Chapter 278: Chapter 277: You’ve Come at Just the Right Time

The colossal figure shot straight toward the foot of the mountain, a clear sign that it couldn’t win the fight and was trying to escape.

Seeing this, Zhou Shi was not about to let them go. He hurriedly bellowed at the demonic cultivators:

"After them! Everyone, get after them!"

"Those two can’t hold out any longer! Don’t let them get away!"

With that, he, along with He Chen and the man with the goatee, transformed into blood-red afterimages and gave chase.

Wu Chen had been thrashing the three of them for some time. Even though they were protected by thick bodies of flesh armor, the terrifying force of his Qi, emanating from the great spear, still penetrated their defenses.

Though the armor absorbed most of the impact, the remaining force tore through their bodies, making their internal organs churn and throwing their very life force into chaos. It was an agonizing experience.

Every bone in their bodies ached as if they’d been shattered.

Now, brimming with pent-up fury, they stared at the fleeing figures. There was no way they would let them escape!

A red light swirled in their eyes as their bodies emanated a berserk aura. They pushed themselves to give chase with all their might!

"..."

Hearing the shouts behind him, Wu Chen, whose Qi Power was still abundant, had no time to waste on them.

He dispelled his terrifying, monstrous armored form, his body becoming light and silent as he skimmed toward the fog-shrouded base of the mountain.

"Do you have any energy left?"

He glanced at the pale young woman lying limp in his arms and asked.

Pfft!

Sun Yuting’s chest rose and fell. With a gulp, she covered her lips with a small, fair hand and coughed up a jade bead.

As the bead left her, the tiny veins on her cheeks and neck faded. Her face, though still pale from the lack of blood, grew even more exquisite and captivating.

She gave a wan smile and nodded. "I do."

"Stubborn."

Hearing the young woman’s feeble reply, Wu Chen shook his head, exasperated.

His original plan had been to get Sun Yuting far away, find a safe place to hide her, and then circle back to launch a surprise attack.

But the sound of a tempestuous pursuit closing in from his sides and rear told him the three Upper Envoys were catching up. ’This is getting complicated,’ he thought.

’Those demonic cultivators aren’t fools.’

’If they see me return alone, they’ll definitely send people to search for Sun Yuting.’

’If I can’t take down the three Upper Envoys quickly enough, I’ll be at their mercy once they capture her alive.’

’I’ll just run for now...’

Wu Chen didn’t dwell on it. After a moment’s thought, the key to the situation became clear.

The Blood Palace’s base of operations here couldn’t be moved on short notice.

He could run for a full day and night to completely lose them, and it wouldn’t be a problem.

Even if they were smart enough to relocate, he could use his Jiemai Qinlong to find their trail.

The only real danger was that he had now thoroughly alerted the Blood Palace.

A single day was enough for news of him to spread throughout the entire Blood Palace.

By the time he returned, he would likely be facing a completely different situation.

’A dozen Upper Envoys all gathered here?’

’Will the Blood Palace Master himself make an appearance?’

Wu Chen’s brow furrowed. If that were to happen, the situation would spiral out of his control.

And his mission in Cold Rain City would be tilting toward failure.

"..."

Sun Yuting saw Wu Chen’s furrowed brow and knew she was holding him back. "Put me down," she said softly. "You can go back and fight."

When he didn’t answer, Sun Yuting pressed on, "I still have the energy to run. I really do!"

Wu Chen glanced down at the delicate body in his arms, limp as a ragdoll. The corner of his mouth twitched. "Bullshit!"

’If I stop now and go back to fight, there’s no way Sun Yuting would survive. I’d fail even faster.’

"Keep your head down."

His voice was low. Having already decided to get away from here first, he spoke as the sound of their pursuers grew closer.

Sun Yuting was about to say more when she felt a vast aura envelop her. The thick fog in her line of sight was torn apart by an invisible force, and she found herself hurtling down the mountain at incredible speed.

Determined to get Sun Yuting to safety first, Wu Chen fully unleashed the speed of his Armor Forging Realm.

BOOM!

With a single step, a shockwave of Qi erupted from his form. He shot forward like an arrow, leaving only a faint, blurry afterimage behind.

This left the three Blood Palace Upper Envoys who had just caught up staring dumbfounded.

"Motherfucker! What kind of Body Technique is that? It’s incredible!"

"Looks like he’s at his wit’s end. He must be putting everything he has into that Body Technique to escape!"

Zhou Shi and the other two stared at the path carved through the thick fog by that ferocious aura, a path that was slow to close. Their shock quickly turned to elation.

A desperate burst of speed like that could only mean one thing: the intruder’s Qi Power was depleted. He was at the end of his rope.

He was using the last of his energy to flee, or he’d activated some kind of Secret Technique to achieve that speed.

’And a technique like that can’t possibly last long!’

’Fifteen minutes, at the absolute most!’

"Go! After them!"

"We absolutely cannot let him get away!"

"Whichever one of you brings me the head of either of those two will be rewarded with the Sacred Palace’s ultimate techniques and top-grade medicinal pills! I’ll make sure you have more than you can handle!"

Zhou Shi bellowed into the surrounding fog.

As his voice faded, the crowd of demonic cultivators forgot the sight of their comrades being shredded by Wu Chen’s Gang Qi. Their blood boiled with excitement, spurred on by Zhou Shi’s promise of a rich reward.

In an instant, the demonic cultivators drew upon their own techniques to ignite the Qi and Blood within their bodies, and their speed surged dramatically.

The horde charged forward, stirring the thick fog like a tidal wave as they swept toward the base of the mountain.

...

And at the very same moment that this frantic chase was unfolding down the mountain...

...a lone figure stood waiting at the foot of the mountain.

The newcomer was clad in a tight-fitting black shirt that traced her slender figure. She held an ink-black blade, her long, dark hair tied back. Her cold, beautiful face was tilted upward, gazing at the fog-shrouded mountain peak before her.

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