Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2509 239: Capture
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Whoosh!
A ray of emerald light streaked past the group with astonishing velocity, pursuing the dark beast relentlessly.
Upon witnessing this, Cheng Lianzi and his companions felt a surge of shock mixed with elation.
"The Ruins Master has taken action!"
The verdant light surged forward fiercely and rapidly, immediately putting the dark beast on high alert.
Sensing imminent peril, the black monster sped up instantly, fleeing swiftly into the distance.
Yet in merely two or three breaths' time, the green light overtook it entirely, enveloping it like a verdant cloud amid a mighty rumble!
From within that green radiance, nine rays of light shot out, stabbing straight toward the black monster!
"Excellent!"
Cheng Lianzi and the rest rejoiced at the sight, but just as their grins began to spread, the nine rays struck the black monster, producing nine muffled thuds one after another—shockingly, without causing it any harm.
With a piercing shriek, the black monster twisted free from the 'green cloud' in a blur of motion, desperately bolting away.
The green light clearly hadn't anticipated the black monster's ferocity; after its initial attack missed, it pursued once more in haste.
Suddenly then, the black monster unleashed a vast cloud of gray, foggy death Qi, akin to dense mist, which swallowed the surrounding void completely in a flash!
The nine green beams swiftly withdrew, scattering the thick death Qi.
But when they looked back, the black monster had vanished without a trace.
"Damn it, it's gotten away!"
The Zhang's Ruins cultivators cried out in dismay.
Cheng Lianzi emerged from the formation too, his face etched with disappointment.
Moments later, a flicker caught the edge of his vision; he turned instinctively and spotted a figure materializing silently before him—a man in green robes topped with a wooden hairpin, his features tranquil and composed.
Joy and surprise lit up Cheng Lianzi's face as he called out hurriedly:
"Ruins Master!"
He pointed swiftly toward the direction of the black monster's flight, blurting anxiously:
"That savage beast has already fled…"
"I know."
Wang Ba gave a faint nod, his demeanor steady, his voice even and relaxed.
His gaze shifted to the nine-tailed Green Fox emerging from the distant death Qi, a spark of realization in his eyes; after a brief pause, he spoke:
"No need to hurry. I'll investigate first."
His form then blinked out of existence right there.
...
Meanwhile.
In a region of void not far from Zhang's Ruins.
Barren rocks drifted through the emptiness, remnants of the withered, fractured Realm Membrane hinting at the Domain's former glory.
A stooped silhouette lingered quietly amid concealed ruins.
His visage resembled cracked bark, utterly drained of vitality.
Right now, his look was grave, brows knitted tightly:
"Odd, what in Zhang's Ruins could possibly threaten the Divine Corpse?"
"Something that forces even the Divine Corpse to retreat… Is it a Mahayana Cultivator?"
"Yet I've never heard of any such power dwelling in Zhang's Ruins."
Such thoughts churned in his mind.
While pondering this.
A shadowy form hurtled in from the horizon, halting abruptly before the stooped man, unveiling a colossal hundred-meter beast cloaked in dark fur, quadrupedal and dog-like.
But where a dog's head should be sat a stiff, pallid human face, its eyes lifeless and dull.
At present, waves of death Qi roiled around it.
As it touched down, a torrent of irrepressible death Qi poured from the hunched man, greedily devoured by the furry beast.
A faint, rigid expression of contentment crept across the monster's pale, corpse-like face.
The stooped man's posture sagged further still.
Pain twisted his features, yet he bore it, rising slowly to caress the beast's back tenderly, murmuring:
"Enough absorbing, enough... Did you seize the target?"
As if comprehending, the black-furred monster awkwardly stretched a claw, flinging forth a limp cultivator.
The hunched man snatched the body at once, whispering:
"Easy now, easy... I'll process this shortly and gather pure death Qi for you… Help you ascend to the Ninth-Tier…"
His stare locked onto the black-furred monster, brimming with reverence like beholding a priceless gem.
Right at that instant, the black-furred monster perked up, whipping its head around.
The hunched man whipped his gaze afar too.
In the distance, a streak of green light barreled toward them at breakneck speed!
The black-furred monster detected the threat, a fierce snarl warping its deathly visage, jaws parting to bare razor-sharp fangs.
Its limbs tensed low, fur standing on end, poised to spring.
The hunched man's pulse raced, blurting:
"Why is it chasing us here?"
He vaulted onto the beast in a flash:
"Flee now, fast—we'll return for vengeance after reaching Ninth-Tier!"
Roar!
The black-furred monster bellowed furiously once more.
Whether affirming his command or raging at the oncoming green light, none could tell.
Still, the green light closed in swifter than the hunched man expected, thundering over in a heartbeat, brimming with wrath as it slammed into the continent-sized chunk.
A deafening boom!
The whole landmass exploded into pulverized debris instantly!
As dust billowed wildly, the black-furred monster burst free from the chaos, but ere it could escape far, nine lithe green fox tails lashed out from the haze like binding cords—'whoosh whoosh whoosh'—snapping around its legs, belly, throat…