Chapter 59

"Escaped?"

Nie Tian was stunned, watching Du Kun fly away, momentarily at a loss for what to do.

He did not know that for the disciples of the Ghost Sect, the blow to their soul far outweighed physical injuries.

The Ghost Sect's most skilled technique was to impact the enemy's mental consciousness, relying on their much stronger mental power to gain an advantage in battle.

However, once their mental attacks became ineffective, and they encountered an opponent with even stronger mental power, their other subsequent techniques often failed to achieve good results.

And Du Kun had already confirmed that Nie Tian's mental power was far stronger than his own.

He failed to instantly injure Nie Tian with his advantage, and instead suffered a backlash, causing significant damage to his soul.

To be on the safe side, he did not intend to continue纠缠with Nie Tian and only wanted to leave as soon as possible to heal his soul's wounds.

"Whoosh!"

Du Kun, intent on escaping, seemed to transform into a fleeting shadow, moving extremely fast.

"You won't escape."

Realizing what was happening, Nie Tian let out a cold snort, his body like a rainbow, and he swiftly pursued.

At this moment, he no longer felt the pain in his chest, and the ten wounds inflicted by Du Kun's finger beams had long stopped bleeding.

The energy still growing from his abdomen spread throughout his body, making him feel energetic and seemingly tireless.

In the desert, Du Kun continuously drew on the spiritual energy within his Spirit Sea, continuously accelerating.

Nie Tian, on the other hand, occasionally used his mental power to sense the surroundings. Even when Du Kun's figure disappeared from sight, blocked by hills, he could still accurately pinpoint his direction of escape.

Nie Tian's sharp perception was like a weakened version of the Blood Sect's Yu Tong's Blood Compass, capable of detecting all life movements within a hundred meters.

Therefore, Du Kun could not possibly use the terrain or the cover of sand dunes to lose Nie Tian.

No matter how he cast spells or cleverly used the terrain, Nie Tian could always re-determine his position.

Various Ghost Sect techniques for movement and escape, skillfully employed by Du Kun, only served to waste more of his strength.

When Du Kun noticed that despite disappearing from Nie Tian's sight, Nie Tian could still find him, he began to panic.

He changed his escape route, not in a straight line but in a winding path.

This consumed nearly twice as much spiritual energy as a straight flight. When he realized Nie Tian was catching up each time, the spiritual energy in his body had already been depleted by about sixty percent.

Realizing that his tricks were ineffective against Nie Tian, he finally stopped wasting his efforts.

He began to dash straight toward Mo Xi and Yu Tong, hoping that Nie Tian's pursuit speed would not catch up to him.

"You should accept your fate." Nie Tian's figure reappeared five meters behind him, striking as he flashed past: "It's clear you've expended a lot of spiritual energy. I can see the lack of energy in your eyes. Does this mean... your soul is also injured?"

"Hey! With your Spirit Sea injured and your spiritual energy nearly depleted, your constant escape will only result in you being worn out by me."

"Instead of this, why don't you stop and fight me openly?"

"At least you can die with some dignity."

Due to consuming a large amount of spirit beast meat earlier, he always seemed to have plenty of energy while pursuing Du Kun.

Because the energy he used to chase Du Kun came from the energy within his body, not from his Spirit Sea.

After chasing for so long, the spiritual energy in his Spirit Sea had not been used much.

"Our Ghost Sect and Blood Sect companions are not far ahead!" Du Kun, without turning back, replied while speeding: "Keep chasing! Soon, you'll realize you're just courting death! Once I join them, no matter how strange you are, you'll only be refined by Yu Tong, and all your blood will be drained!"

"The Blood Sect's Yu Tong has already set her sights on you! As soon as you appear before her, you're destined to be drained of your blood and turned into a mummy by her Blood Refinement Technique!"

Du Kun threatened.

"Is that so?" Nie Tian's expression remained unchanged, "From my perspective, your Ghost Sect and Blood Sect are also relentlessly chasing the Spirit Treasure Pavilion and Lingyun Sect's initiates. I've been separated from them for several days, and they should be close to leaving the desert. Your people have probably been chasing them for a day or two, right?"

"You left alone and it took you a day to get to me. When you came, they were still chasing, so you've wasted a lot of energy."

"I did a rough calculation and know that it will take you at least another day to join them."

"Such a long time is enough to deplete all your spiritual energy and enough for me to kill you."

Nie Tian analyzed calmly.

Du Kun, facing away from him, suddenly turned grim upon hearing this analysis.

He knew very well that Nie Tian's words were very accurate; it would take him at least a day to catch up with Mo Xi and Yu Tong.

This was under the condition that his soul was not injured and he was full of energy.

Given his current physical condition, he could not maintain a long sprint and actually needed to rest to stabilize the abnormalities in his soul using the Ghost Sect's secret techniques.

But he also knew that if he stopped, he would immediately face Nie Tian's fierce attacks.

Nie Tian would absolutely not give him any chance to recover!

With his soul injured and spiritual energy depleted, he no longer had the confidence to surpass the seemingly tireless Nie Tian.

Ignoring Nie Tian's taunts, he tightly closed his mouth and continued to dash, not wanting to waste words with Nie Tian.

Nie Tian, who was relentlessly pursuing, was also a bit anxious. He had already seen that Du Kun, as An Ying had said, had unique skills in movement.

Du Kun, fully escaping, seemed weightless, moving very swiftly and agilely.

Later, even after using spiritual energy, he still could not close the distance with Du Kun and could only trail far behind.

The closer he got to the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect, the less safe he felt. Du Kun's ability to accurately find him indicated that the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect had extraordinary people or items that could detect life anomalies in the desert.

At this moment, if the Blood Sect sensed their pursuit and sent people to investigate, he would be in great danger.

"No! I can't waste too much time and energy on this person. I still need to break through to the eighth level of the Qi Refinement stage in a short time, using those spirit beast meats!"

Nie Tian clenched his teeth, his eyes flashing with a strange light, thinking about how to quickly deal with Du Kun.

"His soul is injured..."

"The backlash to his soul was naturally caused by me. Could it be... because the seven ghost heads in my mind were killed by my mental power transformed into blades, leading to his backlash?"

"Can I use the same technique to attack him, since he can transform his mental power into ghost heads to erode my mind?"

"He is sixty meters away, beyond the range of my spiritual energy attacks. But sixty meters is within the range of my mental power! Can I attack him with my mental power?"

"Moreover, his soul is already injured!"

Thinking this, Nie Tian, who had been chasing relentlessly, suddenly stopped.

He narrowed his eyes, coldly watching Du Kun's escape position, and his vast mental power suddenly released!

The extension speed of mental power far exceeded the speed of physical movement. In an instant, his mental power locked onto Du Kun!

"Slash!"

Nie Tian shouted.

In his imagination, the mental power that locked onto Du Kun suddenly transformed into sharp blades, fiercely cutting toward Du Kun.

The moment he shouted "slash," he felt a strange sensation—his mental blades instantly pierced into Du Kun's mind!

"Thud!"

Du Kun, who had fled eighty meters away, was hit as if by a heavy blow. His shadow-like body, which had been floating, suddenly plummeted!

After landing, Du Kun foamed at the mouth, his body convulsing, and his eyes lost all vitality!

"Ah!"

After one strike, Nie Tian, who had achieved astonishing results, couldn't help but let out a light exclamation.

As soon as his attention relaxed, the mental storm he had gathered dissipated.

However, the Du Kun lying in front of him could no longer stand up.

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