"Shua!"
Li Yao's left arm shrank at a visible speed, but a cluster of crimson brilliance rushed out of the super crystal inside his palm and darted toward a Mirage Falcon that he had locked onto earlier at a high speed of five times the speed of sound!
The Mirage Falcons were the most vulnerable when they were launching 'Shooting Stars'. Their necks, which had been extended to the maximum, ruined their streamlined body, making it impossible for them to maintain the supersonic state. The demonic energy that they released incessantly also broke their stealth!
Li Yao had chosen the perfect timing. It was exactly the moment when the essence of the fire class inside the capsule of the Mirage Sword was triggered to the maximum. The hundred billion cells were completely obliterated and transformed into the purest energy. Refracted and constricted by the super crystal, the energy was condensed into crimson brilliance that hit the head of the Mirage Falcon directly, triggering a chain reaction with the essence of the fire class inside the capsule and detonating the 'Shooting Stars' in advance!
"Not good!"
Every feather on the face of the young master of the Feather Clan stood up, making his head three times larger than before. He shrieked and canceled the activation of the Shooting Stars in time, before he soared into the sky on the Mirage Falcon!
However, not every Feather Clan member was as adept at manipulating biochemical beasts as he was. BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! After a series of thunderous explosions, the sky immediately turned into a surging ocean of fire. The 'tides' almost a hundred meters high were raised. After swallowing most of the Mirage Falcons, they turned into a storm of sparks that covered the dozens of square kilometers nearby!
However, in the dozens of square kilometers, other than Li Yao, a large batch of demons were also hunting him down!
For a moment, flames were surging, and screams were echoing nonstop. The forest turned into a red lotus hell. Countless demons were struggling in pain in the flames. Riddled with holes by the magma, they were reduced to black bones while they shuddered in fear!
Even though the Feather Clan Young Master flew into the air ahead of time, he was still dazed by the shockwave, even though he was a Demon Emperor. He was still dazed for three seconds before he came back to himself.
Dumbfounded, he watched the troop of Mirage Falcons that he was most proud of screaming in the ocean of fire and being burnt into bald turkeys. Every feather on his face that was standing erect turned into crimson crimson!
“！ Jin Xinyue, you stinker! "
"Who is this monster you're looking for? Who was it?!
At this moment, the "monster" that the young master of the Feather Race was talking about was running madly through the forest. The flames and lava were his best protection.
Under the scourge of the overwhelming meteor shower, most of the pursuers were burnt to a pulp. It would take at least half a day to regroup.
Li Yao's vision blurred, and from time to time, a golden vortex would appear. Although his left arm had returned to normal, it was still hanging limply from his shoulder, and he couldn't muster the slightest bit of strength.
He even had a vague feeling that his entire left arm was soaked in hot magma and was about to melt from the inside out. It burned fiercely.
"The power in the depths of the cells is too terrifying. It's too intense, too unstable! "
Li Yao was very clear that he had inherited part of the abilities of the Blood Stripe Virus by accident. The natural instinct of the Blood Stripe Virus was to control and modify genes. That was why he managed to control the 'primeval cells' that had just been activated.
It was another Cultivator. Even if it was a Yuanying Cultivator, it was very possible that their cells would collapse and turn into a pool of pus if they unlocked the power of genes so blatantly. It was even possible that the excessive energy provided by the mitochondria could cause spontaneous combustion.
Suddenly, Li Yao thought of something. He had read in many ancient cultivation notes that some high-level cultivators, after reaching the pinnacle of their cultivation, would ignite a raging fire from the inside out for no reason at all. They would spontaneously combust and die in the mysterious flames.
At first, he thought that the Cultivators had been ambushed by their enemies and were poisoned by some weird poison.
However, such a phenomenon had occurred many times in different sects in different worlds over the past ten thousand years. The cause of death was exactly the same, but no trace of the poison could be found. It eventually became one of the greatest mysteries in the world of ancient Cultivators known as the 'mystery of spontaneous combustion'.
Perhaps, the ancient Cultivators discovered the secrets of genes and cells by chance but did not know how to make use of them. Therefore, they activated the dangerous dormant genes recklessly, overloading the mitochondria and releasing the energy that they could not bear. Eventually, they burned themselves to death!
So, it seems that the way to fight by activating the strength of cells is too unstable and dangerous!
Cultivators fight with spiritual energy, magical equipment, and other external objects. Their combat ability may be high or low, but at the very least, it is safe, stable, and peaceful. Even if they are mentally deranged, it is unlikely that their cells will collapse and their bodies will spontaneously combust, right?
Li Yao considered the advantages and disadvantages of the two ways of training. He rushed for almost a hundred kilometers and took three turns to make sure that there were no pursuers behind him. Then, he finally reached the top of the waterfall in the southwest direction.
Through the interlocking rings, he soon locked onto Jin Xinyue's location.
