Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 45 Capturing the Five Elements Beast

Du Fan was terrified and didn't dare to breathe.

Several eaglets immediately let out terrified screams, but they were too small to fly and were deep in a dead cave. Their fate was already sealed. After a short while, there was no sound from inside the cave. The vulture seemed to be satisfied and let out a joyful cry, but to Du Fan, the sound was still unpleasant and grating.

With a flap of its wings, the sparsely-feathered vulture pierced the sky and flew away.

After a while, a clear cry rang out, and the demonic eagle returned to the cave entrance halfway up the mountain with a sullen look on its face. A moment later, it suddenly let out an extremely shrill cry, and flew out of the cave entrance in an instant, soaring into the sky in one direction, which was the direction that the scruffy vulture had left earlier.

The demonic eagle, filled with rage, vanished without a trace on the horizon in a few flashes.

Half an hour later, Du Fan, still shaken, took out the positioning disc. At this moment, he had a new understanding of the cruelty between magical beasts. He took a deep breath before focusing his gaze on the positioning disc.

"Fortunately, those two demons went in the opposite direction from where the Five Elements Beast was." Du Fan murmured, somewhat relieved. A moment later, following the instructions of the magic disc, he quickly walked towards the direction of the Five Elements Beast.

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When Du Fan was only a few dozen feet away from the place represented by the colored light on the magic disc, he stopped. This place was still in the jungle. After looking around, he walked to a nearby thick bush and scattered two alien seeds. Then he walked to an adjacent bush and scattered another alien seed.

After pondering for a moment and deeming it safe, he patted his storage bag with one hand, and a bun-like object suddenly appeared in his hand, emitting a strange fragrance. It was the item the sect had given them before their departure, meant to attract the Five Elements Beast. If Du Fan hadn't obtained the exotic creature and was alone, he wouldn't have paid any attention to the Five Elements Beast even if he encountered it. But now that he had protection, and it was such a coincidence that he'd encountered this beast, he naturally had to give it a try. After all, this matter concerned his life; the sect's reward was secondary.

With a flick of his wrist, Du Fan tossed the fragrant steamed bun near the two alien species, then vanished into the dense grass several feet away.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a rustling sound came from afar. A short while later, a small, five-colored, rat-shaped beast cautiously approached. This beast was about a foot long, and its small eyes were darting around, giving it an extremely shrewd appearance. It was none other than the Five Elements Beast in Du Fan's mind.

The beast, unaware of the danger, sped up and appeared within arm's reach of the steamed bun after a few swaying movements. It turned its little head and looked around again before recklessly munching on the bun.

A glint flashed in Du Fan's eyes as he quietly separated two strands of divine thought and released them into the two alien species under a bush behind the Five Elements Beast.

After a while, two red buds sprouted from the soil beside the bushes behind the little beast. As time went by, the two red buds continued to grow and transformed into two vines, which quietly began to twine around the bushes next to them.

After the red vines coiled around the shrubs several times, stopping a full ten feet above the ground, they ceased their wrapping. The tips of the two vines were unusually sharp, and after a slight sway, they plunged into the tree trunk without a sound, eerily silent. Shortly after the vines penetrated the trunk, two spots on the trunk began to slowly wriggle. After a few breaths, two openings, each about half a foot in size, suddenly appeared, revealing something resembling flower stamens rolling inside. It was an unusually bright red, like the mouth of a blood-red basin, making everything appear grotesque and bizarre.

Seeing that the Five Elements Beast that was gnawing on the steamed bun was unharmed, Du Fan breathed a sigh of relief and continued to use his divine sense to control the two vines. He saw white threads flashing from the two bloody mouths on the bush. After a series of rolls, a white beam of light suddenly shot out from one of the bloody mouths. Upon closer inspection, the white beam of light was composed of dense, fine white threads. It struck the Five Elements Beast with incredible speed, closing in in an instant.

The Five Elements Beast, which was munching on a steamed bun, seemed to sense the danger. Its five-colored fur stood on end, and its small eyes flashed with black light. It was about to cast a spell to escape, but by then, it was clearly too late.

The white beam of light, shooting towards the Five Elements Beast, suddenly intensified, splitting into countless dense white threads that enveloped the beast, cutting off all its escape routes. The next moment, the beast was tightly bound by the threads, seemingly unable to escape.

Du Fan was overjoyed at the sight. Just as he was about to make a move, the Five Elements Beast suddenly let out a sharp screech, and its five-colored fur began to shimmer with light. The beast's body began to slowly grow larger.

The white silk threads that were tightly surrounding it emitted a sound like sobbing, indicating that the beast was about to break through.

Du Fan's heart skipped a beat. Without thinking, he used his divine sense to instantly connect with another vine on the bush. White light flashed in another bloody mouth of the tree. After gathering and condensing, it suddenly shot out a white beam of light that was exactly the same as the previous bloody mouth. Inside it were also densely packed white fine threads.

