The three black figures were stunned when Shen Haoran fled the instant he saw them, momentarily unable to react. His decision was far too decisive, without a hint of hesitation. But from this small detail, the three could tell that Shen Haoran was indeed extraordinary. No wonder he had managed to push Ouyang Feng to such a desperate point.
"Chase!" The next moment, the three black figures shot out, transforming into three streaks of jet-black light as they pursued Shen Haoran.
"Damn it! Fallen Valley was hiding this kind of power? The strength of each of those three is probably even greater than Ouyang Feng's!" Shen Haoran muttered, frowning as he felt the powerful auras relentlessly pursuing him.
"Their state of existence is actually the same as mine. They're all just Residual Thoughts," Elder Yan replied in Shen Haoran's mind. "However, Spiritual Thoughts of their Level are likely considered guardian treasures of Fallen Valley. For Ouyang Feng to use them against you… it seems his desire to kill you is extraordinarily strong."
Hearing this, Shen Haoran glanced back at the three plumes of black mist rapidly closing in. His expression turned grim. The speed of the three figures behind him was beyond his imagination. He had already pushed his own speed to the absolute limit, yet the distance between them was still shrinking.
"This is bad. If this keeps up, they'll catch us!" Shen Haoran said in a grim tone. But Elder Yan and Changmao were just as helpless. The strength of the three figures was terrifying; they might have even reached the Spirit Emperor Tier when they were alive, so their speed was naturally immense. Meanwhile, Shen Haoran's side was already giving it their all. Elder Yan had poured his Spiritual Thought into the Vermilion Bird Wings without reservation, and Shen Haoran had pushed his Nine Heavens Shocking Cloud Step to its limit. Even so, they were about to be caught. This was a gap in power that could not be bridged by any other means.
Shen Haoran's expression grew heavy. The pressure from the three figures behind him was simply too immense. 'I don't think I could fight even one of them with everything I have, let alone all three at once. This time, I really underestimated Ouyang Feng's killing intent. I thought Fallen Valley would just send a small team to hunt me down, but I never expected them to dispatch three such powerful Spiritual Thoughts right from the start. Ouyang Feng… he's truly ruthless!'
"Head to the east side of the city! There's a Spatial Passage there we can use to escape!" Shen Haoran declared after a moment's thought. At this point, he couldn't afford to worry about anything else. If those three cornered him, he would surely die here today. At his words, Elder Yan nodded, and they abruptly changed direction, flying toward the Spatial Passage on the city's east side.
"The kid wants to escape through the Spatial Passage!" Seeing Shen Haoran change course, the three figures behind him immediately guessed his intention.
"Stop him! We absolutely cannot let him get away!" the leader of the three commanded in a low voice. The black mist enveloping his body flared, and his speed instantly increased.
Shen Haoran's expression darkened as he felt the three figures behind him accelerate once more. 'They can still get faster?!' The rushing wind at his back grew stronger. With no other options, he could only desperately pour the Spiritual Power from his body into his Vermilion Bird Wings, forcing himself to fly faster.
In the sky above, two streams of dark light, one chasing the other, streaked across the heavens. The resulting shockwave caused the buildings of Celestial Gate City below to tremble violently. If not for the fact that the city's structures were relics from Ancient Times, they likely would have collapsed from the force of the two powerful air currents.
'Almost there!' Within Shen Haoran's line of sight, he could already see the bustling Spatial Passage, crowded with people. However, the gale from behind was now terrifyingly close—so close that he was within their attack range.
BOOM—
Just as he expected, the next moment Shen Haoran felt three fierce attacks blasting toward him from behind, forcing him to twist his body to evade.
Three bolts of jet-black Spiritual Power grazed the hem of Shen Haoran's robes and slammed into the plaza below. Fortunately, the Martial Artists in the square had already seen the two figures chasing each other through the sky and had long since moved far away to safety.
By dodging the attack, Shen Haoran lost ground, and the distance between them shrank once more.
"Hmph. Little bastard, let's see you run now!" one of the three figures sneered, gazing at the now-reachable Shen Haoran. The black mist in their hands roiled as they prepared to strike again.
The sound of another fierce attack erupted from behind. Shen Haoran's expression became extremely grave. Although dodging had slowed him down slightly, he hadn't stopped moving. Now, he was only a few hundred meters from the Spatial Passage. For someone at his speed, that was a distance he could cross in just two breaths.
But those two breaths felt like an eternity. The attack from behind arrived in an instant, and Shen Haoran made his choice. He wouldn't dodge. If he slowed down even a little more, the three pursuers would intercept him, and he'd lose his only chance to escape. He chose to take the blow head-on. The instant the attack was about to strike his back, the Black Tortoise Shield enveloped him.
BOOM—
The powerful attack slammed into Shen Haoran's back, unleashing a torrent of violent energy. Visible ripples of Spiritual Power spread outwards. The Black Tortoise Shield around him trembled violently before shattering with a deafening CRACK. The residual force struck his back, and a spray of blood mixed with bits of his internal organs erupted from his mouth. His body, like a cannonball, was blasted toward the Spatial Passage.
'This was part of my plan—to use their power to throw me into the Spatial Passage.' However, the force of their attack had still exceeded his expectations. It was so powerful that not even the Black Tortoise Shield could completely defend against it.
Seeing Shen Haoran's body hurtling toward the Spatial Passage, the three figures behind him realized his plan. Their expressions instantly darkened. Although their attack had landed, the "turtle shell" had blocked most of it. It wasn't enough to kill him. If he made it into the Spatial Passage, he would escape again.
"Hmph, you're not escaping!" one of them roared. They unleashed a furious barrage of attacks, not at Shen Haoran, but at the Spatial Passage itself. They destroyed it completely. The once-stable gateway began to rage, its area doubling in size as it devoured everything nearby, instantly grinding it all to dust.
"Damn it!" Shen Haoran's expression changed drastically. The protective barrier of the Spatial Passage was gone. If he entered now, the raging spatial storm would instantly tear him to shreds. But he could no longer control his momentum; he was still hurtling straight into the vortex.
Watching Shen Haoran plunge into the spatial storm, the three dark figures halted their pursuit. Not even they could survive entering that vortex, let alone Shen Haoran. The boy was surely dead.
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