Chapter 353
The lake was three thousand miles wide and flat as a mirror . As soon as he caught sight of it, Long Chen urged Little Snow in its direction .
Little Snow was extremely fast, and those thousands of miles were traversed in just a short time .
“Hide in the spiritual space for a moment . ” Long Chen activated his Spiritual Strength to return Little Snow to his spiritual space . Glancing back at the Barbaric Wind Beast, he laughed mischievously .
“This little chase of ours is over . I’ll definitely remember you, and hopefully we’ll meet again!”
Long Chen cupped his fists in its direction and leaped into the lake, rapidly swimming to the bottom . The lake was extremely deep, almost like an abyss, and just a few dozen meters from the shore, the water level reached a depth of hundreds of meters .
Suddenly, the water trembled and Long Chen felt a powerful undercurrent rushing towards him, accompanied by a terrifying pressure . He hastily swam further .
He could hear the Barbaric Wind Beast’s angry roar . Long Chen knew that it was currently attacking the lake .
Long Chen followed the undercurrent all the way to the center of the lake . More and more undercurrents shot out around him, most likely created by wind blades from the Barbaric Wind Beast .
However, the lake water was obstructing most of that attacking power . Other than the first few being a bit uncomfortable to Long Chen, the rest weren’t able to pose any threat to him once he was deeper .
At the center of the lake, the depth had reached a terrifying three thousand meters . The water pressure was strong, but it didn’t pose any danger to Long Chen .
Just like that, Long Chen hid in a crack at the bottom of the lake, using his divine sense to keep track of the activity above water . At the beginning, the lake water had been constantly shaking, with countless fish being killed by the impacts .
However, those impacts were unable to threaten him . The crazy bombardment continued for two hours before gradually pausing . Perhaps the Barbaric Wind Beast had already left .
Long Chen bitterly endured for a full day at the bottom of the lake before swimming back up to the surface . When he was about to reach the surface, he saw there were countless fish that were dead, floating on the surface . Many of them were species that Long Chen didn’t recognize .
Evildoer! Killing the innocent, and then shamelessly wasting it all! If only Wilde were here .
Long Chen stealthily stuck his head out from the crowd of dead fish, when the air suddenly shook .
“Shit!” Long Chen hastily dived back into the water .
BOOM!
A huge wind blade shot through the water . Even though Long Chen had reacted quickly, he had only reached a depth of thirty meters before a terrifying wave of energy struck him . It was as if a hammer had smashed him, and he vomited a mouthful of blood .
At the same time, a strange energy struck his head . He became incredibly dizzy, and almost directly fainted .
Long Chen was horrified . He endured the intense pain in his head and continued swimming downwards .
Continuous explosions rang out and Long Chen’s head continued to buzz . He felt like his head might split apart .
Fuck, now I know how those fish died . They weren’t killed by direct hits, but by the vibrations of the water from its attacks .
Long Chen once more reached the bottom of the lake, feeling like his head might split open . This time it had really been too dangerous . If he had lost consciousness, it would have been all too likely for him to have died .
“This is no solution… the Barbaric Wind Beast wants to kill me and definitely won’t leave this place . I have to think of a way to get out of here . ”
He began to swim over to the other shore . The part of the shore he chose to go to was like a steep cliff . It was still extremely deep here, and as long as he didn’t swim up, he still wouldn’t be noticed .
However, Long Chen didn’t dare climb ashore . The lake might be three thousand miles wide, but that distance was nothing to the terrifying Barbaric Wind Beast .
With its speed and its control over wind energy, it would easily be able to run across the water . These three thousand miles were no obstruction to it .
I guess I can only use this clumsy method .
Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength spread out and a golden page appeared in front of him . He began to cut through the rock . He wanted to cut a tunnel that stretched far away enough from here that it was out of the Barbaric Wind Beast’s line of sight .
Although this method was a bit clumsy, Long Chen was unable to think of a better solution . It wasn’t as if he could try to compete in terms of patience .
Magical Beasts had shocking lifespans . A year was nothing to them . However, Long Chen would be killed if he waited a whole year .
So he didn’t dare compete with it in terms of patience . He still needed to go looking for more opportunities for himself . He could sense that the mysterious feeling of something summoning him was growing more intense . That should be the greatest opportunity for him .
He had no idea what this golden page was made of . It was thin as paper, but when he used Spiritual Strength to control it, it was capable of piercing iron like it was mud . Its sharpness was terrifying .
The golden page cut through this rock like a sharp blade cutting through tofu . In just a couple breaths time, a channel thick enough for him had been cut into the rock .
Long Chen did this all very carefully . He replaced the rock behind him as he went . If he made too big of a movement, then it would be noticed by the Barbaric Wind Beast .
However, Long Chen was pleasantly surprised to find that after he had excavated just a couple hundred meters, he actually managed to connect to a natural underground cave .
And the best thing about it was that he could feel wind within the cave . In other words, this cave had to be connected to the surface .
