Chapter 1004: Constant’s Secret Move
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
*Smack*
Raising one arm, Xia Fei caught Jade Green in his hands, as well as the spatial ring Wenpixa was wearing, as he rumbled out a comment, “Anyone who takes what’s mine will return it tenfold!”
This shocking scene was witnessed intently by various individuals on the battlefield. Xia Fei’s att.i.tude and that crazed a.s.sault had vexed them greatly!
n.o.body could understand how in the span of just a few days, Xia Fei had managed to improve by leaps and bounds, becoming someone that could be on par with Founder-tier experts!
Furthermore, the Aura emanating from Xia Fei’s body was very clearly similar to the Founders, yet was much stranger!
“Pixa!” Dark King Wendar yelled as he succ.u.mbed to extreme grief and indignation. The Dark warriors were aware that Wenpixa was the queen behind the scenes, and her death sent their morale spiraling.
Conversely, on the side of the Law Realm, waves of excited cheers could be heard. Killing a Founder? This was not a feat that just anyone present could accomplish, yet Xia Fei had succeeded in just that!
It was not just Wenpixa’s body. Even her soul had been devoured by the fiendish cross-blade Nirvana, and Xia Fei managed to get hold of her entire Founder-tier cultivation!
There were already several times more Law Realm warriors than Dark lifeforms, and with Wenpixa’s death, the Law Realm forces swiftly pressed their attacks on the Dark lifeforms, unleas.h.i.+ng a wave of destructive attacks that became a prelude to the annihilation of the Dark lifeforms!
Including Xia Gucheng, the Law Realm had six Founders, and had Xia Fei as a not-founder Founder, as well as the Skywing Wolfpack consisted of five Superior Law G.o.ds, whose combined strength was on par with a Founder, as well!
Meanwhile, all that were left on the Dark lifeform’s side were Constant, Youth, Rock, Chill, and the Dark King Wendar. Five Founders. Even if the strength of Constant and Wendar was ahead of the rest of the pack, they could not beat the numerical superiority that the Law Realm held!
Only after seeing that they no longer held the upper hand did Wendar have the thought of retreating. Unfortunately, they had already been surrounded by the Law Realm forces, so where could they even retreat to?!
Just as Wendar was exasperated over this, uncertain of what he should do, there was another change happening within the Dark lifeforms’ formation!
Constant had fled without saying a word!
It was hard to imagine that the once de-facto ruler of the Law Realm, the war G.o.d among the war G.o.ds, was actually a coward who valued his life over his honor!
It was not just Constant. The three Founders Youth, Rock and Chill had also grit their teeth and slipped away after seeing Constant leave, leaving the Dark lifeforms in the lurch with just Wendar holding on bitterly!
*Rumble!*
The Founders attacked in unison, and slaughtered Dark King Wendar together!
At this point, the Dark lifeforms no longer had any powerhouses! Their army was routed!
Everyone would enjoy beating on a villain while they were down, and these people of the Law Realm were promptly invigorated as they killed their way through, almost burying the million-strong army that Wendar had brought with him!
Meanwhile, the Founders, as well as Xia Fei, were hot on the trail of Constant and the others, unwilling to let the four go!
Sure enough, Constant lived up to his name as the strongest existence among the Thirteen Founders. Even when fleeing he did so with great precision, almost as if he had calculated it right down to his every step. The path Constant chose would always be the perfect position, so no matter how much Xia Fei and the others cut him off or tried to outflank him, they would always end up facing fierce warding attacks from him.
“How is this happening?!” Xia Fei muttered to himself quietly.
“Don’t panic. Constant and his brethren are already at their wit’s end. As long as we can bite on them and not let go, we’ll definitely find an opportunity!” Radix spared no effort encouraging Xia Fei, even as he looked further into the distance. Hosu and Wenwist’s battle had already taken them further and further away, and they were no longer visible. Radix was very worried about Hosu’s chances of beating Wenwist without his Soul Weapon. After all, it had been tens of thousands of years since they had met, and there was no way of knowing just what cultivation Wenwist had achieved by now.
