Chapter 392 - 252: The Might of Soul Capturing

Chapter 392: Chapter 252: The Might of Soul Capturing

As Yu Fei entered the Red Sun Realm, the first thing he saw was the massive red sun in the sky.

If the sun of his home world was like an apple, then this one was the size of a durian.

This was likely why this realm was so scorching hot.

Perhaps because he had just come from the bottom of a lake, the moment he entered this realm, the residual water droplets on his armor sizzled and evaporated.

He surveyed his surroundings and found himself on a high peak. The temperature here was likely approaching a hundred degrees.

The people who had crossed over with him were all hurrying down the mountain. Yu Fei gazed into the distance and saw that the shady side of the mountain was dotted with numerous man-made caves and bustling with vendors.

His curiosity piqued, he activated his Body Technique and hurried over.

The temperature in this realm was truly staggering. Even for Yu Fei, who had cultivated Yang-attribute Body Refining arts like the Pure Yang True Body and the Melt Gold Jade Body Skill, the dry heat felt unbearable.

On the other hand, Yang Qi surged into him like a waterfall, so much so that he could barely refine it all in time. His own Inner Qi remained in a perpetually full state.

’If I cultivate in this state,’ Yu Fei mused, ’even without using any resources, I could bring the Inner Qi portion of the All Things Return to Origin Scripture to perfection in just over a month.’

’However, if I can quickly gather the resources on the list Ye Shuping provided, cultivating in the Red Sun Realm for a while wouldn’t be a bad idea at all.’

Arriving at the mountain’s shady side, Yu Fei discovered that the mountain had been half-hollowed out to create an incredibly spacious gathering point inside.

Right at the entrance were numerous stalls selling iced drinks. Yu Fei glanced around and saw that a simple cup of ice water cost a hundred merit points, and some of the other iced beverages were even more expensive.

’I wonder how these people managed to get it.’

Curious, Yu Fei wandered around the gathering point. Since it was close to the Cross-Border Black Fog, most of the vendors were selling maps. He bought several to compare.

Each time the Red Sun Realm becomes sealed, the internal temperature soars to over 2,000 degrees, drastically altering the landscape. As a result, the maps must be redrawn after every cycle, making them quite expensive.

Yu Fei spent thirty thousand merit points on five different maps. Comparing them, he found discrepancies, and the information was rather vague, but it was better than nothing.

Yu Fei wasn’t bothered by the high price of the maps. Ever since acquiring a massive haul of resources from the Golden Stone Gang Realm, he had developed a relaxed attitude toward spending merit points.

Even though he didn’t have many points on him at the moment, he felt secure.

The maps roughly indicated the locations of potential resources. True or not, they at least gave him a direction.

The list Ye Shuping had given him was more like a prescription. It contained seven types of Yang-attribute resources, and Yu Fei was required to find at least four of them—the more, the better.

The Eastern-Coming Purple Qi was unique, and few things could directly improve its absorption efficiency. If Yu Fei could bring back these raw materials, Ye Shuping could concoct a solution for him.

The principles involved were extremely complex; an ordinary Martial Artist would find the resources impossible to process, even if they managed to gather them all.

After studying the maps for a long while, Yu Fei decided to head a thousand li to the west to explore the Jiaoyan Sea.

According to one of the maps, a Golden Flame Orchid—one of the resources Yu Fei needed—could be found there.

Now in the borderlands, Yu Fei moved with extreme caution. He ran for no more than thirty kilometers after leaving the stronghold before his figure flickered and vanished under the scorching sun. Activating his Illusory Sword Intent, he remained in place, silently waiting.

’Ye Shuping said he arranged for two Grandmasters to act as my Guardians, but I can’t see any sign of them. This means they’re outside my field of vision. To be able to track me from such a distance, I’ll bet one of them has some kind of sensory ability.’

However, that wasn’t why he had stopped.

After a moment of silent waiting, three figures appeared in pursuit from behind: one at the Gang Qi realm, and two at the Divine Intent realm.

It was a group of two men and a woman. The leader was a sturdy, dark-skinned man with a Tiger Head Spear strapped to his back.

"Where’d he go?"

The sturdy, dark-skinned man scanned the surroundings, his expression indignant.

Another one of his accomplices held a transparent lantern, within which specks of red, fluorescent light flickered and danced.

He stared at the device in his hand and exclaimed in surprise, "This is bizarre. The Guiding Insect shows the target is right in front of us!"

The last member of the group, a woman, drawled lazily, "Mr. Cha, you don’t think someone beat us to him, do you?"

She had a fiery figure and was scantily clad. ’Looking her up and down,’ Yu Fei observed from his hiding spot, ’all the clothes on her body combined probably use less fabric than my headband.’

Her swaying movements left little to the imagination.

’Perhaps it’s part of her combat strategy.’

Cheng Cheng’s voice was furious. "Impossible! We were tailing him the whole way, barely ten minutes behind. Unless the kid knows a Stealth Secret Skill, he has to be somewhere nearby."

He sounded absolutely certain.

"Let’s combine our strength and scan the area. We might be able to flush him out."

"Alright!"

As they spoke, the auras of the three suddenly merged. A wisp of purple light shot from the eyes of the leading Gang Qi expert as he scanned the area.

A moment later, he still had nothing.

"Boss, any luck? I can’t hold on much longer!"

"Useless trash!"

The leader swore under his breath, left with no choice but to suspend the Secret Technique.

Yu Fei had a clear view from the sidelines. By layering his own sensory abilities at close range, he managed to get a thorough understanding of the group’s Secret Technique.

All three of them cultivated a peculiar Soul Foundation Secret Skill that allowed them to temporarily link their auras. The leader, the Gang Qi expert, had apparently used some kind of demonic method to awaken a half-baked Pupil Skill, which granted him a limited sensory ability.

Under Yu Fei’s close scrutiny, he could tell that while the man’s liver was unnaturally robust, his other four major organs were drained of vitality. ’It’s obvious,’ he concluded. ’He used a technique that reverses the natural suppression cycle of the five elements to forcefully awaken his liver’s latent power, and that’s how he cultivated this Secret Technique.’