26: Chapter 25: The Chase to the Forbidden Land of the Divine Mountain

Between heaven and earth.

Three streaks of light flashed rapidly through the clouds.

After nearly two months of war, the Dragon King was already exhausted. Although he had a cultivation of the seventh grade of the Mingdao Realm, his blood and energy were now depleted, and his strength was less than ten percent of its Peak.

He did not dare to stop.

From the perspective of the Physical Body, the human Cultivator behind him had reached at least the level of the Yao Race's Mingdao Realm. Currently, with his blood and energy depleted, if he didn't flee, he might end up failing miserably here.

Furthermore, the female human Cultivator chasing from behind also had an aura at the Mingdao Realm level.

No matter how strong he, the Dragon King, was, if he were caught by the two of them while his strength was less than ten percent, it was highly likely he would die in battle here.

As he fled, he contemplated a strategy to defeat his enemies.

"This damn Yao Race member must be of the Royal Tribe; his vitality is too strong."

Behind him, Ye Xiu pushed himself to the limit to catch up, yet he still couldn't close the distance between them by much.

Feeling that the distance between them was within his attack range, he didn't hesitate for a moment and unleashed a strike of Pride of the World.

Boom!

The blood-colored shockwave carried immense pressure.

With his strength of 280 dragon power at the seventh grade of the Sky-Soaring Realm, the attack intensity of this blood-colored shockwave reached a staggering 1400 dragon power under the amplification of Pride of the World.

Even an ordinary Yao Race Royal Body at the high grades of the Mingdao Realm wouldn't possess such terrifying power.

The Dragon King was startled as he watched the blood-colored shockwave blast toward him; this shockwave likely possessed the attack power of his Peak state.

He didn't dare to take it head-on and quickly dodged.

Boom!

The Void Realm trembled.

The clouds in the sky were directly pierced through by Pride of the World, unable to recover for a long time.

"You dodge quite fast."

Ye Xiu didn't stop his pace and continued to follow the Dragon King closely.

If this guy were in his Peak period, he might not have a chance of winning, but now this Dragon King was at the end of his tether.

Even crossing a whole major Realm, he wasn't afraid in the slightest.

So what if it was a Yao Race Royal Body?

If his calculations were correct, a Yao Race Royal Body would only have about 200 dragon power upon first entering the Mingdao Realm.

When this Dragon King fought Elder Song of the ninth grade Mingdao Realm earlier, he was completely suppressed and had no power to resist.

From this, it could be inferred that he was at most at the eighth grade of the Mingdao Realm.

Calculating based on an increase of 200 dragon power per grade, this guy's strength at his Peak would be at most 1600 dragon power.

Considering his status of depleted blood and energy, lack of physical strength, and utter exhaustion...

How much combat power could the Dragon King still exert? If he could maintain the strength of the first grade of the Mingdao Realm, he'd be considered impressive.

"Human, do not push me too far."

The Dragon King felt aggrieved from being pursued; he was a royal of the seventh grade Mingdao Realm, yet he was pushed to such a state by a human Cultivator.

"Enough talk. Stop and fight; the winner lives, and the loser dies."

"If not for my depleted blood and energy, a reptile like you..."

"Too much talk."

Ye Xiu didn't bother with the Dragon King. Using his palm as a saber, he condensed Demon Slayer Saber Qi and slashed forward.

Whoosh!

The black Saber Qi tore through the clouds, slashing fiercely toward the Dragon King.

"Human, do not push me too far." The Dragon King flickered to dodge and roared once more.

Before Ye Xiu could speak...

A streak of Sword Qi sliced through the sky, slashing toward the Dragon King.

It was An Qingyi.

She had caught up.

"Prodigy, die."

The Sword Qi soared into the sky; the visual impact of this strike was even more terrifying than Ye Xiu's Pride of the World.

Nine Heavens Sword Technique!

The strongest Daoist technique of the Nine Heavens Taoist Sect, this was the path of the Sword Immortal, focusing primarily on offense.

Seeing this, the Dragon King didn't dare to fight head-on. He accelerated with all his might, instantly pulling a significant distance away from the two.

"Chase."

Ye Xiu gave a cold snort and immediately gave chase.

An Qingyi didn't waste words either, her beautiful eyes filled with killing intent. She burst forth with all her Spiritual Qi to barely keep up with their speed, but as the two accelerated, she was immediately left behind a bit.

The pursuit lasted for over ten minutes.

Seeing that the two refused to let him go, the Dragon King steeled his resolve and charged toward the Death Restricted Zone.

