Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 702: Chapter 397 Tracking_2

If all the Golden Core cultivators hadn’t entered the Nanyuan Mountain Range in time, moving into the territory of the spirit beasts, they would likely have been intercepted by the Golden Core cultivators of the Senluo Sect.

The most worrisome event didn’t occur, and three to four small teams arrived.

A total of thirty-three Golden Core cultivators gathered together, especially with the presence of the Great Elder, which even made Li Yuan Ba, hiding in the distance, feel a sense of alarm.

Of course, the thirty-three Golden Core cultivators couldn’t discover Li Yuan Ba, who was more than three hundred miles away from them, observing these cultivators with the ”Divine Eye Technique”.

”Form the array using the method we’ve practiced before!” Elder Jing Geng waved his hand and commanded.

A cultivator named Dong Wei was the center, with the rest of the Golden Core cultivators standing at different positions around him.

This Dong Wei was an Array Master, responsible for controlling the array formed by the Golden Core cultivators and issuing commands to each one.

Even Elder Jing Geng would follow his orders, which was a necessary method for entering the Nanyuan Mountain Range.

”It’s the Mysterious Mist Secret Array!” Li Yuan Ba saw clearly and recognized the origin of the array at a glance.

The Mysterious Mist Secret Array is an expandable Third Grade Array with a simple setup, a single function, but a high tolerance for errors and is one of the few arrays that can be set up while moving.

Especially, the Mysterious Mist Secret Array grows stronger in its concealment effect as more cultivators join.

A Mysterious Mist Secret Array formed by thirty-three Golden Core cultivators wouldn’t be exposed unless they encountered a Great Demon.

This was probably the reason why these Golden Core cultivators dared to enter the Nanyuan Mountain Range; with such means, their safety greatly increased.

The thirty or so Golden Core cultivators, under the control of the Array Master Dong Wei, were flying at a relatively slow speed, low in the sky toward the interior of the Nanyuan Mountain Range.

The Mysterious Mist Secret Array enshrouded them in a layer of mist, which is very common in the mountains and even harder to spot at night.

Li Yuan Ba moved as well, using the ”Sky Concealing Secret Technique” and a Secret Technique from the ”Evil Corpse Spirit Record” to conceal all traces of his presence. In the darkness, he didn’t have to worry about being discovered and could use ”Step by Step Lotus” to move quietly and without a trace.

One after the other, both parties were flying through the Nanyuan Mountain Range, pushing into its depths.

This time, Li Yuan Ba didn’t maintain too great a distance from the thirty-three Golden Core cultivators. After they had used the Mysterious Mist Secret Array, the UAV satellite system was unable to detect them.

This was also the reason for the cover of darkness; if it were daylight and it was known that they had formed a cloud of mist, they could still be tracked.

Li Yuan Ba also discovered another feature of the Mysterious Mist Secret Array: it creates a cold mist that conceals the cultivators, which also prevents the body heat of the cultivators from being detected by the infrared monitoring of the UAV satellite system.

Elder Jing Geng’s gaze swept around in the darkness, and suddenly he waved his hand, sending a flying sword shooting out from the Mysterious Mist Secret Array.

A Second Grade Ground-drilling Gold Absorption Rat, with a color like the earth, was looking at the low-flying fog with a puzzled gaze, sniffing repeatedly, trying to ascertain something via the scent.

The flying sword struck like lightning and before the rat had a chance to react, it was slain by a single sword thrust.

The flying sword, along with the corpse of the Ground-drilling Gold Absorption Rat, returned to Elder Jing Geng’s side. He tossed the body of the rat to a fellow cultivator nearby.

The sensing ability of the Ground-drilling Gold Absorption Rat is extremely keen, and although it is only of the Second Grade, its sensory talent surpasses that of many Great Demons.

It also serves as a sentinel for the spirit beast territory, placed on the periphery of the domain by the Spirit Beast Clan.

As soon as the Ground-drilling Gold Absorption Rat detects something unusual, it would use a unique sound to alert other spirit beasts. Many cultivators relying on stealth techniques to infiltrate the territory of the spirit beasts in search of fortune have been mysteriously surrounded by spirit beasts, most of which were due to the traces discovered by the Ground-drilling Gold Absorption Rat.

Elder Jing Geng gestured to Dong Wei to continue moving forward, indicating that all was safe.

Li Yuan Ba saw the flying sword emerge from the mist and strike down the Ground-drilling Gold Absorption Rat.

”It seems this Great Elder is not easy to deal with!” he thought to himself.