On top of that, Radix was still worried about the Cosmic Gate. Even if Hosu won today’s battle, he would surely have expended a large amount of his energy, and would not be able to Seal the Cosmic Gate! If the Inverse were to attack at this time, the situation would only get worse.
“I’m not panicking, but this style of retreat that Constant and them are taking is far too strange!” Xia Fei said with tightly knitted eyebrows. It was as if he had discovered something hidden in this path of retreat Constant had taken.
“Ocular Cognition!” The power of the Beast Spirit Codex’s Ocular Cognition technique displayed its prowess! Xia Fei’s eyes shone as he carefully observed the movements of Constant and the others.
“How powerful! I don’t recall my Ocular Cognition being so powerful before!” Xia Fei exclaimed.
The Beast Spirit Codex had been the technique Xia Fei had gained the earliest, and after countless promotions and a subsequent relearn, Xia Fei had now reached the limit of what the technique could achieve. He had thought that it was impossible for it to improve any further, but when Xia Fei used Ocular Cognition this time, he was surprised to find that his visual acuity was even better than before!
This is truly remarkable. Xia Fei had clearly finished cultivating the complete Beast Spirit Codex, so how could his Ocular Cognition still be improved upon?!
Radix laughed out loud, “This is the power of activating your Soul Mark!”
“Soul Mark?!” Xia Fei was slightly taken aback. “What has the Soul Mark got to do with the Beast Spirit Codex?”
Radix answered, “I think you’re underestimating the Soul Mark and Soul Power; do you remember that colorful energy ball that was once in your seventh brain region?”
“Of course I do!” Xia Fei replied. “That amazing energy ball could absorb and store energy, and it was precisely because I had it that it made it seem like my body was not emitting any energy at all, fooling a lot of enemies into thinking I was just a commoner who didn’t know any martial arts, helping me hide my cultivation! Even when I was at Fig Corporation that one time it was all thanks to that energy ball. It’s too bad that the colorful ball vanished after I activated my Soul Mark!”
Radix chuckled, “The energy ball didn’t disappear; it evolved! The reason why that colorful energy ball existed is solely as a stand-in for the Soul Mark, and is one of the unique traits that an Auroran possesses. As long as a warrior in the clan is talented enough, they would have a very high chance of gaining that colorful energy ball before their physical form reaches its peak potential.
“Normally, such a situation will only happen after attaining Law G.o.d, because this particular tier of cultivation is a very crucial transition period. Once a warrior achieves complete physical cultivation and begins trying to attain Soul Power, having the rainbow energy ball would be of great help, which just goes to show how great an aid it gives to a warrior.
“Now that you’ve activated your Soul Mark so much earlier than normal, your strength is much greater than before! Like the Law of Primal Chaos, powers like your Beast Spirit Codex will all be enhanced to varying degrees now. It only makes sense that your Ocular Cognition is much more potent than before!”
Xia Fei was stunned. To think that the rainbow energy ball was a unique heritage of the Aurora Clan, and its uses were so great! It was not the Soul Mark, yet it had a portion of the functions of the Soul Mark, even capable of storing such a great energy reserve!
“No wonder I felt that my Law of Primal Chaos was stronger than before! So that’s the reason!” Xia Fei rejoiced.
*Swoosh*
With the strengthened Ocular Cognition, Xia Fei could very clearly see each and every move made by the elusive Constant from far away.
Though the Skywings had plenty of speed experts, Constant appeared to have some super ability that could always spot a crucial point, helping him escape unscathed despite being surrounded by the various Founders and the Skywing Wolfpack.
Xia Fei found it stranger the more he looked. It was very hard to think when moving at high speeds, not to mention that Constant was at an absolute disadvantage right now. Being able to find the breakthrough point was not only difficult, but he would also need the right opportunity, the right terrain, and have a complete understanding of the enemy formation to do what he was doing right now.
