Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 180 - 180 113 Find the Remnants of the Faction of Hermit Cultivation_2

180: 113 Find the Remnants of the Faction of Hermit Cultivation_2 180: 113 Find the Remnants of the Faction of Hermit Cultivation_2 The azure tornado struck the blue shield, resulting in a muffled sound as numerous fine cuts appeared on the surface of the blue shield.

Shen Long formed a spell with his hands and, behind him, dots of red light emerged from the void; they blurred for a moment and then transformed into a multitude of gigantic fireballs, each about ten yards in diameter.

This was the second-tier spell Meteor Fire Rain, an attack spell with a wide area of effect.

Shen Long was stuck at a bottleneck and no amount of hard cultivation could resolve it.

Having left his sect for over ten years, he spent a lot of time training second-tier spells and successfully brought Meteor Fire Rain to Great Perfection.

Over a hundred giant fireballs floated in mid-air, a truly magnificent sight.

Shen Long lightly pointed his finger towards the opponent, and the hundred giant fireballs tore through the sky, bombarding the area where Su Jianghai was located in succession.

A series of loud booms resounded, and the rolling flames engulfed Su Jianghai’s figure.

The high temperature caused even the azure light barrier to start warping and deforming, and the ground showed signs of melting, turning the better part of the arena into a red sea of fire.

Shen Long formed another spell, and hundreds more giant fireballs appeared in the sky.

“Taoist Friend Shen, hold your hand, I concede.”

The voice of Su Jianghai rang out.

Shen Long altered his spell, and all the giant fireballs disappeared.

In the midst of the sea of fire, a blue light shone and the flames all dispersed, revealing Su Jianghai’s figure clad in a faintly glowing blue barrier.

The blue shield showed several cracks and its spiritual light dimmed.

The power of Meteor Fire Rain was formidable; a single strike damaged the high-grade defensive magic artifact.

If it were to be struck a few more times, the high-grade defensive magic artifact would be ruined.

“You’ve given me leeway, Taoist Friend Su.”

Shen Long said with a fist salute.

“I haven’t seen you for years, Taoist Friend Shen, and I didn’t expect you to have brought Meteor Fire Rain to Great Perfection as well.

I am not wronged by my defeat.”

Su Jianghai said earnestly as he stepped down from the arena.

Shen Long looked around at the Foundation Establishment Cultivators surrounding the arena and said, “Is there any other Taoist Friend willing to enlighten me?”

“I’d like to experience Taoist Friend Shen’s skillful moves for myself.”

Xu Yue jumped onto the blue stone arena.

A cyan light barrier immediately emerged, enveloping the arena.

As the match began, Shen Long raised both hands and released two giant Wind Blades that shot out and instantly arrived in front of Xu Yue.

A red glow radiated from the red jade lock on Xu Yue’s chest, and a thick red light barrier appeared, protecting her whole body.

The two giant Wind Blades successively hit the red light barrier, creating two dull thuds.

Xu Yue raised her right hand, and a giant fireball launched forward, smashing towards Shen Long.

Shen Long lifted his sleeve, and a cyan wind wall several yards tall appeared in front of him.

The giant fireball struck the cyan wind wall, shattering instantly like an egg against a rock.

A loud peal of thunder echoed from above, and a black thundercloud appeared over Shen Long’s head, with a thunderclap following, a thick silver lightning bolt streaked down.

Shen Long reacted quickly, flicking his wrist, and the Five Spirit Beads released a blinding spiritual light.

A thick five-colored light barrier appeared, protecting his entire body.

The silver lightning struck the five-colored light barrier generating a muffled sound; soon after, a second silver lightning bolt followed, then a third and a fourth.

As successive silver lightning bolts struck, the five-colored light barrier shook slightly but remained largely intact.

Xu Yue brought out nine red-gleaming flying knives, a complete set of magic artifacts.

With a formation of her spell, the nine red-gleaming flying knives all emitted blinding red light, uniting into one and transforming into a red giant blade about ten yards long, slashing towards Shen Long.

Shen Long also brought out his Mother-Child Blade, the secondary blades combining together to form a yellow giant blade, meeting the red giant blade head-on.

The collision between the red giant blade and the yellow giant blade sent out a muffled sound of metal clashing, with sparks flying in all directions.

Shen Long formed a spell and the void swirled with an abundance of red firelight that soon coalesced into more giant fireballs, pelting towards Xu Yue.

Xu Yue hurriedly brought out a red shield to block in front of her.

With a series of loud booms, one fireball after another smashed onto the red shield, bursting apart instantaneously and turning most of the arena into a sea of red fire again, swallowing Xu Yue’s figure.

Shen Long shook his sleeve, and over thirty thousand Gold Ants flew out, swiftly forming a golden spear several yards long, and charged directly at the opposite side.

