webnovelfull Chapter 1870 Cold sweat silently dripped down.
Chapter 1870 Cold sweat silently dripped down.
Night Owl is a lithe woman who specializes in tracking and counter-tracking; she is the team's eyes and ears.
Soon, they arrived at the unusual location reported by their team members.
This is a rocky slope, seemingly normal on the surface.
But the owl crouched down, its fingertips glowing faintly, and gently brushed across the surface and crevices of several rocks.
"Captain, look here," she transmitted, pointing to several almost invisible, slightly darker spots. "These are Yin Erosion Dust, an unorthodox material used to slowly pollute the earth's energy without leaving any obvious traces. It can be spread over no more than twelve hours."
"Also, the moisture distribution of the rocks here is abnormal, and there may be cavities or man-made passages underneath."
The falcon nodded, signaling the owl to find the entrance.
The two men, like the most patient hunters, searched the rocky slope inch by inch.
Suddenly, a specially made warning talisman in the falcon's arms became slightly warm!
This signal came from a sentry left at the pass: something is approaching Black Wind Ridge at great speed and exudes an undisguised, powerful aura belonging to the Nascent Soul stage!
More than one!
"hidden!"
The falcon gave a low shout and, together with the night owl, instantly concealed themselves in the crevice between two giant rocks, activating the highest level of concealment talisman.
A few breaths later, the sound of something cutting through the air came.
Three figures streaked across the night sky like shooting stars, landing on the Black Wind Ridge pass and revealing their forms.
The leader, dressed in a moon-white robe, with a refined face and a faint smile on his lips, was none other than Yue Wuhen, the master of Longyin Temple!
The two men behind him were both dressed in moon-white close-fitting clothes. Their auras were refined and their eyes were sharp. They were clearly elites from the Dark Moon Sect, with cultivation levels at the late Core Formation stage.
Yue Wuhen's gaze swept across the silent mountain pass, his eyebrows slightly raised, seemingly somewhat surprised by the cleanliness of the place.
“Strange… According to the plan, there should be the first bandit conflict triggered by the Heart-Eroding Plan here right now… Has the evidence been cleaned up? Or has something gone wrong?” he muttered to himself.
A Dark Moon elite stepped forward, took out a silver compass, examined it for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "Palace Master, there are indeed faint disturbances of fresh spiritual energy and extremely sophisticated concealment auras remaining here, no more than half an hour ago. Someone was here before us, and very professionally."
A cold glint flashed in Yue Wuhen's eyes: "People from the Wanchuan Sect? They're quick... That kid Mingchuan is more vigilant than I thought."
He sneered, "It doesn't matter. The Heart-Eroding Plan has multiple trigger points. If it doesn't work here, we can try somewhere else. Perfect, let's meet these people and see just how capable the Wan Chuan Sect's henchmen really are."
As soon as he finished speaking, his powerful divine sense spread out like mercury, carefully scanning every inch of land and every rock in the mountain pass!
Caught between two giant rocks, the falcon and the owl held their breath, minimizing their chances of survival, like two real stones.
But a storm was brewing in their hearts, and the moon left no trace!
The Palace Master of Longyin Temple actually infiltrated the Western Regions of the Spirit Realm! This means that Fairy Yueyao is probably... nearby!
Cold sweat silently trickled down the falcon's forehead.
He could clearly sense the terrifying divine sense sweeping across the surface of the boulder where they were hiding, bringing a needle-like chill.
Nascent Soul Stage!
Moreover, it was by no means the initial stage of Nascent Soul cultivation; the condensation and vastness of that aura made him, a mere early-stage Core Formation cultivator, tremble from the depths of his soul.
“Lord, the rock structure here is complex, with many natural crevices and cavities. If someone skilled in earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of escape technique) or concealment is hiding here, it will be difficult to find them all in a short time.”
A Darkmoon elite whispered, the silver compass needle in his hand trembling slightly, yet unable to pinpoint the exact location.
Yue Wuhen's sharp gaze swept over the area of rocks, the curve of his lips remained unchanged, but his eyes turned colder: "Mingchuan brat has raised a few good dogs, and he's hiding them quite well."
He did not withdraw his divine sense; instead, he formed a strange hand seal in front of his chest and chanted softly:
"The moon casts no shadow, but a mirror reflects a tiny speck of dust!"
hum!
Centered on him, a visible, pale silver halo, like ripples on water, suddenly spread out, instantly covering an area of a hundred feet in radius!
As the halo passed, the air distorted slightly, and the fine dust on the ground, the moss between the rocks, and even the spiritual dust floating in the air became incredibly clear at this moment, as if they were illuminated and magnified by invisible light!
This is not an offensive spell, but a secret detection technique of the Dragon Roar Temple called Moonlit Mirror Dust!
This technique does not directly break through concealment, but it can amplify all discordant details in the environment to the extreme. Any residual spiritual energy, temperature gradient, or even fluctuation of life magnetic field that is slightly different from the surrounding environment may have nowhere to hide under the light of the mirror dust!
Alarm bells rang loudly in the falcon's mind!
He had heard of this technique; it was specifically designed to counter high-level concealment. Their invisibility cloaks and secret techniques could simulate the external environment, but they could not completely eliminate the extremely subtle environmental disturbances caused by their own life activities!
Sure enough, the light of the mirror dust paused slightly when it swept across the crevice in the boulder where they were hiding.
Although they weren't immediately captured in the light, the movement of light and shadow in that area exhibited an almost imperceptible, unnatural lag!
"Ok?"
Yue Wuhen's eyes narrowed, and his gaze shot towards the boulder like lightning!
"Let's do it!"
Knowing he could no longer hide, the falcon roared and struck first!
He slammed the three black bullets he had been holding into the ground! At the same time, he lunged backward like a cheetah, crashing into the seemingly solid rock wall behind him!
Night Owl and he worked in perfect harmony. Almost at the same moment that Falcon made his move, her slender figure slid out like a ghost, her hand flashing with a ghostly light, and several hair-thin, invisible daggers silently shot towards the lower bodies of the two Dark Moon elites!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three Yin Fire Explosion Pills exploded, releasing a large cloud of dense, inky black smoke that could interfere with divine sense, instantly enveloping an area of several feet in radius!
The smoke was mixed with a piercing shriek, which disturbed the hearing!
"A trivial skill."
Yue Wuhen snorted coldly, waved his sleeve, and the powerful moonlight swept away the thin mist like a whirlwind, instantly clearing away the black smoke.
But in that instant of disturbance, the falcon crashed into the rock wall.
The rock wall rippled like water the moment he struck it, revealing a deep, downward-facing crack that could only accommodate one person at a time!
This was an emergency escape route that he had secretly maintained briefly using a secret method during his previous reconnaissance!
Night Owl's Shadow Strike successfully forced two Darkmoon elites to pause slightly, either to defend or dodge.
"Want to go?"
A cold glint flashed in Yue Wuhen's eyes, and he flicked his finger!
A point of moon-white light, condensed to its extreme, appeared behind the Azure Falcon as if traversing space, piercing straight into its heart with incredible speed!
The falcon felt a chill run down its back as the shadow of death loomed over it.
He roared and poured all his spiritual power into his back, causing the invisibility cloak to shine brightly. At the same time, he forcefully twisted his body!
laugh--!
The moonlight grazed his left shoulder, leaving a spray of blood.
The protective aura and cloak were pierced through as if they were made of paper, and a bloody hole that was clear from front to back appeared on his left shoulder. The edges were as smooth as a mirror, but the cold power of moonlight was frantically eroding inward!