Chapter 72

As the two were about to die at the hands of the Qi Refinement expert, at the critical moment, Shangguan Yaoxue gritted her teeth and finally made up her mind.

"Golden Toad opens its mouth, copper coin lands. ——Treasure-Attracting Copper Coin, explode!"

Shangguan Yaoxue shouted. The golden toad that had fallen to the ground suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a copper coin. The coin wasn't large, but it emitted a strange aura of primordial energy.

As soon as the Treasure-Attracting Copper Coin appeared, it immediately rolled and flew towards the black-robed man.

The black-robed man was about to attack Lin Xi and Shangguan Yaoxue, but as soon as the copper coin flew out, his expression changed.

"A one-time-use magical treasure!"

The black-robed man's expression changed, and without hesitation, his true qi surged, forming a wall of true qi over a dozen feet thick that enveloped him completely.

Boom!

A deafening explosion echoed, and the sky was filled with golden light. The black-robed man grunted, and the thick wall of true qi around him was shattered layer by layer. A flash of light revealed the black-robed man, blood splattering, being violently thrown back.

The power unleashed by this small copper coin was simply unimaginable!

Even with the black-robed man's Qi Refinement realm cultivation, he couldn't withstand it! The sky was filled with the mist caused by the explosion.

"Quick, let's go! My Treasure-Attracting Copper Coin, I only have one! I can't kill him!"

Shangguan Yaoxue grabbed Lin Xi and said urgently.

Lin Xi nodded, picked up his magical sword, and fled with Shangguan Yaoxue. He had the intention of taking advantage of this opportunity to sneak an attack on the Qi Refinement realm assassin.

However, as the saying goes, a worm that doesn't die even when its hundred feet are cut. Even if the opponent had only a breath left, his dying blow was something Lin Xi couldn't resist.

The true qi possessed by a Qi Refinement realm expert was too powerful. It completely overwhelmed a martial artist at the tenth level of the Martial Path!

"Go!"

The two instantly ran over a hundred feet, putting some distance between them.

The direction of the trial gate was out of the question. There was a Qi Refinement realm expert guarding it, and the terrain was flat, offering no place to hide.

Their only hope for survival was to escape deeper into the space.

Whoosh!

In the blink of an eye, the two disappeared.

Not long after the two disappeared.

Bang!

A surge of true qi spread out, like a rock pressing down, dispersing the surrounding mist completely.

"Interesting. To think there's a one-time-use magical treasure at the Qi Refinement level. The girl by Lin Xi's side isn't simple either."

The black-robed man reappeared on the ground.

His black robe was somewhat torn, and there was some blood on his chest, but he still looked spirited. Clearly, his injuries weren't severe.

Whoosh!

The black robe fluttered, and the Qi Refinement expert immediately took off like a large bird, quickly chasing after Lin Xi and Shangguan Yaoxue.

...

The distance gradually closed, and Lin Xi and Shangguan Yaoxue soon felt the presence of the assassin again.

"Damn! This guy is catching up again!"

Shangguan Yaoxue gritted her teeth, feeling extremely frustrated:

"How infuriating! If only my realm were higher, I could have unleashed the power of the Golden Toad. How could I be chased by a mere first-level Qi Refinement expert like this?"

"Quick, let's go! He'll catch up in a moment."

Lin Xi's expression also changed. This was the first time he deeply felt the power of a Qi Refinement realm expert.

The only thing that gave the two some comfort was that the Qi Refinement realm expert couldn't fly or move through the air. Although his speed was still fast, it wasn't so fast that they couldn't keep up.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have to run; they could just commit suicide.

"Screech! ——"

Suddenly, a high-pitched cry echoed from the distant mountain. A blood-sucking female demon had discovered the two and issued a call.

"Hehehe! Humans, everyone come over!"

"Kill them, tear their throats, drink all their blood!"

"Long live the Queen!"

In the blink of an eye, a swarm of blood-sucking female demons, densely packed, shot towards the two.

"We're done. Wolves in front, tigers behind, we're dead for sure!"

Shangguan Yaoxue's composure, which had held up until now, was completely drained. Her face turned pale, and her heart felt like it was dead.

A Qi Refinement realm assassin was already hard to deal with. Now, a group of blood-sucking female demons was coming from the front. This was a hopeless situation!

After all, Shangguan Yaoxue was just a seventeen-year-old girl. Although she possessed cunning and intelligence that other girls lacked, she still showed the weakness of a girl in the face of true death.

"Yaoxue, do you trust me?!"

At this moment, the only one who remained calm was Lin Xi. For someone who had died once, facing such a predicament was almost a matter of experience. He was far from the panic and confusion of others.

As the saying goes, once bitten, twice shy.

For Lin Xi, at worst, it would be a reset. Dying again would be like nothing had happened. In fact, from the beginning, Lin Xi had been silent, deep in thought, trying to come up with a plan.

In a hopeless situation, Lin Xi was unwilling to give up!

