Yun Che had originally planned to visit the ruins in the Wuxia Mountains only after breaking through to the innate realm. Although he already knew every mechanism inside, they were still dangerous to him at his current strength.
Now, however, he could no longer afford to worry about that. If he wanted to escape successfully-or even turn the tables and kill his pursuer-he had to use the mechanisms in the ruins.
But the Four-Armed Demon Maggot seemed to have grown tired of playing. One of his long, slender arms swept toward Yun Che so fast that a violent rush of air rang out.
Yun Che hurriedly used Drifting Willow-Step to dodge. As he shifted into midair, he swiftly drew his sword and unleashed the "severing" strike of Frost Heaven Severing Sword.
The Four-Armed Demon Maggot howled in pain. Even a grandmaster realm demon found the pain unbearable when struck by a high-grade combat technique.
"No wonder I can squeeze 200 endurance points out of you. You really are tough!"
Yun Che took out the Hundred-Blossom Dew and swallowed it, then continued using Drifting Willow-Step to race toward the ruins.
The Hundred-Blossom Dew was quite a good item. Consuming it restored five Spirit Power points per second for three minutes.
The Four-Armed Demon Maggot roared, thoroughly enraged by Yun Che's actions. Like a gigantic iron ball, he barreled madly after Yun Che, leaving a trail several meters wide in his wake.
"Sky-Rending Six Directions Slash!"
Planting one hand on the ground, Yun Che flipped out of the way of the attack while unleashing another high-grade combat technique.
Six sword shadows instantly merged into one, slashing straight toward his opponent's vital spot.
Furious, the Four-Armed Demon Maggot briefly stopped pursuing the puny human and crossed his four arms in front of himself to block the powerful slash.
"Hmph! So you know fear too!"
Yun Che taunted him without slowing his escape in the slightest. He was not arrogant enough to think he could turn the tables and kill him with that alone.
Meanwhile, Hong Mian stood quietly waiting on the outskirts of the Wuxia Mountains. His eyelid suddenly twitched, and an inexplicable unease stirred in his heart.
Zhao Cang seemed to be growing impatient as well. He walked over to a rock and sat down. "Dealing with a few innate realm cultivators and some ants shouldn't take this long!"
After a brief silence, Hong Mian said, "I ordered him to prioritize killing that academic instructor."
Zhao Cang was even more puzzled. Frowning, he said, "Then there's even less reason for it to take so long. Unless someone is willing to sacrifice themselves to keep protecting him, but I doubt that's possible."
Hong Mian nodded and chose to keep waiting. He had formed a blood pact with the Four-Armed Demon Maggot and could still sense his presence, with nothing unusual at all. He guessed that the Wuxia Mountains' complicated terrain was hindering the demon's movements.
Deep in the Wuxia Mountains, Yun Che narrowly dodged another attack and finally reached the ruins.
This was the vast swamp known as the Wuxia Mountains' land of certain death. Within it lay an enormous stretch of ruins that closely resembled the Old Summer Palace.
These ruins were no secret. Almost everyone in Falling Moon City knew about them, and countless people had explored them.
Yet in the end, they had found no useful treasures, and many had lost their lives instead.
Over time, people stopped coming here to hunt for treasure. There was no point in coming when they could never gain anything.
Yun Che, however, knew that there really was treasure here. The entrance was simply extremely well hidden.
The person who had discovered the entrance was a Beta Tester named Zhang Yuan.
Later, he had gathered a group of Beta Testers to explore it together, and Yun Che had been among them.
The ruins were extremely dangerous, riddled with mechanisms and traps. Yun Che and over a dozen Beta Testers had spent a full half month feeling their way through before finally obtaining the treasure inside.
However, because of their agreement at the outset, the best items naturally belonged to Zhang Yuan, who had discovered the ruins. Yun Che himself had received only a piece of mid-grade armor.
Seeing the Four-Armed Demon Maggot lunging toward him, Yun Che hurried over to an ordinary stone pillar and kicked it hard.
