Zhao Rui pressed his body down and raced furiously through the alleyways under the dark night, while activating his Spatial God Bracelet, instantly moving to unexpected bearings that were inscrutable.
The wind whistled past his ears, and the scenery on both sides, flashed behind him quickly.
Qingyuan Heisei and those Shintoist practitioners had already been left far behind by him, but he still didn't dare to be half-relaxed, but continued to keep moving at full speed, away from these Japanese practitioners.
His experience in these few years of life and death had taught him that only by always remaining cautious would he be able to survive for a longer period of time in a harsh environment.
After running wildly for quite a while, Zhao Rui changed his breath, only to feel his lungs burning as if they were on fire, hot and painful, and his meridians as well as his muscles were in the same situation.
With his cultivation, this level of flying was originally nothing.
However, he had already suffered a serious injury at this point, so that was another story.
Although, the pain in his ** made Zhao Rui feel extremely uncomfortable.
However, his mood was extremely pleasant.
Because, his purpose for tonight had been achieved.
The second Rong Witch Slate, had been returned to him!
Zhao Rui looked at the stone slab held in his right hand and revealed a smile.
Snatching food from inside the mouth of a Divine Separation Stage powerhouse was not an easy task.
Looking at the entire cultivation world, other than him, Zhao Rui, there were only a few people who would dare to do such a bold thing.
As for successfully snatching things up, that was definitely only him.
What's more, he had also viciously chopped Qingyuan Heisei, almost chopping off his arm!
The price he had spent for this operation had been recovered with interest!
While Zhao Rui was happy, he couldn't help but feel secretly grateful.
It was fortunate that he himself had put on the Heavenly Green Xuanlight Armor beforehand.
Otherwise, even if his body, which had been genetically modified by an ancient demon, would definitely not be able to withstand Qing Yuan Ping Cheng's furious strike!
The spiritual power of a strong person at the Divine Separation Stage was simply too powerful, and was not at all at the same level as an Out-of-Body Stage cultivator, just thinking about it made people feel fearful.
"Well! This Heavenly Green Metaphysical Light Armor, it's really a good treasure!" Zhao Rui took off his already tattered jacket and casually shrugged it off, then touched it on the stone armor that was engraved with Zhudan incantations, his heart was satisfied.
It could be expected that this treasure would be able to bring him great benefits in future battles as well.
In a burst of speedy flight, Zhao Rui flew directly out of the city and flew all the way to a small forest on the northern outskirts before stopping.
This was where he had arranged to meet with the Red Flame Old Demon, and he wouldn't be foolish enough to meet with the Red Flame Old Demon in his apartment.
Zhao Rui landed on the ground from a high altitude and looked around for a moment, just as he was about to radiate his senses out to look for the Red Flame Old Demon.
The Red Flame Old Demon, cloaked and covered in a foul odor, leapt out from the depths of the woods.
"You've finally returned! Did you get the stuff?"
He came to Zhao Rui and asked in a lowered voice.
"Got it!" Zhao Rui raised the Rong Witch Slate in front of the Red Flame Old Demon.
"Whew! That's not bad. If the item hadn't arrived, we would have taken a risk for nothing this time." The Red Flame Old Demon breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I've been a little worried when I was just waiting for you here! The guy who was chasing me, halfway through, suddenly turned back. I was afraid that he would meet up with you at that time, causing you to lose all your efforts. Now it seems that I was overly concerned, and the worst case scenario didn't happen. Alas, to be honest, I've done this kind of thing once, and I definitely won't do it a second time. It's too risky!
That Ise Magus you wanted me to lure away, his power was simply too terrifying, I used all my strength and all my magic treasures, but as a result, I couldn't even delay him for long, and was still caught up by him in a flying manner. If it wasn't for my quick thinking, I hid in the sewer pipe. I would've been blasted out of my mind by that guy long ago now!"
"Oh? Ducked into the sewer pipe? No wonder the smell on you, is so strange." Zhao Rui smiled as he sized up the Red Flame Old Demon and found that his body was, indeed, covered in all sorts of filth and had a pungent smell.
"What's so funny." The Red Flame Old Demon's face was unpleasant, "If there wasn't no other way, who would want to go in there? It's a bit dirty there, but it's really a good place to hide from the pursuit, and that bullshit Magus, who wasn't willing to follow me in, let me escape with my life."
Zhao Rui laughed, thinking that this Red Flame Old Demon looked quite coarse, but when it mattered, he was coarse and cunning.
