Chapter 690
Chapter 690
?Chapter 690: Chapter 299: Tracking Chapter 690: Chapter 299: Tracking Like Lin Jing, the two of them were wrapped in hides taken from the old turtle to mask their presences.
At this moment.
They were on another mountaintop, slowly moving toward the valley.
Observing them, they seemed to be exceedingly cautious.
They appeared acutely afraid of disturbing the golden turtle that was sleeping.
As the saying goes,
“Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be in peril.”
Having spotted the two, Lin Jing was certainly inclined to investigate further to see exactly what they were up to.
Along the way, he hoped to learn something about the Five Elements Ruins from them as well.
However, the two were located on the opposite side of the valley, a good distance away from Lin Jing.
Given the range Lin Jing could observe in Observation Mode, he was still far away from the two.
If he wanted to observe them, Lin Jing had to close their distance and enter the System Space at a position not far from them in order to explore their actions.
Luckily,
the Divine Sense in this space was greatly suppressed.
Even with Divine Sense, they probably couldn’t detect far.
This meant that Lin Jing, drawing closer to them, had a much lower chance of being detected.
Thinking thus, he recorded their position under Observation Mode, surveyed the surrounding terrain to determine the route forward.
Having planned everything, Lin Jing then exited Observation Mode and left the System Space.
Upon exiting the System Space, Lin Jing reappeared at the location he had been before.
Following,
instead of continuing to climb toward the mountain peak, Lin Jing turned and walked down the slope.
After descending the slope, Lin Jing skirted around the base of the mountain, heading towards the direction where Li Mingwu and Long Daoren were.
Throughout this journey, Lin Jing was extra careful,
lest he disturb the ancient turtle beast lurking underground.
At this distance, if Lin Jing alarmed the creature and a fight ensued, Li Mingwu and the other would definitely notice.
In fact, he might even disturb the golden turtle.
After all, only a single mountaintop separated them; Lin Jing naturally needed to be very cautious.
In this manner, it took Lin Jing an entire day to travel from his mountain to the foot of the mountain where Li Mingwu and his companion were located.
From there, although there was still some distance to the mountain they were on, he could go no further.
Any further, and he would be discovered.
The mountain currently shielded him from their sight, which was just perfect.
There, below that mountain, Lin Jing once again entered the System Space.
From within Observation Mode, Lin Jing saw the two men, who were not at the mountain top but in the valley.
The two were moving extremely slowly within the valley, as if inching along.
And that colossal golden turtle was just a thousand yards away from them.
At such a distance, the turtle could probably reach them with just a step.
However,
the golden turtle was still asleep and hadn’t woken up, unaware of Li Mingwu and his companion approaching it.
Li Mingwu and Long Daoren moved incredibly slowly, fearing they might awaken the giant turtle.
Inside the valley, every time they moved a distance, they would stop for a while, seemingly busy with something.
However,
Lin Jing was at the base of the mountain outside the valley and couldn’t observe them closely enough; he could only watch from afar by raising his observation angle.
Therefore, Lin Jing couldn’t determine what they were actually doing.
Clearly,
observing from this mountain base wouldn’t suffice.
From the base of the mountain, he was still too far from them.
Lin Jing would need to climb to the mountain peak…
…
…
It took him over two hours more to climb from the base to a spot near the mountain peak.
It was here that Lin Jing called out the System, murmuring in his mind:
“Enter System Space!”
As the scene in front of him changed, in the next moment, Lin Jing vanished from the spot, entering into the System Space.
After arriving in the System Space, Lin Jing immediately activated Observation Mode.
Next.
Lin Jing, once again through the observational view, saw the outside situation.
During the time it took Lin Jing to climb up the mountain, Li Mingwu and Long Daoren had already retreated from the valley.
At this moment, they were climbing from the foot of the valley towards the mountain peak.
Lin Jing adjusted the observation view, narrowing the distance, directly arriving in front of the two men.
Upon close observation, Lin Jing could clearly see them.
The two were dressed in black armor, which was tightly wrapped around their bodies; even other exposed parts were coated with a layer of silver fluid.
This silver fluid, Lin Jing knew,
was from the cranial bead of a silver giant owl that enabled the owl to become invisible.
After killing the silver giant owl, Lin Jing had also tried this fluid, which hadn’t made him invisible but, at most, shielded his sense like his armor from other beasts.
But the armor alone was enough,
so Lin Jing hadn’t thought much of this silver fluid.
Yet, they wore not only the armor but had also applied the silver fluid.
……
Now, both of them moved very slowly and were extremely cautious, even occasionally looking back at the golden turtle behind them.
