"Whoosh!"
Liu Runan and his son were still feeling smug when they suddenly heard an anomaly beside them, feeling a chill down their spines.
They instinctively turned their heads, only to discover that old bastard Gui Shounian had actually run away!
In the blink of an eye, he had already parted the void and fled tens of thousands of miles away!
The father and son were left utterly dumbfounded, completely unaware of what had happened.
He had agreed to take action, and they had even agreed to his successive price hikes. How could this old scoundrel go back on his word? Did he want to raise the price again?
This was simply insatiable greed.
Regardless, they absolutely could not let this perfect possession target slip through their fingers!
Without another thought, Liu Runan immediately parted the void with the soul flame in tow and gave chase.
Strangely enough.
The two old men, one chasing and one fleeing, showed not the slightest decrease in the distance between them.
Liu Runan's face darkened with anger.
"This old undying wretch! He talks about being old and frail, yet his movement technique is this swift. He's been hiding his abilities well!"
Unable to hold back a curse, Liu Runan had no choice but to erupt with all his cultivation, constantly chasing the fading aura, and only then did he gradually close the gap.
Several thousand miles away.
Gui Shounian, traversing through the void, also sensed the aura closing in from behind.
Seeing that he was about to be caught, his eyes brimmed with urgency. However, being truly old and weak, he lacked the strength to shake off his pursuer despite the desire, and could only curse in frustration!
"Chase, chase, chase! You're a damned hellhound on my trail!"
"Damn you, Liu Runan! I thought you were a person of substance, but it turns out you're blind! Of all people to provoke, you had to pick that terrifying existence. This is just fucking suicidal!"
"If you want to seek death, go ahead, but don't drag me down with you!"
He hadn't cursed more than a few sentences when a streak of light intercepted his path ahead.
Ultimately, Liu Runan had still caught up.
Gui Shounian's aged face sank. Though he swallowed his curses, he immediately adopted an aloof and unapproachable stance.
"Elder Liu, for what reason do you block this old man's path?"
The extremely distant form of address and tone made Liu Runan's white brows furrow slightly.
"Brother Gui!"
"I have treated you well, haven't I? I agreed to all your price increases. If you demand more now, that would be most ungracious. We have been acquainted for many years; do we not even have that much face between us?"
"It's merely a trivial matter requiring little effort on your part. You stand to gain many immortal tokens and benefit greatly, while I can achieve my wish. Why must we make things so awkward?"
Before he had even finished speaking, Gui Shounian's face had already darkened several shades.
When he spoke again, it was a torrent of abuse!
"Benefit greatly?!"
"Liu Runan, keep your measly few immortal tokens for yourself! This old man still wants to cling to life for another few tens of thousands of years! If you want to seek death, must you absolutely drag me down to be buried with you?!"
The sudden change in attitude caught Liu Runan off guard, leaving his face livid.
But he was no ordinary figure. He instantly grasped the hidden meaning in those words. Coupled with the fact that he currently needed the other's help, it really wasn't the time to lose his temper.
His expression shifted between gloom and something else for a few breaths before he finally gritted his teeth and forced out a smile as he asked.
"Sea Lord Gui, what do you mean by those words? If you don't make yourself clear today, I'm afraid our future cooperation will be difficult."
Pushed to this point, Gui Shounian could no longer hold back.
A trembling finger almost poked the other man in the face!
"You! You!"
"Shame on you! A figure from the Divine Land, holding an Elder position in the Fallen God Palace, yet your discernment is so poor you would provoke such an existence? Have your tens of thousands of years of life been lived in vain?!"
"Let me tell you the truth! That person from earlier is absolutely not someone you or I can afford to provoke! The reason my clan migrated to the Eastern Sea was precisely to avoid him!"
"His cultivation far surpasses ours, and his comprehension of the Sword Dao is utterly terrifying. Back then, in the Vast Sea, he slaughtered hundreds of my clansmen, and I didn't even dare make a sound! Yet you dare to make an enemy of him and court your own destruction? You are utterly foolish beyond measure!"
"If you wish to die, please do so on your own. This old man will not keep you company!"
After this string of curses, Gui Shounian shot away into the distance once more.
Spurred by extreme agitation, his speed seemed even greater than before. Before Liu Runan and his son could utter another word, he was already tens of thousands of miles to the south!
This time, Liu Runan did not give chase again. Instead, he suddenly froze mid-air.
His widened eyes revealed an expression of incredulous shock!
"This person... is actually that formidable...?"
"Even if Gui Shounian and I joined forces, it would still be suicide?! Just who is this? How could he possibly be so powerful!"
Turning his face, still wearing a look of astonishment, he saw Liu Changfeng's soul flame stiffen with fright!
"Fa... father..."
"I... I didn't know he was this formidable either. Could it be that Sea Lord Gui is deliberately exaggerating, making him sound so terrifying because he has some unspeakable difficulty of his own..."
Before he could finish, Liu Runan was so enraged he spat on the spot!
"Pah!"
"You useless fool!"
"What kind of figure is Gui Shounian? He's a hegemon not inferior to me, a ruthless character who rules over the Ancient Sea Tribes! Would someone like that disregard his own dignity just to spin a lie?"
"Didn't you see how fast he was fleeing just now?"
"If that person weren't extraordinarily fearsome, could he make an old fox like that turn tail and run?!"
After this series of rhetorical questions.
Liu Changfeng trembled in fear, desperately replaying past events in his mind.
Upon their first meeting, he had felt this man was acting with confidence born of backing, far too arrogant. Earlier, facing the Heaven-Sealing Grand Array, he also appeared recklessly foolhardy...
Now it seemed, the man truly had the capital to act that way!
The one who was truly foolish and unaware was himself!
This "so-called wasteland realm" outsider cultivator was terrifying beyond imagination!
Suddenly.
Liu Changfeng was so frightened his soul flame flickered wildly, his voice trembling slightly.
"How could this be...?"
"Wha... what should we do? How could we possibly overcome such an existence?!"
Hearing the tremulous voice, Liu Runan was also at a complete loss, his formerly confident and steady demeanor gone without a trace.
He never would have imagined...
That they would run into an outsider cultivator who was actually this powerful, so terrifying that even an old undying thing like Gui Shounian was scared off. How could he, alone, deal with this?
Father and son stood dumbly in mid-air, looking at each other with awkward expressions.
After a long while, Liu Changfeng spoke again.
"Father, this person is absolutely not someone we can handle. Even with all my unwillingness at ending up in this state, I truly have nothing more to say..."
"But, Hao Tian is still in his hands! That's your own grandson! If we just admit defeat now, are we to abandon Hao Tian to his fate?"
Listening to these panicked words, Liu Runan's own heart was in turmoil.
However, this old man was, after all, a ruthless character.
Closing his eyes in contemplation for a few breaths, he suppressed both worldly affection and instinctive fear. When he opened his eyes again, a resolute and ruthless glint had surfaced!
"This matter... I will not let it rest!"
"We already have enmity with this person. Even if we retreat, the other party may not relent. As for the matter of possession, that is already an impossible fantasy. Things have reached this point. The only choice is to kill him, to eradicate the root of the problem!"
These ruthless words completely stunned Liu Changfeng!
"This!"
"That person's cultivation is so profound, how could we be a match?!"
Liu Runan's face was incomparably gloomy as he slowly waved his sleeve, parting the void.
"He may be strong, but he is certainly not invincible under heaven!"
“Before the true foundation of my Fallen God Palace, in the eyes of the Star Lord, he is merely someone with a bit of strength. Killing him is by no means difficult!”
Watching the ripples of the parted void spread, Liu Changfeng's eyes were filled with shock!
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