CHAPTER 1539: CHAPTER 1539: WALKED RIGHT INTO OUR TRAP!

The eighth strike fell, and Ye Qiu already felt his dantian was about to be ruined. If another hit came, his dantian would definitely explode and break, and then his career in martial arts would be completely over.

Armando knew Ye Qiu’s situation well. His hands were gathering strength, preparing for the ninth strike. Only two strikes left, he was confident he would destroy Ye Qiu’s dantian, and by then, Ye Qiu would be at his mercy.

"Ye Qiu, this is the price you pay for killing the Blood Ancestor. Today, I will cripple you," Armando was about to unleash the ninth strike when a special aura suddenly emanated from Jin Zhimo, causing Armando to hesitate momentarily.

"Huh?"

"Master, I won’t let you abandon martial arts because of me. Zhimo can no longer continue learning alchemy with you," Jin Zhimo’s farewell words shocked Ye Qiu into shouting out in distress.

"Zhimo, don’t do anything foolish," Ye Qiu exclaimed loudly.

He rushed forward desperately. Armando sensed Jin Zhimo was about to self-explode. Seeing Ye Qiu rushing over, Armando sneered wickedly and immediately threw Jin Zhimo toward him while launching a strike.

This strike was aimed at piercing through Ye Qiu’s dantian.

Ye Qiu swept his arm, sealing Jin Zhimo’s dantian, and at that moment, Armando’s attack came. Ye Qiu turned around, facing backward, endured the attack with his body, and completely protected Jin Zhimo.

Bang.

Ye Qiu nearly fell. This strike made blood gush from his back visibly, looking extremely miserable.

"Master..." Jin Zhimo ultimately couldn’t self-explode, being stopped by Ye Qiu.

"As long as I am here, you will be safe," Ye Qiu comforted Jin Zhimo by patting her head. Seeing Ye Qiu’s concern, Jin Zhimo felt very happy. This kind of care was a scene she had imagined countless times before, though she hadn’t expected it to happen in such a crisis.

"Master, you can’t die; you must live," Jin Zhimo looked at the blood-covered Ye Qiu with great concern.

Ye Qiu chuckled twice, "I won’t die, don’t worry. I still need to deliver you safely to your brother."

Jin Zhimo nodded and was placed aside by Ye Qiu.

"Ye Qiu, you are heavily injured. How will you fight me now?" Armando saw Ye Qiu’s cold gaze shift to him, causing a flutter in his heart, and he couldn’t resist cheering himself on, shouting loudly.

Ye Qiu stared at Armando. There was no killing intent in his eyes, for Armando in his heart was already a dead man. He would not let the other party leave alive.

With a thought, the power of the Black Flame Pill Body emerged, beginning to heal his injuries.

The torn flesh was repairing at an incredible speed, even the bloody hole on his chest was rapidly healing.

The more Armando watched, the more astonished he became. Ye Qiu’s body was bearing such severe injuries yet recovering so quickly. However, Ye Qiu’s face looked quite pale, obviously due to the intense consumption to heal his injuries.

This made Armando sigh in relief. If Ye Qiu could still move around energetically as if nothing happened, it would indeed be his doom.

He believed that Ye Qiu was now a spent arrow.

He had a chance to take down Ye Qiu.

Once all his wounds were healed, Ye Qiu fixed his gaze on Armando and uttered one word, "Kill!"

It showed just how full of killing intent he was.

Whoosh.

In an instant, Ye Qiu struck, swifter than even Lei Ting, causing Armando’s vision to blur.

Bang!

Armando attacked, with five claws tearing through the void, but Ye Qiu tilted his head, causing the stab to miss, while Ye Qiu’s punch hurled Armando dozens of meters away.

Cough, cough...

Armando couldn’t help but cough heavily. This punch shattered some of his internal organs.

"My defensive power can only withstand a tenth of his strength?" Armando felt the pain in his chest. If he took two more like that, his chest would have a hole.

Ye Qiu’s strength was beyond imagination. Even after being hit seven or eight times, he could still wound him, Armando realized the true gap between him and Ye Qiu.

"This place is not suitable for a long stay," Armando decided to retreat, regretting throwing Jin Zhimo to Ye Qiu. Had he sealed Jin Zhimo’s dantian, he wouldn’t be so passive now, and with Ye Qiu’s gaze filled with killing intent, he wouldn’t let it end easily.

He intended to leave immediately, hesitating no longer, he retreated.

Ye Qiu pursued directly and launched an assault immediately.

Armando kept defending. Ye Qiu’s attacks were like heavy hammers. Each strike almost made him cough up blood.

If it continued like this, what could he escape from? Before running a hundred meters, Ye Qiu would have hammered him to death.

"Ye Qiu, as you chase me, don’t forget about that woman..." Armando ’kindly’ reminded, intending to discourage Ye Qiu from fixating solely on killing him, in case Jin Zhimo encounters other danger.

Ye Qiu furrowed his brows. Even though he saved Jin Zhimo, leaving her here alone, would she be safe?

What if another like Armando appeared?

Ye Qiu was conflicted, extremely passively.

Seizing this opportunity, Armando fled at once.

Ye Qiu, undecided, watched as Armando was about to disappear, gritted his teeth, and quickly set up a formation around Jin Zhimo, which could protect her and prevent others from noticing her.

Immediately after, Ye Qiu chased Armando.

Previously, after Ye Qiu had survived the calamity and looked back toward Moonlit Peak, he wondered whether he should eradicate them at the root, since killing the Blood Ancestor and Satan didn’t eliminate their related others.

Ultimately, he chose to ignore it for the time being. However, this neglect almost caused harm to others and himself.

He decided he must kill Armando, for if another such threat arose, he would find himself facing another life-and-death crisis. Ye Qiu intended to nip it in the bud by eliminating the remnants of the Blood Ancestor and Satan’s forces, such as Armando and Gui Er.

At the moment Armando and Ye Qiu chased and fled toward the sea, a few figures were rushing from the sea to the land.

These were three figures, walking on water, moving swiftly, yet leaving no ripples on the water’s surface, as if untouched.

In reality, they were touching it, but without causing ripples. It showed how powerful these three were, far from simple.

Armando’s frantic escape drew the attention of the three. Initially, they didn’t care, but sensing the overwhelming killing intent behind Armando, they paused.

It was the white-clothed man, Shi Kun at the back, staring into the distance at the figure radiating killing intent, thinking the silhouette seemed familiar.

Suddenly, as Shi Kun sensed Ye Qiu’s presence, he abruptly called out to the three men in black ahead, considering perhaps there’s no need to go to Moonlit Peak, as they could deal with Ye Qiu here.

"No need to go to Moonlit Peak, I’m certain this man is the native Ye Qiu," Shi Kun’s words made the three men in black stop immediately.

They found it unbelievable; they were on their way to find Ye Qiu, and now he delivered himself to them?