Above the Vault Sky, True Person Huanwu was fleeing in wretched disarray.
The blood droplets scattered across more than half of Skull Mountain, like meteors of flying fire, were in truth each fragments of his Dao Foundation—the cultivation of his entire life.
Yet at this moment, he could no longer care about that.
If he did not run now, he would die here!
In an instant, his surging blood and qi transformed into a rainbow that pierced the sky, about to fly beyond Skull Mountain. Yet just then, another streak of white light swept down from above.
The next second, True Person Huanwu was back before Lu Yang.
Lu Yang was about to strike with another sword when he abruptly stopped. True Person Huanwu's expression was vacant, his pupils dim. He was nothing but an empty shell.
"Leaving behind his body while his soul escaped?"
Lu Yang frowned slightly. Within the Golden Auspicious Cloud above his head, the phantom light of his Lifebound Divine Ability grew ever brighter, as though it were about to fully manifest from the Auspicious Clouds.
In the end, however, Lu Yang let out a deep breath of foul air and reined in his divine ability, declining to pursue further. Though he was confident he could catch the other man with absolute certainty, doing so would leave him unable to conceal his Lifebound Divine Ability. Any onlookers could easily calculate the full extent of his capabilities.
"Forget it."
With that thought, Lu Yang stopped chasing. He released the Avici Sword in his hand, and the sword spun gracefully through the air after leaving his grasp.
The next second, scarlet light burst forth.
A little girl of eight or nine, dressed in a red padded jacket with twin tufts of hair standing upright, stepped out. Looking at