His ninth Tideflow was a failure, leaving him with only eight Tideflows. As his Dao foundation stabilized, his cultivation base became that of the Foundation Establishment stage. Even as he retreated, his power increased far beyond what it had been before.
Bai Xiaochun’s eyes flickered, and he blurred into motion, appearing a moment later directly in front of Song Que. Then, his two fingers shot out like lightning.
Throat Crushing Grasp!
Just before they landed on Song Que, Song Que performed a double-handed incantation gesture. Then he opened his mouth and spit out a finger-nail sized blood sphere.
Despite being at the peak of Earthstring Foundation Establishment, Bai Xiaochun instantly sensed that he was in incredible danger.
The spiritual power within that blood sphere was terrifying!
For some reason, there was something familiar about this crisis, although Bai Xiaochun wasn’t sure exactly what it was.
When his two fingers made contact with the blood sphere, a shockwave blasted out in all directions, along with a deafening boom.
As the force of the shockwave spread out in all directions, Ghostfang and Shangguan Tianyou were forced backward, and the lands down below were crushed.
Blood oozed out of the corners of Bai Xiaochun’s mouth as he staggered backward several steps, reeling in shock. Despite the fact that he had his Undying Gold Skin, the blast from the blood sphere had actually injured him. Although the injuries weren’t serious, they were shocking nonetheless.
The sense of familiarity he had experienced moments ago had grown even more intense when he made contact with the blood sphere. And yet, he still couldn’t figure out why that was.
“Why does this seem so familiar!?!? Just what exactly is that blood sphere!?”
Bai Xiaochun looked up to see Song Que flying backward like a kite with its string cut, blood spraying out of his mouth, his chest caved in. Clearly, his injuries were much more serious than Bai Xiaochun’s.
Because he had been interrupted in the middle of his ninth Tideflow, his cultivation base was still in the process of stabilizing. He was definitely less powerful than Bai Xiaochun, and furthermore, he had suffered a backlash injury because of the blood sphere.
Even still, he looked up with maddened viciousness at Bai Xiaochun.
Bai Xiaochun was just about to launch another attack when Song Que turned and fled. Even as he sped away, he produced a priceless teleportation jade amulet, which he crushed. A moment later, teleportation power snatched him up, and he vanished.
When he reappeared, he was hundreds of kilometers away, fleeing at top speed.
“I hope he didn’t notice,” Song Que murmured through gritted teeth. “Dammit, he showed up just a moment too soon. One step away, just one step…. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. Even if I didn’t reach the peak of Earthstring Foundation Establishment, I can still surpass Bai Xiaochun. And once I do, he’s dead!” With that, he produced a Feng Shui compass which featured nine glowing dots of light. Those were none other than the energy nodes he had activated throughout the Fallen Sword World!
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Chapter
162: Heavenstring Energy
Bai Xiaochun’s eyes glittered at the sight of Song Que’s precious jade amulet of teleportation. Just when he was about to give chase, he suddenly paused and looked down.
The ground down below had been completely flattened by the exploding blood sphere….
“Hold on a second….” Bai Xiaochun said, looking more than a little suspicious. “If Song Que had a jade amulet of teleportation, then it would have made more sense for him to use it the moment I interrupted his ninth Tideflow. After the collapse of the vortex, he was in the worst position possible!
“But instead of using the jade amulet, he used that blood sphere to fight me. He even got injured in the process. Although it seemed like he was really pissed off, now that I think about it, it seems more like… he was trying to erase evidence down below.” After analyzing the matter a bit more, his eyes glittered.
“After I interrupted him, two things happened. The first was that his ninth Tideflow was destroyed, and the earthstring energy scattered. That was normal. But what was abnormal was how his earthstring energy formed a column of light that shot up into the sky and dispersed even more rapidly than before.
“Although it might seem innocuous at first, those two things together… are very suspicious!
“He’s hiding something!
“He’s hiding something that has to do with the sky, and with his spell formation on the ground. To figure out what it is he’s hiding, I should compare things now with how they were before. Maybe then I can deduce the answer.” Looking up into the sky, he confirmed that the Tideflow vortex had indeed dissipated. Because of how Song Que had directly returned the earthstring energy, some smaller, residual vortexes remained, but they were nothing like the larger vortex from before.
“Because of the ninth Tideflow vortex, and the waning earthstring energy, the sky grew weak….” After confirming this by observing a few different locations up above, he looked back down at the ground.
Ghostfang and Shangguan Tianyou were still there off to the side. Ghostfang looked suspiciously at what Bai Xiaochun was doing, whereas Shangguan Tianyou laughed coldly in his heart, then turned and left.
Bai Xiaochun ignored Shangguan Tianyou as he studied the ground below.
“This normally wouldn’t be a good place for Foundation Establishment. But Song Que selected this location for a reason. Then he wiped out the evidence when he left.” Frowning, Bai Xiaochun began to walk along, taking time to look up into the sky with every step.
Soon, he was standing in the exact spot where Song Que had been sitting cross-legged. There, he looked up into the sky again, and was just about to take another step, when suddenly his expression flickered. He stopped and stood there, staring up into the sky.
At first, everything seemed normal, even calm compared to before. But then, he sensed something. He couldn’t be sure if it was real or not, but based on his nine Tideflows cultivation base, the peak of Earthstring Foundation Establishment, he suddenly got the feeling… that there was something up there so powerful that it was terrifying even to himself!
It was a pressure that filled him with intense desire, something that seemed connected to his nine spiritual seas.
“That’s….” At first he couldn’t believe it, but then he began to tremble and even pant. Without another thought, he leaped up into the air and flew off into the distance.
Ghostfang frowned as he watched Bai Xiaochun leaving. Then he headed over to the same spot where Bai Xiaochun had just been standing, and looked up into the sky. However, he didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. Only someone like Song Que, with a special magical item, and who had activated numerous energy nodes, would be able to do so. Or… someone at the peak of Earthstring Foundation Establishment, with the power of nine Tideflows.
In fact, the latter would find it even easier to sense what was above, and with more clarity.
Eventually, Ghostfang shook his head and left.
Not too much time passed before Bai Xiaochun returned, looking very excited, Hou Yunfei in tow. Hou Yunfei was just beginning to resume his Tideflow.
“Big Bro Hou, start your Tideflow here. I’ll help you speed things along. I suspect that the sky above this point has a unique aura!!”
Hou Yunfei smiled. Considering the utter faith he had in Bai Xiaochun, he didn’t feel the need to ask any further questions, and quickly sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.
Standing behind him, Bai Xiaochun reached out and placed his palm onto his back. His nine spiritual seas began to rotate as he poured power into Hou Yunfei to help speed up his Tideflow.