After killing Wu Qian, Jiang Bei did not pause for even a moment.
He abruptly raised his head, his gaze locking onto Lu Qingxuan, who was fleeing at full speed at the far end of the horizon.
The next instant, he shattered the void beneath his foot with a vicious stomp and shot toward Lu Qingxuan!
Likewise, wrapped in Emperor Flame, Jiang Bei moved with incredible speed and soon caught up to Lu Qingxuan.
Lu Qingxuan was fleeing with all his might, pushing his speed to its limit. Yet when he sensed the movement behind him, he could not help glancing back.
When he saw Jiang Bei, wreathed in Emperor Flame, already less than a hundred zhang away, his pupils contracted sharply and his expression changed drastically. He whipped his head forward and screamed as he desperately accelerated, "Jiang Bei! I don't want the seed anymore! The Emperor Flame Seed is yours! Don't kill me! I didn't attack you just now! I never touched you in the Emperor Flame Hall, and I only stood to the side on this plain! I never attacked you once, from beginning to end! Spare me! I, Lu Qingxuan, swear to heaven that I will never be your enemy again!"
In an instant, Jiang Bei had closed to within a few zhang of Lu Qingxuan's back. He raised the Heavenfire Ruler high, the Emperor Flame on its length surging to its utmost intensity, and roared, "Too late!!"
As those words fell, he brought the ruler crashing down in fury!
Lu Qingxuan's pupils contracted. With no time to think, he spun around and drove every last bit of his spiritual power to its limit, thrusting both palms out with all his might to meet Jiang Bei's strike.
"Bang—!!!"
The instant ruler and palms collided, an earthshaking