Nether Fox had barely left when Shopkeeper Yin and Bu Ren arrived.
Bu Ren abruptly stopped, his expression turning grave.
"Another living creature appeared here just now, and it seems it was not a Void Demon..."
The green light in Bu Ren's eyes blazed brightly. After observing the surroundings for a moment, he continued.
"It should have been a Nether Fox. Yet there are no traces of battle here; the two left together. Since when could Nether Foxes and the Void Race coexist peacefully?"
"Fellow Daoist Bu, do you know how strong that Nether Fox was?" Shopkeeper Yin asked with some concern.
They had been on the verge of catching up to Beauty Serpent, only for a Nether Fox to suddenly emerge. It truly was an unforeseen twist.
Bu Ren said, "It should only be a fifth-rank Nether Fox. If it possessed sixth-rank strength, why would it need to flee? It could simply turn around and deal with the two of us."
Shopkeeper Yin nodded, and the concern on his face faded.
He suddenly turned around and glanced behind him.
"We have been stopped here for more than ten breaths. Why has Ji Lin not caught up yet?"
Bu Ren said, "No need to bother with him. Let us catch up to Beauty Serpent first."
The two immediately accelerated once more and gave chase.
After pursuing for tens of thousands of li, they still had not caught sight of Beauty Serpent, but they could sense that she was not far ahead.
This was because the surrounding source qi stirred without wind, clearly caused by Beauty Serpent's flight.
Yet another change suddenly arose.
"Wooo..."
A piercing howl rang out, like steel needles stabbing straight into their seas of consciousness.
A late fifth-rank wraith tore through the dense source qi and charged