Supreme Sword Exalt

Without hesitation, Gu Han instinctively raised a spirit qi barrier around him. However, the devouring force was too overbearing, making it less effective. Beside him, Zhao Mengyou turned pale, trembling non-stop.

Suddenly, the three miserable screams grew increasingly shrill and clearer, drawing closer and closer.

“Spare me...”

“Hall Master... loyal...”

This is bad! Gu Han’s heart sank.

Aside from the nagging feeling that the voices sounded familiar, he sensed a trace of overbearing power and Saint might drawing closer. He didn’t know why the three had come, but he knew nothing good would come of waiting for them to find him.

Thanks to the Emerald Condensation Pill, most of his injuries had already recovered.

Thus, he hesitated no longer, his cultivation bursting forth completely. “Go!”

After diverting a thread of spirit qi to guide Zhao Mengyou, he transformed into a rainbow beam and fled into the distance.

When she realized Gu Han hadn’t forgotten her, Zhao Mengyou’s eyes softened, only to quickly turn conflicted.

***

Shortly after Gu Han left, three figures with godly power arrived. They were the three Saint realm barbarians whom Yun Ao had sucked into the Dragon Seal.

Compared to before, their faces were now twisted, suffering unbearably. Their originally extremely tall and sturdy frames had also visibly shrunk.

“Pills...”

“Spirit herbs...”

The power on the three had nearly condensed into substance. While resisting the devouring force, they also pulled out large amounts of spirit herbs to replenish their life essence and vital qi.

Since barbarians were not skilled in alchemy, what they carried were the most primitive spirit herbs with extremely high quality. They had numerous half-saint herbs, along with a few saint herbs.

However, as if deliberately targeted by the devouring force, the rate at which their life essence drained was nearly dozens of times that of Gu Han. Even taking more spirit herbs only served to quench thirst with poison.

Pleading and curses echoed, mingling with the booming of their power. The three staggered and stumbled all the way into the distance.

***

As his life essence drained, Gu Han began to sweat, his spirit qi barrier growing increasingly unstable.

Not far away, Zhao Mengyou was even worse off. She was as pale as a ghost, trembling non-stop. Without Gu Han’s spirit qi guiding her, she would have long since succumbed.

Gu Han glanced at her furiously. “Why insist on coming in here just to die with me?”

Zhao Mengyou’s eyes showed a trace of gloom. “Actually... If I died like this, it wouldn’t be so bad...”

Gu Han cursed without pause, “Bullshit! I don’t want to die! I haven’t avenged Qianye yet, haven’t given Fatty his cultivation techniques, and there’s Ah Sha... She should have woken up by now, waiting for me to find her!”

Zhao Mengyou fell silent for a moment. “Is she very important to you?”

Gu Han didn’t hesitate. “Obviously! More important than you... very important!”

He gritted his teeth and sped up.

Zhao Mengyou fell silent again, murmuring to herself, “How nice to have someone care about you... How nice... Once upon a time, there was someone... who cared about me this much...”

Gu Han focused entirely on fleeing, so he couldn’t hear her clearly. “That’s nonsense! You’re the great Divine Maiden Zhao, how could you lack people who care about you?”

The space within the Dragon Seal was almost comparable to a small world. And yet, even after fleeing for a long time at full speed, he still hadn’t reached the edge.

His life essence was being drained in huge chunks. Even with his formidable physique, he could barely hold on. His skin gradually dried out, white hairs appeared on his head, and even his speed began to slow. As for Zhao Mengyou, she was doing much worse than him.

She sighed softly. “Stop worrying about me. Escape on your own...”

Gu Han ignored her. Even if he abandoned Zhao Mengyou, he wouldn’t last much longer either.

Just as he was feeling desperate, he saw a hazy light in the far distance. “Hmm? What is that?”

His spirits lifted, and he sped up again. Moments later, he stopped. They’re all skeletal remains!

Before his eyes were skeletal remains, each as large as a mountain. The smallest among them was a thousand zhang long, while the largest was actually tens of thousands of zhang. Most of them had already turned ashen black, with only a few remaining pure white like jade, exuding an extraordinary and mystical aura.

As soon as he approached, he felt the devouring force diminish greatly, and the rate at which his life essence drained slowed down.

As he was overjoyed, he stopped hesitating. “Go!”

He flickered forward, bringing Zhao Mengyou into the brightest skull, several hundred zhang long.

In an instant, the devouring force was neutralized by the skull’s light, no longer able to fall upon them at all.

Gu Han breathed heavily. “I almost... died.”

In his haste, he did not notice that this skull was ninety-nine percent identical to that of the human race, differing only by an indentation at the brow.

Zhao Mengyou exhaled softly. “I didn’t expect to actually survive.”

Although her complexion had lost its former luster, her natural beauty was still undeniable in every smile and gesture.

Gu Han ignored her as he carefully took out a bottle of Transcendent Substance. Feng Xi had specially sent them during his body tempering. There wasn’t much, only ten drops. The thing was an incomparably rare divine artifact even for the empire. After using three drops for body tempering, he had stored the rest away.

Without hesitation, one drop entered his mouth, replenishing his life essence. This place was fraught with strangeness throughout. He had to maintain peak combat readiness at all times.

When he had been shrouded by time power, it felt as if a hundred years had passed in a blink. His lifespan had reached its limit, rendering Transcendent Substance useless. Since what had been stripped away was merely life essence, he could still recover.

Moments later, he had fully recovered, his vitality slightly restored.

He casually tossed the jade bottle to Zhao Mengyou, and couldn’t help but sneer after seeing her puzzled expression. “Take it! Don’t misunderstand. You aren’t afraid of death, are you? Then I’ll take good care of you. If we encounter those three barbarians again, you can help me hold them off while I escape alone!”

Hearing this, Zhao Mengyou couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “Alright.”

She seemed in a somewhat cheerful mood. “When the time comes, you leave first. I’ll definitely risk my life to help hold them off for you.”

Gu Han’s face darkened. What’s there to laugh about! Just wait. When the barbarians come, I’ll definitely throw you out! Hm?

Suddenly, he seemed to sense something wrong. He stared suspiciously at Zhao Mengyou, who had closed her eyes to refine the substance. That laugh of hers just now... Why did it feel so familiar?

Before he could think it over, the voices of the three barbarians came again.

“Quick!”

“Hide in here first!”

“The bones here can resist that devouring force!”

They were extremely close.

Gu Han’s heart tightened. This is bad! Have I been possessed by Instructor Mei? Whatever I say comes true?