Supreme Sword Exalt

Seeing the three barbarians grow hostile, Zhao Mengyou shrank back into the corner.

She sent a voice transmission to Gu Han. “What do we do? Should we run?”

Gu Han gave her a strange look. “Run? Weren’t you the one saying you’d hold them off for me?”

She went pale. ”I...”

Gu Han stopped joking and sighed. “We can’t escape. This place is only so big. Even if we hide in another skull, they’ll catch up as soon as the devouring force fades. Also, the other skulls are even more fragile.”

This was also why the three men hadn’t made a move. If they enraged Gu Han completely, everyone would perish.

Zhao Mengyou’s expression dimmed. “I wish the devouring force would never disappear.”

What had nearly cost them their lives earlier had now become their strongest protection.

Gu Han shook his head. “Probably not. This power didn’t appear before, so I doubt it will last forever. They’ll make a move as soon as it disappears—damn it!”

His expression shifted slightly. Though not obvious, he noticed the devouring force had grown slightly weaker.

The three barbarians lit up with joy, their gazes growing more vicious.

Zhao Mengyou turned as white as a ghost. “No... Even if I die, I don’t want to fall into their hands...”

Gu Han sent a voice transmission. ”Where’s the item? Give it to me.”

She was silent for a moment, then handed him the jade bottle.

The three greedily fixed their gazes on Gu Han, no longer even caring about Zhao Mengyou.

Gu Han remained impassive. “Leave. Run as far as you can. If I’m gone when the devouring force subsides and these people are still alive, destroy all your pills. You’d best end your own life to avoid humiliation.”

Zhao Mengyou stared blankly at him. “Then what about you?”

He shook his head. “Mind your own stuff! If you hadn’t followed me in, would you be in this situation? If this had been a few months ago, I wouldn’t have cared whether you lived or died!”

A thunderous sound erupted as his cultivation exploded with full force. A powerful spirit pressure quickly spread outward, blasting Zhao Mengyou away. Then, he resolutely raised his sword.

“What are you doing?!”

“Stop!”

“Everything is negotiable!”

The three barbarians knew full well what Gu Han intended. Terror flashed across their faces as they quickly begged for mercy.

Gu Han stared at the three. “You want me dead? Then let’s see who dies first!”

If I can’t escape, then I won’t run! We’ll have to fight sooner or later anyway!

The sword turned into a stream of light, slashing down with full force! Three strands of qi erupted, trying to stop Gu Han, but it was too late.

With a series of light sounds, the crack in the skull expanded. The devouring force surged in like a tide, falling upon them once more.

“Aaah!”

“You little bastard!”

“I’ll definitely destroy you!”

They felt a mix of pain and hatred as their life essence drained away once more. All they wanted was to tear Gu Han apart alive right then and there!

Even though their realms had fallen, they still had the Transcendent realm cultivation, so their strength far surpassed Gu Han’s.

In their rage, three incredibly powerful strands of qi erupted, colliding against Gu Han’s spirit pressure. After a loud crash, blood trickled from the corner of Gu Han’s mouth as he flew backward.

Roars echoed one after another.

“Damn you!”

The three men charged straight after him.

Outside, Zhao Mengyou was nowhere to be seen, and the three had no intention of looking for her. They scanned their surroundings, seemingly looking for another skull. However, the more they looked, the more despair filled their hearts.

Even if there were some occasionally flickering skulls, they grew dim and unstable under the erosion of the devouring force, about to vanish at any moment. They were clearly unable to withstand it.

“Kill him!”

In their despair, the three only wanted to kill Gu Han and vent their rage. Although the Ultimate Sword’s evasion was fast, Gu Han’s cultivation level was ultimately too low. In just a few breaths, they had caught up to him.

A barbarian punched him, roaring, “Die!”

Gu Han spun around instantly. His sword crossed his chest, barely blocking the man’s full-powered strike.

Besides tremendous force, the punch also contained an ethereal, vast power. In an instant, a few horrific scars burst open on Gu Han, and blood sprayed down.

Fortunately, he had the Indestructible Sword Physique. Anyone else would have been blown apart. Even so, he was in terrible shape. He crashed heavily to the ground, most of his bones broken.

The three men roared repeatedly, “You little beast!”

The devouring force was aimed at them to begin with. In just a short moment, they had grown even more withered than before, and their cultivation had dropped to only the fifth or sixth stage of the Transcendent realm.

Without hesitation, Gu Han shoved several pills into his mouth, swallowing them down with blood. He could also tell what was happening. As long as he could hold out, victory would be his.

He gritted his teeth and swallowed another drop of Transcendent Substance. His injuries began healing at an astonishing rate.

The barbarians rushed to Gu Han like madmen and threw three punches. “Hand it over!”

At the critical moment, Gu Han compressed the layer of invisible sword qi to its limit, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow. Nevertheless, under the shockwaves of the attack and the forceful compression of sword qi, scar after scar split open across him.

His already battered body deteriorated further, nearly ruined. At this point, he was only barely clinging to life thanks to the Transcendent Substance and the Emerald Condensation Pill.

“Damn it!”

“He is healing too fast!”

“Obliterate him! Don’t give him any chance to recover!”

Three more surges of powerful qi descended.

Kill Gu Han, and seize the pills—that was the only thing on their minds now. Under the devouring force’s influence, they grew increasingly fragile, and their survival instincts became stronger than ever before.

Surviving another second was better than nothing!