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The Lin family head transformed into a dark blue rainbow, tearing through the air and relentlessly pursuing the fiery red streak of light ahead.

Two beams of light plunged into the heart of the mountains one after the other, moving so fast that the ancient trees along the way were cleaved in two by the shockwave before they could react, their crowns shattering and leaves flying everywhere.

Su Xuan lightly touched the branch of a thousand-year-old hemlock with his toes, and his body moved dozens of feet to the side, barely avoiding the spiritual energy bursting from behind.

boom!

The bolt of lightning struck the spot where he had just been standing, shattering the entire hemlock tree by the roots, sending soil and rocks flying hundreds of feet.

A Golden Core expert is indeed terrifying.

You can't take it head-on, but you can wear it down.

Su Xuan's figure shifted unpredictably in the dense forest, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, and each foothold was extremely cunning, deliberately choosing to weave through the most complex terrain.

Cliffs and precipices, underground rivers, and swamps teeming with poisonous insects—they venture into the most dangerous places.

Years of combat instincts were fully activated at this moment; every turn, every acceleration and deceleration was a calculation with extreme precision.

This pursuit lasted for three months.

For ninety days, or two thousand one hundred and sixty hours, Su Xuan did not have a single full night's sleep.

During the day, he used the terrain to his advantage to create distance and set up various traps to wear down his opponents. At night, he would meditate in seclusion to recover his spiritual power and temper his meridians with Samadhi Fire.

The Lin family head's attacks were relentless, but Su Xuan always managed to find a way out at the last moment.

On the seventeenth day, Su Xuan buried a scavenged explosive talisman array on a cliff to lure the Lin family head to rush over at full speed.

The moment the talisman array exploded, he swung his fist, imbued with the blazing spiritual energy of Samadhi True Fire, and slammed it into the opponent's protective golden light.

The punch didn't break through the defense, but a visible crack appeared on the golden light.

The head of the Lin family paused for a moment.

In just half a breath, Su Xuan had already disappeared into the night.

On the forty-third day, Su Xuan used the time of the day to set up a complex killing formation in a canyon teeming with venomous snakes.

The head of the Lin family rushed in and was trapped by the poisonous miasma and killing formation for two whole hours.

When he broke through the formation, he had a charred scar on his chest from the Samadhi Fire.

On the seventy-first day, Su Xuan used the high temperature of an underground magma river to conceal the aura of his fire-attribute spiritual energy, and launched a surprise attack from behind while the Lin family head was searching.

He punched the opponent in the back.

This punch pierced through the protective golden light.

The Lin family head spat out a mouthful of golden blood mist, and was blasted away, crashing through three stone walls.

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"Holy crap! Su Shen injured a Golden Core cultivator! An early Foundation Establishment cultivator injuring a Golden Core cultivator—what an incredible feat!"

"It's been three months, brothers! Su Shen has been chased for three months. Anyone in his shoes would have died a thousand times over!"

"The more he fights, the stronger he gets; this is true combat genius! A Golden Core cultivator chased him for three months only to be killed and injured in the process. Who wouldn't be confused by that!"

Inside the forbidden area, Su Ruo stared intently at the sky, her hands clasped together until her knuckles turned white.

For three months, she recounted her experiences, living in constant fear and anxiety.

Alice leaned against a boulder, legs crossed, her delicate face unusually devoid of mockery.

"She survived being hunted by a Golden Core cultivator for three months and even managed to injure him in return," she clicked her tongue.

"This man is definitely something."

Su Ruoruo didn't speak; her gaze never left the sky.

Brother, you must live.

Deep in the mountains.

The Lin family head wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his crimson eyes filled with gloom.

Three months ago, when he caught up with this little beast, the other could only flee in a sorry state. Three months later, this little beast is now able to injure him head-on.

What about in three months?

The thought sent a chill down his spine.

"We can't delay any longer."

He took out a communication jade talisman from his pocket and infused it with spiritual power.