Seeing their caution,
Lin Jing couldn’t help but have a malicious thought.
If he rushed out now, startling the Golden Turtle,
their previous efforts would most likely be in vain.
However, although such an idea appeared,
Lin Jing would not actually do that.
Doing so, firstly, would easily put himself in danger.
Secondly, Lin Jing still didn’t know what the two were doing in the valley,
or what their true purpose was.
If he wanted to take any action, he needed to understand their goals first.
Before that, it was necessary for Lin Jing not to disturb them and to carefully observe their actions.
……
Li Mingwu and Long Daoren moved slowly, taking most of the day to finally climb back to the mountain top.
After crossing the mountain top, the two did not stop but continued down the mountain.
Lin Jing followed and observed them for a while, noting that the two did not speak to each other but just kept moving downward.
It made sense since, even though they had left the valley, they were still too close to the Golden Turtle; even a slight noise could disturb it.
Once out of the valley, their descent down the mountain sped up.
Lin Jing used the Observation Mode to follow them.
Until the two reached the foot of the mountain and continued outward, moving beyond the maximum range of the Observation Mode.
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To avoid wasting time, Lin Jing chose a spot where the two couldn’t see him and used Fixed Point Teleportation.
He had to ensure he didn’t lose track of them if he was to glean any information from them.
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Afterward,
the two men kept walking outwards, seemingly no longer concerned about the Golden Turtle.
But Lin Jing knew that was not possible.
If they weren’t planning to deal with the Golden Turtle, they wouldn’t have entered the valley in the first place.
This way,
the two walked ahead, and Lin Jing silently followed behind them.
Two days later, perhaps feeling they were far enough not to disturb the Golden Turtle, the two finally took off their armor and stopped hiding.
Once they exposed themselves,
they were immediately attacked by several magical beasts.
Facing these assaults, the two men fought back mercilessly.
They used powerful spells and even resorted to various Magical Treasures,
and together, it didn’t take long before they had slain all the attacking beasts surrounding them.
After killing the magical beasts, they extracted the silver blood from the creatures’ bodies and collected it all.
Once the blood of the magical beasts was collected, the two men set off again, heading to another location.
At the next site, more hidden beasts attacked them.
These beasts, undeterred by fear of death, would immediately attack upon sensing their presence.
And the two men fought back again, killing the assaulting beasts…
This way…
The two continued forward, relentlessly killing magical beasts, whether they were burrowing old turtles or massive owls in the sky; none were spared.
Meanwhile, Lin Jing silently trailed behind, making no noise whatsoever.
After another three days, having jointly killed over a hundred magical beasts,
Finally,
after slaying the last old turtle beast, the two stopped.
After killing the beast, Long Daoren stepped forward, took out a Jade Vial, and collected all the blood from the old turtle beast.
After collecting the blood, Long Daoren returned to Li Mingwu’s side, handed him the Jade Vial, and then spoke,
“With so much essence blood from the magical beasts, should that be enough?”
Li Mingwu opened the Jade Vial, peeked inside, and then nodded,
“Enough!”
“With these essence bloods, we can lure out that giant Golden Turtle.”
Upon hearing this, Long Daoren nodded slightly, and then spoke again,
“Now that we have collected the essence blood of these beasts, you can tell me what to do next, right?”
“Of course,” Li Mingwu continued.
“Earlier, we had placed an extremely covert Formation within that valley.”
“Next, we will need to place these essence bloods within those Formations.”
“Once we evacuate, we can detonate the Formation.”
“Once the Formation is detonated, it will certainly enrage the Golden Turtle, at which point, I will lead the enraged Golden Turtle away.”
“Beneath the Golden Turtle, there is a deep pit, and the Metallic Attribute of the Five Elements Spirit should be within that pit.”
“After I lead the Golden Turtle away, you should take the opportunity to approach the pit and retrieve the Metallic Attribute Five Elements Spirit inside.”
At this point, Li Mingwu changed his tone slightly, cautiously adding,
“You must remember.”
“Even without that Golden Turtle, the pit is still very dangerous.”
“You must be extremely careful.”
Long Daoren, upon hearing this, nodded,
“I am well aware of that,” he assured.
Having said this,
Long Daoren looked at Li Mingwu and spoke again,
“This time, as I help you get this Metallic Attribute of the Five Elements Spirit, the Fire Attribute Five Elements Spirit you promised to obtain for me, you must not go back on your word.”
Li Mingwu looked directly at Long Daoren and replied,
“Don’t worry,”
“Since we have formed an alliance, I will certainly keep my word.”