He turned his head to look at Guo Chi and the other three.
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Even if Zhang Youling was severely injured, his speed was still extremely fast. Guo Chi and the other three were not as fast as him.
He looked at Zou Fang again.
Zou Fang's technique was strange, and her speed was ghostly, far exceeding the speed of Guo Chi and the other three.
By combining the 'Close at Hand' step with the Earth Element Art, he could push his speed to the limit, surpassing Zhang Youling.
He was able to chase Zhang Youling now because he had the help of pine trees. Fortunately, there had been pine trees within this two-hundred-mile radius. And Zhang Youling had to absorb the essence and blood of animals in the forest to recover from his injuries.
If he had run directly into the city, he would have already lost track of him.
But Zhang Youling's injuries were recovering better and better, and it would be increasingly difficult to kill him. If this continued, the pursuit would inevitably fail.
The best way was to close the distance, use his super-sense to spot his weaknesses, and look for an opportunity to strike a fatal blow. If he couldn't find an opportunity, he would wait for the Grandmaster to arrive.
The Grandmaster would not be trapped for too long.
Thinking of this, he said in a deep voice, "Commander Guo, I need to go ahead."
"Your Highness!" Guo Chi said anxiously.
Ji Dongxiao said, "Your Highness, is the situation bad?"
"Yes, I'm about to lose track of him." Chu Zhiyuan's expression was solemn.
Zhang Youling would be even more dangerous after this injury. He absolutely couldn't be allowed to live until the next time. He didn't want to have to guard against him all day long. Ji Dongxiao said, "Then Your Highness, please be careful. We'll follow behind."
"Your Highness, be careful," Guo Chi said worriedly.
This was the first time he wasn't guarding Chu Zhiyuan's side, and he couldn't help but worry, feeling empty inside.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Zou Fang, you go with them too, and return directly to Chief Huang's side. Destroy any Jade Cauldron Sect experts you encounter."
Zou Fang hesitated, "Your Highness, this servant should still follow you. There must be someone to serve you."
"At critical moments, we can't be picky. I won't starve."
"...Yes."
"Don't worry, I won't actively court death."
"...Yes, Your Highness, please be very careful."
Chu Zhiyuan appeared two hundred miles away.
His super-sense re-covered Zhang Youling, observing Zhang Youling.
Zhang Youling was shrinking in a small cave, with a boulder blocking the entrance, leaving only a small crack for air to pass through. The cave could only accommodate one person sitting, like a vertical coffin.
The Armor-Piercing Flying Daggers could not break through such a thick boulder, palm strikes could not penetrate it, longswords could not pierce it, and even sound could not penetrate it. Perhaps he could use poison to penetrate through the small cracks.
But he wasn't good with poison.
Once one reached the Grandmaster realm, ordinary poisons had no effect.
Could he only watch him heal until he recovered? Chu Zhiyuan pondered, pushing his super-sense to the limit.
Under the super-sense, Zhang Youling's flesh gradually became transparent, revealing his cyan meridians. Within the crisscrossing cyan meridians, red energy flowed turbulently.
At the center of his brows, a vertical pupil shone with golden light.
The vertical pupil was closed, about the size of a thumb, as if cast from gold, covered with dense and strange patterns. Chu Zhiyuan remembered that the vertical pupil was open at the time.
Zhang Youling's ability to predict danger one second in advance was likely related to this golden vertical pupil.
The red energy circulated within the body's meridians along a strange route, passing through two places, one was the heart, and the other was the Tan Zhong point. The red energy continuously strengthened the weakened heart.
The heart was different from the arms, maintaining the blood circulation of the entire body, bearing an extremely heavy burden, working non-stop. It was equivalent to working with injuries, so recovery was naturally not so easy.
At the Tan Zhong point, the red light surged and surged, like a flame burning fiercely.
The red energy originated from here and fell into the heart, integrating the red light here into the heart and repairing the heart. Then this red light was the source of healing power.
Where did this red light come from?
Chu Zhiyuan frowned.
It was likely the essence and blood that had been absorbed.
Could this power of essence and blood be obtained by other means, or replaced by other forces?
