681: Chapter 679 Continuous Pursuit

"Then let us fight to the death!"

The other two Strange Creatures let out roars as well. Their already massive bodies surged drastically once more, getting stuck at the 30-meter height limit set by the game rules, their entire bodies surging with monstrous black Qi.

"These demons are going all out. Let us retreat first and find an opportunity to kill them later!"

Sect Leader Zhihua was originally surrounded by rolling blood-red fiendish Qi and wanted to press the attack, but at this moment, her pupils suddenly constricted, and she hurriedly shouted to Qingcheng, "Take me away!"

"Good!" Qingcheng also held fear in his eyes. He grabbed Sect Leader Zhihua's shoulder, lifted his foot to take a step, and instantly vanished.

On the plaza, only three roaring, giant monsters were left behind. Seeming to carry anger and unwillingness, they casually picked one direction and gave chase with heavy strides.

In the blink of an eye, the three monsters reached the corner at the end. After turning into it, both their sounds and auras completely vanished.

Inside a room not far away, Qingcheng brought Sect Leader Zhihua stepping out of the nothingness in a single stride, revealing their figures.

"I truly did not expect those three demons to still have such means!"

Sect Leader Zhihua breathed a slight sigh of relief. "Fortunately, you have this Natal Divine Ability of the Earth-Shrinking Technique, which can cross obstacles and travel ten thousand zhang in an instant. Otherwise, in this gaming ground, it would truly be difficult for us to deal with those three demons."

Qingcheng nodded slightly. "It is also because this so-called game scenario cannot be destroyed, and there are rules that eliminate perception, allowing this ability of mine to be pushed to its absolute limit. Otherwise, we might not have escaped so easily."

"We gathered rare treasures from all over the world, originally thinking that even if we failed to break through the Bottleneck to advance our martial arts cultivation further, our leaps and bounds in strength—even if still unable to deal with that Demon Lord's corpse—should at least be sufficient to slay the four major demon generals formerly under the Demon Lord. Yet, who would have thought..." Sect Leader Zhihua sighed lightly.

"Those three demons have already reached a strength comparable to a Shengyuan Realm Martial Artist, and yet they could still possess such explosive capability. It is truly unbelievable."

Qingcheng pondered, "There should be some time limitations, or other aspects of restriction; otherwise, they wouldn't have waited until the final moment to use it..."

Speaking up to this point, Qingcheng's voice suddenly paused.

"That's not right!" Qingcheng's gaze turned fierce, and he shouted in a deep voice, "When those three demons erupted just now, seeing that I was about to take you away, even knowing they couldn't stop it, they should have at least attempted it. Yet, they took no action whatsoever..."

Sect Leader Zhihua also figured out the crux of the matter and said, "Could it be that they only had empty prestige and intentionally scared us off?!"

"There is that possibility. Let us go back!"

Qingcheng grabbed Sect Leader Zhihua, and with a single step, he returned to the Bandit' starting point. The huge plaza here was already completely empty.

"They are gone!" Sect Leader Zhihua's gaze swept around, her expression gloomy.

"These demons are truly insidious and cunning. If we let them rendezvous with Minge, it will likely become troublesome to kill them."

"Now that we know their background, where else can they escape to in this place? Let us first go find the three elders of the Cangyun Sect to rendezvous!" Qingcheng let out a cold snort.

"We only need to casually kill three players from the 'police' faction to transform our identities at any time. We also needn't worry about being restricted by the game rules and generating friction with the three elders."

"Very well." Sect Leader Zhihua nodded and said,

"With your Earth-Shrinking Technique, you can take us anywhere at any time. In this game, we are in an undefeatable position!"

"An undefeatable position is a bit of an exaggeration." Qingcheng shook his head.

"The buildings here are mostly false illusions. From the outside they look fine, but inside they are actually hollow. If I accidentally step into one, I will inevitably suffer injuries."

Sect Leader Zhihua chuckled softly, "Even so, you can still hold an absolute advantage in this place."

"Perhaps." Qingcheng was noncommittal, but he didn't continue to be falsely modest either. Instead, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"That Chu Xuan used the rules to conjure up this gaming ground; I'm afraid he is only trapping himself. Today, I will surely kill him..."

Before his voice had faded, a chill suddenly ran down Qingcheng's spine. He was about to step forward immediately when a sudden, hair-raising sensation of bone-chilling terror welled up inside him.

