The mountain rock, which was peak Celestial-Grade as a material, melted away completely in an instant. Taking advantage of the opening, Lu Li darted out of the acid rain.
His new clothes hissed, but the garment woven from the hair of the former ruler seemed highly resistant to this acid. The small amount of acidic liquid failed to penetrate Lu Li's Nightmare.
That bought him a precious chance to escape. Carrying Emily, he leaped into the air. The Galaxy Shuttlers struggled to form footholds in midair; if Lu Li had not also used his Spirit Particle aggregation technique, he would not have been able to stand at all.
His figure flashed repeatedly through the air as he crossed the complex mountain terrain.
Though the Giant Bloodfiend possessed tremendous strength and great speed, it seemed unable to fly. Lu Li had chosen this difficult-to-climb mountain beforehand and seized the chance to shake it off.
Sure enough, although the Giant Bloodfiend let out an enraged roar, it did not continue chasing them over the mountains. Perhaps it possessed some intelligence and knew there were more similar mountain ranges ahead. Continuing the pursuit would yield nothing.
Lu Li took Emily another dozen or so kilometers before finally stopping and gasping for breath.
"Damn it, I'm actually panting."
Lu Li spoke in the common human language of this world. Supporting himself on one knee with one hand, he took a couple of breaths before calming down.
He discovered that fighting and running in this world consumed an enormous amount of stamina. Moreover, the air here carried a peculiar murkiness.
This was not about its smell, but rather the energy in the air being muddled. It was unlike the spiritual energy or Mana of ordinary worlds. Conventional cultivation systems could not absorb and replenish energy