Chapter 64: Narrow Escape

  Strange rocks stand tall for dozens of kilometers, the entire stone forest looks like a natural maze. The flying boat carrying Wang Ke and Qin Ke'er flew directly into the stone forest.

  "I'll lure them away first, you set up the Soul-Confusing Formation," Qin Ke'er instructed, setting up the Soul-Confusing Formation required some time, and now there was no other way.

  "There is a jade token here that can hide one's breath, take it, and also the message token. As long as you crush it, I will come back." Then Qin Ke'er threw two jade tokens to Wang Ke.

  Wang Ke took the jade token and, without saying a word, directly slapped the hidden-air-token onto his body. Instantly, his own air became weak, while another jade token was hidden in his sleeve. Then he looked deeply at Qin Ke'er.

  "Be careful yourself," after finishing, Wang jumped down from the flying boat with a leap, then flashed into the depths of the stone forest and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

  Watching Wang Ke leave, Qin Ke'er urged the flying boat to shoot forward, and soon after, a rolling black cloud appeared in the position where the flying boat had just stopped.

  "It's strange, I was just here for a moment, what did I do?" A faint doubt came from the dark cloud, but after a moment, the dark cloud continued to fly forward.

  The entire stone forest was extremely chaotic, with the ground piled high with giant rocks. After much difficulty, Wang Ke finally arrived at a spacious area, and with a wave of his right hand's spiritual energy, all the scattered rocks on the ground were swept away.

  The layout of the Soul-Confusing Formation appeared in his mind, followed by a series of sword lights shooting out, and after a moment, some pits had already appeared on the ground around him.

  One after another, the command flags emerged, and then the middle-grade spirit stones were also taken out. Looking at so many middle-grade spirit stones, Wang Ke felt a sharp pain in his heart.

  Half a time after, the Soul-Confusing Array was set up, consuming hundreds of mid-grade spirit stones. After scanning with his eyes to confirm that there were no problems, he crushed the jade token in his right hand.

  In the distance, Qin Ke'er's face was somewhat pale, and she occasionally turned her head to look at the pursuing black clouds, a look of anxiety on her face. According to the spiritual power in her body, she wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.

  Suddenly, the transmission token in her sleeve shattered, Qin Ke'er's face lit up with joy, and she turned the flying boat around to charge into the stone forest. From then on, as long as she could lure the Mo Gate cultivators to the Soul-Confusing Array location, using the array method to trap them would be enough.

  "Hmph, want to run?!" Looking at Fei Zhou changing direction and rushing into the stone forest, a cold hum came from the black cloud behind, and the old man inside flashed a chill in his eyes, urging the black cloud to chase after him.

  In the midst of the rocky forest, rocks were tumbling down. As soon as Qin Ke'er entered the rocky forest, she headed in Wang Ke's direction. Behind her, a dark cloud was approaching at a rapid pace, gradually closing in on her. Qin Ke'er's face turned anxious, and the spiritual energy within her body was almost depleted.

  "Gagaga......, see where you escape" Unbeknownst to her, the dark cloud behind had already closed in on the flying boat, only a thousand zhang away. The unpleasant voice entered Qin Ke'er's ears, causing her face to lose its color.

  Then, a black sharp blade suddenly shot out from the dark clouds in the back, and the black sharp blade instantly expanded to several feet long, shooting towards the flying boat.

  Qin Ke'er felt an attack from behind, turned her head to look, frowned and controlled the flying boat to dodge to the right. The black sharp edge flashed by on the left side, instantly hitting a solitary stone pillar.

  A loud crash, the black sharp blade blasted the stone pillar in half, countless rocks rolled down, and a cloud of smoke rose into the air.

  "Heh heh, I wonder how long you can hide" A cold smile came from the old man in the dark cloud, he had already seen that Qin Ke'er's spiritual energy was exhausted and couldn't last much longer.

  Then another sharp blade burst out of the dark cloud, transformed into a thick black blade that shot out, emitting a powerful force that rolled up the surrounding spiritual energy in a turmoil.

  A loud rumbling sound, a giant stone pillar on the side of Qin Ke'er was blasted open, countless debris shot out, carrying a strong sonic boom towards Fei Zhou.

  Qin Ke'er controlled the flying boat to dodge the incoming debris, and its speed suddenly slowed down a lot. In an instant, it was pulled closer by the dark cloud behind.

  In the distance, Wang Ke looked up towards the direction of the explosion with a deep frown on his brow. He then unfolded his Flying Cloud Step and transformed into a residual shadow, shooting rapidly towards the source of the explosion.

  Just now there were thousands of feet away, but now only less than half is left. Qin Ke'er's eyes became more anxious, her body weaker and weaker, controlling the flying boat to avoid rocks intensified the consumption of spiritual power.

  Her spiritual power could only last for half a minute, and she was afraid that by the time her spiritual power was exhausted, she would have been caught up. Qin Ke'er's heart was anxious, and with a flash of light from her right hand, several jade talismans appeared in her hand, which she threw back with all her might.

  The jade tokens flying towards the rear exploded one after another as they approached the dark cloud, transforming into fireballs, ice pillars and wind blades that swept towards the dark cloud.

  "Hmph, just a small trick." A disdainful voice came from the dark clouds, followed by a black light that burst out and engulfed all the wind blades and fireballs in front of it, instantly making these attacks disappear into thin air.

  However, at this moment, a jade talisman suddenly shot out from the front, and when it approached the black cloud, a shocking sword energy suddenly burst out of the jade talisman.

  A flash of blue light, the sword energy surged to four zhang and slashed down against the black cloud. The aura emitted by the cyan sword energy had already surpassed that of the Nascent Soul stage.

