Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2349: 184: Ambush
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“Hmm? Could that be a Realm Embryo?”
The monk in grey robes froze for a moment, clearly caught off guard.
Vast in scale, this Realm Embryo nearly rivaled a full Domain, pulsing gently while drawing in the nearby Chaos Origin Substance like some kind of breathing entity.
However, the green light streaked right by the massive Realm Embryo, showing no sign of halting.
Deep inside, the grey-robed monk's surprise intensified:
“Why isn't it aiming for the Realm Embryo?”
A moment of doubt crossed his mind:
“Is there possibly an ambush lurking inside or around this Realm Embryo?”
“Impossible, that ploy was already pulled once.”
The grey light, now in pursuit, trailed right behind, on the verge of zooming past when a flash of insight hit him:
“Wait, True Man Taiyi could have read my mind, meaning there might truly be an ambush waiting in the Realm Embryo!”
“If that's the situation…”
Suddenly, a beam of light burst from the grey light and slammed into the Realm Embryo!
A fissure tore across the Realm Embryo's exterior right away, accompanied by a subtle, dull rumble from deep inside!
Having come to an abrupt halt after skimming by, the grey-robed monk activated his Protective Treasure Light in a flash. From his grasp, a chain of Buddha Beads launched forward, instantly morphing into a shimmering golden web that wrapped around the Realm Embryo; his eyes locked onto the visibly stirring form beneath, a smirk of chill satisfaction on his lips:
“Just as I figured, you believed you'd outguessed my guess of you, but that old ruse won't fool me.”
“I respect your boldness for trying to ambush me a second time, but I've sealed off this area completely, and escape won't come easy even for me, so quit the pointless struggle. Show yourself!”
From the split in the Realm Embryo below, a wave of ominous, chilling energy began to seep out gradually.
In the grey-robed monk's gaze, filled with shock and gravity, a razor-sharp claw gleaming with dark sheen emerged slowly from the warped gash in the Realm Embryo, trailed by sleek, lithe legs, fur black and sleek like polished obsidian, a pointed snout carrying a touch of seductive charm, fine whiskers, and pointed ears… Without a doubt, it was a colossal Black Fox!
Next, a thick, bushy black tail slid out from the Realm Embryo, then another, a third… up to the eighth one…
They reared up behind the Black Fox, flaring and twisting like raging black fires!
Near the roots of those eight tails, a barely noticeable, tiny ninth tail flickered faintly, hardly visible at all.
The Black Fox tilted its head upward just a bit, fixing its ruby-red eyes on the grey-robed monk overhead, a glint of menace sparkling within.
Right then, the grey-robed monk's expression turned profoundly serious, laced with dread!
“An Eight-tailed Heavenly Fox, right on the cusp of sprouting its ninth tail!”
“Curses! Caught in another snare!”
In that split second, it dawned on him that the foe had perfectly predicted all his calculations, and he'd walked straight into the enemy's carefully laid trap!
Still, to prevent True Man Taiyi from slipping away, he'd intentionally created a barrier all around, determined to pin down his target, which now left him unable to pull back quickly himself.
With no chance to dwell on it, his form was swiftly swallowed by the ebony tails…
Precisely at that instant.
The green light hurtled onward at top speed, coming to rest before a swirling boundary sea whirlpool, where Wang Ba's shape materialized.
His Spiritual Sense swept across the Northern Great Bodhisattva clashing fiercely with the Realm Embryo beast, leaving him stunned, though joy barely touched his features.
Though the Realm Embryo beast boasted overwhelming power, it could only hold its own against the Northern Great Bodhisattva, and their fight wouldn't drag on forever.
Gazing down at the boundary sea whirlpool underneath, Wang Ba promptly retrieved a Compass.
True Man Ba had given him this tool, called the ‘Heavenly Square Compass,’ which helped cultivators rapidly tweak the rules governing a boundary sea whirlpool.
Using Spiritual Sense to probe, he matched the patterns of these boundary sea whirlpools against those he recalled from the Sea of Chaos Realm, quickly spotting the nearest fit before diving in to fine-tune it via the Heavenly Square Compass.
Merely a handful of breaths later.
The boundary sea whirlpool underneath began to turn steadily, its governing rules evidently altered.
Without delay, Wang Ba tucked the Compass away and plunged straight down into it.
Before long, the rules surrounding that boundary sea whirlpool reverted to normal.
A few additional breaths passed, and then a battered grey-robed monk surfaced from the adjacent Chaos Origin Substance.
His eyes scanned the boundary sea whirlpool down below, a flicker of doubt in them:
“Where did True Man Taiyi disappear to?”
“The causal rules… they've broken down completely!”
“Is it possible he's perished?”
Fuming with rage, yet he quickly detected the menacing presence of the chasing Eight-tailed Heavenly Fox at his back, spat out a low swear, and refused to stick around. The grey-robed monk morphed back into grey light and sped off into the void.