Chapter 57: Discovering the Secret Base
Fang Yun stood hundreds of miles away in the clouds above the island, quietly observing the situation of the burly man inside the cave through the light screen.
As all the venom dropped, the burly man's body became increasingly pitch-black and then gradually began to swell and rot.
Throughout the process, the burly man showed no sign of resistance.
This caused Fang Yun to feel somewhat astonished. Had he been expecting the burly man to have some kind of counterattack? Could this really be it?
However, Fang Yun dared not approach the island before everything was completely over, lest he be harmed by the burly man's final move.
Once the burly man's body had completely melted into a pool of black liquid,
suddenly, a gleam of light flashed across this pool of black liquid, from which a shadowy figure slowly emerged.
Hovering above the black liquid, the shadowy figure then flew through the dirt layer above the cave and soared into the sky above the island.
At this point, Fang Yun realized that this shadow was a phantom of an eagle tens of meters in size.
This phantom circled high above the island, flew several rounds, and then expanded its range further out.
But even after leaving the island by dozens of miles, it did not find any trace of Fang Yun, and finally, the eagle headed northward.
It was obvious that it had not expected Fang Yun to be silently watching the island's activities from hundreds of miles away.
After noticing that the eagle shadow was heading north, Fang Yun quietly heaved a sigh of relief, then propelled the light screen to continue tracking in the direction the eagle had flown.
Clearly, this eagle was the burly man's life-saving measure. Since their enmity had reached such a degree, and the burly man showed no signs of sparing him,
Fang Yun naturally would not let this burly man go.
After all, he didn't know when he would be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage; he couldn't just ignore such a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Half a two-hour period later, the eagle shadow arrived above an island.
By that time, the phantom had become very tenuous. After arriving above the island, the entire phantom dissipated, leaving behind only a dim orb that quietly fell onto the island.
Fang Yun speculated that this orb should be the soul of the burly man.
So, Fang Yun monitored the island while flying towards it.
He quickly arrived above the island.
The island was not small in size, similar to that of Sea Origin Island.
However, there were no traces of Spiritual Energy on this island, and it was inhabited by ordinary people.
At least under Fang Yun's observation, there was no trace of Qi Refinement Cultivators on the island.
Not just Qi Cultivation Cultivators, even innate Martial Artists were few and far between among the ordinary people on this island.
Fang Yun wondered if the burly man flew here because he had already prepared measures on this island, or simply because he had just run out of strength here.
Following the trail of where the orb had fallen, Fang Yun quietly landed on a small hillside on the island.
After observing the hillside for a while, he finally spotted a small cave halfway up the hill.
Standing at the entrance of the cave, he carefully sensed and found no fluctuations of Spiritual Energy inside.
After thinking for a moment, the burly man was, after all, only a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and probably wouldn't have any strong measures left.
So, he walked inside the cave.
After a winding journey, Fang Yun finally arrived in a cave.
Seeing this cave, he couldn't help but think of the cave where he found the Spiritual Insect on Spirit Water Island.
There seemed to be some similarities between the two.
In the center of the cave was a platform, atop which was a gigantic egg as tall as a man.
From that giant egg, Fang Yun could distinctly feel the faint soul fluctuations of the burly man.
Perhaps sensing the presence of Fang Yun, the giant egg began to shake violently, and the soul fluctuations within became more intense.
However, it was obvious that the egg had no resistance at this point.
After a brief surge in soul fluctuations, they gradually subsided and went silent.
Fang Yun stepped forward, examining the giant egg before him.
The egg was entirely pitch-black, and tapping it, one could clearly feel a metallic sound.
It seemed extraordinarily hard.
Where had the burly man found this giant egg,
and even used it as his target for Body Seizing at the brink of death?
Fang Yun had no idea what the chances were for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator like the burly man to successfully Body Seize.
But it was clear that the giant egg was no ordinary object; otherwise, the burly man would not have fancied it.
After pondering for a while, Fang Yun couldn't help feeling annoyed by his own ignorance.
Indeed, many sea creatures in this world were huge, and those capable of laying such gigantic eggs were plentiful.
It left him clueless as to where he should start guessing.
Since aimless speculation was pointless, Fang Yun naturally thought of the burly man's previous actions.
Thus, he naturally thought of the Jiao Dragon.
Obviously, the giant egg's aura was not weak, so the mother that laid the egg must also be strong.
In Fang Yun's view, it was likely that this egg was laid by the Jiao Dragon.
This was the most probable possibility.
With this thought, Fang Yun's look at the giant egg turned somewhat peculiar.