Chapter 1712: The Bastard Hiding In The Dark

When Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar spoke, Chu Jia was initially stunned. However, she quickly shook her head with a frown. "Impossible! I was personally involved in the design of the secret marks left by those from the Formation Hall. Even a True Immortal would find it very difficult to locate them, let alone completely erase them. Besides, Song Zhen and the others must have also left secret marks. How can they all be erased?"

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar raised an eyebrow and spoke with deep meaning, "If a True Immortal can’t erase them, what about a Sage?”

"A Sage?" Chu Jia exclaimed in astonishment. "Where would a Sage come from? Has Sage Yan Yu entered the fray? Besides, this place is even further from the Essence Du World than the Spirit Tip World. How much of his power can actually reach this place?”

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar did not explain further but simply said, "Regardless, we must find Song Zhen and the others. Since we cannot find their tracks, we can only continue deeper into the ruins."

Understanding that Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar's perception of the surroundings was definitely stronger than her own, and that he must have discovered something, Chu Jia just followed him deeper into the ruins.

At that moment, Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar’s voice suddenly sounded in Chu Jia’s ear, "Be careful, do not stray beyond 30 feet from me."

Chu Jia was about to speak when she realized that Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar had used a technique to transmit his voice secretly, so she hurriedly responded in the same way, "What’s happened?"

"The space here is strange; it's more like a labyrinth. If you stray too far from me, you might get lost," Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar explained.

Curious, Chu Jia asked, "And you won’t get lost?"

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar didn’t look back as he replied, "I cannot get lost, at least not in this part of the ruins."

While speaking, Chu Jia faintly saw on the side of his robe 7 runes shimmering with a layer of starlight, underneath which 7 stars in the shape of a ladle emerged, with the handle of the ladle seeming to point in a specific direction.

"This way!" Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar suddenly spoke, snapping Chu Jia out of her thoughts.

As they bypassed a segment of the fragmented, floating continent that still vaguely retained its overall shape and navigated through gaps between continuously shifting and colliding ruins, they saw several cultivators moving about within a range of broken walls ahead. They were obviously surveying and setting up something.

"Hey, isn’t that True Immortal Wu Zhang from the Spirit Tip World?" Chu Jia spotted True Immortal Wu Zhang, who was commanding the operations in that area, and was about to reveal herself and greet him.

However, she had just stepped past Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar when he stopped her.

"Let’s not act rashly yet; we’ll circle around this area," Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar’s transmitted voice rang in her ear again.

𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Chu Jia didn’t argue and followed Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar to skirt around the ruins.

As they were not yet far from the area, a cheer erupted from behind them in the ruins.

Chu Jia couldn’t help but look back, seeing a series of spatial explosions being suppressed, amidst much debris and ruin collapsing. The elite cultivators of the Spirit Tip World, who had previously moved cautiously in the ruins, now freely roamed, searching for valuable items and spiritual materials. From the occasional cries of excitement and triumph, it was evident that True Immortal Wu Zhang and his followers were making significant finds.

The pair moved on silently through the ruins, and once they were far from Wu Zhang and his group, Chu Jia couldn’t help but ask, "Are we being watched? Otherwise, you wouldn’t avoid contacting them with a transmission Talisman, especially since Song Zhen, Xin Lu, and others are definitely carrying Star Compasses..."

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar shook his head, his expression grave. "I’m not sure, it’s just a suspicion."

After walking through the ruins for a while, they suddenly sensed intense spatial turbulence from afar, even the residual formations in the ruins flickered under the fluctuations, emitting an odd glow.

Chu Jia looked at Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar and asked, "Is someone fighting over there?"

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar nodded, his robe fluttering as he and Chu Jia once again concealed their presence to the utmost. The already dim light around them twisted even further, completely hiding their forms.

Following the direction of the disturbance, they soon heard the sounds of loud explosions and shattering clearly.

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar led Chu Jia around a suspended, shattered mountain range and peeked down from behind, witnessing a fierce battle unfolding in the void ahead. 3 True Immortals were involved, with nearly 20 elite cultivators of the Martial Dipper Realm participating. There were even several lifeless bodies drifting about.

"Is this infighting among the members of the Spirit Tip World?" Chu Jia whispered in surprise.

Among the 3 true Immortals fighting was a familiar face, True Immortal Cai Qiao, a fifth tier True Immortal, was one of the experts who came to help the Spirit Luxuriant World in their time of need.

The high-level True Immortals fighting Cai Qiao were in the fourth tier and third tier respectively.

However, both wielded divine weapons and displayed highly skilled rank six arts. They held their own against Cai Qiao without falling short.

"What could possibly have caused such intense internal strife among factions within the Spirit Tip World?"

In the brief time they watched, another cultivator fell, and 2 more were seriously injured.

Clearly, the infighting had reached a point where both sides were truly out for blood, and if it continued, the casualties on both sides would only reach a terrifying level.

But Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar’s gaze was drawn past the groups to a strangely shaped ruin, which had several large and small holes that were clearly man-made.

"Do you see the shape of that? Doesn't it look like a huge ship?" Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar suddenly asked.

Chu Jia followed the direction pointed by Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar and after a moment, her expression turned odd. "The right side does look somewhat like a ship, and with the shattered mountain on the left, at first glance, it appears like a ship that crashed into a giant peak. But isn’t that ship too big?"

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar did not respond. He had once seen the gigantic Star Ship of the Wanyun Association in Essence Xing World. If the structure that seemed to merge with a broken, floating mountain in the distance was indeed a Star Ship, it had to be a gigantic one.

At this point, Chu Jia understood Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar’s thinking and said incredulously, "Are you suggesting they are fighting over that gigantic ship merged with the mountain?"

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar shook his head and said solemnly, "No, I’m suggesting there are others inside that starship, and they are about to come out!"