Myriad Phenomena Eye

Song Wen controlled the Corpse Puppet to rush into the Cave, while he himself took flight and headed towards the mountaintop. After flying for several miles, he changed direction and headed back down to the foot of the mountain.

The higher you go up the mountain, the stronger the Wraith become.

He was currently at an altitude of about sixty miles above the ground, where third-tier Wraith had already appeared. Song Wen dared not continue upwards, for fear of encountering fourth-tier Wraith.

Even with the help of the Sea of Consciousness Black Hole, he would likely still be unable to escape the clutches of the Wraith spirits.

He had just flown more than ten miles down the mountain when he collided with someone he never expected.

Jing Lie!

Xing Yixuan coveted the Heavenly Spirit Pill from Xing Liren, and Jing Lie was equally eager for it.

At the square at the foot of the mountain, Jing Lie noticed that Xing Yixuan was following Xing Liren. He then quietly followed behind Xing Yixuan, preparing to make his move when the opportunity arose.

However, he followed from a distance and thus failed to witness the battle between Song Wen and Xing Liren. When he arrived at the battlefield, only Xing Liren's body lay there alone.

Xing Liren's soul has been corrupted by the ghostly mist and transformed into Wraith.

He subconsciously assumed that Xing Liren had died at the hands of Xing Yixuan.

So he collected Xing Liren's body and subdued and sealed away the Wraith that Xing Liren's soul had transformed into.

They planned to threaten Xing Yixuan with the pretext of 'harming their own kind' to force her to hand over the Heavenly Spirit Pill.

Jing Lie followed Xing Yixuan's trail and happened to bump into Song Wen, who was about to descend the mountain.

"It's you? How come you're not dead?"

Jing Lie looked at Song Wen with considerable surprise.

In his mind, Song Wen, with his Golden Core Early Stage cultivation, should have died at Xing Liren's hands long ago.

"Where is Xing Yixuan?" Jing Lie asked.

Jing Lie intended to obtain some crucial information from Song Wen, and did not rush to take action.

Song Wen stared at the other party warily, inwardly cursing his bad luck.

He hadn't met Xing Yixuan, so naturally he didn't know that the person appearing in front of the Cave was Xing Yixuan.

However, this did not prevent Song Wen from diverting the blame eastward.

Xing Yixuan entered a Cave ten miles above.

Jing Lie stared intently at Song Wen, a hint of suspicion flashing in his eyes.

He suddenly realized that his previous speculation about Xing Liren's death was probably wrong.

Jing Lie asked in a cold voice.

"You're probably not telling the truth, are you? With your Golden Core Early Stage cultivation, how did you escape Xing Liren's clutches? And why did you arrive at such a high altitude? There are third-tier Wraith lurking here."

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Jing Lie's mind; he seemed to have come up with something.

"You didn't climb to this height on your own initiative; you were chased here by Xing Yixuan! Could it be... that Xing Liren died at your hands?"

At this point, Jing Lie suddenly had a look of realization on his face, and his eyes sparkled with surprise.

Song Wen's heart tightened, and he turned and fled!

"Escape? Do you think you can escape! Hand over the Heavenly Spirit Pill obediently, and I might spare your life!" Jing Lie roared.

At the same time, he was also quite fast.

The Flood Dragon Banner suddenly appeared in his hand.

The flag was waved gently!

Suddenly, a strong wind arose.

The ghostly mist surged like waves.

Countless wind blades, like arrows released from a bow, converged into a massive storm of sharp blades.

The surrounding air seemed to be torn apart by the storm, and the sharp, piercing wind sounded like the mockery of death, echoing through the air.

Song Wen felt the oppressive force of the storm of sharp blades behind him, and his expression became extremely solemn.

The Profound Yellow Pagoda, the black Corpse Fiend Shield, and the green bell appeared one after another on Song Wen's body, protecting him within.

