Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 687 - 596 Misfortune Diverted Eastward (Seeking Monthly Votes)_1

Chapter 687: 596 Misfortune Diverted Eastward (Seeking Monthly Votes)_1

A series of undulating peaks, a golden thunder light flared up, and Shen Long appeared, his back adorned with a pair of wings covered in golden arcs of electricity, his expression filled with terror.

He was now fused with the Thunder Roc, employing the Thunder Escape Technique, which allowed him to travel a thousand miles in one attempt, a distance that was already quite far.

A ripple formed in the void above his head, and an enormous red palm, a thousand feet in size, appeared out of nowhere and smacked down towards him.

Shen Long’s hands radiated a bright yellow light, and his fists met the incoming blow.

With a muffled thud, Shen Long fell from the sky, spewing a mouthful of essence blood, his face turning pale.

Shen Long’s body smashed heavily into the ground, creating a massive crater as dust swirled around him.

Before he could even get up, a barrage of dense red fire spears rained down from the heavens, striking him.

A series of massive explosions erupted, and flames engulfed Shen Long’s figure, turning hundreds of miles around him into a red sea of fire, with the ground showing signs of melting.

A flash of red light, and a large red brick, ceaselessly flowing with red light, appeared high in the sky and smashed down toward him.

A rumbling roar, the earth shook and trembled, and wide cracks appeared in the ground that kept expanding.

A red light flew in from the distant horizon and stopped with a flash, revealing the figure of a young man in a red robe.

"A tribulation-substituting treasure! You sure run fast."

The red-robed youth frowned, retracted the red giant brick, and turned into a red escape light to give chase.

A vast expanse of green bamboo forest, Xu Liangqing and his two companions walked slowly forward.

A massive explosion sounded from the distant horizon, and the faces of Xu Liangqing and his companions tensed up as they all came to a halt.

A golden thunder light lit up the space ahead, and Shen Long appeared, his body dripping with fresh blood, and his golden wings covered in golden lightning arcs.

"Senior Xu, run quickly, the cultivators of the Haixi Clan are coming. Let them have the Seven Stars Purple Thunder Fruit!"

After saying this, Shen Long lightly flapped his golden wings and disappeared into a golden thunder light.

"The Haixi Clan!"

Xu Liangqing’s face darkened...

"Thunder Escape Technique, his escape technique is so fast! I can’t sense his presence anymore."

The woman in the yellow dress frowned as she spoke.

This was the core area, where the restriction on divine sense was significant; even a cultivator at the initial stage of Void Refinement could only project their divine sense by a thousand miles.

"A Void Refining Cultivator is coming, be careful," Xu Liangqing said solemnly.

It didn’t take long for Hu Hai and his two companions to catch up, their faces full of murderous intent.

"The Seven Stars Purple Thunder Fruit! Human cultivators!"

Hu Hai’s brows knitted tightly.

The Human Clan was at enmity with the Haixi Clan, and from what Shen Long indicated, he evidently knew Xu Liangqing and his companions. Coupled with the Seven Stars Purple Thunder Fruit, Hu Hai and his companions decisively gave up the chase after Shen Long.

"Take action, kill them," ordered Hu Xue in a deep voice, summoning her Dharma Nature to attack Xu Liangqing and his two companions.

Six Void Refining Cultivators burst into action all at once, sending various spiritual lights shooting up into the sky, piercing the clouds.

Thirty thousand miles away, in a small mountain valley, a golden thunder light flared, and Shen Long appeared.

His look was panic-stricken, and his breath was weak.

If not for the tribulation-substituting treasure, he would have lost his life this time.

He landed on the ground, and the Thunder Roc separated from him, returning to the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

He released the Iron Tail Scorpion and the Hundred Eyes Cicada. The Hundred Eyes Cicada’s eyes glowed with a golden light as it said, "Master, they haven’t followed us. We should still run farther away!"

The Iron Tail Scorpion’s body emitted a yellow light screen that enveloped Shen Long and the Hundred Eyes Cicada, and they burrowed underground.

