Teleportation Formation
Pinpointing Mu Yu fifty kilometres east, Ghost Gate’s patriarch passed the former in seconds and uncorked a shockwave strike, holding Mu Yu in place. Mu Yu barely cast Appose Horizon Formation to jump away the moment he had a chance.
“Jump onto the rock!” directed the mystery man, using his last ounce of energy to trade with Ghost Gate’s patriarch.
The man’s blood stained Mu Yu as he crashed into the later, both sent packing. Mu Yu timely caught onto the rock. The formation the mystery man cast set up on the rock ahead of time began to shine, teleporting both of them!
Ghost Gate’s patriarch jumped and jumped on the rock, but it wouldn’t teleport him, and he had no means of locating his targets again once he lost track of their auras.
“Search every nook and cranny within five hundred kilometres! Report back if you detect anything!”
“Yes, My Liege!” responded Ghost Gate’s disciples, spreading out.
Luckily for Mu Yu and the mystery man, they were teleported beyond Ghost Gate’s search radius. The unlucky part was their crash landing that frightened the sleeping birds.
“Thank heavens I destroyed the teleportation formation before that jerk could make the jump,” Mu Yu remarked. “You came prepared. A teleportation formation was the last thing I expected to see.”
The mystery man shunted Mu Yu, then jumped away, albeit staggering and panting after just two steps. Mu Yu looked over to the tree the man leaned on for support, questioning, “Come on, man. Shouldn’t we be trying to get the heck out of here now?”
“I don’t trust you.”
“That’s my payment for putting my life on the line to get you out of there?”
“That wasn’t your primary goal. The timing of your appearance at Ghost Gate tells me you’re after Walk-in Heart Genesis. Most importantly, y-” the man cut himself off to examine the surroundings, eventually fixing his gaze on the tree to his right, “You think you’ve hidden yourself?”
Gui Ximing meandered out from behind the tree, clapping sarcastically. Mu Yu immediately readied Shadow Splitter Sword, surprised Gui Ximing went under his radar.
Was he camping here the entire time? wondered Mu Yu. “How did you find this place?”
“Kekeke, we failed to catch him thirty-four years ago; however, we conducted a carpet search and discovered traces of a teleportation formation here. You think I’m stupid?”
“Thirty-four years ago?” repeated the man.
Noticing Mu Yu’s eyes darting back and forth to check for allies with him, Gui Ximing stated, “You can save yourself the trouble. It’s just me.”
“You’re saying you can defeat our elder here and me at the same time?”
Gui Ximing stole a quick gander the man’s way as the latter stepped back, distrustful of both of the young men, and said, “Well, the sneaky rat is badly injured, so yeah. This will save me the hassle of explaining to my fellow members what’s going on.
“There are few people in the cultivation world this proficient with formations, and the number of cultivators who’ve reached Apotheosis Realm are far and few between. Initially, we suspected Chen Tiandao, Eternally Youthful Ku Mu, Xie Bulao, Sword Shadow Dust Gale and Old Fu Ji on Mount Celestial Green. Xie Bulao and Sword Shadow Dust Gale aren’t the type to steal from us. We know what Eternally Youthful Ku Mu and Chen Tiandao’s domains are, while Elder Fu Ji died ages ago. We still have no clue who uses Lightning Obliteration after all these years, so I’m very curious.”
Gui Ximing tried to get a look at the man’s face. Nonetheless, the man had his appearance hidden perfectly. Thus, Gui Ximing turned his attention to Mu Yu. “You’re also here to find out who he is, so why should we fight? He’s in no shape to fight either of us, is he?”
“You’re right,” Mu Yu admitted.
“I knew you were conspiring with Ghost Gate!” the man brayed, putting more distance between them again.
Mu Yu pulled the man behind him, then declared, “But I must protect his identity.”
“Mu Yu, if you get in my way, I’ll call my patriarch over. It’ll be a pain to explain, but I have my ways of getting out. As for you, I can’t say the same. People we kill in this dimension don’t really die, but you will perish from existence if you die here.”
“Ah, pfft. You think you can explain yourself to your patriarch? ‘Oh, hey, Patriarch, I come thirty-four years from the future. Trust me.’ I bet he’d silence you to protect Walk-in Heart Genesis.”
“Are you testing me?”
“Isn’t it obvious enough?”
“That’s a pity, really. I thought we could resolve this peacefully, but…” Gui Ximing spawned his axe.
“Peacefully, he says, after all the times he’s tried to backstab us,” the dragon vine commented.
“If we fight here, your patriarch will find us,” Mu Yu stated.
“I bet I have a better chance of surviving an encounter with him than you.”
With that, the two clashed yet again, Mu Yu confining their space using Gentle Wind One Line to Heaven and extending his branches. Gui Ximing axed the ground, stopping Mu Yu’s formation from crossing over the slit in the ground.
Both of them kept their spiritual energy in check to avoid Ghost Gate’s patriarch picking up on them. Amidst their fight, though, the two of them sensed Walk-in Heart Genesis’ energy leaking from the man’s seal, blowing them away before they could react.
“Stop that energy leaking now!” Gui Ximing belted.
Gui Ximing discharged ghost qi from his axe, while Mu Yu reinforced the ghost qi with a formation. Mu Yu wrestled against the energy encouraging him to kill.
The mystery man desperately sealed the energy back inside Walk-in Heart Genesis, incapacitating himself on the ground and slowly erasing his concealment formation…
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