143: Chapter 143 Venerable Lingyun Appears

The next moment, faint ripples appeared in the Void Realm.

A figure stepped slowly out of the ripples, standing less than ten zhang away from Lu Jinghan.

It was a middle-aged man with a slender build, his dark red robe fluttering slightly in the wind.

His long hair hung loose over his shoulders, his face was as pale as paper, and his eye sockets glowed with a dark red light, like two burning ghost fires.

This person was none other than Venerable Lingyun.

Lu Jinghan's pupils contracted violently, and his heart sank abruptly.

The major forces had been searching for this Devil Head for several months, scouring every inch of the Eastern Southern Wilderness, yet they had found no clues at all.

Yet at this moment, the Devil Head stood right before him, silent and motionless, as if he had always been there and had only chosen to reveal himself now.

What alarmed him even more was that Venerable Lingyun's aura had already recovered to the Middle Stage of Undergoing Tribulation.

Lu Jinghan's spiritual energy circulated wildly within his body, ready to flee at any moment.

Venerable Lingyun's gaze fell upon Lu Jinghan, his dark red eyes scanning him back and forth, as if examining an interesting object.

A moment later, a look of surprised delight appeared on his face.

"Space-Time Dao Body."

Venerable Lingyun spoke, his voice hoarse and deep, carrying a greed that made one's blood run cold.

"No wonder you can draw out such pure Space-Time energy."

The dark red light in his eyes intensified slightly: "Three days ago, I sensed the collision of two Laws, and I followed the trail, only to find a scene of devastation."

"The remnants of the Space-Time energy and the Power of Devouring have been drifting in the air for three days without fully dissipating."

"I had assumed that the person possessing the Space-Time Dao Body had already left and was preparing to search elsewhere, but I never expected you to be hiding right here, right under my nose."

His gaze landed on the deactivated concealment Formation beside Lu Jinghan, a flash of realization crossing his eyes: "What a brilliant concealment Formation; no wonder I couldn't find you."

Lu Jinghan still did not speak; his mind was racing, calculating a strategy to escape.

Venerable Lingyun was in the Middle Stage of Undergoing Tribulation, while he was only in the Early Stage of Void Refining.

This gap could not be bridged by any Cultivation Technique, Law, or Magical Artifact; in a direct confrontation, he wouldn't be able to withstand even a single move.

However, he had many life-saving Magic Treasures given by his Revered Master, including a Heaven Rank Teleportation Talisman that could instantly teleport him ten thousand miles away.

Although it couldn't teleport him directly back to Kunlun, it was enough to shake off Venerable Lingyun; as long as he had a single breath of time, he could activate the Talisman and escape.

Venerable Lingyun seemed to see through his thoughts.

"Want to run?" He chuckled and waved his hand.

A dark red barrier of light surged from his palm, expanding in all directions and shrouding the space within a radius of several hundred zhang.

On the light barrier, runes swirled, emitting a heart-stopping sealing power that locked down the space.

Lu Jinghan could feel that the surrounding Void Realm was imprisoned, and ordinary teleportation methods would not be effective here.

However, the Teleportation Talisman in his hand was bestowed by his Revered Master, and its grade far exceeded Venerable Lingyun's sealing Restriction, so it should still be usable.

He did not hesitate; the moment Venerable Lingyun spoke, a jade Talisman had already appeared in Lu Jinghan's hand.

The jade Talisman was bluish-white, covered in runes, with a faint spiritual light flowing across its surface.

He poured his spiritual energy into it, and the jade Talisman suddenly lit up, enveloping him in a beam of white light.

Venerable Lingyun's expression shifted in surprise, and he struck out with his palm; the dark red spiritual energy transformed into a giant hand that blotted out the sky, slamming down fiercely towards Lu Jinghan.

With a flash of white light, Lu Jinghan's figure vanished from the spot.

The giant hand struck empty air, blasting a crater several zhang deep where Lu Jinghan had originally stood, sending debris flying and dust filling the sky.

Venerable Lingyun retracted his hand, his gaze falling on the fading white light in the Void Realm, the smile on his lips deepening, becoming colder as well.

"A Heaven Rank Teleportation Talisman?" He muttered to himself, a flash of greed in his eyes, "This kid certainly has quite a few good things on him."

He was neither angry nor disappointed; he simply raised his hand and slashed lightly at the Void Realm, tearing open a dark red spatial passage before him.

Inside the passage, he could faintly sense Lu Jinghan's lingering aura, rapidly moving away towards the southeast.

"Do you think you can escape?"

Venerable Lingyun stepped into the rift, and his figure disappeared into the dark red light.

The passage closed rapidly behind him, leaving only a faint trace of Devilish Qi slowly dissipating in the air.

Meanwhile, Lu Jinghan's figure appeared on a desolate plain ten thousand miles away.

He stumbled, nearly falling over; although the Teleportation Talisman had allowed him to break free from Venerable Lingyun's seal, the spatial shock of that moment had still caused significant impact to his Meridians.

He had no time to regulate his breathing, nor time to rejoice.

Because the moment he landed, he sensed the Void Realm behind him slowly being torn open.

Venerable Lingyun's aura permeated from that rift, growing thicker and closer.

Lu Jinghan's expression darkened; he took out a communication Jade Slip from his robes, poured his Divine Sense into it, and sent out a message.

The message contained only one sentence: "Elder Qingxuan, Venerable Lingyun has appeared, and this Disciple is being pursued."

The Jade Slip turned into a streak of light and shot off towards Kunlun, vanishing at the edge of the horizon in the blink of an eye.

Lu Jinghan did not stop, not even having time to catch his breath.

Another teleportation jade Talisman appeared in his hand; Jiang Changge had given him many of these.

He poured in his spiritual energy, the jade Talisman lit up, and his figure vanished from the desolate plain once more.

The next moment, he appeared above a dense forest tens of thousands of miles away; the forest beneath his feet was lush and verdant, with tree crowns like canopies that blotted out the sky.

Lu Jinghan had no time to observe his surroundings, because the dark red spatial rift behind him had already torn open again, and Venerable Lingyun's aura was like a maggot on a tarsal bone, pursuing him relentlessly.

That Devil Head's understanding of spatial Laws far exceeded his expectations.

Even if an ordinary Tribulation Transcender could tear through space, it would be impossible to continuously lock onto his location in such a short amount of time.

For Venerable Lingyun to be able to do this, it was either because the Cultivation Technique he practiced was unique, or he possessed some supreme treasure capable of tracking auras.

Regardless of which one it was, it was not good news for Lu Jinghan.

He did not hesitate; the third teleportation jade Talisman was in his hand, and the white light lit up once again.

Venerable Lingyun stepped out of the spatial rift, his gaze falling on the fading white light.

"The second one." He muttered to himself, his voice tinged with playfulness, "A Heaven Rank Teleportation Talisman, and more than one; the person behind this kid is certainly willing to pay a high price."

He was not angry; instead, he was even more excited.

A young man who possessed the Space-Time Dao Body and carried multiple Heaven Rank Teleportation Talismans—the person standing behind him was definitely no ordinary figure.

If he could capture him, he would not only be able to devour the Space-Time Dao Body but also dig out more secrets from him.

Venerable Lingyun raised his hand and waved, and the dark red spatial passage tore open again.

He stepped into it, moving with astonishing speed, as if the barriers of space did not exist for him at all.