Chapter 564: Hell Transmission

She finally realized what was wrong. No footprints! No footprints from the monster's corpse!

A monster of that size, with one step, should leave a huge, pit-like footprint. Yet, there wasn't a single monster footprint the entire way. What did this mean?

It meant the monster's corpse was conjured out of thin air from a spatial storage device. And this trail of footprints before her was very likely Jiang Fan's deliberate attempt to lure her here, to trick her into the canyon and waste her time!

This canyon was bottomless; how could she possibly search it thoroughly in less than half a day? And that much time would be enough for Jiang Fan to run back to Boundary Mountain and get a good night's sleep!

"That bastard!" Realizing she had been fooled, Consort Yunxia's eyes blazed with fury. "Go back quickly, I hope it's not too late!"

At that moment, the giant monster's belly suddenly burst open.

Jiang Fan cautiously crawled out from inside. He glanced at the massive, destructive footprints left by Monster King Chunni, which led in the direction he had lured her. Feeling slightly relieved, he chuckled:

"Who knew a few complete monster corpses I casually left in Severed Sky Canyon would come in so handy."

The Black Mirror Evil Spirit in his arms clicked its tongue in wonder: "You're a damn genius, you know. You actually managed to fool two perfected Core Formation Realm Ninth Layer experts."

"You hid your footprints to make them think they'd pinpointed your location, right? That way, their attention would be solely focused on your hidden tracks, and they'd ignore any other suspicious signs, wouldn't they?" Jiang Fan didn't deny it, saying:

"As you said, they are top-tier experts in the perfected Core Formation Realm Ninth Layer. It would be strange if a simple trick of hiding footprints could fool them. So, I did the opposite, making them believe they had found me."

"If all goes as planned, they should have entered the canyon to search. Even if they happen to realize the trick, it doesn't matter."

Jiang Fan smilingly took out Wu Manyue's small pouch. Although most of its contents had been distributed, there was still quite a bit left.

He pulled out a spatial scroll, a faint smile playing on his lips. "Next, I don't even know where I'll be teleported. Even if they chase me here, how will they guess my location?" The greatest use of a spatial scroll was for escaping. With one use, it could instantly transport him a hundred li away.

No matter how powerful Consort Yunxia and Monster King Chunni were, they couldn't possibly detect Jiang Fan a hundred li away, could they? "The only drawback is that the direction of the spatial scroll's teleportation isn't fixed."

Jiang Fan frowned, "Any other direction is fine. Just as long as it's not into the northern monster race's heartland."

The Black Mirror Evil Spirit clicked its tongue, "There's something this good? You have quite the fortune! Hurry and use it. As long as you're not too unlucky, you shouldn't be teleported to the north."

Jiang Fan nodded. He decisively unfurled the scroll. *Whoosh—*

A burst of spatial energy surged out, enveloping Jiang Fan. Then, with a *swish*, it carried him away, transforming into a white light that vanished from the spot.

A quarter of an hour later, the ground rumbled.

Consort Yunxia and Monster King Chunni rushed over. Consort Yunxia immediately spotted the blasted open gap in the monster's belly, and a pair of bloody footprints extending from inside onto the snow.

"He actually hid inside the monster's corpse!" Consort Yunxia exclaimed in annoyance, "Also, this monster has clearly been dead for some time; its blood isn't fresh anymore. I was so focused on the footprints he created that I didn't even notice!"

Realizing she had been completely fooled, Consort Yunxia clenched her fists. She immediately activated her ocular technique to search for Jiang Fan's tracks again. However, everything around them was a vast expanse of white.

There were no traces whatsoever, and not a hint of his aura remained. There was nowhere to even begin searching.

"Damn it!" Consort Yunxia punched a tree trunk, making the ancient tree tremble violently. Monster King Chunni instinctively pulled back her neck.

In all these years, it was the first time she had seen Consort Yunxia get so angry. "So, are we still pursuing him?" she asked cautiously.

Consort Yunxia fumed, "His tracks are gone, where are we supposed to look? That scoundrel most likely used Wu Manyue's spatial treasure to vanish without a trace. If only Jiang Fan had used it earlier. At that time, they weren't far apart, and she could have used her tracking spell to pinpoint the direction of the spatial fluctuations."

