Chapter 429: Smelting (1/2)

Chapter 429: Smelting

Nie Tian and the Spirit Pearl disappeared before Dong Li’s eyes almost simultaneously.

The spatial vortex also vanished after appearing out of nowhere, as if it had never been there.

Dong Li’s jaw dropped.

Only after a while did she come to her senses and say with a flabbergasted expression on her face, “A tool that can form spatial tunnels at any time?”

In the Domain of the Falling Stars, most people would have to rely on large-scale, inter-realm teleportation portals to travel back and forth between realms.

She had only heard of spiritual tools that could rip open space and teleport people at anytime and anywhere, but she had never seen one with her own eyes.

This was her first time experiencing such a thing.

She had never expected that Nie Tian would actually possess such a profound spiritual tool, which only grand Qi warriors, extremely skilled at spatial magics, would possess.

Confusion and shock replaced the desperation on her face.

A train of thoughts entered Dong Li’s mind. “Where the hell did he go? The Phantasms’ Spirit Pearl went with him. Will he be able to survive it? Will he return?”

She slowly sat down on the ground, looking as if she had lost something important to her. Then, she took out a handful of medicinal pills and swallowed them as she mulled the matter over.

She failed to figure anything out after some time, but sounds of movement coming from the depths of the forest caught her ears.

She jerked her head around to gaze towards the source of the sounds.

In the next moment, the figure of a man arrived before her like a flash. “Where’s that Wu Tian kid, Dong Li? And where did that sphere of cyan light go?”

It was Shen Zhong from the Pill Pavilion Sect.

As Dong Mingxuan had predicted, after dashing for an hour, he had successfully detected Dong Li’s life aura.

He followed her aura to this location, and discovered that Dong Li was the only one here. The Spirit Pearl, which he considered the most important target, was nowhere to be seen.

The truth was that he didn’t really care about Nie Tian and Dong Li’s safety. That Spirit Pearl was the only thing he could think about now.

He had long since seen that the Spirit Pearl had close ties with the Phantasms’ ancient starship, and that it must contain secrets and valuable information on the Phantasms.

If he could obtain it and unveil the profound mysteries within it, this exploration trip would turn out to be very productive.

With a grim look in her eyes, Dong Li looked down at the ground as she weighed over what to say.

A second later, she sorted through her thoughts. Looking up at Shen Zhong’s face, she said with an indifferent tone and slightly gritted teeth, “The Spirit Pearl’s target was Wu Tian, not me.”

“That thing is called a Spirit Pearl?” Shen Zhong asked, his eyes lighting up. “I figured that it was after Wu Tian, not you. But where is he?”

With a cold laugh, Dong Li said, “He woke up after we left the lake area. Since I was exhausted and couldn’t carry him any further, I could only land here. I realized that the Spirit Pearl was after him, and I could no longer protect him, so... I drove him away. I told him to lead the Spirit Pearl away, so that at least one of us would live.”

Shen Zhong was taken aback. “Are you saying that you commanded him to flee after he woke up, so that the Spirit Pearl would go after him?”

“Yeah, would you expect me to die with him?” Dong Li said with an expression as if it was the right thing to do.

The tips of Shen Zhong’s eyebrows rose as he felt disgusted inwardly.

Since they were both from the Realm of a Hundred Battles, he had heard something about her notoriously cunning and vicious nature.

He assumed she had sacrificed her subordinate in order to save herself, knowing that the Spirit Pearl wasn’t after her.

Therefore, Shen Zhong bought Dong Li’s story.

Furthermore, he indeed couldn’t detect any signs of Nie Tian or the Spirit Pearl’s aura in the vicinity with his soul power.

He didn’t believe Dong Li was able to hide Nie Tian or the Spirit Pearl under his nose without him noticing anything.

Shen Zhong nodded gently and said, “Oh, so that’s how it is. So where did he go?”

Dong Li pointed out a random direction and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression, “What I did... wasn’t exactly honorable. Will you please keep it a secret, Senior Shen?”

Shen Zhong felt increasingly disgusted. “Sure, Wu Tian is one of your subordinates. How you treat him doesn’t concern me.” After uttering these words, he sped off in the direction Dong Li had pointed out for him.

Long after he was gone, Dong Li looked at the place Nie Tian had vanished from and muttered in a self-mocking way, “If it was before, I probably would have actually considered doing such a thing. After all, this guy got me good and made me lose face before the whole clan. But now, I hope you can survive this and return alive.”

She didn’t leave.

She had a feeling that Nie Tian’s spatial spiritual tool might teleport him back to this very location.

Therefore, she decided to wait a while and see.

...

In an unknown heaven and earth, where the spiritual Qi was extremely rich and pure...

On a bloodstained, dilapidated altar faced by eight enormous dragon skulls, a bit of fire appeared and rapidly expanded.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!