Green Mantis strode forward with saber in hand, brimming with murderous vigor as he headed toward the entrance.
Xue Ni followed close behind.
Suddenly, his heart lurched, and he barked, "Wait!"
"What is it?" Green Mantis looked back, only to see Xue Ni staring into the pitch-black entrance, his expression extraordinarily grave.
The next instant, a cloud of blood mist burst around Xue Ni, and he fled backward in a flash. He moved so quickly that several Dao Integration cultivators behind him could not dodge in time, and those he struck went sprawling.
Green Mantis, however, whirled around.
For at that very moment, an incomparably sharp aura abruptly appeared behind him.
Along with that aura came boundless fury.
All he saw was a mass of blood-red. The figure within it was somewhat distorted, barely able to suppress the restless power inside his body, as though he might explode at any moment.
"Lu Ye!" Green Mantis growled.
After searching for so long, he had finally encountered this fellow again.
Yet he had no time to rejoice, because at a glance, he saw that Lu Ye was currently using the Blood Explosion Art.
Again?
Earlier, he had received reports from two subordinates that Lu Ye had once used one of his Clones to unleash the Blood Explosion Art and break through their defenses. In that battle, a powerful Sun Tribe Dao Integration cultivator had even died.
Since Lu Ye had somehow acquired Blood Race bloodline and possessed such dense Sacred Nature, it was only natural for him to have a Clone.
Many members of the Blood Race had their own Clones. Especially when one's bloodline concentration reached a certain level, a Clone's strength could sometimes be scarcely inferior to that of the main body.
But once a Clone was expended, it could