Chapter 580: The Celestial Dao Avatar’s Pursuit

Chapter 580: Chapter 580: The Celestial Dao Avatar’s Pursuit

The Outer Sea, Spirit Beast Island.

Inside the cave.

Long Ao waited a full ten days before preparing to risk returning to the cave.

The Celestial Dao Avatar was completely confident that as long as it was present, no one could even think of entering the cave again to take anything, especially the Power of Origin that its master valued most. ⅇℯ𝚕.

But the Celestial Dao Avatar never imagined that this person would actually return after leaving. Not only did he show no respect for the avatar, but he didn’t even seem to care about its master.

The moment Long Ao stepped into the cave, he shot toward the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.

Long Ao knew perfectly well that he had only one chance, and not much time at that.

In other words, the longer he delayed, the more disadvantageous it would be for him.

Arriving before the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, Long Ao smiled in pleasant surprise and immediately placed the dragon’s skeletal remains into his Dragon Seal Space. Before he could even react, a terrifying force suddenly shot out from the surroundings, striking him squarely.

With a muffled grunt, Long Ao’s body was sent flying backward.

At that moment, the Celestial Dao Avatar suddenly appeared. A cold sneer played on its lips as it cursed, "Damn you! You really think I’m just for show? Today, I’ll let you experience a fate worse than death."

The Celestial Dao Avatar had assumed only a supreme expert would dare to act so brazenly. It never expected the intruder to be just a mere Semi-Saint Martial Artist.

Just as the Celestial Dao Avatar was about to strike, its eyes suddenly narrowed. It discovered that the Martial Artist it had just knocked down had abruptly vanished.

The next second, Long Ao’s body appeared outside the passageway.

’If it weren’t for my Desolate Divine Body just now,’ Long Ao thought, still feeling a lingering fear, ’I’d already be dead. The Celestial Dao Avatar is truly powerful.’

Not daring to linger for even a moment, Long Ao shot away at top speed, using Spatial Teleportation. In the blink of an eye, he had vanished from the passageway.

"Instant Teleportation?"

It couldn’t believe a mere Semi-Saint could actually use Instant Teleportation. However, the avatar didn’t dare to relax in the slightest. If it failed to capture him this time, it would be in huge trouble once its master returned.

First, it had allowed the intruder to successfully take the Power of Origin. Now, he had even taken away the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon. The Celestial Dao Avatar’s expression turned grim to the extreme.

The Celestial Dao Avatar shot out in pursuit. Just like that, with Long Ao in the lead and the avatar behind, they moved so fast that not even their shadows were visible.

"Brat, I will tear you limb from limb today!"

Ignoring the Celestial Dao Avatar, Long Ao swung his blade in a backhanded slash. A terrifying Heaven-Shocking Blade Aura cleaved through the air like a shooting star.

The Celestial Dao Avatar never thought he would dare to take the initiative and attack first. However, the avatar’s power was comparable to, if not greater than, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon’s. It dodged the attack with ease.

But in those few short seconds, Long Ao’s figure had already vanished without a trace.

Spatial Teleportation was a powerful Martial Art that Long Ao had comprehended upon breaking through to the Second Transformation of his Ninth Transformation Reincarnation Technique. Between Heaven and Earth, likely no one else possessed such a Super Martial Skill.

Long Ao didn’t dare to clash head-on with the Celestial Dao Avatar. He used Spatial Teleportation ten times in a row, giving the avatar no chance at all.

In truth, given the Celestial Dao Avatar’s immense power, it likely wouldn’t have ended up in this situation if not for its carelessness.

There was no trace of his aura anywhere, and it had no idea where he had gone. If it couldn’t retrieve the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon or capture the intruder, how would it ever explain itself to its master?

At this thought, the Celestial Dao Avatar’s expression grew colder. Even now, it couldn’t figure out who this person was. After all, a mere Semi-Saint Martial Artist should have been nothing more than trash in its eyes.

「A kilometer away.」

Using Spatial Teleportation, Long Ao had managed to completely shake off the Celestial Dao Avatar for the time being. However, he didn’t dare to relax in the slightest. The avatar was simply too powerful; if it caught up to him, he would have no chance of escape.

At this moment, Long Ao found it hard to imagine just how powerful the Celestial Dao itself was. Setting aside the Celestial Dao, its avatar alone was this terrifying. It had only been a single blow, but Long Ao could clearly feel that the Celestial Dao Avatar was strong enough to instantly kill his own ancestor.

One had to know that his ancestor was already a Celestial Divine Martial Artist, standing at the Peak of Divine Dao. But even so, Long Ao had the feeling that his ancestor wouldn’t even have a chance to strike before the Celestial Dao Avatar.

It was unimaginable.

Long Ao took a breath. After using Spatial Teleportation another ten consecutive times, his soul was weakened to its absolute limit. If he couldn’t completely shake off the Celestial Dao Avatar soon, there would be only one outcome.

"Master, head east."

Without doubting Long Fu, Long Ao immediately turned and shot off to the east. Along the way, he finally understood what Long Fu meant.

Although Long Fu could help Long Ao conceal his aura to the point that not even the Celestial Dao could sense it, the current situation was completely different. Because Long Ao had used Spatial Teleportation ten times in a row, his soul was extremely weak. He was simply unable to help conceal his aura and prevent the Celestial Dao Avatar from discovering him.

The meaning was simple: Long Ao had to combine the power of his own soul with Long Fu’s assistance to conceal his aura, but in his current state, he couldn’t do his part.

Because of this, Long Fu’s plan was simple: have Long Ao find a Holy Beast and use its aura to mask his own. This way, the Celestial Dao Avatar might not be able to find him.

This method wasn’t one hundred percent foolproof, but Long Ao knew very well that under these circumstances, he had no other choice but to risk it all on this one bet.

Sure enough.

Long Ao followed the eastern direction and found no less than several dozen Holy Beasts. The aura of a single Holy Beast would have likely been insufficient to mask his own, but with dozens of them, including a Second Level Holy Beast, the chances of success increased immensely.

Long Ao didn’t dare hesitate for a moment. The Celestial Dao Avatar’s power and speed were both immense; the slightest delay could plunge him into a situation with no hope of recovery.

Although this venture was fraught with danger and he had nearly lost his life, Long Ao had no regrets. Not only had he obtained the skeletal remains of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, but he had also helped Long Qiang obtain a Divine Pill. It could be said he had killed two birds with one stone.

Opportunity and danger coexist—this was a truth Long Ao had always lived by.

Long Ao did not create any friction with the Holy Beasts. With his level of caution, he believed that as long as he didn’t make the first move, the ten or so Holy Beasts would have a hard time discovering his tracks. After all, their power was not on the same level as the Celestial Dao’s.

A short while later, the Celestial Dao Avatar arrived, but it had lost Long Ao’s trail. With its power, it naturally sensed the auras of the Holy Beasts here. Because of this, its expression was extremely grim. The more strained it became, the less accurate its senses were.