Su Yujin's body slammed into the cavern wall, then rebounded like a ball and hurtled toward Hu Xiaotian at full speed.
Hu Xiaotian had no intention of lingering in battle. Using the Aerial Gliding Art, he followed Ji Feihua toward the exit. Before he could reach the cave mouth, a great mass of snowy-white shapes swooped down with a flurry of wings. White bats had sealed the exit before he could escape.
Hu Xiaotian drew his Flexible Sword in midair. Man and sword became one as his body spun rapidly, the blade whirling ahead of him. Like a rotating drill, he carved a bloody path through the bats' layered blockade. Flesh and blood flew amid incessant shrieks. Following their agreed tactics, he refused to linger in battle and put escape first.
Su Yujin had never imagined that after four days sealed in ice, the two men would not only survive but remain as lively as dragons and tigers, even laying an ambush for her. They had seized the Blue Skull and were about to escape one after the other. How could she let them leave so easily? Piercing shrieks rose from her throat as she streaked through the air like lightning, following Hu Xiaotian as closely as his shadow.
Hu Xiaotian raced onward. Halfway along, he saw white-furred rats pouring down ahead of him like a surging tide, and his scalp prickled. Steeling himself, he charged into the swarm with great strides, crushing several beneath each footfall. Although the rats swarmed around him, not one dared bite him. He was no longer surprised by such things. Ever since he had swallowed the Five-Colored Spider King Inner Core, many poisonous creatures had avoided him like the plague.
Su Yujin drove the bats and rats to block Hu Xiaotian's escape, yet he