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Chapter 222: Chapter 219 Golden Eyes
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Chu Zhiyuan frowned and looked at it, but did not touch it.
He turned his head to stare at Zhang Youling.
Zhang Youling leaned against the stone wall, with a strange smile on his face, showing no fear or shock as he neared death.
Chu Zhiyuan stared at him, ready to retreat at any moment.
These strange techniques of the Yuding Sect were unpredictable and indefensible.
But he had the Super Sense.
If there was any unusual movement, he would retreat immediately upon discovering it.
Now that he was on the brink of death, his agility and speed were far inferior to usual, so he could escape.
"Hehe..." Zhang Youling let out a strange laugh, his eyes stained red and blinded by blood, clearly unable to see the outside world.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "What happened to the five Grandmasters?"
"Hehe..." Zhang Youling’s laughter became even stranger as his body rapidly swelled.
Chu Zhiyuan flashed aside, flicked the Qingying Sword Point to pick up the golden vertical pupil, and together they flew out of the cave, taking cover beside it.
"Bang!" With a muffled sound, a violent airflow burst out of the cave, red mist and stones mingling to rush out thirty feet.
Chu Zhiyuan sighed in relief.
The Super Sense had insight into Zhang Youling’s condition clearly.
Zhang Youling rapidly swelled and exploded into red mist, instantly enveloping the cave.
Any stone touched by the red mist emitted white smoke, as if corroded by sulfuric acid, covered in dense small holes, pitch-black.
Chu Zhiyuan’s heart sank like water.
The Jade and Stone Burning technique of the Yuding Sect was indeed astonishing.
The red mist spread faster than his agility; if he hadn’t moved a step earlier, he would have been enveloped by the mist.
In the Super Sense, the red mist appeared as a glossy black light, astonishingly toxic.
A feeling of dread told him that contact with this black light, this red mist, posed a fatal risk, and his current physical body could not withstand this poison.
The red mist dissipated, leaving the ground riddled with black holes.
Zhang Youling was left with only his blue robe and a head.
If not for the presence of this head, Chu Zhiyuan might have doubted whether he was truly dead or had used some kind of escape technique.
Zhang Youling was too strange, carrying many mysteries and secrets.
Now he was finally dead.
He let out a long sigh of relief.
Such people often carried great fortune and were hard to kill.
Fortunately, he too bore great fortune; encountering him was Zhang Youling’s misfortune, his destined calamity.
Listening to his words, he was originally targeting him; seeking him was his goal all along.
Such people should be killed as soon as possible.
No one knew what realm he might progress to next.
The Eighth Layer Heaven was already so formidable; had it been the Ninth Layer Heaven or Perfection coming for him, he truly would have been doomed.
He smiled, looking around.
The mountain wind gently blew, and he felt relieved, an indescribable lightness.
He hurried close to the cave.
The pitch-black ground was still toxic and unsuitable to approach; contact would still be life-threatening.
Inside the cave, there were only two things, a green robe and Zhang Youling’s head.
The green robe was a strange object, with a faint glow isolating his Insight, while the head was nothing special.
It was just a normal skull.
He didn’t immediately seal the boulder and leave, not because he coveted the green robe, but because he wasn’t reassured unless the skull was completely shattered.
Who knew what secret techniques the Yuding Sect might have, what they might do with a skull? They couldn’t resurrect Zhang Youling, but could possibly capture some of his secrets.
So, he had to crush Zhang Youling’s skull, to completely erase him from the world, to truly be at ease.
The Super Sense simultaneously illuminated the golden bead and the golden vertical pupil not far from his foot.
A layer of golden light enveloped it, preventing his Insight.
Its appearance seemed magnificent, but left Chu Zhiyuan with an uncomfortable feeling, so he always avoided touching it.
It could help Zhang Youling foresee danger a second in advance and absorb the black smoke from his Essence Blood.
