Ah Yin darted through the forest, drawing on the energy she had borrowed from the Blue Silver Grass to break through Tang Hao's seal on her Soul Power bit by bit.
She had no idea how long she had been running. The place where she had been imprisoned was far, far behind her.
"Tang Hao shouldn't be able to catch me now." Ah Yin thought for a moment, then said, "Next, I need to find Brother Xiao. But..."
Brother Xiao was a member of the Clear Sky Sect and lived there. For her, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, going there would be like walking into a tiger's den.
"I'd better wait until I become a Soul Saint and can conceal this last trace of a Soul Beast's aura. Then I'll find Brother Xiao." Ah Yin made up her mind.
Just as she was about to move on, a Clear Sky Hammer wreathed in blood-red Soul Power flew out of the forest and struck the ground ahead of her. The violent surge of Soul Power forced her back several steps.
"The Clear Sky Hammer!" At the sight of the shattered ground where it had landed, dread seized Ah Yin.
"To think that after all these years, Tang Xiao is still the only one in your heart..." A voice thick with anger and jealousy came from the forest. A figure emerged and stood atop the handle of the enormous Clear Sky Hammer.
"Tang Hao." Ah Yin recognized him. Her legs went weak, and despair washed over her. "How did you find me?"
"How?" Tang Hao fell silent for a moment and looked up at the sky. Then he fixed Ah Yin with a piercing stare. "Fate led me to you, Ah Yin. So all these years, you've only been pretending