Inside the stronghold, Xiao Han carefully examined the Blood Fiend Hall's secret intelligence.
The unusual records regarding place names and personnel movements along the Dragon Nation's borders set off alarm bells in his mind.
I unexpectedly acquired a jade slip containing a secret escape technique called "Blood Escape Ten Thousand Miles"—this is a real treasure!
Unfortunately, the jade slip was incomplete, containing only half of the cultivation method and a few scattered insights into cultivation.
"This Savage Wilderness Mountain Range has probably become Blood Fiend Hall territory," Xiao Han thought to himself. "That old dog in purple robes is probably casting some net outside, waiting for me to walk right into it."
The thought of this made the hairs on his body stand on end, and he dared not relax even for a moment.
He didn't rush to leave; instead, he calmed himself and activated the [Void-Piercing Divine Eyes].
Within his field of vision, everything was clearly visible. Combined with the descriptions of the Blood Fiend Hall's techniques that he had found, he began to devote himself to studying them, attempting to complete the book "Blood Escape Ten Thousand Miles".
This secret technique is sinister, but its use of spatial power is indeed exquisite and unique.
"If I could extract its essence and integrate it into my 'A Step to the Ends of the Earth' movement technique..."
Xiao Han's heart burned with excitement. If he succeeded, his survival and maneuvering skills would definitely reach a new level!
Several more days passed.
Xiao Han's understanding of "Blood Escape Ten Thousand Miles" is deepening day by day. Although he is still unable to fully unleash it, he can barely simulate some of its unique spatial fluctuations.
He figured it was about time to leave this boundless, Savage Wilderness Mountain Range.
With this thought in mind, he planned to take out the communication jade talisman to contact the outside world and inquire about the situation at the Imperial Capital Academy, especially whether his mentor, Lin Qingxia, was safe and sound.
Right now--
The bronze token given to him by Lin Qingxia in his arms suddenly trembled violently again without warning!
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The blue light on the surface of the bronze token surged wildly, instantly projecting a blurry, shimmering screen of light.
Within the light screen, Instructor Lin Qingxia, dressed in red, had glaring bloodstains at the corner of her mouth, and her breathing was already extremely disordered!
She was being relentlessly attacked by several men in black!
Those men in black were all dressed in the same uniform, and they exuded a chilling aura that made one's teeth ache.
The location where the battle took place was dimly lit, and upon closer inspection, it appeared to be a forbidden area deep within the Imperial Capital Academy!
The men in black coordinated perfectly, each strike a deadly attack aimed at Lin Qingxia's vital points!
What made Xiao Han's heart clench even more was that the movement techniques used by one of the men in black were seven or eight parts similar to the "Blood Escape Ten Thousand Miles" technique that he had recently comprehended!
"Blood--Demon--Hall!"
Xiao Han clenched his teeth, and these two words were squeezed out one by one from between his teeth, almost with a strong smell of blood!
However, before he could think further, a terrifyingly powerful aura suddenly erupted from the black-clad leader in the scene!
The oppressive aura was fleeting, yet so clear that it sent shivers down his spine!
It was eerie, violent, and filled with deathly silence and evil!
This aura was exactly the same as that of the purple-robed elder, but its power was far beyond what ordinary Martial Grandmasters could compare to!
"The Martial King?! No... he might even be stronger!"
Xiao Han's mind went blank, and he was completely stunned. A chill ran from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head!
Just then, the screen suddenly trembled, as if forcibly interfered with by an invisible force, instantly turning into a blinding white before completely dissipating.
The brilliance on the bronze token quickly faded, but its surface became scorching hot, almost burning his skin.
"Mentor Lin!" Xiao Han clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white from the force, an uncontrollable rage and killing intent burning fiercely in his chest. Something serious had indeed happened at the Imperial Capital Academy! Moreover, the Blood Fiend Hall's influence had infiltrated to such an extent that even a powerhouse of this level had been mobilized!
