No Time to Explain, Get on the Ride

Ten thousand meters above the ground, the astral winds were biting cold.

The county venerable stood with his hands behind his back atop the enormous black shadow like an Evil Immortal, his gaze fixed ahead without joy or anger.

"How much longer?"

"Reporting to Venerable One, it will take roughly another four hours to reach Thorn Swamp."

"Too slow."

After a moment of silence, the county venerable's indifferent voice reached the black shadow's ears.

The black eagle said nothing. Its qi and blood began to boil, and black flames burst forth from its body in an instant.

It had shockingly unleashed the Blood Burning Secret Technique.

Its speed surged by thirty percent.

Like a black meteor streaking across the sky.

Thorn Swamp.

Ye Xiaofan and Tie Wuqing abruptly halted.

Ahead, three small mountains lay in the shape of the character pin, their backs studded with jagged, towering boulders.

The next moment,

two blood-red lanterns lit up on each little mountain.

"Humans, stop. I do not wish to fight."

A dull voice rang out from the middle mountain, slowly dispersing through the empty swamp.

Immediately afterward, countless grotesque demons and monsters emerged from all around.

There were venomous insects and wild beasts.

Like a sack, they wrapped Ye Xiaofan and Tie Wuqing within.

Ye Xiaofan and Tie Wuqing exchanged a glance, then turned into two afterimages and charged in opposite directions.

"Sigh, why bother? Wouldn't it be better to wait obediently for Venerable One's arrival?"

The mountain-like Thorn Crocodile Turtle sounded rather helpless as it suddenly extended its pillar-like limbs, blocking the direction in which Ye Xiaofan was breaking out.

Its enormous barbed tail lashed toward Ye Xiaofan.

The sonic boom rumbled like thunder, and the astral winds cut like blades.

Ye Xiaofan's heart trembled. The Thorn Crocodile Turtle was no weaker than Xiao Qiaofeng.

As expected of a great demon guarding one side. Even a casual strike was beyond what he could withstand right now.

Ye Xiaofan instantly erupted with qi and blood, activating Qi and Blood Armor to block the blade-like astral winds.

Without slowing, he charged at the Thorn Crocodile Turtle's tail as though he did not care whether he lived or died.

The Thorn Crocodile Turtle's pupils shrank slightly, and it immediately halved the force behind its tail.

This human was someone Venerable One had personally acted to capture. It did not dare kill him.

This strike had merely been intended to force him back.

Who would have thought this human would be so bold? He neither dodged nor evaded. Was he seeking death?

"Hmm?"

Ye Xiaofan narrowed his eyes inwardly. The Thorn Crocodile Turtle had actually held back.

Though puzzled, Ye Xiaofan did not alter his movements.

Just as the Thorn Crocodile Turtle's massive tail was about to strike him.

Wind Shadow Steps!

Sword Drawing Technique!

Six nearly identical figures charged in six different directions.

Clang!

His body moved like the wind, his sword emerged like a dragon.

The Thorn Crocodile Turtle froze for a moment.

The three-foot cold sword struck the Thorn Crocodile Turtle's tail, instantly sending countless brilliant sparks flying.

Then,

the terrifying force contained in the blade sent the Thorn Crocodile Turtle's tail flying aside.

The cold sword returned to its sheath, and Ye Xiaofan broke through the Thorn Crocodile Turtle's blockade like a gust of wind.

At the same time, the other six figures dissipated.

Damn it, no wonder it's a demon that has exchanged blood twice. Even my full-force strike couldn't break its scales.

Ye Xiaofan cursed inwardly as he pushed his movement technique to its limit.

Even if the opponent stood there without using qi and blood, letting him attack freely, he still could not break through its defense.

The inflated confidence he had gained after breaking through to the Body Refinement Seventh Layer vanished like smoke in the clouds.

I'm still a little weakling. I need to run faster. I hope Uncle Xiao's intelligence was right—the Thorn Crocodile Turtle isn't good at speed.

Seeing Ye Xiaofan pass their boss, the surrounding demons immediately howled and swarmed toward him.

None of these demons had reached the Ninth Level Body Refinement and exchanged blood once. In Ye Xiaofan's eyes, they were no different from earthen chickens and ceramic dogs.

But there were simply too many of them, greatly affecting Ye Xiaofan's speed.

"Human, I underestimated you."

The Thorn Crocodile Turtle came back to its senses, and two gleams shot from its eyes. Its enormous body was exceptionally agile.

Its limbs moved and its tail swept, turning into an afterimage as it chased Ye Xiaofan.

Everyone believed the Thorn Crocodile Turtle was poor at speed. In truth, it was merely too lazy to move.

