In a sea region only sixty kilometers away from Blue Underworld Island.
Fiend and Gui Yan were gasping for breath. Their bodies were covered in cuts and bruises as they knelt on the surface of the sea. A hint of astonishment could be seen in their eyes, and they could only silently watch Li Yunmu's back rapidly disappearing into the distance.
They could only watch helplessly as the enemy disappeared from under their eyes without the slightest ability to resist.
At that moment, they only had a trace of flux energy left in their bodies, which allowed them to barely remain afloat on the surface of the sea.
Apart from this, the two of them couldn't even deal with an ordinary sea beast.
After a long time, Fiend suddenly asked, "Only you and I are still alive?"
Gui Yan, the number one person of the fifth residential region, who had been silent the whole time, finally replied, "Yes, only we survived."
"This time, our losses were too disastrous. The enemy wasn't a newcomer." Fiend's heart was bleeding. They were the most outstanding people who had been selected from the top ten of the thirtieth residential region.
Thirteen people had come this time, but in the end, only he and Gui Yan had survived. Even Wang Tongming, Earth Master, Ba Moluo, and Ice Devil, who weren't inferior to him in strength, had lost their lives. All of them had perished in the final strike of the enemy.
The power of that strike.
Even now, when Fiend recalled it, he couldn't help but shudder. That wasn't a power which belonged to flux experts at their level. Even if only a little bit of it had leaked out, it was enough to kill almost all of them.
If Gui Yan had relied on his own strength and foundation to barely survive that attack, then he, the Fiend Fiend, was truly fortunate.
Because he had stayed behind and a portion of the power of the strike had gone toward the elder's four-winged azure dragon, he had managed to survive. Even the azure dragon had been scared off by the enemy's strike and returned to the depths of the sea.
The two of them struggled to maintain their balance on the surface of the sea while supporting their half-crippled bodies. After waiting for an unknown amount of time, a dignified voice came from the direction of Blue Moon Island.
"What's going on with you two? Where are the others? Didn't I tell you to go ahead and intercept that youngster to prevent him from escaping? " By the time he finished speaking, he was right in front of the fiend-devil and Ghost Flame.
Gui Yan remained silent, as if he was still thinking back to the scene of that slash.
However, the demon didn't dare to put on any airs in front of this Eldest Senior Brother. He said bitterly, "They escaped. The others are all dead, including Wang Tongming, Earth Zhe, and Ba Moluo."
Every time the fiend mentioned a person's name, they were all people who were only a step away from congealing great flux expert armor and changing their cultivation. All of them were famous peak inner sect disciples of the five old residential regions.
"What?" The senior brothers and sisters who were part of the core of the Cangyue Sect opened their eyes wide in disbelief.
…
At this moment, a figure stumbled out of the sea at a corner of Firmament Island. His complexion was frighteningly pale.
Once he reached the shore, he grabbed a handful of croton from the void and stuffed it into his mouth. At the same time, he took out a flux binding pill and began to absorb the flux energy contained within it with all his might.
After a long time, a hint of redness appeared on Li Yunmu's face, and he finally regained some feeling in his limbs.
This was the first time that Li Yunmu didn't accept the system's suggestion. He stood at the front and unleashed his most powerful attack since descending to the Origin World.
It was because he was the system's host and not the other way around. It was that simple. If his chances of victory were low, then he would fear battle. That wasn't his style.
If he wanted to escape, he would at least leave the hunters covered in bruises. He wanted to tell Zhang Yuan that he, Li Yunmu, wasn't an ordinary prey.
Because of that, he took a risk and risked being killed by the thirteen people of the Cangyue Sect to activate Danger Critical Strike, which allowed him to unleash the Extermination Strike.
With this slash, he had killed almost all the enemies that were chasing after him. This slash had revealed the origin power of the Flame-Thunder Force, which had scared away the most threatening Azure Dragon Beast. However, after this slash, he had also fallen into a state of weakness that he had never experienced before. He was so weak that he could kill the last two enemies with just a slight movement of his hand, but he still couldn't do it.
Originally, Li Yunmu could have released the shadows to deal with the fiend and Ghost Flame who had barely survived the extermination.
But he didn't do so, because there was no need for it.
Although these people were on the same level as the inner disciples of the thirtieth residential region and could only look up to them, Li Yunmu knew that they were only the vanguard sent to capture him and nothing more.
In order to kill the two people who hadn't even stepped into the core of Cangyue Sect, he had exposed the secret that he could summon shadows. The gains were not worth the losses.
[Host, you were too irrational this time. If that person called Earth Master had attacked a bit faster, you would have died. You wouldn't have been able to activate the Danger Critical Strike,] the system said with a hint of anger in its voice. It was one of the few times that the system had become so emotional.
Li Yunmu was silent for a long time, then said without answering the question, "I have been thinking, thinking that if I continue to rely on you, I might be able to walk further, but I definitely won't be able to become a powerhouse who stands at the peak of the world."
"When facing a formidable enemy, I can't run away without even fighting. Even if the chances of victory are low, as long as I can fight, I can't run away," Li Yunmu said.
After thinking for a long time, the system surprisingly calmed down and didn't pursue the matter any further. [I understand. I hope that you are right.]
Li Yunmu finally revealed an unsightly smile.
That's right, running away without even fighting wasn't because of a flaw in his mental state. Li Yunmu felt that if he continued to rely on the system's assistance and formless protection, he wouldn't be able to survive.
He didn't dare to believe that after a long time, he wouldn't have the courage to fight a life and death battle again.
It was true that the Origin World was filled with many strange and mysterious powers as well as even more formidable cultivators. Because of that, when Li Yunmu descended to the Origin World, he had unwittingly been enduring patiently. He hadn't fought for nearly three years, and the peaceful days made him feel somewhat numb.
Because of that, he needed to fight. Even if he was defeated in the end, he would at least have fought.
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