The gray mist released by the Four Direction Flag suddenly enveloped Zhang Ling, causing his expression to change drastically.
Feeling the squeezing pressure from the gray mist, he quickly mobilized the spiritual power throughout his body, forming a thick protective shield around himself to resist the pressure.
The black mist and yellow light intertwined, making creaking sounds, and the yellow light seemed somewhat weak, twisting and deforming.
At the same time, the Four Direction Flag in his hand trembled violently, turning into a gray light and flying into the distance, instantly crossing a distance of more than ten zhang.
But then, the Xuan Turtle suddenly raised its hand, each hand emitting a black light, transforming into two giant claws that slammed together in the air, trapping the Four Direction Flag once again.
However, the Four Direction Flag paused abruptly and broke free from its restraints. It even shot out a gray-yellow ball of light about half a zhang in size.
This light ball was densely covered with many gray lines, which broke inch by inch in an instant. The light ball seemed to lose its constraints, rapidly expanding to more than ten zhang in size, and exploded with a loud bang.
A piece of dim yellow mist filled the vision, and Zhang Ling and the Xuan Turtle were immediately submerged in it.
Taking this opportunity, the Four Direction Flag shot out like an arrow, merging into the surrounding soil and rocks, disappearing in a flash.
When Zhang Ling saw the dim yellow mist, he was surprised. Because this dim yellow mist was actually a mass of condensed turbid Qi.
The Xuan Turtle accidentally inhaled a bit, and the second soul in its body was immediately affected, with many illusions appearing in its consciousness.
Zhang Ling flicked his left arm quickly, and a bone sword formed from vines appeared in his hand. He thrust forward suddenly, unleashing a dense array of sword lights, breaking through the gray mist that trapped him.
A bloody light flashed in his hand, and a small blood-red cauldron appeared, emitting a cloud of blood mist that spread around, forming a layer of blood-colored crystal wall, immediately blocking the thick turbid Qi outside.
Then, a yellow light flashed above his head, and his nascent soul also escaped from his body.
Zhang Ling's nascent soul held the Yin-Yang gourd in its hand, with seven small swords floating around it. It turned into a yellow light and disappeared as well. He also used teleportation, following the Four Direction Flag and merging into the soil and rocks over there.
Two or three breaths later, the Xuan Turtle roared and regained its clarity. With a wave of its big hand, it took Zhang Ling's physical body and quickly followed.
If it weren't for the second soul by his side, Zhang Ling would never have risked letting his nascent soul leave his body to chase the enemy.
At this moment, he was also quite surprised. He had clearly extinguished the gray nascent soul earlier, but he didn't expect that it hadn't been completely destroyed. The aura of the gray nascent soul was still controlling the Four Direction Flag.
Such a powerful enemy must not be allowed to escape.
Zhang Ling used the earth escape technique with his nascent soul. Without the constraints of his physical body, and with his primary cultivation being earth-attribute spiritual power, his speed was no less than that of lightning escape.
This gave him a strange and completely new experience. He sighed slightly in his heart, and released all of his divine sense. Releasing his divine sense in the soil and rocks was greatly affected, but he immediately discovered the traces of the disappeared Four Direction Flag, just a hundred zhang ahead.
The Four Direction Flag condensed gray light, turning it into dense gray light threads. Wherever it passed, all the soil and rocks were shattered into powder, forcibly opening up a small path in the soil and rocks.
Although the speed of escape was extremely fast, it was still ultimately using brute force to break through the soil and rocks, naturally not as good as his earth escape technique.
In a short while, Zhang Ling shortened the distance by a large amount. At the same time, the nascent soul body emitted a powerful earth spiritual power, merging into the surrounding soil and rocks ahead.
It was seen that the soil and rocks kept surging wherever the Four Direction Flag passed, and occasionally a yellow light flashed, constantly hindering the Four Direction Flag. After only a few breaths, Zhang Ling released several layers of Heavy Yuan Profound Light, trapping the Four Direction Flag once again.
The Four Direction Flag struggled desperately. A gray light flashed on the flag, and the gray nascent soul emerged, but this nascent soul body was much smaller than before.
"Fellow Daoist, you are chasing me closely with your nascent soul body. Aren't you afraid of losing your physical body? I don't have any deep hatred with you, why bother chasing me so relentlessly? As long as you let me go, I am willing to offer all the treasures I have collected to you."
