Chapter 691 (2/2)
As he said this, Li Mingwu turned his head to look at the Dragon Daoist:
“The mark you placed on Lin Jing before, have you sensed anything during this time?”
The Dragon Taoist subsequently opened his mouth and said:
“Since entering, there has been no sensation.”
“However, there’s no need to worry.
If the object marked is Yan Yujiang and Bai Yi, I can’t guarantee it won’t be discovered.”
“But that Lin Jing…”
“With his cultivation, no matter what, he cannot detect the mark I’ve left.”
“It’s just that, the range of my sensing ability for the mark is within a thousand miles; beyond that, I can’t sense anything.”
“And considering how vast these Five Elements Ruins are, it’s quite normal to not sense anything for the time being.”
Upon hearing this, Li Mingwu nodded slightly.
“Alright.”
“As long as you have an idea, that’s fine.”
“Once we sense that mark, we’ll go find him together.”
“I want to see if he really has the final layer of map to the Five Elements Territory on him.”
The Dragon Taoist nodded his head, then gazed into the distance.
His fingers, meanwhile, did not cease their motions, moving rhythmically with precision, and with each flicker of his fingers, a mysterious aura rose from his body.
Seeing this, Li Mingwu didn’t say anything.
He did not disturb the Dragon Taoist either.
Until a quarter of an hour later, the Dragon Taoist’s fingers suddenly stopped, and the mysterious aura surrounding him instantly faded away.
Then, the Dragon Taoist suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his complexion turning pale in an instant…
However, the Dragon Taoist immediately began to regulate his breathing.
A moment later, his complexion returned to normal, and only then did he speak:
“It’s still no good.”
“For some reason, I can’t trace Lin Jing’s footsteps.”
Li Mingwu looked at the Dragon Taoist, frowning slightly:
“If you can’t deduce it, then let it be.”
The Dragon Taoist’s brow furrowed deeply before he replied:
“We can only leave it at that for now.”
……
Afterward, the two did not speak any further.
Having slain over a hundred Demonic Beasts, both of them had exhausted a considerable amount.
Therefore.
They each took out a Spirit Stone and began to absorb and recover.
In this space suffused solely with Spiritual Energy, drawing from the energy within Spirit Stones was undoubtedly the best method.
As they began their recovery, Lin Jing quietly withdrew, taking advantage of their restoration time to move a step ahead of them, making his way towards the valley in the core area.
Having heard what he wanted to know and aware of their intentions, Lin Jing naturally didn’t need to wait for them any longer.
Instead, he planned to return to the valley first, to prepare and await their arrival.
On his return, Lin Jing quickened his pace.
A journey that should have taken two days, Lin Jing completed in just over one.
And so he arrived back near the valley.
This time when he returned, Lin Jing did not go back to the mountain peak where he had been before.
That place was too close to them; even without Divine Sense, they could easily detect him.
After all, in this Metal Realm of the Five Elements, there were no trees to hide behind, everywhere was barren, making it hard to find any cover.
This time, Lin Jing took a whole day to circle the valley and came to the top of another mountain.
There, at the mountain’s peak, Lin Jing directly entered the System Space.
After entering the System Space, Lin Jing activated Observation Mode and waited for their arrival.
This time, only after a whole day passed…
Did Lin Jing see the figures of the two men appear.
Upon their arrival, they entered the valley with the same caution as before.
Within the valley, the colossal Golden Turtle was still in slumber, as if it would never awaken until the end of time.
Lin Jing raised his observation angle, watching the two men enter the valley.
The route the two men took was the same as the last time; after walking a certain distance, they would stop to place down a Jade Vial filled with the blood essence of the Demonic Beasts.
The location where they placed the Jade Vials had been set with extremely concealed formations.
After placing the Jade Vial, all was silent.
Neither the Golden Turtle nor any other Demonic Beasts were disturbed.
Thus, the two continued forward.
Gradually they approached the golden ginormous turtle.
When they were only a thousand yards away from the turtle, the Dragon Taoist stopped and did not go any further.
Only Li Mingwu kept moving forward with caution.
The two were so close to the turtle that any mishap would likely awake the colossal creature immediately.
Seeing this situation, Lin Jing knew:
His opportunity had come.
The two had placed a tracking mark on him, intending to deal with him.
So, naturally, Lin Jing could not let them succeed so easily.
Therefore.
Lin Jing maneuvered the Observation Mode to pinpoint their positions, and finding a spot invisible to both, prepared to teleport there.
“System!”
“Initiate Fixed Point Teleportation.”
As Lin Jing’s words fell, Fixed Point Teleportation was activated.
“Ding!”
“System notification: Host has used Fixed Point Teleportation, deducting one Harvest Point.
Remaining Harvest Points: 67,652.”
As the system’s notification sounded, Lin Jing’s view shifted, and he instantly appeared in the outside world.
The position Lin Jing emerged in was on the opposite side of the colossal Golden Turtle, with both Li Mingwu and the Dragon Taoist’s line of sight obstructed by the turtle, unable to see Lin Jing.
However.
Upon emerging, Lin Jing was still clad in a straw cape and had not revealed his own aura.
But then.
Lin Jing put a slight force under his foot, causing the ground to immediately collapse and crack open…
Beneath the fissure, a circular body several yards wide with a full-body silver glow was exposed.
This was a silver-lit giant turtle Demonic Beast, and Lin Jing’s forceful step had struck the creature directly.
The previously slumbering giant turtle was immediately awakened.
With the silver turtle startled awake, Lin Jing no longer lingered, and called out to the system.
“Enter System Space!”
Then, Lin Jing was teleported once again into the System Space…