We must get back as soon as possible!
Just as he made up his mind, a faint, almost imperceptible spatial fluctuation suddenly flashed across the ground beneath his feet.
Xiao Han's expression changed drastically, and he instantly activated [Void-Piercing Divine Eyes] to its maximum!
Beneath his feet, an extremely subtle crimson rune mark quietly lit up, like a leech clinging to a bone, emitting faint spatial ripples and precisely locking onto his location!
Tracking Imprint! Activated!
The purple-robed elder's pursuers, or rather, some more terrifying being, had already locked onto his whereabouts through some means!
A life-or-death chase has begun!
The moment the crimson runes beneath his feet lit up, a terrifying will far surpassing that of the purple-robed elder, carrying an intense aura of blood and death, pierced Xiao Han's senses like billions of steel needles! It was as if a pair of invisible, giant crimson eyes had traversed endless void, locking onto him firmly.
Pursuers! The Blood Fiend Hall's top experts, Peak Martial King Realm, or perhaps even higher!
"They came so fast!" Xiao Han's heart trembled violently, and the shadow of death instantly loomed over him.
In the nick of time, without the slightest hesitation, he moved his mind, and the [Advanced Concealment Talisman] rewarded by the system shattered instantly!
Buzz!
An invisible ripple spread out from Xiao Han as the center. His figure, aura, and even all connections with this world seemed to be completely erased and vanished into thin air at this moment. The feeling of being locked on like a leech was temporarily severed.
"One hour!" Xiao Han knew very well that this was only temporary.
The fragments of "Blood Escape Ten Thousand Miles" that he had plundered from the Blood Fiend Hall stronghold flashed rapidly through his mind. Every word became the deepest imprint, colliding and merging wildly with the [Void-Piercing Divine Eyes]'s keen observation of spatial fluctuations and the spatial mysteries of "A Step to the Ends of the Earth".
"We have no choice but to gamble!"
A thousand miles behind them, that terrifying aura, like a primordial beast unleashed from its dam, was rapidly approaching at an alarming speed!
A resolute glint flashed in Xiao Han's eyes. He slammed his storage bag, detonating dozens of unstable, one-time-use attack jade talismans and several high-level beast crystal cores that he had plundered from the secret realm!
Rumble--!
A devastating energy storm suddenly erupted, causing rocks to crumble and vegetation to turn to ash within a radius of several miles, creating a destructive vacuum. The raging energy turbulence swept in all directions, perfectly concealing his next move.
At the heart of the explosion and chaos, Xiao Han forcefully activated the "Soul Origin Treasure Jade" between his brows, unleashing a surge of immense soul power that poured into his newly born [Eternal Night Void Emperor] (pseudo) Martial Soul. He formed hand seals and chanted incantations, each syllable carrying a mysterious power capable of tearing through space.
"Void Blood Shadow Escape!"
This is not the complete "Blood Escape Ten Thousand Miles," but rather an incomplete variant of the escape technique that he forcibly activated by combining his own knowledge, yet which is more suited to his own power!
Sizzle!
The space in front of him was torn open like fragile cloth, creating an unstable, blood-red rift. The backlash from the imperfect escape technique struck instantly. Xiao Han spat out a mouthful of blood, and his meridians were writhing in excruciating pain. But his figure flickered and disappeared into the blood-red rift, vanishing from the spot.
Almost immediately after he fled, a streak of crimson light tore through the sky and descended upon the site of the explosion. As the crimson light dissipated, it revealed a blood-robed old monster with a withered face and eyes that gleamed with a cruel, eerie light. He was one of the three deputy hall masters of the Blood Fiend Hall, and his cultivation was unfathomable.
The old monster in the blood-red robe swept his sinister gaze across the wrecked ground, his nostrils twitching as he sensed the faint spatial fluctuations and a very faint smell of blood lingering in the direction Xiao Han had fled.