NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 500: Escape
The diffusing blood light, the flashing runes, coalesced into what was clearly an array map!
This blood-colored array map was as thin as a cicada's wing, yet it covered the entire Wei Residence, with Wang Chen floating above it, as if he were prey caught in the array.
He felt terrible!
Before Wang Chen could react at the first moment, the blood-colored array map suddenly burst forth with tens of thousands of lights.
Enveloping him completely.
The next moment, Wang Chen, together with the array map, disappeared without a trace.
Within the inner courtyard of the Wei Residence, Wei Chengzhi was shocked into silence.
Something had gone wrong!
He had just been delighted by Wang Chen's killing of a Sand Tribe spy, thinking that his family could escape this calamity.
He had never expected that the enemy had laid a hidden trap.
For the Wei family, the worst-case scenario had occurred!
At the same time, the Locust Army that was frantically besieging Town Sand Pass suddenly fell into disarray, as countless giant locusts flew around like headless flies, completely lacking the earlier tight and orderly assault.
Many of the locusts flew towards the towering mountains on both sides of Town Sand Pass.
In the blink of an eye, they were in disorganized retreat.
It worked!
Kou Shihai, who personally presided over the Seven-Star Pavilion, witnessed this scene and couldn't help but clench his fists tightly.
This situation indicated that the source of the calamity had been eliminated, and the billions of locusts had lost control, posing no more threat.
Wang Chen did a great job!
This supreme commander had not expected that Wang Chen would be able to uncover the Sand Tribe Locust so swiftly.
As a result, the losses to Dayi City had been reduced to the lowest level.
No one could fault this.
The elated Kou Shihai immediately sent Wang Chen a Communication Talisman.
But to his surprise, the talisman flew out and then circled back!
Such an occurrence meant that Wang Chen was out of the talisman's range or his presence had been blocked by some force, such as hiding within a special array.
But how could that be possible!
Kou Shihai abruptly stood up, leaving the Seven-Star Pavilion at the fastest speed.
His intuition told the supreme commander that something had happened to Wang Chen!
At this very moment, after a dizzying whirl of heaven and earth, Wang Chen found himself in the middle of a desert.
He had just been bound by an immense invisible force, rendered utterly immobilized and at its mercy.
If not for Wang Chen's exceptionally strong Divine Soul, he might have lost consciousness the moment he landed.
As his feet pressed against the soft sand, he suddenly noticed that a hundred steps ahead on a sand dune, sat an old monk cloaked in a grey robe. Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire
The monk was chanting with closed eyes, and the aura he radiated put Wang Chen on high alert!
A Buddhist Zen Master!
The titles of Cultivation Realms in the Buddhist Sect differ from the Taoist Sect and correspond to Novice Monk, Monk, Mage, Zen Master, and Vajra, which align with Shedding Mortality, Qi Cultivation, Purple Mansion, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul, respectively.
The old monk in front of him had an ordinary appearance and wore simple clothes.
Yet his aura was profound and vast, far surpassing the level Wang Chen was on, like a towering mountain!
Most importantly, amongst the aura revealed by the other party, there was a hint of something familiar to Wang Chen.
The Heavenly Dragon Vajra Right Method!
In that instant, Wang Chen entirely understood.
The locust disaster was probably aimed at him from the very beginning!
This trap was clearly not set by the Sand Tribe.
It was a tactic of the Buddhist Sect from the Western Region!
This Golden Core Zen Master was almost certainly a personage from the Heavenly Dragon Temple.
In fact, when Wang Chen had revealed his Vajra Invulnerability Cultivation, he should have been prepared for trouble from the Buddhist Sect!
And indeed, he had made preparations.
In the blink of an eye, Wang Chen activated a Jade Talisman he carried on his person!
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Five Elements God Escape Talisman!
This jade talisman had been acquired by Wang Chen during his last cleanup, exchanged at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
The Five Elements God Escape Talisman is a second-tier spirit talisman, a high-tier one.
It has but one purpose.
Escape for one's life!
Gold, wood, water, fire, earth—it possesses all five elements and can be activated in any environment.
Although it's quite valuable, using it to escape is more than appropriate.
Moreover, the Five Elements God Escape Talisman fits perfectly with Wang Chen's main cultivation technique. Stimulated with mana from the Innate Five Elements Skill, the talisman's power could be greatly enhanced.
In an instant, he had escaped a hundred miles away!
And just as Wang Chen made his escape, the old monk sitting on the sand dune had just opened his eyes.
An aura belonging to a Golden Core True Person spread out, barely covering the place where Wang Chen had been just moments before.
Missing by only one hundredth of a breath, Wang Chen had vanished!
The Buddhist Zen Master's gaunt face remained as placid as an ancient well, yet deep within his eyes, there was a trace of chagrin.
A Zen Master is human, too, not yet having cultivated to the point of renouncing all emotions and desires.
Having one's meal fly away just as it reaches the mouth, or a fish leap back into the water from the plate—it would irk anyone!
But a Golden Core is a Golden Core, having long reached the state where one is neither overjoyed by external gains nor saddened by personal losses. The moment of chagrin turned into icy indifference, and the old monk vanished from the spot abruptly.
A terrifying fluctuation spread in all directions, as swift as thunderbolt lightning.
In a brief moment, it covered a vast area.
The searching methods of a Golden Core cultivator are beyond what ordinary cultivators could even fathom!
Knowing full well the prowess of a Golden Core, the moment the Five Elements God Escape Talisman's effect ceased, Wang Chen pulled out a stack of Heavenly Secrets Talismans from the Sumeru Ring and cast them, then performed Shrinking Ground into Inches.
Three times in succession!
Immediately after, Wang Chen dove into the sand dune ahead, melding into it like a fish slipping into water, completely "integrated" within.
Burrowing ten feet underground, Wang Chen ceased all movement.
He took out the True Form Chart of the Mystical Mirage Dragon.
Unfolded it.
The True Form Chart of the Mystical Mirage Dragon was a gift from Tong Zhi of Nan Shao, Wang Jingwen, to Wang Chen.
At the time, Wang Chen had saved tens of thousands of innocents being coerced by the Maitreya Sect, as well as the several hundred thousand citizens of Nan Shao City.
Out of gratitude, Wang Jingwen offered up this family heirloom.
After obtaining the True Form Chart of the Mystical Mirage Dragon, Wang Chen had spent considerable time studying it.
From it, he had deduced the Mystical Mirage Dragon Jue.
However, the True Form Chart of the Mystical Mirage Dragon, once its seal had been broken by Wang Chen, had become a treasure he kept at the bottom of his chest, never truly used.
Because the treasure could be displayed in the equipment slot of the immortal cultivation panel, he never considered selling it.
Nowadays, it had proven to be particularly useful.
Wang Chen used the Mystical Mirage Dragon Jue to activate the power of the True Form Chart of the Mystical Mirage Dragon, enveloping his entire person.
His aura, together with the preordained destiny hidden within the cosmos, was completely concealed.
Without leaking a trace!
Wang Chen didn't place all his hopes on this treasure map; he used his Great Perfection level Hidden God Technique to reinforce himself, hiding all his aura and entering a state of deep dormancy.
Almost at the same moment, a terrifying presence swept over from above the sand dune.
After a while, it appeared again.
It did this several times back and forth before finally vanishing.
However, several hours later, the same aura reappeared.
Only when the sun set did it reluctantly withdraw.
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Here comes the second update.
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