The storm of blades swept away the Profound Yellow Pagoda and shredded the Corpse Shield and the Green Bell with overwhelming force, just like autumn leaves being swept away by the wind.

However, Song Wen was nowhere to be seen; only a thick cloud of blood mist was visible.

Upon seeing this, a sharp glint flashed in Jing Lie's eyes.

"Escape technique?"

Suddenly, a strange, eerie green light shone in Jing Lie's eyes.

The green light, like a ghostly fire in the underworld, flickered incessantly in the darkness, seemingly able to pierce through the hazy, ghostly mist.

This is the Jing Family's secret technique, the Myriad Phenomena Eye!

Using his Myriad Phenomena Eye, Jing Lie spotted Song Wen.

He hurriedly urged the Flood Dragon Banner to activate again.

"Wind-Lock Prison!"

With a low shout from Jing Lie, an invisible force surged in the air, and the surrounding airflow suddenly became extremely violent.

Several hundred feet in front of Jing Lie, a massive wall of wind quickly gathered.

The wind wall was formed by a dense network of cyclones, reaching a height of tens of feet and a length of about a mile.

"Bang!"

A muffled thud!

Song Wen suddenly appeared.

A wall of wind suddenly appeared, blocking Song Wen's path, and the Blood Escape Technique was forcibly interrupted.

The moment he struck the wall of wind, Song Wen felt as if he were standing on a solid stone wall. The immense impact made his vision go black, and he felt as if all the bones in his body were about to shatter.

Song Wen was thrown back several feet before he could barely stand still in mid-air.

Before he could catch his breath, Song Wen changed direction and flew downwards.

Jing Lie sneered, "Trying to escape? I've already broken your escape technique. Let's see where you can run to!"

He waved the Flood Dragon Banner again.

A wall of wind suddenly appeared hundreds of feet below.

Just as Song Wen was about to crash into the wind wall, lightning suddenly flashed in his palm, and he slapped his forehead.

Suddenly, lightning flashed within the pitch-black, ghostly mist.

With a crisp crack, Song Wen's head exploded instantly.

The mangled body fell helplessly to the ground, crashing against the solid wall of wind.

This happened so suddenly that Jing Lie didn't even have time to react.

His mocking smile froze instantly, his eyes widening in disbelief.

"This... how is this possible?!" Jing Lie stood there stunned, muttering to himself, "He actually committed suicide?!"

Just as Jing Lie was stunned, a figure suddenly flashed hundreds of feet above his head, and Song Wen's figure appeared abruptly.

Song Wen used Death-Substitute Puppet to absorb the fatal blow, then used the <Darkness-Breaking Technique> to pierce through the ghostly mist that hindered Divine Sense.

He immediately used his Thunder Escape Technique and flew into the sky.

The commotion caused by Song Wen's sudden appearance caught Jing Lie's attention. He looked up at the sky and exclaimed in surprise.

"Not dead? What kind of secret technique is this?"

Jing Lie had no time to think and soared into the sky.

At the same time, he waved the Flood Dragon Banner again.

As the flag fluttered, countless wind blades surged forth, shooting densely into the sky.

In the current situation, with the opponent's location unknown, area-of-effect attacks are the best course of action.

It can not only disrupt the opponent's speed, but also determine the opponent's position based on the wind blades.

Just as Jing Lie had predicted, the sound of wind blades shattering came from somewhere in the sky.

Jing Lie's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slightly adjusted his direction, flying towards the direction from which the sound came.

The Flood Dragon Banner waved once more.

"Roar!"

With a deafening roar, a gigantic wind dragon materialized out of thin air.

The wind dragon shot straight into the sky, bringing with it gusts of wind that stirred up the surrounding ghostly mist.

Seeing the wind dragon suddenly rushing towards him, Song Wen hurriedly reconstructed the Corpse-Baleful Shield and the green bell.

At the same time, he Jade Pivot Divine Thunder, which descended upon the wind dragon.