To that Three Foot Mountain Elder, this trouble that had suddenly sprung up was still not the worst of it all.
What he was most worried and most afraid of was still Yan Zhaoge catching up to him.
When he had fled earlier, he had been exceptionally nervous as he had focused all his attention on fleeing for his life.
As a result, he had even forgotten that he had previously captured someone in the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory's Consecutive Drum Mountain Range.
Back then, he had accompanied their Chief and the other Three Foot Mountain experts in destroying the Consecutive Drum Mountain Range's Listening Thunder Peak's Xia Family, obtaining that half-broken whisk and thus being able to enter the cave manor of the Daoist temple.
The Listening Thunder Peak's Xia Family had been completely exterminated, with only this kid called Xia Guang before him having been captured alive due to his unique physique.
Following orders to watch over him, he had originally not taken it to heart.
Who knew that the situation would change drastically afterwards as his Three Foot Mountain was virtually wiped out in the cave manor of the Daoist temple. He too was heavily injured as he had fled.
In the end, Xia Guang had actually managed to break free.
If it had been any other time, however unique Xia Guang was, this Three Foot Mountain Elder would not have taken it to heart.
After all, the gap between their cultivation bases was really too great.
Still, at this critical juncture, he was really going to die.
"If not for that Yan Zhaoge injuring me first, would there have been any room for you to be so insolent?"
Seeing that he had already been pestered by Xia Guang for a long time, the ferocity of that Three Foot Mountain Elder was roused as well.
He attacked towards Xia Guang with all his might, seeking to kill him as quickly as possible so that he would not be held back any longer.
Without this mad red-clothed youth pestering him, he would be able to focus on fleeing. Otherwise, he dared not imagine what would happen to him if Yan Zhaoge caught up to him.
While he had been heavily injured and his strength had fallen greatly, Xia Guang still immediately felt pressured as he attacked with all his might.
Still, he did not take this to heart at all.
There was only a single thought in his mind at this moment.
Either the enemy dies, or I perish!
"Let's see who dies!" A frenzied roar resounded, resembling the explosion of thunder.
Xia Guang continued wielding the Blood Thunderbolt Ritual, unceasingly igniting his thunderbolt blood at the cost of his longevity.
Mournful, wild thunder patterns now enveloped his entire body, flickering with a dark red bloodred light as they resounded together with a deafening roar of thunder.
His violent power was stimulated unceasingly, transforming into numerous bloodred lights that resembled thunderbolts whilst also blades as they fearlessly attacked towards his opponent.
That Three Foot Mountain Elder sent Xia Guang's blood flying with a single palm.
While Xia Guang's sabre was blocked by him, the old injury that Yan Zhaoge had inflicted upon him earlier immediately relapsed.
The Three Foot Mountain Elder immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
"No, I can't continue fighting with this crazy brat." He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, exasperated.
Seeing Xia Guang grit his teeth and attack once more despite his injuries, this Three Foot Mountain Elder's gaze flickered as he simultaneously raised his palms, pushing them forward.
Boundless golden sunlight illuminated the heavens and earth as two Great Sun Golden Crows appeared simultaneously, flying towards Xia Guang!
"Since you're courting death, this old man will send you down to reunite with your family!"
That Three Foot Mountain Elder roared fiercely, wanting to kill Xia Guang with a full force blow.
Xia Guang's eyes bulged, not fearing in the slightest as he met it head-on, meeting attack with attack.
The forces of both sides collided violently, and the result was that the Three Foot Mountain Elder was actually not a match for him, and his entire body was blasted flying backwards.
Yet, Xia Guang's expression changed. He felt that the palm force of his opponent earlier had not been a direct clash of brute force as he had instead been ingenious.
Now that the Three Foot Mountain Elder was retreating, he had actually borrowed Xia Guang's strength to speed up the distance.
Xia Guang wanted to pursue him, but his opponent's soft force kept him where he was. Even after dispersing it with great effort, he was still a step too slow.
"Damned old thief!" Xia Guang howled in fury as he hurriedly chased after him.
Still, the other party was no slower than him in speed and strength. Now that he had lost the initiative, how could he possibly catch up?
