Chapter 296 - Demon Lady (1/2)

Not long after Qiu Jin'er left, riding on a cloud, a few pan Aos descended from the skies. As soon as they landed, they rushed towards the place where the Leizhe Celestial Dragon appeared and they started searching for clues through the smell.

Then, another ten or more strong experts had arrived, they all headed towards the valley.

"Such strong lightning power... The dragon footprint is so huge!"

They were all shocked by the traces left behind, and when they stood in the dragon's footprint, their hairs rose, and their clothes stuck firmly to their skin because of the static force.

Compared to the huge dragon footprint, these Qi Practitioners seemed tiny!

Their speed was slower than Zhong Yue's, and so they had to request aid from the few Xiao Mang Atman Qi Practitioners to track him down.

But they did not expect the battle to be over upon their arrival.

"So many have been killed!"

"These mutilated corpses…."

"Such incredible lightning power. They must have triggered the lightning zone in the upper layer of the skies, which attracted the Leizhe Celestial Dragon to unleash a heavy attack."

"No Zhong Yue's body?"

The findings greatly shook them. If Zhong Yue's body could not be found, it could only mean that he was still alive! This made them shiver as a strike from Leizhe Celestial Dragon could easily kill thirty or even more Inner Core level Qi Practitioners, yet it failed to kill Zhong Yue!

In no time, a Xiao Mang Celestial Race Qi Practitioner managed to trace everything to the place where Qiu Jin'er treated Zhong Yue's wounds, and he shouted, "Look, Zhong Yue's blood! Judging by the amount of the blood stains here, he must have been heavily injured!"

A Zhong Li Celestial Race Inner Core Qi Practitioner scrutinized the bloodstains, and he said, "His injuries must have been sufficient to render him a cripple! We must act now, catch him before he can recover! Junior martial brothers from the Xiao Mang Celestial Race, we can only rely on you guys to track him down!"

The few Xiao Mang Celestial Race's Qi Practitioners nodded, and they started tracing Qiu Jin'er through the scent that had yet to disappear completely.

The other Qi Practitioners looked at each other, and they all flew into the sky, followed closely behind the back of the few Pan Aos. Not long later, a large oasis surrounded by lush green bushes entered their sights.

"This is…."

In the air, an Inner Core Qi Practitioner looked at the lush green oasis, and his expression instantly changed. He shouted, "Junior martial brother from the Xiao Mang Celestial Race, get out from the oasis right away!"

Before he could even finish saying what he wanted to say, every blade of grass grew up to three feet tall. They then flew into the air and surrounded the few Xiao Mang Celestial Race's Qi Practitioners, trapping them in a grass ball.

Then, countless swords made from grass rampaged all over in the grass ball and just when the Inner Core level Qi Practitioner in the sky was about to do something, the grass swords fell onto the ground and quickly faded away.

The grass swords left nothing behind, and the trapped Qi Practitioners were nowhere to be seen. What was left behind was just bloodstains!

"They've been minced into dust…."

The Inner Core level Qi Practitioners trembled as he looked at the bloodstains and he murmured, "Terrifying Wood Sword Qi, realistic grasses, these are things only a Wood Innate Spirit Body could do."

Another Qi Practitioner by his side said with a severe expression, "We've been paying too much attention to this Zhong Yue, forgetting that there's this Qiu Tan Clan girl with him. This girl managed to get into the top hundred of the Warrior Board; her strength shouldn't be any weaker than Xia Chusheng and the others."

"That aside, now that the Xiao Mang Celestial Race's people are dead, how are we going to locate Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er?"

"How much does the Zhong Li Celestial Race know about this Innate Wood Spirit Body?" asked someone among them who was from the Zhong Li Celestial Race.

To his question, A Zhong Li Celestial Race's member took out a totem pillar and through that, he contacted the elders from his clan. A moment later, he shook his head as he said, "We only know that her name is Qiu Jin'er, a member from Qiu Tan Clan, one of the top ten clans in the human's Great Wilderness. She's always had a feeble constitution. Her legs turned to wood because of the excessive Wood Qi in her body, and she is forced to travel in a wheelchair. However, she has insights into the [Sword Seedling Art] from the [Great Boundless Sword Qi] , seemingly having received the Swords Gate's headmaster's heritage."

Everyone frowned upon hearing the news as it was of little use to them.

"But there is still some useful information in it, at least we know that her legs are crippled. This would place her at a great disadvantage in close quarters combat situations. Without being able to travel normally, she is much slower which means she will not be able to travel far enough from our reach. We can still catch up with her and exploit her disadvantage!"

After a few moments, more Qi Practitioners arrived, and with the earlier batch of Qi Practitioners. They searched around everywhere, but to their dismay, they found nothing at all.

More and more Qi Practitioners from the Zhong Li Celestial Race arrived, each of them activated the totem pillars located all over the South Barren, spreading the portrait of Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er to the people of their race.

Half a day later, through the totem pillars, the villages, towns, and cities all received the news and even in a just a second, Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er's location will be reported to the Zhong Li Celestial Race if anyone were to see them!