Chapter 501: Chapter 501, The Ice-Black Wind
"Do you think you can catch me that easily?"
Chu Ming’s expression was calm, his eyes coldly staring at Zhou Hei and the woman in palace attire.
"Even though you have a magical treasure that can hide your presence, unless you don’t move, there’s no way you can escape from our grasp!"
Zhou Hei sneered coldly, drawing a long saber from behind his cloak. A terrifying sword momentum began to emanate throughout the area, instantly locking onto Chu Ming. The woman in palace attire said nothing but her smiling demeanor indicated she shared the same thought.
"Then give it a try!"
As soon as Chu Ming’s words fell, his body instantly transformed into a beam of sword light, soaring into the distance, leaving behind a series of afterimages in the air.
Swish!
With a slight change in his vision, a white blade light had already blocked his path, the chill of it making his face sting.
Swish!
Chu Ming quickly changed direction, his body like a flying bird, but what greeted him were the icy cold eyes of the woman in palace attire.
"You can’t escape, just hand over the Enlightenment Fruit quietly!"
The woman in palace attire’s face was indifferent, as she exploded with spiritual power in her right hand, launching a thunderous palm strike. It transformed into a giant hand that clawed towards Chu Ming, the overwhelming spiritual power enough to change the color of the sky.
"Void Wounding Sword!"
Chu Ming raised the Star Trace Sword with both hands, his black hair flying, his muscles bulging. The Sword Essence Power in his Sea of Spiritual Power surged madly, causing the void to tremble. A terrifying green sword light burst from the Star Trace Sword.
Swish, swish, swish...
As the weather changed, the Void Wounding Sword and the woman’s giant spiritual hand collided, wildly clashing within the narrow space. Pieces of black space fragments rose like fish scales. In the midst of the turbulence, Chu Ming flashed backward.
Bang!
At that moment, a terrifying sword light suddenly attacked from Chu Ming’s left, like rolling thunder. The sky darkened, and in the blink of an eye, all the Spiritual Profound Needles in Chu Ming’s Sea of Souls crazily shot out, transforming into blood-colored flying birds that swirled and carved in the sky.
"Ah!!!"
Zhou Hei’s soul was unexpectedly attacked, causing him to scream, his face twisting as the sword light in the sky dissipated.
"Now!"
Seizing the moment, Chu Ming’s spiritual power raged within him, his speed instantly reaching its peak, achieving nearly half the speed of sound. In terms of speed, he was not slower than Zhou Hei and the woman in palace attire. Taking them by surprise, he escaped, making it necessary for the two to exert extra effort if they wanted to catch him.
Swish!
"Don’t let him get away!"
The stinging pain in Zhou Hei’s head slowly subsided. By the time he reacted, Chu Ming was already a kilometer away from them, and the wind waves in front of the woman in palace attire were also gradually dispersing.
"Chase!"
The two exchanged a glance and transformed into streams of light, rushing towards Chu Ming.
Up ahead, Chu Ming had no clear understanding of the structure of the Green Blood Secret Realm and could only choose a direction randomly and fly.
Bang!
A vast blade light slashed across from a kilometer away, darkening the entire sky as if it would be cleaved in two. Zhou Hei’s face was set with determination, attacking madly with his long saber.
Swish! Swish!
Chu Ming’s Soul Power spread like mist. Each time the blade light was about to fall, he would change his flight direction, narrowly avoiding it.
In fact, in such a place where Great Powers of Transcendence couldn’t enter, Zhou Hei and the woman in palace attire were virtually overlords in the Green Blood Secret Realm. Their strength had reached the peak in the Guiyuan Realm, ordinary invincible powerhouses in the Guiyuan Realm couldn’t withstand even a single move from them.
"I don’t believe your spiritual power would always be so abundant!"
Zhou Hei sneered internally, his speed not slowing in the slightest. The woman in palace attire followed closely, leaving red arcs in the air.
Time passed slowly. In the blink of an eye, half a day had passed. The three chased from the plains to a valley-filled region, Zhou Hei’s face slowly grew grim, a faint unease rising in his heart.
"Let’s stop chasing, up ahead is the Black Wind Valley, and there is the Black Ice Wind within."
The woman in palace attire glanced at the valley ahead, a trace of fear in her eyes, turning to remind Zhou Hei.
In the Green Blood Secret Realm, though they were as strong as overlords, the forces of nature were not something they could resist, especially the Black Ice Wind.
Black Wind Valley is a forbidden area in the Green Blood Secret Realm, where the Black Ice Wind blows at all times. Once it touches a martial artist, it would unknowingly erode their soul, eventually turning them into a mindless dried corpse.
"Something doesn’t seem right up ahead!"
Chu Ming’s Soul Power continuously spread, and he sensitively felt a black substance adhering to his withdrawn Soul Power. When it reached his mind, it instantly dulled his reactions.
Swish!
With Zhou Hei and the woman in palace attire relentlessly chasing, Chu Ming could only keep flying, darting into the Black Wind Valley in no time. The black winds brushed against him, then infiltrated his Sea of Souls, clinging to it.
Swish! Swish!
Zhou Hei and the woman in palace attire halted above the Black Wind Valley, their expressions uncertain.
"Go if you want, but I’m going to kill this guy and get the Enlightenment Fruit today!"
Zhou Hei’s face turned resolute as he spoke to the woman in palace attire. The Celestial Human Five Declines had befallen him, his lifespan nearing its end. The Enlightenment Fruit was his only chance to break through to the Realm of Transcendence. He couldn’t give it up, and he harbored some hope that he could kill Chu Ming quickly and escape the Black Wind Valley before the Black Ice Wind affected him.
Swish!
Zhou Hei plunged into the Black Wind Valley, his figure obscured by the Black Ice Wind. The woman in palace attire looked conflicted before letting out a sigh and turning away.
...
Swish!
Chu Ming’s flying speed gradually slowed down as the black wind thickened around him, visibility extremely low. The Black Ice Wind not only blocked his sight but also hindered the detection range of his Soul Power, which could only extend two hundred meters.
"This black wind is terrifying!"
Chu Ming frowned, thinking of driving the black wind out of his Sea of Souls, but the black wind clung tenaciously. It was even slowly eroding his consciousness, and continuing like this would eventually make him mindless and cause memory loss.
Buzz!
At this moment, a sacred white light radiated in his Sea of Souls. Wherever it touched, the black wind melted away like snow under the sun and disappeared without a trace. A refreshing sensation filled him, clearing his mind instantly.
This sacred white light came from the White Light Plate in Chu Ming’s Sea of Souls.
Chu Ming’s expression brightened. With the White Light Plate, at least for a short time, he didn’t have to worry about the Black Ice Wind.
"The urgent task now is to refine the Enlightenment Fruit!"
Chu Ming thought to himself.