Trapped Again, with No Way Out

An intimidating majesty bore down on him, and Fang Xiao's heart jolted.

So fast. The peak Spirit Transformation beings I encountered before were incredibly swift too, but compared with this true devil, they were not even on the same level.

Yet his reaction was not slow. He immediately fled deeper into the void using the power of Space Severance.

Since a true devil had already appeared here—and an unfamiliar peak Spirit Transformation true devil at that—it proved his earlier guess had been correct. Xue Lian had indeed gone to gather people to besiege him.

At this moment, Fang Xiao's figure flickered several times and rapidly drew farther away, yet Shendu showed no urgency.

"Shuo Yue was right. This brat is also proficient in the Way of Space.

And he seems even more adept than Shuo Yue described.

But if he thinks he can escape with such petty tricks, then he truly does not take me seriously enough."

The crimson-gold escape light flashed abruptly, then vanished from where it stood, appearing directly not far from Fang Xiao.

Fang Xiao had needed several spatial shifts to flee such a great distance, yet Shendu had caught up with a single burst of acceleration.

Though Shendu was a member of the Devil Race, the law he cultivated was related to the Demon Race.

It was called the Nine Heavens Sky Covering Dao. Legend had it that it originated from a bloodline inheritance technique of some avian true spirit, later acquired by a great power of the Devil Race and passed down through its lineage after demonic alteration.

It was said that once cultivated to the utmost extreme, one could cross hundreds of thousands of miles with every movement; even traversing the heavens and roaming the vast void would be effortless.

He appeared to be