Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 49 Invisibility Ring

Du Fan was initially delighted, but then became somewhat hesitant.

"These Five Elements Beasts are what the Golden Core Elder specifically requested. It wouldn't be good to kill them."

He was in a dilemma, unsure whether killing this Five Elements Beast would incur the displeasure or even murderous intent of the Golden Core Elder. Although the elder had said that he would not care about life or death as long as he could obtain the mysterious token, it was hard to say whether the elder would truly resent him for it.

"This place is teeming with all sorts of magical beasts. Without this invisibility ring, I would have had a hard time even making it to the entrance, let alone anywhere else!"

After pondering for a long time, Du Fan's eyes revealed decisiveness. He gritted his teeth, sat down cross-legged, and carefully studied the crafting method of the invisibility ring.

It turns out that this invisibility ring is not a true artifact for crafting, otherwise he would not have been able to craft it at all without his current magical power. It is just a simple refining method that slightly modifies the external form of the Five Elements Beast's magic core and stimulates some properties of the internal substances, thereby developing the hidden supernatural power contained within it for others to use.

Having thoroughly understood the situation, Du Fan no longer hesitated. He gathered nearby dry branches to form a firewood pile, patted his storage bag at his waist with one hand, took out the unconscious Five Elements Beast and a fire-extinguishing talisman, and with a flick of his wrist, the small beast rolled to the ground, while the fire-extinguishing talisman went straight to the firewood pile in front of him, instantly turning into a campfire.

Then a fierce glint flashed in his eyes. He picked up the silver knife, and with a swift stroke, the head of the unconscious Five Elements Beast was severed. The head, only a few inches in size, rolled around and stopped a short distance away, its eyes still closed, showing no signs of pain.

Du Fan took a deep breath and quickly removed the demon core from the little beast's head. The demon core was multicolored. After only a brief glance, he threw it into the campfire without saying a word. His expression was solemn. He closed his eyes and began to release a divine thought as a guide, following the instructions in the ancient texts, to refine the demon core.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the campfire went out, and a crudely made ring, about the thickness of a little finger, suddenly appeared. Its color had changed from multicolored to light blue. Du Fan's spirits lifted when he saw it, and he picked it up and examined it.

"It actually worked!" After a while, Du Fan's face lit up with joy. He hadn't expected that his first attempt at this ritual would go so smoothly and he would succeed in one go.

According to ancient records, Du Fan pricked his fingertip and squeezed out a little blood onto the ring.

The moment the essence blood touched the ring, it emitted a slight "sizzling" sound. In no time, it had completely merged into the ring, and after flashing a few times with a blue light, it returned to calm.

Du Fan immediately released a wisp of divine sense. After sensing a strange connection between himself and the cyan ring, he breathed a sigh of relief. Only then was he able to completely refine the invisibility ring.

He wore the invisibility ring on the little finger of his left hand. With a thought, the ring emitted a soft blue light, instantly enveloping Du Fan. His figure appeared and disappeared within the blue light, eventually vanishing along with it.

After a short while, a few feet away from where he had just disappeared, Du Fan's figure gradually appeared in the void, becoming solid in the blink of an eye.

"This invisibility ring is indeed mysterious; it can actually make one invisible."

Du Fan looked himself over and exclaimed in delight, clearly enamored with the invisibility ring.

"This ring isn't perfect. Although it doesn't require much spiritual power to control, it's not something I can use for long right now. Also, this ring is only effective against cultivators or beasts at the Qi Refining Realm. If someone is beyond that level, they can instantly sense me even when I'm invisible. Even if someone is only at the Qi Refining Realm, as long as their spiritual power is strong enough or they have a counter-magic item, they will still be detected."

Du Fan recalled a few shortcomings of this magical artifact as recorded in the ancient texts. He felt a little regretful but didn't pay too much attention to them. As long as this item could help him escape danger in this space, that was enough.

Next, he took out the mysterious token from the corpse of the Five Elements Beast, carefully put it into his storage bag, cleaned up the surrounding area, let out a deep breath, and left, heading back to the entrance.

Du Fan did not use the invisibility ring frequently, but only temporarily activated it when encountering magical beasts. He would dispel the invisibility after getting away. His spiritual sense also recovered over time, thus solving the problem of insufficient spiritual sense.

He was a little nervous when he first encountered the monsters, but after realizing that they really ignored him while he was invisible, he felt relieved. After that, when he encountered monsters again, he just swaggered past them.

