Ambush and Assassination

Seven Rainbow Marketplace was bustling with people and vehicles.

Shen Long walked out of the Teleportation Hall, took out a Red-Glowing Dharma Disk, cast a spell, and made a series of gestures.

Shen Hai had already teleported to Seven Rainbow Marketplace, where he helped Shen Long shake off their pursuers.

Shen Long put away the Red Dharma Disk and headed straight for the Marketplace exit.

Upon arriving at the Marketplace exit, Shen Long saw a nine-story Cyan Pavilion with the words "Tea Tasting Tower) written on its signboard. The window of a private room on the third floor was open, offering a clear view of the Marketplace exit. Shen Hai was inside the private room.

Once outside the Marketplace, Shen Long transformed into a Escape Light and vanished into the sky.

After flying more than 10,000 miles, Shen Long landed in a vast Peach Blossom Grove, with a large number of red petals scattered on the ground.

With a flick of his wrist, Shen Long sent Thunder Peng flying out of the Spirit Beast Bracelet and merging with him.

A pair of Golden Feather Wings covered in arcs of electricity sprouted from his back. With a gentle flap of the Golden Feather Wings, he transformed into a bolt of Golden Thunder Light and vanished.

A short while later, a Golden Escape Light flew in from afar, then stopped in a flash, revealing a flying boat with constantly flowing golden light. Three men and one woman stood on it, with a tall, thin old man in a golden robe at the head.

"Teleportation? His escape technique is too fast! In less than five breaths, my Divine Sense couldn't detect his presence."

The old man in the golden robe frowned and said.

Should we continue the pursuit?

A man in a blue robe spoke up.

"How can we chase him? Where can we even begin? We don't even know where he is. Forget it, let's go back!"

The old man in the golden robe sighed, made a hand seal, and the Golden Flying Boat immediately shone brightly, flying back along the way it came and quickly disappearing into the horizon.

Ten thousand miles away, in a hidden underground cave, a faint yellow spiritual light emanated from the stone walls.

Shen Long sat cross-legged on the ground, while the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada lay not far away, its eyes gleaming with golden light.

"Master, no one followed us."

"That's what the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada said."

"Unless they can discover the Eight-Gate Silence Array, they won't be able to find me."

Shen Long was full of confidence. He and Thunder Peng Body Integration and arrived here at top speed to set up the Eight-Gate Silence Array. The array's concealment effect was indeed very good.

"They probably tried to track their owner by scent, but little did they know, the owner had already applied Scent-Removing Liquid to remove the scent from their body, making it impossible to track them using that method."

"That's what the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada said."

"We should still be careful and return to Seven Rainbow Marketplace in a few days."

After saying this, Shen Long put the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada back into his Spirit Beast Bracelet and closed his eyes to rest.

Seven days later, Shen Long opened his eyes, dispelled the Formation, changed his appearance, and left.

Back in Seven Rainbow Marketplace, Shen Long strolled around the streets, looking around, but didn't notice anyone following him.

After a short while, he arrived at the entrance of the Tea Tasting Tower and strode inside.

He arrived at the door of a private room on the third floor, knocked on the door, and the door opened, Shen Hai came out.

Shen Long went inside, Shen Hai closed the door.

"After you left the Marketplace, two groups of people followed you Marketplace, but they returned in less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea."

Shen Hai said.

Shen Long nodded and said, "We still need to be careful. You can also try to break through to the Spirit Transmutation Realm now. Let's leave the Marketplace first."

After leaving the Tea Tasting Tower, they headed towards the outside of the Marketplace.

After leaving the Marketplace, Shen Long summoned a flying boat that shimmered with blue light and boarded it, with Shen Hai following closely behind.

He made a hand seal, and the Blue Flying Boat emitted a dazzling blue light, soaring into the sky.

After flying for tens of thousands of miles, Shen Long made a hand seal, and the Blue Flying Boat came to a stop.

