But now, it had no options. The only thing it could do was flee as fast as possible.
The Spiritual Embryo burrowed back into the clouds, trying to escape.
"Trying to run? Too late!"
Yet the next instant, a chilling voice made the Spiritual Embryo's soul nearly leave its body.
The Spiritual Embryo spun around and saw that the human had actually caught up.
Golden radiance bloomed all over his body. Like a blazing golden sun, he illuminated the nine heavens.
Meanwhile, the Spiritual Embryo felt ice-cold from head to toe, as if it had fallen into an icy abyss.
At that moment, unprecedented terror rose in its heart.
Squelch!
A Blood-red Long Sword slashed down from the void like a streak of crimson light, carrying terrifying power capable of destroying everything.
In an instant, it struck the Spiritual Embryo's neck.
"Ahhh! I surrender!"
The sword fell, immediately cutting into the Spiritual Embryo's head.
But the Spiritual Embryo refused to submit. It screamed wildly and tried to flee.
"Since you want to die, don't blame me!"
Lin Taichu's eyes were cold and indifferent, utterly unmoved.
He stretched out his right hand, grabbed the Spiritual Embryo, and lifted it up.
Then he clenched his hand fiercely.
Crack!
The Spiritual Embryo shattered outright, turning into spiritual energy that filled the sky before flowing into Lin Taichu's body.
Lin Taichu's aura surged dramatically.
Though he had not yet stepped into the Innate Realm, he was not far from it.
"Hmm? There's actually another one?"
Just as Lin Taichu refined the Spiritual Embryo—
the Spiritual Embryo's heart suddenly leaped. An incomparably powerful surge of spiritual energy emerged and condensed into a fist-sized round bead.
This bead contained vast spiritual energy, far surpassing the Spiritual Embryo Bead Lin Taichu had obtained before.
"There really are