But Jiang Fan must have realized this, so he had been patient, waiting until he had lured them far away before using it. Now, any lingering spatial fluctuations had long since vanished.

She had no way to determine the direction. Monster King Chunni weakly asked, "So, we're just giving up?"

"What else can we do besides give up?" Consort Yunxia was utterly unwilling to accept this, feeling a suffocating surge of anger in her chest. It made her heart pound with unease, unable to be released or swallowed. It was incredibly painful!

"I can't dwell on this any longer; I need to find something else to distract myself." She knew that if she continued like this, she would develop inner demons, which would affect her cultivation.

"Let's go to the Southwest military camp and find a talented Battle King to unlock these chains on me." Consort Yunxia glanced at the unremovable chains on her body, silently telling herself to just accept this loss. Monster King Chunni nodded.

Immediately, the massive tree she controlled sped off toward the Southwest military camp. Previously, monster armies had gathered in both the south and southwest.

The southwest was guarded by the Devouring Sky Tiger and Liuli, daughter of the Monster Emperor. Later, it was rumored that Liuli suffered a great defeat and was forced to retreat to the monster race's heartland. The Southwest army then relocated to the southern front, setting up camp and awaiting orders.

Currently, this army was commanded by a Monster General. Under his command were over five hundred Core Formation beast kings, representing a considerable force.

Southwest region. The terrain here was complex.

Ice caves of all sizes were scattered everywhere, interconnected like an underground beehive. A Battle King monster, a lizard at the Core Formation Realm Sixth Layer, was training two or three dozen ape-like monsters.

"We must learn from Priest Yaoyue's defeat," he instructed. "Especially the icy slopes of Boundary Mountain, which caused unexpected trouble for the undead army's assault. So, for the upcoming decisive battle, our primary task is to deal with the icy slopes."

"Lord Ghostface Monster General has proposed a battle plan. It involves those with strong arm strength throwing a large number of hard ice cones to embed them into the slopes. This way, as our army ascends, they can use these as footholds, and it will also reduce the large-scale damage caused by the enemy rolling down logs or similar objects."

"Now, I will demonstrate." This Battle King was a robust lizard, its body rippling with bulging muscles.

It hoisted a carved ten-zhang ice cone and pointed it towards a hillside several hundred zhang away. "Assume that's Boundary Mountain," it said. "We're going to embed the ice cone like this!"

"Hooah!" It roared, unleashing an unmatched surge of physical power. The ice cone, taller than its own body, shot rapidly toward the slope. Its speed was so immense that it compressed the air, producing a distinct whistling sound.

The ape monsters watched with awe. Such arm strength was rare even among the Southwest army. Aside from Lord Ghostface Monster General, almost no one dared to boast they could achieve such power. Their gazes followed the ice cone's trajectory.

Just as the ice cone was about to strike the slope, a sudden flash of white light appeared. A black-clad youth, with skin as fair as cold jade and an exceptionally handsome appearance, materialized out of thin air!

The newcomer was Jiang Fan. He had been teleported there by the spatial scroll.

Still a bit disoriented, he felt a fierce gust of wind assault him. Focusing his eyes, he saw a gigantic ice cone. Without thinking, he immediately threw a punch!

"Tyrant Tiger Body!" As the tiger's roar resonated within him, an unparalleled, domineering force erupted from his fist.

*Boom—* The ice cone was shattered by the punch, exploding into a shower of ice shards.

This scene stunned the ape beast kings. How did a person suddenly appear? And, he actually managed to withstand the Lizard Battle King's strike?

Jiang Fan also froze. Beast kings? A whole group of beast kings? The demonic aura beneath his feet soared into the sky, and there was no telling how many more beast kings were in the ice caves.

That suffocating demonic energy was no weaker than the army of over a thousand monsters led by Black Spider back then! Had he fallen into a beast king's military camp?

A chill shot straight up Jiang Fan's spine to the top of his head. This wasn't spatial teleportation; it was a damn hellish teleportation!