"There are stalkers!"

Shen Long frowned. His Divine Sense detected that five Nascent Spirit Transformation cultivators were following behind them, a thousand miles away.

"Shake them off?"

Shen Hai asked.

"Let's find a place to deal with them! I also want to see what kind of Divine Ability they have that makes them dare to mess with me."

Shen Long's tone was icy. With a flick of his wrist, the Blue Flying Boat emitted a blinding spiritual light, increasing its speed and quickly disappearing into the horizon.

A thousand miles away, Flying Shuttle with a constantly flowing yellow light swept across the sky. Four men and one woman stood on the yellow Flying Shuttle, each with a different expression.

"Hey, he's sped up. He's probably spotted us."

The White-Skirted Woman frowned as she spoke.

"Chase after him and finish him off quickly."

The old man in black robes had a murderous look on his face.

A Yellow-Shirted Big Man nodded, made a hand seal, and the Yellow Flying Boat immediately shone brightly, increasing its speed.

After flying more than 100,000 miles, the Yellow Flying Boat came to rest above a range of rolling Emerald Green Mountain Range.

The Yellow-Shirted Big Man opened his Divine Sense wide, but detected no trace of a cultivator.

The old man in black robes flicked his sleeve, and a beam of black light flew out from the Spirit Beast Bracelet, revealing a black beetle with some golden patterns on its body.

A fifth-tier early-stage Soul-Chasing Insect!

The Soul-Chasing Insect emitted a sharp, piercing chirp, as if it had discovered something.

The old man in black robes raised his right hand, and a Black Mountain Peak the size of a palm shot out and disappeared instantly.

The next moment, a black light shone in the sky above a small valley, revealing a miniature Black Mountain Peak.

"Rise!"

With a soft shout, the black-robed elder unleashed a blinding black light, causing the Black Mountain Peak to swell to a height of ten thousand feet before crashing down.

With a deafening roar, the Black Giant Peak crashed into the ground, causing the earth to tremble and cracks hundreds of feet wide to appear, billowing smoke and dust.

The four men in Yellow-Shirted Big Man looked at each other, not noticing no other cultivators.

An angry roar rang out, and Black Giant Peak shot into the sky, revealing a Yellow Giant Ape a hundred feet tall. The Yellow Giant Ape ape bared its teeth and its body was covered with yellow mane; it was Shen Long.

"Transformation Art! Attack together, hold nothing back!"

The Yellow-Shirted Big Man said in a deep voice, and with a flick of his wrist, a huge Yellow Centipede flew out of the Spirit Beast Bracelet, turning into a yellow streak of Escape Light and disappearing into the ground.

With a flick of his hand, countless yellow light spots appeared in the void, transforming into massive yellow boulders hundreds of feet in size, which rained down on the Yellow Giant Ape.

At the same time, the four black-robed elders attacked the Yellow Giant Ape, some manipulating the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, some summoning Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure, some using Divine Ability, and others releasing Spirit Beast Spirit Bird.

The Yellow Giant Ape pounded its chest with both arms, letting out a deafening roar that shook the heavens and earth, and spewed out a Yellow Sound Wave to meet the oncoming yellow boulder and White Ice Spear.

The Yellow Sound Wave waves were incredibly powerful. When the yellow boulder touched the Yellow Sound Wave, it instantly turned into dust. The White Ice Spear was no exception, turning into countless ice shards.

A flash of black light, Black Giant Peak appeared above the head of the Yellow Giant Ape, crashing down head-on.

The Yellow Giant Ape braced its right arm above its head, catching the falling Black Giant Peak.

As Shen Long's cultivation level increased, he transformed into Mountain Giant Ape, gaining even greater Divine Ability and strength.

A White Long Halberd and a Yellow Flying Sword shot over and struck the Yellow Giant Ape one after another, producing a clanging sound of metal clashing. The Yellow Giant Ape remained unharmed.