This Elder Jing Geng must have practiced some sort of sensory Secret Technique. The Ground-drilling Gold Absorption Rat naturally possesses the ability to hide, but it was still discovered by Elder Jing Geng, who managed to kill it in one fell swoop.

However, this made things much easier for Li Yuan Ba.

Although he also had methods of concealing his presence, it was impossible to hide from spirit beasts like the Ground-drilling Gold Absorption Rat with a special talent for perception.

A cultivator’s body inevitably emits a scent that distinguishes them from spirit beasts and nature, and the Ground-drilling Gold Absorption Rat would detect it.

In Li Yuanba’s state of Corpse Refining, there was also an aroma that belonged to the refined corpses and it was impossible to completely conceal.

He didn’t need to worry, with these Golden Core cultivators leading the way ahead, he could follow behind and benefit, without worrying about being discovered by spirit beasts.

The routes taken by the Golden Core cultivators in front were somewhat special, often circumventing certain mountain peaks; from Li Yuanba’s observations, these peaks were rich in Spiritual Energy and likely harbored Great Demons.

Although this made the progress of the Golden Core cultivators slower, aside from Elder Jing Geng who took action several times to deal with some spirit beasts, they encountered no other trouble.

Thirty-three Golden Core cultivators moving through the Nanyuan Mountain Range for several ”two hours” was an incredibly unbelievable feat.

This showed the extensive preparations these Golden Core cultivators had made to enter the Nanyuan Mountain Range.

Finally, after walking for more than four ”two hours,” the sky slowly brightened.

As the sky became brighter, the low-flying fog became evident.

This fog, mingling among other clouds and weaving between mountain peaks, seemed ordinary.

However, while all clouds normally drifted with the wind, today’s wind direction was wrong. The clouds formed by Elder Jing Geng’s Mysterious Mist Secret Array, however, were traveling against the wind.

Ordinary beasts and first- and second-level spirit beasts had limited wisdom, and since the clouds were high above, this wasn’t much of an issue.

But this was the Nanyuan Mountain Range, where the number of Great Demons was particularly high.

The Spirit Beast Clan, sharing the living space with human cultivators on the Beishu Continent, naturally possessed formidable strength.

High above, an Iron Feather Golden Eagle, a Great Demon-level spirit beast, sped through the sky with remarkable vision, noticing something amiss as it flew over the clouds.

A Great Demon-level spirit beast’s wisdom hardly differed from that of a human, so it readily detected the abnormality in the cluster of clouds.

The Iron Feather Golden Eagle let out a piercing cry, contracting its body and diving toward the clouds.

”Change the Formation!” Dong Wei said in a deep voice.

The thirty-three Golden Core cultivators shifted their positions as the fog from the Mysterious Mist Secret Array dispersed, letting the Iron Feather Golden Eagle fly into it.

The instant the Iron Feather Golden Eagle entered the Mysterious Mist Secret Array, the Spiritual Power of thirty-three Golden Core cultivators collected and, assisted by the Formation, simultaneously trapped the Iron Feather Golden Eagle.

The Iron Feather Golden Eagle was the king of the skies, with a flying speed so fast that not even Elder Jing Geng could compete with it.

Therefore, to deal with such a flying spirit beast, they had to lure it into a trap.

They couldn’t give the Iron Feather Golden Eagle the slightest chance to escape; otherwise, their whereabouts would be exposed. If exposed within the Nanyuan Mountain Range, countless attacks from spirit beasts would await them.

The Iron Feather Golden Eagle’s strength was roughly at the Third Grade mid-phase. Although the combat power of a Great Demon could match several human cultivators of the same rank, against the simultaneous attack of thirty-three Golden Core cultivators, among them the supremely skilled Elder Jing Geng, it had no chance to resist.

After the body of the Iron Feather Golden Eagle was trapped, Elder Jing Geng struck it down in an instant.

His face showed no joy for having killed a Great Demon in an instant, as they had been on guard against encountering Great Demons since entering the Nanyuan Mountain Range and had not expected to meet one so soon.

”Master Dong, let’s find a place to rest and continue our journey tonight,” he calculated the time and, after some thought, gave the order.

Dong Wei did not object, nor did he have the authority to counter Elder Jing Geng’s suggestion.

Under his command, the Mysterious Mist Secret Array descended toward the ground, and upon reaching a mountain peak, he took out many array flags and set up a Formation.

An Array Master’s Formation easily concealed the figures and auras of thirty-three Golden Core cultivators completely. Even if a Great Demon approached, unless it came into contact with the Formation, it would not detect their presence.