Chapter 158: Return Spear

Only at this moment did the dozen or so Divine Moon Realm cultivators in the courtyard arrive at the scene of the battle.

They saw the young man with a gloomy expression, staring fixedly in the direction Gu Fan had fled, and said:

“Chase him down for me! I want to see who dares sneak into my Lan Die Family and play tricks!”

“Yes!”

Everyone responded in unison, then rose one after another and gave chase.

Meanwhile, the young man remained in place, muttering viciously to himself:

“No matter who it is, anyone who discovers my secret won’t leave Wanlin City alive!”

Elsewhere, within a forest inside the city, Gu Fan stood atop the crown of a tree, silently watching the Lan Die Family’s estate.

He had not fled far. Just after disappearing from their sight, he immediately and quietly retracted his Mysterious Power and used the Spiritual Power in his Qi Sea to envelop it. In this way, even a Mighty One could not detect someone without Mysterious Power fluctuations.

This method was something he had tested multiple times over the past two days. Once Spiritual Power wrapped around Mysterious Power, his aura became no different from an ordinary person with no cultivation!

His presence was completely undetectable by the enemy’s Divine Sense.

And this ability was something he had discovered after cultivating to the Celestial Profound Realm.

At that time, after Mysterious Power entered his Qi Sea, it expanded the previously fixed Qi Sea once again!

He had no choice. The Qi Sea had originally been filled only with Spiritual Power. Now, with half of it suddenly occupied by Mysterious Power, expansion was necessary—the capacity simply wasn’t enough.

However, Gu Fan was somewhat concerned. He remembered never hearing of anyone experiencing something like this, and he didn’t know whether it might have some side effects.

The benefit, though, was that after this expansion, the once stagnant Spiritual Power could now be slightly manipulated. Though it couldn’t assist in battle, it could cover the Mysterious Power within the Qi Sea.

As a result, he appeared like an ordinary person, with no Mysterious Power fluctuations, though his physical strength remained.

This trait was especially useful when needing to conceal his presence.

It was also one of the reasons he dared to linger nearby.

Gu Fan narrowed his eyes as he watched the group of Divine Moon Realm powerhouses depart the Lan Die Estate in a grand procession, scanning with Divine Sense, a smile curling at the corner of his lips.

The commotion just now hadn’t prompted the action of any Solar Radiance Realm elder. It seemed that this elder either truly had limited lifespan as rumored and wouldn’t act unless necessary—

Or something really had happened to that elder. Otherwise, it was impossible that he had felt no presence when Gu Fan escaped.

Regardless of the reason, Gu Fan felt that the young man earlier was quite odd, especially in his cultivation method—he actually absorbed human blood essence.

That was somewhat similar to how he devoured Living Souls.

Moreover, despite being in the Divine Moon Realm, the man’s Divine Sense was as powerful as that of the Solar Radiance Realm. That was also strange.

Gu Fan’s current Divine Sense strength came from splitting his soul into two parts, one of which resided within the Evil Lotus’ source. This meant both parts cultivated simultaneously, strengthening together.

Could it be that this young man had also obtained some mysterious opportunity?

With this question in mind, Gu Fan once again drifted silently into the Lan Die Estate.

This time, he didn’t waste time wandering around and directly infiltrated the private courtyard where the battle had just taken place.

As soon as he landed, he saw the young man sitting within the blood pool in the room. The pool, which had just been drained, was now once again vividly red.

“I must recover from my injuries as soon as possible. I can’t waste time…”

The man muttered to himself in a low voice, then began cultivating again, absorbing the blood energy from the pool.

At that moment, Gu Fan saw an inscribed plaque to the side bearing the words ‘Lan Die Young Master’, and he immediately understood why this person could command over a dozen Divine Moon Realm experts.

“So, you’re the Lan Die Family’s Young Master!”

The young man’s body stiffened, and he slowly turned to look at Gu Fan.

“You actually dare come back?”

Gu Fan let out two hearty laughs, keeping an eye out for any trace of Solar Radiance Realm auras as he strode boldly into the room and sat down.

“Devouring blood essence, what a wicked cultivation method.”

“But that has little to do with me.”

The young man did not act immediately. Instead, he looked coldly at Gu Fan.

“May I ask who you are? I don’t recall the Lan Die Family ever offending a mighty one like you.”

Gu Fan thought for a moment, then could only sigh and say:

“We have no grievances, indeed no enmity. But unfortunately, I’ve recently become fascinated with psychology, and I seek peace of mind. So… you have to die!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Fan didn’t hesitate. The instant his voice dropped, he lunged straight at his opponent.

The other party clearly hadn’t expected Gu Fan to be so erratic—to strike right after speaking.

Just a moment ago, he had leisurely sat down as if prepared to have a conversation.

It even made him think they were here to negotiate.

Who would’ve thought that before even exchanging a few words, it would turn into a fight again? Then why come in and sit down at all—wouldn’t it have been better to just start fighting the moment they met?

The Lan Die Family’s young master suppressed his urge to complain and swiftly responded.

He was forced into a close-quarters battle of physical bodies with Gu Fan inside the cramped room.

Gu Fan did not use Mysterious Power; he didn’t want to alert anyone else. If he could kill this guy with just his physical body, all the better.

In the blink of an eye, the two exchanged dozens of moves.

The young man gritted his teeth and retreated while fighting, being pressured by Gu Fan’s monstrous physical strength. He could only keep dodging, just needing to hold out until his subordinates returned—then he’d be safe!

As time went on, Gu Fan grew increasingly suspicious. With such commotion, why hadn’t the so-called Solar Radiance Realm elder of the Lan Die Family intervened yet?

Even if he had concealed his Mysterious Power, the intense battle should still be noticeable. It was impossible not to detect it, wasn’t it?

Just then, Gu Fan landed a punch that sent the young man flying across the room!

He was about to follow up with a finishing blow when the Lan Die Family’s young master suddenly began to laugh.

“Very good! This is the first time in my life I’ve suffered such a setback! And you think you’ll leave alive today?”

In the next instant, a terrifying surge of blood energy erupted from the young man’s body, its might reaching directly toward the level of the Solar Radiance Realm.

This gave Gu Fan a terrible feeling.

“How could his strength suddenly leap so drastically?”

Gu Fan’s expression turned serious. It looked like today’s operation wasn’t going to go smoothly after all.

He had only come to eliminate a good-for-nothing second-generation cultivator, worrying at most about that long-lived elder possibly intervening. Now it seemed like he might need to flee even before the elder showed up.

Sure enough, while Gu Fan was still in thought, the opponent’s aura surged again—it was almost equal to the Solar Radiance Realm!

Gu Fan’s scalp tingled. At the same time, due to the eruption of such a powerful aura, many forces throughout the city were alarmed, including the dozen or so Divine Moon Realm cultivators who had just departed—they were now rushing back!

“Damn, I really have to run now!”

Gu Fan no longer cared about concealing his Mysterious Power. He unleashed all his strength and dashed straight out of the courtyard.

At that moment, the young man curled his lips into a cold smile:

“Trying to run now? Too late!”

As he spoke, he reached out with a large hand. In the air, countless strands of blood energy suddenly formed into threads like a spider web, all sweeping toward Gu Fan to encircle him.

“Domain Suppression of Myriad Phenomena!”

In the moment of crisis, Gu Fan activated his battle technique once more.

His body was enveloped by the Phantom of the Giant Elephant covered in intricate patterns, charging straight toward the countless fine threads!

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