Before his foot could even lift to step out, he violently leaped up. Beneath him, turbulent fierce winds surged backward, carrying rolling yellow sand to form a barrier.

Clang!!!

An incomparably sharp giant Slash, accompanied by a resounding, metallic clanging sound, violently burst forth from the spot where Qingcheng had originally stood. In an instant, it shattered the turbulent winds and chased directly after Qingcheng above, hitting him instantly.

"Ah!!"

Qingcheng let out an incomparably furious howl. His protective True Essence shattered instantly, his lower body turned entirely blood-red, accompanied by lingering black flames.

At the same time, ninety-nine sharp rays of light carrying black flames swept upward.

Like flood dragons entangling a body, in the blink of an eye, they completely enveloped Qingcheng from head to toe as he was sent flying high into the air by the giant Slash.

The dense sounds of sharp blades cutting were endless. Qingcheng's body trembled, completely engulfed by lingering black flames.

In a flash.

Numerous Slashes caused Qingcheng to suffer heavy injuries in merely a split second, making his entire body stiffen in mid-air for a fraction of a second.

And almost in the very next instant, Chu Xuan closely followed behind the Slash and sprang up from underground.

Just as he broke away from the ground, his figure vanished. When he reappeared, he had already materialized in the sky behind Qingcheng.

He swung his blade horizontally in a Slash!

Chi—

The blade swept across the air, emitting a shrill and piercing sound of breaking air.

However, Qingcheng finally managed to take that step with difficulty, and his figure vanished abruptly.

Not far away, Sect Leader Zhihua was feeling her scalp go numb from this sudden ambush.

No matter what, she never expected that in this place restricted by rules, someone would actually hide underground to launch a sneak attack.

If it were herself instead, she might not necessarily have been able to escape as smoothly as Qingcheng.

"Chu Xuan?"

After identifying the identity of the incoming person, Sect Leader Zhihua was even more shocked, and the look of terror in her eyes was hard to conceal.

In just a few days' time, Chu Xuan had actually grown to such a degree?!!!

Sect Leader Zhihua couldn't help recalling that back then, when facing the pursuit of multiple Shengyuan Realm experts, Chu Xuan could indeed escape with the help of various bizarre and unpredictable abilities, and even survive her curse-killing technique, but after all, he lacked the strength to fight a Shengyuan Realm head-on.

Never had she imagined that in just a short few days passing, killing Young Alliance Leader Qi Yun who was blessed by Luck was one thing, but he could actually heavily injure Qingcheng in a single strike.

Even if all of this was due to a sneak attack, it was simply too unbelievable.

As countless thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant, Sect Leader Zhihua's expression changed repeatedly.

Just as she saw Chu Xuan swing his blade and miss, turning his head back to look abruptly.

Those calm and cold eyes caused her heart to suddenly palpitate, and even the blood-red fiendish Qi around her body trembled because of it.

"Something is wrong! Something is wrong!"

Sect Leader Zhihua's breathing stagnated, and her heart was filled with incomparable terror. "This person cannot be matched with brute force. My perception cannot be wrong... To fight him means certain death!"

Having thought up to this point, Sect Leader Zhihua didn't hesitate in the slightest. Her entire body exploded with a bang, transforming into a ball of blood mist that dissipated and vanished without a trace.

"Hmm?"

Chu Xuan's expression shifted slightly. He vaguely saw that amidst the billowing blood mist, a blood shadow seemed to flash past, disappearing at the end of the plaza.

The speed was so fast that Chu Xuan almost thought it was an illusion.

"Blood Escape Technique?"

Chu Xuan sneered, his figure instantly arriving atop a box at the corner of a wall. In a mere split second, he performed over a dozen squatting actions.

His figure sank, exploiting a bug once again as he merged into the underground.

Raising his head, he once again took in the entire gaming ground at a glance.

Vaguely, a streak of red light was dashing left and right within the game like lightning, as if searching for something.

Chu Xuan directly ignored this red light, instead fixing his gaze near the middle gate.

That figure in blue robes stained with blood had just revealed its form when Tang Zheng smashed it flat with a single punch, hanging it on the wall.

"Little masters of escaping for your lives?"

"What a pity... In this game zone, no one can escape!"

A murderous glint flashed through Chu Xuan's eyes as he swept away.