The Great Freedom Celestial Demon slightly sensed something and pointed into the distance with two fingers. "In that direction, it’s precisely 108,000 li from here. If you travel a thousand li a day, you’ll probably get there in a hundred days."
A thousand li a day wasn’t difficult for Zhang Chen. He transformed into a Vampire Bat and flew off, soaring among the mountains, traveling lowkey through the landscape.
But Zhang Chen hadn’t flown more than three hundred li before he had to stop because he knew trouble was coming.
"Woof~"
A dog’s bark shook the heavens and earth, making Heaven and Earth tremble. In the distance, on the peak of a great mountain, a Big Black Dog sat on a figure, standing on the mountain top and howling at the sky.
"Holy crap! That damned Big Black Dog has come knocking!" Zhang Chen, in the form of a Vampire Bat, had sharp eyes, especially when he saw the Big Black Dog actually riding a person. He thought secretly, "Could it be that the master of that Big Black Dog is coming with it?"
The next moment, Zhang Chen rushed into the forest and transformed into a stream of water, attempting to burrow into the soil.
The Big Black Dog was truly terrifying and definitely not something he could afford to provoke.
And far off, the Big Black Dog sat astride Zhou Chuan, its paws gripping Zhou Chuan’s shoulders, standing upright on Zhou Chuan’s shoulders. Seeing Zhang Chen’s trace, the dog barked excitedly; it had finally caught up with the little thief.
Below the Big Black Dog, Zhou Chuan’s face had turned into that of a bitter melon.
He was caught by this unscrupulous, smoking Big Black Dog; not only that, but it also toyed with him in countless ways and used him as a mount, riding on his shoulders. As the number one Martial Dao practitioner of the Great Victory Dynasty, his reputation had been utterly humiliated.
"Woof~"
Seeing Zhang Chen trying to escape, the Big Black Dog quickly rode Zhou Chuan, transforming into Escape Light and rushing away. In a breath, they had caught up to where Zhang Chen had landed. The Big Black Dog sniffed the air with its nose and looked at the ground with a thoughtful expression in its eyes: "This Two-legged Beast has quite a few tricks, even knowing Transformation Techniques, but alas, it’s no match for my master."
Having spent years and years by his master’s side, what kinds of Transformation Techniques hadn’t it seen? Transformation Techniques were his master’s specialty, and he knew how to counter them as well.
Even though Zhang Chen transformed into a stream to escape, the aura marked by the Big Black Dog was engraved in his soul. No matter how he transformed, there was no way he could escape the Big Black Dog’s control.
"Kid, do you think you can escape?" The Big Black Dog sneered, and the next moment, it pressed its paw against the ground; the Earth shook and the Mountains collapsed, the stream Zhang Chen had turned into was about to be torn apart by the chaotic rocks of the land. Startled, he quickly emerged from the ground, transforming back into a Vampire Bat and flapped away between the mountains.
The Big Black Dog chuckled coldly but did not hurry to chase, it had been too lonely for tens of thousands of years. It was a perfect opportunity to toy with the little thing.
The Big Black Dog controlled Zhou Chuan, chasing and fleeing behind Zhang Chen. While Zhou Chuan acted as the mount, in reality, it was the Big Black Dog exhibiting its Divine Techniques to fly away with Zhou Chuan in hot pursuit.
Sometimes, the Big Black Dog would suddenly accelerate, catching up behind Zhang Chen, then swipe a paw to knock him over, allowing Zhang Chen to steady himself and continue escaping. Or it would simply bare its teeth from behind, almost catching up, feigning a bite to scare Zhang Chen into frantically flapping his wings.
Zhang Chen flew ahead, the Big Black Dog chased behind. Hearing the barks so close, Zhang Chen knew the mischievous Big Black Dog was deliberately teasing him.
This damned thing was intentionally messing with him, mischievous to the extreme, but Zhang Chen had no choice but to keep running through the mountains.
He was a bit regretful; had he known he would enter the Spiritual World physically, he shouldn’t have urinated on the Big Black Dog’s head back then.
