Chapter 587 - Five Element Escaping Technique, Escaping

That night, Wu Qingyu stayed in the dark prison of Lou's family. To be honest, although she was very disgusted with Lou Qiang's hypocritical and selfish behavior, she had some good feelings towards Lou Yixiao. Although Lou Yixiao didn't really care about the life and death of a servant, she still had a sense of justice deep inside.
At this moment, Wu Qingyu is waiting for the night to be quiet so he can escape, while also pondering the advantages and disadvantages of his escape plan. The biggest problem with using a super powerful thermal weapon to create an escape tunnel is that the tunnel itself cannot be concealed, and the people chasing him will quickly catch up. If he wants to escape, he must do so without leaving any trace, which increases the difficulty twofold.
"Jinxiang, do you have any earth escape techniques? A speedily acquired one!" Qingyu helplessly sought help from Chengxuan Mobao. Although earth escape techniques are only legends on Earth, they did exist in the ancient martial era of the human race. However, this kind of technique is often considered low-level and not respectable. Only those who engage in petty crimes would practice it. True strong warriors fight proudly in mid-air, and what's the use of digging underground?"
Wu Qingyu does not have the psychological burden brought by such concept constraints. He is a practicalist through and through, and he has never been willing to proclaim himself as the embodiment of justice and righteousness. He is someone who wants to break the rules of the world, so how could he be bound by so-called "uprightness and openness"?
"Master, I do have information on the instant mastery technique of Earth Release in my database. However, it seems that this technique may not have made significant progress or lost its inheritance midway. Currently, there is only the basic Earth Release technique known as Five Elements Escape. In the ancient martial arts era on Earth, this was a technique practiced by a small number of sorcerers who pursued the elixir of immortality. Its major drawback is that it can only be used to escape in shallow soil, approximately 3 meters below the ground. Later, this technique spread to the island country where the Iga and Koga ninja clans learned some surface-level variations, allowing them to escape within around one meter below the ground."
"Okay, give it to me! I need to practice and master it quickly!" Wu Qingyu didn't care about anything else. With limited time, the more she could learn, the better. "Hmm, don't worry, Master! With your current strength at the Saint King level and with the help of Tianyuan, learning such simple spells is a piece of cake, something that can be easily accomplished!" Jin Xiang timely offered some flattery.
Indeed, the ancient martial arts in the eyes of Wu Qingyu, a holy king-level fighter, are not difficult. Whether it is brain capacity or the undeveloped parts of the cerebral cortex, holy king-level fighters have a greater potential for development compared to many people. In other words, it is like the difference between a Celeron-level single core and a Core i7-level 8-core CPU when overclocked. Mastering a martial art is equivalent to overclocking the human brain. The higher the brain's negative pressure, the faster the calculation and digestion speed, and naturally, the faster the learning of new knowledge.
Wu Qingyu sat cross-legged, mobilizing the Tianyuan and the bioelectricity within his brain. The potential of his brain was consciously stimulated to quickly digest the mysteries of the Earth Escape Technique transmitted by Jin Xiang through the Sea of Consciousness. After fifteen minutes, Wu Qingyu slightly opened his eyes and suddenly disappeared with a "swish" sound. Although the fluctuations of the Tianyuan remained on the ground, Wu Qingyu was already about three meters underground.
At this moment, the solid soil is like sticky paste, and although there is a lot of binding pressure, Qingyu is still able to freely move about three meters above the ground. The reason it is called "move about" is because there is a thin and invisible airflow around his body at this time. This airflow supports him to open up the solid layer of soil without severing or repelling the gravity and pressure brought by the mud. This feeling is very novel, as if this airflow provides a medium possibility for the fusion of Wu Qingyu's body and the soil.
After Wu Qingyu adapted to the strange movement under the three-meter soil layer, his speed became much faster. In just a few minutes, he had already escaped from the Lu family's mansion. Wu Qingyu's strategy was to first earth escape from the Lu mansion, then flee on the ground for a period of time, and then burrow back underground. In short, he alternated between three forms of being on the ground, underground, and even in the air. He didn't believe that anyone could track him, let alone try to kill him.
It has to be said that this strategy is right, but he forgot one thing: the Earth Escape Technique still causes fluctuations in yuan energy, and these fluctuations are like traces left behind. As long as there are Saint King Great Perfection experts with a keen mind, they should be able to sense the anomalies underground, let alone Saint Emperor level experts! Although there seems to be just a thin line separating Saint Emperor level from Saint King Great Perfection level, in reality, the difference is like heaven and earth. It shouldn't be too difficult for a true expert to sense Wu Qingyu's shallow underground escape.
However, no matter what, Wu Qingyu's strategy at this time has bought him a lot of time to escape. Especially, the Lou family would never believe that a servant at the initial stage of a Saint King could escape from the dark prison, and what's more, without anyone noticing.
On the next morning, when the dawn broke, Lou Qi and Lou Shui went to the Black Prison to bring Wu Qingyu to justice. Little did they expect that Wu Qingyu's cell was empty, as if there was no trace of Wu Qingyu ever being there. Even the lavish feast they had brought the night before remained untouched, only to be taken advantage of by a swarm of large black ants.
"Escaped?!" Lou Qi was shocked, while Lou Shui frantically searched the small prison cell. No matter how many times they looked, it was impossible to find a person of that size in such a small cell. Lou Qi and Lou Shui couldn't afford to be careless, so they hurriedly reported the situation to Lou Yi Xiao, who was also astonished. This Lou You was quite formidable, to be able to escape the heavily guarded dark prison unnoticed. Not to mention the numerous traps and guards in the Lou family's prison, although none of the guards were a match for this novice Holy King Lou You, not a single one of them was injured, and even the sturdy prison door was undamaged. Could it be that Lou You vanished into thin air?"
Laoyi Xiaoxin was curious and unwilling in her heart. She and Lou Qi and Lou Shui hurried back to the scene of the black prison to investigate the cell where Lou You was imprisoned. Laoyi Xiaoxin carefully inspected everything in the cell but couldn't find anything unusual, until she sensed a trace of Tianyuan's fluctuation in the ground somewhere. "Huh!" Laoyi Xiaoxin reached out her hand to touch that spot on the ground, but there were no pits or traces of digging. Could it be that this Lou You has the legendary ability of earth escape?
Lou Yixiao also saw this kind of obscure and incomplete spells in the Lou family's book collection. She still remembered the Earth Escape Technique, but in the Ghost Burn Alliance, and even the entire Holy Domain Star, she had hardly heard of anyone who could use such a bizarre technique. In addition, the soil layer of the Holy Domain Star is exceptionally hard, so even if one has some knowledge about it, it is difficult to escape within the soil layer of the Holy Domain Star. Indeed, not an ordinary person, this is the latest evaluation Lou Yixiao gave to Wu Qingyu.