Before his words had faded, Blood Pupil abruptly bit through the tip of his tongue.
He spat out a mouthful of essence blood.
As bloody light surged, his figure transformed into a long crimson streak more than ten times denser than before.
He sped away in the direction opposite the ocean.
His speed had already surpassed the limits of foundation establishment.
This was precisely the Blood Baleful Sect's secret Blood Escape technique.
He intended to sacrifice this clone to forcibly draw Chu Liuyun's attention away.
To win Xu Xuan a slender chance of survival.
After all, compared with Xu Xuan,
the karmic ties entangling him were greater, and more worthy of Chu Liuyun's attention.
Chu Liuyun glanced indifferently in the direction Blood Pupil had fled, a faint, almost imperceptible sneer curling his lips.
"Petty tricks."
He did not immediately give chase.
Instead, his gaze settled on Xu Xuan, who was about to use an escape technique.
"To have driven Lin Tiannan into such straits, you must have a few tricks yourself."
"An innate fire spirit body. Your aptitude is good. Unfortunately, you've cultivated Blood River True Intent, so your ties to the Blood Baleful Sect must run deep-"
"Wretch of the Demonic Dao, I cannot let you live."
Chu Liuyun spoke evenly, deciding Xu Xuan's fate in a few short sentences.
However, dealing with a mere foundation establishment cultivator did not require him to act personally.
He merely flicked his sleeve casually.
"Rooaaar!"
A dragon's roar shook the heavens.
The sea beneath his feet exploded.
A demon dragon more than a hundred zhang long burst through the waves, its entire body covered in blue scales, a single horn on its head and four claws beneath its belly.
The demon dragon's aura was ferocious, having actually reached the foundation establishment late