scriptures, then delivered to suitable magical beasts within the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl.