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Chapter 428: Blood Moon Secret Art
Chapter 428: Blood Moon Secret Art
The elder Ma, dressed in a black robe, was moving at a swift pace. In just a short while, he had already fled a hundred miles away.
However, at that very moment, he felt a spiritual sense lock onto him.
When he swept the area with his own spiritual sense, his expression changed drastically.
Through his spiritual sense, he had witnessed the scene of the blue-robed cultivator from outside the Nine Floret Sect being slain by Chu Ning.
But soon after, a trace of doubt crept into the mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Demon Path Alliance's face.
This was because, at that moment, he couldn't detect Chu Ning within the range of his spiritual sense.
"Could it be that this person has some scruples and isn't pursuing me?"
A hint of doubt flashed through Elder Ma's mind.
However, his expression soon changed slightly as he recalled something.
He remembered that when everyone had been attacking the Nine Floret Sect's protective formation earlier, they hadn't detected Chu Ning's presence either. Yet, Chu Ning had suddenly launched an attack from underground.
"It must be that ancient treasure, the flag, that's doing something strange. It seems to be able to help a cultivator conceal their aura."
With this thought, Elder Ma became fully alert.
Even though he continued to fly forward, his gaze frequently shifted downward, toward the ground beneath him.
He was afraid that at any moment, a figure might surge from the ground and launch an attack on him.
This feeling of knowing that danger was imminent yet not knowing when it would strike made Elder Ma feel like he had a bone stuck in his throat.
"Damn it! That Sang Pingnan never mentioned that there was such a cultivator in the Nine Floret Sect.
A Nascent Soul early-stage cultivator actually possesses three ancient treasures, and his treasure's abilities are astonishing.
With his own strength, he faced six Nascent Soul cultivators and ended up killing each one of us.
If this news spreads, it will surely shake the entire Western Alliance Continent.
And I'm afraid I'll be ridiculed by all the Nascent Soul cultivators!"
As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Elder Ma felt a surge of frustration.
Having reached the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm years ago, he was now fleeing for his life from a cultivator at the early stage of the same realm, which was extremely humiliating.
However, his frustration and anger were soon pushed to the back of his mind as he recalled Chu Ning's formidable battle prowess.
"This person cannot be treated as an ordinary Nascent Soul early-stage cultivator. If he catches up to me, it'll be terrible."
With that thought, Elder Ma dared not indulge in any more random thoughts.
He immediately employed an escape art and fled forward at full speed.
In a short while, the elder in black had fled a thousand miles away.
At this moment, Chu Ning was less than fifty miles behind Elder Ma.
Having employed the Spirit Hiding Art, Chu Ning had actually entered Elder Ma's spiritual sense range undetected.
With the Yellow Wind Flag driving at full force, Chu Ning rapidly closed the distance between them.
Fifty miles, forty miles, thirty miles...
When Chu Ning drew close to within a thirty-mile radius, Elder Ma's spiritual sense still failed to detect his presence.
However, as he occasionally glanced backward, he suddenly saw something that made his expression change drastically.
He had spotted a yellow fleeing light pursuing him from thirty miles away.
Although it was too far to make out Chu Ning's features clearly, he could still guess who it was.
Elder Ma tried to sense Chu Ning with his spiritual sense once again, but he still couldn't detect anything.
Even though he could clearly see his pursuer, his spiritual sense couldn't perceive him at all.
This turn of events shocked the mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Demon Path Alliance to his core.
"This person truly can conceal his tracks, even blocking spiritual sense detection."
Elder Ma's face showed a hint of panic. It had been a long time since he had felt this way after reaching the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm.
But at this moment, he was truly frightened.
Chu Ning's powerful abilities and the incredible speed he was displaying made Elder Ma realize that danger was drawing closer by the second.
Elder Ma gritted his teeth and stopped fleeing. Instead, he took out his life-bound treasure, a black circular disc.
Soon, a light that intertwined black and crimson flashed on the disc.
Elder Ma then used the disc to strike himself in several places, causing blood to well up with each strike.
In just a moment, over ten streams of blood gushed out from the wounds on his body.
After that, Elder Ma took out several jade bottles from his storage bag and opened them.
Instantly, a thick, bloody aura permeated the air.
Among the jade bottles, a few exuded a subtle demonic aura along with the bloody scent, indicating that they contained the essence blood of high-grade demonic beasts.
Subsequently, Elder Ma performed a series of hand seals, causing liquids of various shades of red to fly out of the jade bottles.
The over ten streams of blood gushing from his wounds combined with the essence blood from the jade bottles, forming a blood moon in the air.
Immediately after, the blood moon split into several smaller blood moons, each of which entered Elder Ma's body through the wounds from which the blood had gushed out.
