Chapter 753 - 225: New Divine Power

After taking a headcount, Dean Hou said, "Let’s hurry. First, we need to lure Shen Bai away. The farther, the better."

Upon hearing them, Xu Sheng Taoist took out the Fake Celestial Pearl and began communicating with it using his Qi.

Then, under Xu Sheng Taoist’s influence, the Fake Celestial Pearl gradually changed form, transforming from a bead into a golden insect.

The insect was about the size of a fist, with eight wings, eight pairs of legs, and six pairs of eyes.

If not for its golden color, the insect’s appearance alone would have been terrifying.

Dean Hou looked it over and praised, "The Fake Celestial Pearl truly lives up to its name. It looks exactly like the Ten Thousand Gu Insects."

Xu Sheng Taoist raised his hand, and the imitation of the Ten Thousand Gu Insects created by the Fake Celestial Pearl rose into the air, flying toward Shen Bai’s location.

"Shen Bai has a perception ability. I’ll have it stay at the edge of his sensory range to lure him away."

"Now, it’s time for us to do our part. The Molten Rock Forbidden Land is too mysterious, and this is the first time any of us have been inside. We don’t have much time, so we need to find the Magma Core quickly."

"The next step is up to Master Mingxin."

The three Demonic Forces had each been assigned a role; they had already planned everything before coming here.

Xu Sheng Taoist was responsible for luring Shen Bai away, while Monk Mingxin possessed a Cultivation Technique called the Innate Wisdom Calculation Scripture, which could deduce the location of the Magma Core.

As for Dean Hou and Xinhua Academy, they were in charge of the final task.

Xinhua Academy had conducted extensive research on the Ten Thousand Gu Insects, making them the best choice to manipulate the real one.

Monk Mingxin placed his palms together and circulated the Qi in his body.

Immediately after, a pitch-black Buddha Seal appeared in front of him. As soon as the seal manifested, it transformed into a wisp of smoke, pointing toward a specific location.

"It’s over there," Monk Mingxin said, pointing.

Xu Sheng Taoist waved his hand and declared, "Let’s move! Seize the Magma Core, kill Shen Bai, and once we’re out, we’ll annihilate all of Cangnan Dao!"

The group wasted no more time, rushing off together in the direction Monk Mingxin had indicated.

...

Shen Bai was flying toward a certain location.

The scenery along the way was quite novel; it was Shen Bai’s first time seeing a world filled with high temperatures and molten rock.

Unfortunately, he hadn’t seen any sign of strange creatures.

’Perhaps the Forbidden Land is just too vast, so finding anything strange will take some effort,’ Shen Bai thought, hovering in mid-air.

Just as he was thinking this, Shen Bai suddenly detected an anomaly through his Void-breaking Red Eye.

At the very edge of his Void-breaking Red Eye’s range, a flash of gold was rapidly disappearing.

’The Ten Thousand Gu Insects?’

At first glance, the golden flash resembled the Ten Thousand Gu Insects.

He had spoken with Chief Wan before coming here, so he knew what the Ten Thousand Gu Insects looked like.

But while this so-called Ten Thousand Gu Insects could pass for the real thing, that was only to an outsider.

A line of smoke materialized before Shen Bai’s eyes, coalescing in mid-air just before the imitation Gu Insect vanished.

[Fake Celestial Pearl]

[Appraisal Progress: 0%]

[A wisp of Evil Qi can be used for rapid appraisal]

The corners of Shen Bai’s mouth lifted slightly. ’So that’s how it is. You’re really willing to pay such a high price just to lure me away.’

Through his Golden Finger, Shen Bai could see that this supposed Ten Thousand Gu Insects was actually a fake, transformed from a Deceitful Object.

Since it was a fake, the enemy’s intentions were obvious.

Lure him away, do something secretive, and then come back to deal with him after they were finished.

He had to admit, their strategy was quite good; at the very least, their preparations were formidable.

But... Shen Bai had a cheat.

In his eyes, all of this was nothing more than a parlor trick.

It was nothing special—he was just used to his cheats.

After a moment of thought, Shen Bai saw the Fake Celestial Pearl rapidly fleeing. Instead of giving chase, he activated his Infinite Divination Skill.

He had few clues before, but now that the Fake Celestial Pearl had appeared, he had more to work with. Shen Bai wanted to see if he could divine their location now.

When Shen Bai used the Infinite Divination Skill, the fog obscuring his vision finally cleared.

Threads of silk appeared before his eyes, then shot off rapidly in a single direction.

’That direction, eh? But before that, I need to collect a little something,’ Shen Bai thought, his gaze sweeping toward the distant Fake Celestial Pearl as a smile spread across his face.

He wasn’t about to pass up a free Deceitful Object.

The Fake Celestial Pearl was extremely fast. It also possessed a certain Spirituality, cleverly staying at the very edge of his Void-breaking Red Eye’s range. Even with Shen Bai’s Speed, catching it would take considerable effort.

But it wasn’t a big problem.

Shen Bai had already spotted its Weakness.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai began to gradually shrink the range of his Void-breaking Red Eye.

Then, a dramatic scene unfolded.

As the range of his Void-breaking Red Eye shrank, the Fake Celestial Pearl actually stopped running away. Instead, it hugged the edge of the shrinking detection range, steadily closing the distance to Shen Bai.

After just a few breaths, the Fake Celestial Pearl was less than a meter away from him.

’And just like that, it’s taken care of,’ Shen Bai thought, narrowing his eyes. He effortlessly reached out and touched the Fake Celestial Pearl.

’Appraise.’

A wisp of Evil Qi vanished, and Shen Bai successfully appraised the Fake Celestial Pearl.

Then, words formed from smoke appeared before his eyes.

[Appraisal Successful]

[Acquired Divine Power: Disguise Technique]

’A new Divine Power?’ Shen Bai was slightly surprised.

He hadn’t obtained a new Divine Power in a long time. He hadn’t expected this to be such a pleasant surprise.

Before him, Space began to blur.

Shen Bai knew what was coming. It was time to watch the phantom show off again.

When the blurry scene gradually came into focus, Shen Bai found that this time he wasn’t in an empty expanse, but inside a room.