A fierce clash rang out in the distance, ending with a familiar scream.
Lu Yuan and Mo Yuyan looked toward the sound one after the other. They could just make out a blaze of violet-gold fire. Several tentacles had coiled around the wounded scholar-robed man, and his body was visibly shriveling. His vital blood had clearly been drained dry, though most of his Primordial Spirit had escaped.
The two-headed monster was the strongest, but it had yet to reach the Emperor Realm, so it could not completely stop the scholar-robed man from escaping.
Even so, the sight sent a chill through Lu Yuan and Mo Yuyan. They hastened their pace.
But the two-headed monster was drawing ever closer behind them. It clearly had no intention of letting either of them go.
Farther away, a large flock of flame-scaled flying Suanni appeared, but fortunately their clan chief and elders held them back.
"Looks like they want us and the two-headed monster to settle things between ourselves first." Lu Yuan immediately saw through their intentions.
"Then it's best they don't stop us. Forget them for now; let's find a way to escape." Mo Yuyan frowned.
But even with the flame-scaled flying Suanni holding back, the two-headed monster behind them was closing in.
"We'll fight as we go!" Mo Yuyan called to Lu Yuan. She swept her spear, and countless stars of every size emerged with its momentum, instantly creating a starry sky. Endless starlight converged on the spear in her hand.
Lu Yuan was astonished. It was rare for a human to reach such a level of cultivation and strength.
A swath of starlight swept past, revealing the faint outline of a tentacle beneath its glow.
"Yuanlan Heavenly Star Art?" The hidden tentacle had unexpectedly been forced into view. The two-headed monster