Escape to the Star Dou Forest Core Area!

At this critical juncture.

Little Silver, which had been silent all this time, suddenly opened its eyes.

Within its glazed pupils, silver light shone as brilliantly as the stars, and a profound spatial fluctuation rippled outward with it at the center!

"First Soul Skill—Space Jump!"

The silver light surged violently!

The figures of Yu Tianlong, Little Gold, and Little Silver, enveloped by the silver radiance, became blurred and distorted like reflections in water, and then, the very instant before Yu Yuanzhen's palm descended.

They vanished without a trace!

"BOOM—!!!"

Yu Yuanzhen's palm struck empty air, the violent power of lightning blasting a massive crater several fathoms wide into the ground, sending shattered stone and soil flying into the sky!

But the bottom of the pit was empty.

There were no bloodstains, no corpses, not even a lingering trace of aura.

Yu Yuanzhen stood frozen in place, staring at the empty crater before him, his expression shifting from astonishment to disbelief, and finally to boundless rage!

"A spatial soul ring... so that's it..."

He finally understood.

Why Yu Tianlong had suddenly proposed absorbing a space-attribute soul beast at such a life-or-death moment.

Why he had chosen to let that Silver Luo San Pao absorb the Space Rabbit's soul ring. Why he had appeared so calm from the very beginning, as if he had been prepared all along...

So, he had been preparing for his escape from the start!

"Good... a very good Yu Tianlong..." Yu Yuanzhen gritted his teeth, his voice squeezed through his teeth with a chilling, murderous intent. "I want to see just how far you can run!"

He spun around abruptly, grabbed the still-dazed Yu Xiaogang, and moved like lightning, chasing toward the outside of the Star Dou Forest.

But the Star Dou Forest was vast and boundless, and with Yu Tianlong possessing the ability to perform space jumps, finding him was no different than looking for a needle in a haystack.

In a hidden cave one kilometer away, a flash of silver light appeared, and Yu Tianlong stumbled out, clutching Little Gold and Little Silver.

His face was pale, his forehead covered in cold sweat, and his Soul Power was nearly drained.

Although the Space Jump was powerful, its consumption was equally immense; given his current cultivation level, forcibly carrying Little Gold and Little Silver for a long-distance teleportation took a massive toll.

"Safe... for now..." He leaned against the damp cave wall, gasping for air, his chest heaving violently.

Little Gold and Little Silver were also severely drained, lying beside him with their auras somewhat withered. Yet, in their eyes, there was a sense of relief at having survived the ordeal.

But Yu Yuanzhen would be upon them soon.

The night wind of the Star Dou Forest whistled through the treetops, carrying the scent of blood and soil.

Yu Tianlong held Little Gold and Little Silver, catching his breath in the cave for a brief moment before gritting his teeth and standing up once more.

"I can't stop... stopping means death."

He took a deep breath, feeling the meager amount of Soul Power left in his body, and looked down at Little Silver, whose aura was equally withered in his arms.

His first soul skill, Space Jump, could perform a spatial displacement of up to one kilometer, but the cost was enormous.

In his current state, he could use it at most four more times before his Soul Power would be completely exhausted.

And four Space Jumps could only cover a maximum of four kilometers.

To a Title Douluo, four kilometers was nothing more than the distance of a few breaths.

"Little Silver, can you still hold on?" Yu Tianlong asked, bowing his head.

Little Silver raised its head; although its glazed eyes were filled with exhaustion, it nodded firmly.

It mobilized the residual spatial energy from the Space Rabbit it had just absorbed, and silver-white light flowed across its body, connecting with Yu Tianlong's Soul Power.

With the addition of this extra spatial energy, the consumption of the next jump could be reduced by half.

"Good! Let's go!"

The silver light flashed again, and the figures of the man and the two beasts vanished from the spot once more.

Five hundred meters away, the moment they reappeared, Yu Yuanzhen's murderous aura locked onto them again from several miles behind.

