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Mi He raised her hand and tapped the spirit beast pouch on her waist.
A demon beast, resembling both a deer and a horse, appeared in an instant.
Mi He's spirit beast, named Windscale Beast, was about ten feet long, covered in dark gray scales, and walked with the wind beneath its feet, making it a wind-type demon beast.
When Song Wen saw the mid-stage fourth-tier Windscale Beast appear, he realized that he could never defeat Mi He. He relied on the dense forest to hide his figure and began to flee into the distance.
In the sky, Mi He noticed Song Wen's movement, but she did not pursue him. Instead, she put away the white jade and waited on the ground.
Her face was full of pain. One hand was pressed against her forehead, and her body weakly leaned against the back of the Windscale Beast. It seemed as if she could barely stand without relying on the support of the Windscale Beast.
After a few breaths, Lei Yue hurriedly arrived.
"Mi He, are you injured?" Lei Yue asked with concern.
"The man is skilled in spiritual sense attacks. I was careless earlier and fell for his trap. My sea of consciousness was slightly shaken," Mi He explained.
"What! He can use spiritual sense attacks?" Lei Yue asked in surprise.
"Yes," Mi He nodded, still showing signs of discomfort. "But there's no need to worry too much. He should just have entered the Nascent Soul stage, so his spiritual sense strength is limited. As long as I maintain my sea of consciousness, his spiritual sense attacks won't harm us. I was just too careless and suffered a slight injury. After a short rest, I should recover."
After a few breaths, Mi He continued, "He went north. You should chase him now and don't worry about me. We must not let him escape."
"Rest assured, he won't get away."
Lei Yue believed her without question, and his figure turned into a flash of light, disappearing toward the northern horizon.
The pain on Mi He's face faded, replaced by a cold smile.
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Surrounded by thunder, Lei Yue sped through the air like a shooting star. In just a few moments, he crossed several thousand miles.
Suddenly, he spotted Song Wen, who was rapidly fleeing in the dense forest ahead.
"Kid, come here!" Lei Yue roared, his short spear shooting down toward the forest below.
Seeing Lei Yue pursuing him, Song Wen was slightly surprised. He had assumed that Mi He would have been the one to chase him first.
He glanced back toward the empty sky behind him, where there was no sign of Mi He.
Song Wen, who was about to use the Blood Escape Technique again, suddenly had an idea.
Mi He had a soul-defense treasure, but that didn't mean Lei Yue did as well.
Song Wen raised his hand and threw something into the air. A blood-red mountain, tens of feet high, suddenly appeared.
The blood mountain collided rapidly with the oncoming short spear.
In the instant before they collided, the blood mountain exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist.
The blood mist immediately spread throughout the forest, coating the trees within a radius of several dozen miles in a layer of blood-red light.
The short spear pierced through the blood mist without any obstruction.
The failed strike left Lei Yue feeling uncomfortable, as though the force he had gathered had no place to release, and his Qi stagnated, like a flood blocked with no outlet.
He quickly adjusted his breath and steadied his Qi. Then, he continued to control the short spear, preparing to attack Song Wen.
However, to his shock, he found that he had lost track of Song Wen's position.
His spiritual sense couldn't locate Song Wen's exact whereabouts.
Suddenly, about thirty miles away, the blood mist began to churn violently, and nine transparent blades shot out from within.
Lei Yue's face changed dramatically. The spiritual power contained in the transparent blades was not as weak as Mi He had described, only being at the early Nascent Soul stage. The spiritual power in them was already nearing the strength of a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator.
Lei Yue didn't have time to think. He activated his Thunder Escape Technique and rapidly retreated.
**At the same time, Mi He focused intently and steadfastly protected her sea of consciousness.**
Lei Yue, as a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, actually had no soul-defense treasure.
Nine transparent blades shot out from the blood mist, piercing Lei Yue's sea of consciousness.
"Ah..."
Each blade that pierced his sea of consciousness caused Lei Yue unbearable pain, forcing him to let out a cry of agony.
