Lu Xuan's Doubts? Man-Made Aberration?

The moment Lu Xuan approached the stronghold, he discovered that it had no gates. He could clearly see the scene inside.

"What is that thing?"

Lu Xuan stared straight ahead.

A man was desperately running toward him, with a monster roughly the size of an infant seemingly chasing after him.

It was him!

Lu Xuan recognized at once who the man desperately fleeing in his direction was—the one who had been hostile toward him.

Su Tianqi ran toward the stronghold entrance in terror, wishing he could grow a few more legs.

Because Su Tianqi had already realized that the aberration, the White Lotus Blood Infant, had actually given up fighting Li Yanran and come after him instead.

That bitch Li Yanran!

Why, why couldn't she hold that monster back!

He did not want to die!

With bloodshot eyes, Su Tianqi fled toward the stronghold entrance as if his life depended on it, trying to shake off that monster.

Then Su Tianqi saw a tall, upright figure standing like a towering mountain outside the stronghold entrance ahead.

Su Tianqi's fury immediately surged to the heavens. He was running for his life here, yet someone actually dared block his path.

Only when he drew near did Su Tianqi realize that the person standing at the stronghold entrance was Lu Xuan.

"It's you, you bastard!"

"Get out of the way!"

"Ah!"

Just as Su Tianqi was about to speak again, something sharp instantly sliced off his left arm.

A searing pain struck him, and Su Tianqi stumbled before tumbling forward.

That monster had caught up to him.

Enduring the agonizing pain, Su Tianqi rolled over on the ground—and then saw a sight that made his scalp go numb.

That Ghostly Thing was gnawing away at his severed left hand right in front of him, savoring every bite.

A bone-piercing chill rose from Su Tianqi's feet straight to the crown of his head.

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Tianqi ignored the agony coming from his left arm and continued running toward the stronghold entrance not far away.

Su Tianqi looked up and saw that outside the stronghold entrance, Lu Xuan was still standing there stupidly, as though he had been frightened senseless by that monster.

Seeing this, Su Tianqi seemed to think of a way to escape. A savage grin spread across his face as he charged straight toward Lu Xuan.

He had already discovered that his speed was nowhere near that of the White Lotus Blood Infant.

If this stalemate continued, all he could do was struggle in vain and walk straight into a dead end.

Heaven truly was helping him!

So the other party was just some foolish brat. In that case, he could die in this Young Master's place!

"You can go die!"

When Su Tianqi reached Lu Xuan, he stretched out his remaining right arm and struck Lu Xuan with a full-force palm.

Since he could not outrun the White Lotus Blood Infant, he would let this foolish brat draw its attention while he took the chance to escape.

But things were not as wonderful as Su Tianqi had imagined.

As his all-out palm neared Lu Xuan's body, he found that there was no obstruction whatsoever.

He passed straight through Lu Xuan's body, as though Lu Xuan before him were an illusion that did not exist in the real world.

Smack!

Having missed his target, Su Tianqi crashed heavily onto the ground ahead.

Why was this happening?

Su Tianqi's mind went blank, as though he doubted everything he was seeing.

He clearly remembered striking at Lu Xuan.

Yet as Su Tianqi lay on the ground, two tiny feet dripping with scarlet blood appeared before him.

Only then did Su Tianqi react, raising his head in terror.

What entered his sight was a horrifying head that grew larger and larger in his pupils. Its twin eyes glowed with an eerie white radiance as they stared directly into his.

He could even see scraps of flesh still hanging from the corners of its mouth, not yet fully eaten.

They were all flesh from his own body!

"Save..."

The next moment, a bloody maw filled with sharp teeth opened wide and bit down without hesitation.

Standing in the distance, Lu Xuan frowned deeply as he looked at the infant-sized monster covered in blood.

What was that thing?

How could a stronghold harboring Bandits contain such a monster?

That Bandit had never mentioned it either.

At that moment, the monster was ravenously devouring the food beneath it.

Its two pallid little hands seemed to possess the immense strength of the Great Desolation, continuously tearing what lay below into pieces.

Suddenly, a figure rushed out from within the stronghold at incredible speed, her entire body radiating dense Qi and Blood.

She angrily slammed a fist into the feeding monster. The monster let out a scream and was blasted into the distance like a cannonball.

Lu Xuan raised a brow and recognized the newcomer.

It was that woman!

The martial artist of the Blood Refinement Realm.

But her condition did not seem very good. Scarlet blood flowed from one of her thighs, staining the robe around it red.

After punching the monster away, Li Yanran swiftly arrived outside the stronghold entrance and shouted at Lu Xuan behind her, "Run!"

Hearing the woman's furious shout, Lu Xuan did not hesitate. He immediately prepared to turn around and leave.

Any monster that could frighten even a martial artist of the Blood Refinement Realm was clearly troublesome.

Naturally, Lu Xuan would not waste his time on such a monster.

"Let's split up and run!"

"Remember, this monster is the White Lotus Blood Infant, an aberration created by the Pure World White Lotus Sect."

"Whoever survives in the end must return and report this to the County Magistrate of Azure Cloud County,

"Otherwise, if this aberrant monster gets outside, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

After Li Yanran finished speaking to Lu Xuan, the White Lotus Blood Infant that had been sent flying stood back up once more.

Blood continuously seeped from the White Lotus Blood Infant's body, while white smoke rose from the spot where Li Yanran had struck it.

However, the white smoke vanished in an instant, and the terrifying Qi and Blood Li Yanran had injected into its body with that punch also disappeared without a trace.

Li Yanran watched the White Lotus Blood Infant ahead of her warily, the urge to retreat constantly surfacing in her heart.

"You run first. I'll hold it off for a while!"

The next second, the White Lotus Blood Infant turned into an afterimage and sprinted toward the stronghold entrance.

Just as Li Yanran was about to meet it head-on again and block the White Lotus Blood Infant's attack,

A tall, formidable body swept past her, kicking up a violent gust.

It reached the White Lotus Blood Infant first and confronted it head-on.

Boom!

A deafening blast rang out!

The White Lotus Blood Infant was instantly kicked flying by a massive foot, smashing back toward the interior of the stronghold.

In less than a breath, it vanished beyond Li Yanran's field of vision.

That tall, upright figure also chased after the White Lotus Blood Infant and darted into the stronghold.

Meanwhile, Li Yanran, standing outside the stronghold entrance, remained rooted in place with a blank mind and a dazed expression.

Because this sudden scene had unfolded in an instant; even she had not seen clearly what exactly had happened.