“The earth energy here is indeed very rich. However, this is a Green Ghost Land, representing inauspiciousness and strangeness. Burying one of your arms here bodes ill rather than good.”
Ye Yunfei frowned as he spoke.
Whoosh!
Ye Yunfei moved, arriving at the flat area the Giant Arm had pointed to.
“It’s right beneath here!
Hmm?
That’s odd. When I buried that arm, I erected a grave here as a marker. Why has that grave disappeared?”
Arriving at the flat ground, the Giant Arm exclaimed in surprise, feeling a hint of foreboding.
“I’ll go down and check.”
Ye Yunfei employed an earth-diving technique, sinking below the surface in an instant.
“There’s nothing here.”
Ye Yunfei searched around beneath this flat area but found nothing.
“Impossible! My arm is actually gone!”
The Giant Arm cried out unwillingly.
“There are many strange energies in this area, and the earth energy underground has been flowing irregularly.
I suspect your arm has been carried away by the flowing earth energy to some unknown location.”
Ye Yunfei observed for a moment beneath the ground and reached this conclusion.
“I’ll try to help you find it, see if it can be located.”
Ye Yunfei said.
Ye Yunfei emerged from the ground, waved his hand, and took out an ancient compass, activating it directly.
This compass was the highest-grade treasure collected by the Houtu Sect, essentially the sect's sacred heirloom. The sect master had gifted this compass to Ye Yunfei.
A yellow bronze needle rose from within the compass.
“Drip a drop of blood onto this compass.”
Ye Yunfei said to the Giant Arm.
Swoosh!
A drop of blood shot out from the Phantom Tower and landed on the compass.
“Heaven and Earth Trace Tracking Art!”
Ye Yunfei pointed at the compass and uttered a low chant.
Immediately, the compass flew up and charged in a specific direction.
“Your arm is in that direction. Let’s go check.”
Ye Yunfei said.
“Be careful. This is the Heaven Burial Tomb, where every step is fraught with peril!”
The Giant Arm reminded him.
Whoosh!
The compass soared through the air, heading in one direction. Ye Yunfei moved swiftly, following behind it.
“Don’t worry. This compass of mine not only indicates direction but also has the ability to foretell fortune and misfortune.”
Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
During their journey, whenever they encountered dangerous areas, the compass would emit a piercing red light in advance. Therefore, Ye Yunfei managed to avoid many perilous zones along the way.
“This is merely the outskirts of the Heaven Burial Tomb. If we go deeper, I estimate your compass won’t be as effective.”
The Giant Arm said.
“That’s probably true.
The geomancy I practice is relatively low-level. Once I encounter truly dangerous terrain, I won’t be able to handle it.”
Ye Yunfei nodded.
“Brat, let’s see where you can run now!”
At that moment, a cold laugh sounded.
A grey-robed elder appeared behind Ye Yunfei.
“Trouble, it’s that old guy again!”
Both Ye Yunfei and the Giant Arm were startled.
This grey-robed elder was an expert from the Jiang Family of Tianfu Star Sea!
“Brat, you’re quite strange. So young, yet skilled in spatial energy, and you’ve even cultivated an advanced Space Movement Technique.
Now, if you don’t want to die, hand over that Space Movement Technique of yours.
Otherwise, the Heaven Burial Tomb will become your burial ground.”
The grey-robed elder laughed with a sinister, forest-like tone.
“Ah, I almost forgot to tell you, the space here in the Heaven Burial Tomb is a bit special, much harder than the space outside. Trying to use your Space Movement Technique or traverse space here should be very difficult.
So, don’t even think about escaping in front of me.”
The grey-robed elder sneered.
Hearing the elder’s words, Ye Yunfei immediately extended his spatial energy to perceive the surroundings. Indeed, the space around them was exceptionally hard!
“Test if you can traverse the space here.”
Ye Yunfei sent a sound transmission to the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
Whoosh!
Ye Yunfei rushed forward at full speed.
“Pointless.
You can’t escape from me.”
The grey-robed elder sneered.
The grey-robed elder moved like a phantom, drifting forward at an astonishing speed.
Moreover, a terrifying pressure of energy crushed towards Ye Yunfei across space, slightly slowing his movements.
Ye Yunfei exerted all his strength, continuously deploying his Spatial Teleportation Art to flee forward.
The space in this heaven and earth was extremely hard. The effectiveness of Ye Yunfei’s Spatial Teleportation Art was greatly diminished; the distance he could cover with each teleportation was almost one-tenth of normal.
As time passed, the grey-robed elder drew closer and closer to Ye Yunfei.
However, the Spatial Teleportation Art was an extremely advanced movement technique. Even for this grey-robed elder, catching up to Ye Yunfei in an instant was somewhat difficult.