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Three days passed quickly. After passing through dozens of waves of monsters, Du Fan finally emerged from the jungle and arrived on the grassland. Looking back into the depths of the jungle, he felt a pang of emotion as he thought about the events of the past few days. He knew that he was lucky to have made it out of the jungle alive, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

A thought struck him, and he patted his storage bag. A beam of white light shot out, condensing in his hand to form a white positioning disc. Du Fan's heart sank at the sight. He remembered that when they were in the mountain cave, the disc had seven black dots, representing those who had entered. Now, including himself, there were only four. After a moment of fear, he couldn't help but worry about Wang San and Zhang Dashan. Aside from the unreliable Ye Feng, these two were arguably his closest confidants. After a long silence, he suppressed his gloom and strode forward with a grim expression. With less than two days until the seven-day agreement, he needed to hurry.

Half a day later, Du Fan estimated that he was less than half an hour away from the entrance. He glanced at the magic disc in his hand and, as expected, the three black dots on the disc were still clustered together. Their location should be the entrance to the space. With a renewed sense of purpose, he continued on his way.

"Brother Du! Is it really you?" The somewhat thin Wang San was meditating on the stone platform when he opened his eyes as if sensing something, and saw Du Fan walking slowly towards him not far away.

The other two people meditating on the stone platform instantly opened their eyes and spotted Du Fan, overjoyed. They had already known through their positioning compass that another fellow disciple, like them, hadn't perished. Judging from the location of the black dot, this person was most likely Du Fan, still slowly moving towards the entrance. This discovery both surprised and delighted them. However, upon seeing the person before them, after a moment of reflection, Wang San and Zhang Dashan were genuinely happy for him. They hadn't expected Du Fan to miraculously survive being captured by the giant eagle, and even traverse that extremely dangerous jungle to return to the entrance. Besides their joy, they also seemed somewhat incredulous.

"Brother Wang, Brother Zhang, it's great that you're alright!" Du Fan also saw the three people on the stone platform clearly. Besides Wang San and Zhang Dashan, the remaining person was the outer disciple, Senior Brother Han Mang, who was in charge of this mission.

"Senior Brother Han." After stepping onto the stone platform, Du Fan cupped his hands in greeting to the burly man dressed in outer sect disciple robes.

"Good, it's good to be back!" Han Mang was obviously surprised by Du Fan's safe return, but his joy quickly turned into surprise.

"Of the thirteen fellow disciples who entered this land of separation on this mission, only four of us remain, and we have failed miserably. Even if we manage to get out, the outcome will likely be no good." Han Mang sighed. In his view, the mission had been a complete failure. Leaving aside whether Du Fan encountered the Five Elements Beast, even if he did, he would absolutely not be able to subdue it on his own. He could only smile bitterly now.

Upon hearing this, Wang and Zhang, who were standing to the side, also became somewhat depressed. Thinking about the punishment they would face the next day, their bodies trembled and their faces turned pale.

"There's no need for this, everyone. Look what this is." Seeing the other three's listless and uneasy expressions, Du Fan looked strange, smiled slightly, and patted his storage bag with one hand, taking out a green token about half a foot in size. Its surface was engraved with complex runes and its spiritual light kept flashing. It was also covered with a soft green halo. At a glance, it was clear that it was an extraordinary item.

"This is...this is the mysterious token Elder Xu described!" Upon seeing the token, Zhang Dashan was first stunned, then his eyes lit up, and he blurted out, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"That's right, it's that mysterious token, the thing we've been searching for on this trip!" Wang San stared at the token with a strange light in his eyes, his breathing rapid, his eyes filled with ecstasy and disbelief.

"Junior Brother Du, impressive skills!" Han Mang suppressed his excitement, shifted his gaze from the token, and looked Du Fan up and down as if he needed to get to know him again.

"Ahem... I only managed to get it by chance. At the time, the Five Elements Beast was seriously injured for some reason. After hesitating, I decided to give it a try, and I unexpectedly succeeded. Unfortunately, even though the beast was seriously injured, its strength was still extraordinary. I knew that with my strength, it was impossible to capture the beast alive. In desperation, I used the talismans given to me by Uncle Shen to kill it and retrieve the mysterious token. I don't know if Elder Xu will blame me." Du Fan coughed lightly and said the explanation he had prepared beforehand, with a somewhat uneasy look on his face. As for the invisibility ring, he had already put it away.

"Junior Brother Du did the right thing! It was already a miracle that you were able to kill this beast with a single blow. How could you possibly capture it alive? After we get out, I will explain this matter to Elder Xu for you. I congratulate you in advance, Junior Brother. You have accomplished such an important task for the sect. You will surely receive a great reward from the sect. You might even gain attention and have a bright future on your path of cultivation." Upon hearing this, Han Mang waved his hand and, overjoyed, swayed his head as he uttered these words.

"Then I thank Senior Brother Han in advance." Du Fan clasped his hands and bowed.