Chapter 9: Escaping

  Ka Ru landed and his figure flashed towards the stone cliff like lightning, extremely fast. The innate realm warrior's essence was profound, far beyond what an ordinary acquired realm warrior could compare to.

  Mo Yan's eyes were cold and stern, also chasing after Shi Yan with all his might, not caring about the troops behind him, determined to capture and kill Shi Yan.

  Shi Yan's face sank, and he poured all his energy into the tendons of his legs. With a fierce stomp, his thin body shot forward seven or eight meters, getting closer and closer to the six white-bladed jade spiders.

  "Ka ka ka! Ka ka ka!"

  The white-bladed spider's eight legs inserted into the wet ground and moved together, quickly drilling into the dense bush.

  Shi Yan plunged into a thicket of shrubs five or six meters high, his face growing increasingly solemn as he stared fixedly at a white-bladed spider in front of him, ignoring the terror it inspired.

  As soon as it entered the thicket, the white-bladed spider slowed down abruptly. Two white-bladed spiders suddenly turned their heads back, and the light spots in their compound eyes sparkled, as if they were being chased with anger.

  The white-bladed jade spider naturally didn't know Shi Yan's thoughts, and seeing three humans chasing after them, they thought these three humans wanted to fight a decisive battle with them. One of the white-bladed jade spiders let out a sharp cry in an unusual voice, and suddenly, four other white-bladed jade spiders turned their heads together, all staring at Shi Yan.

  Shi Yan's expression didn't change, his speed didn't slow down, instead he accelerated even faster towards the White Blade Jade Spider.

  His attention was unprecedentedly concentrated, Shi Yan's mind was like a clear mirror. Suddenly, he found himself entering that wonderful realm again. Everything around him seemed to become extremely clear all of a sudden. He could even hear the low hums exchanged by those White Jade Spiders. The whizzing wind generated from Karu's high-speed movement fell into his ears without any omission.

  "Hoo-hoo!"

  The stone was rushing forward at high speed, carrying air with its body, and the sound of airflow grew louder.

  Just as Shi Yan was about to charge head-on into the center of the White Blade Jade Spider, his body suddenly and mysteriously changed direction in mid-air, dodging past a gleaming spider leg of one of the White Blade Jade Spiders, narrowly passing through the side of the group, and shooting forward without stopping.

  The White Blade Jade Spider was enraged.

  Six white-bladed jade spiders, seemingly feeling that they had been toyed with by this audacious human, let out a sharp whistle and suddenly charged towards the rocky cliff.

  Karu and Mo Yan Yu rushed into the thicket, one after another, but found that they had lost track of Shi Yan. Suddenly, six white-bladed jade spiders were seen dashing wildly.

  Karu's eyes gleamed with a cold light as he said, "That little brat must be hiding in the nearby thicket."

  "Will he be able to pass through the White Blade Jade Spider group and reach the front of the White Blade Jade Spider group?" Mo Yan Yu Dai's eyebrows slightly furrowed, asking uncertainly.

  "Hmph." Karu sneered, "Even if he had the guts, he wouldn't be able to survive in the White Blade Spider group. The eight spider legs of the White Blade Spiders in the thicket are like meat grinders, this thicket is the territory of the White Blade Spiders, and if he really became their target, it would be a dead end."

  "Alright." Mo Yan Yu nodded and immediately separated from Kalu, searching for Shi Yan's trail in the surrounding bushes.

  Shi Yan frantically ran through a thicket in the dark forest, with six White Blade Jade Spiders hot on his heels, the distance between them gradually narrowing.

  In this thicket, there are no ancient trees that pierce the clouds, only endless shrubs. These shrubs are not very hard, and with a swipe of Bai Jingyu's spider legs, they snap "crack" and cannot withstand Bai Jingyu's ravages.

  Shi Yan couldn't find a high place to land and could only flee desperately, hoping to pull away from the White Blade Jade Spider.

  Fortunately, a part of the strange power that had overflowed from his body's meridians earlier had mixed into his essence, making it twice as dense and pure. Otherwise, under the pursuit of the White Blade Jade Spiders, he would have been unable to withstand it and would have been chopped to death by those White Blade Jade Spiders.

