The Quest for Immortality

And quickly, Murong Caiyun and the others caught on.

Wherever the Fireball Technique was directed, they would attack.

Hidden elder-second’s face turned deathly pale.

A cultivator skilled in assassination, once their Concealment Technique was broken, was like a man who had lost his legs, virtually useless.

He tried his best to break free, but a strand of Mo Hua’s Divine Sense was indestructible and inexhaustible, tightly entwining around him, impossible to shake off no matter what he did.

”Seeing goddamn ghosts!”

Hidden elder-second had lived till now, fought countless battles, but had never encountered a cultivator with such a bizarre and terrifying Divine Sense.

Moreover, this strand of Divine Sense was binding tighter and tighter, locking him down more and more securely.

Like a hunting falcon extending its claws, firmly digging into his flesh.

Waiting only to take his life.

This kid wasn’t only powerful in Divine Sense – his Divine Sense completely overwhelmed his own!

Sweat drenched the back of hidden elder-second.

He felt as if a sharp sword hung, just three inches from the back of his neck, its cold gleam to the bone, about to fall any second.

On the edge of life and death, hidden elder-second stimulated his potential and with all his might, fled for several rounds.

Each time he managed to narrowly escape amid the gaps between Mo Hua’s fireballs, Sword Qi, and spells.

Hidden elder-second felt a sense of relief; perhaps he might have a chance to live if this continued.

But then he was startled, feeling something was wrong.

That kid’s Divine Sense had completely locked him down. Logically speaking, his life should be hanging by a thread, so why could he still flee for so long?

And that Fireball Technique, though it chased him like a specter of death.

Every time he truly had no escape, the Fireball would delay for a bit, giving him a moment to catch his breath.

Allowing him to employ his Concealment Technique and slip away again...

Why?

Was it a cat playing with a mouse?

That little devil, was he toying with me?

Hidden elder-second’s gaze turned venomous, and glancing back, he caught a glimpse of Mo Hua with a peripheral view. Mo Hua appeared focused, always watching him, his gaze intense, as if penetrating something...

Penetrating?

Hidden elder-second was taken aback, then profoundly shaken.

Penetrating...

This little devil!

Was he learning my Stealth Technique?!

Using Divine Sense to fixate on him, the Fireball Technique to press him, forcing him to display all his life’s knowledge of the Stealth Technique and escape before him.

So, he could brazenly steal the technique!

Outrageous!

Hidden elder-second was shocked and furious, while deep down, also profoundly frightened.

”No way!”

”I must not let him learn it, nor even let him glimpse the secrets of the spell!”

Minor Five Elements Stealth Skill was the Ultimate Technique of the Five Hidden Gate.

In principle, it was not so simple to learn by theft, nor was it so easy to be deciphered.

But there was something very wrong with this kid.

Hidden elder-second dared not gamble.

He decided to ”throw in the towel.”

He realized that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t shake off that kid’s Divine Sense lock.

No matter how much he struggled, he couldn’t escape from the combined assault of the four Sect Disciples.

Continuing to try, he might even allow the little devil to pilfer his years of Stealth Technique insights.

The legacy must not be lost!

If the secrets of Minor Five Elements Stealth Skill leaked out, he would lose his very foundation, unable to stand firm in the underworld of Qianxue State boundary.

Hidden elder-second steeled his heart.

That being the case, it might be better to give in.

His movements immediately became much more passive. He used only his movement technique to dodge the Sword Energy Spells, and his Stealth Technique began ”hiding its clumsiness,” using only the most basic techniques, no longer going all out.

After all, even the most simply executed Stealth Technique wouldn’t be unraveled by those four Sect Disciples.

And no matter how hard he tried to use Minor Five Elements Stealth Skill, he couldn’t keep it from that kid.

The result was the same.

Mo Hua sighed.

This Hidden elder-second, with no ”ambition,” no ”will to live,” was very disappointing.

He had guessed right; Mo Hua had indeed been holding back, forcing Hidden elder-second himself to demonstrate how to employ the Stealth Technique and deal with the enemy.

How to use Concealment to dodge death, and how to use Concealment to launch a sneak attack.

What secrets did the Minor Five Elements Stealth Skill hold...

After watching for a while, Mo Hua learned many Stealth Techniques, benefiting greatly.

He also somewhat understood the principles of the Minor Five Elements Stealth Skill.

”Minor Five Elements” Stealth, the core was in the Five Elements.

The key to this Stealth Technique was not truly to hide one’s own Spiritual Power, but to use the Five Elements Qi contained in all things between heaven and earth to mask one’s Spiritual Power aura.

Approach plants, use the Wood Qi of the Five Elements for cover.

Approach water, use Water Qi of the Five Elements to conceal oneself...

Similarly, proximity to soil, Goldstone, fire, and other such things could enhance the stealth effect of the Minor Five Elements Stealth Skill.

If there were no Five Elements substances around, the effect of this Stealth Technique would be hardly different from an ordinary Concealment Technique.

But once near the Five Elements, merging with the breath of the world, employing all things to hide oneself.

This Five Elements Stealth Skill would be exceptionally powerful.

That’s why earlier, the perception of Hidden elder-second by his own Divine Sense had been vague and intermittent.

Near the Five Elements, his Concealment was strong.

Away from the Five Elements, his Concealment weakened.

The traces he left in the Sea of Consciousness would also be unclear and unpredictable.

Mo Hua had a moment of enlightenment. Initially, he wanted to continue observing, to use Hidden elder-second as a ”practical case” to improve his own level of Stealth Technique.

But Hidden elder-second had become aware.

The ”lab rat” had given up, and Mo Hua could do nothing about it.

So, it was time for a quick resolution...

Mo Hua held back no longer and reached out to grab. In the void, faint blue Patterns appeared, solidifying into a Water Prison, trapping Hidden elder-second on the spot.