Shi Wu’s eyes lit up. He patted Chu Xiong on the shoulder and said meaningfully, "If we can kill Quinn and the others this time, you shall be credited with the first merit."
Chu Xiong was overjoyed. "It is my honor to serve Brother Shi Wu."
Shi Wu looked at the remaining four hundred plus brothers and said, "Brothers, whether we can achieve victory depends on our actions next."
"Everyone conceal your aura and follow me to intercept Quinn and the others."
"This time, we must capture them all!"
"Yes!"
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In mid-air.
Chen Nan transformed into a crow, searching for Quinn and the others.
Finally, he found a group of five just before dawn.
They were hiding in a towering tree, eating dry rations, each of them worried about Chen Nan's safety.
Chen Nan transformed back into human form and approached the tree.
Seeing the blood covering Chen Nan's chest.
The five immediately leaped from the tree and inquired about his condition.
Chen Nan replied, "Just some external injuries, nothing serious, it's healed now!" As he spoke, he took out the storage bag he had plundered from Shi Wu.
"Hiss!"
Quinn couldn't help but gasp in astonishment. "How are there so many demon corpses?"
Chen Nan smiled and explained, "Earlier, Shi Wu and the others were attacked by a large group of demons. He relied on the Sky-Covering Banner to kill them one by one."
"Then, I used the same trick again. After they collected the demon corpses, I snatched this storage bag."
Quinn gave Chen Nan a thumbs-up.
Using the same tactic twice.
And each time, there were considerable gains.
This was truly satisfying.
"By the way, if nothing unexpected happens, we are sure to achieve victory this time!" Xia Lan said with a smile.
They now possessed one hundred and ninety-eight demon corpses.
This number was truly astonishing.
"Boss, do you feel that the number of demons in our territory has increased?" Zhou Li asked with a solemn expression.
Quinn nodded, a flicker of apprehension in his eyes. "Previously, there were only about a hundred demons in our territory, but now there are almost two hundred. This is indeed a bit strange!"
So many demons living in the territory of Wushuang City.
It was only a matter of time before they discovered the entrance to the underground city.
If that truly happened.
The consequences would be unimaginable.
"Oh, right, there was also a demon with purplish-red eyes that escaped earlier," Chen Nan remembered the escaped demon.
Quinn's heart trembled. "Demons are powerful, but their intelligence is limited, so they haven't been able to threaten the clans in the underground city. However, if they encounter demons with intelligence, it would certainly not be a good thing for us."
"Something must have happened."
"It must be!"
"Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many demons in the territory!"
Quinn was worried.
A sense of foreboding arose in his heart.
Just then.
Chen Nan's ears twitched.
He suddenly turned to look at the dense forest behind him.
Branches in the depths of the forest trembled, and thick snow fell from the trees.
"Shi Wu is catching up!"
Chen Nan's eyes were solemn.
Even though the other party had concealed his aura and presence.
He could still sense the rapidly approaching aura of a powerful individual.
Quinn's face turned pale. At this moment, he also saw the abnormality behind them and on both sides.
It was clear.
The enemy was coming from behind and flanking them.
"Quick, escape to the north!" Without a second thought, Quinn shouted, then used the Earth Evasion technique to disappear into the ground and quickly fled northward.
Chen Nan and the others followed closely.
"What's going on?"
"Why are Shi Wu and the others chasing us?"
A series of questions arose in Chen Nan's mind.
After he snatched the storage bag from Shi Wu, he used the Earth Evasion technique to leave.
Then, he transformed into a crow and flew dozens of miles at high speed.
He never expected that they would be pursued so soon after meeting up with Quinn and the others.
This was very strange.
"How did they know our location?"
"Could there be a traitor among us?"
The thought was immediately dismissed by Chen Nan.
Quinn and the others had been through life and death together for many years.
There would be no traitor among them.
Using the process of elimination.
Chen Nan's mind turned to the storage bag.
Thinking of this, Chen Nan immediately said, "Brother Quinn, give me the storage bag from before!"
"Okay!"
Quinn handed the storage bag to Chen Nan.
Chen Nan's soul power quietly emerged.
The next moment.
He sensed a faint soul imprint on the storage bag.
"No wonder they could catch up, it turns out there was a soul imprint on this storage bag!" Chen Nan's face showed a cold smile.
He then used his soul power to directly erase the soul imprint on the storage bag.
This would prevent them from being tracked.
"Boss, they erased the soul imprint on the storage bag!" Chu Xiong said with a solemn expression from behind.
Shi Wu replied, "It's not a big problem. Even if they erased your soul imprint, I can still sense their presence." With that, he formed a hand seal, and a sharp long sword flew out from behind him.
As it flew into the air, the sword plunged into the ground more than five hundred meters ahead like a comet hitting Earth.
Pfft!
The sword pierced the ground.
A burst of blood gushed out from the ground.
Gong Yong then appeared on the ground.
His chest was pierced by the sword, and he spat out blood.
Although not directly killed.
He was at his last moments.
At the same time.
Quinn and the others also appeared on the ground, looking at the dying Gong Yong with anger and sorrow.
"Boss, you guys hurry and go..." Gong Yong's face was pale, but a smile of relief flickered in his eyes. "No matter what, you must escape this place..."
"No matter what... you must become the new leader." As he said this, a faint flame ignited in his eyes.
And his aura rapidly ascended at this moment.
Every cultivator in the God Realm had a divine fire within them.
Once the divine fire was ignited.
Their strength would instantly surge.
However.
Igniting the divine fire would result in the complete annihilation of the soul.
"Yong Zi, don't worry, I will definitely not let your sacrifice be in vain," Quinn said, tears streaming down his face. He didn't want to abandon his brother.
But this was not a time for rash actions.
Moreover, Gong Yong had already ignited his divine fire.
"Hurry and escape!" Quinn wiped the tears from his face, used the Earth Evasion technique again, dove ten meters deep, turned his sorrow into strength, and fled rapidly.
At the same time.
Gong Yong also drew out a sharp long saber, like a general holding his ground against all odds, blocking the pursuing soldiers behind him.
Shi Wu's eyes were complex. "I once invited you to join my faction!"
"Unfortunately, you refused!"
"Do you have any regrets at this moment?"
Gong Yong grinned. "Everyone has to die eventually. We cannot change our destiny, but we can choose a dignified way to die."
"Can't we?"