He discovered that these red lights would float up strands of weak black gas, detach from the meridians, and float upwards, eventually floating towards his brain. They were about to float into the back of the brain, but suddenly changed direction, being absorbed by the golden vertical pupil.
He guessed that this black gas was likely the root cause of the Jade Cauldron Sect disciples' inhumanity and disregard for human life.
The more one practiced this technique, the deeper they were contaminated by this black gas, thus the more they killed, the colder they became, and the more inhuman they became. And this black gas was all absorbed by the golden pupil, so Zhang Youling was not affected?
Looking at Zhang Youling's actions, he was also completely inhuman, killing people as easily as slaughtering pigs. Was this his true nature?
There were always born evildoers in the world.
Unable to produce sympathy, only thinking of themselves, unable to think of others, without love and compassion, only indifference and hostility. Was Zhang Youling like this?
Chu Zhiyuan saw through the mystery of this mind technique.
The mind technique itself was not ingenious, the key was all in the red flame, in the power of essence and blood.
The absorbed essence and blood must have been transformed by a special mind technique, transformed into a mysterious power, carrying black gas, but able to regenerate limbs and quickly restore the body. Chu Zhiyuan felt regret.
It was difficult to obtain this special mind technique. It was often only used when they killed people. He couldn't just watch them kill people. Unless, he let the Jade Cauldron Sect disciples use it on himself once.
His super-sense was constantly searching for Zhang Youling's flaws. After a moment, he suddenly moved.
At this time, Zhang Youling had reached the most critical period, almost all the red light had gathered at the heart. This moment must not be disturbed.
This was a cave hidden halfway up the mountain. There was a platform in front of the cave entrance, and there were two pine trees on the edge of the platform, which was more than ten square meters. He silently jumped onto the platform, and silently came to the boulder, and the Clear Shadow Sword probed along the small gap and gently swiped across it. The stone was cut off like tofu, and he gently wrapped it with his astral energy so it wouldn't fall.
He returned his sword to its sheath.
Zhang Youling closed his eyes tightly and was performing his exercises, and the golden pupil at the center of his brows suddenly opened. Several white lights flew out from Chu Zhiyuan's sleeve
"Puff, puff, puff, puff!"
In the narrow space, there was no chance to dodge.
Zhang Youling's eyes widened suddenly. He wanted to get up but it was too late. The mind technique was running at the most critical moment. He wanted to move but his body wouldn't obey.
The knife light shot into his body.
The Armor-Piercing Flying Daggers ignored defenses and were unimpeded. Several bloody holes instantly appeared in his body.
"You..." Zhang Youling's eyes widened, and a vicious gaze pierced through the gap that had expanded to the thickness of a palm. Chu Zhiyuan inserted his palms into the gap, pressed them against the boulder, and astral energy quickly filled the boulder along his palms.
His palms slowly bulged with blue veins, and several blue veins extended all the way to his arms, continuing upwards to his neck, and then climbing up to his temples. "Bang!"
The boulder rolled and fell to the platform, and the entire mountain seemed to tremble. The cave entrance was revealed.
Chu Zhiyuan flashed in, and before Zhang Youling could finish speaking, he slammed a punch at the center of his brows. At close range, Zhang Youling stretched out his palm to block.
Chu Zhiyuan ignored his resistance. Amidst the faint sound of a dragon's roar, his fist suddenly swelled, breaking his still tender hands and arms. He tilted his head to avoid the fist.
But the fist changed direction at the last moment.
"Poof!" The fist hit his left temple directly.
His head had no astral energy to protect it. After being hit solidly, the fist strength of the Great Heavenly Dragon Fist was poured into his head. Instantly, his brain was shaken into a boiling state.
"Pfft!" A golden light shot out, hitting the stone wall. Chu Zhiyuan punched Zhang Youling's head again.
At this time, blood was already flowing from his seven orifices, mixed with white in the blood.
"Poof!" The Great Heavenly Dragon Fist once again struck his back of the head, one of the most fragile parts of the human body. Zhang Youling lay limply against the stone wall, his body sliding down like a puddle of mud.
There was a small hole in his forehead.
The size of a little finger, but not a drop of blood seeped out.
His super-sense had already seen that the golden light was a golden bead. The size of a little finger, perfectly round, shining with golden light.