A wheel, ceaselessly swirling in red light, shot out and collided with the golden spear, which instantly broke apart into hundreds of golden arrows that buried themselves in the sea of fire, followed by a series of muffled sounds.

“Taoist Friend Shen, stop, I admit defeat.”

The frightened voice of Xu Yue came from within the sea of fire.

Shen Long then ceased his attack, and as the blazing flames dispersed, the red shield was already ruined, while Xu Yue was clad in a red magical armor that protected her entire body, with a pattern of flames on the surface of the armor.

She possessed a Fire-Avoiding Talisman, which could weaken the attacks of fire-element spells, but Shen Long also mastered the Insect Repelling Technique, and with his formidable strength, continuing the fight meant she was no match for him.

“Blazing Armor!”

Shen Long’s expression remained unchanged, but inwardly he felt a thrill of delight.

According to the intelligence he had gathered, the Golden Flame Reverend who practiced the cultivation technique indeed had this divine skill; it is not easy for loose cultivators to obtain a set of high-level techniques, as most are of ordinary quality.

The Golden Flame Reverend practiced the “Blazing True Scripture,” said to be cultivatable up to the Nascent Soul Stage; this made it very unlikely for him to change his cultivation technique.

For a cultivator to change cultivation techniques requires a lot of time, and the higher the cultivation, the more troublesome it is to switch; this is one of the reasons why countless loose cultivators wish to join large cultivation sects.

“Thank you for your leniency, Fairy Xu.

Is there another Taoist friend willing to enlighten me?”

Shen Long spoke.

The cultivators looked at each other in silence, know that Shen Long had a complete set of magic artifacts, tens of thousands of Gold Ants, and multiple spells cultivated to Great Perfection, making him a formidable opponent.

This area was the Bai Family’s territory after all, and the Bai Family had sent a few Foundation Establishment Cultivators to spar with Shen Long.

Shen Long had defeated two of them but lost to Bai Yuting.

Bai Yuting was the cousin of Bai Yuxian, a Cultivator with a Thunder Spirit Root, proficient in Thunder Method.

This friendly competition allowed Shen Long to show off, and also helped the Bai Family to save face.

Once the sparring finished, Shen Long was invited by many Foundation Establishment Cultivators to drink tea and discuss the Dao.

In the next two days, Shen Long attended several gatherings and met many Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Three days later, as night fell, Shen Long changed his appearance and came to Chen’s Grocery Store, where he met Chen Ying in the backyard.

“Madam Chen, where are the things I asked for!”

Shen Long inquired.

Chen Ying produced a green Storage Bag and handed it to Shen Long.

Shen Long swept the bag with his Divine Sense and found inside were seven portraits and seven Jade Slips; he immediately took out the portraits and examined them one by one.

His eyebrows furrowed; none of these seven were the person he was searching for.

Could he have been mistaken?

Xu Yue was a disciple of the Golden Flame Reverend; since she had mastered the Blazing Armor divine skill, the Golden Flame Reverend must surely possess this technique.

Now there were two possibilities, the first being that Shen Long was mistaken, and the Golden Flame Reverend wasn’t the Jingong Reverend he was seeking; the second possibility was that the Jingong Reverend had changed his appearance and was now calling himself the Golden Flame Reverend.

To call it coincidence seemed much too convenient, as both the Sky-Flying Golden Flame Centipede and the Blazing Armor hailed from the Golden Flame Sect.

Shen Long put away the portraits and turned to leave.

After leaving, he made a couple of rounds on the streets to make sure no one was following him before eventually returning to his residence.

He took out the green Storage Bag, shook it lightly with the opening facing downward, and a sweep of green luminescence passed by; suddenly, there were seven differently colored Jade Slips on the ground.

Shen Long picked up a green Jade Slip and pressed it to his brow, immersing his Divine Sense into it.

After reviewing the content of all seven Jade Slips, his expression grew cold as he muttered to himself, “Just as I suspected, it is them.”

A protector of the Golden Flame Sect was left-handed and currently at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage of Cultivation.

This person’s Divine Skills were identical to those of a remnant of the Faction of Hermit Cultivation.

If the existence of the Sky-Flying Golden Flame Centipede and the Blazing Armor were coincidental, it was impossible for the fact that the protector was left-handed to also be mere coincidence.

As Shen Long had predicted, the remnants like the Jingong Reverend had changed their appearances, which was why the Tang Family had continuously failed to locate them, or perhaps they had always shown themselves with false appearances and were now using their real ones.

Of course, confirming that these people were remnants of the Faction of Hermit Cultivation did not mean they were the murderers who killed Shen Long’s parents.

The Qinglian Ornament might have been taken by a cultivator of the Faction from another cultivator.

The real culprit could be someone else.

Shen Long needed to investigate further.

His parents had died decades ago, and finding the killer would be incredibly challenging, but he believed that with more time and effort, he could eventually uncover the truth.

Shen Long stowed all the Jade Slips and closed his eyes to rest and recuperate.