"No, I was discovered."
The moment those dark red eyes locked on the big stone, all the hairs on Qin Tiexin's body stood up.
Without any hesitation, he stepped hard on the ground - Mountain-Shaking Steps! At the same time as his body retreated backwards, the cycle of Wood Phase Steps instantly turned into an explosion of Metal Phase Steps, and his whole body was like an arrow from a string, shooting towards the crevice where it came from.
Rubbles and bones exploded beneath your feet.
Qin Tiexin's speed was extremely fast, dragging out an afterimage in the dark cave.
Behind him, the "person" stood up calmly.
The moment he stood up, his body was completely stretched out - nearly one foot in height, like a hill. Under the dark blue skin, black lines squirmed like living animals, and every squirm caused the surrounding Sha Qi to surge. He casually grabbed the Shadow Fox at his feet and clasped his five fingers into the fox's body.
Shadow Fox let out a short whine, and then its body shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye. Its fur lost its luster, and its flesh and blood dried up, leaving only a piece of skin covering the bones. The essence accumulated in its body and the power of Qi and Blood turned into a dark red stream, which was sucked into the palm of the "person".
"Gu..."
He let out a low growl of satisfaction in his throat. With the injection of this power, the two bleeding bulges on his back calmed down a little, and the churning breath around him quickly stabilized, stopping firmly at Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
He raised his blood-flame eyes and looked straight in the direction where Qin Tiexin was escaping. He grinned wider, revealing sharp teeth.
"It smells so good... your energy and Qi and Blood power are a hundred times more powerful than these wastes."
He took a deep breath, as if he could smell the strong vitality of Qin Tiexin through the air.
"Suck you and I'll be back to my full glory."
Before he finished speaking, he stepped hard with his foot.
"Boom!"
The rock on the ground exploded into a shallow pit. The dark red power of Qi and Blood wrapped around the legs like Flame, and the whole person turned into a dark cyan afterimage, chasing Qin Tiexin. The speed of Metal Phase Steps exploded faster than Qin Tiexin, and it was actually three minutes faster!
In the narrow rock crevice passage, Qin Tiexin had just rushed out of the halfway point when a harsh sound of breaking through the air came from behind.
"Now that you're here, just stay here."
The hoarse voice was playful, and then, a red-black air blade tore through the air and shot out against the ground!
Wherever the air blade passed, the rocks on the cave wall were chipped away like tofu, and gravel rustled down. The passage was already narrow, and there was almost no way to avoid it.
Qin Tiexin did not look back. All his mind was focused on rushing forward and the sensation behind him. At the moment when the air blade touched his body, his waist suddenly twisted, and the thick blade behind Edgeless Heavy Saber happened to block the path of the air blade.
"Tsk--!"
There was a soft sound, like water droplets falling into hot sand.
The expected impact of Great Strength did not come. The moment the sharp red-black air blade touched Edgeless Saber's body, it quickly dimmed and decomposed like ice and snow melting, and finally turned into a few thin wisps of black Sha Qi, which was sucked into the blade and disappeared without a trace.
Huh?
The "person" chasing behind him obviously paused and let out a short and surprised low hum.
Qin Tiexin was also shocked, but his movements did not stop at all. With the help of the weak thrust brought by the air blade, he increased his speed by one point, and with a final leap, his body finally broke out of the rock crevice and fell into the night of the canyon again.
As soon as his toes touched the ground, he flicked his left hand like lightning, and a longan-sized, gray pill rolled silently into the shadow at the edge of the hole. At the same time, he had already stuffed another clear-smelling antidote into his mouth with his right hand.
After doing all this, he suddenly turned around, Edgeless was lying in front of him, the tip of the knife was pointing diagonally at the ground, his body was slightly sunk, and he assumed the most stable defensive position. Body Tempering Eighth Layer's Qi and Blood was running loudly, with a faint dark red luster under his skin, and he was staring at the dark crevice exit.
All this happened in the blink of an eye.
After just two breaths, the vines at the entrance of the rock crevice were roughly torn apart.
The tall figure stepped out and stood at the entrance of the cave.
The moonlight finally illuminated his entire appearance - a terrifying height of nearly ten feet, dark green skin, black lines, a broken horn on his forehead, and bulging shoulders and back bleeding. Those blood-red eyes were like two will-o'-the-wisps in the night, sweeping over the waiting Qin Tiexin, and casually glanced at the few dead leaves crushed under his feet - and under the dead leaves, the dark medicinal power had quietly melted away and was trying to penetrate into the skin of his feet.
There was an undisguised sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"Why didn't you run away?" The voice was still hoarse and harsh, with a playful tone like a cat and mouse.
Qin Tiexin did not answer his question, but asked in a deep voice, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
He was stalling for time and observing. The power of Spirit-Eroding Pill's medicine should have taken effect.
"Let me eat you and I'll tell you." That "man" obviously had no interest in chatting. He grinned with a cruel smile and took another step forward with his right foot.
"Crack!"
The hard rock under his feet shattered, and spiderweb-like cracks spread for several feet. The power of the dark red Qi and Blood wrapped around his legs suddenly surged, and his whole body was like a boulder thrown by a trebuchet, rushing towards Qin Tiexin with a violent evil wind!
The speed was so fast that only a faint afterimage was left in place.
The right fist struck straight, simple, rough, without any fancy. But when the punch passed by, the air made an overwhelming scream. Before the punch came, the cold wind of the punch had already made Qin Tiexin's cheek hurt, and his skin felt like it had been scraped by a blunt knife.
Qin Tiexin's pupils suddenly shrank.
So fast! So fierce!
There was no time to think about it, and there was nowhere to avoid it. His waist and horse merged into one, and the power from all over his body instantly poured into his arms. Edgeless in front of him turned from defense to attack, from left to right, and faced the fist with a fierce horizontal slash!
There is no skill, only the collision of strength and power!
"Clang--!!!"
The deafening sound of chiming gold and iron exploded, echoing repeatedly in the silent canyon, startling the birds in the distant forest.
At the collision point, dazzling sparks burst out!
Qin Tiexin I felt an indescribable Great Strength wave coming from the blade, my arms shook violently, the tiger's mouth burst open instantly, and blood flowed out. My feet slid back uncontrollably, and the soles of my boots plowed two deep marks on the rocky ground. It was not until I took seven or eight steps back that I barely stabilized my body.
His arms holding the knife trembled slightly, and Qi and Blood surged in his chest.
As for the other party, his figure only swayed, and the fist that shook Edgeless only left a shallow white mark, without even breaking the skin.
What made Qin Tiexin's heart sink even more was - the opponent's eyes were clear, his aura was stable, and the dark red power of Qi and Blood was flowing endlessly throughout his body, without any signs of stagnation or weakness.
Spirit-Eroding Pill, invalid.
How could it be?
Qin Tiexin's mind instantly flashed to Cao Mu's spiritual power stagnating in the Primordial Unity Secret Realm, with a horrified look on his face. Spirit-Eroding Pill's Cao Mu had a remarkable effect on Foundation Establishment Early Stage, but why did it seem to have no effect on the person in front of him? He clearly... stepped on a whole one!