Chapter 840: Chapter 840: Clouds Follow the Dragon

The Little Gray Cloud shouldn’t be following them just because the Ghost Eye collided with it.

Because this Little Gray Cloud initially descended from the heights of Nine Heavens, its target was very clear—it was coming for them.

Otherwise, in such a vast expanse, where wouldn’t the Little Gray Cloud fall, yet it fell specifically towards their location so far away?

Moreover, at that time, the Ghost Eye was constantly flying, its position was continuously changing, and the Little Gray Cloud coincidentally fell towards them—it was too much of a coincidence.

Since it wasn’t a coincidence, it indicates that the Little Gray Cloud was coming for them from the beginning.

Chen Guan and the others hadn’t seen the Little Gray Cloud before, nor had they offended it, and the Little Gray Cloud didn’t show any obvious hostility, it merely followed them.

"What attracted the Little Gray Cloud?" Chen Guan pondered carefully, thinking about what on him could be related to the Celestial Cloud—it seemed to be another Celestial Cloud, the little Bai.

"No way? Could it be that I, Chen Guan, am destined to rely on soft meal star, and anything related to me will live off others?" Chen Guan summoned little Bai, wanting to see if the Little Gray Cloud was indeed coming for little Bai.

Little Bai appeared beside Chen Guan, and Chen Guan looked up at the Little Gray Cloud in the sky, hoping to discern something from its behavior.

To his disappointment, the Little Gray Cloud had no reaction, contrary to Chen Guan’s expectations.

"It’s not because of little Bai? Then what is it?" Chen Guan was a bit surprised and frowned in thought again.

Soon, Chen Guan came up with a new idea.

If it’s not little Bai attracting the Little Gray Cloud, then the only connection to the Little Gray Cloud seems to be the Ghost Eye.

Of course, this connection feels like a stretch, even Chen Guan himself thinks it’s unreliable.

There is an ancient saying: "The wind follows the tiger, the cloud follows the dragon," and there have always been tales of dragons within clouds.

The Ghost Eye is also a dragon species, and it has those dragon aura ghost clouds surrounding it, which could be considered a form of cloud.

If one has to force the connection, Chen Guan wonders if the Little Gray Cloud is coming for the Ghost Eye.

But at this moment, Chen Guan couldn’t summon the Ghost Eye.

The Ghost Eye’s form was too large; the Red Lotus Cloud simply couldn’t accommodate it, and it would also increase the burden on the White Tiger.

If the Ghost Eye were to fall into the air, it would immediately drop into the Returning Soul Cloud, and even if it didn’t die, it would become an empty-headed idiot.

"How can I test this?" Chen Guan pondered secretly.

Apart from this tenuous reason, Chen Guan truly couldn’t figure out why the Little Gray Cloud would follow them.

If the Little Gray Cloud really was coming for the Ghost Eye, perhaps it could help them escape this predicament.

The problem now is that Chen Guan couldn’t summon the Ghost Eye to conduct a test.

"It should only take a moment to prove it." Chen Guan decided he still had to give it a try.

He could summon the Ghost Eye into the air in the instant that Celestial Injury Star threw a Celestial Injury Punch, just for a moment, and then retract it.

This process required precise timing and quick reactions—to test the Little Gray Cloud’s reaction and immediately retract the Ghost Eye—otherwise, it would result in big trouble.

With this in mind, Chen Guan activated the Martial Arts Rhythm to gauge the timing of the Celestial Injury Star’s punch for perfect coordination.

Chen Guan mentally counted down three, two, one, and almost simultaneously with Celestial Injury Star’s punch, he summoned the Ghost Eye and also looked towards the Little Gray Cloud.

The Little Gray Cloud originally flew to the side of the Red Lotus Cloud, noticed the Ghost Eye’s appearance, and immediately moved, flying towards the Ghost Eye.

Chen Guan felt ecstatic, about to retract the Ghost Eye, lest it fall into the black cloud.

In that fleeting moment, however, a flash of inspiration hit Chen Guan’s mind, leading him to abandon the plan to retract the Ghost Eye.

The Ghost Eye remained aerial, and due to inertia, surged forward rapidly with the Red Lotus Cloud for a short distance, then plunged quickly—almost in the blink of an eye—into the black cloud.

Simultaneously with the Ghost Eye’s plunge into the black cloud, the Little Gray Cloud chased after it like a bolt of gray lightning.

Chen Guan’s eyes sparkled, staring intently at the location of the black cloud.

His actions were somewhat reckless and impulsive, but the flash of inspiration convinced him that this method might be feasible.

He felt that the Little Gray Cloud would definitely save the Ghost Eye; if the Little Gray Cloud rescued the Ghost Eye, they could climb onto the Ghost Eye’s back and have the Little Gray Cloud carry them away.

Sounding risky, yet Chen Guan inexplicably felt confident for a moment that it could work.

Now even he was sweating nervously, somewhat worried about possible trouble for the Ghost Eye.

The Ghost Eye is his strongest battle companion, and any mishap would be a huge loss for Chen Guan.

However, the Ghost Eye has the Secret Law of the Emperor of No End, so it should not be easily damaged.

After all, Celestial Cloud isn’t aggressive, and Returning Soul Cloud can only harm one’s soul.

Chen Guan eagerly watched the black cloud, seconds and minutes passed—it had already been three to forty seconds, yet neither the Ghost Eye nor the Little Gray Cloud emerged.

He could sense that the Ghost Eye wasn’t dead, but the Returning Soul Cloud won’t truly kill the Secret Spirit, so whether the Ghost Eye is alive or dead isn’t proof of anything.

"Could it be because the Ghost Eye’s body is too large and heavy, leaving the Little Gray Cloud unable to carry it away from the black cloud?" Chen Guan contemplated countless thoughts, feeling uneasy: "Trusting instincts just once, could really lead to a disaster?"

Time slowly passed, and the Ghost Eye and Little Gray Cloud still hadn’t come out.

As Chen Guan prepared to forcibly retrieve the Ghost Eye, he noticed the boundless black cloud suddenly beginning to collapse quickly.

The speed of this collapse was unusually fast; the Returning Soul Cloud, covering thousands of miles, was already contracting into the size of a pitch-black cloud orb by the time Chen Guan saw it collapsing.

It was compressed to the extreme—a Celestial Cloud of thousands of miles, condensed into a cloud orb less than a meter in diameter.

And at this moment, the pitch-black cloud orb was held in the claw of the Ghost Eye.

The Ghost Eye’s massive form hovered in midair, shrouded in mist like a dragon—its head unseen—but the mist was oddly colored; initially a dark violet mist, now it was a grayish purple.

Grayish purple mist with an eerie aura surrounded the black cloud orb, firmly locking it in place.

Chen Guan was both surprised and delighted, knowing the Ghost Eye didn’t have such power, that the Little Gray Cloud must have done something to compress the Returning Soul Cloud into a solid cloud orb.

With his mind stirred, Chen Guan called out to the Ghost Eye, "Push that Celestial Cloud Orb over."

While shouting, Chen Guan activated his own power and simultaneously another Secret Skill.