Thus.

The three once again turned into streaks of light, racing across the horizon.

Day and night blurred as they fought and retreated.

They crossed the Hundred Thousand Mountains and traversed endless waters until the Dragon King plunged into an ancient sacred mountain site. Only then did Ye Xiu stop his pursuit.

"It's best not to go in here."

Ye Xiu held An Qingyi back, his eyes filled with wariness.

The sacred mountain before them was too terrifying. Even standing thousands of meters high in the clouds, they were merely at the foot of this sacred mountain.

Ye Xiu had seen many ten-thousand-meter-tall mountains.

But a sacred mountain where the foot of the mountain was already several thousand meters high was something he was encountering for the first time.

Besides that, the sacred mountain area ahead actually produced spatial ripples with this world, as if the sacred mountain before them did not belong to this Realm.

"Wait for me here. If I don't kill this scoundrel, I swear I am not human."

An Qingyi didn't care about any of that; she was blinded by hatred. The Nine Heavens Taoist Sect had been completely wiped out, and not a single person she knew had survived.

Having said that, she had already rushed into the sacred mountain.

Ye Xiu frowned as he watched An Qingyi's receding back. After a long silence, he followed her.

As the culprit who started the war in Yunzhong City, if he didn't continue the pursuit, how could he face the military uniform he wore?

During the two-month-long Battle of Yunzhong City.

Just how many people had died in battle for the elderly, weak, women, and children to appear on the battlefield?

With such a blood debt, if he let the Dragon King escape.

He wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

Whoosh!

After a ripple in the spatial waves...

Ye Xiu's figure had already rushed into the sacred mountain area.

This seemed to be a world of its own. The Spiritual Qi was frighteningly abundant, several times more than the outside world, as if a Spirit Gathering Array had been set up over this entire land.

Furthermore, there wasn't just one Peak here; there were endless, massive mountain ranges as far as the eye could see. The sky here was much higher than outside, with even the clouds tens of thousands of meters high.

"An independent world?"

Ye Xiu took a deep breath, but before he could make his next move.

He saw intense combat fluctuations coming from the nearby mountain range.

"Has she caught up?"

He couldn't be sure, but he still rushed toward that mountain range.

As expected.

It was An Qingyi engaged in a fierce battle with the Dragon King.

Ye Xiu concealed his aura and slowly approached the two in combat.

A minute later.

An Qingyi sent the Dragon King flying with a single sword strike.

Looking at the Dragon King flying backward toward him.

He gave a cold laugh, instantly condensed the God Slaying saber light, and slashed fiercely at the approaching Dragon King.

Boom!

The retreating Dragon King was startled. By the time he realized someone was ambushing him from behind, it was too late to dodge. He could only condense his blood and energy, hoping to rely on his powerful Physical Body to withstand the backstab.

But he still underestimated the sharpness of the God Slaying saber light.

The royal Physical Body of the seventh grade Mingdao Realm only held out for three seconds upon contact with the saber light before being sliced clean in half at the waist.

Spurt...

Blood sprayed.

The Dragon King let out a miserable howl: "Damn... humans, you just wait..."

Boom!

Heaven and earth shook.

The severed lower half of his body immediately self-detonated.

The intense explosion shockwaves sent the two, who were about to deliver the finishing blow, flying back.

"He's still not dead..."

The faces of Ye Xiu and An Qingyi were extremely grim.

They saw the Dragon King, with only his upper body remaining, disappear into the distance of the mountain range under the cover of the explosion's shockwaves.

They glanced at each other and immediately gave chase.

Ahead.

The heavily injured Dragon King's speed had slowed down considerably.

He stared fixedly at the two closing in with a venomous gaze, having already prepared himself for death.

A few more hills away was the forbidden zone.

A faint blood-colored light began to appear on the Dragon King's tattered upper body, and he immediately pulled away from the two who were about to catch up.

"Burning blood and energy? This guy is at his wit's end."

Ye Xiu's speed suddenly increased several-fold. Burning blood and energy could forcibly stimulate one's Peak combat power, but this method was extremely consuming of Origin Qi.

If one dared to use this method while their blood and energy were insufficient, it was highly likely they would run out of life force immediately after the burning.

Unless pushed to a desperate situation, a Cultivator would never use such a secret technique.

Ten minutes later.

The Dragon King could no longer hold on.

Leaning against a steep black mountain wall, he looked coldly at the two approaching killers and gave a contemptuous smile: "You will be buried with me."

Boom!

He self-detonated.