Chapter 61: The Final Location!
Several li outside of Coiling Dragon City.
Three streaks of sword qi, trailing fiery rainbows, descended from the clouds.
Tang Tiancheng, dressed in a green robe, was a disciple of the Heavenly Candle Peak, one of the core thirty-six peaks of the Nine Heavens Holy Land. With a cultivation at the fourth heaven of the Void Cauldron Realm, he was a sword cultivator with fierce offensive techniques.
The other two junior brothers beside Tang Tiancheng were Jiang Ren and Jiang Cai.
As the disciples tasked with missions near Coiling Dragon City, the three had rushed to Coiling Dragon City to provide support after receiving the mission issued through their identity tokens by the Nine Heavens Holy Land.
"Coiling Dragon City is in sight!"
Jiang Ren, who had a slender build, looked at Coiling Dragon City, which lay several li away like a coiling beast, and reminded them softly.
"The concentration of demonic qi in this vicinity has also increased, and the absorption of spiritual qi is becoming difficult. Both junior brothers, prepare yourselves to defend against the enemy!"
Tang Tiancheng said.
"Yes, Senior Brother!"
Jiang Ren and Jiang Cai, both at the first heaven of the Void Cauldron Realm, replied in unison.
At that very moment.
The identity tokens hanging at the waists of the three suddenly flashed.
Hum!
Immediately after, a stream of information flooded into their minds. It was the message Lin Xuan had just sent from within the Devil Cloud Ridge.
"The Holy Son has transmitted a message, which means that news is definitely correct. The cultivator who sent back the message from the Devil Cloud Ridge was impersonated by a member of the Demon Race!" A cold glint flashed in Tang Tiancheng's eyes.
"Fortunately, the Holy Son's message was timely. If we had rashly entered the Devil Cloud Ridge, the consequences would have been disastrous!" Jiang Ren said, a chill running down his spine as he became wary.
"Mm. In a moment, you two junior brothers will cooperate with me. We must capture that member of the Demon Race!"
Tang Tiancheng ordered.
Immediately, the three of them crossed a distance of several hundred zhang and landed atop the city wall of Coiling Dragon City.
"Thank you to the three Senior Brothers for coming to our Coiling Dragon City to provide support!"
Feng Yang, the city-guarding general clad in light armor, cupped his hands and said with great enthusiasm.
"General Feng, there is no need for such courtesy. There is one matter I need you to tell me honestly. Where is the cultivator who brought back the location information of the Spatial Demon Cave from within the Devil Cloud Ridge?"
Tang Tiancheng returned the salute and went straight to the point.
"Are you looking for that cultivator? Could it be that the location of the Spatial Demon Cave is incorrect!"
After hearing Tang Tiancheng's words, Feng Yang's pupils contracted, and a strong thought suddenly arose in his heart.
"That's right. You are the defending army of Coiling Dragon City, and we will need your assistance in this matter. The Holy Son Lin of our Nine Heavens Holy Land has already reached the marked location, but it was an ambush. The location was fake, and there is a ninety percent chance that something is wrong with that cultivator."
Tang Tiancheng explained.
"To be able to cross ten thousand li within the Devil Cloud Ridge and reach that marked location so quickly!"
As soon as Tang Tiancheng spoke, the image of Lin Xuan appeared in Feng Yang's mind, and he was greatly startled.
"Senior Brother, follow me. That cultivator is a loose cultivator at the third heaven of the Void Cauldron Realm. According to him, he was able to escape from the Demon Race's encirclement by relying on an earth-escaping technique. I have already dispatched scouts to follow him. He is currently in an inn near the East Gate!"
Feng Yang's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly spoke to him.
The next moment, Feng Yang led one hundred archers and flew down from the city wall.
Beside Feng Yang followed the three people, Tang Tiancheng and his companions.
As everyone approached that inn, a fluctuation of spiritual qi from the deployment of a technique transmitted out, causing Tang Tiancheng and the others' expressions to sink.
