Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 552 Shifting the Blame Eastward [Please Subscribe]

Black Mist Marsh, an unnamed deserted island.

Just after Wang Jun's soul was destroyed, Zhou Chun's figure quickly appeared in the sky above the deserted island.

It turns out that the Foundation Establishment cultivator who came over earlier was someone he had forcibly driven over to "clear the mines".

His previous battle with Wang Jun had caused quite a stir, attracting many cultivators who were venturing into the Black Mist Swamp to come closer and see if there were any opportunities to profit.

Zhou Chun had long known that the Silver Horned Rhinoceros's kick could not possibly cause Wang Jun's soul to be scattered; Wang Jun's soul would definitely try to possess another body.

Zhou Chun was also unsure whether the person's soul had been targeted by a spell, and whether the person who destroyed his soul would mark and lock onto him in the same way.

Therefore, they deliberately grabbed a Foundation Establishment cultivator, handed him a third-tier magic talisman, and directly told him to be careful of being possessed.

If Wang Jun doesn't try to possess him, then the magic talisman in the Foundation Establishment cultivator's hand will go straight for his corpse!

The result was much better than he had imagined. As expected, Wang Jun, whose physical body had died, couldn't wait to try to possess a Foundation Establishment cultivator after discovering that a Foundation Establishment cultivator was approaching. Then, the Foundation Establishment cultivator used a magic talisman to destroy his soul in one blow.

Moreover, judging from the results, the destruction of Wang Jun's soul did not have any impact on the Foundation Establishment cultivator, so Zhou Chun's worries were obviously unfounded.

However, it's better to be careful than not. If Zhou Chun were to do it again, he would do the same thing!

"Good, you did well. Now leave this place immediately, and don't tell anyone about what happened today, or you'll only bring death upon yourself!"

Zhou Chun nodded to the Foundation Establishment cultivator, gave him a warning, and then let him leave.

It wasn't that he was too soft-hearted to silence them, but rather that there was no longer any need to do so.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator was unaware of his true identity, and it was impossible that only the other party witnessed the previous battle.

After today, for safety reasons, Zhou Chun will no longer use the identity of Zhang Liang.

At this moment, after examining Wang Jun's corpse on the ground, Zhou Chun did not touch the magical artifacts on his body, but simply cleaned up the battlefield again.

Without hesitation, he left the island, letting Lei Jiao take him underwater to a certain area deep within the Black Mist Swamp.

Not long after, in a certain body of water deep within the Black Mist Swamp, Zhou Chun buried the storage bag he had obtained from Wang Jun in the underwater silt, and then left from there.

This body of water is the very area where Zhou Chun first discovered the presence of other dragons, and it is also the hiding place of those heinous villains in the Black Mist Swamp!

Zhou Chun still held a deep sense of awe for the methods employed by Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

Therefore, even though he coveted the treasures on Wang Jun's body, he dared not take them.

Most of these treasures were bestowed by the Mad Thunder Master, so it's hard to say whether he left any traces that could be used for tracking.

Zhou Chun wanted Wang Jun's storage bag, but he couldn't open it for the time being. He was also worried that it might contain marks that could be used by Kuang Lei Zhenren to track him, so he could only frame the bandit cultivators.

It would be good if Kuang Lei Zhenren didn't catch up and discover the storage bag, as Zhou Chun could come back and take it with him later.

If they are tracked down and discovered, the person will surely find the hiding place of that band of cultivators and might even be able to rid the people of this scourge!

Meanwhile, about half an hour after Zhou Chun left the nameless island, an old man in black who had dared to come ashore discovered Wang Jun's body.

Upon discovering the corpse and the magical artifacts on it, the man's expression visibly changed, and his eyes revealed terror. He instinctively tried to flee.

But in the end, his gaze was firmly drawn to those magical treasures, and he couldn't look away.

After hesitating for a few moments, he finally couldn't resist the temptation and directly put several magical treasures into his storage bag. Then, without looking back, he turned around and fled!

