Chapter 1767: Immortal Astral tenth sun, A Flock of Dragons and One Vermilion Bird Swallow the Earth Vein! (Third Update)

Du Qing looked up at the distant sky. He had a vague feeling that the person he was pursuing was likely an extremely terrifying existence. His heart could not help but hesitate, unsure whether he should continue the pursuit.

A long time later, Du Qing gritted his teeth, a cold glint appearing in his eyes.

"If I give up just like this, I am truly unwilling. No matter what, I must catch up and have a fight to see. If he is just putting on an act, I will kill him… If… if his cultivation is not bad and he is evenly matched with me, I will need to change my thoughts. The destruction of my Azure Dragon Sect's mountain gate is already an unchangeable fact. If he could join the Sect… the influence of the Azure Dragon Sect would surely be greater!" As an Old Ancestor of a Sect, even if Du Qing was temperamental, he was definitely not a person of ordinary intellect.

Having made up his mind, Du Qing raised his right hand and grabbed into the void. Immediately, a paper crane appeared in his hand. This paper crane was crimson red, and with a flick of his hand, it expanded, turning into a wisp of smoke crane. It let out a shrill cry to the sky and flew straight ahead.

Du Qing stepped forward to follow, moving into the distance.

"With the guidance of this extraordinary treasure requested from the Great Soul Gate, this person cannot escape for long!"

On the land of the Tianniu Continent, amidst a thunderous roar, a Vermilion Bird with an incomparably huge body, composed of flames, rushed out from within the earth. The flames on its body spread, causing the surrounding heaven and earth to distort, making the ground immediately crack, as if it could collapse at any moment.

On the head of that Vermilion Bird, Wang Lin's white hair fluttered, and his eyes revealed a bright light.

Half a month had passed since he had swallowed the soul of the earth fire branch vein for the second time. In these half a month, Wang Lin had not wasted a single moment, moving forward rapidly. Whenever he encountered an earth fire branch vein, he would absorb its soul with all his might.

In half a month, nine earth fire veins had already been absorbed by Wang Lin. Added to the previous two, there were now eleven earth fire Dragon souls existing within his fire Origin.

His fire Origin power had already far exceeded what it was when he was in the Immortal Cave Realm, more than twice as strong! This shocking change made Wang Lin seem as if his eyes had turned red, crazily and continuously swallowing!

He was aware that someone was pursuing him from behind. Even though Wang Lin had not seen who the pursuer was, he knew clearly.

This person must be the strongest of the Azure Dragon Sect, the Empty Tribulation Realm Early Stage Cultivator, Du Qing!

This was not difficult to analyze. Anyone who dared to pursue him and could pursue him for so long must be confident in their own cultivation. Among the people Wang Lin had offended since first arriving at this Immortal Astral Continent, only the Azure Dragon Sect Old Ancestor from Kang Ren's memories had such strength!

"In Kang Ren's memories, the understanding of the Azure Dragon Sect Old Ancestor's cultivation was Empty Tribulation Realm Early Stage… but in reality, whether his true cultivation was actually like that was not something Kang Ren could know! Perhaps he really was at the Early Stage of the Empty Tribulation Realm after passing nine Mysterious Tribulations, or perhaps he was still in the midst of the Mysterious Tribulations!" Naturally, Wang Lin would not believe Du Qing's cultivation just because of Kang Ren's memories.

His gaze flickered. The Vermilion Bird beneath Wang Lin let out a sky-shaking cry and flew towards the distance once more. The more he swallowed the earth fire vein souls, the faster this manifested Vermilion Bird became. Although it still could not compare to the Mosquito King, it was almost the same as Wang Lin's own speed.

The Vermilion Bird whistled and vanished in an instant. Half a day later, a long rainbow flashed across the sky, distorting to turn into the appearance of Du Qing. He had been pursuing continuously for half a month, getting closer and closer to Wang Lin, but his mood was becoming increasingly gloomy.

In half a month, he had seen nine withered earth fire veins. That unimaginable feeling was stronger each time, making him more and more alarmed the further he pursued. Gradually, even his initial thoughts began to waver.

"Another one!! Damn it, how many does this person need to swallow before he finishes? If he keeps absorbing like this, how am I supposed to pursue him, how can I dare to continue pursuing…" Du Qing looked at the withered earth fire vein below, his scalp tingling slightly.

"I hope it won't be that after I go through all the trouble to catch up, not only can I not beat him, but I end up getting injured by him instead. Then this entire pursuit would become a massive joke…" Such thoughts appeared in Du Qing's mind from time to time.

Hesitating for a moment, Du Qing let out a low roar at the sky. He was going all out; if he did not see the other party's true cultivation, he would absolutely not be willing to retreat just like that!

"I claim to the outside world that I am at the Early Stage of the Empty Tribulation Realm, but in reality, I am at the seventh Mysterious Tribulation. Yet even so, with this Fire-Shuo Purple Wood body of mine, its toughness far exceeds that of ordinary Cultivators. My Physical Body is comparable to the Cultivators of the Ancient Country. I don't believe I cannot fight him!! Even if his cultivation is on par with mine, his Physical Body is definitely not as good as mine!!" Du Qing seemed to have found some confidence. With a roar, his speed increased, and guided by the smoke crane, he rushed out suddenly.

Seven days later, the Vermilion Bird beneath Wang Lin was even more massive, covering the sky and the earth, sweeping across one piece of land after another. In six days, three fire Dragon vein souls had been absorbed by him!

Fourteen earth fire vein souls caused Wang Lin's fire Origin to surge once again. Its level of power was already twice as strong as it was in the Immortal Cave Realm!

