Chapter 582: Clearing Away

Meng Chuan's 'Void Transference Talismans' from the Cangyuan Patriarch's Treasury were limited, and he naturally wouldn't waste one just to capture a single clone of the Red Finch Cave Lord. However, Meng Chuan was incredibly fast. Having mastered the 'Extreme Speed Rule,' his travel speed was close to that of a Six-Tribulation Realm mighty figure, allowing him to traverse an entire river system in half a day. Traveling within a single river system, it took him just over an hour to go from the Three-Bay River System to the Beiyou River System.

"Whoosh."

The Red Finch Cave Lord instinctively followed the repulsion of the Spatial-temporal Long River, instantly returning to normal void. Meng Chuan followed suit.

"Dongning City Lord, please—" the Red Finch Cave Lord pleaded for mercy at that moment. Without the Void Transference Talisman, other protective treasures could, at most, delay him for a short while. He wanted to beg for his life. His main body, which performed missions outside for the Black Demon Hall, faced more dangers and carried fewer treasures, so its death would be acceptable. However, this main body in his home river system concealed most of his accumulated treasures over the years. If it were to die, the loss would be immense!

But before the words "mercy" could fully escape his lips, lightning flickered around Meng Chuan. Everything nearby had already stilled. The Red Finch Cave Lord, still humble and about to speak, froze completely.

Time Stasis!

Then, a black light enveloped the Red Finch Cave Lord, silently reducing him to dust.

In a distant river system, inside a scorching palace, in an inconspicuous side hall, the Red Finch Cave Lord sat stunned. "My other main body was killed?" An overwhelming sense of emptiness filled his heart. Having joined the Black Demon Hall, the Red Finch Cave Lord was naturally very greedy and greatly valued his treasures. Was it easy to accumulate those treasures through years of hard plundering and killing? Now, most of them were gone!

"My treasures, oh my treasures!" The Red Finch Cave Lord was on the verge of tears. He felt immense heartache! The main body constantly performing missions only carried essential Tribulation Realm secret treasures, totaling about a thousand cubits, primarily necessities for combat. The main body in his home river system was where he kept years of accumulation. In his home river system, there were no dangerous missions, and he never provoked powerful factions within the Three-Bay River System. Who would have thought he would be relentlessly hunted by 'Dongning City Lord'?

"That Dongning City Lord is absolutely insane! I fled all the way to the Beiyou River System, and he still used a Void Transference Talisman to continue the pursuit," the Red Finch Cave Lord gnashed his teeth, filled with resentment. Even at this moment, he still believed Meng Chuan had used a Void Transference Talisman. The distance was too great for a Void Transference Talisman to be absolutely precise; it could only transport one to an approximate area. He thought Meng Chuan had teleported to the Beiyou River System with a significant margin of error, which was why it took over an hour to catch up.

"Dongning City Lord, I'll remember you," the Red Finch Cave Lord now harbored intense hatred for Meng Chuan.

Meng Chuan waved his hand, collecting the spoils left behind by the Red Finch Cave Lord. "It took over an hour to destroy a Four-Tribulation Realm main body." He couldn't help it. The opponent had been hiding in his old cave, which was protected by formations almost reaching the power level of a Five-Tribulation Realm. Meng Chuan had first to forcibly break the cave's formations using his world secret treasure. Such clashes also interfered with time.

Meng Chuan's 'Time Stasis' still had many flaws. For instance, a Five-Tribulation Realm mighty figure's 'domain' could affect it, their life level could affect time, and the intense energy from powerful combatants would also cause interference. Of course, even with interference, Meng Chuan could still maintain a significant acceleration of time.

"He's quite wealthy, so many treasures?" Meng Chuan examined the Red Finch Cave Lord's spoils, quite surprised. "Worth over six thousand cubits?"

"A Four-Tribulation Realm expert has so many treasures?" Although Meng Chuan was very wealthy, this haul still astonished him. Senior Pang Ming, a Five-Tribulation Realm expert, had left behind just over ten thousand cubits of treasures. This time, he collected so much. Of course, most of Senior Pang Ming's accumulation was within his 'home world,' whereas most of the Red Finch Cave Lord's accumulation was now before Meng Chuan. Additionally, Black Demon Hall members, despite their bad reputation, were indeed relatively wealthy among their peers.

"Having collected so many treasures from the Red Finch Cave Lord, he must hate me to the bone," Meng Chuan, in his black robes and with white hair, was in a good mood. "I've gained an enemy. If I ever sense through karma that he's near the Three-Bay River System, I'll go kill him. Or, once I reach the Six-Tribulation Realm... I'll kill him directly through karma." Without the protection of a living world, a Six-Tribulation Realm expert could easily kill a Four-Tribulation Realm expert through karma, provided there was a strong karmic connection! Meng Chuan and the Red Finch Cave Lord had certainly forged a great karmic bond this time.