But before he could escape more than a hundred miles, a silver bolt of lightning ripped through the sky above the Black Mist Marsh and landed over the island.

Then a terrifying divine sense spread out all around, enveloping an area of ​​hundreds of miles.

The old man in black who took the magic treasure from Wang Jun was caught by this divine sense, which immediately discovered the magic treasure in his storage bag.

Immediately afterward, a flash of silver lightning appeared, and a middle-aged man in a silver robe with thick eyebrows and broad eyes descended dozens of feet in front of the old man in black. Then, the mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator was forced to kneel on the ground by a powerful pressure.

"Did you kill Jun'er?"

The silver-robed man looked down at the black-clad old man kneeling in mid-air with eyes as sharp as lightning, and asked in a tone devoid of sorrow or joy.

He didn't show any anger, but the old man in black felt his heart pounding so hard it felt like it was going to break.

He immediately used all his strength to beg for mercy, saying loudly, "Senior, spare my life! I didn't know anything! I only picked up those magic treasures because I was greedy. Please, senior, spare my life for the sake of my Flowing Cloud Sect!"

"With your mere mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivation, you certainly couldn't possibly kill Jun'er! But what is the Flowing Cloud Sect anyway? A sect that doesn't even have a Nascent Soul cultivator dares to make me wary?"

A look of disdain flashed in the silver-robed man's eyes. He then raised his hand and grabbed the old man in black, who involuntarily brought his head into his hand and was subjected to a violent soul search without any resistance.

For someone with the cultivation level of Nascent Soul stage to perform a soul search on a Purple Mansion stage cultivator is naturally not difficult at all.

Soon, the silver-robed man had reviewed all of the old man in black's memories from the past few days.

Then, a ball of silver flame surged from the silver-robed man's palm, burning the black-clad old man to ashes, leaving only a storage bag.

"Thunderous golden light, the roar of dragons—what enemy has Jun'er offended?"

Recalling what he had seen in the black-robed old man's soul memories, Master Kuang Lei's expression darkened and he frowned.

Because of the special environment of the Black Mist Swamp, which greatly hindered divine sense and vision, the old man in black could not see the true faces of the two sides fighting. He could only see golden lightning flashing through the black mist from afar, and occasionally he could see the figure of a dragon flying in the mist and hear its hissing.

This left Master Kuang Lei with no way of knowing the killer's identity for the time being.

He frowned and pondered for a moment, then muttered to himself, "After killing Jun'er, why didn't you take these magical treasures from him? Was it because you were worried that I might have a backup plan inside, or was there some other reason?"

Zhou Chun's worries were not unfounded; Kuang Lei Zhenren had indeed left special marks on several of Wang Jun's magical treasures.

The marks left by Nascent Soul stage cultivators are extremely well hidden. If a Golden Core stage cultivator wants to discover them, they can only do so after refining the magic weapon to a very high level, and they may never be able to find them at all!

Ordinary cultivators who kill and plunder treasures usually don't have the time to immediately refine magical artifacts.

Now that Zhou Chun didn't take away the magical treasures from Wang Jun, Kuang Lei Zhenren had no way to track him down for the time being, and could only return to the island where Wang Jun's body was located.

Wang Jun's body and the silver-horned rhinoceros's body were still on the island. Master Kuang Lei only glanced at the silver-horned rhinoceros's body before he knew how the beast had died.

This made him frown even more deeply; the murderer had clearly come prepared and was determined to kill Wang Jun.

Unfortunately, he was in a hurry to come to the rescue and didn't have time to ask Wang Jun why he came to Black Mist Swamp. Now he is completely in the dark about the situation.

For now, all we can do is use our divine sense to carefully search for any traces on the island.

There are many traces left on the island, after all, a very fierce battle had taken place here before, and the island was almost shattered!

However, apart from the lingering auras of cultivators and demonic beasts, Master Kuang Lei was unable to find anything that would facilitate tracking down the enemy.

