Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 173: Chapter 165: Leveraged Assassination

The two cautiously advanced, and Chen Youran occasionally used the Withered Wood Revival Skill to try sensing the rough positions of those poisonous Demon Beasts.

However, the poison miasma and Spiritual Qi in this jungle seemed to have undergone some mutation, severely hindering her perception.

”Young Clan Leader, that direction makes me... somewhat uneasy.”

Chen Youran suddenly frowned and pointed to the left-front, speaking out.

Although the Withered Wood Revival Skill couldn’t sense anything specific, every time she used it, she vaguely felt an extremely chilly force lurking in the left-front.

Hearing her words, Shen Chongming retracted his steps slowly, his expression grave as he examined the surroundings.

Unlike Shi Miao’s impulsiveness and Zhao Tuan’s excessive caution, Chen Youran was fairly pragmatic. For her to say this, she must have truly sensed something amiss.

After observing the surroundings closely, Shen Chongming hesitated slightly before speaking, ”Let’s use a Divine Movement Skill first.”

The two each cast a Divine Movement Skill on themselves.

”Step back a bit.”

Shen Chongming raised the Silent Guest Longbow in his hand, Spiritual Power surged within him, instantly applying a Fire Attribute Technique called Burning Flame to the arrow.

A fiery red aura instantly suffused the pitch-black arrow.

The Five Elements Minor Techniques Wei Qiuling had given to the Shen Family could all be practiced by Qi Cultivation Realm Cultivators.

Shen Chongming didn’t possess a Fire Attribute Spirit Root, thus couldn’t fully exert the effect of this Fire Attribute Technique.

This time, he applied it to the bow and arrow for another purpose.

He glanced at Chen Youran, who had already stepped back, and immediately drew the bow to its full extent, shooting an arrow toward the eerily swirling miasma on the left-front!

The arrow was silent.

Yet, as it pierced through the miasma, it triggered a peculiar noise!

The previously remarkably silent jungle suddenly resounded with a series of teeth-gritting low shrieks!

In an instant, as if a colossal creature had been awakened, its body undulating, stirring the poison miasma into a constant state of upheaval!

Through the dense miasma, Shen Chongming could only vaguely see a piece of pitch-black scalelike object flashing by!

Before he could delve into what creature that was, he heard rustling sounds coming from the jungle ahead.

It was difficult to see with the naked eye; as soon as he released his Divine Sense, he felt an extremely chilling Divine Sense sweeping towards him!

Pu!

Struck by that freezing Divine Sense, Shen Chongming felt as if his Divine Sense had been hammered down with a massive sledgehammer!

Subsequently, it caused a Divine Spirit disturbance, prompting him to involuntarily spew a mouthful of fresh blood.

”Young Clan Leader!”

Chen Youran had been closely observing him, seeing him injured and spitting blood, she flicked her Long Whip sharply, directly wrapping Shen Chongming’s body, supporting him as they ran towards the distance.

On the way, Shen Chongming shook his somewhat dazed head. After recovering, he spoke, ”Youran, I’m alright now.”

Only then did Chen Youran let him go, and the two rushed toward the agreed location.

Soon, the two burst out of the area shrouded by the miasma, but before they could run far, hundreds of giant centipedes of varying lengths emerged from the miasma behind!

These centipedes were pitch-black all over, the shorter ones about a foot, while the longer ones approached one zhang!

A dense swarm of centipedes emitted shrill cries, chasing after the two!

The two were faster than the centipedes behind, thanks to the Divine Movement Skill.

As Shen Chongming ran, he glanced back.

”There are quite a few. The smaller ones haven’t transformed into demons yet, those few larger ones, I estimate, possess the strength of the Qi Cultivation Fourth or Fifth Layer.”

Chen Youran also glanced back, seemingly quite disliking these creatures, frowned and said, ”Young Clan Leader, will this be difficult to control this time?”

Previously, they had used mountain Demon Beasts to deal with the Barbarian Race cultivators, always one or two at a time.

This time, it was hundreds at once. Just the Demon Beasts numbered about ten to twenty, and although the rest weren’t Demon Beasts, they were clearly highly toxic. If a cultivator was bitten, it could be very troublesome.

”No harm, we’ll resort to talismans if needed.”

”That way.”

After a glance at the terrain ahead, the two adjusted their direction.

Meanwhile, over ten li away, Zhao Tuan and Shi Miao were crouching on an ancient tree, faint Spiritual Power fluctuating around their bodies, rendering them intangible.

”Brother Tuan, how effective is the Invisibility Talisman refined by the Elder Patriarch?”

”Can it evade that cyclopean fellow?”

”Stop yapping.” Zhao Tuan whispered sternly, ”The Invisibility Talisman can’t conceal sound; if you keep babbling, we’ll be exposed sooner or later.”

Upon hearing this, Shi Miao hurriedly shut his mouth.

Not far from the two, a group of more than ten Barbarian Race cultivators dressed in animal skins was slowly searching ahead.

Divine Sense after Divine Sense swept over the giant tree where Zhao Tuan and Shi Miao were hiding, without pausing at all, directly bypassing it.

”The Shen Family is really lucky, garnering favor from two Immortal Sects and getting along well with other sects; the few kids not only know various techniques, but also carry numerous talismans, elixirs, and Spirit Crystals.”

”Compared to them, we’re just a bunch of poor wretches!”

In the Barbarian Race team, a one-eyed bald old man harshly spoke.

They discovered Shen Chongming’s group of four yesterday.

During a chase, they encountered another Barbarian Race team’s squad.

Although both teams initially planned to avoid joining forces, each wanting to monopolize the bounty.

Only after contact did they realize, in terms of realm alone, each team was stronger than Shen Chongming’s group of four, but in techniques, Magical Artifacts, and other external strength, there was a significant gap between them and the four.

Shen Chongming’s group of four each possessed a Magical Artifact, mastery over numerous Five Elements Techniques.

They even had elixirs and talismans among them.