Chapter 383: Golden Silk Net
Damn it!
Zhang Yuan really wanted to swear.
Chasing the target around, he found himself back in the same corridor as before.
The bodies strewn about the floor seemed to silently mock him!
Zhang Yuan glanced at the Treasure Map in his hand and shook his head helplessly.
The map indicated the target was very close, leading him to suspect that it was deliberately leading him in circles in this vast underground maze.
Even with his strong will, Zhang Yuan felt a sense of frustrated humiliation at being toyed with.
This guy is too cunning!
Thinking for a moment, Zhang Yuan calmed himself down to ensure his emotions didn’t affect his judgment and actions.
He began to conduct rites for the bodies on the ground.
Zhang Yuan hadn’t cleaned up the battlefield before, worried the target might slip out of the Treasure Map’s sensing range.
Compared to some Source Material, the target was naturally more important.
After running in a circle, Zhang Yuan realized chasing ineffectively wouldn’t work; he needed another method.
So, he relaxed.
After blessing all the bodies, he found a net on the Tier Four hidden weapon expert’s body.
It was an unusual net, tiny when folded, only the size of a baby’s fist.
But it was woven from fine metallic threads, with a pale dark-golden hue.
Holding it was like holding nothing at all.
The Golden Silk Net came with a three-foot-long rope, tied to a ring at its end.
Zhang Yuan slipped the ring onto his left middle finger, trying some casting techniques, finding it very convenient.
With a flick of his left hand, the Golden Silk Net opened up and then, with a pull of the rope, it retracted back to his palm.
After practicing a few times, he had become quite adept at using it.
The problem was that after opening, the net’s coverage was only about four or five feet square, and with the three-foot rope, it was hardly useful for catching anything, not even birds.
More like a toy!
Yet, carried by a peak-level Tier Four hidden weapon expert, it must have some significance.
Most importantly, the Golden Silk Net didn’t feel ordinary to Zhang Yuan.
So he tried infusing it with True Essence.
Buzz~
In the next moment, the Golden Silk Net in his hand quivered fiercely, emitting a faint glow.
Not only that, but it also generated a suction force, greedily absorbing Zhang Yuan’s True Essence!
Zhang Yuan could forcibly interrupt the infusion of True Essence at this point, but instead, he wholeheartedly channeled more into the Golden Silk Net to satisfy its demand.
As True Essence poured in, Zhang Yuan formed a subtle Divine Soul connection with the Golden Silk Net.
Sensing its Spirituality awoke his insight.
Pfft!
Zhang Yuan bit his tongue, spraying a mouthful of vital blood onto the Golden Silk Net.
This was a method of refining a Profound Artifact!
The drops of blood silently integrated into the net.
With a flash of inspiration, Zhang Yuan spread his fingers and threw the strange little net forward.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The Golden Silk Net spread wide in the air, much larger than before, while the rope attached to the net lengthened, landing thirty feet away in a single breath.
The coverage was akin to an ordinary fishing net.
Whiz, whiz, whiz!
As the Golden Silk Net hit the ground, golden threads extended, piercing the hard surface.
Zhang Yuan gave a sharp tug, pulling back a large chunk of the stone slab with the net!
With a flick of his wrist, the slabs shattered completely.
Interesting!
Having found the right way to wield the Golden Silk Net, Zhang Yuan practiced its techniques repeatedly, like a big boy with a newfound toy.
This Golden Silk Net was undoubtedly a Profound Artifact, and by infusing True Essence, its power could be unleashed.
The casting distance and area coverage of the Golden Silk Net could be controlled, depending heavily on the user’s skill.
With Zhang Yuan’s current cultivation, he could throw it up to fifty steps away.
The Golden Silk Net had formidable penetration power, capable of piercing through thick, hard stone slabs, lifting hundreds to thousands of pounds of earth and rock, giving it considerable practical value in combat.
During his practice, Zhang Yuan glanced at the Treasure Map several times.
He noticed the target was moving back and forth near him, quite obviously playing him.
Zhang Yuan deduced that the previously wiped-out team had probably been toyed with similarly by the target, running in circles in the maze.
It was likely he had met the team deliberately set up by the target!
The target was definitely a cunning creature.
The Duanmu Clan wanting to capture it must be aware of its elusiveness.
That was why the Tier Four hidden weapon expert carried this Profound Artifact for the capture!
Unfortunately, the target wasn’t caught; instead, they ran into Zhang Yuan and were annihilated, leaving the Profound Artifact in his hands.
To be honest, acquiring the Golden Silk Net dampened Zhang Yuan’s interest in the treasure target quite a bit.
He was never someone filled with boundless greed!
But Zhang Yuan wanted to try once more.
Not just for the treasure—more importantly, to vent his frustration.
He took out the Treasure Map again, locking onto the target’s position.
In the next moment, Zhang Yuan activated the Power of the Black Giant Ant.
Fifteen Times Strength enhancement!
Boom!
He dashed towards the right stone wall, shattering it into pieces with a resounding crash, creating a large hole!
All the running around the underground maze hadn’t been entirely in vain for Zhang Yuan.
He had familiarized himself with some aspects of the tunnels.
Most crucially, the result of the earlier black ball explosion inspired Zhang Yuan.
He realized that sticking to the old ways would only mean being led by the nose.
Zhang Yuan decided on brute force to break through, seizing the final opportunity!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
He advanced in a straight line, smashing through cold, hard stone walls with his flesh and blood.
If the stone walls were solid rock, Zhang Yuan’s actions would be akin to a mantis trying to stop a chariot, utterly reckless.
But these maze walls were all composed of stone slabs two to three feet thick. Despite their hardness, they were shattered under Zhang Yuan’s tens of thousands of pounds of explosive force.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yuan’s Six Harmonies Qilin Body withstood the recoil, rendering himself a steel body.
In just ten breaths, Zhang Yuan smashed through four rock walls.
[Detected a recoverable Genetic Body!]
The prompt reappeared in his vision, with the Level 5 Divine Nest helping Zhang Yuan precisely lock onto the target.
His intuition told him he only had one chance.
If he missed it, catching this incredibly cunning target would be impossible!
Zhang Yuan didn’t hesitate; he relied entirely on his instincts and threw the Golden Silk Net with his left hand towards the right.
Success or failure in one move!