Chapter 652 - 349: Star Luo Killing Array

"This..."

"Before this person disappeared, they kept flying eastward. Even if they used a spatial movement treasure, they would most likely still go east."

Xux Guang held the Spirit Shadow Star Array, splitting a wisp of tracking energy to Xux Yuan.

"However, to prevent any unexpected events, I’ll pursue from the northeastern side and you from the southeastern side."

"Alright."

Thus, the two of them parted ways and each pursued in a direction.

Half a quarter of an hour after they left, Chu Ming appeared clad in black.

"As expected, it’s the Heavenly Inquiry Tower."

"That tracking method..."

Chu Ming’s gaze slightly narrowed as he looked towards the east and paused before reducing the concealment effect of the Book and Painting Realm to seventy percent.

He needed to test the boundary of the tracking method, after all, he couldn’t maintain the Book and Painting Realm indefinitely.

After waiting for half a quarter of an hour, he didn’t sense the return of the two trackers.

This meant that at seventy percent, the Book and Painting Realm could avoid tracking.

However, maintaining seventy percent for a long time was still impractical.

Pausing for a moment, Chu Ming further reduced the Book and Painting Realm, and this time the reduction was significant, down to thirty percent.

In an instant, Xux Guang and Xux Yuan, who had already chased a hundred miles away, suddenly sensed a reaction from the Spirit Shadow Star Array they held.

"The place where he disappeared before!"

The two almost simultaneously turned back and rushed back.

Within moments.

As Chu Ming continued his tests, his eyes flashed slightly.

The Sword Gourd Spirit detected the two from the Heavenly Inquiry Tower attacking from over a hundred miles away.

"At thirty percent, it can no longer block the tracking..."

"I wonder if activating the Concealing Technique can conceal..."

With a change of heart, the Concealing Breath Technique, Mountain and Sea Guardian Yang Concealing Breath, already honed to an extremely high degree, was activated.

Thirty miles away.

"Hmm? Disappeared again?!" Xux Guang halted his steps.

"This person..." On the other side, anger surged on Xux Yuan’s face, "Is he toying with us?"

"Courting death!"

Without any pause, he even activated the Tunneling Speed Treasure.

Returning now to Chu Ming’s side.

"One of them stopped, the other accelerated towards me..."

"It seems thirty percent of the Book and Painting Realm combined with the Mountain and Sea Guardian Yang Concealing Breath is indeed concealing me."

He stepped on the Elemental Shield Shuttle, flying to a higher position.

To know how effective the concealment is, just wait for the Heavenly Inquiry Tower trackers to arrive.

Around the time a cup of tea would take, Xux Yuan arrived, his face cold as frost.

Shortly after, Xux Guang arrived, looking displeased as well.

"Brother, I think the thief who attacked the tower didn’t use a spatial transmission treasure to escape but has mastered a rather powerful Concealing Technique."

Though angry at being toyed with, Xux Yuan’s judgment remained sharp, and he communicated this through a treasure rather than speaking directly.

"Hmm," Xux Guang nodded, "It’s very possible, otherwise the Spirit Shadow Star Array wouldn’t have sensed him back at the original spot after losing signal."

Both of them were strong Seventh Realm experts of the Heavenly Inquiry Tower, by no means ordinary figures.

"Brother, should we lie in wait?"

"Lie in wait..." Xux Guang’s eyes flashed, "Good idea, he’s likely hiding nearby. Let’s pretend to leave and set up a Star Fall Killing Array outside."

"As soon as he shows up..."

The two communicated secretly.

Only a moment later.

"Brother, the traces disappeared; the thief must have sensed our arrival and fled again," Xux Yuan proclaimed loudly in a fake manner.

"Hmph, cowardly rat, don’t let me catch you!" Xux Guang cooperated, saying, "Let’s proceed with the original plan, pursuing one on each side."

"Alright."

The two played along with each other and then truly transformed into two rays of light, leaving.

After flying approximately twenty miles, the two found a concealed spot to stop and communicated again.

"Brother, setting up a Star Fall Killing Array over thirty miles is giving that rat too much credit."

"Don’t be careless, that rat’s earlier behavior clearly wasn’t toying with us but rather testing the Spirit Shadow Star Array’s tracking ability."

"The Star Fall Killing Array can cover thirty miles. We’ll just use some treasures, but if we catch him, the tower will surely reward us."

Xux Guang managed to predict seven or eight-tenths of Chu Ming’s earlier tests.

"Quickly set it up, within the thirty-mile range, even if he realizes now, he won’t escape!"

As he waved his big hand, a dozen beams of light scattered out.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Xux Yuan also took out treasures, scattering the beams.

As the beams fell in both directions, the canopy covering the area of about thirty-five miles suddenly had an invisible web descending.

Unless something unexpected occurred, this net would surely catch something.

But, meanwhile, outside the net.

Chu Ming, clad in black, hovered in the air, raising his head, looking at the net above, his expression slightly changing.

The two from the Heavenly Inquiry Tower were really generous with treasures to catch him.

Creating an array covering over thirty miles just like that...

He stared for a moment, his gaze regaining its depth.

Before the Heavenly Inquiry Tower pair set up the net, he had already tunneled over ten miles away.

And upon sensing the two taking out treasures to scatter beams, seemingly to set up some array, he tunneled another twenty miles out.

Thus, the net didn’t catch him at all.

"Maintaining thirty percent of the Book and Painting Realm along with the Concealing Breath Technique has already avoided the Heavenly Inquiry Tower’s tracking, the consumption isn’t too great, acceptable for long-term movement."

"However... with further consumption, it’s not possible to always do so, the Heavenly Inquiry Tower still needs to be dealt with..."

"I wonder whether it’s just the two who can track me or the entire Heavenly Inquiry Tower. If it’s the latter, that would be troublesome."

With his current strength and some strategies, he should be able to fight those two early Seventh Realm individuals, possibly even kill them.

But his worry is that the method of tracking him isn’t possessed by those two but by the Heavenly Inquiry Tower as a whole.