Li Xin was well-experienced, hence he immediately understood Ou Yangming’s plan.
As he scoffed, 2 long pitch-black nails slid out from his sleeves. They were 7.62 centimeters long, and they had strange patterns on them. Moreover, cold intents were released from their sharp ends. He squeezed the nails with 2 of his fingers and stated softly, “Don’t worry, I won’t kill you now. The Lower Cold Powers from these Soul-locking Nails will only freeze your body; they’re not fatal.”
Right after that, veins were bulging on his dry arm as he swung it hard.
With that, 2 long nails flew out. One locked on 2.54 centimeters above Ou Yangming’s rib cage while the other flew below him with a dense chillness to block off its escape path toward the forest. The second Soul-locking Nail was extremely fast, by which the young fellow only sensed a penetrating chill, then his body turned cold. An ice-cold chillness was born from nothing from his Tianling acupoint, then it spread to every corner of his body.
At this moment of life or death, Ou Yangming did not have time to think at all. He retrieved the Blood Condensation Spear and wielded it unreasonably. The resulting spear momentum was forceful, and the spear shadows were packed, which later shrunk into a round ball or 10 to 14 meters. The ball suddenly exploded, but it still could not block the nail—not even a little—as it was instantly dispersed like a pear flower in the storm. The nail was fixed on the young fellow, and it zoomed toward him directly.
Li Xin was certain that he could capture Ou Yangming with this attack.
He was a top-grade Venerable One, after all. If he were to let a Spiritualist slip away, would he still have any reputation left?
Nonetheless, just as the Soul-locking Nails were about to hit Ou Yangming’s body, he expanded like a balloon and turned into a rainbow that stirred up the clouds in the sky. He made his escape by going 50 kilometers away, drawing the distance between him and Li Xin.
Li Xin’s eyes were bloodshot, and he sounded like a crying lone wolf or an evil ghost that was crying at its grave. He clicked his tongue and commented, “The Blood Flight Technique… Heh, not bad. Now, this is interesting!”
He fully unleashed his cultivation base as a top-grade Venerable One, then he transformed into a rainbow as well to pursue the young fellow.
The Blood Flight was too fast, so much so that the air was pressing toward Ou Yangming!
An enormous pressure pushed every inch of his skin, making him feel like he was falling deeper into a sticky swamp.
Due to the immensely strong wind, it became wishful thinking for Ou Yangming to even open his eyes. The sharp, blade-like wind that blew past him tore his clothes and cut his flesh, such that he was covered in scars in no time, and he ended up looking battered. The young fellow could not help but smile bitterly. He did not expect that he would have to pay such a huge price to activate the Blood Flight in the Spiritual Realm. Owing to the swift speed, it seemed like everything changed substantially.
Even if Ou Yangming wanted to stop at the moment, he could not do so because the intense wind seemed like it was going to tear his body apart.
‘I suppose that I’ve gotten rid of him.’
Who knew, before his thought was even completely gone, an ear-splitting sound appeared less than 3 kilometers behind him.
Ou Yangming was wearing a black robe. At this point, he felt like his nose and mouth were already cut off by a sharp saber. What was left was his bloodshot eyes, as well as a dry head with a hint of black smoke being released from his hair. Li Xin exercised his throat and sneered. “This Blood Flight’s quite interesting, but how many times can you use it?” Following that, he reached out to grab the young fellow. He was unwilling to cause any more troubles as the thought of the devouring power alone was making him go mad. ‘How can it be of any use with this weakling?’
Li Xin’s arm was so thin that it was all skin and bones. In fact, white bones could literally be seen on his fingers.
Nevertheless, his casual attack carried the universe’s mightiness. Layers of clouds were surging in the air, but a pair of dry hands pushed them aside. Subsequently, one of those hands elongated with the wind and aimed for Ou Yangming. It was so dry that it did not show any redness at all, and if one took a closer look at it, one could see that its texture and shape were the same as that of Li Xin’s hand.
A top-grade Venerable One—only a top-grade Venerable One could block it.
Needless to say, Ou Yangming could not block it. His head was heavy, where he was dazed as if his brain had been stirred into a paste. The young fellow could not counterattack at all, and he felt like his soul was also being sucked by the hand.
The big hand simply clutched Ou Yangming and tugged at him to get him to the side.
Li Xin could not stop sneering.
‘Hmph, even a Venerable One can’t get away from me. You’re only a Spiritualist, and yet you made me waste so much time, so you should be proud of yourself.’
Blood Shadow’s eyes flickered as he felt troubled. ‘This is Sir Devil God’s inheritor. Should I do something or not?’ He could not make up his mind.
It was then when Li Xin glared at Blood Shadow, causing his body’s Qi and blood to surge and retrograde. Consequently, he spat out his essence and blood twice, then he staggered and almost fell from the sky. He was appalled.
Li Xin scoffed. “Should you think about betraying me again, I’ll make you feel more dead than alive. I’m sure you’re aware of my tricks.”
Blood Shadow exhaled twice before he nodded. “Yes…”
At the spur of the moment, the Heavenly Phoenix Fire inside Ou Yangming’s body burned. His blood and the spiritual Qi inside his dantian boiled while blood and sweat flowed out from each of his pores. Furthermore, an immense pain struck his head, causing him to bite the tip of his tongue. Stimulated by the severe pain, the young fellow slowly came back to his senses. His savagery, which had been hiding deep inside his heart, burst out. A fleeting red light could then be seen in his eyes as he looked up at the sky and yelled, “Giant head, devouring power, devour!”
Being an orphan, without the savagery and ruthlessness inside of him, he could not have come so far.