Inside a room on the second floor of the inn, a gaunt, gray-haired old man holding a rotten wood cane saw Feng Yang and the others approaching with great momentum through a crack in the door.
This gray-haired old man was the loose cultivator who had brought out the location of the Spatial Demon Cave in the Devil Cloud Ridge.
If Lin Xuan were here, he could see through this old fellow's true identity as a demonic cultivator at a glance. To say that he escaped from the encirclement of a group of Void Shattering Realm demons with only an earth-escaping technique was simply unrealistic.
His true form was a Tree Demon, and his innate ability was the Earth-Escaping Technique!
"It seems I have been exposed!"
This gray-haired Tree Demon clansman saw that Tang Tiancheng and the others were already within several hundred meters and had implicitly locked onto this location, extinguishing his last glimmer of hope.
"There's still no news from the commander. How was I exposed!"
A trace of confusion flashed in the eyes of this gray-haired old man. He instantly formed several hand seals, preparing to use the Earth-Escaping Technique to flee this place.
He was a death-sworn agent. Once his identity was exposed within enemy territory, his only option was to flee for his life.
Outside.
Tang Tiancheng, a hundred meters from the inn, sensed the spiritual qi fluctuation from within. The next moment, that aura vanished into the ground, attempting to escape toward the Devil Cloud Ridge from below.
"Earth-Walking Ruler!"
Tang Tiancheng, who was in the lead, took out a half-meter-long yellow jade magical ruler from his storage bag. Under Tang Tiancheng's activation, it seemed to transform into a yellow fish, leaping fiercely and merging into the earth, disappearing without a trace.
A few breaths later.
Bang...
On the street several dozen paces from the crowd, a dull sound suddenly erupted. A gaunt old man was smashed out from the ground. Half of his body was shattered by the ruler, revealing the pitch-black demonic body beneath the human skin. A cold, dense demonic qi spread to the surroundings.
"Die!"
Immediately, from a hole in the street, the yellow jade magical ruler flew out suddenly. Under Tang Tiancheng's control, a brilliant yellow light erupted from the ruler, transforming it into a man-eating fish over two zhang in length. It let out a hiss, its ferocious maw opened wide, and it devoured the Tree Demon clansman.
"Return!" Tang Tiancheng beckoned. The giant man-eating fish, formed by the yellow jade ruler, let out a dissatisfied hiss and shook its ferocious fish body, but in the end, it obediently transformed back into the half-meter-long ruler and flew back to his hand.
With a flip of his hand, Tang Tiancheng stored the yellow jade ruler back into his storage bag.
"General Feng, please have your men repair this street and the inn. The three of us brothers are preparing to rush to a few small towns near Coiling Dragon City to investigate the specific situation here."
Tang Tiancheng said, cupping his hands.
"Farewell, three Senior Brothers!"
After Feng Yang returned the salute, Tang Tiancheng led Jiang Ren and Jiang Cai, flying swiftly away toward the outside of Coiling Dragon City.
...
At this time, at the Devil Cloud Ridge, tens of thousands of li away from Coiling Dragon City.
Inside a quiet valley shrouded in demonic qi, Lin Xuan, with Dragon Wings on his back, stood above the firmament. After scanning the valley, he found nothing besides a few demonic beasts hiding in their nests.
A flash of disappointment appeared in Lin Xuan's eyes.
This was already the second location he had come to. Only one predicted location in the deepest part remained.
"The distance is too great. If I encounter a Dao Union Realm demon creature, even with the two short-distance teleportation talismans I still have, it would likely be very difficult to escape!"
But then, his expression was replaced by a look of determination. It seemed that if he didn't do it, no one else would.
"This last predicted location has an over eighty percent chance of being correct. I must succeed!"
Lin Xuan had no time to rest for even a moment. The Dragon Wings on his back flapped violently. Pushed by the fierce wind, he quickly disappeared into the vast sea of clouds.
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