After zigzagging through a narrow gap between the mountains, Zhang Chen managed to shake off the Big Black Dog by a hundred li, then produced the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array from his hand and set up the formation.
He knew that the Nine Bends Yellow River Array couldn’t hold off the Big Black Dog. That dog could shatter the Nine Bends Yellow River Array simply by moving mountains and overturning seas from outside the formation. But he never intended to use Nine Bends Yellow River Array to block it; he only wanted to use it as a cover for his True Body for a single breath, giving himself time to cast a skill to see if his Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing could mark the opponent.
Zhang Chen’s True Body stood inside the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, eyes on the approaching Big Black Dog, activating his own skill the next moment: "Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing skill activated."
[Target’s time has not come; unable to Soul Hook!]
Seeing the message from his Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing skill, Zhang Chen felt a chill in his heart but did not move. Instead, he quietly stood inside the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, praying that the Big Black Dog wouldn’t recognize the Nine Bends Yellow River Array and would just charge in confusedly.
In fact, Zhang Chen was disappointed again. The Big Black Dog rushed to the Nine Bends Yellow River Array and looked at the formidable aura surging skyward. It paused in front of the array, seemingly dazed, and then spoke in human words: "Nine Bends Yellow River Array!!! How is it possible! How can the Nine Bends Yellow River Array appear here?"
This Nine Bends Yellow River Array was too familiar to it; it and its master had personally walked through the Nine Bends Yellow River Array in the past and naturally knew its formidable power.
Although this Nine Bends Yellow River Array was just a mini version, not even one ten-thousandth of what it had seen before, the mere appearance of a Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array was already shocking.
"Let me see what’s hidden inside this Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array." The Big Black Dog circled the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, and then simply used its Divine Techniques to reverse the terrain, breaking the Nine Bends Yellow River Array.
When the Big Black Dog stopped in its tracks and shouted out the story of the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, Zhang Chen realized his plan to use it to trap and kill the evil dog had failed. So, he transformed into a Vampire Bat and took advantage of the chaos to leave after retrieving the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array.
"Stop, ant! Explain the origin of the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array, and I’ll spare your life!"
Seeing Zhang Chen burst out from the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array, the Big Black Dog immediately connected the array with Zhang Chen and chased relentlessly.
This time, the Big Black Dog stopped toying with Zhang Chen. The information the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array represented was simply too important for it. So, it wasted no time and flew Zhou Chuan above Zhang Chen, matching his speed, and leisurely inquired, "Little guy, where did that Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array come from? Speak up!"
Zhang Chen couldn’t be bothered with the Big Black Dog and just kept running aimlessly, weaving through the woods.
The Big Black Dog watching Zhang Chen’s wild sprint, a wicked sense of humor arose within him. Standing on Zhou Chuan’s head, it directed urine downwards towards Zhang Chen, "First let me get some payback, then we’ll talk!"
"Holy crap, you beast have no martial ethics!"
Zhang Chen’s ultrasonic sensors detected the urine descending from above, startling him into a frantic retreat through winding paths. The urine seemed to have an Automatic Cruise feature, locking onto Zhang Chen’s position and chasing relentlessly.
Seeing the urine approaching ever closer, Zhang Chen did not want to get drenched in dog pee. Just as he panicked, the space in front twisted, and a figure appeared out of nowhere, blocking Zhang Chen’s path. Zhang Chen’s ultrasonic sensors didn’t give him enough time to dodge, and he crashed right into it.
The Princess locked onto Zhang Chen, traversing space, and before she could figure out the situation, she felt something hit her ankle. A hint of pale yellow liquid, like scattered rain, splashed onto her shoes and the hem of her dress.
The Princess looked at the pale yellow liquid, then at Zhang Chen who had turned into a Vampire Bat, and the Big Black Dog that was urinating as it chased. Her face darkened.
With her power, she could clearly see that the Vampire Bat in front of her was Zhang Chen.
But what was with the dog standing on a human, urinating upright?