Chapter 1978: Diversion Tactics

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The gigantic jade disk had transformed into a dazzling, fiery red sun, whose crimson spiritual light completely enveloped the valley below. Within this red light, countless faint silver runes flickered continuously, seemingly containing some mysterious power.

On the jade disk, three blood-light avatars stood side by side, forming hand seals. Their bodies shimmered with blood-red light as they gazed unblinkingly at the crystal wall before them.

On the crystal wall, crimson orbs of light were searching everywhere throughout the valley. These orbs roamed freely, without any obstruction, whether in the sky or underground. The scene on the crystal wall also flickered and changed as the orbs moved, but apart from rocks, trees, and some unintelligent wild beasts, nothing else came into view.

The three avatars' expressions naturally grew even gloomier, but they continued to urge the light orbs to patrol every inch of the area.

Not long after, a whistling sound came from the horizon behind them, and a white light shot from high above. It was Yuan Sha, flying here on her stone palace. After a slight tremor, the stone palace whistled to a stop about a thousand zhang away from the jade disk, halting its flight.

Almost simultaneously, a white light flashed on the crystal wall of the jade disk, and a slender figure appeared.

“Fellow Daoist Yuan Sha, you've finally arrived,” the central blood-light avatar asked with a hint of a smile upon seeing the woman's image.

“Spare me the pleasantries,” Yuan Sha said indifferently after glancing at the three. “Is that fellow truly trapped in the valley?”

“Naturally, it is true. How would I dare deceive a fellow Daoist?” another blood-light avatar replied coolly. “After I caught up to him, that fellow actually went underground, foolishly attempting to escape by earth-burrowing. Instead, it allowed me to seize the opportunity to seal this place with the Heaven-Earth Disk, making it impossible for him to escape. However, I don't know what kind of concealment art he used, but I haven't been able to find him yet. This is where we’ll need your help, Fellow Daoist Yuan Sha.”

“Hmm, excellent. I will personally use my demonic essence to force that fellow out,” Yuan Sha said, nodding and agreeing immediately.

“Don’t be hasty. Let one of us accompany you into the valley,” the last blood-light avatar said coldly. “We can also serve as your protector, just in case that fellow attempts a sneak attack.”

“Protector? Hmph, aren’t you just trying to monitor me?” The woman’s expression immediately darkened upon hearing this, showing displeasure instead of delight.

“Heh heh, Fellow Daoist Yuan Sha, don’t misunderstand!” the central blood-light avatar chuckled. “That fellow is full of schemes and possesses several powerful treasures, so we must still be on guard.”

“Fine, if you want to send someone along, I won’t stop you. But it’s best not to have any other intentions. Otherwise, if anything goes wrong, don’t blame me for being ruthless,” the woman replied expressionlessly after her eyes flickered a few times. Then, without waiting for the blood-light avatar to reply, she formed a hand seal and vanished from the crystal wall.

“Good. As we discussed earlier, go and monitor her. Once that fellow is truly found, notify the two of us immediately. We must not let him fall into Yuan Sha’s hands first,” the smile on the central blood-light avatar’s face vanished completely as he grimly instructed the other avatar.

“Don’t worry, I’ll adapt as needed. Even if that fellow is low on spiritual power now, Yuan Sha won’t be able to catch him in just one or two moves. But before he appears, you absolutely must not lift the Heaven-Earth Disk’s seal, to prevent him from escaping again,” the avatar nodded, but then added two more anxious instructions.

The remaining two naturally nodded in agreement.

At the same time, the distant stone palace suddenly emitted a rumbling sound. With countless runes flickering on its surface, it split open from the middle and transformed back into two gigantic stone golems. Yuan Sha stood gracefully atop one of the stone golems. Forming a hand seal, she descended with the two large golems directly towards the center of the valley.

On the other side, near the jade disk, a ball of blood-red light flew out. Within it, a faint blood-red shadow flashed and shot downwards as well.

A short while later, Yuan Sha and a blood-robed youth landed on a gravel platform in the valley.

“This must be the place. Elder Shi, transform yourselves,” Yuan Sha instructed the two stone giants beside her after surveying her surroundings.

“Yes, Lady Yuan Sha!” the two golems rumbled.

The two then rolled onto the ground, their bodies emitting a great gray-white light. In an instant, they transformed into two hundred-zhang-tall stone pillars. Their surfaces were engraved with strange patterns and runes, appearing incredibly mysterious.

“Stone Lun Totems! Tsk tsk, I really didn’t expect these two subordinates to have cultivated even these,” the blood-robed youth exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this scene.

“Among the Stone Demon race, even if their cultivation isn't in the top three, it's certainly within the top ten. If they couldn't even achieve this much, why would I have protected their lineage for so many years in the Holy Realm?” Yuan Sha said unceremoniously.

“Heh heh, if my Stone Demons also had Elder Stone Demons with such profound cultivation, I would protect them to the end as well. But enough about that. Fellow Daoist, you’ve summoned these totems; are you perhaps planning to use them to amplify your demonic essence?” the blood-robed youth asked with a low chuckle, stroking his chin.

