The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 1541 - 1537: Shedding the Shell

"Apparently, this Heavenly Puzzling Maze seems chaotic but actually follows certain patterns. Just now, Che Qingtian claimed that only members of the Che family could enter this place, perhaps he has some tricks about the maze in his hands, allowing him to take detours and track us even if the passageways change. No matter what, the current situation is very disadvantageous for you," said Fire Spirit Child after a slight pause.

Shen Luo didn’t need a reminder from Fire Spirit Child, he knew that under the current circumstances, the farther he could escape, the better. A flicker of red light appeared under his feet, and another flying sword materialized.

With the combined power of two swords, his escape speed increased significantly, whistling forward.

He could actually release several more flying swords, but the space in the passageway was small, and it was winding. Flying too fast would only lead him to crash into walls, thus two flying swords were already the limit he could control.

While flying, he was rapidly thinking of strategies.

He couldn’t figure out the secrets of this maze in a short time; he could only keep flying forward.

But simply fleeing like this was no solution; he had to find a way to completely shake off Che Qingtian. Leaving the grey high tower probably wouldn’t work. Although the plaza space outside seemed boundless, Shen Luo felt that it was a mere illusion created by formation prohibitions and wasn’t truly an infinite space; going there would be a dead end. Besides, he couldn’t find a way back immediately.

It seemed that the only feasible method was to head deeper into the passageway and try to reach the third layer of the Tianyan Palace.

Having made up his mind, Shen Luo accelerated deeper into the passageway. Each time he passed a junction, he would mobilize his mana to create a doppelganger that dashed inside.

He didn’t know how Che Qingtian comprehended these shifting mazes, but Che Qingtian definitely had a method to pinpoint his location; he hoped this tactic would disrupt Che Qingtian’s tracking.

"Young Master Shen, there’s no use in doing such futile efforts. If I’m not mistaken, Che Qingtian is not tracing you through mana traces," Fire Spirit Child spoke.

"Oh, then how is he finding me?" Shen Luo frowned and asked.

"There are countless tracking techniques, and I only know roughly, but if I’m not wrong, he might be using methods like scent to lock onto your trail," said Fire Spirit Child.

"Scent? Tracking by scent is a common method used by low-ranking cultivators. High-ranking cultivators have ways to mask their own body scents. Che Qingtian is a Taiyi master, he wouldn’t..." Shen Luo was startled as he spoke.

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly recalled an incident when he was fleeing with Wanshui Zhenren in the Boundless Sand Sea, and during the chase with three people from Fangjin Pavilion, Li Biao used a type of gray pig beast to track him and Wanshui Zhenren; his voice suddenly stopped.

"There is no hierarchical distinction in methods; any method that accomplishes the goal is a good method. Furthermore, even the most sophisticated method can’t completely block scent, it’s just a matter of effectiveness. There are some incredible creatures in the Three Realms with an extremely acute sense of smell, far beyond your imagination. They can track even the slightest hint of scent, and this small space within the maze is ideal for using scent to track the enemy," Fire Spirit Child said indifferently.

"That makes sense..." Shen Luo nodded slightly, his expression suddenly changing again, and he immediately accelerated forward.

The Heavenly Demon Eye left in the passageway behind sensed Che Qingtian approaching quickly again, and this time his pursuit was very swift, about to catch up soon.

At this moment, another crossroad appeared ahead.

Shen Luo’s eyes flickered, and he took off a piece of clothing, handing it to the magically created doppelganger, whom he sent flying in another direction.

"Wait a second," Fire Spirit Child suddenly spoke.

Che Qingtian quickly tracked down this forked path. Above his head hung a White Talisman, emitting ripples downwards, turning his entire being into mist as he crossed directly through the Stone Wall of the passageway. To him, the entirety of the Heavenly Puzzling Maze was virtually non-existent.

Tianyan Palace has been a Holy Land that the descendants of the Che family have sought generation after generation. This place conceals the greatest secret of Che Yuan’s life; all of Che Yuan’s astounding Yan Techniques originated from this Tianyan Palace. Moreover, the techniques he acquired were not complete, as even deeper Yan Technique inheritances lay within the palace.

Many details about Tianyan Palace were recorded in a manuscript of Che Yuan, and this White Talisman was refined based on those records, specifically to counteract the second challenge of the Heavenly Puzzling Maze.

Che Qingtian had originally not intended to use this talisman, as the power it contained was limited. However, leaving Shen Luo to run amok here could lead to unpredictable events, so he must be eradicated quickly!

But at this moment, the small white creature hidden In the Sleeve suddenly hesitated, detecting scents from both left and right.

"It seems that Shen Luo has some tricks, to have noticed my tracking so quickly," Che Qingtian frowned, flipped his hand to take out a Yan Armor Ball and threw it.

The Yan Armor Ball quickly expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into an Armored Man, looking identical to Che Qingtian.

This was a special type of Armored Man that did not require Soul Power to control and possessed considerable combat capability.

Che Qingtian made a hand seal and tapped the talisman above his head, a white light striking the Armored Che Qingtian, turning his body also into an ethereal state, and both dashed down the two passageways simultaneously.

Che Qingtian himself quickly chased for a hundred feet, immediately found Shen Luo’s Magical Clone quietly standing in the passageway ahead, holding a Green Robe jacket.

Che Qingtian was not disappointed at chasing a clone; glancing at the robe, a smile instead appeared on his lips. The Greatsword in his hand flashed with white light chopping off the head of the Magical Clone. The Sword Radiance then swiftly enveloped the Green Robe.

He possessed a divine technique of killing from a distance through curses, which required an article of clothing from the target as a medium. With this intimate robe imbued with Shen Luo’s Qi, he could execute the technique.

Even if it didn’t kill the opponent, it could still cause severe injury!

However, just as the Sword Qi approached the robe, the robe immediately burst into purple flames, turning the robe to ashes in an instant, leaving no residue.

Faced with such a dramatic turn of events, Che Qingtian’s complexion instantly turned immensely livid. He glared fiercely at the ashes before turning and shooting towards the other scent direction, unaware that a stream of purple light had quietly penetrated into the White Sword along the Sword Radiance.

"Did it work?" Shen Luo advanced rapidly along one passageway, his body turning ethereal, and spoke softly.

He had already activated the Soft Smoke Luo Brocade Clothing, concealing his tracks, and isolating all Qi and Mana fluctuations of his body.

Exquisitely mysterious, once he fully activated this garment and passed through the maze junction, the maze surprisingly ceased its transformations, evidently unable to detect his presence due to the prohibitions.

"Humph! There’s no way I could err with my personal intervention. That Che Qingtian hasn’t followed, which means his current tracking technique can’t lock onto you wearing the Soft Smoke Luo Brocade Clothing. However, this doesn’t mean you’re safe yet; you need to find a way to completely shake him off as soon as possible," Fire Spirit Child arrogantly stated.

When Shen Luo previously attempted to distract Che Qingtian with the clothing, Fire Spirit Child used the garment as bait, setting a trap within a trap, infusing a wisp of Purple Heart Earthfire into Che Qingtian’s Magical Treasures.

Although Che Qingtian was a powerful cultivator, compared to the old and cunning Fire Spirit Child, who had lived for untold years, his cunning paled.