Escape

Wang Qi took two steps back and spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva.

As expected of an immortal—his command of the Tiantian Xiangxing Ruler and his grasp of timing surpassed Wang Qi's by far. Wang Qi's sure-kill strike had actually become the opening for this fallen immortal's counterattack.

To him, this was truly a rare situation. Since entering the path, Wang Qi had repeatedly defeated the strong while weak, always using exquisite methods to suppress opponents whose mana exceeded his by severalfold or dozens of times. Yet this time, he was actually being suppressed by someone whose mana was far weaker than his own!

"Interesting..."

Mei Ge Mu shook the blood streaming from his hands. Those hands had still been slender barely the time it took to drink a cup of tea ago, but now the muscles had knotted upon them, and they were as thick as an ordinary man's waist. He looked like a long-armed demon ape.

This was the consequence of demon blood boiling to fifty percent. It was an irreversible transformation. Unless Mei Ge Mu could use a transformation method to alter his body from the cellular level—but if he could make such changes, there would be no need for him to hide his tracks like this. He could simply turn into some small animal, or rely on his formidable combat strength to carve his way out.

During his clash against Yue Luo Liuli's vital-essence demon qi, he had been completely at a disadvantage. Yet he had once been a figure who roamed the Star Sea, and he had actually used Yue Luo Liuli's vital essence to temper his own demon blood in turn.

This battle was like Wang Qi repeatedly hammering Mei Ge Mu with a great forge hammer. Now, Mei Ge Mu could feel