Chapter 679: Chapter 672: Escape

A flicker of cold light pierced through the void, shooting forth.

Before it struck Zuo Yunxiao, still some distance away, the terrifying power it contained was already palpable to him.

“Chen Hai, you despicable, shameless coward, to attack without a word…”

As his expression shifted with alarm, Zuo Yunxiao roared in Chen Hai’s direction.

This burst of cold light came abruptly; its appearance was without any omen.

While he couldn’t discern the path of the cold light, he was certain Chen Hai was behind it.

Although his main focus was on how to handle the cold light, through the corner of his eye, he clearly saw that at the moment it shot toward him after piercing the void, Chen Hai, in the distance, seemingly pointed a finger his way.

“A sneak attack? Zuo Yunxiao, your words are wrong. I am openly aiming to cut you down!”

“On my territory, you dare to use a Heavenly Immortal-level threat to intimidate me, frightening me until I was trembling just now.”

“I even thought, ‘Are there Heavenly Immortals right behind you, about to arrive here?'”

“After all this time, it turns out you are just alone.”

“I really want to know, who gave you the courage to be so arrogant in front of me?”

“Don’t you understand, by eliminating and slaying you here and taking the Gathering Spirit Stone, how would the Heavenly Immortal behind you ever know!”

With a face full of disdain, Chen Hai snorted coldly.

Most of his concentration was focused on the flicker of cold light emitted from his Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger.

After appearing unexpectedly near Zuo Yunxiao, the speed of the cold light not only didn’t slow down, but it had also more than doubled in intensity.

Avoid it? Zuo Yunxiao was utterly incapable of dodging.

Turn and flee? Exposing his back to the cold light from the Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger would be tantamount to suicide.

Faced with such a predicament, other than clashing head-on, he could find no other solution.

“Huayun Sky Cover, thousands of Green Rainbows, break for me!”

Chen Hai’s sneer pushed Zuo Yunxiao to extreme rage, but at that moment, he couldn’t even respond.

After all, the distance between him and the cold light was now only a few meters.

Given the horrifying power contained within the cold light, were it to make contact, he might not die, but he would at least be severely injured.

Summoning all his focus, Zuo Yunxiao roared.

His ten fingers produced a series of blurred afterimages, the touches of green rainbow densely packed, numbering in the thousands.

These rainbow traces did not meet Chen Hai’s Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger directly at first, but started merging with each other.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t much distance between the rainbow traces and the cold light.

Before all the rainbow traces could fully merge, they collided fiercely.

Blue and white lights burst forth in the void, enveloping the entire region around Zuo Yunxiao.

Bright lights were everywhere, the violent energy filled the air, and Zuo Yunxiao’s form was no longer visible, the entire region obscured.

There were intermittent explosions to be heard, mixed with the pained screams of Zuo Yunxiao.

Several moments later, as the light and energy slightly dissipated, Zuo Yunxiao’s figure slowly began to reappear.

Now, his hands were bloody messes, the fingers on those hands completely blown apart and gone.

His vestment robe, too, was in tatters, resembling beggar’s clothing.

His exposed body was a gruesome sight with flesh curling and blood flowing freely, the ghastly wounds were deep enough to reveal bones.

“Dare to threaten me? Thought you were so capable?”

“Just barely blocking my one finger nearly cost you your life, leaving you in such a tragic state!”

“It turns out you’re just a paper tiger, seemingly invincible in words but helpless in action.”

At this moment, Zuo Yunxiao’s condition caught Chen Hai’s eye, and he scoffed with disdain.

“Chen, hiding within your Domain and attacking me, what kind of skill is that?”

“Come out of the Domain and fight me fairly. If you can defeat me, then I will be truly convinced.”

“Do you have the courage? If not, spare me the nonsense!”

Kneeling on one knee, Zuo Yunxiao breathed heavily, his gaze as if to devour Chen Hai, staring fixedly at him.

From beginning to end, he still had no clear idea of Chen Hai’s real name!

He had only roughly confirmed that Chen Hai’s surname was Chen, based on how Gui Wuya and Fang Qingshan addressed him.

At this moment, he had probably cursed Chen Hai’s ancestors eighteen generations deep in his heart.

“Having the power of the Domain is my biggest advantage.”

“Throw away my advantage, and go outside the Domain to fight you fairly? Do you think I’m an idiot?”

“Besides, let me make it clear to you, I don’t need your respect or submission at all. I just want to kill you right here!”

Chen Hai sneered and let out a loud laugh.

The previous move, Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger, did not directly take Zuo Yunxiao’s life, which was normal. After all, Zuo Yunxiao was strong and not a novice Earth Immortal; he had traversed a significant distance in his level.

The finger attack hadn’t killed him instantly, but it had inflicted serious injuries on him. Chen Hai was completely satisfied with this outcome.

Having just withdrawn his hand, he slowly began to raise it again.

“This move again? No, I definitely can’t withstand it.”

“Escape, escape as far as possible. As long as I get away from his Domain, the touch of cold light he releases will surely lose all its power and won’t be able to harm me anymore.”

Seeing Chen Hai’s action, Zuo Yunxiao shuddered in fear.

He had just truly experienced the terrifying power of the Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger.

Thinking that such a horrifying move was about to hit him again…

“Immortal Body burns, Green Rainbow Escape Technique!” he shouted loud, and endless flames burst out from every pore in his body.

The next instant, his entire being transformed into a rainbow shadow, shooting towards the sky.

His speed of escape was several times faster than when he had been pursuing Yang Shaoqing and others.

This Green Rainbow Escape Technique, though powerful, drained a vast amount of his vitality when used.

It seemed that at this moment, he was indeed staking his life, only thinking of escaping as quickly as possible.

“Escape! Where can you escape to?” Chen Hai sneered disdainfully.

With a strand of his spirit firmly locking onto Zuo Yunxiao, his Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger’s power reached its limits, its attack range not merely a bit, but nearly ten thousand miles.

Unless Zuo Yunxiao could teleport instantly, moving out of the West Barbarian Mountain Territory in a blink.

Otherwise, before he could escape the range of the Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger, Chen Hai’s finger could strike countless times.

Just resisting one style of the Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger was already so difficult for Zuo Yunxiao.

Based on his performance, he definitely couldn’t withstand many more strikes and would inevitably meet his death on the spot.