  Jīng Yuán was flowing vigorously in the muscle meridians of his legs, and Shí Yán felt as if they were inflated with air. Every time he stomped on the ground, he could rush forward several meters with a light body like a swallow. He secretly admired the wonderful use of Jīng Yuán and became even more determined to become a powerful warrior.

  He didn't know how long he had been sprinting, but Shi Yan gradually felt a bit exhausted. The spiritual energy in his legs' meridians had weakened significantly after the prolonged consumption, and his flying speed also decreased somewhat.

  He slowed down, but the White Blade Jade Spider didn't slow down at all. These demonic beasts that relied on their physical strength didn't need any support from their powers and could move in and out of the bushes like the wind. The White Blade Jade Spider with eight legs was indeed a deadly creature in the bushes.

  The distance between them is getting closer and closer...

  His heartstrings were tight, his back was sweating, if he continued like this, he would soon be caught up by the White Blade Jade Spider. At that time, his vital energy would be exhausted, what could he use to fight against the White Blade Jade Spider?

  A humid mist, suddenly came from the left direction, feeling the sensitive stone rock, took two breaths, face changed with joy, and swiftly changed direction, flying straight towards the left.

  There is water!

  He concentrated his spirit and listened carefully to the left, taking in all the sounds. After running for a few minutes, he heard the distant sound of rushing water.

  After a few more minutes, Shi Yan's line of sight suddenly opened up, and he saw in front of him a waterfall like a silver-colored ribbon, flying down into the deep pool below. The waterfall pounded against the huge rocks, and pearl-like water droplets shot out wildly, with misty vapor rising from the pool.

  "Boom!"

  His body was like a sharp arrow, shooting fiercely into the icy cold water, and he felt comfortable all over, thinking that this time it was safe.

  "Plop! Plop! Plop! Plop! Plop! Plop!"

  Six white-bladed jade spiders rushed over, and one after another flew into the deep pool. These white-bladed jade spiders floated on the surface of the deep pool like small boats, with eight sharp spider legs chopping in the water, and actually rushed towards him quickly.

  Just catching his breath, Shi Yan cursed inwardly and saw the White Blade Jade Spider getting closer, so he hastily dove into the bottom of the water pond.

  Holding his breath, Shi Yan sank into the water pool for seven or eight meters before he dared to raise his head and look up.

  From under the water pool, the stone rock can clearly see six white-bladed jade spiders with sharp knife-like spider legs. Only to see these six demonic beasts' spider legs constantly chopping and inserting into the water pool.

  The white-bladed jade spider is not afraid of water and can float in the water, but it seems to dare not sink to the bottom of the pool. The six beasts are frantically chopping at the surface of the water with their spider legs, but they only swim on the surface of the pool.

  It wasn't until then that Shi Yan finally put his mind at ease. Holding his breath, he waited under the water of the pond.

  Holding his breath underwater was an extreme challenge that Shi Yan had often undertaken before, and he had experience in this area. With one deep breath, he could stay underwater for over ten minutes.

  The white-bladed jade spider didn't stay on the water pool for too long, six demon beasts hacked at it for a while, seeing that Shi Yan still hadn't come out, they went ashore one after another.

  The stone rock floated up from the bottom of the pool, and when it could see the six white-bladed spiders on the shore, it immediately stopped floating and quietly observed the six monsters on the shore.

  The six monsters quickly left.

  The rock emerged from the water surface, took a deep breath of humid air, and immediately sank to the bottom of the pool. After exhausting its breath, it would resurface at the edge of the pool beside a large stone, take another breath, and then sink back down again, repeating this process over and over.

  He was worried that the White Blade Spider would come and go, and even more worried that Karu and Moku would follow in its footsteps, so he was being cautious and didn't dare to come out of the water immediately.

  The bottom of the pond.

  Shi Yan was holding his breath, and he began to think about the anomaly of the cave before. When those two warriors died, he happened to be beside them. The dead warriors' vital energy and blood seemed to have been absorbed by his cave. He apparently benefited from the bodies of those two warriors.

  When escaping with Baijinyu, he clearly felt a strange power emanating from the cave, which was extremely pure and immediately merged with his body's essence, causing it to expand by more than double, leaving Shiyuan perplexed.

  Could it be that the power of those two warriors absorbed by the meridians in his body was purified into pure energy and fed back to his own body?

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