Humanity's Great Sage

Chapter 527: The Tracking Disc’s Hidden Feature

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In Tan Sheng’s hands rested the enigmatic Tracking Disc, his chilly gaze upon the compass’s trembling needle like ice.

He would not have deigned to share any of his spoils with others if he had the choice. But the current circumstances allowed him no free room to choose as he liked. With their numbers confined to a mere trio, cornering the elusive Lu Yi Ye was as hard as catching a mirage with bare hands. The day had seen them tirelessly tread the same path, to and fro, a dozen times over, yet with no signs of Lu Yi Ye in sight. If this were to go on and the Colosseum closed, Lu Yi Ye would surely be able to fade away and escape.

[Half is better than nothing], he sighed with tremendous regret, deciding, at last, to just embrace the bitter consolation of what little gain remained.

The resolve crystallized within him, unwavering and definitive.

He raised his hand and bit down upon his fingertip. In elegant strokes, he inscribed the name “Lu Yi Ye” upon its surface, not once, but twice, as if invoking some arcane ritual of old.

The scarlet fluid seeped into the heart of the disc, its presence ephemeral as it vanished without a trace. And then, as if struck by some unseen force, the Tracking Disc splintered into a myriad of iridescent shards, bursting forth in a glorious crescendo of rainbow hues, soaring into the heavens and fading from sight in the blink of an eye.

Tracking Discs possessed two divergent faculties. One was the accurate tracking of one’s location through the compass’s needle as was used by Jiang Liuzi earlier, so long as both existed within the same plane of existence.

The other—or more hidden—feature of the Tracking Disc, which Tan Sheng now wielded, was what caused the Disc to shatter and would therefore render it useless in the future. Yet this ability would completely divulge Lu Ye’s position with no way at all to hide himself.

The first ability required only the quarry’s name to be written in blood. But the second method demanded three repetitions of the name, prompting Tan Sheng to write Lu Yi Ye’s name twice more.

Meanwhile, seated calmly within the circle of his Teleportation Ward more than eight hundred miles away from Tan Sheng and his companions, Lu Ye felt an inexplicable shiver running down his spine. Before he could fathom what just happened, a streak of blood-red light descended from the heavens, enveloping him in its macabre glow.

In an instant, the crimson radiance soared towards the sky, manifesting as a pillar of eerie arterial red.

This bore a striking resemblance to the majestic eruption of light by the unique types of Gold Amulet. But the unique Gold Amulet emitted a golden column of light, while what he was engulfed in was a red streak of light lancing up into the sky, plus a relatively smaller burst of Spiritual Power.

Lu Ye did not know what on earth just happened.

But he knew this, a disturbance of such a grand scale would undoubtedly draw the attention of all nearby Cultivators. Not wanting to be discovered, he immediately activated his Teleportation Ward and vanished from the spot.

His caution was not misplaced. Moments after his departure, a group of Cultivators arrived and entered the cavern. Yet, before they could investigate anything, one of them inadvertently triggered the explosive wards that Lu Ye had left behind. The entire cave groaned and trembled before being swallowed in a blaze of flames. The Cultivators later emerged from the cave, their faces smudged with soot and dirt.

More Cultivators converged upon the scene, with one individual towering menacingly above the rest in mid-air, exuding the formidable aura of an elite Ninth-Order. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

He silently surveyed the situation below before transmitting a message.

The information swiftly reached Tan Sheng, eight hundred miles away, prompting him to take flight immediately. In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a stream of light and vanished from view.

Leaving behind Jiang Liuzi and his brother, their expressions filled with resignation.

Jiang Liuzi had been reluctant to relinquish his control of the Tracking Disc, insisting on using it himself, precisely to prevent such a predicament. Alas, in the end, his deepest concern had materialized nevertheless.