Immediately, Blood Cry True Master employed a peculiar escape technique, retracting his supernatural form, transforming entirely into a streak of blood-red escape light, pursuing with a speed faster than Zheng Xingkong.

As for Gu Yuan, he did not hold back either, directly using the prototype of his Great Divine Techniques, the Eternal Divine Escape, swiftly arriving in front of Zheng Xingkong as if teleporting.

Gu Yuan swung his long sword, and a slender silver sword light appeared before him, heading towards Zheng Xingkong.

This sword strike was not particularly imposing; it didn’t even stir a breeze, attacking Zheng Xingkong silently.

However, at this moment, Zheng Xingkong’s scalp tingled, feeling a chilling death crisis invading his heart.

He was unclear why Gu Yuan’s speed was so swift, but without hesitation, he took out his Lifebound Magical Treasure — the Chaotic Heaven Umbrella.

This Chaotic Heaven Umbrella was a Middle Grade Magical Treasure; once opened, its surface was gray and shrouded, seemingly forming another small world below.

This was intentionally forged by Zheng Xingkong according to his great divine life technique, possessing extremely formidable defensive capabilities.

This was also the reason he survived the explosion of the Yin Thunder Pearl earlier.

Nevertheless, after enduring such a terrifying explosion, the umbrella surface was now tattered, with varying sizes of holes, and several umbrella ribs were broken and shattered, visibly on the verge of destruction.

Even so, the Chaotic Heaven Umbrella emitted its final flickering light; the sword light, as thin as hair, was blocked and repelled by the umbrella.

The sword light landed on a nearby mountain, effortlessly slicing it in two with a mere "hiss", and after severing the mountain, it continued to carve a nearly hundred-mile-long trench in the earth.

Following this strike, the Chaotic Heaven Umbrella quickly dimmed and shattered with a crash, and Gu Yuan’s next sword arrived on Zheng Xingkong’s body.

Zheng Xingkong’s experience in magical battles was extremely rich, and he already began retreating as soon as he deployed the Chaotic Heaven Umbrella, but his speed, though rapid, could not match Gu Yuan’s escape technique!

Under the prototype of Great Divine Techniques, the Eternal Divine Escape, catching up with Zheng Xingkong was easy; this sword strike actually consisted of thousands of sword lights gathered, explosively enveloping Zheng Xingkong along with everything within a dozen-mile radius.

Being a Yin Spirit Giant, Zheng Xingkong naturally had other methods, but he was caught off guard, unable to react in time, and then hit squarely by Gu Yuan’s sword light.

He was instantly dismembered on the spot, even his inner Yin Spirit attempted to escape but was slain immediately by Gu Yuan’s descending sword light.

Zheng Xingkong only managed to let out a short, heartrending scream before his soul scattered; even though the Yin Spirit was more resilient than the Divine Soul, difficult to destroy, under Gu Yuan’s unyielding and unmatched sword light, it quickly fragmented and turned to ashes.

As for Zheng Xingkong’s storage pouch, it was intentionally preserved by Gu Yuan and casually collected.

Blood Cry True Master witnessed this scene, his expression changed subtly, a hint of fear reflected in his eyes.

He had seen Gu Yuan slay Cultivator True, and now Zheng Xingkong; Gu Yuan’s performance indeed defied his expectations.

Gu Yuan’s swordsmanship seemed simple, merely repeating a single sword move, yet fundamentally profound; his Sword Dao had reached an unbelievable level.

Each casual sword carried countless subtle transformations, adapting spontaneously and possessing an inwardly powerful, sharp force capable of cutting through 99% of the world’s objects.

Even ethereal Divine Souls and Yin Spirits could be shattered into oblivion.

Such swordsmanship was nearly divine, yet was cultivated by a Golden Core Cultivator; despite knowing this in advance, witnessing it was still astonishing.

Subsequently, Gu Yuan exchanged glances with the pursuing Blood Cry True Master; neither spoke, synchronously employing escape techniques to flee afar, soon vanishing from sight.

Casualties of Cultivator True might go unnoticed, despite his significant background as Elder Chaotic Heaven’s most favored disciple; ordinarily, even if he died, it might not cause much commotion, perhaps just investigations from his fellow disciples.

But the crux was Zheng Xingkong; publicly known as Elder Chaotic Heaven’s son, covertly he was Elder Chaotic Heaven’s clone. Now that the clone was destroyed, Elder Chaotic Heaven absolutely wouldn’t rest, possibly even investigating personally.

The pivotal point was that Cultivator True and Zheng Xingkong potentially possessed the Thousand-Eyed Spirit Pearl.

This object was linked to the East Sea Whale Rider’s leftover cave mansion, legacy, and treasures; even a Primordial Spirit True Immortal would be moved, let alone Elder Chaotic Heaven?

Thus, with Cultivator True and Zheng Xingkong both dead, Elder Chaotic Heaven would undoubtedly take personal action.

If the opponent were a Yin Spirit Giant, Gu Yuan was confident to duel, but facing a Yang Spirit power, he dared not gamble his life, choosing to flee as far as possible.

Gu Yuan hadn’t realized at this point, behind him, Blood Cry True Master’s gaze was deep, harboring a peculiar glint.

They had fled for tens of thousands of miles, altering paths, camouflaging traces, and erasing escape marks.

Then Blood Cry True Master spoke, "Mr. Wang, please halt."

"Oh?"

Gu Yuan stopped accordingly, looking at Blood Cry True Master, signaling him to speak directly.

Blood Cry True Master displayed a faint smile yet said nothing, meantime, behind Gu Yuan, left and right, quietly emerged more than ten individuals.

While these weren’t Yin Spirit Giants, most were Golden Core Great Cultivators, some possessing Upper Grade pill formations.

Each carried formation flags and array discs, with distinctive positions coordinating together, Gu Yuan sensed a binding force enveloping the space within several dozen miles.

This binding force resembled an all-encompassing net, encapsulating Gu Yuan entirely.

The binding force wasn’t yet intense, but Gu Yuan knew if he made any move, they would unceremoniously activate the array, amplifying the enclosing power tens of times or hundreds, even Yin Spirit Giants would be trapped, unable to extricate themselves.

Gu Yuan’s expression didn’t change, withdrawing his gaze from the surrounding cultivators, then faced Blood Cry True Master, speaking calmly: "What is your intention, True Master?"