Chapter 40

Ning Yue let out a low whistle, his body spinning like a top as he suddenly crashed into the middle of the group of Imperial Guards. Having experienced countless battles and now facing a critical moment, he knew that he had to act quickly and decisively. So, he immediately used the secret technique of the Five Transforms of the Odd Sect.

The two or three dozen Imperial Guards, still on high alert, were caught off guard by Ning Yue's sudden intrusion. Their formation was forcibly scattered. Ning Yue moved as swiftly as the wind, activating the Ten Directions Illusionary Destruction technique. In an instant, he killed twelve enemies. By the time the leading Imperial Guard general reacted, half of his subordinates were already dead.

At this moment, the general realized Ning Yue's formidable strength and could not help but feel extremely angry. He let out a low whistle, and a large black snake appeared around him, making his figure become indistinct.

Ning Yue, at this moment, suddenly flickered and dissipated, disappearing from the general's mental lock. This move alone made the general feel extremely frustrated, almost to the point of spitting blood.

Ning Yue had combined the Heaven-Exterior Freedom technique of the Ten Directions Illusionary Destruction with the Void Dragon Illusion, evolving it into a secret technique. It was most effective at breaking through the enemy's soul-locking secret arts and the感应 between heaven and man in an instant.

The Imperial Guard general, slightly off, unknowingly revealed a small flaw. He knew that he had been caught off guard by Ning Yue's strategy and was about to step back and re-adjust. However, he saw a cold star fly towards him, piercing through a tiny flaw in his protective aura and embedding itself in his throat.

The Imperial Guard general let out a few choking sounds and fell to the ground, dead without a word.

Ning Yue, having unexpectedly killed this formidable enemy, no longer showed any mercy to the remaining Imperial Guards. He moved as swiftly as the wind, killing eight more in a moment. He spared those with relatively good karma and slightly higher good values, then withdrew from the battle like a whirlwind. Moments later, he had already picked up Bai Luoluo and disappeared without a trace.

After killing this group of pursuers, Ning Yue gained another two days of respite.

During these two days, he first broke through to the 15th level of the Tai Qing Heart Method, then advanced his Void Dragon Illusion to the 4th stage, significantly increasing his strength. After making another breakthrough in his martial arts, Ning Yue hid Bai Luoluo and then suddenly returned, launching a strong attack, ambush, and assassination. He killed nearly a hundred of the Horse Temple's experts before calmly retreating.

After this battle, the number of pursuers hunting Ning Yue and Bai Luoluo was reduced by seventy percent. They had already realized that unless they were 5th stage Void Phase level or higher, they were not enough to resist this ghost-like youth. Even 5th stage Void Phase level experts, if isolated or with insufficient support, could be ambushed and killed. Therefore, the Horse Temple's experts were reorganized into four teams, guided by skilled trackers, and firmly locked onto Ning Yue and Bai Luoluo, penetrating deep into the territory of the Hun Tian bandits.

Ning Yue exhaled slightly, feeling a bit regretful. After reaching the 15th level of the Tai Qing Heart Method, he encountered a bottleneck. To make further progress, he would need years of hard work, and he could no longer advance as rapidly as before.

As for the Ten Directions Illusionary Destruction technique, he had already mastered all eighteen killing moves, but due to the insufficient number of life souls he had opened, many of the moves were not yet powerful enough.

Regarding the Void Dragon Illusion, he was only one step away from the 5th stage, having already opened the nine life souls of the 5th stage Void Dragon Illusion.

Seeing that Ning Yue had finished his cultivation, Bai Luoluo came over and got him a cup of water, asking somewhat obsequiously, "Brother! Your martial arts are almost strong enough to kill those bad people, right?"

Ning Yue smiled bitterly and said, "On the contrary, my martial arts have reached a bottleneck and will be difficult to improve rapidly in the short term. The enemies behind us have gathered into four teams, each with several 5th stage Void Phase level experts. If I face any of these teams alone, I will end up in a tragic situation. I can no longer launch ambushes."

Bai Luoluo's pretty little brows furrowed, and after hesitating for a long time, she lowered her voice and said, "Why don't... why don't... you also cultivate the Ten Thousand Treasures Spirit Mirror? Our family's technique is very powerful. If you cultivate it, you can definitely kill those enemies behind us!"

"Ten Thousand Treasures Spirit Mirror?"

Ning Yue was slightly taken aback. He remembered that one of the reasons the Horse Temple people were pursuing them was related to the Ten Thousand Treasures Spirit Mirror. He had heard of it before; it was a top-tier life soul diagram in the dark world, but he had never learned it and had once felt quite regretful about it. However, in this situation, even if he learned another advanced secret technique, what value would it have? What he needed was to increase his martial power, not to broaden his martial arts knowledge.

Ning Yue shook his head, about to refuse Bai Luoluo's suggestion, but then he suddenly thought of another way to solve his current predicament. He immediately said to Bai Luoluo, "Recite the Ten Thousand Treasures Spirit Mirror for me."

Bai Luoluo nodded slightly and drew the first diagram of the Ten Thousand Treasures Spirit Mirror on the ground. Ning Yue looked at it for a while and could not help but be slightly taken aback, as he found the diagram very familiar. After a brief recollection, he drew the second diagram and asked Bai Luoluo, "Is the second diagram of our family's ancestral Ten Thousand Treasures Spirit Mirror like this?"

Bai Luoluo seemed very surprised, biting her lip and nodding.

Ning Yue then realized that this life soul diagram was the first one he had deduced using the divine crystal fragment, which was the golden-armored divine general surrounded by dozens of super-grade treasures.

"No wonder the divine crystal fragment chose this divine domain. It must have a significant connection to this place. All the previous changes were to lead me to make this choice."

Ning Yue thought for a moment, knowing that he could not come up with any conclusion about this matter. He casually opened three crystal screens and switched to the one that recorded the skills he had learned.

Not long ago, the data on this screen had been updated. All the life souls of the enemies he had killed were captured by this screen. Now, there were over a hundred life souls of various ranks on the screen.

Ning Yue casually grabbed nine life souls, which flew out and landed on Bai Luoluo's body. He was initially unsure about this method, but soon saw Bai Luoluo's delighted expression as she exclaimed, "Brother! What did you do? Why did I suddenly open the remaining seven life souls?"

Ning Yue glanced at the screen and saw that three life souls had been returned. He nodded slightly, roughly understanding the妙用 of the divine crystal fragment.