Northeast skies of Ling Province.
His evasion light sped forward at full force. After the Void Escape Method reached Mastery, he could also ride the momentum to traverse through the air at high altitude. The spatial fluctuations here were not as dense as those near the rifts of Nether Abyss Valley, but he could still step upon scattered wave crests. His speed was several times faster than ordinary escape arts.
Li Yuan headed toward Nether Abyss Valley.
His passive perception spread across eighteen hundred zhang. Along the way, several Golden Core-level Devil Race auras skimmed past the edges of the mountain forests, but Li Yuan did not stop.
With roughly two hundred li remaining before Nether Abyss Valley, a surge of spirit power fluctuations suddenly crashed into his perception.
Not Nascent Soul.
Spirit Transformation.
The fluctuation came from slightly south of straight ahead, less than a thousand zhang from Li Yuan, rushing outward from the direction of Nether Abyss Valley.
His evasion light came to an abrupt halt.
The Spirit Transformation-grade demonic qi drew closer and closer. Its aura was violent, extremely similar to the Crimson-Scaled Devil on the other side of the rift.
It had broken through the front line.
Xuanying had failed to stop it.
Seven hundred zhang, five hundred zhang, three hundred zhang.
A crimson evasion light shot out from behind the southern mountain range at tremendous speed. A tall figure was wrapped within it, crimson scales flickering into view. Demonic qi leaked from its body, scorching the surrounding air until it twisted.
The Spirit Transformation Devil had not noticed Li Yuan. It seemed to be headed somewhere.
There were many wounds across its crimson scales, dark-red blood seeping from the gaps. A scale on its right shoulder had fallen away, exposing charred flesh beneath.
Although Xuanying