87: I am a cultivator in the Divine Power Realm.

Cao Bu made a move to dodge, but his action was half a beat too slow.

The sound of a large blade slicing through flesh rang out in the air, and his body plummeted rapidly toward the forest below under the impact of the massive force.

During the fall, Cao Bu shielded Leng Yue in his arms, breaking through a dozen giant trees and plowing a hundred-meter trench in the ground before coming to a stop.

Looking at Cao Bu, who had protected her and kept her completely unharmed, Leng Yue's eyes instantly turned red.

Her voice trembled: "Cao Bu, are you alright?"

As she spoke, she reached out to check the wound on his back.

Cao Bu raised a hand to stop her, his tone calm: "It's nothing, just a minor injury."

Upon hearing this, tears welled up in Leng Yue's eyes.

That slash just now had clearly landed solidly on his back; how could he be fine?

At this moment, One-Eye, carrying a large blade, landed on a nearby clearing with a group of his lackeys.

"Kid, you've got guts!"

He looked Cao Bu up and down with a disdainful gaze: "You still wanted to run after encountering me, One-Eye? Go and ask around—among the hundreds of nearby mountain peaks, who hasn't obediently handed over their valuables upon seeing me!"

Cao Bu ignored him. A layer of dark red blood mist flashed around his body, and with a fierce kick under his feet, he instantly shot toward the sky.

One-Eye was stunned, then said in a fit of exasperation: "Burning Essence Blood? You've got guts!"

He waved his large hand, leading the chase into the sky, while shouting: "Brothers, chase him for me!"

"Catch that kid and tear him to pieces!"

In the sky.

Looking at Cao Bu's blood-stained profile, Leng Yue could finally no longer hold back her tears.

"Cao Bu, you..."

"Shut up!" Cao Bu cursed under his breath.

Leng Yue was stunned for a moment, but the next instant, she hugged him tightly, a trace of imperceptible happiness flashing in the depths of her eyes.

This feeling of being protected by someone giving their all was something Gu Qingtian had never given her.

Feeling the warmth in his arms, Cao Bu cursed inwardly.

This last bit of inheritance progress is truly a pain in the ass to get.

I took a slash and even burned Essence Blood, yet this woman is still holding onto that 1%.

Of course, what he was burning wasn't real Essence Blood at all, just ordinary blood.

But in the eyes of Leng Yue, One-Eye, and his lackeys, this was the speed gained from burning Essence Blood.

"Kid, I'd like to see how long your Essence Blood can support your running!" One-Eye sneered while chasing from behind.

That Cao Bu could survive after taking a slash from him was indeed beyond his expectations.

But in his view, all of this was merely a deathbed struggle, and he would fall into his hands sooner or later.

One fleeing, many chasing; the figures of both sides swept across the sky at high speed.

Watching the wounds on Cao Bu's body increase and his Aura grow weaker, Leng Yue felt immense pain in her heart, while simultaneously hating herself for not being able to help.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Leng Yue fell into a deep sleep again.

Just as Cao Bu was about to continue fleeing, he suddenly noticed that One-Eye behind him had stopped.

He turned around and saw that One-Eye's expression was terrible, and he was staring at him, gritting his teeth.

A few of the faster lackeys caught up and asked: "Boss, why aren't we chasing anymore?"

"This kid has issues. He's been burning Essence Blood for ten days, yet his speed hasn't decreased in the slightest." One-Eye replied in a fit of exasperation.

One lackey tentatively spoke up: "Could it be that he has more Essence Blood than ordinary people?"

Upon hearing this, One-Eye nodded deeply in agreement: "That might actually be the case!"

"Then should we still chase?" the lackey asked again.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly pointed in Cao Bu's direction and shouted: "No, Boss, look at what he's doing!"

One-Eye and the others looked up and saw Cao Bu raising his hand to beckon them over, while also making "tsk tsk tsk" sounds.

"Boss, he's treating you like a dog!" the lackey immediately reminded him.

But as soon as the words left his mouth, One-Eye slapped him on the back of the head in anger and cursed: "Fuck! I'm not deaf, do I need you to remind me?"

The lackey, having been scolded, lowered his head in grievance, not daring to speak again.

At this time, the other lackeys also caught up.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, a glint of ruthlessness flashed in One-Eye's eyes, and he shouted loudly: "Whoever can stop that kid, you can have the woman in his arms first; I'll be last!"

