Wan Yunting sat cross-legged in place, and after a while of circulating his internal energy to regulate his breathing, his complexion eased. He then saw Ji Ruxue run back: "Are you rested enough? Let's go..."
Without any explanation, Ji Ruxue pulled him up and they continued running towards the east, towards the Jiangyuan port on the east coast. At this moment, they were still one kilometer away from the port.
Helicopters were constantly flying overhead, and the search teams from the Sky Eye Main God Cult on the ground were all heading towards Wan Yunting and Ji Ruxue's location, beginning to seal off and surround the area.
Han Dongri and Feng Xian arrived swiftly in the eastern area of Mount Eyue, each using a helicopter. Simultaneously, the Sacrificial Elder also arrived. They looked at the Di Sha corpse lying on the ground, its skin blackened, already dead.
"May the Divine Serpent Clan be doomed..."
Han Dongri and Feng Xian's faces were gloomy and filled with rage as they cursed the Divine Serpent Clan's Divine Mother, Ji Ruxue, because their sixth sister, Hei Yan, was also killed by her, and now their fifth junior brother, Di Sha, had also met a tragic end.
This made the Sacrificial Elder furrow his brows, knowing that the matter had become serious. If he couldn't capture Wan Yunting and the Divine Serpent Clan's Divine Mother, he wouldn't be able to explain himself to the Main God.
"Sacrificial Elder, they are just ahead! Pursue!"
Han Dongri, without bothering with grief, pointed in the direction Wan Yunting and Ji Ruxue were fleeing and shouted for everyone to chase them...
"This way, quickly!"
At this moment, Wan Yunting was being dragged along by Ji Ruxue. However, pursuers were coming from both the east and west, making them anxious. They hadn't expected the Sky Eye Main God Cult to dispatch so many people to capture them...
Wan Yunting, panting, said, "Really, you don't need to bring me. You could escape on your own..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Ji Ruxue turned her head, her sharp, seductive eyes glaring at Wan Yunting. She snorted, "I went to so much trouble to get you out. If I don't take you back, I won't be satisfied."
Wan Yunting, gasping for breath, said, "Bringing me, such a burden, makes it impossible to break through."
Ji Ruxue looked around at the pursuing soldiers of the Sky Eye Main God Cult. What Wan Yunting said was also true; bringing him, such a burden, would likely make it difficult to break through...
"Let's go. What are you hesitating for?"
Wan Yunting pulled his hand away from her, stopping completely, his breathing heavy. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, knowing that even if he were captured by the Sky Eye Main God Cult, they wouldn't kill him so easily.
Ji Ruxue's brows were tightly knit. For the first time, her seductive eyes looked at Wan Yunting with such seriousness. Although she had paid a great price to rescue Wan Yunting for the divine serpent blood in him, she was now unable to take him away, and Ji Ruxue was unwilling to accept this.
However, he was right. If she fell into the hands of the Sky Eye Main God Cult, she would suffer unbearable torture and humiliation even if she didn't die. Thus, Ji Ruxue said, "I hope you can survive!"
Wan Yunting, panting, looked up at her and managed a weak smile.
Ji Ruxue said no more, turned, and plunged into a dark mountain forest. In the next second, Ji Ruxue stopped. Sensing danger, she suddenly somersaulted backward twice. A long saber flew from the west and, with a clang, embedded itself into the trunk of a nearby tree...
Immediately after, a black figure flew over, stepping on leaves and grass. It was clear that his Qinggong was exceptional. It was the Sacrificial Elder of the Sky Eye Main God Cult. He stood steadily on a bent tree trunk, blocking the path of Ji Ruxue and Wan Yunting.
Han Dongri and Feng Xian were still behind, but the Sacrificial Elder had used his Qinggong to quickly catch up alone. His sinister old eyes looked at Ji Ruxue and Wan Yunting, and he coldly snorted, "Neither of you will get away!"
"Sigh..."
Seeing the Sacrificial Elder appear, Wan Yunting sighed and looked at Ji Ruxue beside him with pity, shaking his head helplessly.
Ji Ruxue also knew that the Sacrificial Elder before her was a formidable martial artist, far beyond her ability to fight alone. But how could she be willing to fall into their hands...
*Crack!*
The snake whip cracked like thunder. Ji Ruxue, without hesitation, whipped it towards the Sacrificial Elder...
*Bang!*
The snake whip struck the bowl-thick tree trunk under the Sacrificial Elder's feet, breaking it. The Sacrificial Elder leaped into the air, stepping on the air twice. He channeled his internal energy to his palm and struck Ji Ruxue from a distance. Instantly, an invisible force in the shape of a palm shot towards Ji Ruxue, making her eyes widen in alarm. Without thinking, she dodged to the side...
*Boom!*
The ground seemed to explode as if hit by a grenade. Dead leaves and dirt flew everywhere. Even Wan Yunting was affected, being pushed back several steps by the Sacrificial Elder's terrifying palm strike. Of course, he was too heavily injured now, or he wouldn't have been so disheveled.
Ji Ruxue was also shaken. Seeing the Sacrificial Elder advancing, she could only swing her snake whip and meet him head-on. Relying on her mastery of the whip and its incredibly sharp strikes, she exchanged more than ten blows with the Sacrificial Elder. However, in a moment of carelessness, she was struck squarely on the chest by a sudden palm from the Sacrificial Elder. Ji Ruxue coughed, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and was sent flying backward, drawing an arc in the air before falling to the ground with a thud...