While the little beast was temporarily unable to escape, another beam of light successfully enveloped it. Then, as it separated, countless threads wrapped around it, tightly binding the little beast along with the previous threads, like a silkworm cocoon.

The five-colored fur on the little beast flashed wildly a few times before dimming, and its body stopped growing. At this moment, the white silk threads covering its entire body were half a zhang thick, covering its entire body except for a small head, whose eyes were filled with panic.

Only then did Du Fan truly breathe a sigh of relief. These two strange trees, called Spirit-Binding Trees, were not known for their offensive capabilities, but they could trap enemies invisibly and block their escape techniques, leaving them with no way to escape unless they had other means. It was precisely because of this that Du Fan dared to take such a gamble.

The Five Elements Beast was also extremely frustrated. It had many escape abilities and stealth talents, but it had no way to use them under these circumstances and could only be slaughtered at the mercy of others.

Du Fan patted his storage pouch at his waist, and a green talisman appeared out of thin air in his hand. He took a few steps to the trapped Five Elements Beast and, without saying a word, slapped the talisman on the little beast's head. After a flash of resentment in the little beast's eyes, it rolled its eyes and fainted. This talisman was naturally the one that the sect had specially made before their departure to subdue the Five Elements Beast. It was also one of the main plans that the Golden Core Elder had set for them before their departure, but now Du Fan had completed it all by himself.

Next, with a thought, the countless threads binding the Five Elements Beast receded like a tide, only to be pulled back by the two bloody mouths on the bushes. Du Fan ignored them all. After the little beast's figure appeared in front of him, he first scanned it with his divine sense to confirm that the mysterious token was inside its belly. Then, with a flick of his hand, he threw the beast and the talisman on its head into his storage bag.

Just as Du Fan was about to walk to a nearby bush to put away another unused alien, a cold male voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"If I were a fellow Daoist, I would never simply hand over the Five Elements Beast to the sect like this. Although the Five Elements Beast is not of a high rank, its talent is extraordinary, making even Foundation Establishment stage experts drool over it. The Five Elements Escape Technique is due to the beast's physique, and outsiders cannot take it away. However, its talent for concealment comes from the demonic core within its body. If we take the demonic core, refine it a little, and then use some other means, we can take this talent for our own use."

A black figure suddenly emerged from behind a thick bush, slowly walking towards Du Fan. It stopped five zhang in front of Du Fan and stared at him, looking him up and down.

Du Fan's heart skipped a beat. He looked up at the newcomer, a man in his twenties dressed in a black robe with a white ghost face etched on his chest. The ghost face on the black token he had obtained in the cave earlier was strikingly similar, causing a jolt to run through him. Looking closer, while the man was handsome enough, his face was deathly pale, and his eyes gleamed with an eerie light, giving him an uncanny air.

His mind raced. Although this person's aura wasn't as strong as the giant eagle that had captured him, it was certainly stronger than the two demonic wolves. After comparing them, Du Fan deduced that the other person's cultivation level was between the third and fourth levels of the Qi Refining stage. He didn't need to worry about the exact level; in short, this person was someone he couldn't afford to provoke right now. Most importantly, this person wasn't from the Kongsang Sect.

"Fellow Daoist is not from the Kongsang Sect, is he? Why is he here? Also, Fellow Daoist is clearly not a quasi-Qi Refining stage cultivator, how could he have entered this space?" Du Fan forced himself to calm down and asked his biggest question at this moment.

"Since you are still so curious before you die, I might as well answer your questions. Anyway, I have been here for so long and have no one to talk to. It's just a pity that I haven't met a single female cultivator." A glint flashed in the black-robed youth's eyes. He sat down on the ground casually, as if he was not afraid of Du Fan escaping at all.

Du Fan's expression shifted between light and dark. After a long while, he sighed and sat down as well. Just as he was about to reach the ground, his right hand, which was tucked into his sleeve, moved slightly and threw two alien seeds to the ground. These were his backup plan for dealing with the Five Elements Beast, which he had not yet had time to put into his storage bag.

"Let me answer your first question. To be honest, I'm quite speechless about this question. You asked me why I'm here? This is an ancient space that was opened up by our two patriarchs of the Burial Ghost Sect using a supreme magic treasure with great power. Naturally, it belongs to our sect. As a disciple of the Burial Ghost Sect, how am I supposed to explain my presence here? It would be more appropriate for me to ask you why I'm here."

Seeing that Du Fan had no intention of running away but instead sat down, the black-robed youth showed a satisfied expression and continued, "As for your second question, who told you that only cultivators below the Quasi-Qi Refining stage can enter this space? Perhaps there is such a restriction, but I'm afraid the place you entered isn't the main passage, but rather a weak spatial barrier!"

"The Gate of the Dead! A spatial barrier!" Upon hearing this, Du Fan was completely bewildered, but his heart trembled with fear.