Chapter 325: Capturing a Criminal

Chapter 325: Capturing a Criminal

Hui darted backward, blocking the flail and sword strikes with Moonlight Cutter. Han Qin shot a fireball from above. Hui slashed upward, meaning to deflect it, but Moonlight Cutter parted the fireball instead. The two halves of the fireball whooshed past him to impact in the dried leaves on either side of him.

Whoa. This sword is sharp! Maybe it is worth a life-debt

The dried leaves flared into flame, raging high around him. Huis legs began to wilt, and his core instinctively wiggled upward, out of his leg. He stumbled, his legs weakening under him.

Seizing his moment of weakness, Lu Lintei leaped forward and slashed out. Hui fell backward, barely able to avoid the horizontal slash.

Dammit, I take it back! Its too sharp, worthlessly sharp. Whats the point in making blades this sharp, anyways? Argh, flesh mode it is!

Hui swapped to his flesh mode. The heat hurt worse than it did in plant mode, but in return, his legs no longer gave out under him when he stepped too close to the fire.

Han Qin dropped out of the sky, hurtling fire at Hui. Give in, rat! Youre cornered!

Elder Brothers, Elder Sister! This man attempted to devour the souls of a dozen cultivators in order to create an array to bring some form of life into this world. Surely righteous cultivators such as yourself cannot allow this? Hui shouted, putting on a heroic expression. He charged at Han Qin, ignoring the attacks from Lu Lintei and Zhi Ahn.This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

Nonsense. You wont distract us, Zhi Ahn bit back.

Hui slashed at Han Qin with Moonlight Cutter with one hand and simultaneously launched a void talisman with the other. Han Qin threw his hands out and circulated his qi, forming a barrier around himself, but strengthening his defenses caused his true aura, the same aura that had locked Sixth down that day, to leak out.

Ding Qinwen pulled back suddenly. He studied Han Qins face, and his eyes burned with righteous fury. This man! Hes higher on the wanted list than Xiao Hui! That aura belongs to Lai Shuren, a Wandering Immortal wanted for destroying multiple righteous sects! If we can capture his clone, it will be a powerful boon for Master Gui Delun!

Hui smirked. In the end, they care about their internal politics more than about capturing me. I had a suspicion that Han Qin or Lai Shuren, as Ding Qinwen called him, might be wanted. Its not as if one can wander around massacring cultivators and go unpunished.

Wait, a Wandering Immortal? Thats thats he failed to succeed at immortal ascension, but he's basically as strong as an immortal, just with a shorter lifespan! The only other person I know whos of similar power is Chen Wuya, putting aside Master, who successfully ascended. Hui swallowed, suddenly extremely nervous. Ive got to get out of here. And find whatever it is that blocks him from locking onto me! No wonder he could crush me with his hand. A Wandering Immortal, dammit!

Damned All-Heavens cultivators. Always meddling where they arent wanted. Hes my prey before hes yours. Back off! Han Qin snapped, releasing a wave of pressure.

Hui and the All-Heavens cultivators alike fell back. Zhi Ahn fell directly out of the sky, nicking Lu Lintei on the way down, who simply watched him fall.

Hui blinked, startled by the ferocity of the pressure. Thats at least sixth-stage energy Did his main body make this clone stronger than the previous one? No wonder he could fight the spider beast.

In the near distance, the spider beast let out a shrill screech and darted toward the melee, eight legs flying from web to web.

Internally, Hui remained calm. Calling on the talisman mark on his forehead, he carefully controlled the plant technique to transform the small part of him where the core had last been back to plant.

Externally, he cried out one last time and kicked hard, then fell still, killing his qi to play dead. Retreating into his core, he allowed his fleshy body to truly die. He sunk his core out of his body and extended a shoot from the seed-core to draw an earth talisman. A hole opened in the ground below, and his core tumbled down into it. He doodled the talisman again at the bottom of the hole, and the earth closed over him.

Zhi Ahn walked over. He lifted his hand. Just in case, he muttered, casting a seal on Huis body.

Ha! Too late. Ive already escaped!

Besides, do you think your fourth-tier spell could seal me? Im a fifth-stage death qi cultivator! Iam most definitely not a demonic cultivator, but I am good at breaking out of seals!

Zhi Ahn hesitated another moment, then knelt and sliced off Huis head. Still kneeling, he patted down Huis body, reaching under his robes.

Hey, where are youoh right, the manual, Hui realized. He smirked. Its long gone. Never let your precious items out of your grasp!

Zhi Ahn scowled and kicked Huis body.

Now that was unnecessary, Hui thought, shaking his head.

With a last annoyed huff, Zhi Ahn turned. Carrying Huis bloody head by its long ponytail, he wandered back over to watch the fight, carefully avoiding any of the wayward attacks.

It turns out even Zhi Ahn is reasonable. Hes only a fourth-stage cultivator. This fight far outranks his power. Its better to sit and watch and hope to gain insights, than to launch himself into the battle and meaninglessly lose his life, Hui thought, nodding approvingly.

Shaking himself, he stimulated his life qi and burst out of the seed core, becoming a tiny Hui once more. He drew another talisman on the earthen walls of his tunnel and descended deeper into the soil, tunnelling away. This is still too close. Someone might notice me. Its better if I wiggle far out of everyones way, and not cause any other problems. I dont want to trouble Elder Sister Lu Lintei again, after she gave me such a nice excuse to escape!

At last, he struck stone. Hui dug around to ensure there wasnt an easy way around, then settled down at the bottom of his hole. Utter black surrounded him. If not for his mental energy and the natural flow of qi surrounding him, he would have been blind. As it was, his eyes were useless. He closed them and assumed the lotus pose, thinking to himself.

Should I summon the manual and study the new technique? But Ive used my digging technique against Han Qin before. True, he didnt catch me then, but he might have noticed the signs it left behind. As much as I want to study the manual, I think I should leave that to Healer. Instead, its better if I absorb more of the rot qi and turn it into death ducks. Since they can eat it and process it into death qi, this is a valuable situation for us all. Besides, I still havent found that corpse yet. Everyone will benefit if we can block Han Qin from locking onto us in his true form.

Hui stood and hurried to the end of his current tunnel. Summoning a death duck, he waited while it flapped around. As the duck technically was made of his qi, he could sense its every move without having to see it. Unlike his ordinary qi, which moved and sensed like an extra limb, the duck acted more like a tool or a pet, attached by a leash. Due to the attachment, Hui sensed its movements, but he lacked the ability to perfectly sense through the ducks as he would through his ordinary qi.

After a moment, the duck turned slightly leftward of the tunnels end and stared ahead hungrily. I can detect the rot energy, but the ducks are much better at it. If I follow their lead, Ill reach the corpse in no time! He lifted a tiny hand and scrawled the earth talisman formula on the wall, and a fresh tunnel opened up, disappearing into the darkness.

Fights are for other people. Ive got a corpse to find! Hui thought, marching happily along.