"Wang Zhenhe, I know you're nearby. That kid went southeast. You come around from the south, and we'll attack from both sides."

The jade talisman lit up, and a deep voice came from the other side.

There was a few moments of silence.

"Southeast direction, I understand."

Su Xuan rested briefly in a secluded cave, meditating cross-legged for less than half an hour.

The Samadhi True Fire spiritual energy flowed continuously throughout his body, and his cultivation at the early stage of Foundation Establishment had been refined to a terrifying level during the three months of life-and-death trials.

Every wisp of spiritual energy was compressed to the extreme, making his foundation as solid as that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator.

He opened his eyes, preparing to continue the transfer.

In the north, the aura of the Lin family head is rapidly approaching.

This is normal; it's been going on like this for the past three months.

But the next moment, his body tensed up suddenly.

To the south, an unfamiliar pressure from a Golden Core cultivator was rapidly closing in.

Two directions, two streams of golden core energy, one in front and one behind, one to the south and one to the north, sandwiched him in the middle.

For the first time, Su Xuan's expression truly darkened.

He could manage with one Golden Core cultivator, but if two Golden Core cultivators attacked him simultaneously, he would have nowhere to run.

His mind raced in a very short time, and every path and every terrain he had explored in the mountains over the past three months was laid out in his mind.

To the north, the head of the Lin family.

To the south, a newly arrived Golden Core cultivator.

To the east lies an encirclement laid by other families.

west……

There is a place to the west.

The Netherworld Poison Swamp.

During his second month of escape, he passed through that area and could smell the desolate, corrosive aura from miles away.

There were no birds flying above that swamp, and all the monsters within a hundred miles had vanished; only rolling black bubbles and thick, impenetrable poisonous miasma remained.

Going there is a nine-out-of-ten chance of death.

If you don't go, you're doomed.

Without further hesitation, Su Xuan sprang up, transforming into a streak of fiery red light and hurtling straight to the west.

The Lin family head sensed the change in his direction almost simultaneously, and with a roar, he gave chase.

"Wang Zhenhe, he's headed west, quick!"

Two auras of the Golden Core stage converged simultaneously from the north and south, frantically compressing Su Xuan's living space.

As they flew at breakneck speed, the terrain ahead began to change drastically.

The lush, dense forest has vanished, replaced by vast stretches of withered, blackened tree stumps.

The ground became muddy and soft, and a nauseating stench filled the air.

The further you go, the stronger the stench becomes, and even the flow of spiritual energy begins to become sluggish.

Ahead, an endless black swamp came into view.

Huge black bubbles surged on the surface of the swamp, and when the bubbles burst, the green poisonous mist that spewed out rose several meters high, shrouding the entire area in a layer of visible gray-black miasma.

Dead silence.

There was no sign of life; not even the wind would blow in.

Su Xuan did not slow down; in fact, he accelerated.

Behind them, the first to catch up was Wang Zhenhe, the head of the Wang family, who had come from the south.

He was a thin, middle-aged man dressed in a dark blue brocade robe, who stopped as soon as he reached the outer edge of the swamp.

He watched as Su Xuan's fiery red streak plunged headlong into the churning black poisonous fog, a hint of apprehension flashing across his face.

"He's gone mad, this kid's gone mad."

He took three steps back.

The Netherworld Poison Swamp is a place where the poisonous miasma can corrode the protective spiritual light of a Golden Core cultivator, and the strange laws within can even distort divine consciousness.

Whether he, with his early-stage Golden Core cultivation, could survive after going in is unknown.

It's not worth rushing in like that.

He stopped.

The next instant, a dark blue rainbow tore through the sky from the north and crashed down. The Lin family head landed on the edge of the swamp, his crimson eyes fixed on the direction where Su Xuan had disappeared.

"Why didn't you chase after her!"

Wang Zhenhe took a step back and shook his head.

"Brother Lin, that's the Netherworld Poison Swamp. If we go in, we might not come out alive. That kid is courting death; why should we be buried with him?"