With a crack, the ordinary stone pillar, only half a meter long, immediately tilted about thirty degrees. The water beneath his feet began rapidly receding, revealing a staircase leading underground.
"Frost Heaven Severing Sword!"
Yun Che unleashed another sword strike to hold his opponent back for a moment, then raced down the underground stairs.
He did not lower his guard just because the entrance was small. Changing size was one of the most basic abilities of demons, something the official information had already made clear.
Sure enough, a second later, the relentless Four-Armed Demon Maggot shrank to a fraction of his size in the blink of an eye and darted down the underground stairs.
Yun Che's gaze turned icy, and a cold smile curved his lips. "Good. That's right, follow me. This time, you won't be leaving alive!"
Yun Che had entered these ruins over a hundred times. He knew every mechanism like the back of his hand.
With practiced footwork, he raced over a hundred meters away, then stood smiling as he watched the Four-Armed Demon Maggot charge toward him like a madman, desperate to kill him.
The instant the Four-Armed Demon Maggot landed, countless swift, powerful lightning spears shot out from every direction.
The lightning spears were so fast that even the grandmaster realm Four-Armed Demon Maggot could not dodge them in time.
In a single instant, countless lightning spears pierced the Four-Armed Demon Maggot's body, sending crimson blood spraying everywhere.
But the Four-Armed Demon Maggot possessed astonishing vitality. Even such grievous injuries failed to kill him.
Moreover, he still remembered his master's order: prioritize killing the person before him.
"Even that didn't kill you! Let's see how long you can hold out!"
Yun Che continued running deeper into the ruins, then leaped high and drove his sword into the ceiling. Gripping the hilt tightly, he hung suspended in midair.
Meanwhile, far away on the edge of the Wuxia Mountains, Hong Mian's expression suddenly filled with shock and horror. He could actually sense the Four-Armed Demon Maggot's aura weakening.
"Impossible!"
"They shouldn't be capable of hurting the Four-Armed Demon Maggot!"
Shocked and furious, Hong Mian raced toward the depths of the Wuxia Mountains.
Beside him, Zhao Cang's aged eyes widened as he sat on the stone seat.
The Four-Armed Demon Maggot was injured?
Since when had grandmaster realm defenses become so fragile?
"Could that old dog Qin Xiao have arrived?"
"But he shouldn't have gotten here so quickly!"
Equally bewildered, Zhao Cang hurried after him, his face filled with fear and anxiety.
The Four-Armed Demon Maggot was the treasure of the entire Red Skull Bandit Group. They had raised him from infancy, spending a full ten years nurturing him until he reached his current grandmaster realm strength.
If anything happened to him, it would be a devastating loss for the Red Skull Bandit Group. Even the chief would probably spit out three mouthfuls of blood in rage.
Inside the ruins, Yun Che kept changing positions, repeatedly luring the Four-Armed Demon Maggot into traps.
As an enormous darksteel battle-axe crashed down, the Four-Armed Demon Maggot was severed at the waist. He lay in a pool of blood, his aura so feeble that he seemed liable to die at any moment.
Racing toward him, Hong Mian was frantic, his face pale and ashen. He could already sense that the Four-Armed Demon Maggot was on the verge of death.
Faster! Faster!
To reach the Four-Armed Demon Maggot as quickly as possible, Hong Mian burned his own blood essence without hesitation. His speed now surpassed Zhao Cang's, his figure moving so fast that only a streak of light was visible.
Yet the Four-Armed Demon Maggot was too far away. Even exerting all his strength, Hong Mian still had a considerable distance to cover.
Shock and confusion filled his heart. Who could it be? Who could have lured the Four-Armed Demon Maggot to somewhere so remote?
Inside the ruins, Yun Che slowly raised his sword. Six golden sword shadows circled around him. With every step forward, another sword shadow merged into his blade, finally forming a brilliant sword strike that slashed straight at the four-armed demon.
"Killing you should get me some good drops, right?"
The corners of Yun Che's mouth lifted as he stared unblinkingly at the golden sword light shooting forward.
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