This indicates that the murderer did not kill Wang Jun in a long time, and had ample time to clean up and destroy the scene.

"With the life-saving items I left for Jun'er, he should have been able to hold out for almost an hour even against a late-stage Golden Core cultivator. However, the aura left here indicates that the assailant's cultivation level was at most mid-stage Golden Core, and most likely only early-stage Golden Core!"

"When did Jun'er offend such a powerful enemy?"

Master Kuang Lei stared intently at Wang Jun's corpse on the ground, already sensing a hint of trouble.

He knew Wang Jun's strength. Even if he encountered a swordsman of the same realm from a powerful force like the Nine Yuan Sword Sect, he wouldn't necessarily win, but at least he wouldn't lose his life.

After all, there are many Golden Core cultivators in those top-tier forces. Unless they are the personal disciples or bloodline descendants of a Nascent Soul cultivator, they would not be able to receive the same level of care from Mad Thunder True Person as Wang Jun.

Judging from the current situation, Wang Jun was likely killed by a cultivator of the same realm, which greatly surprised Master Kuang Lei.

He even suspected that Wang Jun might have offended another Nascent Soul cultivator's personal disciple or bloodline descendant, and was afraid to tell him for fear of being punished, which led to him being killed by the other party using a treasure bestowed by his elder!

However, based on his understanding of this junior, if the person had truly offended someone with such a powerful background, it was unlikely that he would not have told him or his father.

"Forget it, the most important thing right now is to find the culprit!"

Shaking his head, Master Kuang Lei immediately made a hand seal and cast a spell, carefully sensing a certain inconspicuous item in Wang Jun's storage bag.

There is a play!

Master Kuang Lei's eyes lit up, and he immediately waved his sleeve to put Wang Jun's corpse into his storage bag, then chased after the direction he sensed.

The speed of a Nascent Soul cultivator is incredibly fast. In just a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the place where Zhou Chun had hidden his storage bag.

He raised his hand and unleashed a burst of magical power that fell into the water, and the storage bag that Zhou Chun had hidden deep in the silt fell into his hands.

However, upon seeing the storage bag in his hand, he showed no joy whatsoever; instead, his expression turned extremely unpleasant.

"What a cautious junior!"

Master Kuang Lei cursed under his breath and had no choice but to put the storage bag away at his waist.

He then scanned the area with his divine sense and was immediately surprised to find that the underwater cave where the bandit organization was hiding.

"I never imagined there would be such a hidden place beneath the Black Mist Swamp. Could the murderer who killed Jun'er have deliberately lured me here?"

Master Kuang Lei's face showed a thoughtful expression, as if he was hesitating whether to go down and find out.

But he quickly gave a cold laugh and, without hesitation, transformed into a streak of silver lightning and plunged into the water.

With his abilities, even if there were a fifth-order demon king or a Nascent Soul cultivator underwater, so what?

At most, he was defeated and had to flee. What danger could possibly keep him here?

Moreover, he made no attempt to conceal his aura when he arrived. If there were truly a fifth-tier being underwater, they would have already discovered him and come out to negotiate.

With this confidence, Master Kuang Lei quickly entered the underwater cave that even Zhou Chun dared not enter.

There were bandit sentries on duty there, but before they could find Master Kuang Lei, they were electrocuted into charred remains by a bolt of lightning from an unknown source!

Master Kuang Lei traveled straight through the cave and soon arrived at the location of the "Black Dragon" organization's lair, following the waterway inside the cave.

The hideout of this bandit organization was actually a huge underground cave deep beneath the Black Mist Swamp!

The interior of this underground cave is enormous, spanning hundreds of miles in size; it's practically an underground world!

The spiritual veins here are even better than those of Thunder Cliff Valley, which is owned by Mad Thunder Master.

Aside from the environment appearing somewhat unsuitable for human cultivators to live in, the basic conditions here fully meet the standards of a major sect's mountain gate.

However, for cultivators, changing the environment is not a difficult task.

