Chapter 27: Tracking

When Lu Jin returned to the back mountain of the Myriad Sword Sect.

Although Wang Min had pursued him immediately, she did not act rashly.

This was the Myriad Sword Sect, after all.

Even though she was a disciple of the Scarlet Moon Holy Land, she knew that a place like the Myriad Sword Sect still possessed some underlying strength. While she wasn’t afraid, she had to act cautiously to avoid capsizing her boat in a sewer, suffering a miserable defeat in an unexpected place.

Therefore, she waited for Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan was a disciple of the Myriad Sword Sect and knew this terrain far better than she did.

Yang Dianfeng and Liu Ruyan, having swallowed healing pills, hadn’t fully recovered to their peak, but they were close enough. Upon learning that Lu Jin had taken the Soul-Breaking Delusion Fruit, the two immediately chased after Wang Min!

“Senior Sister Wang Min, rest assured. Although the back mountain of the Myriad Sword Sect is fraught with danger, as the Saintess, I know this place like the back of my hand. For Lu Jin to dare return here, he is simply walking right into a trap!”

Liu Ruyan spoke with absolute confidence.

“Good! Since that’s the case, help me find the Soul-Breaking Delusion Fruit. If you can handle this matter well, I will do my utmost to help you enter the Scarlet Moon Holy Land!”

It seemed this fruit was extremely important to Wang Min.

Seeing this, Liu Ruyan nodded fiercely on the surface, but sneered repeatedly in her heart.

This woman is just using me. Once I become strong, I will never let her take this attitude with me again!

“Many thanks, Senior Sister Wang!”

Hearing Liu Ruyan say this, Wang Min nodded, though her eyes still held a trace of coldness.

After all, she was a disciple of the Scarlet Moon Holy Land, the number one female disciple under Elder Chiyu. For Liu Ruyan, who hadn’t even joined the Sacred Land yet, to call her ‘Senior Sister’ was simply lowering her status!

However, since she was useful at the moment, tolerating it temporarily wasn’t impossible.

Of course, part of the reason for her attitude was that she liked Yang Dianfeng!

However, as a Senior Sister of high status, she would absolutely not rashly pursue that relationship!

For this reason, regarding Liu Ruyan as a thorn in her side and a needle in her flesh was only natural.

Under Liu Ruyan’s lead, the three of them headed straight for the back mountain of the Myriad Sword Sect.

Previously, the tracking art Wang Min displayed couldn’t pinpoint a specific location, only the general direction. Once they entered the dense forest of the back mountain, her tracking method became almost useless.

Moreover, the back mountain was filled with countless dangers. Even disciples of the Myriad Sword Sect who frequently trained here were often devoured by demon beasts, or even killed by traps and ambushes set by their own peers, dying quite tragic deaths.

However, as the Saintess, Liu Ruyan indeed knew this place like the back of her hand, perhaps even better than Lu Jin.

After all, over the past three years, in order to cultivate, to fuse with Lu Jin’s Supreme Bone, and to practice the Fox Master’s Great Plundering Immortal Art, she had sneakily come to the back mountain many times!

She had done quite a few unspeakable deeds in these dark, shadowy woods.

…

Hum…

While Lu Jin stood guard here, he did not stop his own cultivation.

The phantom images of long swords condensed by the Myriad Swords Paying Homage Art danced and rotated continuously in the surrounding air. They chopped, stabbed, slashed, and parried; the sword shadows flickered, his control over them becoming increasingly proficient.

“With my current realm, I cannot yet cultivate the Myriad Swords Paying Homage Art to its peak. If I can reach the Golden Core Realm, I will surely ascend another level and enter a deeper, profound state…”

“However, facing a Fifth Grade Golden Core, I should be able to kill them with full effort. Even against a Sixth Grade, I now have the strength to fight!”

Feeling the majestic energy within his body, Lu Jin was satisfied.

To achieve such strength in such a short time after his return three years later… he was clearly pleased. As for the agreed-upon life-and-death battle with Liu Ruyan, he was fully confident he could kill her in a single strike!

Thinking of this, he gathered his focus and frowned.

“I wonder to what extent Empress Qinglian has recovered using the Delusion-Breaking Soul Fruit? That fruit is indeed powerful. I wonder if I can use it to cultivate spiritual force…”

Buzz…

Just as he was pondering in secret, a slight fluctuation suddenly rippled through the air. His expression changed instantly.

Three figures appeared ahead. They were none other than Liu Ruyan, Yang Dianfeng, and Wang Min.

Wang Min’s aura was powerful. Her strength at the Sixth Grade of the Golden Core Realm made Lu Jin’s expression turn even darker.

“They actually found me!”

Lu Jin was clearly surprised. Seeing Liu Ruyan again, he was even more astonished at the speed of her recovery.

Although she hadn’t recovered to her peak state, she already possessed significant combat power, as did Yang Dianfeng.

“Hehe, Lu Jin, you bastard! You really were hiding here!”

“Hand over the Soul-Breaking Delusion Fruit to Senior Sister Wang Min immediately, and perhaps I’ll leave your corpse intact!”

Liu Ruyan shouted coldly, getting straight to the point, her eyes filled with thick killing intent.

“So you want to rob me of my Soul-Breaking Delusion Fruit?”

Lu Jin realized their intent and sneered.

“Sorry, but if I’m not willing, I absolutely won’t give up what’s in my hands. And I certainly won’t give it to someone with whom I have a blood feud.”

“Of course, if you want to take it by force, then only a dead end awaits you. If you remain obstinate, I will fight you to the end.”

Lu Jin directly stated his stance.

His voice was indifferent, yet it carried a tone that brooked no question.

“You!”

Seeing his fearless attitude, Liu Ruyan’s face turned incredibly ugly, so angry she didn’t know what to say.

“You are Lu Jin?”

At this moment, Wang Min spoke. Her voice was high and mighty, filled with arrogance and command.

“The Soul-Breaking Delusion Fruit is not something a person like you can use. Hand it over immediately. Otherwise, forget a tiny disciple like you, I wouldn’t even put your entire Myriad Sword Sect in my eyes!”

Wang Min stood with her hands behind her back. To possess the strength of a Sixth Grade Golden Core at such a young age, she indeed had the capital to be arrogant.

But hearing her threat, Lu Jin only smiled faintly.

“You say that as if I put you in my eyes.”

He didn’t attack rashly. Empress Qinglian seemed to still be in a state of cultivation. He didn’t know exactly what she was doing, but it was just a feeling.

But even if it was just a feeling, he wouldn’t let anyone disturb her!

“Since you are stubborn and foolish, I have no choice but to kill you and take the fruit myself.”

As Wang Min’s voice fell, she attacked instantly.

Boom!

With a single move, a blood-colored light surged instantly. As the bloody glow soared into the sky, she gripped a blood sword and thrust it straight at Lu Jin!

The speed was so fast that Lu Jin’s expression changed as well!

“Seeking death!”

Lu Jin gritted his teeth. A sword light in his hand shot into the sky. Simultaneously, a screen of light around him instantly transformed into a wave, this was the power of the array he had set up. As the full force of the array roared out, it condensed into a long sword, striking directly against her incoming blood sword!