Shifting the blame eastward

The giant beast merely extended a single claw and one head, and the fierce and oppressive aura it radiated was enough to pale the heavens and earth, causing the wind and clouds to reverse!

The terrifying aura, far exceeding the Soul Transformation Stage, was like a tangible tsunami, crushing everything within a radius of dozens of miles!

Nightmare and Lin Hao bore the brunt of it. Like fallen leaves in a gale, the two were pressed firmly onto the ground by that terrifying pressure; their tendons and bones were on the verge of cracking, and even breathing became extremely difficult!

"What... what is this monster?!" Lin Hao's face was covered in blood, his eyes filled with unprecedented fear and despair. In the face of this absolute power, his so-called Luck seemed to have lost its effect.

Nightmare was also deeply shaken, but after all, he had been a Demonic Venerable in his past life and had seen even more terrifying scenes.

He forcibly circulated the Starfall Demonic Art and Azure Qi and Blood to resist the overwhelming pressure, his mind rapidly recalling memories from his past life and the knowledge of Flowing Cloud.

"One eye... green scales... dragon head and snake body... its might is like a prison..." An ancient and terrifying name surfaced in his mind— "Xiangliu"!

Legend had it that this was an ancient malevolent god with nine heads and a snake body; wherever it went, it became a swamp of death, extremely poisonous!

Although this one before him seemed to have only one head and its power had been greatly reduced after being sealed for ten thousand years, it was definitely not something they could contend with!

This temporary Immortal Cave of Flowing Cloud was simply a front!

Its true purpose was likely to guard or even use the Spiritual Vein here to reinforce the Seal of this Xiangliu!

And their fighting had accidentally destroyed the core of the Seal, which was already in disrepair!

"Roar!!"

The only vertical pupil of the Xiangliu locked onto the two tiny "bugs" on the ground; it was they who had disturbed its slumber!

It let out a heaven-shaking roar, opened its giant mouth, and instead of biting, it spewed out a cloud of murky, foul-smelling dark green poison!

Wherever the poison mist passed, space seemed to sizzle and corrode, the ground rapidly melted and sank, and the vegetation instantly withered into ash! The speed was astonishingly fast!

"Not good!" Nightmare's scalp tingled. The power of this poison mist was a thousand times greater than the miasma of the Cloud Dream Great Marsh! To touch it was to die!

At this life-or-death moment, he no longer cared about hiding!

The essence of the Demonic Shadow Evasion Technique and the Flowing Cloud Illusory Annihilation Art were pushed to the limit. His figure turned into a distorted shadow, fleeing madly towards the side and rear by a hair's breadth!

At the same time, he swallowed the other Silver Illusion-Miasma Fruit he had obtained without hesitation!

He also activated the newly acquired Cloud Evasion Magical Artifact, turning it into a cloud to barely protect his body!

Even so, as the edge of the poison mist grazed him, the spiritual light emitted by the Cloud Evasion Magical Artifact dimmed violently and let out a pained moan; it was clearly severely damaged!

A corrosive force penetrated through, causing his Qi and Blood to churn.

Lin Hao on the other side was scared out of his wits!

He roared wildly, and a certain trump card for saving his life was passively triggered. An ancient Talisman carved with complex star patterns flew out from his arms, exploded with a bang, and turned into a solid starlight barrier that shrouded him!

Sss—!!

The poison mist impacted the starlight barrier, making a teeth-grinding corrosive sound!

The starlight barrier became dim at a speed visible to the naked eye; it clearly wouldn't last long!

"Nightmare! This is all your fault!" While Lin Hao madly injected spiritual power into the Talisman, he roared with resentment towards the direction Nightmare was fleeing.

He had forgotten that if it weren't for him chasing relentlessly and forcibly attacking the Formation, how would this disaster have been triggered?

Nightmare couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him.

He was struggling to save his own life now. The Xiangliu seemed to have identified that his aura was stronger (or rather, it disliked the Devilish Qi and Azure Qi and Blood on his body more).

The giant head turned, and it actually abandoned Lin Hao, who was temporarily protected by the starlight barrier, and chased after him!

Within the single eye, cold and bloodthirsty light shot out!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The massive body of the Xiangliu began to struggle out from underground; every move shook the earth!

Although it was huge, its speed was ridiculously fast, slithering and chasing relentlessly, continuously spewing poison mist!

Nightmare increased his speed to the limit, leaving trails of afterimages in the air, dodging madly, and using the terrain to avoid attacks. Every spray of poison mist was a narrow escape!

This can't go on! He would be caught sooner or later!