The Super Sense couldn’t see inside it but could clearly see the exterior where odd patterns seemed to twist as if alive. 𝘯𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Making Chu Zhiyuan feel something was amiss.
He looked again at the green robe.
Could the green robe be related to it?
The patterns were not similar; the commonality was they both seemed to twist subtly, likely due to a strange power.
The Qingying Sword Point gently stabbed at the golden bead.
The Gang Qi followed into it.
"Pop!" A crisp sound came from within.
Through the Gang Qi, Chu Zhiyuan sensed a power expanding inside, as if ready to break through at any moment.
Immediately, his expression changed slightly, retreating a few steps to the back of a boulder.
"Pop!" A second crisp sound came from it.
Chu Zhiyuan’s figure flickered, reaching a wall of rock a hundred meters away, flashing again to flee further.
"Pop!" A third crisp sound came from it.
A golden light shot towards Chu Zhiyuan.
Chu Zhiyuan was already in the air, hurriedly twisting his body to flash, but the golden light continued to follow, aiming for his forehead.
Chu Zhiyuan in mid-air struck out with a punch.
A dragon roar suddenly thundered in his ears, resounding the heavens and earth.
The Great Heavenly Dragon Fist hit the golden light, a piercing pain emanating from his fist, as if stabbed by a sword.
But the golden light ignored the Fist Gang of the Great Heavenly Dragon Fist, burrowing into his fist, climbing along the arm, finally appearing at the forehead.
A sharp pain stabbed his forehead as if pierced by a sword.
Chu Zhiyuan sensed something amiss, countless thoughts flickering, countless spirit lights flashing, suddenly beginning to operate the Dragon Transformation Technique.
The Dragon Transformation Technique surged.
Then simultaneously operated the Heavenly Yuan Technique.
Nectar descended from heaven, falling onto the brain within, cleansing like soaking in a cold spring, immediately relieving the pain.
Meanwhile, a faint dragon roar sounded in his ear.
Golden light flickered before his eyes.
It was like the morning sun rising, splendid and dazzling.
This golden light was different from normal, possessing a strong penetration power, passing through both inside and out.
Subsequently, the golden light gradually dimmed, and his vision returned to normal.
He sat cross-legged on a stone, slowly opening his eyes.
The stone was one meter long and half a meter wide, smooth and soft, worn down by wind and rain for too long.
He sat steadily on it.
This was the action commanded by a wisp of thought he had separated when struck by the golden light.
He frowned and inspected with Insight.
Saw nothing at all.
The golden vertical pupil had vanished.
It had turned into the golden light just now.
The golden light penetrated his palm, then burrowed into his forehead.
But his right palm had no scars, was not pierced, and neither was the left. It seemed like it had all been an illusion.
But the pain in his fist wasn’t an illusion, and neither was the pain in his forehead, nor the heaven and earth-shattering dragon roar... it shouldn’t have been an illusion either.
Even if the outside world couldn’t hear the dragon roar, he clearly heard it in his mind.
He had already figured out the pattern: whenever the dragon roar sounded, external forces were invading his spirit.
The golden vertical pupil indeed held something strange, actively trying to burrow into his body, wanting to penetrate his forehead like it did to Zhang Youling.
He touched his forehead.
No vertical pupil there.
He let out a long breath.
Though the golden vertical pupil could foresee danger a second ahead, he didn’t like it.
With the Super Sense, he didn’t need a second’s danger foresight.
Fortunately, with the Divine Dragon’s Thought, he was able to block or even eliminate it, removing the hidden threat.
He closed his eyes, once again inspecting himself with Insight.
There was indeed no abnormality at his forehead, no golden vertical pupil’s presence; it either was shattered by the Divine Dragon’s Thought or fused with him?
Just like the Miao Ling Pearl earlier?
Thinking of this, he suddenly drew his sword and stabbed himself.
As soon as the longsword turned, he became aware and a force urged his body sideways.
Indeed, he now had the ability to foresee danger.
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