"Hehehe... You little insect, you're still too green to try such tricks on me!"
The eerie laughter was cold and grating.
The old monster in the blood-red robe swayed, and a more solid and faster burst of blood-red light erupted.
A flawless Blood-Escape Ten-Thousand-Li Secret Art!
He followed Xiao Han's scent and relentlessly pursued him.
At this moment, Xiao Han is struggling to traverse an extremely unstable spatial passage.
Each jump was accompanied by a violent tremor.
The spatial fragments sliced through his body, and he coughed up blood uncontrollably.
The life force of the Chaos Green Lotus and the remaining medicinal power of the [Nine-Turn Life-Extending Pill] circulated wildly within his body, barely suppressing his injuries and preventing them from worsening.
[Void-Piercing Divine Eyes] is operating at full power.
The crimson streak of light behind them was rapidly approaching at a breathtaking speed.
That oppressive force almost crushed his soul.
"Too strong! They're not even in the same league!"
Xiao Han felt a bitter taste in his mouth, but his survival instinct drove him even more frantically.
Just as they were about to be overtaken, a region radiating extreme danger suddenly appeared ahead.
The Space Laws there are extremely distorted and chaotic.
Countless tiny spatial cracks appear and disappear, forming a natural spatial turbulence wasteland.
"The Lost-Trace Death Domain!"
Information about this forbidden Savage Wilderness Mountain Range flashed through Xiao Han's mind.
It is said that even ordinary Martial King Realm experts risk getting lost or even perishing if they venture inside!
A bold and crazy idea took shape in his mind in an instant.
Just before rushing into the Lost-Trace Death Domain, Xiao Han suddenly activated the remaining spiritual power within his body.
He deliberately left behind a relatively clear trace of the Void Blood Shadow Escape, imbued with a strong bloody scent.
At the same time, he threw a tattered piece of clothing, stained with a lot of his own blood, into the depths of the dead zone.
Having done all this, he pushed his [Void-Piercing Divine Eyes] ability to precisely detect weak points in space to its limit.
The [Eternal Night Void Emperor] Martial Soul even resonated slightly with the surrounding void energy.
"This is it!"
At the Lost-Trace Death Domain, he managed to find a barely perceptible, hidden spatial rift, only wide enough for one person to pass through.
It was extremely dangerous, but he plunged right in!
Boom!
Almost the instant he disappeared, the blood-red light transformed from the old monster in the blood robe arrived.
The distinct smell of blood and the spatial fluctuations perfectly misled him.
Without hesitation, the Blood-Robed Old Monster plunged headlong into that chaotic and turbulent Lost-Trace Death Domain!
"Roar--! You damned little bastard!!"
Countless chaotic spatial blades, void traps appearing out of nowhere, and a distorted gravity field...
Even the Blood-Robed Old Monster, with his formidable strength, was thrown into disarray by this sudden turn of events.
The protective blood-red aura around his body was being sliced with a hissing sound, and his speed of advance suddenly decreased sharply.
A roar of extreme rage echoed through the mountains and forests, and he was temporarily trapped in this desolate place.
On the other side, Xiao Han tumbled out of the hidden spatial rift in a disheveled state.
He was covered in blood, his bones were broken in many places, and his spiritual energy had long been exhausted.
But at least I survived.
A sense of relief swept over me.
"Temporarily... smoothed off!"
He dared not delay for the slightest and immediately sat down cross-legged.
He circulated his cultivation technique, frantically refining the remaining medicinal power of the [Nine-Turn Life-Extending Pill] to repair his dilapidated body.
It took him a long time to barely regain some of his strength.
After determining the direction, he realized that although he had escaped tens of thousands of miles, he was still in the buffer zone between the Savage Wilderness Mountain Range and the border of the Dragon Nation.
"We must enter the Dragon Nation Kingdom as soon as possible and head to the Imperial Capital Academy!"
Just then, the bronze token given to him by his mentor Lin Qingxia, in his arms began to vibrate violently again without warning!
Buzz--!
The token shone brightly, projecting a picture.
