Chapter 217: Not About Appearance Changes, but Shadow Illusions
Translator: Panda_Penn Editor: Chrissy
A mysterious man had disguised himself as Hunchback Tian carrying a person on his back. On his way towards the east, he had killed many scouts of the Yu Family. For a while, this man had attracted the attention from all the Yu Family scouts nearby.
Lu Li and Hunchback Tian were much relieved. Hunchback Tian carried Lu Li and rushed on over the night. They managed to get out of the Heaven Fu County and reached the Wu Ling County after one night.
Yu Kun mobilized all the scouts and five powerful warriors of the Eternal Realm to go after "Hunchback Tian" and "Lu Li". What shocked Yu Kun was—after pursuing for half a night, the mysterious man disappeared.
That was right!
Disappeared, without a trace. Vanished, under the nose of the scouts. It was just the time for two incense sticks to burn ago when some scouts were killed. After that time, the scouts had basically scoured the place without being able to find the mysterious man.
Yu Kun and five patriarchs of the Eternal Realm arrived and explored around the area without any results, when suddenly, there came a news from 30 miles from the east: the black man emerged, killed some scouts and was on his way towards the east.
Yu Kun and the five Patriarchs of the Eternal Realm could not figure it out. Hunchback Tian was only at the initial stage of the Fate Wheel Realm. How could he be so fast? How could he get to 30 miles so quickly? Did Hunchback Tian know some techniques to go underground or fly across a vast land in a short time?
That being said, now that they thought they had found their targets, they would keep on pursuing.
Yu Kun and the five powerful warriors of the Eternal Realm all went on with full speed. At the same time, they mobilized many scouts to go towards that direction as well. Words were sent to nearby cities and tribes to call for warriors to intercept to make sure that this time, they would not lost their target again.
After dawn!
The weirdest thing happened again—that "Hunchback Tian" and "Lu Li" disappeared again, without a trace, just vanished.
A whole morning’s search yielded no result. By noon, the five powerful warriors of the Eternal Realm and Yu Kun received orders from Yu Huashan to have all the warriors of the Eternal Realm to go back to the Yu Emperor City right away.
Two days had passed and Bai Qiuxue and Bai Xiashuang were just more than 300 miles away from the Bai Emperor City. They would arrive tonight or the next morning.
Yu Huashen dared not to take such a risk. He had to call back all the warriors of the Eternal Realm and ask assistance from the Zi Family to make sure that the Yu Emperor City would not fall into enemies’ hands.
"Let’s go back!"
Yu Kun shouted in anger as he dared not to disobey Yu Huashen. After he made some arrangements, he rushed towards a nearby city, planning to teleport back.
As the patriarch of the Hall of Scouts of the Yu Family, Yu Kun felt humiliated. He had found "Hunchback Tian" and "Lu Li" twice only to lose them. After the matter settled down, his role of patriarch of the Hall of Scouts would be taken away from him.
He still could not figure out how Hunchback Tian, only at the Fate Wheel Realm, could have such miraculous Xuan Skill? And how could he so easily get away from the search of so many scouts?
This time, the fact that the Yu Family had asked families and warriors from nearby places to take part in the search was spread around. Many cities and families were shocked at the outcome.
Yu Family, one of the Fifth-rank Families, had sent out a patriarch of the Hall of Scouts, five warriors of the Eternal Realm, dozens of Fate Wheel Realm warriors and thousand top-level scouts. How could "Hunchback Tian" and "Lu Li" escape?
Ridiculous.
While the families were laughing at the Yu Family, they had also become a bit curious about "Hunchback Tian" and "Lu Li" as well. The story of Lu Li killing Yu Lingxu was known to many which made everyone take more interest in this young man that had come from the Wu Ling County.
Bai Qiuxue and Bai Xiashuang were on their way to the Yu Emperor City, showing off along the way. Bai Xi and the others never made an appearance. The thing was getting more and more complicated and confusing. Big Families of the Heaven Martial Kingdom were getting more intrigued.
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The fake Hunchback Tian and Lu Li vanished while the real ones had arrived at the Wu Ling County. They were hiding in a big mountain about 30 miles to the south of the Wu Ling County.
Hunchback Tian could travel 30 miles in one hour, so Lu Li decided to take a good rest to be at their optimal status. Even though they had arrived at their destination, the real dangerous part was just at the beginning.
Hunchback Tian was exhausted. Lu Li asked Little White to guard Hunchback Tian nearby while he slept soundly in a cave.
