Chapter 99: Years of Pursuit

In the westernmost region, above a vast marshland, the pitch-black marsh bubbled with poisonous gas that erupted from countless cracks. The black poison rose into the void and transformed into an azure green hue, enveloping this space like a jade sea and lush moss.

Floating within this azure green poisonous mist was a snow-white rock suspended in the void, radiating a gentle white light that pushed the poison gas aside. Seated upon the snow-white rock was a woman, she was the purple-clothed woman who had once been carried out by Nan Luo from the Thousand Turns Without Tribulation Mountain.

Back then, during her confrontation with Nan Luo and the Mosquito Daoist, she had struck the Mosquito Daoist who was preparing to ambush Nan Luo on the neck, startling him away.

After Nan Luo departed, the Mosquito Daoist sought to sneak attack her, only to nearly be counter-sneak attacked. Yet the Mosquito Daoist recognized her origins, prompting her relentless pursuit over the years, and he had escaped her clutches time and again...

The purple-clothed woman sat on the snow rock, appearing leisurely, yet her eyes were fixed intently on the churning azure green poisonous mist before her.

Within the poisonous mist, the Mosquito Daoist gloomily observed this woman who had pursued him for many years. His slit-like eyes seemed infused with a trace of azure green poison, and his black robe was drenched in the azure green miasma.

"Thousand Turns Without Tribulation Mountain, Three Lives Reincarnation Soul Dao. Haha, as long as you transmit the Soul Dao to me, I can swear to the heavens and earth that I will not utter a word about it." The Mosquito Daoist said gloomily from within the churning azure green poisonous mist.

"Do you think that by returning to your birthplace, I cannot deal with you? Do you think that by circling around and luring me here, I would not know? Haha!" The purple-clothed woman sat on the snow rock and laughed coldly.

The Mosquito Daoist gave a gloomy smile, his expression unchanging, and said, "Your Soul Dao is indeed terrifying. Anyone with a soul who encounters you will suffer great losses. But you are too confident; you do not know that in this world there are beings without souls. Heh heh..."

The purple-clothed woman's brows furrowed slightly as she said coldly, "Are you referring to the countless poisonous mosquitoes hidden in the poisonous mist? If you wish to prevail by relying on them, then today is your end, and this place will be your burial ground."

"Heh heh, you greatly underestimate my countless clones. Although they have no special abilities, their toxicity is potent. Even high-level cultivators bitten by them are hard-pressed to escape death. Moreover, do you know the origin of this marshland? Do you know what this marshland connects to...? Heh heh..." The Mosquito Daoist appeared and disappeared within the azure green poisonous mist like a fierce beast lurking in the shadows, observing its prey.

The snow-white rock emitted a soft milky-white light, shielding the poisonous mist from the outside. The purple-clothed woman seated upon the rock had her heart skip a beat. Could it be that I was truly careless? Have I truly fallen into some great dangerous place?

Glancing around, aside from the countless black mosquitoes in the poisonous mist, she saw nothing else. Her unease grew.

To recount, since her birth in the world, she had never left the Thousand Turns Without Tribulation Mountain. And that time when she used a secret technique to sever her companion link with the Thousand Turns Without Tribulation Mountain, Nan Luo had inadvertently intruded.

They emerged together afterward, and it was also her first time coming to the outside world. Thanks to her special divine powers, she had never feared anyone, but she was unaware of the ominous lands in the world...

Feeling uneasy, she stopped speaking. Her jade hand suddenly drew rapidly in the void, and a golden, mysterious rune appeared out of thin air.

Upon seeing this, the Mosquito Daoist immediately retreated, and let out a soft whistle. The azure green poisonous mist in the void instantly churned like surging sea waves, rushing toward the purple-clothed woman on the snow rock in the void.

The poisonous mist surged up along with endless black mosquitoes. The purple-clothed woman did not care in the slightest. When the rune had just formed, her jade finger suddenly pointed at the center of the golden rune, and the rune instantly disintegrated. The Mosquito Daoist, who had retreated deep into the mist sea, turned deathly pale, but countless black mosquitoes fell like rain in that instant...

The poisonous mist with black mosquitoes rushed toward the purple-clothed woman, but was blocked by the soft white light and could not enter at all, causing her no harm whatsoever.

She quickly drew another rune and instantly shattered it. This time, the Mosquito Daoist hidden in the poisonous mist had no reaction, yet countless black mosquitoes around him died instantly and fell like rain into the bubbling marshland below.

The purple-clothed girl's heart tightened. She had not expected that the Mosquito Daoist could use those black mosquitoes to block the damage from the Soul Dao. Looking at the densely packed black mosquitoes that could not penetrate the white light, her heart steadied. Her jade finger drew again in the void.

The rune she drew was the Soul Dao mark, using the soul in the void to draw the Mosquito Daoist's soul, thereby shattering the rune to harm his soul. This method was extremely difficult to defend against... However, the Mosquito Daoist here could transfer this damage onto those black mosquitoes. Although each attack caused a large number of black mosquitoes to perish, there were simply too many of them.

