Gu Shen pulled the bowstring taut and released it.
A blazing light shot out from the night—
In the distant sky, a burst of blood-stained flowing fire exploded!
The giant divine bird roared in anguish and vanished into the horizon with the Vermilion Bird.
Gu Shen didn’t pursue; he abandoned the second arrow...
Never chase a cornered enemy!
He was now located at the northern boundary outside E0 Zone, relatively safe. Pursuing the Vermilion Bird might confront him with other ’Divine Envoys.’ This single arrow sufficed; the sky was raining scarlet fire, all the blood of the Vermilion Bird!
Putting away the large bow, Gu Shen concealed his presence and retreated into the depths of the mountains.
He completely disappeared within this range of mountains.
"Little Xiuzi, I’m done here."
Gu Shen communicated telepathically.
After a mont’s wait.
Gu Shen asked again, "How is it on your side?"
"Zzzzzz..."
The spiritual channel seed to be interfered with, and there was no response from Bai Xiu.
An ominous premonition erged in Gu Shen’s heart.
...
...
On the outskirts of Tanyao, countless black birds swept across the sky, their wings producing a whistling sound of the wind. These free-flying birds above Skytop willingly dove into the volcano’s mouth, shattering to pieces in the subterranean heat.
Nobody knew why they did this.
Ending their lives, casting themselves into volcanic ash and thick fog.
No sound thereafter.
"Rumble——"
In the thunder and lightning-filled long night, Bai Xiu and Xiaoman stood silently amidst the rain, watching the black bird tide.
The ground’s trembling grew stronger.
Sitting atop the clouds, the [Thunder Realm Walker] sent a wisp of thought to its master.
"...Soone’s coming."
Bai Xiu extended a hand, handing the basket to Xiaoman.
Xiaoman hurriedly reached out and caught it.
She was sowhat at a loss, just about to speak, when Bai Xiu already stood in front of her, "If a fight breaks out, run far away."
In the distant storm, countless scarlet thunder lights swept over.
The fierce wind and torrential rain gradually ford into a human figure.
"...Okay."
Xiaoman gulped heavily, feeling an overwhelming pressure from the scarlet thunderlight afar.
A tall young man in a scarlet cloak walked out of the thunderlight, with the blood-colored lightning faintly forming a coiled dragon on his shoulder.
The dragon on the shoulder.
Red Dragon stopped at the foot of Tanyao Mountain, glancing at the girl holding the basket, then at Bai Xiu.
"You shouldn’t have found it so quickly."
Bai Xiu said, "From the southern boundary of E0 Zone to Tanyao... it only took you fifteen minutes."
"Because I ca straight for Tanyao."
Red Dragon smiled slightly and said, "Bai Xiu, this is our first eting... isn’t it?"
"If you’ve already pinpointed my location, you should have brought more people."
Bai Xiu said calmly, "You should have called all three other Divine Envoys."
"...I thought so too."
Red Dragon sighed lightly, "Unfortunately, they didn’t want to leave the city with , so I had to co alone today."
The [Thunder Realm Walker] dissipated in midair.
It reappeared, hovering over Bai Xiu’s head.
"This is East Continent’s strongest ’S-Class’ of this generation..."
Red Dragon observed the towering thunder shadow with so emotion, "Indeed, it’s an astonishing power, although I only just killed an ’S-Class’ a couple years ago..."
"Between S-Class and S-Class... there is a difference."
Bai Xiu whispered, "You can co and try."
"Crack."
Red Dragon chuckled.
He had two long and short blades at his waist.
As his hand grasped the hilt of the long blade, a fierce wind arose on the plains at the foot of Tanyao Mountain. Nurous wild grasses soared in the wind, fleeting between the two—
Red Dragon instantly crouched.
At the mont of drawing the blade.
He was already in front of Bai Xiu.
From afar, Xiaoman, who had run quite a distance, glanced back. In front of her, a scarlet blade light nearly filled her entire vision, thousands of grass fragnts sliced apart, and the target of this stroke was that slender, white-robed figure!
"Ssshh——"
The sound of gold being sliced and tal cracking erupted.
Bai Xiu’s garnt instantly tore open, yet no blood flowed from his body.
The [Thunder Realm Walker] plunged into his body in an instant, and in that fleeting mont, his slender fra was endowed with "Transcendent Power," the scarlet blade light slashing his skin, Bai Xiu’s black hair turning snow white, and his blood vessels likewise...
The entire body transford in this mont into pure "Thunder"!
The Thunder Realm Walker rged with him!
Red Dragon squinted his eyes.
The two nearly collided; he sliced through Bai Xiu’s body, only to find it was akin to cutting through a waterfall. Having beco one with the [Thunder Realm Walker], Bai Xiu gently aid at Red Dragon’s back, pressing down forcefully with a palm!
"Swoosh!"
The agile and nimble Red Dragon reacted instantly.
He twisted his body, using one hand to strike the hilt of the short blade.
The short blade remained sheathed.
But the hilt was perfectly perpendicular to the ground, supporting his body.
Red Dragon, his entire body perpendicular to the ground, spun rapidly. He reversed his wrist, slashing with the long blade, yet this ti, the blade light did not slice through Bai Xiu’s palm like flowing water—
"Clang clang clang!"
The intense sound of collisions halted the long blade’s advance.
Bai Xiu, with a hand of thunderlight, grasped Red Dragon’s long blade. Due to the body’s rotation, his initial back-palming attack turned into a frontal chest assault.
Perfect timing.
Little Xiuzi poured all his strength into pressing down harshly!