The Lin family head's chest heaved violently, and the spiritual power of his golden core surged wildly within him.

That beast killed his son.

That beast injured him three times in three months.

That beast has now hidden in a place he can't catch up to.

The Lin family head raised his golden core protective qi and plunged headfirst into the churning black poisonous fog.

Wang Zhenhe stood at the edge of the swamp, watching the dark blue streak of light disappear into the depths of the poisonous miasma. He shifted his feet, but ultimately retreated.

not worth.

It's not worth risking your life for a mere Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

He sat cross-legged on a high ground on the outskirts of the swamp, his hands forming a hand seal. Dozens of array flags flew out from his sleeves and landed on key points around him, forming an impenetrable blockade.

"Brother Lin, just kick him out. I'll wait outside to collect his body."

Deep in the swamp, the black miasma was so thick it almost solidified.

Su Xuan's speed was forced to slow down. The protective flames formed by the Samadhi True Fire were constantly being consumed by this strange poisonous miasma, and the recovery speed could barely keep up with the loss.

The ground beneath my feet was becoming increasingly soft, and with each step I took, I could hear gurgling bubbles rising from the depths of the mud.

He focused intently on sensing the changes beneath his feet, carefully choosing a place to land.

However, the dangers of this swamp far exceeded expectations.

A piece of seemingly solid black mud suddenly collapsed the moment he stepped on it, revealing a deep pool hidden below.

A terrifying suction force erupted from the deep pool, locking his legs and pulling him downwards with an irresistible force.

The mud reached his knees and waist in the blink of an eye, at an absurd speed.

Su Xuan's body suddenly sank, the mud already reaching his chest.

The Samadhi Fire hissed and steamed when it came into contact with the black mud, but it couldn't burn away the endless stream of things.

Struggling is useless, activating spiritual power is useless!

quickly!

The mud reached up to my neck.

Su Xuan didn't panic; three months of life-or-death pursuit had long since worn away all his extraneous emotions.

His hand reached into his storage ring and touched the incomplete elixir he had kept all along.

The items searched from that useless young master of the city lord's mansion included fragments of a Golden Core stage pill treasure, which still contained a trace of the violent spiritual power of a Golden Core stage cultivator.

It was originally a trump card to be used in a critical moment.

Now is the crucial moment.

Su Xuan poured all his fiery spiritual energy into the pill, forcibly activating the remaining power within it.

The precious pill trembled violently in his palm for a moment, then exploded.

boom!

A golden burst of air erupted from the center of the mud pit, the terrifying impact blasting away all the black mud within a radius of several feet. Su Xuan's body was pulled out of the mud pit by the recoil.

His body traced an arc through the air before crashing heavily onto a black reef protruding from the swamp surface, several dozen feet away.

The moment he hit the ground, a clear cracking sound came from his ribs. A mouthful of blood, sweet and metallic in taste, welled up in his mouth, but he swallowed it back.

His entire body was covered in black mud and his own blood, and the clothes on his chest were torn to shreds by the aftershocks of the explosion, revealing the skin underneath covered with new and old wounds.

It hurts, but I can bear it.

Su Xuan knelt on the reef and quickly checked his condition.

Three ribs were broken, two minor cracks appeared in the meridians, and nearly 30% of the spiritual energy reserves were consumed.

Not great, but still playable.

He did not sit down to heal his wounds.

Because from the north, the oppressive aura of a Golden Core cultivator is approaching at an extremely rapid pace.

The Lin family head has caught up.

Su Xuan stood up and looked around.

The terrain of this area quickly unfolded in his mind, with black reefs scattered in a staggered pattern.

Between the rocks are vast swamps and dark pools, where the poisonous miasma is particularly thick, making it impossible to see anything more than a few steps away.

An idea took shape.

He stopped running.

Su Xuan squatted down and placed his right palm on the surface of the mud next to the reef. A wisp of Samadhi True Fire's spiritual energy flowed down his palm and into the mud, spreading along the cracks in the ground.