His calmness and strong confidence were even more compelling and infectious at this moment. Shangguan Yaoxue surprisingly calmed down, her eyes regaining some clarity.

"Tell me, I trust you."

Shangguan Yaoxue said.

She looked at Lin Xi and suddenly found his midnight-black eyes unusually clear and deep.

"In a moment, when I tell you to lie down, do it. Don't move."

Lin Xi said, whispering a few words in Shangguan Yaoxue's ear.

"Will it really work?"

Shangguan Yaoxue's eyes widened.

"Trying might work, not trying will definitely fail!"

Lin Xi said.

The powerful aura behind them was rapidly approaching.

"Hmph! Where do you think you're running to!"

The black-robed man's figure flickered, instantly turning into a black lightning bolt, rapidly closing the distance to Lin Xi and Shangguan Yaoxue.

Three hundred feet, two hundred feet, the distance was getting closer and closer...

At the same time, a series of eerie laughs came from above, and a swarm of blood-sucking female demons, their eyes bloodshot and nails grinding, were getting closer and closer.

However, at this moment, something surprising happened.

The two human teenagers, a boy and a girl, suddenly started fighting each other.

"Our blood feud, let's settle it today. Give me your life!"

"Hmph! I doubt you have the ability!"

In the shock, confusion, and bewilderment of hundreds of eyes, the two human teenagers suddenly drew their swords and fought each other, each move deadly, with a ferocity that suggested they would not stop until one of them was dead.

"Come on! Let's die together!"

"Die!"

The two suddenly shouted, slapped each other's palms, and both spewed blood, collapsing on the ground, motionless.

"This, this, this... What's going on? They killed each other?"

A blood-sucking female demon's eyes nearly bulged out, her mind almost freezing.

"Mutual killing, humans often do this!"

A blood-sucking female demon called out. The surrounding blood-sucking female demons all agreed.

"Could they be tricking us? Humans are very cunning!"

"The blood is spattered so high, it must be real. ——Forget it, kill that human martial artist first. If those two young humans aren't dead, we'll kill them again later."

...

The swarm of blood-sucking female demons chattered, but their speed didn't slow down. Their bat wings spread, and they swooped over Lin Xi and Shangguan Yaoxue's heads, flying towards the black-robed man.

"Pathetic trick!"

The black-robed man, of course, saw Lin Xi and Shangguan Yaoxue lying on the ground. He didn't believe for a moment that they would kill each other. This trick was too crude. He didn't even bother to expose it.

—Whether they were lying on the ground pretending to be dead or running away, he would kill them both!

However, something surprising happened. The swarm of blood-sucking female demons actually ignored Lin Xi and Shangguan Yaoxue and flew towards him.

"Looking for death!"

The black-robed man's brows furrowed, and he released a cold aura of killing intent.

These blood-sucking female demons, at best, were at the tenth level of the Martial Path, the Thundering Stage. For a Qi Refinement realm expert with a thick reserve of true qi, the most feared thing was not a group attack that relied on physical strength.

Bang! Bang!

True qi burst out like a tidal wave, and seven or eight blood-sucking female demons were instantly blown to pieces without even a sound.

"Ah! A Qi Refinement expert, he's a Qi Refinement expert!"

"He killed seven of our sisters, kill him!"

"Don't let him go!"

...

The black-robed man's attack didn't just stimulate the entire swarm of blood-sucking female demons; it made them boil with rage. All the blood-sucking female demons swarmed from all directions, attacking him.

Seeing these frenzied blood-sucking female demons, the black-robed man's expression also changed. Now, even his field of vision was blocked, and he couldn't see where Lin Xi and Shangguan Yaoxue were.

"Looking for death!"

The black-robed man roared, and true qi exploded in waves, sending countless pieces of blood-sucking female demons raining down. However, the vast number of blood-sucking female demons immediately swarmed back, engulfing the black-robed man in an instant.

All the blood-sucking female demons were completely drawn to him. The more he killed, the more frenzied and angry the surrounding blood-sucking female demons became.

"How did you know this plan would work?"

On the ground, Shangguan Yaoxue lay motionless, blinking her eyes.

"Because blood-sucking female demons don't like the blood of the dead!"

Lin Xi indicated with his eyes.

"Ah!"

Shangguan Yaoxue's eyes widened. She didn't even know this.

She didn't know that Lin Xi had seen the form of the blood-sucking female demons and recognized their similarity to the vampires, or bloodlines, from another world. And bloodlines don't like the blood of the dead.

So, Lin Xi took a chance.

The fact proved that blood-sucking female demons indeed had a preference for the blood of the living!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Explosions echoed from the core of the dense swarm of blood-sucking female demons. Each explosion sent a spray of blood-sucking female demon fragments into the air.

Lin Xi and Shangguan Yaoxue were secretly amazed.

The black-robed man's combat power was unimaginably strong. Surrounded by hundreds of frenzied blood-sucking female demons, he still dealt deadly blows, showing a strength that was truly terrifying!

The overwhelming power of a Qi Refinement realm expert was once again displayed without reservation!