"Time to head back and deal with the next target," the black-robed, white-haired Meng Chuan immediately entered the Spatial-temporal Long River and set off for the Three-Bay River System.

Meng Chuan had dispatched six Essence Soul Avatars, each to deal with one of the six Tribulation Realm factions.

"Whoosh."

Another Essence Soul Avatar appeared above a barren planet, looking down. The phantom of his Essence Soul World suppressed the area below. Two Three-Tribulation Realm mighty figures knelt, begging, "Senior, spare us, senior, spare us." Just the pressure from the Essence Soul World phantom made them feel an insurmountable might. The gap between them was too vast... this mysterious black-robed, white-haired figure was likely a Five-Tribulation Realm existence.

"Senior, whatever you command, we will do our utmost," both Tribulation Realm mighty figures were incredibly humble.

The black-robed, white-haired Meng Chuan looked down and declared, "You two remember, do not appear in the Three-Bay River System again. If I find you, I will destroy you once more." His voice echoed from high above.

"Destroy us once more?" The two Three-Tribulation Realm experts exchanged a puzzled glance, then realized the grave implication.

Boom! Boom!

Essence Soul power directly blasted into their Essence Souls, instantly killing them and leaving only their physical bodies. Simultaneously, the Essence Soul attack traveled through karma, reaching their other main bodies in two distant living worlds.

"Hmph."

In a low-level living world almost entirely covered by water, a Three-Tribulation Realm mighty figure snorted, resisting the karmic attack that bypassed the living world. "I don't even know this black-robed, white-haired person, and I was respectful enough. Yet, he still destroyed my outer-domain main body," this Three-Tribulation Realm mighty figure was quite annoyed. "I'll have to investigate who this black-robed, white-haired person truly is." With such enmity, it was only right to ascertain the opponent's origin.

"These two Three-Tribulation Realm experts, protected by living worlds, indeed cannot be completely killed," Meng Chuan shook his head slightly. He knew that these two 'Three-Tribulation Realm' experts had cultivated from living worlds, so he understood that a complete eradication was impossible, which was why he said a few more words. In the future, when they cultivated new outer-domain main bodies, they would likely have to obediently leave the Three-Bay River System and dare not cause trouble there again. Each time they were destroyed, their losses would be significant.

Another of Meng Chuan's Essence Soul Avatars had already pursued its target to an adjacent river system.

"Dongning City Lord? I've already fled to the Shanyang River System, and you're still chasing?" In the void, a unique Four-Tribulation Realm special life, with a scaled tail and two sharp horns, asked in disbelief. It had long wreaked havoc in the Three-Bay River System. Knowing that 'Dongning City Lord,' an Eternal Tower member, was from the Three-Bay River System, it cautiously and cunningly hid in the adjacent Shanyang River System, intending to observe the situation. From the perspective of 'clearing a river system,' leaving the Three-Bay River System should have meant the chase ended. But Meng Chuan clearly didn't think that way.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle." Lightning flickered around the black-robed, white-haired Meng Chuan. Time Stasis. To avoid further complications, he directly killed the opponent under Time Stasis. This Four-Tribulation Realm alien had fled to the Shanyang River System and wasn't in its old cave. It found it even harder to resist Meng Chuan's killing blow and lost its life on the spot.

"These Four-Tribulation Realm special lives all send another main body to very distant river systems, so it's not easy to completely eliminate them," Meng Chuan shook his head and began his journey back.

Six Essence Soul Avatars were in action. According to the list of plundering forces provided by the Eternal Tower, there were a total of seven Tribulation Realm factions and eleven Emperor-level plundering strongholds. When clearing a river system, some Eternal Tower members might be gentler, merely expelling them from the river system. Meng Chuan's methods were clearly much more ruthless. His experience growing up in the Cangyuan World instilled in him a strong killing intent towards these cultivators who specialized in 'plundering and slaughtering.' Those who could be completely eradicated were utterly destroyed through karma, leaving no trace. If only one main body could be destroyed, then one was destroyed. Meng Chuan even pursued those who fled to other river systems! In short, he gave his utmost effort!

Dealing with Tribulation Realm experts was somewhat troublesome; those protected by living worlds were even harder to kill completely. Dealing with 'Emperors' was much easier. Even if they had main bodies in their home worlds, as a Five-Tribulation Realm expert, Meng Chuan could still destroy all their avatars through the karmic connection between main bodies and avatars. In just three hours, all six Essence Soul Avatars completed their missions and returned to Qianshan Star.