The Red Dragon was pressed directly into the ground, the Thunder Light of the [Thunder Realm Walker] shattered the ground, and stones floated and exploded with the two as the center, ten ters, twenty ters, fifty ters—
Xiaoman, while sprinting, stumbled and fell heavily to the ground. She didn’t pause, using her hands and feet to quickly get up again, carrying the basket and continuing to run. The strong wind pushed her, making her fall a second ti. This ti, the wind dissipated, along with the intense pressure on her back. Her face paled as she propped her hands on the ground, looking at the hundred-ter-wide crater in front of her!
...
...
In the crater.
Two figures stood majestically.
Bai Xiu slapped the chest of the Red Dragon Envoy.
This slap directly shattered the Red Dragon’s priest robe!
The earth cracked open into a huge spider web!
"Cough..."
Crimson blood slowly flowed from the corner of the Red Dragon’s lips.
He gripped a long knife in one hand, pressing it to his chest, using the flat of the blade to push up against Bai Xiu’s pressing palm.
The other hand grasped the handle of a short dagger, supporting himself.
He laughed hoarsely, "As expected of Bai Xiu... quite different from that ’S-class’ I killed..."
Bai Xiu was expressionless.
He raised his other hand, placing it atop the first, pressing down!
Boom!
Once again, stones flew!
The Red Dragon was pressed into the ground, coughing up a mouthful of blood. Just as Bai Xiu was about to press down a third ti, the short dagger was drawn—
This short dagger’s hilt always pointed upward.
The mont the Red Dragon was pressed into the ground by the [Thunder Realm Walker]’s imnse power, he completely gave up on the stalemate.
Exchanging injury for injury!
He drew the short dagger, aiming to slash Bai Xiu’s forearm—
Still "elentalization"!
But this ti...
A spurt of blood shot out from the dust!
Bai Xiu looked confusedly at his own arm, dyed in crimson. His flesh had been enveloped by the [Thunder Realm Walker], theoretically transforming into a purely elental body.
How could this strike possibly hurt him?
He glanced at the short dagger, imdiately understanding.
The Red Dragon’s blade bore the emblem of "Qiaxike Town," along with a line of ancient text.
So extrely rare sealed items carry the trait of causing [true damage]... Even against those "elentalized," "spiritualized" non-real-world spiritual bodies, it can bypass "phasing" to inflict severe damage in the real world!
Bai Xiu’s suppression of the Red Dragon’s power was disrupted for a second due to this strike.
A battle between top-tier powerhouses—
One second.
Is enough to change the course of the battle!
With a pair of long and short knives, the Red Dragon launched a flurry of attacks; Bai Xiu retreated, while the Red Dragon surged forward, crashing into the [Thunder Realm Walker]’s embrace again. His blade technique flowed like water, seemingly soft but hiding lethality and being extrely tricky. Each slash resembled a server presenting dishes at a night feast, without refusal.
The long blade cut through flesh.
The short blade slashed through elents.
[Thunder Realm Walker] began to retreat step by step.
Bai Xiu’s hands naturally slid down, casually plucking two strands of Thunder Light from the sky to use as long and short blades against the Red Dragon. However, under the cutting of the Qiaxike short dagger, these elental blades shattered imdiately.
But it didn’t matter, as at the mont, countless lightnings streaked across the Heavenly Curtain.
Bai Xiu raised his hand, plucking another one.
Amidst the pouring rain, lightning stretched on!
Endless, inexhaustible!
Their domains clashed dozens to a hundred tis in an instant, with no clear victor.
Bai Xiu received a ssage from Gu Shen in his Spirit Sea, but he had no ti to reply.
On the other hand, the Red Dragon also received intelligence from the East Cave...
His situation was worse than Bai Xiu’s.
The [Sky Domain] barrier was breached, and soon after, the [Deep Sea] issued an A-class alert!
The Transcendent Beast Tide was swiftly approaching; he had to extricate himself and return to zone E7 to work with the three Divine Envoys to rebuild the [Sky Domain]!
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
With three consecutive slashes, the Red Dragon shattered the elental knife of the [Thunder Realm Walker], forcing Bai Xiu back.
He looked at the little girl hiding hundreds of ters away.
Bai Xiu instantly moved, blocking the Red Dragon’s line of sight.
He knew exactly what the Red Dragon was thinking.
The "Cloud Mirror," bestowed by the Sky Divine Throne, appeared to be searching for exceptionally talented youths, but in reality, the "Cloud Mirror" was likely looking for the future master of the Wine Spark!
"If you want to ignore the A-class alert..." Bai Xiu said, "I can fight to the death with you."
"Oh, really?"
The Red Dragon wiped the blood from the corner of his lips with the back of his hand.
He gazed at the dried blood on his hand.
The Red Dragon sheathed his long and short knives.
The wild wind in the wilderness suddenly stopped, and the grasses that had been swept wildly lost their montum, becoming lazy and falling with the rain.
"Boom!"
A thunderbolt tore the sky apart.
The [Heavenly Eye] suspended on Tanyao Mountain was destroyed, falling to the ground afla, shattering into pieces.
"...?"
Bai Xiu furrowed his brows.
The Red Dragon spoke softly, "Maybe I didn’t co here to snatch that girl?"
Little Xiuzi was sowhat bewildered; at first, he couldn’t understand, given that the Red Dragon had fixated on him.
Then why not bring more people?
After speaking, the Red Dragon actually turned to leave.
He had no intention of continuing the fight, but before leaving, he seriously said, "Bai Xiu, you didn’t disappoint ... You’re indeed stronger than I imagined, and your growth speed is fast. You’re much stronger than that ’S-class’ from two years ago. But it’s still not enough."
"Far from... that step, still not enough."
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