Right after he spoke, an ugly head flew out. 2 fist-sized eyes—one black and one red—were seen on it. They looked incredibly weird and fearsome. Before long, the giant head exhaled then opened its mouth to devour the big hand’s energy.
With a flash of thought, Ou Yangming channeled the energy straight into his Blood Flight Waist Sash.
His injuries were fully recovered, and he became abundant in Qi and blood again.
This completely stunned Li Xin, but he quickly breathed hurriedly with burning eyes and exclaimed, ‘Yes, this is the power—this is the power.’ He almost shouted with excitement because as long as he got his hands on this devouring power, he would even be confident about tearing the sky apart.
He flashed and pounced on Ou Yangming right away.
However, Ou Yangming roared at this time, “Blood Flight!”
A striking red light appeared on his waist sash, then he zoomed away again after the light flickered.
“This is impossible!” Li Xin looked gloomy, and the remaining strands of hair on his head stood up on their ends. He could still hold it in when Ou Yangming first got away, but he was furious this time. After all, the man was a top-grade Venerable One, but he let an insignificant Spiritualist escape twice in a row. How could he not be enraged?
For the third time, Ou Yangming did the same thing and gave all he had to break free.
As the pursuit went on, the sky turned dark. Following the setting sun, dusk could be seen spreading from the west. Soon enough, the forest, paths, and river were devoured by darkness.
Under the twilight, Li Xin’s face darkened. He was feeling more surprised as his pursuit went on. Ou Yangming was too decisive, and he could always find the best way out in the shortest time. He was not only calm, but he also dared to fight back, and the viciousness that occasionally appeared between his eyebrows shocked even Li Xin.
‘But your spirit has reached its limit when you activated the Blood Flight again, right?’ Li Xin sneered. ‘Next time, I’ll make sure that you won’t get away.’
He flapped his sleeves and went after Ou Yangming. After 15 minutes, he finally spotted the young fellow again.
Li Xin scoffed and pressed the middle finger on his right hand forward as he uttered, “Cold!”
After his voice echoed, the tip of his middle finger turned light green, and the air’s temperature plummeted. A stream of light flashed and struck Ou Yangming’s back, causing him to be attacked by a penetrating chill. Even so, he turned his body and borrowed this power to fly into the distance.
“Hmph, how stubborn!”
As Li Xin waved his sleeves, 2 finger winds gathered in the air. They grew with the wind and headed toward Ou Yangming from the top and bottom respectively.
Li Xin never wanted to kill Ou Yangming as he wanted to catch the fellow alive. If not, even if the young fellow had 3 heads and 6 arms, he would have died a graveless death long ago.
Ou Yangming rolled his eyes and was struck with an idea. The giant head flew out once more and devoured the finger winds.
Concurrently, he lowered his body and aimed to hit the finger winds with his body. He was so fast that Li Xin would not be able to disperse the winds in time even if he wanted to.
“You’re crazy!” Li Xin exclaimed. He had released the finger winds to stop Ou Yangming from fleeing toward the mountain, but the young fellow crashed into them like a fool. The fellow was simply courting death, and the unforeseen change startled Li Xin.
Having said that, while Li Xin was taken aback, Ou Yangming saw his hope to escape.
‘Skill—Substitution!’ Ou Yangming growled internally and directed his wounds from the finger winds into his Substitution Waist Sash.
At the same time, the waist stash released a red light that looked like the prettiest red flower in summer, and it was particularly eye-catching under the night sky. Afterward, Ou Yangming adopted the Blood Flight again to enter the forest.
“No!” Li Xin screamed at the top of his lungs as he never expected to be fooled by a Spiritualist. The feeling of being crushed in terms of intelligence made him feel worse than if he were to be killed. The man flew downward with reddened eyes, but Ou Yangming’s Blood Flight was too fast, such that he had gone 50 kilometers away. In this case, even a Venerable One would not be able to catch up to the young fellow within a short time.
It turned out that Ou Yangming knew he would not be able to escape from a Venerable One in the sky to a mountain with a complicated topography if he did not think it through.
Therefore, as long as Li Xin blocked him at the beginning, he would keep going toward the mountain while secretly waiting for an opportunity. Once dusk dawned, the young fellow utilized the Substitution Skill to resist Li Xin’s attack, then he fled toward the mountain. This was because he knew he would not be able to break free in the sky.
He would only have a chance of survival with the help of the topography.
Everything sounded simple, but it was tricky. If Ou Yangming made even the slightest mistake, he would be doomed eternally.
Ou Yangming sighed a breath of relief amidst the blood light. His flights throughout the day had caused his mental power to be exhausted. If it was not due to his strong desire to survive, he might not have held on for so long.
Inside the forest, there were winding mountain paths and towering trees that blotted out the sky.
Deep green lights appeared from time to time, causing one to tremble with fear.
All of a sudden, 2 rainbows descended. They were Li Xin and Blood Shadow.
Li Xin furrowed his eyebrows with a dark face, to the extent that water was about to drip from his face. He ordered coldly, “Find him—find him even if you have to dig deep. I don’t believe that he can escape from me. If I can get my hands on that power, I’ll be able to take that step. By then, not to mention the Spiritual Realm, even in the upper realm, who can stop me?”
Blood Shadow fell silent for some time before he responded with a husky voice, “He’s Sir Devil God’s inheritor, so I ought to build power for him.”
Li Xin suddenly laughed out loud when he heard that. “Hahaha, do you know why you’re not on par with me? Pedantic—you’re pedantic. Why should I work hard for someone else? Why? I’ve seized half of the powers in the world, so I’ll be able to soar into the sky once I have this power!
“What’s devil, and what’s Buddha? If I slaughter all living creatures, I am Buddha!”
At this moment, Li Xin looked ambitious as if he could devour even nothingness.