Seeing the distance between them growing greater and greater instead, the red-clothed youth was enraged to the extreme as his intact left eye turned completely red.
Finally, the figure of that Three Foot Mountain Elder vanished.
Xia Guang refused to give up as he chased after him for a while longer. Yet, he had already lost track of the other party as he was unable to determine his direction at all.
The martial practitioners of Three Foot Mountain cultivated in the Golden Crow Incinerating World Scripture. Wherever they passed, the aura would be incinerated cleanly as no traces of the qi of fire would be left behind at all.
Xia Guang roared madly as he hacked down with his sabre onto the great earth down below, cleaving a deep valley into the mountain range.
Unable to quell his fury, he hacked down with his sabre again and again, a mountain range being cleaved into a ravine.
"Father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, granduncle, uncle, aunt, second brother, eldest sister, second sister, little sister …" The fury on Xia Guang's face gradually vanished as sorrow arose, "I'm useless! I was unable to even slay a heavily injured enemy, unable to avenge you all. "
After his fury had passed, the pain from his wounds and the intense feeling of weakness surged up together.
The bloodred patterns that resembled thunderbolts gradually faded from the surface of his body, shrinking together as they finally landed on his back, condensing into a tattoo in the shape of a bloodred lightning bolt.
Xia Guang landed on the ground, clutching his right eye which was dripping with blood as fury surfaced on his face once more.
That was when he had been captured back then, because he had been unwilling to submit, he had been blinded by those of Three Foot Mountain.
"Three Foot Mountain, Three Foot Mountain … Three Foot Mountain!" Xia Guang gnashed his teeth, "The monk can run, but the temple cannot! Three Foot Mountain, the one hundred and twenty-seven people of my Xia Family will definitely not die in vain! "
"If I do not avenge this, Xia Guang is a son in vain!"
His body weak as he fell to a sitting position within the mountain valley, he suddenly noticed that his hair had actually already turned white.
Xia Guang was not shocked. He knew better than anyone what kind of price he had to pay for the Blood Thunderbolt Ritual.
Without even needing to look at a mirror, he knew that his current appearance was probably already much older.
While there had actually been a limited amount of time in executing the Blood Thunderbolt Ritual earlier, it had already sharply shortened his lifespan.
If he were to perform it once more, his lifespan would probably come to an end as well?
Xia Guang clenched his fists tightly.
The Elder of Three Foot Mountain just now was a Seeing Divinity Martial Saint expert.
Meanwhile, Three Foot Mountain had more than just a single Immortal Bridge Martial Saint expert.
While Three Foot Mountain had mobilized a great number of experts for the sake of the cave manor of the Daoist temple this time, they would definitely have left behind sufficient strength to guard the mountain.
If he was unable to even slay a heavily injured Seeing Divinity Martial Saint, how difficult would it be for him to exact vengeance?
Xia Guang did not fear difficulty. However powerful his enemies were, they would not be able to scare him into retreat.
Still, he was worried that he might not have enough time …
"Big brother and big sister …" Xia Guang abruptly regained his wits, "I wonder how big brother and big sister are now. While they are out adventuring, I wonder if they have received any news of what has happened to our family? I should try to contact them lest they fall to the hands of Three Foot Mountain as well. "
Xia Guang looked rather blankly at his surroundings, "This is no longer the Consecutive Drum Mountain Range. Where is this? And how should I search for big brother and big sister? "
His thoughts were rather chaotic as he suddenly thought of the name that Three Foot Mountain Elder had mentioned earlier, "Yan Zhaoge … I seem to have heard someone from my family mention this name before. It was said that while he was around the same age as me, he was already a Seeing Divinity Martial Saint, a heaven-defying genius."
"That old scoundrel just now was a late Seeing Divinity Martial Saint. Yet, he was injured by that Yan Zhaoge, thus giving me a chance."
Xia Guang could not help but feel a sense of nostalgia, "What kind of person is that?"
Amidst the clouds, Yan Zhaoge sat on Pan-Pan's back, grabbing the neck of that Three Foot Mountain Elder who had just fled as he looked rather interestedly at Xia Guang on the ground.
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