Chapter 431: Chapter 148: A Thousand-Ren Precipice to Subdue a Demonic Servant; a Hundred-Li Cold Blade to Warn of a Fatal Calamity

Mo Yunzi landed at the foot of the mountain and took out the Copper Disc again to examine it.

The green dot remained motionless, shining with an eerie light.

"So, he’s on this mountain."

The Blood Curse Compass could only sense a general location, and its reading grew clearer with proximity.

A Secret Technique was still needed to pinpoint his exact location.

Mo Yunzi immediately put the Copper Disc away. Her hands flew into a bizarre formation in front of her chest as she formed a Spell, muttering an incantation under her breath.

As she chanted, a blood-red Rune materialized between her eyebrows, resonating with the Blood Curse her martial uncle had cast.

In an instant, an invisible thread shot through the air, locking onto the figure sitting cross-legged on the cliff above.

"Found you... my little cutie."

A cruel, seductive smile tugged at the corners of Mo Yunzi’s mouth.

She had always adored this game of cat and mouse.

It was the only pleasure she found in this otherwise tedious task.

But recalling her earlier suspicions, she didn’t head straight up the mountain. Instead, she completely concealed her aura and crept up the ridge, as silent and graceful as a lethal leopard.

She spread her Divine Sense, meticulously scanning her surroundings, not missing the slightest disturbance.

To her surprise, even after she had crept into the woods less than a hundred zhang from Chu Fan, she still hadn’t sensed the aura of any powerful expert nearby.

Within a radius of several li, there was no one else besides the faint Spirit Awakening Realm aura on the cliff.

’Looks like I was overthinking things.’

Mo Yunzi finally relaxed, the smile on her face widening. "He must have relied on some single-use Acceleration Talisman. Little one, your luck has run out..."

She no longer bothered to hide. With light, graceful steps, she emerged from the woods, her red dress fluttering in the mountain wind like a blood-red rose blooming on the banks of the Yellow Springs.

WHOOSH...

At the edge of the cliff, Chu Fan, who had been deep in meditation, abruptly exhaled a breath of stale air and slowly opened his eyes.

His senses were sharp; he had detected a faint, almost imperceptible killing intent the moment she entered a hundred-zhang radius.

His deep-set eyes gazed at the approaching red figure, a flicker of surprise in their depths.

He had seen this woman before.

Just yesterday, Jiang Yuanfan had invited him to a banquet at the Moon Viewing Tower, and he had seen this woman at an adjacent table.

At the time, he had activated the Spirit Array Map of his Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture, which had greatly enhanced his senses. He had unintentionally scanned her and detected the faint, fiendish Demonic Qi clinging to her.

He had immediately concluded that she was a practitioner of the Demon Dao.

At the time, however, the woman had only shot them a cold glance before paying them no further mind.

Chu Fan had dismissed it as a chance encounter and hadn’t given it a second thought.

But now, this Demoness of the Demon Dao had come straight for him. A mocking smile graced her lips as she approached step by step, her undisguised malice so thick that even a blind man could have felt it.

CLANG!

Chu Fan slowly rose to his feet without a word. His right hand brushed his waist, and his Long Saber was already drawn.

The gleaming edge of the blade reflected the morning sun, flashing with a frigid light.

He held the saber horizontally before him, remaining silent, his cold eyes fixed on the approaching woman.

"Hee hee hee..."

Mo Yunzi let out a laugh like silver bells, her seductive eyes sizing up Chu Fan with great interest. "You’re so handsome. It would be a real pity to kill you right away. Why don’t you come with me and practice dual cultivation? I promise you’ll taste every worldly pleasure imaginable. How about it?"

Chu Fan remained silent, but his mind was stretched to its absolute limit.

He silently probed her aura and scanned the surroundings, wary of any traps or accomplices.

Although he didn’t know her true Cultivation, the sense of pressure she exuded was clearly weaker than that of the woman from Medicine King Valley who had hunted him in the Gangfeng Forbidden Land.

That woman had been a true expert at the First Heaven of the Acupoint Realm, her Sword Intent terrifyingly sharp.

If he hadn’t possessed so many Bottom Cards, he would have died long ago.

Now that his power had grown immensely, he was fully confident that if he were to face the woman from Medicine King Valley again, he could cut her down in a head-on clash.

Since this Demoness’s presence was far weaker than that of an Acupoint Realm expert, her Cultivation could at most be at the Peak of the Divine Power Realm.

She was likely much stronger than the cultivator at the Fourth Heaven of the Divine Power Realm back in Cyan Yang Ancient City, but to him, she still didn’t represent a fatal threat.

When Mo Yunzi saw that he remained stone-faced in the face of her teasing, with not a hint of panic in his eyes, she couldn’t help but praise him inwardly.

’Impressive, truly impressive. For a boy of seventeen or eighteen to face me, an expert at the Peak of the Divine Power Realm, with such composure... such mental fortitude is truly rare.’

She praised him in her heart, yet her killing intent only intensified. "A pity. You shouldn’t have offended my martial uncle. On your way to the Yellow Springs, don’t you dare blame me for being ruthless."

Chu Fan still said nothing.

’Offended her martial uncle?’

His mind raced, but he had no idea when he could have possibly offended some high-level practitioner of the Demon Dao.

But that didn’t matter anymore.

In this world, one never needed a reason to kill.

If this woman had just been passing by, he wouldn’t have spared her a single glance.

But since she had come specifically for him, delivering herself right to his doorstep...

’Then she’s just a free offering of cultivation resources. It’d be a waste not to take them!’

At this thought, a cold light flashed in Chu Fan’s eyes.

He didn’t wait any longer. Saber in hand, he took the initiative and began walking slowly toward Mo Yunzi!

"Hm?"

Mo Yunzi’s beautiful eyes widened in astonishment.

She had imagined he might beg for mercy, panic, or turn to flee.

She had never, ever imagined he would dare to walk *toward* her!

’Are all Spirit Awakening Realm cultivators so bold these days?’

’He can feel my aura, the aura of someone at the Peak of the Divine Power Realm, and he still dares to be so insolent?’

The thought had just surfaced in Mo Yunzi’s mind when...

WHOOSH!

Within Chu Fan’s Sea of Consciousness, the Spirit Array Map of the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture suddenly erupted in brilliant light. An immense, invisible power infused his body, and in an instant, his perception, Body Technique, and raw power surged several times over!

SWOOSH!

In the instant Mo Yunzi was taken aback, Chu Fan had already executed the Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step!

His figure left a faint Residual Image behind as his True Body moved like a phantom. In a single step, he crossed several zhang and appeared directly in front of Mo Yunzi!