Elsewhere.
Xu Yaoyang looked utterly grim.
Before meeting Ying Huaixu, he had considered himself a one-in-ten-thousand genius.
But after meeting Ying Huaixu, Xu Yaoyang had recognized his own shortcomings.
For that reason, he had cultivated like mad after returning to the Great Sun Sacred Ground.
Xu Yaoyang truly was a genius.
He had cultivated the Great Sun Immortal Scripture far beyond what someone at his realm could withstand.
But that had not mattered.
He had Ying Huaixu's Spiritual Power to suppress it.
As long as Ying Huaixu's Spiritual Power helped him suppress it, he could increase his combat strength without limit.
That was what Xu Yaoyang had originally believed.
But after facing the fox before him, Xu Yaoyang's composure had begun to crumble.
He had indeed beaten the Nine-Tailed Fox's first form, but its second form was evenly matched with Xu Yaoyang in his current state.
Xu Yaoyang had fought with everything he had, even exhausting everything he carried, yet he had only managed to fight the Nine-Tailed Fox to a standstill.
In the end, Xu Yaoyang could only circulate the Great Sun Immortal Scripture like mad, pushing straight past his limits.
Even the Spiritual Power bead Ying Huaixu had given him shattered.
He had finally defeated the Nine-Tailed Fox's Phase Two.
But when the Nine-Tailed Fox's third phase appeared, Xu Yaoyang felt somewhat hopeless.
The Nine-Tailed Fox killed him with a single swipe.
Fortunately, he had a Substitute Death Escape Talisman on him, which immediately wrapped around his mangled body and carried him out of the Secret Realm.
"Roar!"
The third-phase Nine-Tailed Fox, now fully transformed into a gigantic figure, roared furiously in the direction Xu Yaoyang had fled.
Xu Yaoyang was deeply conflicted as well.
He did not want to leave.
Because Ying Huaixu was still there.
He