Jin Xinyue was lying on a giant rock above the waterfall. Her body was riddled with wounds. Her skin was as white as jade, and her lips were as red as a baby's. However, not much blood was flowing out of her wounds. She was in the middle of a severe blood loss.
It seemed that she had been through a fierce battle, too.
Li Yao craned his head and looked down at the bottom of the waterfall.
The waterfall was hundreds of meters long. It was covered in mist and smoke, making it impossible to see clearly.
Not far away, however, the mist congregated into a zigzagging river that led to the deepest part of the forest.
Li Yao thought quickly and pondered.
Jumping off the cliff seemed to be the best way of escape. But if he were a pursuer, he would not have let go of such an obvious direction. He would certainly have set up defenses in the river below the waterfall.
A moment later, after making up his mind, Li Yao jumped off the waterfall with Jin Xinyue on his shoulder. But after falling for dozens of meters, he dashed to the inner side of the waterfall.
"Crack!"
Li Yao's fingers pierced into the rocks like iron claws. Hanging on the inner side of the waterfall against the rushing water, he retrieved a small drill of mystic rays from his Cosmos Ring.
The drill of mystic rays was his favorite. A few years ago, he had trained himself in Yan Xinjian's secret residence below the ground of Spider Den. Later, he had dug out of the ground with a special drill of mystic rays.
The drill of mystic rays had been with him all the time. It had become one of the main weapons of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit and distinguished itself in the battle to kill Xiao Xuance. He did not expect that it would come in handy again today.
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Li Yao dug out a narrow tunnel on the hard rocks behind the cliff.
The rock strata in this area were all solid quartzite and basalt. Although the insectoids were known as the overlords of the underground world, they mainly lived in soft soil or natural karst caves. They would never live in an impenetrable rock stratum.
The drill of mystic rays had been refined for the purpose of exploring the underground world. Li Yao was familiar with it. After half a day, he had dug the tunnel into the depths of the ground.
Naturally, he did not forget to dig a few more forks behind him. However, he estimated that it would not be easy for the enemy to discover the cave behind the waterfall. Even if they did, the outermost part of the cave would be blocked by him.
After they reached the depths of the underground, a series of natural karst caves finally appeared in front of them. However, Li Yao and Jin Xinyue, who had just woken up, did not dare stop. For a day and a night, they rushed in the depths of the Hundred Desolation Mountain. It was not until the dawn of the third day that they finally stopped to catch their breath and discuss the current situation.
"The Nether Spring Kingdom, the Kingdom of Lion Butchers, and the Gold Crow Kingdom."
Li Yao scratched his chin. "Three of the four superpowers of the Blood Demon Sector have joined hands to hunt you down. Why?"
"Not three, but four."
Jin Xinyue was extremely weak due to the loss of blood. Her face pale, she replied dutifully, "I was attacked by the warriors of the Iron Crocodile Warriors of the Sea Dominator Kingdom above the waterfall. Although I killed them all, I was heavily wounded and passed out. Therefore, the Sea Dominator Kingdom was involved in the incident, too."
Li Yao glanced at her. "You are rather calm when you are hunted by four superpowers of the Blood Demon Sector at the same time."
Jin Xinyue grinned and smiled bitterly. "As a saintess of the Pantheon of Demons, I've seen too many things like this. In the past, I've cooperated with the assassins of the Nether Spring Kingdom, the Sea Dominator Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Lion Butchers many times to make people who shouldn't exist completely disappear. Now that it's my turn, what can I say?
"However …"
Her eyes flashed, and she put on a guilty expression. She said softly, "My death is not to be regretted, but I've inadvertently implicated Elder and caused him to be caught in an unexpected disaster. He is even going against the four superpowers of the Blood Demon Sector now. This is truly —"
"Stop. “
Li Yao said coldly. "If there is no other choice, I can always tie you up and throw you to them before I run away. I don't think that they will chase after an expert with the capability of a demon emperor. So, there is no need for you to feel guilty."
Jin Xinyue was dumbfounded. She swallowed the rest of the sentence back into her stomach.
Li Yao smiled and continued. "However, before I tie you up and throw you out, I'm still very curious. Why are the four superpowers hunting you together and even the Gold Crow Kingdom abandoning you?
"By logic, there is no reason that your father, Jin Tuyi, would turn a blind eye to you since you know the greatest secret of the Nether Spring Kingdom."
Jin Xinyue smiled helplessly. "There are a lot of possibilities. For example, Elder Nether Spring, seeing that the secret was about to be exposed, simply confessed everything to my father and made a deal with my father in advance. He traded something for the secret and me, who knows the secret, with my father."
"Oh?"
Li Yao narrowed his eyes. "What does Elder Nether Spring have that your father would trade his own daughter for?"
"Yes."
Jin Xinyue said casually, as if she were telling someone else's story. "The Red Tide Plan is one of them."
"The Red Tide Plan?"
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