SFS Chapter 246 Encountering the Alien Race Again
Chapter 246 Encountering the Alien Race Again
The straight-line distance from her current location to the place where she just discovered the mask is more than two thousand miles. Her plan is to go straight ahead and eliminate all the demons she encounters along the way.
There wasn't even a single high-level demon among the highest-ranking mid-level nine demons. She couldn't complete the task Tianji had mentioned. She could only collect some flesh and blood and some impure demon cores. She threw the demon cores to Xiaoxue, who had regained consciousness, and let her play with them.
In this cave, there were few diligent people, except for her who worked conscientiously.
The space was filled with the corpses of demons, so Ning Xiaoxi had to make another space talisman to store her daily travel supplies.
Finally, on the night of the fourth day, when the moon was high in the sky, they found the location of the fifth mask.
After confirming once again that the clues from the map in her mind were correct, Ning Xiaoxi finally believed that the mask she had found this time was in the ancestral hall of the clan's territory, which was surrounded by countless graves.
While Ning Xiaoxi was checking the map, one after another, the rune-marked gates opened around them, and one after another, men dressed in yellow robes walked out of the gates, numbering more than a dozen.
"Who dares to trespass on the territory of my Illusionary Beast Clan?"
The Illusionary Beast Clan is an alien race, descendants of the Void Walker, one of the nine powerful humans a thousand years ago. The Void Walker once comprehended the mysteries of the void and was skilled in spatial spiritual power. They could tear through space for short-distance teleportation, launching surprise attacks; they could also create spatial rifts to absorb enemy attacks, and even actively seal opponents in another dimension, causing them to annihilate within. Now, their lineage only allows them to use runes to open void gates for long-distance, rapid travel; they no longer possess the ability to create spatial rifts.
Ning Xiaoxi looked at the introduction, then at the man who was talking to her. He was really lewd!
"Ning Xiaoxi, an official under the Heavenly Secrets Bureau, made a mistake in her landing point during her journey and ended up in the territory of a noble clan." Ning Xiaoxi took out a jade token and handed it to the person she was speaking to.
The man took the jade token, examined it carefully, and then handed it back to Ning Xiaoxi. "Since you, Officer Ning, have entered by mistake, please leave with me!" His guarded expression remained unchanged.
Ning Xiaoxi smiled very warmly. That space-tearing skill was very similar to the ability that Jiuyu once possessed, but it seemed different from the ability of the Illusionary Serpent on her body to travel by light. She politely bowed and followed the man into the rune-marked gate he had come out of. With one step, she found herself in a desert with a few crooked sea buckthorn trees.
The man looked at Ning Xiaoxi expressionlessly, pointed in a direction and said, "Go in this direction for a hundred miles and you'll reach Jingcheng. Goodbye, Officer Ning. No need to see me off."
Ning Xiaoxi remained smiling and thanked him, "Thank you for your guidance. I'm sorry to have troubled you, nobleman. I'll be going now." With that, she used her earth-walking technique and quickly left in the direction the man had indicated.
The man did not return immediately. He remained standing in the same spot, watching the direction Ning Xiaoxi had left. A full incense stick's time passed before he stepped back into the talismanic gate and left.
Almost immediately, he left and Ning Xiaoxi reappeared in the same spot.
"Lord Jiuyu, that door is very strange!"
Jiuyu laughed disdainfully.
"Oh, so you look down on the Talisman Sect, sir!"
Jiuyu closed his eyes.
Ning Xiaoxi knew that the adults really looked down on them! She opened the map, located the location, and found that the sound could be heard from a hundred miles away. It seemed that they did have some skills after all!
[Tuanzi, what's going on with that door?]
[Similar to your spatial teleportation talisman, they have actually lost the ability to control the spiritual power of the void. They merely traverse space using external objects, without truly achieving movement within space.]
So, that means its ability to move by borrowing light is about the same as that of the Illusionary Python and the Illusionary Deer?
[Yeah, they didn't pass on any real skills! A classic case of throwing away the watermelon to pick up a sesame seed.]
But how did they end up living in this desert?
[This place is sparsely populated, making it convenient for them to practice their opportunistic spatial talismans without startling anyone by suddenly appearing in an unexpected location.]
Ning Xiaoxi imagined the scene and couldn't help but laugh. "Okay, I get it. But how did that female demon mask end up in their territory?"
The person who placed it either used the power of their entire clan to suppress the seal, or they wanted the thing to accumulate power through incense offerings.
[Using the entire clan to suppress that mask is giving it too much credit, isn't it? The Illusionary Beast Clan must have been quite powerful a thousand years ago!]
[If it's suppression, then it can only mean that this body has devoured Nüba's demonic soul. Only a powerful demonic soul would require such strong suppressive power. As for which type it is, we'll find out once we go inside.]
Although my appearance was abrupt, it didn't make a sound or cause much of a commotion. Yet, those Illusionary Beast Clan members immediately opened the talisman gate and appeared. I suspect there are some kind of sensing devices within their territory.
Ning Xiaoxi took out the first doll woven from Dream Weaving Vine, attached a piece of Invisibility Grass, and placed the Spirit Crystal Heart on the doll's chest. The Spirit Crystal Heart released fine spiderwebs onto the doll's head and limbs, and it wobbled a few steps.
When a thin thread touched the invisibility grass, the little figure of the Spirit Crystal Heart slowly began to disappear. In the end, Ning Xiaoxi could only sense the location of the Spirit Crystal Heart, but she could no longer see the little figure.
This invisibility grass is quite useful; if it weren't for the connection between her and the Spirit Crystal Heart, she wouldn't have been able to find the doll's location.
Then he took out a spirit crystal brick, engraved a small spatial teleportation talisman on it, buried it in the sand pile, activated it with a little spiritual power, and a location coordinate was fixed.
【You still want to play the "open the door" trick in front of the Phantom Beast Clan?!】
[They must be very confident in their talisman sect, right? If they use this thing, won't they think it was done by one of their own people? Even if we don't need it, it's better to be safe than sorry!]
The time was too short just now; she didn't even have a chance to get a good look at the Phantom Beast Clan's dwelling before being sent out. This time, she can take a closer look at what's so special about this alien race that lives alone in the desert.
The desert temperature was still very low at night, and Ning Xiaoxi disappeared amidst the illusory light and shadow of the scales.
They stealthily made their way towards the territory of the Illusionary Beast Clan.
Ten miles away, under the cover of night, stood a forest of eerie, enormous animal bones. Just by looking at the remaining bones, one could imagine the sheer size of the beasts when they lived.
Those are the remains of Jiufeng.
Even after a thousand years, when you get close to the remains, you can still see clear runes and markings on the bones.
According to records, Jiufeng was killed by the void; it seems these remains are his spoils of war.
[Hmm, it wouldn't be bad to take out the spoils to guard the gate.]
Ning Xiaoxi thought the enormous skeleton was quite intimidating, and the branded runes clearly intertwined to form a sensory net that covered the territory of the Illusionary Beast Clan, creating a protective shield.
Besides the remains of the Nine Phoenixes, there must be other demons that together formed this protective shield. She was probably discovered earlier because she triggered this protective shield.