  "Hmm, the sword energy of the foundation period is not bad, but it's useless against me." The old man in the dark cloud smiled gloomily, and with a wave of his right hand, a small black flag appeared, waving it at the sky above. A swarm of black light balls burst out from the flag, rushing towards the cyan sword energy that enveloped the upper air.

  The majestic blue sword energy and the black light group collided, only to see the black light group suddenly shrink inward. The massive blue sword energy was like cutting through cotton, its speed suddenly slowing down, and then it was enveloped by the black light group. Just after the blue sword energy was enveloped by the black light group, the sword energy suddenly became chaotic, and after a few breaths, it suddenly turned into a burst of cyan light that shattered and dispersed in the air.

  Qin Ke'er's face sank, unexpectedly this sword energy didn't have much effect, the opponent's speed was still not slow, closely chasing behind.

  "Must I really resort to other means?" Qin Ke'er thought to herself at this moment. As the young mistress of Qingmu Sect, she naturally had some life-saving methods, but she didn't want to use them yet, after all, it wasn't a matter of life and death now.

  "Not good!" Suddenly, the flying boat shook violently, and the white airflow at the tail weakened instantly. Qin Ke'er felt that her spiritual power was blocked, and she couldn't muster up any spiritual power in an instant. It turned out that her spiritual power had been completely depleted.

  The flying boat's speed slowed down, and from the dark clouds behind, an old man's sinister laughter suddenly came, "Haha, you can't run anymore, can you? Now, obediently let me capture you".

  In an instant, the dark cloud and the flying boat drew closer, and after the flying boat in front lost its spiritual support, it began to fall, crashing forward all the way. A stone pillar blocking the way was knocked off by the flying boat, and rocks rolled down, many of which hit Qin Ke'er's body.

  The black cloud behind did not slow down, and in an instant it closed the distance with Fei Zhou. Just as this was happening, a blue sword dragon suddenly shot out from the front and charged towards the black cloud behind.

  Then a black shadow flashed, Wang Ke had already landed on the flying boat, with Qin Ke'er protected behind him. His right fist shattered a falling rock, and his left palm stuck to the light ball in front of the flying boat. A surge of spiritual energy rushed into the flying boat, and suddenly a thick white light column burst out from the rear of the flying boat. The downward momentum of the flying boat stopped abruptly, and then it shot forward.

  The blue sword dragon roared and charged towards the black cloud, but was engulfed by a black light ball that burst out of the black cloud, and disappeared into nothingness after a moment.

  Looking back at the sword dragon that was engulfed by the black light group, Wang Ke's expression turned serious. The fact that his opponent could easily destroy his own sword light showed that their strength was not ordinary.

  "Move forward, don't stop." Qin Ke'er's face was somewhat pale, and she weakly said a sentence. Wang Ke controlled the flying boat to shoot forward.

  "Hmph, it's just a futile struggle." A disdainful voice came from the dark clouds, followed by a black sharp blade shooting out and attacking the flying boat in front again.

  At this time, the two were not far apart. The black sharp blade made a breaking sound and instantly arrived at the back of Fei Zhou's boat. Wang Ke's expression solidified, and he suddenly flashed to the right. The black sharp blade on the left side rushed out and shot into the interior of a stone peak in an instant. The hard rock was cut open like tofu, and the tall stone peak collapsed instantly.

  Wang controlled the flying boat to dodge the giant stone's impact, first rushing forward quickly, and then a series of black sharp blades shot out from behind.

  Wang Ke carefully controlled the flying boat's advance, and the black sharp blade struck the surrounding mountain peaks. Only rolling rocks fell down, but they were all dodged by Wang Ke's cleverness.

  The front has already reached the arranged formation position, and after Wang Ke swept over from above, his right hand lightly touched, a spiritual force shot out from his hand and disappeared on the ground in an instant, but he continued to shoot forward at high speed.

  The old man in the black cloud obviously didn't notice Wang Ke's small movement, laughing triumphantly as he urged the black cloud to pursue relentlessly. When the black cloud appeared above the empty space, Wang Ke's right hand suddenly pinched a seal, and several white light pillars suddenly shot up from around the empty space. Then, thick white fog suddenly appeared, wrapping the black cloud that was sweeping across the sky inside it.

  Just in time to see the black cloud rushing into the Soul Array, Wang Ke excitedly shouted: "Success!", Qin Ke'er's face on the flying boat also showed a relieved expression.

  "Hurry up, he won't be trapped here for long, we must get to a safe place quickly," Qin Ke'er said urgently.

  "Hmm" Wang Ke nodded, urging the flying boat to shoot out into the distance. After leaving the stone forest dozens of miles away, Wang Ke slowed down slightly. With a wave of his right hand, a map appeared in his hand. He studied it for a while before looking up and saying thoughtfully: "We are now within the borders of Qingzhou. If we fly north for another day, we can reach the city of Qingzhou, where there is a great master of the Golden Elixir period who resides. Once we get there, we will be safe." Wang Ke put away the map.

  "Alright, let's go to Qingzhou Fangshi." Qin Ke'er nodded in agreement and Wang Ke immediately turned the flying boat around and headed north.

  After several hours, a loud explosion came from the stone forest, and countless stone peaks around the center of the explosion were shattered. A dark figure flashed in the air, and an old man with a gloomy face appeared in the air. At this time, his eyes were shining fiercely, and his right hand was holding the Soul-Capturing Flag. "You actually used so many mid-grade spirit stones to set up the formation, humph! No matter where you run, I will catch up with you!" The old man shook the Soul-Capturing Flag in his right hand, and after a moment, he locked onto the direction and set off in pursuit, raising a dark cloud. Below, the stone forest was in disarray, the ground was cracked and fragmented, countless broken stones scattered all over the place, and the spiritual energy in the air also became extremely chaotic.