With this smile, he pulled the injury in his chest, and his face couldn't help but show a pained look, and a low groan escaped his mouth.
"You're injured? What happened?" The Red Flame Old Demon could see that something was wrong with Zhao Rui and couldn't help but be a little surprised, asking in a hurry.
Zhao Rui waited for the pain to pass and said as he slowed down, "I ran into that Divine Magus and even fought with him before I snatched the item. Old Demon, you didn't do a very good job this time!"
"Huh? It can't be? That guy is a powerhouse at the Divine Separation stage! You actually went head-to-head with him?"
The Red Flame Old Demon was taken aback, he now knew that Zhao Rui's strength was only equivalent to that of an Outbreathing Stage cultivator, and now he had snatched something from the hands of a Divine Separation Stage powerhouse, something that hadn't happened in the cultivation world in the past few hundred years!
"Yeah..! I suffered a big loss, but he didn't fare well either. His right hand was almost chopped off by me. Hehehe, I guess he's depressed right now." Zhao Rui said at the end, and then endured the pain and laughed out loud.
The Red Flame Old Demon stared at Zhao Rui with his eyes wide open, his mouth wide open, and his jaw was about to drop to the ground in surprise.
The Outbreathing Stage and the Divine Separation Stage were two completely different realms, and there was a world of difference.
He had lived for such a long time, but he had never seen that an out-of-body cultivator could actually hurt a cultivator of the Divine Separation Stage in such a way!
Even if there was an extremely high quality magic treasure from the Weapon Refining Sect to enhance its power, but an Outbreathing Stage cultivator was limited to his own strength, and it would be extremely difficult to injure a Divine Separation Stage powerhouse.
At least he hadn't seen it is all.
"Zhao Rui, what you do is always unexpected." After a long while, he came back to his senses and muttered.
Zhao Rui laughed for a while and suddenly thought of a problem.
Having lost the Rongwu Slate, Qingyuan Heisei must have been furious as hell, and would do whatever it took to find him and the Red Flame Old Demon.
He himself had nothing to do with it, being able to conceal his aura very well, but the fluctuation of spiritual energy on the Red Flame Old Demon was too obvious and very easy to detect.
Thus, he said to the Red Flame Old Demon, ''You must hurry and leave Binyang, the faster the better. If you don't leave, I'm afraid you'll only be discovered by those Japanese cultivators."
"I know, you must be careful yourself."
The Red Flame Old Demon nodded, understanding the seriousness of the matter.
Without any nonsense, he directly rose up in the air and flew towards the west, his figure soon in the night sky, turning into a small dot and finally disappearing without a trace.
Zhao Rui, on the other hand, removed his Underworld Spirit Mask and quietly returned to his apartment.
Returning home, Zhao Rui didn't bother to take a break and took out both Rong Witch Slabs before splicing them together.
The moment the two stone slabs were joined together, the words on the slabs twisted like tadpoles, constantly changing, and finally transforming into a strange spell formation.
Immediately afterward, brilliant blue light, like countless threads, rushed out from the spell formation.
The stone slab quickly cracked, and finally shattered completely, falling to the ground, and inside, an aquamarine blue book page was revealed.
"The Book of God Sealing!"
"The second page of the Book of God Sealing!"
Zhao Rui's heart burst with ecstasy, and he hurriedly took the page in his hands.
Powerful ancient spiritual energy came from the pages and soaked all the way into his heart.
Zhao Rui turned the page over and over, looking at it in his hands, excited beyond words.
He already had two pages of the Book of Seals, so he could absorb the fire spiritual energy from the Dryad's heart at full speed and focus on cultivating the Eight Desolate Immortal Slaying Technique, no longer needing to be distracted by the pain caused by the curse.
He took out the first page of the Book of God Sealing that he had previously obtained and spliced it together with the second page.
The two pages of the book immediately emitted a soft aqua-blue flowing light, enveloping Zhao Rui in it.
The incantations on the pages of the book also seemed to come to life as they floated one by one, forming a double helix-shaped line before drilling into his body.
Zhao Rui only felt that the ancient spiritual power contained in the pages of the book, along with these incantations, slowly flowed into his body through his skin, and eventually converged on the Ancient Seal on his undershirt.
The Ancient Seal, which had been fiery, cooled down at an extremely fast speed, and for the time being, it wouldn't cause Zhao Rui any pain.
Zhao Rui joyfully took out the Drought Demon's Heart and began to draw fire spiritual energy from it to treat his injuries and cultivate the Eight Desolate Immortal Slaying Skill.