Bang!
The Blood Tiger tore through the Sword Qi and struck Li Shi'an.
The blazing azure Dao Fire around Li Shi'an shuddered violently, blocking the blade energy, but his body was still sent flying backward, snapping several trees as thick as buckets at the waist.
He dared not linger. As he rolled across the ground, he popped a pill that restored True Qi into his mouth, slapped the ground, and sprang up, heading toward North Spring Mountain once more.
Zuo Qiu did not know what mysteries North Spring Mountain held, but he certainly had no intention of letting his opponent have his way.
He pushed off hard, shooting forward like a cannonball and rapidly closing the distance. At the same time, he poured True Essence into the blade from afar again.
With a tiger's roar, the Blood Tiger pounced once more, blazing flames rising over a dozen zhang high.
Li Shi'an turned around. As he continued retreating, he took out the Imperial Golden Dragon Token at his waist, channeled True Essence into it, and tossed it into the air.
The Golden Dragon Token burst with golden light, transforming into a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon that charged toward the Blood Tiger.
The Blood Tiger opened its enormous, blood-red maw and bit into the golden dragon as it moved to coil around and crush it.
With an audible crack, the golden dragon shattered, and the Golden Dragon Token broke into fragments as well.
But that brief obstruction allowed Li Shi'an to reach a point less than thirty zhang from North Spring Mountain.
The rush of wind came from beside him. Zuo Qiu had caught up behind him, locking onto him with his Qi and chopping down with his palm held like a blade.
Li Shi'an swayed, seemingly splitting into two figures. Whatever Cultivation