From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 364 High-Speed ​​Pursuit

Youming's movements were as smooth as a fish entering water as he sprinted towards the ground, with complete silence around him.

The River Goddess pursued relentlessly, her figure weaving through the mud like a red snake breaking free from its shell.

Each time the snake's tail slaps, the mud layer automatically parts, leaving a passage.

Even though You Ming used the cheat code to speed away, no matter how he turned or made a sharp turn, the Goddess of the River followed him like a shadow, locking his aura tightly.

The River Goddess's aura surged like the Yangtze River, pressing down on the entire underground world, causing it to rumble and tremble. She used earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique of earth-遁 is used in a specific way) to its fullest extent, easily pushing aside the thick soil as if it were flowing water.

She didn't continue her attack, but simply stayed close behind You Ming.

Although this ability to be unattacked was strange, she believed it couldn't be used indefinitely, otherwise this guy wouldn't have run away.

She wanted to see how long this boy could hold out.

In the chase, the two found themselves thousands of feet underground.

The environment here is extremely harsh, and it is no longer a place that ordinary people can set foot in.

In this abyss, the air pressure is so heavy it seems capable of crushing everything. The surrounding rock layers are constantly being compressed, and the subterranean fire and intense geomagnetic field intertwine, seemingly intent on destroying any living organism.

You Ming's figure moved through the hard rock layers like a shadow, with soil, lava, and mineral veins posing no obstacle to him.

However, under these circumstances, the River Goddess slowed down slightly.

If she were in her prime, she would naturally not be afraid of these things, but she suffered serious injuries in her previous battle with the old dragon in the North Sea, and she has not yet recovered.

As she went deeper, the divine light around her gradually dimmed, and a hint of anxiety and resentment appeared between her brows.

But she persisted relentlessly, determined to keep chasing the boy until his strange methods failed, or until she reached the limit of her ability to dive.

"It's time for the [object clipping] function to be applied."

You Ming had been running underground for so long, but he had been calculating the duration of this ability the whole time.

The enemy he provoked this time was too powerful; a very small mistake could have resulted in his demise.

"Five...four...three..."

You Ming silently counted in his mind, but his foot speed did not slow down at all.

He didn't want the Jiang Goddess, who was hot on his heels, to notice the change in his pace, otherwise she would definitely realize that his ability was about to expire.

"...Two...One!"

You Ming counted the last number in his mind, and then, in a flash, activated the [Butterfly Transformation] divine power.

In an instant, his figure appeared 30,000 feet underground.

But the next moment, they transformed into countless butterflies fluttering about, then turned into scattered specks of nothingness and disappeared underground.

"Appeared!"

The moment Youming transformed into a butterfly, the Goddess of the River was not surprised but delighted, for he had finally broken free from that strange state!
As for this dreamlike butterfly, which seemed both real and unreal, in the eyes of the River Goddess, it was no different from being completely unobstructed.

She instantly felt a surge of divine power, forcefully repelling the surrounding soil, and grabbed at the place where the butterfly was fluttering with one hand.

If the other party shows up again, they will inevitably be caught.

However, her plan was destined to fail.

After the butterflies dispersed, no one appeared; the space, both inside and outside, was completely empty.

"impossible!"

The River Goddess was furious again. How could this carp be as cunning as a loach? Deep underground, the River Goddess was nearly losing her composure.

Her massive body writhed among the thick rock layers, her tail lashing out, and her terrifying power forced its way through the layers of black rock, producing a deafening roar.

Her eyes turned bloodshot, a mixture of divinity and rage. Water vapor rose around her, but was compressed by the high temperature into countless silver needle-like mist blades, frantically tearing apart the surrounding rock walls.

She released her divine sense again and again, her surging thoughts sweeping across the earth's veins, trying to capture Youming's aura.

But within the area she scanned, there was still nothing.

"Damn, damn, damn!"

"Where did that bastard go?!"

The River Goddess's voice grew louder and louder as she vented her anger by destroying the underground, blasting large sections of hard, ultra-high-pressure rock into hollow cavities.

She bombarded the area hundreds of times, turning the entire underground environment into a terrible mess.

However, because the spiritual energy here is extremely scarce, she vaguely felt her injuries worsening after the continuous bombardment.

"Did this kid continue running downwards, or did he escape from here using some other method?"

The Goddess of the River's expression kept changing; she didn't know whether to continue chasing or turn back.

"If I still can't find this kid after descending another three thousand feet, I'll go back."

With her strength, she could go even 30,000 feet underground. However, she also knew that if she went any further underground, she might enter the indistinct place where the human world and the underworld meet, where there might be monsters that she could not defeat.

She is currently injured, so it's best not to engage in any intense fighting.

"Om."

The River Goddess transformed into a ray of light once more and continued her descent.

But what she didn't notice was that a small, rough, and very inconspicuous stone turtle was mixed in with a pile of underground rocks, as if it were a natural product of this place.

It was You Ming's cheat code: [Stone Turtle Avoids Calamity].

It can transform itself into an ordinary stone turtle, indistinguishable from a normal stone, without emitting any aura.

Under normal circumstances, given the River Goddess's keen senses, she would naturally wonder why a stone turtle would appear thousands of feet underground.

But today she was seriously injured and furious, and the underground environment was complicated. She was only focused on finding Youming's aura and did not carefully examine every stone here.

No matter how clever she was, she could never have imagined that a mortal cultivator had the ability to transform into a stone tortoise.

This supernatural power to transform into stones and plants is a formidable ability even among immortals; at least, even the Goddess of the River doesn't possess it.

In the blink of an eye, a moment passed, and a flash of light appeared on the stone tortoise, and You Ming's body immediately appeared.

The moment he appeared, he activated the [Original Nature Great Divine Power], and golden-white light appeared on his body. At the same time, the cheat code [Injury Distribution] was activated, which could evenly distribute the damage he suffered to all parts of his body, inside and out.

Unfortunately, the pressure from thousands of feet below was too terrifying. Even with his supernatural powers activated and cheat codes added, he could still hear a series of crisp sounds in his ears—the sound of his bones breaking.

Compared to the cutting damage of the [Voidborn], this [Injury Distribution] cheat code is almost useless when facing the pressure from below, since the pressure here affects all parts of his body, so using it is as good as not using it at all.

Fortunately, the [Original Nature Great Divine Power] granted him a powerful life force, which prevented him from dying despite his severe injuries.

"Damn it, this woman is too troublesome, but if we don't get rid of her, Yuanling Mountain will never have peace."

You Ming's face was gloomy. After hesitating for a few moments, he made up his mind.

(End of this chapter)