He precisely placed those spirit fire seeds at the bottom of the dark pool in three specific locations, forming a hidden trigger loop with the corrosive venom contained in the swamp itself.

He then carved guiding runes in the shadows of several rocks, deliberately spreading his remaining aura in a specific direction.

After doing all this, he flipped over and leaped to the top of the highest reef, concealed his presence, and waited.

It took less than fifty breaths in total.

From the poisonous miasma to the north, a streak of dark blue light tore through the thick fog.

The Lin family head has arrived.

His golden core protective aura was much dimmer than when he entered the swamp. The continuous erosion of the poisonous miasma made the golden light thinner, but it was still a defense far beyond what a Foundation Establishment cultivator could achieve.

His divine sense spread out and instantly locked onto the traces of aura that Su Xuan had deliberately left behind.

"Found you, you little beast."

A twisted smile appeared on the face of the Lin family head. Three months of pursuit had left him physically and mentally exhausted, and now it was finally coming to an end.

He rushed towards the direction of the scent at full speed.

The seemingly ordinary mud beneath his feet was instantly ignited by three bursts of fiery spiritual energy the moment he stepped onto it.

Boom!

Scalding black poisonous water gushed forth from beneath the swamp, mixed with the intense heat of Samadhi True Fire, enveloping the Lin family head from three directions simultaneously.

The toxic water carries the purest corrosive laws from the depths of the swamp, specifically designed to erode the spiritual energy shield.

The Lin family head's golden core protective energy vibrated violently under the combined attack of the poisonous water and raging flames, crackling loudly.

Just then, Su Xuan burst up from the top of the reef, his fist wrapped in the Samadhi True Fire spiritual energy compressed to the extreme, and smashed down from directly above.

The punch struck precisely at the thinnest point on the protective aura that had been eroded by the poisonous water.

Click!

The protective aura shattered.

The terrifying impact slammed the Lin family head's body downwards, his feet sinking into the quicksand swamp directly below, which had been loosened beforehand by the flame spiritual energy.

The suction force bursts forth instantly.

The terrifying suction force, ten times more ferocious than the quagmire Su Xuan had encountered before, swallowed the lower half of the Lin family head's body down to his waist in a single breath.

That strange power of law coiled around him, and began to frantically devour the golden core spiritual power and vitality within his body.

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"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Su Shen has lured this Golden Core stage monster into a trap!"

"After three months of pursuit, you were outmaneuvered by a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Where do you put your face, Patriarch Lin?"

"This is a true combat genius. If he can't beat you, he'll wear you down, trick you, and sabotage you. His mind is terrifying!"

Inside the forbidden area, Su Ruo stood up from the ground and stared intently at the sky.

Deep in the swamp.

The Lin family head struggled frantically in the mud, unleashing his full golden core spiritual power, only to have it stripped away layer by layer by that force of law.

The mud continued to engulf him, reaching up to his chest and abdomen.

For the first time, genuine fear appeared on his face.

Then, fear was replaced by madness.

The Lin family head conjured two dark blue spiritual energy blades in his palms.

No hesitation.

He chopped down with both palms at the same time, striking his own groin.

puff!

Blood mist billowed into the sky.

Both legs were severed at the root and left in the mud!

His upper body, propelled by the sudden burst of blood energy and golden core spiritual power, was forcefully ejected from the mud.

Half of the body crashed onto a rock, its blood staining the entire black surface red.

Su Xuan stood ten feet away, watching this scene. The Samadhi True Fire in his hand had already taken shape, ready to deliver the final blow.

But the speed of the Lin family head exceeded expectations.

The severed body sprang up from the pool of blood, the blood vessels at the broken leg forcibly sealed by the Golden Core's spiritual power, and only pure killing intent remained in the pair of crimson eyes, which transformed into a blood-red afterglow that rushed straight towards Su Xuan's throat.