"Let's see how long you can run!" Yu Yuanzhen's roar echoed through the night sky, carrying the pressure of a Title Douluo, causing the surrounding trees to tremble. "Your Soul Power will run out sooner or later! Stop now, and I might spare your life!"

Yu Tianlong turned a deaf ear, gritted his teeth, and activated the Space Jump again.

The second time.

The third time.

The fourth time.

Every jump was overdrawing his Soul Power and life force. His face grew paler, his lips lost all color, and his vision began to blur with double images.

Little Gold and Little Silver were in no better condition; the silver light on Little Silver had become extremely dim, and the residual spatial energy from the Space Rabbit was nearly depleted.

And Yu Yuanzhen was still pursuing them relentlessly, like a maggot on a rotting bone, the distance between them constantly closing.

"One last time..." Yu Tianlong gasped, his vision already beginning to fade, but he stared fixedly ahead, supporting himself with an unyielding will.

He did not know where he was now, only that the surrounding trees were growing taller and taller, the Soul Power in the air was becoming increasingly dense, and there was a faint, ancient, and powerful aura lurking in the depths.

He had no choice. To stop was to die. To move forward, perhaps there was still a glimmer of hope.

"Little Silver... this is the last time." He used his remaining strength to pour all the Soul Power left in his body into Little Silver.

Little Silver let out a mournful cry, and a silver-white light flared up once more, enveloping them.

The fifth Space Jump.

When they reappeared, Yu Tianlong felt his legs go weak and he collapsed directly to the ground.

His Soul Power was completely exhausted; he didn't even have the strength to move a finger.

Little Silver was even worse off, lying limp beside him, its silver-white fur dull and lusterless, unable to even open its eyes. Little Gold struggled to support its body, standing in front of Yu Tianlong and letting out a weak growl toward the rear.

Yu Tianlong raised his head with difficulty. Through his blurred vision, he saw that the surrounding trees had become exceptionally tall and thick, each one wide enough for dozens of people to join hands around, their canopies blotting out the sky and completely blocking the moonlight.

The air was permeated with an extremely ancient and dense aura—the pressure that only a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast could emit.

The Star Dou Forest Core Area.

He had stumbled his way here by accident.

In the distance, the figure of Yu Yuanzhen appeared at the edge of the forest, but he did not immediately pursue them inside.

For the first time, a look of hesitation and apprehension appeared on his face.

"Damn it... how did this brat end up here..." Yu Yuanzhen gritted his teeth, his gaze flickering as he stared at the deep, dark woods ahead.

As a Title Douluo, he knew better than anyone the terror of the Star Dou Forest Core Area.

Several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts lived here, and it was even rumored that beings surpassing a hundred thousand years existed. Even for him, rashly breaking in would mean certain death.

He hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth, preparing to take the risk and pursue.

Just then!

"ROAR--!!!!!"

A heaven-shaking beast roar suddenly erupted from the depths of the Core Area!

The sound did not seem to enter through the ears, but rather exploded directly in the depths of every living creature's soul!

A terrifying pressure swept over them like a physical force. The surrounding trees trembled under this pressure, and countless bird-type Soul Beasts nesting in the canopy took flight in a panic, blotting out the sky!

Yu Yuanzhen's face turned deathly pale in an instant. He felt his Martial Soul trembling—it was the instinctive fear of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul when facing a higher-level existence!

"What, what kind of Soul Beast is this..." His voice trembled, and his feet retreated involuntarily.

That aura was too terrifying. He did not doubt that if he took one more step forward, he would surely die.

"Yu Tianlong... you are finished." He took one last look in the direction of the Core Area, a flash of unwillingness and apprehension in his eyes, then turned around, grabbed the equally pale-faced Yu Xiaogang, and fled toward the outside of the forest without looking back.

He concluded that in Yu Tianlong's exhausted state, he would absolutely not survive the night in a place like this.