Just as Qin Wuyou began his secluded cultivation on the Seventh Floor of the Underground Cavern, Lin Chaozong fled onto the Seventh Floor in a wretched state.
Behind him, more than a dozen Flying Yakshas in the Myriad Phenomena Realm reached the Underground Cavern Barrier and let out furious bellows and roars.
Special rules restricted these cavern demons from entering the Seventh Floor, but they stubbornly remained before the barrier, refusing to leave.
Even more Flying Yakshas gathered from the surrounding area.
Meanwhile, inside the Seventh Floor of the Underground Cavern, Lin Chaozong gasped for breath.
He was in an utterly miserable state.
His powerful Spirit Artifact robe was riddled with holes from the Demon Flame, more than half his hair had been scorched, and several horrifying wounds on his chest exposed bone and dripped blood.
He had originally gone to capture Qin Wuyou, only to be set up by him and forced into a confrontation with a Flying Yaksha.
If it had been just one Flying Yaksha, that would have been manageable.
But a whole fucking pack had shown up!
A pack of Flying Yakshas in the Myriad Phenomena Realm—even an immortal could not have withstood them!
The scene from earlier flashed before his eyes again.
When he had injured that Flying Yaksha with his formidable strength, more than a dozen Flying Yakshas had suddenly rushed out from the surroundings!
He had held the advantage, only to find himself surrounded by more than a dozen Flying Yakshas in the Myriad Phenomena Realm. It was easy to imagine how he had felt.
What followed had been the darkest moments of his life.
Those dozen or so Flying Yakshas had chased him until there was no road to heaven and no door into the earth. Several times, he had even wanted to give up and end his own life.
Fortunately, heaven had eyes. Just as his origin power ran dry, he finally escaped onto the Seventh Floor of the Underground Cavern.
Although the demons on the Seventh Floor were stronger and more terrifying,
at least Lin Chaozong now had a moment to catch his breath.
Looking at the Underground Cavern Barrier behind him, which had stopped the Flying Yakshas, Lin Chaozong shed tears of gratitude.
He had never imagined that, at the critical moment, the Underground Cavern Barrier no one had ever paid attention to would save his life.
Having escaped death, Lin Chaozong raised his head and roared at the sky, his eyes scarlet and his face as hideous as a vengeful ghost.
"Qin Wuyou, I, Lin Chaozong, will never rest until one of us is dead!"
Qin Wuyou had only just entered the cave and begun his secluded cultivation when that roar jolted him awake.
"Fuck! Lin Chaozong actually chased me all the way here."
Qin Wuyou was utterly speechless.
Judging by where the voice had come from, Lin Chaozong could not have been far away.
Moreover, he had heard an unexpected, pleasant surprise in Lin Chaozong's voice!
"His spiritual energy is unsteady, and his voice is weak. Looks like he's injured!"
"And badly injured at that!"
Qin Wuyou's eyes suddenly lit up.
When he first heard Lin Chaozong's voice, he had intended to flee.
But now, a bold idea sprang to mind!
"If Lin Chaozong really is badly injured, this could be my chance!"
Rather than wait for a cultivator at the Tenth Heaven of the Myriad Phenomena Realm to hunt him down, he could take the simplest approach and kill the bastard outright.
Given Qin Wuyou's strength, he would normally have had no chance against Lin Chaozong before reaching the Primordial Spirit Realm.
But now, had an opportunity not presented itself?
After considering it for a moment, however, Qin Wuyou abandoned that tempting idea.
Especially after seeing the black villain's fortune surrounding him, he completely dismissed the thought of taking that risk.
With this villain's fortune hanging over him, taking a risk could very well mean throwing his life away.
"No hurry. I'll let that dog live a few more days."
"Once I reach the Primordial Spirit Realm, it won't be too late to kill him."
Steady growth was the true path.
Besides, he could tell from Lin Chaozong's voice that his injuries were serious.
Serious injuries in the Myriad Phenomena Realm could not heal completely in just a day or two.
With the Heaven-Seizing Creation Art, however, reaching the Primordial Spirit Realm would only take him a day or two.
By the time he reached the Primordial Spirit Realm, Lin Chaozong's injuries should still not have healed.
Then, facing the still-injured Lin Chaozong at his own full strength, Qin Wuyou would have at least a ninety percent chance of victory.
It was precisely because he had considered all this that Qin Wuyou was in no hurry to seek out Lin Chaozong.
As he activated the Heaven and Earth Furnace, streams of pure origin energy cultivation, demon blood essence, and primordial spirit power were refined.
Absorbing the pure origin energy refined from those demon corpses, Qin Wuyou's cultivation rose rapidly.
Meanwhile, Lin Chaozong.
Looking at the Myriad Phenomena Realm demon that had suddenly appeared before him, Lin Chaozong nearly burst into tears.
"Fuck you!"
He had never imagined that his shout would draw a Myriad Phenomena Realm demon.
It was a demon in the early stages of the Myriad Phenomena Realm, with an appearance very similar to a Flying Yaksha.
But he was far better-looking than a Flying Yaksha.
His skin had turned snow-white, even paler than human skin.
Under the dim light of the Underground Cavern, blue veins could even be seen beneath his skin, constantly writhing like earthworms.
Among Yaksha demons, different skin colors also represented different bloodline ranks.
The color of this Yaksha's skin alone made it clear that his bloodline rank was far higher than that of a Flying Yaksha!
He was a member of the Yaksha Royal Clan, possessing a king-grade demon bloodline!
The Yaksha Royal Clan possessed the strongest bloodline in the Yaksha Race!
A fully matured Yaksha King could even attain Void Training Peak cultivation!
Yet their combat strength was so formidable that it could rival saint-level experts!
That showed just how powerful and terrifying the Yaksha Royal Clan was!
Unlike ordinary Flying Yakshas, members of the Yaksha Royal Clan not only possessed noble bloodlines from birth, but also powerful bloodline divine abilities.
Thus, they were countless times stronger than Flying Yakshas at the same cultivation realm.
That was precisely why they could live on the Seventh Floor of the Underground Cavern, an Underground Cavern World one level higher than that of the Flying Yakshas.
After recognizing this member of the Yaksha Royal Clan, Lin Chaozong even felt a trace of fear arise in his mind.
Once a member of the Yaksha Royal Clan activated his Innate Divine Ability, he could instantly gain terrifying combat strength that made him invincible within his realm.
In other words, once this early-stage Myriad Phenomena Realm royal Yaksha activated his bloodline divine ability, he would become invincible within the Myriad Phenomena Realm!
Even a cultivator like Lin Chaozong, at the Tenth Heaven of the Myriad Phenomena Realm, would have no chance against a royal Yaksha using his bloodline divine ability.
What was more, less than a tenth of his strength remained.
There was no way he could be a match for this royal Yaksha.
The royal Yaksha could even kill him without activating his bloodline divine ability.
Watching the royal Yaksha draw closer and closer, he suddenly thought of Qin Wuyou for some reason.
When Qin Wuyou had been trapped between him and the Flying Yaksha, he must have felt much the same way, right?
He had never imagined that, just a few hours later, he would end up in the same predicament Qin Wuyou had faced.
Only, Qin Wuyou had been able to kill with a borrowed blade, using him to hold off the Flying Yaksha.
He did not have Qin Wuyou's luck.
Looking at the Flying Yakshas waiting outside the barrier like hunters beside a stump, hoping for a rabbit to come their way, Lin Chaozong broke down.
Even his sole avenue of retreat had been completely sealed off.
Now he was truly trapped, unable to advance or retreat.
No matter what he chose, only death awaited.
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