Ji Ruxue's face turned pale, and she coughed up blood incessantly, clearly severely injured by the Sacrificial Elder's palm strike. She clutched her chest and struggled to stand up. Seeing the Sacrificial Elder approach again, Ji Ruxue's fierce, seductive eyes became solemn. She no longer held back, flicking her sleeve, and the Red Shooting Poison Whip Snake flew towards the Sacrificial Elder...
Although it was extremely fast, it was no match for the highly skilled Sacrificial Elder. With an old hand, he grabbed the snake's vital spot, holding it firmly, and snorted, "Having poisoned two of the Main God's adopted sons, it's enough."
With that, the Red Shooting Poison Whip Snake was directly torn into two pieces by the Sacrificial Elder and thrown aside, making Ji Ruxue's seductive eyes widen. Her heart trembled. This Red Shooting Poison Whip Snake was something she had raised since childhood, and she had deep affection for it.
Now that it was torn into two and killed like this, Ji Ruxue's heart seethed with anger. She let out a low roar and swung the snake whip in her hand, attacking the Sacrificial Elder again. Even if she were to be killed by him, she didn't want to fall into their hands and be tortured to death.
Seeing this, the Sacrificial Elder no longer intended to keep her alive and intended to kill her with a palm strike. However, the next moment, Wan Yunting suddenly lunged forward, directly blocking Ji Ruxue and meeting the Sacrificial Elder's palm with his own...
*Crack!*
As their palms met, Wan Yunting coughed up blood. However, ignoring the injury from the Sacrificial Elder's terrifying palm, he turned to the astonished Ji Ruxue behind him and shouted, "Quickly transfer your power to me!"
Ji Ruxue was stunned for a moment but immediately understood Wan Yunting's intention. She quickly placed her hands on Wan Yunting's back, channeling the internal energy from her dantian through her hands into Wan Yunting's body. He immediately circulated the Eight Desolations Divine Skill's cultivation method, forcefully sending the internal energy transferred by Ji Ruxue towards the Sacrificial Elder in front of him. The Sacrificial Elder's old face changed slightly, not understanding what Wan Yunting was doing...
In the next second, the Sacrificial Elder's face drastically changed. A terrifying suction force came from Wan Yunting's palm, actually beginning to fiercely absorb the internal energy within the Sacrificial Elder's body. His heart trembled violently, and he shouted in shock, "You, you can actually use the Absorption Skill..."
At this moment, Wan Yunting's eyes were wide open, his face contorted in ferocity. A surge of energy erupted from his body. At this moment, he was like a vampire, continuously and fiercely absorbing the internal energy from the Sacrificial Elder, causing him to let out a strange cry, "Let go of me, let go of me!"
The Sacrificial Elder repeatedly tried to withdraw his palm and break free from Wan Yunting, but no matter how he pulled, Wan Yunting's hand was like a magnet, firmly stuck to his palm. The overbearing Eight Desolations Divine Skill madly absorbed the internal energy from the Sacrificial Elder's dantian, while Wan Yunting's entire body trembled violently. The immense internal energy absorbed into his body caused his body to continuously expand...
"Ah...!"
In less than a minute, Wan Yunting suddenly let out a long roar to the heavens. Accompanied by the release of a terrifying surge of energy, he directly sent both Ji Ruxue behind him and the Sacrificial Elder in front of him flying backward, landing more than five meters away...
Wan Yunting's face was contorted. At this moment, he felt a surge of powerful internal energy within his body. Even his severely injured internal organs were suppressed by this energy, bringing Wan Yunting to an unprecedented peak state.
"Cough, cough... You..."
The Sacrificial Elder, lying in front, had a pale old face and was trembling all over. His body felt as if it had been hollowed out, and he lay on the ground powerlessly. His old eyes looked at Wan Yunting in shock and disbelief. His decades of internal cultivation had been completely absorbed by this brat. Such a blow was unbearable for the Sacrificial Elder, and he spat out a mouthful of old blood.
Ji Ruxue, who had also struggled to sit up behind him, looked at Wan Yunting's back and knew that he had used the Eight Desolations Divine Skill to absorb the Sacrificial Elder's internal energy and convert it for his own use.
"Hoo..."
Then, Wan Yunting let out a long breath. Feeling the abundant internal energy in his dantian and the strength throughout his body, he felt as if he could now punch an elephant to death. This filled him with wild joy. He never expected that the first time using the Eight Desolations Divine Skill to absorb someone else's internal energy would feel like this.
Looking at the Sacrificial Elder of the Sky Eye Main God Cult lying there weakly, his face seemed to have aged decades in an instant, as if he might suffocate and die at any moment.
Seeing this, Wan Yunting felt no need to approach him further. He turned and walked to Ji Ruxue, extending his large hand: "Let's go."
Ji Ruxue looked at him as if he had returned to his original state. Without a word, she reached out her jade hand and grabbed his, pulling herself up. Together, they continued walking towards the east. However, as the believers of the Sky Eye Main God Cult in the vicinity caught up, Wan Yunting snatched the snake whip from Ji Ruxue's hand and swung it at them, sending several of them flying backward...
"Ahead, chase quickly..."
Han Dongri and Feng Xian also pursued. Hearing the commotion ahead, they led their group in pursuit...
Ah...
After swinging the whip several times and sending a group of people flying, Wan Yunting did not linger. He threw an arm around Ji Ruxue's slender and flexible waist, lifted into the air, stepped on tree branches, and disappeared towards the east into the dark mountain forest...