The image is much clearer than before, but it's still shaking violently.
In the scene, Lin Qingxia, dressed in fiery red, is now bleeding from the corner of her mouth and her breath is weak.
The blood-red chains were menacing, tightly binding Lin Qingxia and confining her to the massive blood-red altar!
The altar runes were bizarre and exuded a nauseatingly evil aura, almost solidifying into a tangible form.
Several figures with profound and imposing auras stood around the altar like ghosts, each exuding a chilling pressure.
Blood trickled from the corner of Lin Qingxia's mouth as she strained with her last ounce of strength, a flickering blue light gathering at her fingertips as she painstakingly touched a key rune node on the altar.
Every move she made was filled with a do-or-die determination!
The situation is extremely critical!
Time is of the essence and there is no room for delay!
The medicinal effects of the [Nine-Turn Life-Extending Pill] are rapidly diminishing.
Xiao Han's horrific wounds had mostly healed, and his shattered internal organs had been largely repaired.
However, the aftereffects of forcibly activating the Void Blood Shadow Escape are like a leech, clinging to one's bones and relentlessly entangled.
He was experiencing sharp, needle-like pains that erupted intermittently through his meridians. The enormous depletion of his soul's essence had left him extremely weak and listless.
Xiao Han suppressed his churning blood and managed to catch his breath.
Despite being physically and mentally exhausted, his determination to save his master remained as firm as a rock!
Not a moment's delay!
With a thought, the power of the newly awakened [Eternal Night Void Emperor] (pseudo) Martial Soul quietly began to flow.
His figure suddenly became ethereal, as if merging into the night itself, transforming into the most inconspicuous shadow, silently skimming along the ground.
[Void-Piercing Divine Eyes] have already been activated to their fullest extent. Under True Sight, any subtle energy fluctuations and life force within a radius of several miles are clearly visible, leaving nothing to hide.
What Xiao Han saw along the way made his heart sink.
Squads of well-equipped, menacing Blood Fiend Hall members are conducting a massive, all-encompassing manhunt in the mountains, arranged in a fan-shaped formation.
These people are all skilled killers, and their teamwork is excellent; they are clearly the elite of the elite.
Several teams were even personally led by the Blood Fiend Hall deacons who were at the Martial Grandmaster Realm level!
That undisguised, chilling killing intent almost froze the air.
It seems that the old monster in the blood-red robe is truly enraged; he has given a death order to find him at all costs!
The defense capabilities along the Dragon Nation's borders have also been raised to an unprecedented level.
The number of military patrols has increased several times over.
Squads of soldiers in standard armor, their faces grim and menacing, patrolled the border.
High in the sky, sharp-edged fighter jets occasionally roared past, emitting ear-piercing sonic booms.
A tense atmosphere hung in the air, as if an explosion was imminent.
The Blood Fiend Hall's rampant activities on the border have clearly crossed the red line for the Dragon Nation's higher-ups.
Tensions have reached a breaking point between the two sides, and a major battle could break out at any moment!
Xiao Han felt as if he were walking on thin ice, taking every step with extreme caution.
He made full use of the characteristics of the Shadow Void Scripture and his new Martial Soul, repeatedly turning into an inconspicuous shadow right under the patrol team's noses, sometimes running close to the ground, sometimes blending into the shadows of the trees, narrowly avoiding the scans of energy detection beams.
In the end, he successfully broke through several tight blockades and infiltrated a border town called 'Blackstone City' within the Dragon Nation.
Blackstone City is named after a special, dark, and hard mineral that is abundant there.
This place is located on the border, a melting pot of all sorts of people, a typical chaotic place.
Xiao Han found a secluded corner, quickly changed his appearance, and performed a simple disguise.
Subsequently, using the low-level deacon token he had looted from the Blood Fiend Hall's stronghold, along with some previously established clandestine channels, he easily contacted anonymous liaison points on the underground dark web.
He spared no expense in purchasing the latest intelligence on the Imperial Capital Academy, and more importantly, he obtained an electronic map marking the most secretive and fastest route to the Imperial Capital.