Fortunately, Song Wen's spiritual power was weaker than his, allowing Lei Yue to remain conscious.
He endured the pain, continued to activate his escape technique, and increased the distance between himself and Song Wen to avoid being hurt again by the concentrated spiritual attacks.
Song Wen, watching Lei Yue retreat, shook his head. His spiritual power was still a bit weak, limiting the damage he could inflict on Lei Yue.
If his spiritual power could reach the mid-stage Nascent Soul level, he could temporarily incapacitate Lei Yue's consciousness and then take his life.
Song Wen retracted the Blood Sea Seal, activated his movement technique, and prepared to leave.
With both Lei Yue and Mi He watching over each other, he had no chance of taking either of them down.
Although he hadn't suffered any visible injuries in his fight with them, his Qi had been severely drained, and he had less than forty percent of his remaining Qi.
Additionally, he had taken serious internal injuries from absorbing their attacks using the Blood Sea technique.
It was time to leave.
At that moment, Song Wen suddenly saw Mi He's figure appear in the sky behind Lei Yue.
Mi He was seated on the back of the Windscale Beast, like a breeze, swiftly charging toward them.
Upon seeing Mi He approach, Lei Yue's tense expression immediately relaxed slightly.
With Mi He nearby, he no longer had to worry about Song Wen's spiritual attacks.
As soon as Mi He drew near, she activated her flying sword to strike.
However, the flying sword did not target Song Wen, who was hiding in the dense forest below, but rather struck Lei Yue, who was gritting his teeth and enduring the intense pain in his sea of consciousness.
Lei Yue was greatly shocked and quickly summoned his short spear to counter the attack.
However, compared to his previous strikes, the power of the short spear had noticeably weakened, and it seemed sluggish and powerless.
This was due to the injuries in Lei Yue's sea of consciousness. His mind had been greatly disturbed, preventing him from fully controlling the short spear.
After barely blocking the flying sword's attack, Lei Yue shouted angrily.
"Mi He, we've known each other for years, why are you attacking me?"
Mi He remained expressionless and silent, her eyes filled only with indifference.
She continued to control the flying sword, relentlessly striking at Lei Yue.
Seeing this, Song Wen no longer hurried to leave.
Standing on the tip of a large tree, he mocked, "Hehehe... Lei Yue, it seems you're not only someone's dog but also a foolish one. Your master intends to kill you and eat you... Hehehe..."
Upon hearing this, Lei Yue's face instantly flushed with anger. His gaze toward Mi He burned with fury.
Having gradually recovered from the spiritual attacks, Lei Yue's strikes with the short spear grew more powerful.
"Mi He, the Lei family and the Beast Master Sect have always been on good terms. Are you really going to destroy the trust that the ancestors of the Beast Master Sect and the Lei family have built over generations?" Lei Yue roared, his voice like thunder.
Mi He responded coldly, "Cui Huo was right. Your Lei family is just a vassal of our Beast Master Sect. The predecessors of the Beast Master Sect allowed the Lei family to establish itself here because of your Lei family's thunder techniques, which are highly effective against demonic corpse puppets and ghosts. But you're too blind to see that. You actually intend to steal the Bronze Key Coffin. I can't let you live!"
"Mi He, you are only the second highest elder of the Beast Master Sect. Can your decision represent Master Yang Yu? He is the most powerful cultivator in the sect. Don't forget that a hundred years ago, when the righteous sects besieged the Corpse Demon Sect, our Lei family made great contributions. Back then, Master Yang Yu promised that as long as he was alive, the Lei family would be protected."
Lei Yue clearly didn't want to break ties with the Beast Master Sect, so he questioned Mi He.
"Kill you, and will Master Yang Yu blame me? As long as I obtain the Bronze Key Coffin, he will praise my actions. Let me tell you the truth—I came here intending to ambush you while you were extending your lifespan." Mi He said disdainfully.
(End of the Chapter)
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