As soon as these words were spoken, greedy light erupted in the eyes of the lackeys.

Before, they hadn't chased with all their might because they knew that the first one to enjoy Leng Yue would definitely be One-Eye.

Now that One-Eye had given the word, how could they hold back?

In an instant, all the lackeys used their trump cards and chased fiercely toward Cao Bu.

Seeing this, One-Eye sneered and followed in pursuit.

Watching the people chasing from behind, Cao Bu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He couldn't kill them yet; he had to squeeze every bit of use out of them first.

Both sides began the chase in the sky once again.

After Leng Yue woke up and saw how increasingly weak Cao Bu looked, she felt heartbroken.

Another ten days passed, and One-Eye and his lackeys stopped once again.

"Boss, are we still chasing?" A lackey with pale lips asked, panting heavily: "I don't have much spiritual power left in my body; I need to stop and recover!"

One-Eye looked back and saw that all his lackeys were exhausted.

This twenty-day, non-stop chase had clearly drained most of their physical and spiritual strength.

He looked within himself and found that he had less than half of his spiritual power left; continuing the chase would do him no good.

Yet he was puzzled.

Why was the spiritual power in that kid's body still not running out?

Could it be that he had some special Physique?

Just at this moment, a lackey suddenly pointed behind him: "Boss, that kid is behind you!"

Just as One-Eye turned his head, a large palm swung over and slapped him.

"Slap!"

The crisp sound exploded in the night sky, followed immediately by One-Eye's roar: "Chase! Chase him for me! Everyone take a Medicinal Pill; if we don't catch him, I swear I'm not a man!"

Another ten days passed, and Cao Bu looked at Leng Yue, who had fallen asleep in his arms again, and frowned inwardly.

"This won't do; the inheritance progress still isn't going up."

He looked back at One-Eye and the others who were still chasing, then looked ahead.

"We aren't far from the Gu Clan now. If I unleash my full speed, I should be able to arrive within an hour."

Having made up his mind, Cao Bu stopped, turned around, and looked at One-Eye and his group, who were ten miles behind.

It wasn't long before One-Eye and the lackeys stopped a hundred meters in front of him.

"Kid, why aren't you running anymore? Are you out of options?" One-Eye bent over, panting rapidly, his eyes filled with hatred as he looked at Cao Bu.

A lackey, pale in the face, still leered at Leng Yue: "Boss, why bother talking nonsense with him? We've been chasing for a month; we must seize his woman and have some fun!"

Cao Bu didn't speak. One hand supported Leng Yue's shapely buttocks, while the other summoned the Taiyi Sword.

Seeing this scene, One-Eye and his lackeys were stunned at first, then erupted into wild, arrogant laughter.

"Hahaha, Boss, this kid actually wants to fight us?" A lackey laughed so hard he couldn't straighten his back, his pale face gaining a bit of color.

A faint smile curled on the corners of Cao Bu's mouth as he spoke slowly: "I'm showing my cards: I am a Divine Power Realm Cultivator."

"Hahahaha!" One-Eye laughed even more arrogantly, and the lackeys laughed until they were bent over.

Someone even pointed at Cao Bu and joked: "This kid must have been scared stupid from running; a Divine Power Realm Cultivator?"

Cao Bu didn't reply, the smile on his face undiminished, he simply lifted his leg and took a step forward.

Hum.

A terrifying Aura suddenly exploded outward.

One-Eye's laughter stuck in his throat, and the boisterous laughter of the lackeys instantly ceased.

They shivered all over, looked at Cao Bu in unison, their eyes widening sharply.

They saw Cao Bu's figure slowly fade.

The next second, it turned into a streak of brilliant sword light, piercing straight toward them.

One-Eye and his lackeys' minds went blank; by the time they wanted to dodge, the sword light had already brushed past them.

Everyone's expressions froze instantly, their arms still stiff in mid-air.

The sword light vanished, and Cao Bu's figure reappeared.

A single drop of blood fell from the tip of the Taiyi Sword toward the forest below.

"Sshhh—"

One-Eye and all his lackeys' bodies were suddenly severed in two at the waist.

Their upper and lower bodies separated, falling downward along with that drop of blood, trailing streaks of blood-red marks in the air.

Cao Bu sheathed his sword, not even raising an eyelid.

He supported Leng Yue's soft buttocks with both palms, his Aura suddenly surging, his speed increasing dozens of times over, and like a shooting star, he flew toward the Gu Clan.