Suddenly, the Mosquito Daoist let out another long howl. With this long howl, the black marshland below suddenly churned violently.

A flat, elongated creature, like a snake yet like a fish, emerged, with two wings on its back, its body entirely black with scaled armor, mouth opening to reveal two rows of sharp teeth. The moment it appeared, it swam rapidly across the marshland, incredibly swift.

As this snake-fish-like monster appeared, numerous such creatures burst forth from the marshland. Some were blood-red, but regardless of color or size, they all appeared extremely eerie.

They emerged without a sound, and even while swimming in the marsh, they made no noise. Suddenly soaring into the air, they moved with the same agility as if in water, extremely flexible and fast.

From the appearance of these strange monsters, the purple-clothed girl became alert. Her jade hand reached out in the void, and a seven-colored long whip materialized in her hand. The whip looked somewhat illusory, like a streak of seven-colored light.

It flashed in the void, striking down at the monster that had already reached the front of the snow rock with incredible speed, without the slightest trace of smoke or fire, not even disturbing the poisonous mist in the least.

The seven-colored long whip accurately struck the monster but flashed past like an illusion.

The purple-clothed woman was startled. This seven-colored long whip was no ordinary weapon; it was the Soul Whip. Anyone with a soul struck by it faced the danger of soul disintegration.

Yet striking this monster had produced no reaction. Recalling what the Mosquito Daoist had said, she thought secretly, "Could it be that there truly are beings without souls in this world? If so, it's best to leave at once."

Her innate divine ability was the Soul Dao, capable of harming souls, the most mysterious divine ability in the world. But today, she had fallen into this place where the Mosquito Daoist had endless clones that could absorb the damage without being killed.

Now these soulless beings had appeared; how could she not feel the urge to retreat...

With a thought, the snow rock rose into the sky like a white jade boat.

The snake-like monster had silently reached the front of the snow rock. It twisted its body continuously, circling the snow rock and approaching in loops. Although the white light had some effect, it could not completely block it.

The purple-clothed woman tightly stared at the monster swimming in the void, circling yet continuously closing in. Her mouth was tightly pressed, and her jade hand slapped several times on the snow rock.

The light on the snow rock grew more intense, and the flying speed increased somewhat, but the monster with two wings on its back moved with extreme speed and seemed to have gained resistance to the light from the snow rock. Its body twisted within the soft white light, its speed actually increasing...

Just then, a black light suddenly shot out from the void, aimed at the purple-clothed woman on the snow rock.

The purple-clothed woman wanted to escape, but the poisonous mist around her was like a tidal wave and endless black mosquitoes, and there was also that snake monster. If she left the snow rock, the consequences would be unimaginable.

She quickly slapped the snow rock several times, then the seven-colored soul whip drew toward the void. Instantly, a seven-colored rainbow appeared in the air.

The purple-clothed woman and the snow rock vanished into it instantly. At the same time, that black light pierced into it in the instant the purple-clothed woman disappeared. A muffled groan came from the void, and the purple-clothed woman and the snow rock disappeared without a trace, leaving only the seven-colored long whip wandering through the poisonous mist. The snake monsters and black mosquitoes tried to block it but could not, as the soul whip was fundamentally intangible.

The Mosquito Daoist floated in the churning azure green mist sea when suddenly the snake-not-snake, fish-not-fish monster appeared beside him. The monster appeared at the Mosquito Daoist's side, the void spun, instantly becoming blurry, and when it reappeared, it had transformed into a man with black scales covering his head, an ugly face and fierce eyes.

The Mosquito Daoist looked in the direction the purple-clothed woman had fled, turned his head and smiled, "Brother Luo, would you be willing to go together to see the place where the world's living beings flourish?"

The ugly man with a head full of scales pondered.

The Mosquito Daoist smiled again and said, "There are endless living beings and countless strong ones there. Your dao has reached a bottleneck; only by encountering more strong ones can you make a breakthrough. Moreover, your dao must be refined with powerful living souls to enhance its power, which is where your paradise lies."

"Haha, you need not say so much; I have my own understanding. The central region of the land has long been on my mind. It's just that this woman is of unknown origin, forcing you to return to your birthplace to resist."

The Luo surname ugly man's eyes flashed with blood light, and his voice was incredibly gentle.

"Haha, that woman possesses a divine ability unique in the world, heh heh. She has already been pierced by my ghostly spear and cannot escape even to the ends of the earth. This time, let her taste the feeling of being pursued."

Just as the Mosquito Daoist's words fell, his expression suddenly changed, and countless black mosquitoes perished in the poisonous mist.

The Luo surname ugly man saw this and laughed heartily, "That divine ability is indeed mysterious. Perhaps at that time, Luo can observe it?"

"Haha, of course..." The Mosquito Daoist laughed heartily, extremely generous, wrapping the sky full of poisonous mist and black mosquitoes with the Luo evil ugly man, breaking through the void toward the direction the purple-clothed woman had fled.