Thunder Kui Wings spread from Song Wen's back. Amid flashing lightning, his escape speed was as swift as racing thunder, no slower than Blood Skeleton Lord ahead.
Yet Ying Wu's escape speed was actually a fraction faster than Song Wen's.
She stood atop her natal magic treasure—the Azure Luan Sword. An Azure Luan phantom condensed around the blade.
It was as if the divine beast Azure Luan were carrying Ying Wu as it sped through the air.
After Song Wen and Ying Wu pursued southwest for ten thousand li, they discovered the residual mana aura left behind by Blood Skeleton Lord.
Following the mana aura, the two continued their pursuit.
However, even without the lingering aura, Blood Skeleton Lord would still have been unable to shake them off; he remained within Shadow Void's sensory range.
For some unknown reason, Ying Wu did not retrieve the Void Dragon Vine, leaving it where it was.
The two pursued Blood Skeleton Lord relentlessly, but after chasing him for roughly a hundred thousand li, Shadow Void's voice suddenly sounded in Song Wen's sea of consciousness.
"Extreme Yin, Blood Skeleton Lord has fled into a Lake. The Lake is protected by a grand formation, and my divine sense cannot penetrate it."
"A formation?" Song Wen's heart stirred. "Could this be the Six Baleful Hall's base?"
Song Wen did not tell Ying Wu about Shadow Void's discovery.
Yet when the two reached the Lake's edge, they too sensed the existence of the grand formation and both came to a halt.
"It seems you and I have found the Six Baleful Hall's lair," Ying Wu said.
"Indeed." Song Wen's tone shifted. "But it will be difficult to kill Blood Skeleton Lord now."
Ying Wu's expression turned cold as she suddenly formed a sword seal.
The seventy-two top-grade