Chu Ning, wielding the Yellow Wind Flag, swiftly closed in on Elder Ma, stopping just a short distance away.
As Chu Ning flew towards him, his spiritual sense remained sharp, observing Elder Ma's every move.
Feeling the intense aura emanating from Elder Ma, Chu Ning guessed that he had employed some sort of secret art.
However, Chu Ning was unfazed.
Without pausing, he unleashed the ancient black treasure short dagger, sending it hurtling towards Elder Ma.
Elder Ma's figure flickered, transforming into a blood-red light that vanished into the distance, evading the lock-on of the ancient treasure short dagger.
"Hmm?"
Chu Ning was slightly surprised by this turn of events.
He wondered what secret technique Elder Ma had used to boost his spiritual sense and cultivation so significantly.
Evading the lock-on of the ancient treasure short dagger was a clear indication of a substantial improvement in his spiritual sense.
Even as this thought crossed Chu Ning's mind, he didn't hesitate.
His powerful spiritual sense locked onto the position where Elder Ma had reappeared after using his escape art.
Chu Ning immediately activated the Yellow Courtyard Imprint in his other hand, sending it hurtling towards Elder Ma!
However, to Chu Ning's surprise, Elder Ma's body flickered with blood-red light, and he once again evaded the lock-on of the Yellow Courtyard Imprint, using an escape art to flee.
The attack of the Yellow Courtyard Imprint missed its mark once more.
Having dodged two consecutive attacks, Elder Ma visibly relaxed, his gaze fixed on Chu Ning with a cold smile.
"You forced me to use the Blood Moon Secret Art, boy. You deserve to die!"
As his words landed, Elder Ma's life-bound treasure, the black circular disc, flashed with blood-soaked qi as he struck out at Chu Ning.
The speed and power of the attack far surpassed anything before.
In response, Chu Ning's figure blurred, and he used the Escape Art of the Void to dodge the attack.
"Can't lock on with spiritual sense?"
Elder Ma realized that after Chu Ning's escape art, his spiritual sense couldn't immediately locate him.
This caused a momentary pause in his expression, which had just turned vicious.
Previously, he had witnessed Chu Ning's Escape Art of the Void and had indeed sensed that his spiritual sense couldn't pinpoint Chu Ning's location instantly.
However, Elder Ma attributed it more to the subtlety of Chu Ning's escape art and the inadequacy of his own spiritual sense.
But now, after using his secret art, his spiritual sense had temporarily increased to a level comparable to that of a late-Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
Yet, he still couldn't sense Chu Ning's escape art, which startled him.
Chu Ning, having evaded Elder Ma's attack with the Escape Art of the Void, put away the Yellow Courtyard Imprint and the ancient treasure short dagger.
He replaced them with the Yellow Wind Flag.
Chu Ning had to admit that the boost in Elder Ma's spiritual sense and escape art after using the secret art had exceeded his expectations.
While the Yellow Courtyard Imprint and the ancient treasure short dagger were indeed powerful ancient treasures, they weren't his refined life-bound treasures.
As a result, when he wielded them, they couldn't fully harmonize with his spiritual sense, preventing him from achieving the fastest speed and optimal effects.
They were more than sufficient against early-Nascent Soul stage or even ordinary mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
However, against Elder Ma, who had clearly used a secret art, they seemed inadequate.
But just because those two ancient treasures weren't enough didn't mean the Yellow Wind Flag would fall short.
After Chu Ning's restoration and refinement, the flag had been recognized as his life-bound treasure by the artifact spirit!
Chu Ning channeled his spiritual power into the Yellow Wind Flag, causing it to shine with a yellow light.
The flag then flew out of his hand, transforming into a colossal earth-yellow dragon in mid-air, hurtling towards Elder Ma!
Seeing the Yellow Wind Flag bearing down on him, Elder Ma attempted to use an escape art to dodge.
However, to his astonishment, he found himself unable to shake off the lock-on of the Yellow Wind Flag. The yellow earthen dragon pursued him relentlessly!
"How is this possible?"
Elder Ma's face was etched with shock.
"Could this person's spiritual sense be even stronger than mine after using the secret art?"
With these thoughts racing through his mind, Elder Ma tried to use an escape art again.
Yet, the result was the same. He couldn't escape the lock-on of the Yellow Wind Flag.
As soon as he reappeared, the yellow earthen dragon was already upon him!
In a panic, Elder Ma summoned his life-bound treasure and held it in front of him.
At the same time, blood-red light flickered around his body, and a crescent blood moon appeared above his head, generating a blood-red protective shield.
In the next moment, the yellow earthen dragon slammed into Elder Ma's circular disc life-bound treasure, which was shrouded in blood-soaked qi!
(End of Chapter)
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