"Why are they here? Were they drawn by the commotion from the sacrifice just now?"
Lin Yuan quickly understood.
He realized that in this barren land, even if he completely concealed his presence and disguised his aura as that of a bamboo stalk, he could still be exposed.
Without hesitation, he activated the Imperial Scale Armor and Swift Thunder Twin Wings simultaneously, speeding away in the opposite direction from Sword Douluo and his three companions.
To shake them off faster, Lin Yuan even unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, Golden Lightning Possession.
His speed reached an astonishing extreme.
In mere seconds, he became a streak of golden lightning and vanished into the horizon.
"Impressive, boy. Your flying speed actually rivals a Peak Douluo's. Third Soul Skill: Sword Wings Like Flight!"
Although Lin Yuan's spiritual power had improved again after he advanced to Soul King, Sword Douluo's Soul Power was at rank ninety-six. His spiritual power was undoubtedly greater than Lin Yuan's.
Before Lin Yuan sensed Sword Douluo, Sword Douluo had already sensed him.
Noticing his target's sudden acceleration, he released nine Soul Rings in a brilliant flash—two yellow, two purple, and five black. His third Soul Ring lit up as he activated his enhancement skill without hesitation.
His flying speed instantly doubled.
"Uncle Jian, let me help you."
Ning Fengzhi had already learned from Sword Douluo that their target's cultivation was somewhere in the fifties.
That meant the target had received a Soul Beast's sacrifice for his fifth Soul Ring.
Faced with such a windfall, Ning Fengzhi could not possibly bear to let it slip away.
He immediately released his martial soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, boosting Sword Douluo's speed by eighty percent.
That bastard Ning Fengzhi really has no shame.
When Sword Douluo accelerated the first time, his