For example, in the underground world that Master Kuang Lei is seeing right now, there is a glowing fireball suspended in the air every few dozen miles in the cave above, providing light to this place. They are all specially crafted glowing magical artifacts.

Meanwhile, on the ground, many low-level cultivators were tending to the spirit fields, caring for the spirit herbs, and feeding the demonic beasts.

In a daze, Master Kuang Lei thought he had arrived at the gate of some powerful force.

Just now, after casually searching the soul of a Purple Mansion stage cultivator guarding the entrance to this place, he had already gained a detailed understanding of the true situation here. He knew that the true masters of this place were all bandit cultivators who had committed heinous crimes in the Great Zhou Kingdom and surrounding countries!

"It seems I must act on behalf of Heaven today!"

With a strange glint in his eyes, Master Kuang Lei immediately seemed to have forgotten about the murderer who killed his descendants, and set his sights directly on the "Black Dragon" organization's lair ahead.

A force composed of many vicious and ruthless bandits is indeed very difficult for ordinary cultivators to deal with. Even if a late-stage Golden Core cultivator came, it would probably be difficult to wipe out this bandit den.

However, the situation is completely different for Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

Master Kuang Lei didn't believe that any Nascent Soul cultivator would hide here as a bandit!

And as long as this bandit den is destroyed, all the treasures that the bandits and cultivators inside have painstakingly plundered will belong to him.

This gain would be a tremendous one for a Nascent Soul cultivator, enough to make them very tempted!

The key is that after doing this, there is no need to worry about any future problems. In fact, you can openly publicize it to gain fame for yourself. You might even do favors for the forces and cultivators who have suffered from the scourge of bandits. It can be said to be a win-win situation.

At this moment, the master of the underground world also seemed to have discovered Mad Thunder True Man, and immediately activated the protective array of this place with all his might.

Suddenly, the light and darkness within the underground cave changed, and a bluish-black array of spiritual light suddenly occupied the entire underground world. This array of spiritual light manifested as a vast ocean, covering most of the underground world. It was clearly an extremely powerful forbidden array.

However, upon seeing this scene, Master Kuang Lei showed no change in expression whatsoever. Instead, he commented with interest, "What a magnificent forbidden formation! Judging by its power, it's not much inferior to our sect's protective formation. These bandit cultivators are certainly willing to go to great lengths to protect their lair!"

After saying that, a cold smile appeared on his lips. "No matter how powerful such a formation is, without a Nascent Soul cultivator to oversee it, it's nothing more than a child swinging a sledgehammer!"

Before he finished speaking, he immediately began to break the formation.

Rumble!

From an unknown depth underground cave, a deafening thunderous explosion suddenly resounded.

Lightning crackled around Master Kuang Lei, creating a mobile lightning pool covering several acres.

With a thought, thousands of thunderbolts rained down on a certain spot in the array ahead.

Whenever a large amount of lightning strikes, the vast ocean manifested by the array's spiritual light is torn open, attracting many scattered lightning bolts to fall into the array.

If any cultivator inside is unlucky enough to be near the entrance, they will be instantly turned into charred remains by the scattered lightning!

It is obvious that although this forbidden formation is quite powerful, it is still unable to completely protect all the cultivators inside when facing a powerful Nascent Soul cultivator.

Seeing that even the forbidden array they relied on was failing to withstand Mad Thunder Master's offensive, the leader of the "Black Dragon" organization inside couldn't help but speak up, "Mad Thunder Master, what exactly do you want? My Black Dragon Society hasn't offended your Thunder Cliff Valley recently, why are you attacking my Black Dragon Society!"

Judging from his words, it was clear that he had already recognized the origin of Master Kuang Lei.

After all, the individual characteristics of Nascent Soul stage cultivators are too distinct. In the entire Great Zhou Kingdom, there is only one Nascent Soul stage cultivator known for his lightning attribute supernatural powers: Mad Thunder Master.

Faced with the Black Dragon Society leader's questioning, Mad Thunder Master responded with a domineering sneer, "Why should I explain my actions to you?"