“Brat, stop!”
Finally, the grey-robed elder grew somewhat furious and let out a light shout.
Fwish fwish...
Eight green longswords appeared, transforming into eight streaks of green light that tore through the sky, charging towards Ye Yunfei.
Thwack!
Although Ye Yunfei clearly perceived the trajectories of the eight green swords, he was still unable to completely dodge them. Three of the swords pierced through his body, running him through.
This grey-robed elder’s strength was far too formidable!
Fortunately, Ye Yunfei had cultivated the Greenwood Emperor Body to perfection. This kind of physical damage was not fatal and could be recovered from in moments.
Whoosh!
Ye Yunfei’s body swayed, pausing briefly.
The next moment, Ye Yunfei once again exerted his full strength, fleeing forward at the fastest speed he could muster.
“Haha...
Brat, you can’t escape!”
Behind him, the grey-robed elder laughed sinisterly.
“This old bastard!”
Ye Yunfei fled with all his might.
This grey-robed elder possessed strength that ranked among the top in the entire universe.
With Ye Yunfei’s current capabilities, dealing with this grey-robed elder was still beyond him.
“Hmm?”
Ye Yunfei looked ahead at a stretch of churning sand and barren, impoverished earth, feeling a sense of trepidation.
In that expanse of land, there was an irregular trench. From a distance, it looked somewhat like a phoenix lying prostrate on the ground.
Moreover, a large amount of wretchedly crimson mist floated around the area. Looking from afar, it seemed as if a phoenix was bleeding!
“Phoenix Spews Blood!”
Ye Yunfei’s gaze couldn’t help but sharpen.
This was a domain of great calamity recorded in the study of geomancy!
This type of terrain was something Ye Yunfei had seen in an ancient text within the Houtu Sect's library.
The description of this terrain in that ancient text was extremely brief, consisting of only a few sparse sentences.
“Brat, you can’t run now!”
At this moment, the grey-robed elder drew increasingly closer, letting out an icy laugh.
Within this Small World, the space was especially hard, preventing Ye Yunfei from traversing it. So, truly escaping from this grey-robed elder was indeed somewhat difficult.
“Phoenix Spews Blood... At the Phoenix Crown, there remains a sliver of life!”
Ye Yunfei recalled the record from that ancient text. Gritting his teeth, he rushed towards the direction of that trench.
“Brat, have you lost your mind?
The land ahead is full of inauspiciousness. Stop if you don’t want to die!”
The grey-robed elder behind him called out.
Although this elder had not cultivated geomancy, with his strength, he could also sense that the terrain ahead was filled with strangeness and danger.
“Old thing, are you scared?
Don’t follow if you’re scared.”
Ye Yunfei sneered.
“Little whelp, what do I have to be scared of? Anywhere you dare to go, I dare to go as well.
You’re full of mysteries, kid. After catching you, I’ll interrogate you thoroughly and make you spill all your secrets.”
The grey-robed elder said coldly.
Whoosh!
Ye Yunfei began charging towards the Phoenix Spews Blood terrain. The grey-robed elder followed closely behind him.
He thought that with Ye Yunfei ahead, any danger would befall Ye Yunfei first. Following behind was relatively safer.
Whoosh!
Ye Yunfei urged the Compass to lead the way, charging towards the location of the phoenix’s head.
Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei’s speed grew increasingly slow. In the blink of an eye, the grey-robed elder reached a position right behind Ye Yunfei.
“Brat, you can’t escape!”
The grey-robed elder roared with wild laughter.
Boom!
He extended a palm, which continuously enlarged as it reached out to grab Ye Yunfei.
Right at that moment.
Ye Yunfei threw a heavy punch towards the phoenix’s head.
All his energy poured into the area of the phoenix’s head.
While delivering the punch, Ye Yunfei had already activated his Spatial Teleportation Art, accurately landing at the position of the phoenix’s crest.
Boom...
The entire phoenix instantly erupted. Rolling crimson mists began to churn madly.
Tens of millions of sickly red, strange light rays spewed forth from the trench, instantly illuminating every detail of this stretch of land.
Aah...
The grey-robed elder let out a direct scream. His entire body was exposed to these red light rays. The blood vessels within his body instantly exploded, and streams of blood rushed out of his body, transforming into wisps of crimson mist that vanished into the trench shaped like a phoenix.
In less than a single breath of time, all the blood within the grey-robed elder’s body was sucked dry. His body collapsed to the ground like a withered corpse, only some remnant soul remaining within his skull, howling in agony.
“Phoenix Spews Blood... It’s far too terrifying!”
Standing at the position of the phoenix’s crest, Ye Yunfei was actually not affected at all, yet he still felt his heart pounding with fear.