The night wind was like a knife, sweeping across the desolate mountain path, stirring up pebbles and dry grass.
Mi Youdao and the figure in black sped through the night, two afterimages piercing the dark, chasing all the way to a dilapidated Mountain God Temple halfway up the mountain.
The man in black was already gasping for breath, black blood constantly oozing from the corners of his mouth, and his black clothes were soaked with sweat and blood, clinging tightly to his body.
In order not to be caught by Mi Youdao, he had performed three Forbidden Techniques along the way, each casting consuming a large amount of Essence Blood and Primordial Qi.
At this moment, his meridians were snapped, and his organs had shifted positions, sustained solely by sheer will to reach this place.
Just as he reached the temple door, he could no longer support himself, collapsing with a "thud" to the ground, his knees smashing into the bluestone slab:
