Li Wu's heart jolted, and every hair on his body stood on end, as though an ancient savage beast had fixed its gaze on him.
He whipped his head around and saw a crimson figure streaking through the distant sky like a meteor, hurtling toward him at an unimaginable speed.
Wherever the figure passed, the air warped, leaving a scorching trail in his wake.
Even from so far away, that savage, vicious pressure, brimming with destruction, had locked onto Li Wu like tangible shackles.
Innately great perfection—it had to be the expert at innately great perfection whom the Heaven-ranked spy had said was coming to hunt him down!
There's no escape.
Li Wu's heart instantly sank to rock bottom.
He could not even defeat someone at late-stage innate, let alone an expert at innately great perfection whose strength far surpassed that realm.
"I'll stake everything!"
A ruthless glint flashed in Li Wu's eyes. He activated the Burning Blood Scripture, and the Qi and Blood power within him began burning as his aura surged wildly.
In moments, he broke beyond the middle stage innate realm, temporarily reaching late-stage innate.
"Oh? Fighting for your life? Interesting. Unfortunately, staking your life won't bridge the gap between our realms."
Within a few breaths, the crimson figure arrived above God-Burial Ridge and looked down at Li Wu from on high.
He was an exceptionally tall barbarian cultivator from the Southern Wasteland.
His loose crimson hair whipped wildly in the wind. A ferocious flame totem adorned his face, his eyes were blood-red, and he carried a massive axe wreathed in blood-colored flames.
He was Red Slaughter, the strongest battle general serving under Yan Kui, the fifth priest of the Southern Wasteland.
Seeing Li Wu prepare to fight to the death, a trace of disdain flashed through