Ancient Devouring Technique

Chapter 900: Someone following?

"Zizzizi..."

With a strange sound, a poisonous vine equivalent to the seventh level of the Holy Realm was burned into charcoal by the Heavenly Star True Flame and shattered on the ground. The Heavenly Star True Flame whistled back and was taken back into Ye Xuan's body.

Ye Xuan was suspended in the air a hundred feet high, looking at the seemingly peaceful but actually dangerous forest ahead. He frowned slightly and murmured, "The secret records of the Yinsha Sect clearly stated that the number of poisonous vines here has been reduced to the lowest level in history, but I don't think it's 'less' at all..."

He subconsciously looked back and saw that along the way he came, there were strands of burnt poison vines lying on the ground, forming a clear trail. This was the path he and Huo Miao had walked half a day after they separated. In just a few miles, he had encountered no less than ten poison vines, and most of them were of the seventh or eighth level of strength.

With the Heavenly Star True Flame and the Asura Demonic Flame, although it takes a little more effort to deal with the poison vine, there is no great danger. Therefore, although Ye Xuan's journey was relatively slow, it was also quite "easy".

However, Ye Xuan was quite worried about the last less than ten miles ahead. If he encountered a Great Sage or even stronger poison vine, it would be bad.

"I've walked so far, but I still haven't seen any spiritual medicine. According to the secret records of the Yin Sha Sect, there should be quite a few spiritual medicines nearby. This is a bit strange..." Ye Xuan spread his spiritual thoughts and carefully checked the surroundings. He frowned secretly, thinking of the third-grade holy medicine that he had seen before that withered for unknown reasons, and muttered, "Is it a coincidence? Or are all the spiritual medicines here 'dead' like the previous spiritual medicine? It seems that some unknown changes that are not recorded in the secret records of the Yin Sha Sect have occurred here..."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter whether there is elixir or not, let's keep moving forward... huh?!" After thinking for a moment, Ye Xuan calmed himself down and was about to continue flying forward, but suddenly his eyes flashed, and he turned around and looked behind him as if he had realized something.

But the back was empty and there was nothing unusual.

"Is it an illusion..." Ye Xuan frowned slightly, pondered for a few breaths, then turned around and flew forward.

……

It was not until a long time after Ye Xuan left that a series of tiny transparent ripples suddenly appeared in the void somewhere in the direction he had just been looking at, and a white figure flashed out of thin air.

This was a handsome young man in white. His face, which even women would be jealous of, was filled with a hint of surprise. He looked at the direction where Ye Xuan disappeared and said to himself, "It seems that he noticed my presence? How is this possible..."

After thinking for a while, the man revealed a playful smile and whispered, "Interesting... It seems that this trip can not only 'bring back' the Time-Breaking Sword Embryo, but also obtain a Spiritual Fire. Although the grade is not high, it is quite rare. Moreover, this person seems to have a lot of other treasures..."

A trace of greed flashed in the eyes of the young man in white. He looked up in the direction where Ye Xuan disappeared. He took a step forward, and his figure instantly disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he was already a hundred feet away. Then he took another step forward, and teleported another hundred feet away, and soon disappeared into the dim sky over there.

……

After cautiously advancing for several miles, the dark mountain wall in front was clearly visible, and the brightness around had dropped to an extremely low level. The sky could no longer be seen when they looked up, and directly above them, the peaks on both sides almost completely overlapped, like a ceiling that completely covered this last area.

Along the way, Ye Xuan encountered five poisonous vines of the eighth level of the Holy Realm, and there were no more poisonous vines of the seventh level. This was his first time here, so he didn't know whether this place was really as recorded in the secret records of the Yinsha Sect, and that it was the "least dangerous" period in history. Anyway, he was very sure that if they had not met him, and Ge Zhanxiong and the others had continued to explore here as originally planned, they might not have died even if they had ten lives.

"We're almost there... There may be poison vines at the entrance of the cave that are at the perfect level of Saint. We can even rule out the possibility of poison vines at the Great Saint level..."

Ye Xuan paused slightly, confirmed his position, and continued to fly forward. But after he flew several hundred feet forward, he suddenly stopped again, looked at the ground in front of him, with his eyebrows slightly raised.

"Someone got here first?!"

Ye Xuan couldn't help but whisper in surprise, looking at the charred ground in front of him that was still emitting a burning air, his mind racing.

"The only person I know who has the strength to come here is Zeng Zhilong from the Baihua Sect. Is it him? Or someone else?" Ye Xuan pondered to himself, "And it seems that the other party's purpose seems to be the same as mine. So besides the Yinsha Sect, are there other people who know this secret?"

He had previously thought that only the Yinsha Sect knew this secret, but now he suddenly discovered that there were other competitors. This made him feel more pressured. It seemed that obtaining the sword embryo and the God-Devouring Vine would be more difficult than he had imagined.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Xuan flew above the scorched earth, looked around, and found an obvious trail. The other party came from another direction, and because they had the same destination, they met his trail here. Looking forward, he could no longer feel the other party's breath, and it seemed that he had gone far away.

Finally, Ye Xuan set his sights on the burnt poison vine below. Judging from its size, it should also be a perfect poison vine in the Saint Realm. He concentrated and sensed it carefully for a few seconds, and suddenly his eyes flashed and he said, "Spiritual Fire!!"

The 'death' of this poison vine was exactly the same as those poison vines that were burned to death by himself with the Heavenly Star True Flame, so Ye Xuan sensed it carefully and indeed found a faint scent of spiritual fire.

"This person with the spiritual fire has a very strong cultivation base. This is not easy to deal with..." Ye Xuan frowned slightly and looked up at the road ahead. The mountain wall at the end was already visible in the distance. He murmured, "Although someone got there first, I've already come here. I have to go and take a look."

After making the decision, Ye Xuan did not linger any longer and started to fly forward. All the obstacles along the way had been cleared away by those who had arrived earlier.

Not long after, looking at the vaguely visible cave at the foot of the mountain ahead, Ye Xuan fell from the air, restrained his breath, and used the dark concealment technique to hide himself.

He had already sensed that powerful energy fluctuations were coming out of the cave, mixed with the auras of several powerful men.

"They are still fighting. So... the sword embryo and the God-devouring Vine may not have been taken away yet!"

Ye Xuan sensed the vague fluctuations coming from the front, thinking secretly while sneaking forward cautiously...

(End of this chapter)