After Nine-Headed Insect finished using his secret technique, he continued flying forward, only stopping after traveling over a thousand li. He then released tens of thousands of blood-colored hummingbirds once more.
These Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds were a flock of scouting spirit birds he had secretly raised. Like the Blue-Winged Birds Ba Serpent and the others had used before, they could share their master's vision. Moreover, these Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds were far more formidable than the Blue-Winged Birds. Their flight speed was three or four times greater, and they were far more sensitive to Magic Power. Their only drawback was that they lived much shorter lives than Blue-Winged Birds and could only survive in hot, humid places like Cloud Dream Marsh. Once they left this area, they would be of little use—a minor imperfection.
At the Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds' speed, they would need only half a day to spread throughout Cloud Dream Marsh. With these spirit birds searching, Nine-Headed Insect was confident that no matter where Shen Luo hid, he would find him.
Nine-Headed Insect directed this flock of Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds to scout the surrounding area while continuing onward. Every thousand li, he stopped to release another batch of spirit birds, accelerating their spread.
In this manner, less than half an hour quickly passed. Just as Nine-Headed Insect was about to release another flock of Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds, the green compass beside him flashed with spiritual light. Its wildly spinning needle stopped and pointed in a certain direction.
The blood-red arrow within the Blood Demon Pearl did the same, coming to a steady stop and pointing there as well.
"Could it be that the treasure concealing that thief's aura can only last for a while and cannot be maintained indefinitely?" Nine-Headed Insect was both startled and delighted. He immediately used Blood Cloud Escape to fly