Hua had finally arrived.
Her eyes were exceedingly cold. Although she didn’t know exactly what was going on, it seemed the young master was surrounded.
Placing her hands in front of her, she formed a Seal Technique. Her long hair fluttered in the wind. Within her body, a surging power was on the verge of erupting.
"Hua, you’re just in time. Let’s go," Ye Xuan said with pleasant surprise.
Hua had arrived even faster than he had imagined. He had thought she was still in the perimeter of the rank-four Beasts. He hadn’t expected her to have ventured this deep as well. But now was not the time to dwell on such matters. He immediately ordered Blood Princess to go to Hua’s side.
Blood Princess returned the sword to Ye Xuan. Tucking Ye Xuan under her left arm and Hua under her right, her figure flickered several times as she rapidly retreated into the distance.
"Young Master, aren’t we going to kill them?" Hua’s astonished voice rang out. She had fully intended to help Ye Xuan finish off this group.
"There’s no time. It would take Blood Princess too long to kill this many people, and by then, their reinforcements will have arrived."
Not long after Ye Xuan’s group departed, more people rushed to the scene. It was not the Golden Armor Guards, but an Honored Guest Elder of the Sun family. Shortly after the Honored Guest Elder’s arrival, Sun Zhenwu and his men also appeared.
"Where is everyone? Why is there no one here?" Sun Zhenwu asked, his brows furrowing.
A Golden Armor Guard replied, "City Lord, they escaped!"
"Escaped? Hmm? And two Commanders are dead? Didn’t you say that woman was already severely injured? What exactly happened here?"
"City Lord, her injuries seemed to have completely healed. She was simply too fast, and she wielded an Earth-tier weapon. The two Commanders were decapitated in a single exchange."
"Impossible. Even if she had an Earth-tier weapon, they couldn’t have been defeated so quickly!"
"It’s true. The woman’s speed was so fast that it looked like... Instant Movement. In the blink of an eye, she would suddenly appear right beside someone. It was impossible to defend against!"
"She’s that fast?" Sun Zhenwu furrowed his brows, then let out a cold snort. "A bunch of useless trash. With so many of you, you couldn’t even stop a single person and actually let her break through. Which way did she run?"
"Towards the outer perimeter. Also, Elder, it wasn’t just one person—it was three. That man from the Three-Star Main Town was also present, along with a woman wearing a mask."
"What? Three people?" Sun Zhenwu was somewhat surprised, his frown deepening. How did the woman from the Gongsun family cross paths with someone from the Three-Star Main Town? This was far too bizarre.
Regardless, they had to give chase first. Since the other party had chosen to flee, it proved they still feared his Sun family.
"Which direction did you say they ran?"
"The outer perimeter!"
"Not good! They might be trying to leave the Secret Realm. That woman from the Gongsun family knows how to open the Array! Elders, follow me at full speed. We must reach the entrance before them."
Spiritual Light burst from the bodies of the several Elders. Transforming into bolts of lightning, they rapidly chased back the way they came. No matter how fast that woman was, she couldn’t possibly outpace them. Their cultivation bases were definitely higher than hers.
Meanwhile, far away in the distance.
Worried that Sun Zhenwu and his men would catch up, Ye Xuan asked, "Blood Princess, can you continuously use Instant Movement? At this rate, I’m afraid we won’t be able to outrun them."
Blood Princess nodded. "Yes, I can."
Ye Xuan’s eyes lit up, and he asked, "Won’t you get tired?"
"I will."
Ye Xuan was rendered speechless. After a moment of silence, he asked again, "Then is there any way to keep you from getting so tired?"
"I don’t know, Master. How about you stick your arm into my mouth? If I get tired, I’ll just drink your blood."
Ye Xuan understood what Blood Princess meant. Didn’t she just want to drink his blood while running? Would that count as replenishing her stamina and energy?
"Let’s give it a try. If you get tired, tell me. From now on, use Instant Movement continuously."
"Alright! Master."
Blood Princess’s body flickered incessantly. With every flash, she appeared dozens of meters away. After multiple repetitions, Ye Xuan finally realized that her maximum Instant Movement distance was only thirty meters. While this distance might not seem far, it wasn’t short either. As long as she teleported fast enough and without pause, her speed would still be incredibly terrifying. At her fastest, she moved so quickly that ten afterimages of her appeared on the ground; before the previous shadow could dissipate, she had already reappeared thirty meters away.
"So fast!" Hua couldn’t help but exclaim.
Fleeing at full speed using Instant Movement—this velocity was mind-blowing. A Cultivator in the Earth Spirit Realm would absolutely never be able to catch up.
Just a minute later, Blood Princess spoke up. "Master, I’m so tired. I have no strength left."
In that single minute, she had executed Instant Movement five hundred times. Five hundred times a minute meant she had to teleport at least eight times per second. Now, Blood Princess was kneeling on the ground. Her originally pale face had grown even whiter.
Although Instant Movement was formidable, it consumed an immense amount of stamina. Devoid of any remaining strength, Blood Princess collapsed onto the ground like a puddle of mud. Her posture closely resembled the horde of starving zombies clinging to the earth described in the Demon Subduing Scripture.
"Come on, drink some blood." Ye Xuan didn’t say much else and immediately extended his arm.
A minute was short, but in that time, Blood Princess had carried him for three miles.
Only then did Blood Princess’s eyes brighten a little. She bit into Ye Xuan’s arm and began gulping down mouthfuls of his blood. As she drank, strength returned to her body. Ye Xuan’s body, on the other hand, shriveled at a visible rate. Without hesitation, he immediately swallowed a Blood Generating Pill.
"Blood Princess, keep moving. Drink as we go."
"Alright, Master."
Blood Princess grinned. As long as Ye Xuan gave her blood, she was willing to do anything. Having recovered her stamina, she hoisted one person under each arm and continued to run. This time, Ye Xuan learned to be smart; he kept his arm positioned right in front of her mouth. Whenever she felt her stamina deplete by half, he would let her take a sip. His body would alternately shrivel and plump back up, repeating the cycle over and over.
"It’s a good thing I have Blood Generating Pills. If it were anyone else, they’d probably be sucked dry into a mummy in minutes," Ye Xuan mused with a sigh. If his ancestors hadn’t passed down the Pill Book to him, allowing him to become an omnipotent Alchemy Master, he truly wouldn’t have been able to satisfy Blood Princess’s needs.
SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH!
Across the clearings and through the forest, Blood Princess rapidly chained her Instant Movements. The entire ground seemed to be covered in her silhouettes. She was indeed using every ounce of her strength to help Ye Xuan escape.
As time passed, even with the continuous replenishment from the Blood Generating Pills, Ye Xuan couldn’t endure it any longer. The pills simply couldn’t keep up with the blood loss. Fortunately, in that short amount of time, they had already distanced themselves thirty miles from the deeper regions. From here on, they didn’t need to be so frantic; they could afford to stop and rest as they moved.
Late that night, Ye Xuan and the others arrived back at the entrance.
Blood Princess had cut their travel time by more than half. Even an Earth Spirit Realm expert would absolutely not be able to make it out in such a short period. Ye Xuan tossed down hundreds of Array Banners, and the Teleportation Array finally activated. The three of them quickly departed.
Soon, they appeared in the City Lord’s Mansion.
Ye Xuan was quite familiar with the layout of the City Lord’s Mansion. However, he didn’t flee immediately; instead, he looked toward the direction of the resource vault.
Since he was already here, should he make a trip to the vault? Right now, the vast majority of the Sun family’s experts had gone to the Secret Realm, meaning he still had a bit of a chance!