Bannu dragged a coffin behind her, yet she still moved with astonishing speed. The two of us attacked one another while using the Spirit-Absorbing Art to draw in each other's energy and clash head-on. Our energy was being consumed so rapidly that I nearly gnawed my teeth with regret. Besides, even if I caught up with Prince Jin this time, all my efforts would still come to nothing if the other side's Supreme arrived. I was furious with Bannu, but there was nothing I could do.
If you lost your temper with a madman, wouldn't that make you little better than a madman yourself? She couldn't control herself at all. I had to capture her first; only then would anything else have even a shred of meaning!
Fortunately, Bannu was just as she had been before. Under the influence of my strengthened Spirit-Absorbing Art, she soon returned to a state bordering on madness. She couldn't even take me down, so she simply held onto the coffin and stood there, glaring at me as I left.
I headed toward Prince Jin and the Demon God Hall, picking up speed considerably. But after nearly two hours of fighting Bannu, with the two of us chasing and intercepting each other, we had long since fallen tens of thousands of miles behind them!
Looking at the endless sea of stars, I was at once amused and anguished. I cried because, despite all my efforts, I had still been unable to save my friend Yun Bingxin. I laughed bitterly because Bannu's dao fortune had actually clashed with mine to such an extent!
After hesitating for a moment, I immediately turned around and flew toward the imperial palace. I couldn't keep fighting the Demon God Realm now. Instead, I would loot a batch of immortal energy