A month later, the Iron Tail Scorpion returned to the surface, appearing inside a cavern more than ten acres in size, with Shen Long and the Hundred Eyes Cicada on its back.

"We should be safe here," said the Hundred Eyes Cicada.

Shen Long summoned the Qinglian Map and released Chu Buyu.

"Taoist Friend Shen, are you alright?"

Chu Buyu asked with concern. If it hadn’t been for Shen Long’s guidance to hide her inside the Cave Heaven Treasure and take her away, she simply couldn’t have escaped.

"I am alive, but my avatar has been killed. This place should be safe now; they won’t find us easily. Let’s hide here until the Thousand Poison Cave closes,"

Shen Long said.

"Taoist Friend Shen, heal in peace, I will protect you,"

Chu Buyu said.

Shen Long nodded, took out the Formation Flag and Disk, and set up a formation. He opened up a rudimentary stone chamber and walked inside.

He took out a blue medicinal pill and swallowed it down.

Shen Long began cultivating to refine the medicinal power, closing his eyes.

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In a certain underground cavern, Hu Hai and a tall young man in red were talking about something.

Hu Hai’s left arm was gone, his aura faltered, and he appeared severely injured.

"There’s an unexpected gain—getting some Seven Stars Purple Thunder Fruit. But with just the two of us left, it’s unlikely we’ll be able to get that kind of thing,"

the young man in red said with a tone of regret.

Ba Shuo, Hollow Phasing Middle Stage.

"If Ba Yan hadn’t died at the hands of that mutated sixth-order Gold Devouring Beast, our losses wouldn’t have been this big,"

Hu Hai sighed.

Just upon entering the Thousand Poison Cave, they triggered a restriction and lost a Void Refining Cultivator.

On their way, they encountered a late-stage sixth-order Gold Devouring Beast, a mutated one, and Ba Yan of the Hollow Phasing Late Stage died at its hands.

"Luckily, we got some Seven Stars Purple Thunder Fruit; otherwise, our losses would be greater,"

Ba Shuo stated.

They fought a bloody battle with Xu Liangqing and his three companions, slaying two Void Refining Cultivators. Xu Liangqing was critically injured and escaped, Hu Xue fell, and Hu Hai lost an arm.

"Unfortunately, that Human Cultivator got away. His Life-Bound Spirit Bird is a Thunder Roc; its escape technique is too fast. If it were another fifth-order Spirit Bird, he wouldn’t have been able to escape,"

Hu Hai furrowed his brows deeply.

This was the second time that Shen Hai had escaped from his grasp; he remembered Shen Hai’s aura well.

"He’s just a Soul Transformation Cultivator. Perhaps he died in the Thousand Poison Cave. Next time we meet him, we absolutely won’t give him the chance to escape,"

Ba Shuo said in a deep voice.

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In a hidden underground cave, the stone walls flickered with a yellow light, revealing many profound runes.

Xu Liangqing sat cross-legged on the ground, his aura weakened, his left arm missing and his eyes tightly closed.

After a while, Xu Liangqing opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of foul air.

"To think that three Void Refinement Phase cultivators of the Haixi Clan showed up; it seems the Seven Stars Purple Thunder Fruit ended up in their hands,"

Xu Liangqing said with a gloomy face.

If not for Hu Hai and his companions, Xu Liangqing’s kin wouldn’t have perished or left him critically injured. Most importantly, they did not get their hands on the Seven Stars Purple Thunder Fruit.

This was supposed to be their opportunity, for which they had waited more than five thousand years, only to end up with nothing.

"Don’t let me run into you, otherwise I will extract your soul and refine your spirit, making you unable to live or die,"

Xu Liangqing said coldly, his face filled with murderous intent.

If it weren’t for Shen Long, Xu Liangqing might not have engaged with Hu Hai and his companions, nor would he have suffered such heavy losses.

He did not know the identity of Shen Long—only that he mastered the Thunder Escape Technique and had the cultivation of the Late Stage Divinity Transformation.

He hated Shen Long to the core. If not for Shen Long attracting the Haixi Clan cultivators, they wouldn’t have suffered such great losses.