Chapter 1295: An Unexpected Reunion

Two days were already spent traveling in the Dragon's Ascent Mountains. During that time, Bai Yunfei and the others hadn't even seen a single trace of a human being, let alone a human themselves. This particular part of the Dragon's Ascent Mountains was pretty deep in, there shouldn't have been any other soul cultivator here.

And it appeared this person was fighting with a class eight wildbeast.

That meant this person was a Soul Emperor at the very least. Bai Yunfei wasn't able to gauge the fight well due to the distance, so he had no choice but to ask Shen Pojun. "Ancestor, is it a fight between a wildbeast and a soul cultivator? How many?"

"Yes, a single soul cultivator."

He paused, "Since we're here, we may as well see what is the matter."

The fight was taking place on the route to Hidden Dragon Valley, meaning they wouldn't be changing their plans if they went.

And so the group set off. Closer and closer, they go to the proximity of the battlefield, and more and more Bai Yunfei was able to sense what was going on. "Eh?" He blinked. "There's just the wildbeast? Where did the soul cultivator go, did he run away?"

He asked Shen Pojun.

The older male looked slightly puzzled as well. "Interesting. Their aura is gone, did they use a soul armament to teleport away? Or are they using a technique to hide their presence?"

On their way, the aura of the soul cultivator fighting the wildbeast had somehow disappeared. It was extremely peculiar since he was a Saint. The soul cultivator shouldn't have been able to escape from his range of detection without the usage of either of the two methods he stated earlier.

The group eventually flew past a mountain to where the battle took place. It was a small valley situated in between two large mountains. All sorts of strange fauna adorned the landscape, though the most striking feature was how the mountain on the left was partially destroyed. Even now, a dust storm was rising up from it.

"What's with this situation?"

Bai Yunfei wondered to himself. Spreading his soulsense outward, he began to search for traces of where the soul cultivator might've gone.

"Roar!!!"

Their arrival caught the attention of the raging wildbeast. Emitting a loud cry of anger, the wildbeast began its charge straight for them!

A wildbeast was as wild as its name implied. Not even two Saints were enough to convince it of the threat they possessed. Or perhaps its anger was already completely overriding its more rational senses, disallowing it to see how strong the people were in front of him. Regardless, the wildbeast was ready to tear these people from limb to limb.

"Ancestor, senior Frostfeather, please allow me."

Calm, Bai Yunfei spoke to the two Saints for permission before he stepped forward to deal with the incoming beast.

A bright flash of red appeared from his hand.

"Bzz..."

It expanded in size and quickly became a giant 'volcano' to careen into the wildbeast!

The Cataclysmic Seal!

"Boom!!"

"Aooo!!!"

The two collided and sent the wildbeast flying away with a loud whimper.

"Boom!!"

There was another crash as the wildbeast smashed into the already-broken mountain nearby. Crumbling under the sudden impact, the mountain broke into pieces and buried the wildbeast underneath it.

In the face of the Cataclysmic Seal, not even a mid-stage class eight wildbeast could withstand a single blow from it.

"Roar!!"

Rays of black light shined out from the cracks of the rubble. The upper layer of rubble disintegrated at once and gave way so the wildbeast could emerge out from it.

It looked extremely battered. Its left wing was nearly unhinged from where it was connected to the main body and quivered with pain. Only now did the wildbeast realize the power of the people it was facing and turned around to flee.

"Oh?" Bai Yunfei blinked. He didn't think this wildbeast was smart enough to run away from them.

If the wildbeast was going to run, then so be it. Bai Yunfei didn't really care about killing the wildbeast, so he watched as it ran further and further away before it disappeared.

The wildbeast was gone, but so was the soul cultivator fighting it. "Should we keep going ance—eh? Are you alright, ancestor?"

Shen Pojun was looking off in a distance toward a certain spot with a curious look on his face.

"Strange..." He muttered, "I felt a strange source of soulforce just now, was I imagining things?"

"Oh? You felt it too?" The Frostfeather Saint spoke up. "I thought I was mistaken...but I felt it as well. It was only for a moment—is someone hiding?"

"You too?" Shen Pojun asked, giving the Frostfeather Saint a quizzical glance.

"Is someone hiding here?!"

Bai Yunfei cried out in surprise—what kind of person was able to hide from two Saints? Was it another Saint?

He calmed down at once when he realized he had a solution for this. A pulse of soulforce entered a ring on his left hand as he activated its effects!

Hiding from a Saint either meant the person was extremely strong or they had a powerful technique capable of it. But that wouldn't stop Bai Yunfei from finding them!

The soul armament whose effects he had silently activated was a powerful one, the Invisibility Ring!

U+10 Additional Effect: Reveal anything hidden within a kilometer for 10 seconds in exchange for 5% of current soulforce reserves.

Can increase range of perimeter by 100 meters in exchange for 1% of soulforce.

Cooldown of 1 minute.

It was a high-earth soul armament, but it had two additional effects that made it even more valuable than a heaven-tier soul armament. The +10 additional effect nullified any hiding technique and didn't even need to be constantly activated. This was the very first thing Bai Yunfei thought of when he heard Shen Pojun and Frostfeather Saint say it was possible someone might be hiding here.

"Eh?! There is someone!!"

A response came from his ring a moment later. Eyes dilating, Bai Yunfei snapped his head about eight hundred meters to the right.

He stared at a part of the sky where nothing seemed to be there. Not even his soulsense was saying something was out of the ordinary. But the Invisibility Ring wouldn't lie.

Under his intense gaze, Bai Yunfei watched as the space he was staring at warp. Growing transparent, the patch of sky eventually revealed the figure of the person hiding there!

"Eh!? You're..."

Bai Yunfei was stunned the moment he saw the figure hiding there. His eyes flew wide open with shock for a brief moment before his lips began to curl upward in a smile.

"Hahaha!!!"

Under Shen Pojun and the Frostfeather Saint's amazed eyes, they watched as Bai Yunfei suddenly bolted from his position toward the figure at full speed with his fist outstretched!

"Boom!!"

The force behind Bai Yunfei's fist was so strong that it ripped apart space as it traveled forward. The very fabric of space was tearing up to reveal cracks so Bai Yunfei could without warning attack the previously hidden person!

"Bzzz..."

The reaction of the other person was just as quick as Bai Yunfei's. Green and black light exploded from the person as he blocked the punch.

But for some reason, there was no hostility in Bai Yunfei's eyes. He was still smiling as he spoke to the person:

"Haha! It's been over a year, my friend! Were you planning to attack us when I forced you out? Watch yourself before I beat your face into a pulp again!!"

"Err..."

The man paused, a little stunned for words as he stood there. His other hand, which had been priming up soulforce for an attack against Shen Pojun and the Frostfeather Saint, returned to his side. He looked as if he was struck dumb by something at the sight of Bai Yunfei.

The light around the person faded away at last, revealing a face most familiar to Bai Yunfei...

"Ol'...Ol'Bai?!"

The person cried out, his voice a mixture of shock and joy.

There was only one person that called Bai Yunfei by such a nickname...

Jing Mingfeng!!