“Since even you, who possess the Heaven-Earth Disk, couldn’t find any trace of that fellow Han, simply using demonic essence might not be effective. But with the Stone Lun Totems’ augmentation, it will be foolproof,” Yuan Sha replied calmly, seemingly with no intention of concealing anything.

The blood-robed youth nodded upon hearing this and stood aside, remaining silent. Yuan Sha likewise had nothing more to say. Her figure moved, and she appeared directly between the two stone pillars.

A white light flashed, and an ancient stone platform rumbled out from underground, lifting the woman over ten zhang high. Yuan Sha took a deep breath, formed a hand seal with one hand, and flicked the sleeve of her other arm. Over a dozen black banners flew out, spiraled once, and then landed steadily on the ground around the stone platform, firmly embedding themselves.

With a soft cry, a black light burst from behind the woman, twisting and transforming into a gigantic three-headed, six-armed demonic form! This demonic form wore dark, gleaming armor and exuded terrifying, sky-reaching malevolence. Its six eyes were blood-red, completely devoid of emotion.

Low incantations emanated from the woman’s mouth. Suddenly, she raised a hand and cast over a dozen magic seals in all directions, which flashed and then vanished into the void. The black banners immediately hummed, and a flash of black light caused them to rapidly swell in size. In moments, they transformed into colossal objects, dozens of zhang tall.

At this moment, the gigantic demonic form behind Yuan Sha suddenly moved, raising its head to look up. It then swung its six arms, reaching upwards as if to grab something. Six black orbs of light appeared in its palms, then exploded with a *bang-bang* sound, transforming into six streams of black smoke that converged high in the sky.

In an instant, a demonic cloud formed in the air. As it writhed, it constantly shifted into the forms of birds, beasts, and other objects, as if it possessed sentience. Witnessing this, Yuan Sha stopped her incantations, then solemnly pointed a finger at each of the attached banners. Black light shimmered across the surfaces of these banners, and with whooshing sounds, they transformed into over a dozen streams of black mist that shot into the air. Within moments, the demonic cloud expanded rapidly, rumbling ominously high above, almost covering half the valley beneath it.

Yuan Sha’s expression grew solemn. Her eyes flashed with cold light, and she suddenly opened her mouth, spraying several clumps of vital blood towards the demonic cloud in the sky. These vital blood clumps transformed into specks of bloody rain in the wind, and with a flash, silently merged into the cloud.

At this point, the totems formed by the two stone pillars also released rings of five-colored light. The spiritual light emanating from these rings caused the demonic cloud to swell significantly with each sweep.

Not long after, a flash of blood-light appeared in the demonic cloud, and countless blood-red threads emerged. Intertwining and swirling with the black cloud, they condensed into countless fist-sized masses of black energy. After a period of writhing, these black masses directly transformed into palm-sized black crows within the cloud. The air was filled with cawing, and there were tens of thousands of crows, covering the sky and earth, a sight that sent shivers down one's spine!

“Go,” Yuan Sha waved her sleeve towards the sky, softly uttering a cold command.

The black crows soared, immediately shooting densely towards a certain direction in the valley. Meanwhile, the woman on the stone platform closed her eyes and pressed a finger to her brow, silently sensing something. The blood-light avatar nearby glanced towards where the flock of crows descended, his expression shifting slightly, before he made no other movements.

The crows themselves seemed to be intangible. Upon contact, they silently merged into mountains, rocks, trees, rivers, and soil alike. In a short time, they had searched half the valley, including depths several thousand zhang underground. However, for a time, there seemed to be no results.

As the crows were recalled by Yuan Sha and then surged towards a different direction, a harsh buzzing sound suddenly came from the blood-robed youth. The youth, startled, hastily slapped his waist with one hand. An egg-sized crystal orb immediately shot out from there, transforming with a shimmer into a crystalline light screen. Within the light screen, a flash of blood-light revealed the other two avatars standing side by side.

“Not good! Quickly call Fellow Daoist Yuan Sha back. We just received news that another ‘Han Li’ suddenly appeared at our rear interception lines and broke through several waves of our defenses, even killing two powerful Devil Venerate-level assistants, before escaping towards Tianyuan City.”

“This ‘Han Li’ actually used a Profound Sky Fragmented Treasure and released a swarm of Gold Devouring Beetles; it must be his true body without a doubt. The one before us is also an avatar. We were all deceived by his Cicada Shell Escape Art. We’ve already sent orders to keep a close watch on that fellow at all costs. If we hurry over now, we can still catch up!”

The two blood-light avatars spoke urgently, their faces filled with both shock and fury, one speaking after the other.

“What?! Such a thing happened? Fellow Daoist Yuan Sha, did you hear that? Stop your technique immediately, we must leave this place at once. Don’t worry about that avatar anymore,” the blood-robed youth’s expression turned extremely grim after understanding. He quickly turned and lowly urged the woman on the stone platform.

(These two chapters have been difficult to write recently. I've repeatedly revised many parts that I felt were unsuitable, so the updates are a bit later than expected. I hope everyone can bear with me!)

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