"We have fought like this, do you think Zhang can stop just because of a few words from you?" Zhang Ling's unmoved words made the gray nascent soul anxious. After a few breaths of silence, the gray nascent soul shouted again.
"If Fellow Daoist doesn't like treasures, I also know many cultivation methods and secret techniques to quickly increase strength, which can allow you to break through to the mid-stage of Nascent Soul Realm in a hundred years. The nascent soul division technique I just used is one of the powerful secret methods. In addition to this, I also know many ancient secrets, as long as Fellow Daoist..."
The gray nascent soul's aura was extremely unstable, barely supporting the gray light barrier with the Four Direction Flag, speaking very quickly to persuade Zhang Ling.
These words made the little face of Zhang Ling's nascent soul change slightly. Seeming to see a trace of temptation in him, the gray nascent soul quickly said again.
"Fellow Daoist should also be able to see that I am not an ordinary cultivator. I am not afraid to tell Fellow Daoist, I am the Grand Elder of Myriad Manifestation City eight hundred years ago, and also a cultivator of the Holy Demon Sect, the number one Demon Dao sect. My name is Void Demon, and my cultivation reached the peak of the mid-stage Nascent Soul Realm hundreds of years ago. If it weren't for breaking through to the late-stage realm, entering the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, and suffering heavy injuries, I wouldn't have fallen to this state."
"Oh, you are that Void Demon True Lord." Zhang Ling had indeed heard of the name that the gray nascent soul revealed.
This old demon, known as Void Demon True Lord, was indeed a famous cultivator hundreds of years ago, and he did indeed serve as a Grand Elder of Myriad Manifestation City. It is said that his strength was extremely high, and he once had the reputation of being the number one person below the Great Cultivators.
"That's right, I am Void Demon True Lord."
"Humph, no matter who you are, Zhang will naturally not dare to believe these empty words."
"As long as Fellow Daoist lets me go, I am willing to offer this nascent soul body to you as your master. The cultivation methods and secret techniques I have mastered will definitely not disappoint you. I am also proficient in corpse refining techniques. As long as I can find a suitable physical body, it won't take long before I can recreate several Corpse Demons that are no less than Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, which will definitely greatly increase Fellow Daoist's strength," the gray nascent soul hesitated for a moment, then shouted again.
"Corpse refining technique, it seems that my Corpse Bear was really re-refined by you." Zhang Ling waved his hand slightly, and the Heavy Yuan Profound Light that trapped the gray nascent soul loosened a bit, cracking open a small opening.
The gray nascent soul was immediately overjoyed, and flew out of the crack with the Four Direction Flag.
"Fellow Daoist's decision is definitely correct. I also have several secret treasure caves, which contain many treasures that can all belong to Fellow Daoist."
"Hehe, very good." Zhang Ling nodded, smiling strangely.
The escaped gray nascent soul scanned the surroundings, but the next moment, it suddenly screamed as if it had suffered some kind of attack.
At the same time, the Heavy Yuan Profound Light that had just loosened directly turned into a yellow light hand, tightly gripping it again.
Zhang Ling even spat out several balls of essence without hesitation. While the nascent soul's small hands danced quickly, he struck out a series of runes, all of which landed on the gray nascent soul.
The gray nascent soul was fixed in the air as if it had been affixed with dense immobilizing charms, revealing a painful expression and falling into a deep sleep.
Zhang Ling's nascent soul's small hand pulled, and pulled the gray nascent soul out of the Four Direction Flag.
At this time, there was a crisp sound behind him, and the stone wall on one side suddenly burst open, and the Xuan Turtle brought his physical body over.
Zhang Ling's nascent soul flashed, and reintegrated into his physical body. With a wave of his hand, he pinched the gray nascent soul in his hand. His expression was solemn, and he immediately began to use the soul searching technique.
The reason why he had patiently listened to the gray nascent soul's words was partly because he was somewhat afraid that the gray nascent soul would use some strange secret technique and counterattack before death.
The other aspect was to wait for the Xuan Turtle to arrive. The gray nascent soul had suddenly suffered damage just now because the second soul controlling the Xuan Turtle had also used a soul attack, Soul Shock.
This was how he was able to successfully capture the gray nascent soul alive.
