Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 2291: Chapter 2287: Shadows of Wind and Snow

Xia Family Territory, outside the main hall.

Two hours later.

Xia Canglan let out a bitter laugh. ”Clan Leader, you really think that brat Xiao Yi can slip away right under that old bastard Lu Long’s nose?”

Xia Yifeng stood with his hands behind his back and said, ”Weren’t you quite confident in him just now?”

Xia Canglan gave an awkward smile. ”I was just talking casually just now.”

”After all, last time the six seniors of Black Demon Hall never expected him to sneak off, shaking off their secret protection.”

”But this time, the one guarding outside is Senior Lu Long himself, and he’s dead set on holding the line.”

Xia Yifeng smiled. ”It’s been two hours and nothing’s happened. Looks like he’s already run.”

Xia Canglan frowned, his perception instantly spreading over dozens of miles, covering the entire icy snow peak.

”Tsk, Xiao Yi’s aura and traces really are gone. How in the hell did he do that?”

Xia Canglan’s face changed in shock. Though he’d long known that Xiao Yi had ’escaped’ like this back then, and that his abilities were indeed extraordinary, experiencing it again himself still gave him a fright.

”Go take a look and we’ll know.” Xia Yifeng smiled, a hint of amazement and keen interest also showing on his face.

Swoosh... swoosh...

Their figures flickered, and they were already outside the Xia Family Mansion.

This was the Endless Snow Mountain. Even within the Ice Emperor Palace, it was wind, snow and cold ice everywhere.

Outside the Xia Family Mansion lay layer upon layer of thick snow and ice, stretching endless and boundless, a vast sheet of white.

”Hm?” Xia Yifeng frowned. ”After leaving my Xia Family Mansion, this is the only way out of the Xia Family Territory.”

”The snow is deep and thick, yet there’s not even half a footprint left behind—no, not even the slightest trace of the snow having been stepped on?”

Xia Canglan smiled. ”What’s so hard about that? A Martial Artist can control the air, or move lightly, even turn his body into wind and snow as he travels. That’s easy.”

”Idiot.” Xia Yifeng cursed lightly. ”I don’t know how the Palace Master hides his aura and walks without a shadow or trace.”

”But right now that old bastard Lu Long’s perception covers the entire Xia Family Territory.”

”Which means the Palace Master absolutely cannot use any Martial Technique, method, Cultivation Technique or Secret Technique. Otherwise all of them will produce Primordial Power fluctuations, and that old bastard Lu Long will definitely not be fooled.”

Xia Canglan froze for a moment, then his face changed drastically. ”Clan Leader, you mean that brat Xiao Yi just walked out like a normal person? But if he’s walking normally, how could he not leave even the slightest trace?”

He couldn’t use any Martial Technique, method, Cultivation Technique or Secret Technique; in fact, anything that required Primordial Power or produced any fluctuation of power couldn’t be used at all.

How was that any different from a normal mortal whose entire Cultivation and strength had been sealed?

Xia Yifeng narrowed his eyes slightly. ”We’ll know if we just look directly.”

Whoosh...

Xia Yifeng swept out his large hand, and the Martial Arts trajectories in the surroundings began to surge. The scene from two hours ago kept condensing.

In the image, Xiao Yi’s figure appeared in an instant.

After leaving the Xia Family Mansion, Xiao Yi walked along at a leisurely pace, actually moving like he was strolling in a courtyard, walking completely normally.

Xia Canglan stared, eyes wide. ”C-Clan Leader, how in the world is that brat Xiao Yi doing this? Walking normally, yet his feet almost don’t touch the ground. Is this kid human or ghost?”

Xia Yifeng, however, wore a look of horror, even drawing in a sharp breath of cold air. ”Dressed in Young Master’s clothes, he should have clashed completely with the surrounding wind and snow.”

”Yet he can meld with the surrounding wind and snow as if they’re one. If you don’t look closely, he’s practically invisible to the naked eye.”

