Published: February 24, 2025
CHAPTER 14: Never Give Up!
Tan Yun was quite excited after unintentionally discovering a fire seed while coming to rescue Xue Ziyan.
He resolved to return in the future to retrieve the fire seed for the primordial flame to devour!
“Tan Yun, you really have guts. I didn’t expect you would come to rescue Xue Ziyan!”
Suddenly, a deep, wild howl echoed through the Withered Tree Forest!
That familiar voice made Tan Yun's heart tighten. His spiritual power surged, and holding Xue Ziyan, he activated the primordial divine step to escape!
His figure flickered rapidly within the Withered Tree Forest, each flicker covering a distance of thirty zhang, and with the support of his abundant spiritual power, his speed increased dramatically!
He didn’t ride the bloodwing spirit lion to escape. The large beast was a first-level adult flying spirit beast, but its realm was too low, making it easy for Murong Kun, at the first level of the fetal soul realm, to catch and kill it!
With the boost of his spiritual power, Tan Yun's full-speed escape was short-term faster than the bloodwing spirit lion by thirty percent.
“Tan Yun, back when Mu Mengyi returned to the sect from Falling Star City, she was hit by my soul-devouring powder. If it weren’t for you messing things up, she would have already been mine!”
“And you once injured me; today I must peel your skin and tear you into pieces!”
It was a classic case of enemies meeting, each filled with hostility. Murong Kun, standing on his flying sword, rushed out of the cave dwelling, speeding through the sky above the Withered Tree Forest, closing in on Tan Yun, who was a thousand zhang away!
In a moment, he was less than three hundred zhang behind Tan Yun!
His killing intent was palpable as he looked down at Tan Yun, his eyes filled with uncontrollable shock. He had not expected that Tan Yun, with great perfection of spirit embryo realm, could be this fast!
At the same time, he realized that Tan Yun had to die; otherwise, once he stepped into the fetal soul realm, he might not be Tan Yun's match!
After Tan Yun escaped the Withered Tree Forest, Xue Ziyan, in his arms, looked at him with gratitude, urging sincerely, “Tan Yun, whether in strength or speed, you cannot match Murong Kun. Don’t worry about me; quickly put me down and escape!”
“You are not only Mengyi’s sister but also my friend! How can I abandon you!” Tan Yun's expression was resolute. “Moreover, I promised Mengyi to bring you back, and I must fulfill that promise!”
“Tan Yun!” As Xue Ziyan spoke with all her strength, her eyes grew red, and a tear fell down her pale cheek. Her voice choked as she said, “It’s because I’m Mu Mengyi’s good sister that you should put me down!”
“Senior Sister Mu loves you so much; she is like an older sister to me. If you don’t let go and we both die, what will she do? What will she do?”
“Tan Yun, please quickly put me down! If Senior Sister Mu loses me, she will be very sad, and you can still comfort her! But if she loses us both, how heartbroken will she be? Who will comfort her then?”
Xue Ziyan was genuinely thinking of Mu Mengyi in every word, and each of her sentences pierced Tan Yun's heart like a blade!
“Okay, I promise you, if there’s no other choice, I will escape alone!” Tan Yun gritted his teeth and said, “But until the last moment, I will never give up…”
Before Tan Yun could finish his sentence, Murong Kun, flying with his sword, had already appeared a hundred zhang behind Tan Yun in the void, mocking, “Tsk tsk, so touching! Truly deeply moving… Hahaha, and you still won’t give up? Bah!”
After the mockery, Murong Kun sneered, “Go die!”
He stood on his flying sword, and with his right hand, he suddenly pushed down towards Tan Yun, who was fleeing below. Suddenly, the space in front trembled, and a fist-thick red-white lightning shot through the void, violently heading towards Tan Yun’s back!
The speed was far greater than Tan Yun's speed after using the primordial divine step!