The Blood Pupil Demon Ape moved at an incredible speed, roaring as it charged forward like a bulldozer, and in the blink of an eye, it caught up to Ye Haochuan and the others.

"Come on, are we really this unlucky? We were just about to escape, and now we’re back to square one?" Xu Wenrui’s eyes revealed a hint of despair as he cursed.

In this group, he had the highest cultivation level among them.

He clearly remembered how the Blood Pupil Demon Ape had easily defeated him before. If even he couldn’t stand against it, the others had no chance.

Ye Haochuan’s face was also extremely grave at this moment, but he wasn’t worried about the Blood Pupil Demon Ape before him; he was concerned about the horde of demon beasts rapidly approaching behind it.

Damn it, does this Demon King really think so highly of me? 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Ye Haochuan couldn’t help but curse inwardly.

His strategy of feigning attack to divert attention was evidently successful. Normally, there shouldn’t be so many demon beasts pursuing them here.

Moreover, judging by the direction from which these demon beasts were coming, they were clearly chasing them from the inn.

Without a doubt, the demon beasts must have discovered that Ye Haochuan and the others had escaped, so they rallied a large group to pursue them.

The Demon King ignored the large group of cultivators and sent so many demon beasts after him—Ye Haochuan didn’t know whether to feel lucky or unfortunate.

"No, we must quickly deal with the Blood Pupil Demon Ape. If we get surrounded by that group of demon beasts, there will be no hope!" Ye Haochuan suddenly said.

"Are you joking with me?" Xu Wenrui gave him a look as if he were an idiot and smiled bitterly, "This Blood Pupil Demon Ape is one of the most formidable among those at the Immortal Transformation Peak; we’d only face utter defeat, and you want to quickly deal with it?"

Ye Haochuan didn’t answer him.

In fact, if he had said this a few hours ago, it would have been an international joke. But now, he indeed had the strength.

"Keyue!"

With a soft call, Long Keyue instantly understood, turned swiftly, and met Ye Haochuan’s gaze, quickly linking hands with him.

"Seriously, at a time like this, you still have the mood to show off your affection?" Xu Wenrui couldn’t help but curse.

But as soon as he said this, he was stunned.

At the moment their fingers intertwined, a radiant circle of light spread swiftly, enveloping the two of them.

Then, a dragon and a phoenix guided a colossal figure that soared into the sky.

"My god, this cultivation technique... is too cool!" Xu Wenrui sighed.

In the Immortal Realm, the rule power was stronger, and therefore, cultivation techniques rarely had such dazzling brilliance.

But this Dragon Phoenix Immortal Body Technique was evidently not an ordinary cultivation technique; it was dazzling no matter where it appeared.

The Blood Pupil Demon Ape hadn’t expected such a towering figure to suddenly appear. After a moment’s pause, it seemed provoked and slammed its massive rocky fist towards the golden figure’s head.

The golden figure’s eyes glanced dismissively at the Blood Pupil Demon Ape, its giant hand gripping the air, drawing out a sinister halberd, and smashing it down.

The Blood Pupil Demon Ape finally felt the immense pressure from the golden figure, a sliver of fear appeared in its eyes, and its ever-forward fists abruptly halted, attempting to retreat.

But the long halberd of the golden figure was incredibly fast, leaving no chance for it to retract its arm.

Clang~

The Blood Pupil Demon Ape’s right arm was severed at the elbow, yet it still couldn’t block the blow from the Halberd of Heaven and Earth, which left a ghastly wound on its body.

If it hadn’t desperately backed away at the last moment, it might have been cleft in two.

The once-valiant aura of the Blood Pupil Demon Ape drastically diminished in that instant, struggling for breath.

"Consider yourself lucky!"

Ye Haochuan’s face paled slightly, clearly having expended considerable energy.

However, he was still very excited.

Previously, the Blood Pupil Demon Ape had beaten him without him being able to fight back at all; now, having severely injured it along with Long Keyue, he felt that he had avenged his past grievances and couldn’t help but feel elated.

However, he had no intention of delivering a final blow; swallowing a Spirit Level Infant Energy Condensation Pill, he abandoned the weakened Long Keyue and sprinted away.

Seeing this, Xu Wenrui and the others quickly followed.

Within a minute of their departure, hundreds of demon beasts came rushing in. The Nine Nether White Tiger, carrying the Fat Worm, was among them.

The Fat Worm, upon seeing the severely weakened Blood Pupil Demon Ape, had a tinge of anger on its plump face.

With its "coughing" call, the demon beasts roared fiercely, madly chasing after Ye Haochuan and the others.

The Fat Worm didn’t immediately give chase; instead, it climbed down from the head of the Nine Nether White Tiger, rolling its plump body over the Blood Pupil Demon Ape’s wound.

Amazingly, as its body passed by, the terrifying wound on the Blood Pupil Demon Ape slowly began to heal. Even its severed arm was restored as the Fat Worm crawled over it.

"Roar~"

The rejuvenated Blood Pupil Demon Ape, its eyes filled with gratitude for the Fat Worm and rage for Ye Haochuan, roared and gave chase.

The effort seemed to take a toll on the Fat Worm, which weakly returned to the head of the Nine Nether White Tiger, letting it carry him in pursuit.

"Brother Ye, did you succeed?" Niu Kui happily came out to greet Ye Haochuan and the others as they were running towards him.

"Quickly go!" Ye Haochuan swept by Niu Kui like the wind, not pausing at all.

Niu Kui then saw the cloud of dust and demon beasts rolling behind Ye Haochuan and the others, not daring to hesitate, he quickly turned and ran.

"This isn’t working, they’re faster than us, we can’t outrun them!" After running about ten or twenty miles, Xu Wenrui suddenly said anxiously.

Among demon beasts, some excel at running and are incredibly fast, rapidly closing the distance between them and the group.

Judging by the situation, they feared they would be caught in merely ten more minutes.

Ye Haochuan was aware of this, but there was nothing more he could do right now.

"By the way, Niu Kui, is there a shortcut to your mountain village?" Ye Haochuan suddenly thought of something and asked.

Niu Kui’s previous residence wasn’t far from Mushan City; otherwise, Ye Haochuan wouldn’t have been able to reach there from Mushan City by nightfall after departing in the afternoon.

"Yes!" Niu Kui looked around and answered.

With that, he made a sharp turn and dashed into the forest on the left.

Without saying a word, Ye Haochuan followed suit.

"I mean, entering the forest now is a more certain death..." Xu Wenrui said anxiously.

The forest was the realm of the demon beasts; cultivators usually dared not tread there lightly, especially not now.

But Ye Haochuan clearly did not intend to reply and kept sprinting forward.

Xu Wenrui and the others looked at one another, but in the end, they chose to trust Ye Haochuan and quickly followed him.

Running through the forest was evidently not as smooth as traveling along the flat path, slowing the group’s pace.

In contrast, the demon beasts seemed unaffected and quickly closed the distance.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry..." Ye Haochuan urged in his mind.