Among the eight great demons, aside from the black eagle and the mountain lord, it ranked third in speed.

After Ye Xiaofan killed a Body Refinement Eighth Layer scorpion demon, he suddenly sensed something and felt a chill down his back.

He immediately looked behind him.

Grass was a green plant!

Who the hell said the Thorn Crocodile Turtle was bad at speed?

Damn it, it was dragging trails of afterimages behind it.

Its speed was practically on par with Tie Wuqing going all out.

Ye Xiaofan did not dare hold back any longer. A terrifying aura erupted from him, and raging flames instantly ignited outside his Qi and Blood Armor.

With one step, he once more produced six figures that charged in different directions.

A fierce wind thick with poisonous mist blew toward him, and Ye Xiaofan lightly tapped the ground.

Riding the wind, he covered twelve zhang in one step.

Roar—

Seeing the six Ye Xiaofans cross twelve zhang in nearly three breaths, the Thorn Crocodile Turtle's earlier confidence vanished. It panicked.

It immediately ordered its demonic subordinates to swarm Ye Xiaofan without regard for their lives.

Only one of the six figures remained.

Ye Xiaofan had fooled the Thorn Crocodile Turtle.

It had assumed Ye Xiaofan would definitely break out of the encirclement and head north.

Unexpectedly, Ye Xiaofan turned and charged toward the battlefield where Tie Wuqing was fighting two demons.

But this was exactly what it wanted to see. As long as the human did not escape, all was well.

The Thorn Crocodile Turtle grinned and chased after Ye Xiaofan.

After their brief exchange.

Ye Xiaofan felt that if he fled first, Tie Wuqing would certainly be unable to escape with her strength.

So he decided to take Tie Wuqing with him.

"Go first. Don't worry about me."

Seeing Ye Xiaofan charge toward her, Tie Wuqing immediately shouted.

The two demons besieging her both possessed the cultivation of the Ninth Level Body Refinement, having exchanged blood once, and neither was weaker than her. After only a few exchanges, she had already been injured.

Now, she could only rely on her movement technique to barely contend with them.

Though Ye Xiaofan was strong, he was still a fair distance below experts who had exchanged blood.

Coming over would not help. It would instead delay his chance to escape.

Ye Xiaofan said nothing.

If he could not break the Thorn Crocodile Turtle's defense, could he not break the defenses of the Thorn Crocodile Turtle's disciples and descendants?

With ruthlessness in his heart, he attacked at full strength once more.

Clang!

Sword Drawing Technique—the sword must draw blood when it emerged!

With a sword cry, a point of cold light stabbed one of the demons in the kidney.

The demon was sent flying outright, leaving a shallow crack in its black qi and blood armor.

All right, I really can't even break the defenses of the Thorn Crocodile Turtle's disciples and descendants.

Even Sword Drawing Technique—the sword must draw blood when it emerged—had failed.

Ye Xiaofan complained incessantly inwardly, but he shouted aloud:

"Gang Leader Tie, the Thorn Crocodile Turtle isn't slower than you. Get on my back, I'll carry you while we run."

"What did you say?"

Tie Wuqing forced back the remaining demon with one palm strike, her beautiful eyes staring at Ye Xiaofan in disbelief.

She wondered if she had heard wrong.

"No time to explain, get on the ride."

Ye Xiaofan did not care about any of that. The Thorn Crocodile Turtle had already caught up.

He grabbed Tie Wuqing's delicate hand and flung her onto his back, then stepped on demon heads as he began breaking through the encirclement.

Beneath her faceless bronze mask, Tie Wuqing's face turned red as an apple.

In over twenty years, this was the first time she had been in such intimate contact with a man.

For a moment, she lost herself.

"Gang Leader Tie, I run, you kill."

Seeing Tie Wuqing remain motionless, Ye Xiaofan immediately reminded her.

There were too many demons. If she did not act, he simply could not run.

"Oh, oh, all right."

Tie Wuqing came back to her senses and repeatedly sent out blood-red palm prints. At the same time, she glanced back from the corner of her eye.

Her pupils instantly contracted.

A small mountain dragged a long trail of afterimages as it pursued them.

"The rumors say the Thorn Crocodile Turtle is not skilled in speed. It seems the world has been deceived by it."

Tie Wuqing could not help sighing inwardly.

"Ye Xiaofan, are you confident? If not, put me down."

"How can a man say he can't? Just focus on killing the demons blocking our way."

"Fine."

Tie Wuqing was not someone who fussed over trivialities.

She immediately focused on killing the demons continuously swarming toward them.

The more demons blocking the way she killed, the easier it would be for Ye Xiaofan, and the faster he could run.

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