After all, they were out in s.p.a.ce, where there was no cardinal direction to speak of. Everything was three-dimensional, so if Constant was really a warrior with such exceptional judgment, Xia Fei and his side would indeed have a tough time effectively surrounding him. After all, there were too many things they needed to take note of in 3D s.p.a.ce!
But the key here was that Xia Fei refused to believe Constant had such a superb ability!
It must be said that their comprehensive encirclement was being done by the six Founders, as well as Xia Fei and the Skywing Wolfpack with five Superior Law G.o.ds!
The entire universe would laugh if anyone were to say that these experts with hundreds of battles worth of experience did not understand how to engage in an encirclement!
This was definitely not a problem with their ability to surround the enemy, but with Constant! Even Xia Fei, someone proficient in calculations and with keen observational judgment could not guarantee that he could choose such precise points in the middle of such an intense fight!
But no matter how clever the path of retreat Constant was taking, the Skywings were not the sort to give up!
Both parties kept up the chase, drawing further and further away from the battlefield.
Xia Fei realized that Constant was making a very strange motion: he would often touch his ear with his left hand, almost as if the battle was overly intense and he was very afraid that something from his ear would fall out.
*Whoosh*
Veins began to appear in his eyes as Xia Fei increased his use of Ocular Cognition to the limit in hope of finding out just what Constant was so worried about!
“So that’s it!” Xia Fei was startled when he finally spotted what was on Constant’s ear.
“What did you see?!” Radix asked.
“There’s a black dot stuck to Constant’s ear. It’s some sort of mental communication device. It turns out that there’s someone giving Constant instructions on where to move so as to avoid being caught!” Xia Fei exclaimed.
Radix exclaimed, “I Know this communication device you speak of. It’s a temporary emergency device that has a limited range. Does that mean that an ally of Constant is nearby?!”
Xia Fei nodded gravely, “That’s exactly it. To kill Constant, we’ll first have to uncover where this ally of his is hiding!”
With a slight flick of his finger, Xia Fei transmitted a message to every member of the Skywing Clan present through the White Flamingo. This was Hosu’s White Flamingo, and was also the device that had broadcast the information at the crucial moment of how Constant betrayed the Law Realm to everyone. This was yet another time that it would be of use!
*Whoosh*
The Skywings were no doubt a super clan that was born to fight. Every single member had honed superior combat skills, and upon receiving Xia Fei’s message, not a single one of them paused. In the next second, all of them mobilized!
Grand Ancestor Xia Gucheng took the lead with his fastest speed!
The Skywing Wolfpack chose to let off Youth, Rock, and Chill and turned to target Constant!
Xia Gucheng plus the Skywing Wolfpack: their speed and prowess were considered at the apex of known standards!
Furthermore, among the five Founders, Old Crane was also a speed expert. When everyone saw the Skywings change their tactics, they also followed suit and solely targeted Constant!
Reality had proven that this pack of maniacs had an outstanding intuition that was worth trusting. Though they had doubts in their hearts, not one of the Founders asked any questions. They were only uncertain about why everyone was taking part in this maneuver, while the Lone Wolf Xia Fei sped off on an oblique path, almost as if he was departing from the fight!
Constant could only bemoan his fate after being targeted by such a powerful pack of experts. From twelve experts hunting down the four Founders, it was now down to eleven chasing just one individual, and the difficulty of the pursuit naturally decreased drastically.
Seeing as this ganging-up on Constant was about to succeed, it was Grand Ancestor Xia Gucheng with the fastest speed who sealed off the path Constant intended to head toward when a sudden development occurred again!
*Swoosh*
All they heard was a sharp shriek, as Xia Fei used his divine bow Celestial Stamp Bodhi to shoot someone from out in s.p.a.ce while no one was looking!