The perimeter of the Blood Demon Cave had completely collapsed, and he could only escape towards the depths of the Blood Nest, now infested with countless high-ranking strange ghosts.
Which was precisely the direction their escaping lights were headed.
At this thought, Xu Yuan hesitated slightly in his heart.
He had initially refrained from fleeing deeper into the Blood Nest simply because he lacked the strength, but now it seemed he had no choice.
Moreover, with his current strength, he should be able to preserve his life in the depths of the Blood Nest, so why not just....
a tremor suddenly traveled from far ahead in the corridor, and after about a few dozen breaths, endless clouds of dust were swept towards him by a hurricane.
The way into the Blood Nest had collapsed.
He and Chi Su had caused such a commotion in the Underground Palace that Luo Xiran had naturally sensed it long ago.
Seeing that the two wanted to enter the Blood Nest, Luo Xiran, the ghost queen, made a swift decision by having the high-ranking strange ghosts demolish all paths leading deeper into the palace.
The implication was very clear,
since the Saint Heir and your Protector have had a little disagreement, deal with your own issues and don’t think about dragging me into your mess.
Chi Su’s deep voice carried a trace of strangeness:
"That other Mortal Transcendence strange ghost doesn’t seem to want to deal with you; she appears to have demolished all the paths leading to the depths of the Underground Palace."
Xu Yuan took a deep breath.
Damn it, this woman is too realistic.
She had spoken before about letting him become an existence like her, and now, when push came to shove, she had straight-up cut off his escape route.
With this in mind, Xu Yuan inhaled deeply, exhaled slowly, and laughed:
"Chi Su, you seem to think you’re surely holding all the cards?"
"This king can see that you’ve been running away on this path to absorb the Armor from those ghosts and the fungal mats in these caves to strengthen your physical body."
Chi Su, persistently following close behind, spoke with an even tone: "Moreover... looking at the aura emanating from your body, you should be about to complete it."
Xu Yuan chuckled lightly as his sleeve lifted, revealing the ghostly Armor underneath adorned with blood-colored patterns: "Since you’re aware of that, are you sure you still want to chase me? I can give you one more chance......"
"Your bluffs are meaningless."
Chi Su’s icy gaze fixed on Xu Yuan ahead, his voice calm as water: "Judging by the pace of your aura’s rise just now, you would still need to absorb the fungal mats from a certain area deep within the Underground Palace, but that area has collapsed, and the remaining fungal mats inside this cave are not enough to complete the transformation of your Armor."
Chi Su’s body radiated with the divine light of barbaric patterns, and his speed abruptly changed, his massive figure almost instantly closing the gap to Xu Yuan.
The punch wrapped in blue Origin Qi was thrown down.
Xu Yuan didn’t dodge, swinging his sword to meet the attack, drawing a beautiful arc with the blade.
The Qingyu Sword hummed, its blood-colored radiance slicing through the darkness.
Chi Su didn’t flinch, his momentum erupting instantly.
Xu Yuan and Chi Su faced off for the very first time!
In the midst of the colossal collision, a blood-red shadow was sent flying.
The figure was so fast it was nearly imperceptible to the naked eye, crashing into the corridor’s sidewall with a formidable force, digging dozens of feet into the solid stone before stopping!
Xu Yuan calmly looked at his own twisted and deformed right arm, then at Chi Su in the distance, grinning:
"Chi Su, you’re mistaken, there was enough fungal mat."
Xu Yuan’s figure vanished into the deep pit he had created.
When he reappeared, Xu Yuan had crossed over the hundred-yard-long stone wall and returned to the spherical cave where he had previously fought with Luo Xiran.
Round and around, he ended up back here in the end.
And almost simultaneously, Li Qingyan, who had been waiting again, spotted the abrupt appearance of the blood-clothed figure:
Xu Yuan said nothing, teleporting next to her, placing his left hand on her chest, he instructed quickly:
"The Barbarian King is right behind me, don’t resist."
Li Qingyan’s eyes narrowed slightly as she quickly assessed the situation from his twisted right arm, and, compliant, she remained silent.
As Xu Yuan’s Origin Qi flowed into her, Li Qingyan’s red robe danced.
Like unraveling silk from cocoons, countless silk-like fungal mats followed Xu Yuan’s palm on her chest and flowed into his sleeve.
The woman’s red robe gradually became thinner until it was devoured completely.....
The air seemed to solidify, something changed at that moment.
Xu Yuan’s lips, bristling with sharp teeth, cracked into a grin, his hand descending to encircle the delicate, boneless waist of the woman in his arms.
Looking at him, now completely different in aura, Li Qingyan clenched her fist slightly.
Xu Yuan gently bent down toward the girl’s shining earlobe, stuffing his Sumeru Ring into her hand, whispering:
"Qingyan, remember the Blood Divine Stone..."
Before he finished speaking,
The hard cavity wall shattered as a figure about a zhang tall burst forth from the dust, instantly arriving in front of the two.
Xu Yuan didn’t say more, his hand that was wrapped around Li Qingyan’s slender waist forcefully pushed her to the side.
the killing intent and glare in his eyes no longer contained, he sneered as he faced Chi Su’s incoming fist with his palm raised......