Du Qing, who was pursuing behind him, approached the last withered earth fire vein that Wang Lin had just left an hour later. His face was vaguely pale; the consecutive days of pursuit were an unprecedented torture for him.

This torture was not physical, but mental! Seeing the earth fire veins wither time and time again, that feeling was enough to drive a person mad. He would rather have never pursued, rather have damaged his own cultivation to fight the other party, than continue this torture.

Four days later, on another piece of land in the Tianniu Continent, a thunderous roar soared to the sky, and the Dragon's cry was shrill, slowly dissipating. Only a massive, almost boundless Vermilion Bird rushed out from the ground, heading straight into the distance.

Half an hour later, Du Qing's figure appeared again. He stared blankly at the ground for a long, long time…

"Sixteen…" At this moment, Du Qing even highly suspected that this mysterious person surnamed Wang was not, in fact, transformed from an earth fire vein soul…

Two days later, in the northern part of the Tianniu Continent, this place had the most mountain peaks, continuous and boundless. The mountains here had no vegetation at all and were all black. Looking from afar, they were bare, but they gave people a feeling of oppression.

The ground was heavily cracked, and a dry, hot aura seemed to exist in the void, permeating the area.

This place was originally very remote, and not many Cultivators came here. Most of the time, this place was silent, but at this moment, a heaven-shaking roar came from the depths of those continuous mountain peaks.

This roar was the howling of a fire Dragon soul. Unlike the roars Wang Lin had heard before, this roar caused the heaven and earth to tremble and almost materialized. Not only could he hear it, but every living being present here could hear it!

This was no longer a soul sound, but a true roar emitted after the soul had become powerful enough to condense!

Since he began swallowing earth fire veins, this was the first time Wang Lin had encountered an earth fire vein soul that he could not swallow and was extremely terrifying! Yet, from the mountain range, a massive Vermilion Bird flew out. Wang Lin stood on the Vermilion Bird and turned his head abruptly.

Behind him, the mountains shook, and the ground within a range of tens of thousands of feet collapsed rapidly. Even the mountain peaks shattered with a boom. A massive fire Dragon with a head tens of thousands of feet large and a body of unknown length roared ferociously as it rose.

This fire Dragon was clearly a soul, but looking at it now, it was no different from reality. Clearly, the branch vein here far exceeded ordinary places.

"This is a sub-vein, not a branch vein!" Wang Lin's eyes revealed a bright light. He had carefully scanned this place before, and after seeing the state of the soul that was drawn out, his guess was further confirmed.

A main earth fire vein can have countless branch veins. These branch veins are like the branches of a tree, connected to the main trunk. But sub-veins are different. Sub-veins might have been connected to the main vein a long time ago, but eventually, they separated and became independent existences!

This kind of sub-vein is like the child of the main vein; apart from the difference in strength, it is almost indistinguishable from the main vein!

"I don't know how many sub-veins are in this Tianniu Continent… but obviously there shouldn't be too many; there should be very few. Swallowing one sub-vein is equivalent to swallowing a large number of branch veins. Since I have encountered it, there is no reason to let it go!" The Vermilion Bird beneath Wang Lin roared and swirled in the sky, turning to rush straight towards the earth fire Dragon soul that was roaring from below.

That earth fire Dragon soul was ferocious. Boundless flames suddenly erupted from its entire body, instantly covering the sky and shrouding an area of tens of thousands of miles, wrapping Wang Lin and the Vermilion Bird entirely within.

The surroundings were cut off. Inside the flames, black smoke billowed, burning away all breathable air. At the same time, even vision was distorted, making the entire space here blurry.

Only that massive fire Dragon whistled as it approached. Its ferocious eyes revealed brutality as it came crashing towards Wang Lin and his Vermilion Bird.

Wang Lin snorted coldly. Although this earth fire sub-vein soul was powerful, equivalent to the Middle Stage of the empty profound cultivation of a Cultivator, it could not make Wang Lin retreat. He performed Hand Seals with his right hand and pointed at the fire Dragon.

"Sixteen earth fire branch vein souls, in my name, Wang Lin, appear!" The moment Wang Lin's words fell, outside the body of the Vermilion Bird that was rushing towards the sub-Dragon soul, sixteen ten-thousand-foot fire Dragons immediately appeared. These sixteen fire Dragons roared, surrounded the Vermilion Bird, and charged together at the sub-Dragon soul!

It was at this moment that a long rainbow in the distant sky approached in an instant. Du Qing had finally caught up!

From far away, he saw the cloud-like flames that occupied tens of thousands of miles and heard the heaven-shaking Dragon roar coming from within the flames. The moment he heard that sound, Du Qing's body suddenly shook. His original youthful body immediately developed cracks, and with a flash of dim light, it transformed into a purple wooden figure!

In the moment he transformed into a wooden figure, a sheet of flames spread out from within his body, surrounding the wood, yet it did not cause the slightest damage to the wood.

One of Du Qing's Origins was, in fact, the fire Origin!

The reason why this fire Origin was triggered on its own was because the roar of that sub-Dragon soul represented the fire of the Tianniu Continent! And Du Qing was a Cultivator of the Origin who was recognized by the fire of the Tianniu Continent!

If it were an ordinary branch vein, it would not possess the power to pull the fire Origin within Du Qing's body, but this sub-vein was no different from the main vein and could achieve such an effect.

Du Qing's expression changed. His gaze landed on the cloud-like flames in the distance, where he could vaguely see sixteen fire Dragons surrounding a Vermilion Bird, forming a strange scene of a flock of dragons and one bird swallowing the earth vein!

And on top of that Vermilion Bird stood a white-haired person. That white robe was extremely conspicuous amidst the flames. Although it was only a back view, it gave Du Qing the illusion of a mountain!

"It is him!!" Du Qing's eyes flashed.

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