Having said that, he shouted in a deep voice, "Now open the great formation and surrender. If I am pleased, I may spare your lives. Otherwise, once the formation is broken, it will be the time when your souls are scattered!"

Upon hearing his domineering and arrogant words, the Black Dragon Society leader inside was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged.

If he weren't outmatched by Master Kuang Lei, he would definitely have gone out and taught him a lesson! When had he ever suffered such humiliation?

At the same time, after hearing Master Kuanglei's words, the other high-ranking members of the Black Dragon Society all changed their expressions drastically. Immediately, one of them anxiously asked their leader for advice: "Sect Leader, what should we do? Master Kuanglei refuses to give up. Even if we can hold out for a while, we can't hold out indefinitely!"

Upon hearing this, the other Golden Core cultivators near the Black Dragon Society leader also looked at their leader with tense expressions.

Although the "Black Dragon Society" is an organization, the cultivators within it, especially the high-level cultivators, have virtually no loyalty whatsoever.

They would be willing to stay here and serve the organization for three reasons: first, the place has an excellent cultivation cave; second, it can provide them with protection; and third, the leader has leverage over them.

But now that disaster is imminent, the past benefits and fears have little binding force.

If the leader who founded the Black Dragon Society cannot come up with a solution, then these Golden Core cultivators will have no choice but to find their own way to survive.

The leader of the Black Dragon Society was a cultivator who wore a black dragon head mask and called himself "Black Dragon Taoist". He was a cultivator at the late stage of the Golden Core realm and could go into seclusion to form his Nascent Soul at any time.

Although he single-handedly established the Black Dragon Society, even those who have been in the organization the longest have never seen his true face, and their knowledge of him is very limited. He can be described as a very mysterious person.

Facing the watchful eyes of his subordinates, the Black Dragon Taoist, whose expression remained unchanged, calmly replied, "Don't panic. He's just a mere Mad Thunder True Man. He can't possibly destroy our Black Dragon Society!"

After speaking, he handed the main array flag controlling the formation to another elder with late-stage Golden Core cultivation, and ordered in a deep voice, "Elder Luo, please preside over the formation for me while I go awaken that esteemed person!"

Then, amidst the astonished and surprised gazes of the Black Dragon Society's high-ranking members, he left, heading straight for a certain place deep within the mountain gate.

Seeing this, the cultivator who had previously sought advice immediately looked at the late-stage Golden Core elder and asked in a low voice, "Elder Luo, do you know who this 'that person' the leader mentioned is? Could it be that our Black Dragon Society has a Nascent Soul stage cultivator behind us?"

Unexpectedly, the old man also shook his head in surprise and said, "I don't know either, but since the leader is so confident, it's probably true!"

He then swept his gaze across the crowd and coldly shouted, "You all heard what the leader said. Now, everyone, give it your all to support the formation and await the leader's return. Anyone who tries to shirk responsibility will face my wrath!"

Upon hearing this, the many Black Dragon Society members were startled and hurriedly agreed in unison.

They were all ruthless people who killed without blinking an eye, and they knew very well that the old man's words were not just empty talk.

Moreover, now that they have something to look forward to and something to strive for, their anxious minds have calmed down considerably.

The Thunder God outside was completely unaware of the situation inside.

He only noticed a slight decrease in the resistance of the formation ahead after the Black Dragon Society leader, Black Dragon Taoist, left. Although he found this strange, he assumed it was due to his overly aggressive attacks and thus intensified his assault.

"I only regret that I don't have a magical treasure in hand, otherwise, why would I have spent so much time on a mere forbidden array!"

When attacking the great formation, Master Kuang Lei couldn't help but sigh inwardly that he didn't have a suitable spiritual treasure.

If he had a suitable magical treasure, how could this forbidden formation have stopped him for so long!

Unfortunately, Leiya Valley ultimately lacked sufficient resources, and he had to rely on his own hard work and struggle to achieve everything.

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