Nightmare's eyes flashed urgently, his gaze sweeping over the desolate mountain ridges below. He had to find a way to divert the calamity!

Just at this moment, the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Weasel on his shoulder suddenly squeaked urgently, its little claws pointing towards a seemingly ordinary valley on the front left.

Nightmare's heart stirred. He and the Spirit Weasel already had an understanding, knowing it must have made a discovery.

Without hesitation, he immediately turned and rushed towards that valley!

The Xiangliu chased closely behind, its poison mist corroding and melting the rocks and trees along the way!

The moment he rushed into the valley, Nightmare felt a faint spatial fluctuation!

Hidden in this valley was actually a small, temporary Teleportation Formation!

Looking at its ancient style, it was very likely another backup left by Flowing Cloud!

Truly, Heaven does not block all paths!

But the Teleportation Formation seemed to lack energy, its light dim.

Nightmare didn't even think; he immediately took out a large pile of Spirit Stones, and even spared no cost in burning his own life-bound Demonic Essence, injecting it madly into the Teleportation Formation!

At the same time, his hands flew, quickly repairing several damaged runes according to Flowing Cloud's insights on Formations.

"Fast! Fast! Fast!" He shouted anxiously in his heart; the suffocating, terrifying pressure behind him was getting closer and closer!

"Roar!!" The Xiangliu's giant head had already reached into the valley, its cold vertical pupil staring fixedly at the busy Nightmare, its giant mouth opening again, and the dark green poison mist began to condense!

At this critical moment!

The Teleportation Formation suddenly lit up with a dazzling white light! It was finally activated!

Nightmare stepped into the light Formation!

And almost at the same time, that destructive poison mist sprayed over!

Boom!!!

White light and green mist collided violently!

Most of the poison mist was blocked by the teleportation light curtain, but a small part still penetrated through and slammed heavily onto Nightmare's back!

"Pfft—" Nightmare felt as if he had been hit by a heavy blow.

He felt a cold, highly toxic force that madly corroded his vitality penetrate his body. His vision went black, and he sprayed out a mouthful of black blood with a foul stench!

The Cloud Evasion Magical Artifact was completely dimmed and shattered! The medicinal power of the Silver Illusion-Miasma Fruit was also being consumed madly, resisting the spread of the poison!

The teleportation light Formation flickered violently, looking unstable!

Nightmare endured the heart-tearing pain and dizziness, suddenly looked back at the Xiangliu trying to squeeze into the valley, and Lin Hao in the distance, who had just broken free from the starlight barrier and was looking over with suspicion and uncertainty.

A flash of extreme madness and ruthlessness crossed his eyes!

He slammed his palm onto a control rune of the Teleportation Formation, forcibly changing some of its directional parameters, and then used his last bit of strength to throw a common Magical Artifact he had obtained from the Starfall Pavilion, which was stained with his own aura, fiercely towards Lin Hao's direction!

"Lin Hao! Catch the treasure!" He even shouted hoarsely!

After doing all this, the white light of the Teleportation Formation erupted, and his figure disappeared instantly.

That Magical Artifact landed not far from Lin Hao.

And Nightmare's last shout, along with the rich aura belonging to Nightmare on that Magical Artifact, successfully attracted the Xiangliu's attention!

Its vertical pupil instantly turned from the disappeared Teleportation Formation to the bewildered Lin Hao!

"Roar!!!"

It thought that the cunning bug had used some method to escape, and had even left the "thing" for another bug!

Violent rage made it lose its last shred of reason; its huge body completely crushed the valley, and carrying the overwhelming poison mist, it pounced fiercely towards Lin Hao!

Lin Hao had just survived a wave of poison mist, his life-saving trump card was exhausted, and he was already seriously injured.

Seeing that ancient malevolent creature rushing towards him like a landslide, he was scared out of his wits!

"Nightmare! I'll f*ck your ancestors!!!"

He let out a desperate and resentful curse, no longer caring about anything else, burning his life essence, turning into a streak of blood light, and fleeing for his life in the opposite direction of the Teleportation Formation!

The Xiangliu roared and chased after him! Wherever it passed, the earth turned into a poisonous swamp, a scene of the apocalypse!

A new, even more desperate chase was staged on this desolate mountain land.

And at this moment, Nightmare had long since lost consciousness in the white light of the random teleportation, his body being continuously eroded by the terrifying Xiangliu Poison, falling towards an unknown land.

Only the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Weasel grabbed his torn clothes tightly, letting out anxious whimpers.

The disaster had been diverted, but he himself had also paid a heavy price.

What would his fate be next?