Chapter 104

Chapter 104: Teleportation Pearl
Even after twenty years, Master Zi Wei had still not forgotten that face she had seen only once. It was like a nightmare, deeply carved into her mind.

She had thought she would never see this person again. She never expected him to appear now!

Master Zi Wei was both shocked and terrified. Her throat felt like something was stuck in it, and she dry heaved in discomfort.

The black-robed man glanced at her coldly and said, “You have seen me? Then I cannot let you live.”

With a flick of his fingers, the black-robed man shot out a ray of spiritual light.

Master Zi Wei only had time to let out a single syllable of “No…” before her whole body turned into flying ash and vanished between heaven and earth.

The black-robed man lifted his eyes toward the direction where Yu Zhao had fled, the corner of his mouth curling into a mocking smile.

He liked watching people struggle stubbornly right before they died. What he enjoyed most was giving them hope first and then breaking it down bit by bit. To him, their twisted faces full of despair were the best nourishment.

He even stayed there on purpose for a while longer before slowly starting to chase after her again.

A domineering voice suddenly rang out in the world: “Anyone who blocks me will die!”

A stronger, more overbearing aura appeared between heaven and earth, like a war god descending.

The black-robed man’s body paused. He stared warily at the red-robed female cultivator in front of him, his brows knitting tighter and tighter.

Her aura was actually stronger than his. Could she be at the Late Nascent Soul Stage?

He had never seen this young woman before. Was her appearance here an accident, or had she been waiting for him on purpose?

The black-robed man stopped moving and hesitated.

The higher his cultivation level rose, the more he feared death.

It was exactly because of this that he had forced the merfolk to plant heart devil seeds in cultivators with powerful backgrounds, and had searched everywhere for secrets to extend his lifespan.

Now that a fellow Nascent Soul Stage cultivator was blocking his path, his first reaction was not to rush forward to fight, but to think about how to settle this peacefully.

The black-robed man cupped his fists and asked politely, “Fellow Daoist, why are you blocking my way?”

His attitude was not exactly humble, but at least it was gentle and courteous.

He felt he had already lowered himself enough, but the red-robed female cultivator ignored his greeting completely, her gaze full of extreme contempt.

A flash of anger crossed the black-robed man’s eyes, but he pushed it down and said coldly, “Fellow Daoist, I do not wish to make an enemy of you. Please step aside at once and do not get in the way of my work.”

The answer was still the same sentence: “Anyone who blocks me will die!!!”

Her aura surged like a rainbow, shaking his heart and mind.

The black-robed man could not help wanting to retreat.

He secretly searched for excuses in his heart. A single merfolk was not worth making such a big fuss and fighting another Nascent Soul Old Fiend over.

However, leaving just like this would be a bit embarrassing.

The black-robed man’s eyes flickered. He pretended to turn around and leave, then suddenly whipped back and struck out with his palm at the red-robed female cultivator.

This palm carried nearly half of the spirit power in his body.

As he swung his arm, waves of air rolled out, and the space around them twisted.

In the black-robed man’s plan, his attack would definitely miss. He would then stop at the right moment and withdraw quickly, both saving his pride and avoiding truly falling out with the other side.

But what he did not expect was that the red-robed female cultivator did not dodge at all, and his palm landed squarely on her chest.

Then he watched, eyes wide, as his palm passed right through her chest and slammed into a mountain behind her.

The mountain rumbled loudly. Half of its midsection vanished in an instant, a mass of rocks tumbling down from the peak as dust filled the sky.

The black-robed man turned his head in a daze and saw the figure of the red-robed female cultivator growing faint, until she turned into a wisp of smoke and scattered.

“Fake? An illusion?”

Once the black-robed man reacted, a burning shame rushed to his head.

What a humiliating disgrace, a shameful disgrace!

He had actually been fooled by a simple illusion art!

If before this the black-robed man had treated Yu Zhao as some small fry who did not know the height of the sky, now he truly hated her to the bone.

A mere Golden Core cultivator daring to toy with a Nascent Soul Old Fiend, she must really be tired of living!

In his fury, he no longer wanted to play cat and mouse. He took three steps forward in a row, his body shooting out like a meteor and shifting positions in an instant.

After the three steps, Yu Zhao and Ji Han Zhou appeared within his sight.

He let out a low laugh and said, “Heh, so it is actually a pair of wild mandarin ducks running for their lives!”

His voice was not loud, but it crashed in Yu Zhao and Ji Han Zhou’s ears like thunder.

Ji Han Zhou was almost instantly seriously injured, blood pouring nonstop from his seven orifices.

Yu Zhao also gave a muffled groan, the taste of thick blood filling her mouth.

Her heart sank. It seemed that the Purple Gold Pot had not bought them much time.

Thinking about it, it made sense. The Purple Gold Pot could hide them from ordinary people, but trying to fool the eyes of a Nascent Soul Old Fiend was far too hard.

Yu Zhao knew that if she did not use her trump card now, her small life would end here.

She no longer hesitated and took a round stone bead out from her storage pouch.

This stone bead was one of the treasures she had traded from Su Ming before. It had an even grander name: the Teleportation Pearl.

Crushing this bead could randomly send a person to a place thousands of miles away.

Because the result was so uncertain, it carried both risk and opportunity.

Someone had once crushed a Teleportation Pearl and was sent into an active volcano, where they burned to death.

Someone else had, thanks to a Teleportation Pearl, accidentally broken into an unexplored secret realm and gained countless resources.

Yu Zhao had only heard people talk about the first example, but she had seen the latter one with her own eyes.

That lucky person was Ye Cong Xin, the famed beauty with many treasures.

When Yu Zhao had taken this Teleportation Pearl from Su Ming, she had not hoped to steal Ye Cong Xin’s chance. She only wanted to prepare a backup path for herself.

Right now was the best time to use it.

Crack! Yu Zhao squeezed and crushed the Teleportation Pearl.

A strange force wrapped around Yu Zhao and Ji Han Zhou, followed by a strong feeling of pressure from all sides.

A crack silently appeared in front of Yu Zhao.

Without thinking, she grabbed Ji Han Zhou and jumped into the crack.

When the black-robed man rushed up, he arrived just in time to see the crack close in front of him.

His eyes filled with blood, and he threw back his head and let out an unwilling roar: “Ah! Damn it! Damn it!!!”

A Teleportation Pearl. She actually still had a Teleportation Pearl in her hand!

Just who in the world was she, to have so many rare and strange treasures!

As he thought of this, the anger on the black-robed man’s face faded, replaced by wild joy.

Young and promising, rich and powerful, and carrying all kinds of strange treasures. Was this not exactly the kind of person he was looking for?

That woman definitely knew the secret to extending one’s lifespan!

Even if she did not, she must still have many treasures on her!

If he killed her, everything would be his.

The Teleportation Pearl could only send someone up to ten thousand miles away at most. As long as he searched the entire range within ten thousand miles, unless she had another Teleportation Pearl, she would never escape.

A cold smile appeared on the black-robed man’s lips. Let her enjoy a few more days of freedom. Sooner or later, she would fall into his hands.

He spread out his divine sense and closely watched every movement within his range.

He would not let even a single fly escape his eyes!