When Hunchback Tian woke up, it was in the afternoon. Instead of rashly asking Hunchback Tian to bring him to the Di Long Tribe, Lu Li asked him to carefully explore the situation of the Wu Ling County and the Di Long Tribe.
Know the enemy and know yourself and you could fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
Going to the Di Long Tribe unprepared was equal to sending themselves to death. Only after everything was clear to them could they devise a plan for the next step.
Lu Li was deeply influenced by Lu Ling. He started to use his brain now to think, to make the best strategy, and to plan ahead of action.
Hunchback Tian knew how to shrink his bones. As long as he didn’t run into any warriors of the Eternal Realm, his real appearance would not be detected. Still, he was careful. He just explored the surrounding areas without going into the city.
Four hours later, Hunchback Tian came back. What he learned upset Lu Li very much.
Hunchback Tian dared not to go into the Wu Ling County so he did not know whether there were powerful warriors of the Eternal Realm inside. However, there were at least 100 scouts hiding around the county. The lowest realm they were at was the Spirit Sea Realm, and many were at the Soul Pond Realm. The only Family that could send out so many scouts was the Yu Family.
Similar situation was going on at the Di Long Tribe. Hunchback Tian just looked into the situation from the distance as he dared not go nearer. Even at a distance, he found more than 100 scouts and he sensed that a warrior of the Fate Wheel Realm was lurking around.
The Wu Ling County and the Di Long Tribe was a trap, ready for Lu Li to jump in. If there were warriors of the Fate Wheel Realms, it would be too much for Lu Li and Hunchback Tian to handle, let alone warriors of the Eternal Realm.
"What should I do? What should I do?"
Lu Li sat in the cave. He could not think of the next step. Even Lu Ling would be helpless in this situation, not to mention Lu Li.
"Power, I am not powerful enough!"
Lu Li was helpless. He had some confidence fighting against warriors of the Soul Pond Realm, but he would die instantly if his opponent was at the Fate Wheel Realm.
"I’ll wait…"
Lu Li figured that the only thing for him to do now was to wait for the arrival of that mysterious warrior of the Bai Family. Since he was helping Lu Li along the way, he would do so till the end, maybe?
"Go, let’s go hide near the Di Long Tribe and wait for an opportunity. We need to take my grandpa’s bones and Sixth Granduncle’s body first," Lu Li told Hunchback Tian. Picking up Little White, Lu Li was brought by Hunchback Tian out of the cave.
It was approaching evening. The weather was so sultry that Lu Li was feeling difficulties in breathing.
"Squeak, squeak~"
Not long after they left, there came a strange noise from the forest ahead of them. Then, groups of small black shadows glared, and they morphed into countless little ghost shadows and rushed towards Lu Li and Hunchback Tian.
"Get off!"
Hunchback Tian bellowed. His qi and energy made the little ghost shadows escape towards the distance in fear.
Lu Li was curious so he asked, "What kind of Xuan Beasts are they? I cannot even see their real bodies."
"They are Ghosting Bats, second-rank Xuan Beasts," Hunchback Tian casually explained, ready to take Lu Li to resume their trip.
"Wait!"
Lu Li suddenly shouted. He stood there, absent-minded for a while before he asked, "Go into the forest. I want to take a close look at the Ghosting Bats."
"What is there to see…"
Hunchback Tian murmured but he dared not to disobey. He took Lu Li into the forest. Countless ghost shadows instantly rushed out from the trees, floating around like streaks of phantoms, truly terrifying in the dark night.
With Hunchback Tian there, none of the Ghosting Bats could move closer. He could easily kill a group of them with his Xuan Energy. Lu Li had stayed in silence, and he was motionless. He stared at the Ghosting Bats with a frown. The light flickered in his eyes, but there was no telling of what he was thinking of.
"I get it, I finally get it!"
After a while of observation, Lu Li put on a smile of ecstasy. He said with excitement, "Apparition, the point is not about changing appearances, but to create shadows of illusion. Ha, ha, ha, I finally understand the core element of the Heaven Grade Xuan Skill. Hunchback Tian, wait for me. I can have a rudimentary mastery pretty soon!"
"Um…"
Seeing that Lu Li sat down with his legs crossed regardless of the risks, Hunchback Tian was shocked. How could Lu Li perceive a Heaven Grade Xuan Skill just by looking at several Ghosting Bats? Wasn’t it two months ago when Lu Li started cultivating this Heaven Grade Xuan Skill? His power of comprehension was too freaky…
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