Ji Yue and Qing Xu transformed into a golden and a purple streak of light, pursuing Song Wen westward.
The gap in their cultivation was laid bare.
Ji Yue's escape speed was clearly superior to Qing Xu's, and before long, she had left him far behind.
Song Wen, fleeing ahead, soon noticed the golden lightning flashing swiftly closer from behind.
"Truly impossible to shake off, like a lingering ghost."
Song Wen's expression darkened, and a blood-colored crystal suddenly appeared between his fingers.
Just as he was about to crush the crystal and unleash Blood Shadow Thousand Illusions, something occurred to him, and he secretly put the blood-colored crystal away.
"Fellow Daoist Ji Yue, there is no enmity between us. There is no need for us to fight to the death. How about I give you the complete formation diagram of the Devouring Essence Array, and we call it quits here?" Song Wen said weakly as he fled.
"Wishful thinking!" Ji Yue flatly refused. "You only think of begging for mercy now? Too late! Today, you will surely die!"
"Ji Yue, don't go too far! It remains to be seen who will be the last one standing!" Song Wen said, fierce on the outside but weak within.
As soon as he spoke, Song Wen abruptly halted, seemingly intending to strike first, and his hands began forming seals at lightning speed.
A trace of mockery flashed through Ji Yue's phoenix eyes.
"A trapped beast's final struggle, nothing more!"
Ji Yue did not even cancel her escape technique. Still transformed into a streak of golden light, she charged straight at Song Wen.
However, the golden short halberd in her hand had already been activated once more, golden lightning snakes writhing wildly across it.
Just as Ji Yue tore through the air, she suddenly