Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

"What? What did you just say?!" Viper suddenly froze, his face turning ashen. He could hardly believe his ears. "Blood Corpse! Don't forget, I helped you when you were seriously injured back then! Doesn't that favor deserve your joining forces with me to deal with this guy?"

The blood corpse paused for a moment, as if recalling something, but then shook its head again: "I remember, but... that favor isn't worth risking my life for. Because even without your help, I would still have survived."

"At most... I can hold him off for ten breaths. After that, it's up to you!"

"You...!" Viper trembled with rage, glaring angrily at the Blood Corpse through gritted teeth. But seeing the Blood Corpse's cold eyes, he knew that further words would be futile.

"Ten breaths... Fine! Ten breaths it is! Blood Corpse, remember what you said!" Viper gritted his teeth, leaving behind a harsh threat. His demonic energy surged wildly once more, transforming into a black streak of light that flew rapidly southward!

However, Xia Jin did not immediately chase after the fleeing viper. Instead, his gaze fell with interest on the man in front of him called Blood Corpse.

"Do you really think you can hold me off for ten breaths by yourself?" Xia Jin asked calmly, his hands behind his back.

The blood corpse's pupils flickered, but it still nodded, then shook its head: "If I were in my prime, stopping you wouldn't be difficult, I might even... have a chance to capture you. Now, I've only just awakened, I'm no match for you. But I can still hold you off for ten breaths!"

As he spoke, his gaze fell on the Temple Token at Xia Jin's waist, and he couldn't help but frown: "I didn't expect that you would also obtain this Temple Token... This item is both an opportunity and a source of calamity. If you are not strong enough, holding it may not be a good thing."

"Hmm!?" Xia Jin's eyes narrowed instantly at the other party's words, and his oppressive aura began to emanate uncontrollably. "It seems you also know about the Temple Token! Then let me ask you, how much do you know about this Temple Token, and about that temple...?"

The blood corpse didn't answer Xia Jin's question immediately, but simply stared at him coldly before uttering indifferently, "I have no obligation to answer your question!"

Xia Jin was slightly taken aback after hearing this, then laughed. However, there was a hint of coldness in his laughter.

"You probably don't know this, but no one has ever been able to refuse my requests! You are no exception."

After speaking, Xia Jin raised his right hand, and white flames and lightning power began to condense on his palm.

However, the blood corpse showed no fear on its face; it simply stared at Xia Jin and then shook its head.

"You may be very strong, but I'm leaving, and you can't stop me!"

"Ten breaths have passed." The blood corpse's voice remained calm, revealing no emotion. "My promise has been fulfilled. If fate allows, we... will meet again."

After speaking, the blood corpse's body slowly melted, quickly turning into a pool of blood cloud that rained blood down upon the forest below. Each drop of red rain fell into the soil, instantly seeping in without a trace.

Xia Jin's right hand froze in mid-air, his face gradually darkened, and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.

"A clone...it was just a clone!" How could he not realize he'd been tricked? "Fine, very well!"

Enraged, Xia Jin laughed, the veins on her forehead barely visible.

"I'll remember you, Blood Corpse... If we meet again, don't blame me for being ruthless."

After saying that, he looked down at the forest below, which was stained with blood, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, and slammed his right fist directly into the ground!

A fist force enveloped in white flames, mixed with violent purple-gold lightning, slammed down like a pillar of divine punishment.

At the moment of contact with the ground,

The blinding light engulfed everything!

Below, everything instantly vaporized and evaporated!

After a few breaths, the light faded, revealing a massive, charred crater more than tens of miles in diameter and bottomless! If it weren't for the fact that there was no water inside, people would have thought it was a giant natural lake.

Xia Jin stood in the void, expressionless as he glanced at the terrifying scene he had created with his own hands. Then, he turned his head and looked south, in the direction the viper had fled, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"Although we didn't capture that guy, you were still a contemporary of his...you should know quite a bit. Capturing you might yield some information!" Xia Jin snorted coldly, took a step, and vanished from the spot.

A gentle breeze blows, and the smell of scorched earth can be smelled everywhere.

But at this moment, it was incredibly quiet here.

Half an incense stick later.

Several miles at the bottom of the giant pit, a mass of dark red liquid suddenly twitched slightly, and then slowly moved upwards.

A moment later, a man with a slightly pale face reappeared, looking exactly like the blood corpse from before!

That's right, this is the true form of the Blood Corpse.

The blood corpse stood on the still scorching, blackened ground, looked down at its palm, then looked up in the direction where Xia Jin had disappeared, and unconsciously swallowed.

"The power of that punch just now... even in my prime, I'm afraid... it would be slightly inferior." The Blood Corpse muttered to himself, a serious expression appearing for the first time in his usually indifferent eyes.

He slowly sat down cross-legged on the spot, rubbing his head. Xia Jin's appearance had given him a headache.

"It seems that among the 'seeds' selected for this temple opening... this guy will most likely be ranked number one in the Eastern Xuan Continent."

......

The viper was indeed quite quick-witted; it knew Xia Jin's terrifying strength.

As it fled, it would occasionally release a small wisp of black mist, attempting to disrupt Xia Jin's pursuit.

He then turned around and sped off towards the overseas regions of the Eastern Region.

However, he still underestimated Xia Jin. Xia Jin, who possessed the supernatural ability of "Three Feet to the Ends of the Earth," was impossible to get rid of.

Just as the viper arrived above an island reef in the Eastern Region, Xia Jin's figure reappeared, blocking his path.

The viper abruptly stopped, a look of despair flashing across its face.

"What?" Xia Jin looked at the viper with a mocking expression. "Can't walk anymore? Why don't you... keep running!"

As soon as she finished saying the last "ah," Xia Jin's figure disappeared.

The viper felt as if a meteorite had struck its chest head-on!

"Ah!" He let out a scream and spat out a mouthful of blood.

But that wasn't all. Xia Jin followed him like a shadow, and before he could fall, she flashed above him, expressionless, and swung her fist down hard!

This punch sent the viper crashing down onto a remote island not far below.

Xia Jin slowly descended from the void, just about to catch the viper and take it back to Great Xia.

Suddenly, his brow furrowed slightly.

His gaze unconsciously drifted to the edge of the isolated island.

There, a figure sat quietly cross-legged on the reef.