”Without relying on Primordial Power, without borrowing Physical Strength, just with an ordinary body, he’s actually achieved Traceless Travel over a thousand miles.”

”Hiss... what a terrifying stealth ability.”

Xia Canglan said in shock, ”Then doesn’t that mean that even if this kid were an ordinary mortal with no Cultivation at all, he could still walk through my Xia Family Territory without a sound, as if no one were there?”

Xia Yifeng solemnly nodded.

The stealth ability Xiao Yi was showing now was something even he, a Hidden Master, couldn’t explain. The horror in his heart was indescribable.

Whoosh...

Xia Yifeng swept his large hand again, dispersing the Retrospection image around them.

”Forget it. As long as he can fool that old bastard Lu Long, that’s enough.”

...

At the same time.

Outside the Ice Emperor Palace, endless wind and snow howled without stop.

And just at this moment, a ghost-like figure was silently threading its way through them.

Another hour later, having gone far from the Ice Emperor Palace, the ghostly figure finally paused, taking off the mask on his face and revealing a strikingly handsome, exceptionally refined, fair-skinned face.

The figure was, of course, Xiao Yi.

”Finally out.” Xiao Yi curled his lips.

”This Ghost Mask really works.” Xiao Yi smiled, glanced at the icy mask in his hand, then put it away.

He’d long known that while Lu Long was guarding outside the Xia Family Territory, he’d definitely be spreading his perception as well.

But as long as he wore the Ghost Mask and concealed his aura, no one would be able to sense him; and as long as there was not the slightest surge of Primordial Power or trace of strength on him, in Lu Long’s perception he would be like an invisible ghost, coming and going as he pleased.

Of course, that didn’t mean there were absolutely no flaws.

If he ran into an obstruction formed by a Prohibition Barrier, he’d have to make a move to break it. Once he made a move, he’d be sensed at once.

Naturally, he’d already calculated that Lu Long had the guts to spread his perception over the entire Xia Family Territory, but absolutely wouldn’t dare set up a Prohibition Barrier to seal the Xia Family Territory.

So, leaving right under Lu Long’s eyelids really wasn’t all that hard for him.

However, walking like a normal person without using any strength was relatively slow, so it took him a full three hours to get sufficiently far from the Ice Emperor Palace.

Otherwise, with ordinary Sky-controlling Flight, that speed would only take a few breaths.

Also, while the Ghost Mask’s aura-concealing effect was powerful, it didn’t make him literally vanish into thin air.

So if someone used Martial Arts Retrospection, they could still track his traces.

It’s just that by the time Lu Long reacted and used Martial Arts Retrospection, Xiao Yi would already have run far away.

Xiao Yi smiled in satisfaction, his figure moved, ready to take off with Sky-controlling Flight and leave.

But just then—

In the distance, a figure flickered through the wind and snow, its speed pushed to the extreme.

At the same time, a mass of black shadow came at him head-on with Sky-breaking speed.

From that shadow there clearly emanated a terrifyingly powerful aura.

The impact of that aura was absolutely no less than a full-force blow from a Late-stage Saint Sovereign Realm expert.

Xiao Yi’s eyes went cold, Purple Lightning condensing into his hand.

He was just about to swing his sword when he suddenly saw that within the black shadow was a face—there was clearly a person inside.

Xiao Yi was taken aback, hurriedly pulling back his sword and grabbing the black shadow in one hand. The immense impact exploded with a deafening boom, blasting him back nearly a hundred steps.

Xiao Yi glanced at the figure rapidly departing in the distance. ”What speed.”

Then, steadying himself, he looked at what he was holding and realized it was a black blanket.

Inside the blanket, there really was someone. That somewhat familiar face turned out to be Lu Lingxue.

”Lu Lingxue?” Xiao Yi’s expression changed. ”Hm? A near-death wound?”

At this moment Lu Lingxue’s aura was weakened to the extreme, her face deathly pale, a trace of blood hanging from the corner of her lips.

”Damn.” Xiao Yi suddenly came back to his senses, his heart clenching hard.

...

First update.