He sensed the wind and began walking with the wind . Generally, it was colder underground than the surface, so the wind would usually blow from underground to the surface .
In less than six hours of wandering underground, Long Chen finally saw light ahead . He was filled with an incomparable sensation of freedom .
He carefully went to the edge of the cave and used his divine sense to scout the surroundings . Only when Long Chen confirmed this wasn’t near the lake did he dare walk out .
He realized he had come out from halfway up a mountain . He hastily concealed his aura and snuck his way to the top of the mountain .
As he had expected, he hadn’t gone far .
From the top of the mountain, he could see the lake that was now over two hundred miles away . The Barbaric Wind Beast was still closely staring into the lake .
Hehe, just keep guarding here . I’ll be leaving first .
Although Long Chen knew he no longer needed to be so careful here, he had truly been scared by the Barbaric Wind Beast .
He carefully crept away . Only when he was two mountains further away did he finally relax .
Over these past few days of being chased by the Barbaric Wind Beast, Long Chen might have appeared relaxed, but in truth, his nerves had been constantly stretched taut . Even now that he had shaken off the Barbaric Wind Beast, he still almost felt like its huge head would come up from behind and swallow him at any moment .
Being chased by a terrifying fifth rank Magical Beast was practically a nightmare . If it had been any other person, then even if they managed to survive after being chased for that long, they probably would have had a mental collapse .
Now that he was further away, Long Chen began to increase his speed . When he was finally tens of thousands of miles away, he finally allowed himself to completely relax . He found a hidden area to rest .
His mental strain far surpassed the exhaustion of his body . Long Chen found a cave and summoned out Little Snow . With Little Snow guarding him, he slept deeply while lying on Little Snow’s side .
Even Tendon Transformation experts needed to sleep . That allowed them to relax in the face of the pressure they were under . Long Chen slept soundly for three whole days before finally opening his eyes, feeling completely refreshed .
“Little Snow, enter the spiritual space . We’ll work together to make it bigger . ”
Long Chen needed to increase the size of his spiritual space . Originally, three thousand meters was more than enough for Little Snow . But with the addition of the Wind Spirit Crystal, there were now terrifying gales surging around in his spiritual space .
Although there were no signs that it would cause the spiritual space to collapse for the moment, it was possible that it would pose a threat in the future . So now that he had escaped from the Barbaric Wind Beast’s chase, Long Chen was planning on settling this matter . Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to put his heart at ease .
Once he put Little Snow in his spiritual space, Long Chen used his Spiritual Strength to communicate with him . “I want to increase the size of the spiritual space . I’ll be using the Wind Spirit Crystal’s energy to evenly expand it . Little Snow, you do your best to try to spread the Wind Spirit Crystal’s energy evenly throughout the space . ”
“Aowu!”
Long Chen nodded . Little Snow was still growing smarter . He was easily on the level of a human, and capable of comprehending such things .
“I’m starting . Don’t be nervous . ”
Long Chen took a deep breath . His mind-sea shook, and his Spiritual Strength began to circulate .
Within Long Chen’s boundless mind-sea, there was a small sphere that was practically just a speck of dust in this space . That was his spiritual space .
Ordinary cultivators were unable to expand their spiritual space . They would normally have to destroy the original one to create a brand new spiritual space .
As a person’s Spiritual Strength grew stronger, it would allow them to create larger and more stable spiritual spaces . However, it would exhaust far more time . It could easily take months . Long Chen didn’t have that much time .
So Long Chen was planning on loosening the restrictions of his spiritual space, and then borrowing the Wind Spirit Crystal’s energy to slowly expand it like slowly blowing a bubble .
In order to do this, there were two requirements . One was that there needed to be energy inside the spiritual space that was evenly expanding it . The other was the the owner’s Spiritual Strength had to have reached an abnormal level . Otherwise, there was a risk of the spiritual space exploding . However, this wasn’t anything difficult for Long Chen and Little Snow .
Three days later, the spiritual space in Long Chen’s mind-sea had reached a width of thirty thousand meters . Long Chen gave Little Snow a thumbs-up . Little Snow’s control had been perfect, and there had been no danger the entire time .
Long Chen adjusted himself slightly . He finally took off the baby mask and revealed his face . He would reveal his real face to the world .
Although that would draw over countless people wanting to kill him, he had already made his decision . In the future, he would not run from those situations . If you want to kill me, then come . I’ll welcome you at any time .
Looking at the map, he saw that not far from this place was a forest . A red warning marker was drawn over it .
“The Forest of Darkness . ”
Long Chen smiled . Forests definitely had various kinds of precious medicinal ingredients . He definitely had to take a look .
He began to travel in its direction . After just a couple hundred miles, the vegetation started to become increasingly dense .
Suddenly, Long Chen’s divine sense noticed three figures in an open space, and a pleasantly surprised expression appeared on his face .
“I thought I’d have to search everywhere for you . But instead, you appear in front of me like this, hehe!”
