"You..." Spirit Emperor Chen was utterly stunned.
Zhang Xuan also stood rooted to the spot, feeling as if tens of thousands of divine beasts were galloping through his mind.
This gourd was none other than the Void Gourd that had previously been hidden in his dantian. After swallowing the meteorite from beyond the heavens, it had remained motionless in his spatial ring, as if dead. How could it suddenly appear now?
And it even swallowed the blood?
This blood was crucial for unsealing the Dragon Bone Divine Spear. If the gourd swallowed it, the Bone Dragon wouldn't be able to grow flesh and blood, nor would it be able to break the seal. Relying solely on the ruthless individual, not only would escaping be impossible, but they might even die here!
"My blood, my blood..." The Dragon Bone Divine Spear, lying on the ground, shook uncontrollably, tears streaming down. It trembled so violently that its head nearly fell off its neck.
This was vital for its transformation and breaking the seal, and yet a gourd had eaten it...
"Don't you have a mouth? How did you swallow it?"
"Gulp!" After swallowing the dragon's blood, the gourd twisted, let out a satisfied burp, swayed gently, and then rushed towards Zhang Xuan again.
"Give me back the dragon's blood..." Spirit Emperor Chen, now reacting, was on the verge of going mad. He charged forward frantically, his outstretched palm causing a large section of the space before him to collapse.
Zhang Xuan's vision darkened. In a confrontation between Great Sages of the third realm, his current strength was insufficient to intervene. Thus, he hadn't even considered rushing forward to snatch the blood back.
He had been observing from the sidelines, ready to flee if the opportunity wasn't good. Who knew this gourd, after snatching the blood, would rush towards him and, incidentally, draw Spirit Emperor Chen to him as well...
What enmity, what grievance? He had kindly placed it in his dantian, nourished it with true qi, and even prepared the meteorite from beyond the heavens... and this was how it treated him?
Nearly cursing aloud, Zhang Xuan's body swayed as he prepared to momentarily evade the attack. Before he could escape, his vision blurred, and the gourd had already burrowed into his dantian, finding a comfortable spot to lie down.
"You..." His head felt like it would explode; Zhang Xuan was enraged.
At this moment, he could no longer bother with the gourd. Activating the Zhang Clan bloodline, time seemed to slow down. Simultaneously, he executed the Heaven's Path Movement Art, darting forward and arriving before the ruthless individual in the blink of an eye.
Facing Spirit Emperor Chen, the only reliable option currently was this guy.
"Die!" Seeing the gourd that had snatched the blood disappear in front of Zhang Xuan, Spirit Emperor Chen knew this guy must have used some trick. Trembling with rage, he pushed his palms forward, emptying the air.
The air seemed to be sucked dry. Zhang Xuan felt his body stiffen, irresistibly drawn towards the emperor's palm, as if willingly offering himself for death.
"Master!" The ruthless individual could no longer spare attention for the remaining two Great Sages. Another palm flew out from the book, grabbed Zhang Xuan's shoulder mid-air, blocking his advance. With his other hand, he pressed on the book, and a fragmented skeleton emerged from within.
Having signed a contract, if his master died, he would undoubtedly perish too. He had to save the other's life, no matter what.
Whoosh! The moment the skeleton appeared, it became like the eye of a typhoon, countless spiritual energies converging towards it. A palm pressed down fiercely from above.
After leaving the Book of Heaven's Path, the ruthless individual's skeletal combat power had significantly increased. Its heart beat continuously, strong and powerful. Upon clashing with Spirit Emperor Chen's attack, the latter immediately flew backward.
Spirit Emperor Chen, with his pre-injury strength, might not have feared the still-recovering ruthless individual, but at this moment... he was utterly unable to resist!
Seeing that the ruthless individual could indeed block the opponent, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. His consciousness immediately focused on his dantian, and he couldn't help but scold, "Didn't you promise me you wouldn't enter my dantian?"
Previously, he had given the gourd a meteorite from beyond the heavens, forcing it to agree to leave his dantian. He never dreamed that it would burrow back in at such a crucial moment!
And... it had even foolishly drawn Spirit Emperor Chen over.
What sin had he committed?! If not for his quick reaction and the activation of the Zhang Clan bloodline, he probably would have lost his life by now.
"I'll just lie here for a while..." Wiggling its bottom, the gourd behaved like a pig unafraid of boiling water.
Gritting his teeth in anger, Zhang Xuan was about to curse a few more times when he suddenly felt a chill down his spine. His bloodline power activated again, and he moved forward rapidly.
Boom, boom, boom! No sooner had he left the spot than the space he had just occupied instantly disintegrated. Hurricanes raged, and the aftermath of the spatial fragmentation struck his back, causing his throat to sweeten as he spat out a mouthful of blood.
He hurriedly turned his head and saw the two Great Sages who had been ganging up on the ruthless individual appear not far away, he knew not when.
They might not be able to contend with the ruthless individual, but if they couldn't even kill a Grand Completion of Immortality Realm expert, they might as well not live.
"Time law? Indeed, it's a human, die!" One Great Sage, seeing his sneak attack fail, frowned and struck down with another palm.
The other, knowing there was no time to waste, also punched.
Before the fist and palm even reached him, the surrounding space began to distort. Zhang Xuan felt as if he had fallen into a violent storm, with no way to evade.
"They really think I'm a pushover?" Seeing that the ruthless individual was currently fully occupied defending against Spirit Emperor Chen, who controlled the formation, and couldn't save him, Zhang Xuan clenched his teeth and flipped his wrist.
Whoosh! Two Great Sage corpses immediately appeared before him, blocking the incoming fist and palm.
Earlier, during Emperor Chen Yong's battle against his attackers, Zhang Xuan had seized the opportunity to take several corpses. Although he had been severely injured and hadn't had time to refine them, they were more than sufficient to be used as shields.
Bang! Bang! The attacks struck the corpses simultaneously, sending them flying backward, and Zhang Xuan narrowly escaped harm.
With a twitch of his brow, just as he was about to conjure his sole Book of Heaven's Path to smash one of the two Great Sages to death, he heard a sudden rush of wind approaching from the air.
Immediately after, a chilling aura swept over him, pulling him as if with a rope, and swiftly dragging him out of the hall.
"Guild Leader, hurry!" A voice sounded in his ear. Mo Ling Great Sage, sensing something amiss, had his shamanic soul leave his body and rushed in.
"Where do you think you're going?" The two Great Sages within the Spirit Emperor's Palace, whose attacks had been blocked by the Great Sage corpses, were now on guard. How could they let him leave smoothly? They turned again and attacked in unison.
The shamanic soul turned and met their attack with a palm.
Under the turbulent air currents, the Spirit Emperor's Palace collapsed, dust rising. Mo Ling Great Sage, carrying Zhang Xuan, seized the opportunity to leave the palace grounds.
He himself was a Blood Rebirth level expert, stronger than these two. As long as the Spirit Emperor didn't act, it would be almost impossible for these two to stop him.
"Guild Leader, I've activated the formation outside. You must leave quickly; I'll hold these two back..." Having swiftly taken Zhang Xuan out of the inner palace area, Mo Ling Great Sage urgently transmitted a message.
"The Dragon Bone Divine Spear and the ruthless individual are still inside. If I leave, they won't be able to escape..." His body swayed, and Zhang Xuan stopped in his tracks.
The Dragon Bone Divine Spear was injured, and the ruthless individual was trapped by Spirit Emperor Chen and the formation, unable to leave anytime soon. If Zhang Xuan truly ran away, these two might be lost forever.
He had already lost three Great Sage corpses; these two items absolutely could not be lost!
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