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Chapter 48 Bloodshed
“I will cover your retreat; you must escape.”

After speaking, Li Gang handed the Vermilion Fruit and the pocket watch to Chu's father: "Here you go with this Bloodline Fruit. Please take this pocket watch back with you, and I also hope that you and your son will take care of my wife and daughter."

"Brother Li."

Chu's father's eyes turned red, and he wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

Li Gang's injuries were quickly suppressed, and his aura began to surge rapidly, almost instantly surpassing his peak level. His life level even jumped to over 8.6.

Li Gang swallowed the Blood Explosion Pill, which was made by combining the Blood Explosion Grass, a precious source of energy, with various chemical substances. Its effect was to suppress injuries in a short period of time, burn cells and blood to greatly increase the life level of a martial artist.

As the price for forcibly increasing one's life level, consuming the Bloodthirst Pill will leave one exhausted and, at best, render one a cripple.

Chu's father carried this with him, prepared to die in battle, but unexpectedly, Li Gang snatched it away.

"Little one, you go back first, let Uncle Li cover our retreat!"

At this moment, Li Gang recovered and instantly lunged forward with his battle sword in hand. His powerful and unrestrained Breaking Qi Sword Technique, which focused solely on offense and neglected defense, actually managed to block Snake Brother's attack.

Chu Kuang's expression changed drastically. He wanted to help, but Li Gang forced him back.

"You brat, don't let my death go to waste!"

Li Gang burst into wild laughter, unleashing bursts of qi that surged forth as he prepared to trade blows with Snake Brother.

Faced with this reckless fighting style, even though Snake Brother had a higher health level, he didn't want to fight to the death and could only keep dodging and give up the pursuit of Chu Kuang.

Chu's father grabbed Chu Kuang and led him away without saying a word.

Chu Kuang turned to look at his father and saw that his father's eyes had turned crimson.

"go!"

In an instant, the two made up their minds and fled to the outer perimeter.

Just then, the surviving twins revealed their hatred and shouted with a ferocious expression, "That kid's combat strength is astonishing. He may very well possess a natural battle physique. We absolutely cannot let him leave alive."

Upon hearing this, Snake Brother's eyes flashed with overwhelming killing intent. His martial arts battle body was incredibly powerful, whether it was a natural battle body or an acquired one, it represented the possibility of transcending the mortal realm.

Such a formidable opponent, if he survives, would likely cause him considerable trouble.

Thinking of this, Snake Brother wanted to get rid of Li Gang and chase after him, but Li Gang had completely gone mad and was using a life-or-death fighting style to entangle him.

"court death!"

Enraged, Snake Brother risked taking a knife from Li Gang, leaving a three-inch-long gash on his hand, before unleashing his ultimate technique, "Green Snake in Sleeve," which pierced Li Gang's throat.

"Brother Li."

By this time, the two had already fled hundreds of feet away, but Chu's father was still furious when he saw this scene.

But as he prepared to grab his battle sword and charge back, Chu Kuang grabbed his hand tightly: "It's no use. With your strength, you'll only be instantly killed if you rush in."

"Scatter and run for your lives. He won't chase you, but with my speed and defense, we might both have a chance to survive."

"Okay, then you can take this with you!"

Father Chu gritted his teeth and nodded, knowing that with his current condition and speed, following Chu Kuang would only be a burden to him.

So he made up his mind, handed the remaining Vermilion Fruit to Chu Kuang, and then decisively parted ways with him, fleeing into the distance.

"You go after Chu Yang, I'll take care of this kid."

Snake Brother caught up and, seeing the two fleeing separately, immediately gave a signal to one of the surviving twins. Then, without the slightest hesitation, he decisively chased after Chu Kuang.

In his view, Chu's father was merely disabled and had no hope of breaking through to the Transcendent Realm in this lifetime. Even if he survived, he would not pose a threat.

However, if Chu Kuang, who is suspected to be born with a battle physique, were to survive, it would likely become a major problem.

"Today, you will definitely die!"

Chu Kuang and Snake Brother, one after the other, transformed into golden and green light and quickly fled.

But soon, Chu Kuang noticed that the distance between them was constantly closing.

Both of them were extremely fast. Chu Kuang's Thousand-Pound Breaking Formation speed was top-notch, and with the purple attribute boosting his speed by 50%, even a martial artist with an ordinary level eight vitality couldn't catch up with him.

Snake Brother's Snake Steps are more geared towards combat, and his speed is far inferior to Thousand Pound Breaking Formation. However, he has already reached the perfect level. Relying on his higher realm and life level, he is still a notch faster than Chu Kuang.

"No, at my speed, there's no way I can escape his pursuit."

Chu Kuang fled swiftly, and seeing the distance between them closing rapidly, he decisively turned and headed deeper into Falling Phoenix Valley.

Seeing Chu Kuang fleeing into the depths of Falling Phoenix Valley, Snake Brother's eyes flashed coldly, and he said with extreme fear, "You're courting death!"

Even so, Snake still followed after them.

The two chased and fled, and soon arrived at the depths of Falling Phoenix Valley. Suddenly, the cry of an eagle came from the sky, followed by a giant crimson eagle about ten feet long swooping down.

With a solemn expression, Chu Kuang activated his Golden Bell internal energy to protect himself, forcibly withstanding the giant eagle's attack, and then continued to flee towards Falling Phoenix Valley.

On the other side, Snake Brother was also attacked several times. The crimson giant eagle was incredibly handsome, its wings spread out like two large swords, and each feather looked like it was cast from red gold.

Snake Brother repeatedly used the Green Snake Sword Technique to try to kill it, but when the sword struck the feather, it sparked golden flames.

The most troublesome thing was that the giant eagle kept crying out, and more and more crimson giant eagles gathered in the sky, constantly rushing towards the two of them.

"Crimson Blood Eagle, this is really troublesome."

Enraged, Snake Brother used his Snake Steps to dodge, and was forced to temporarily abandon his pursuit of Chu Kuang.

The reason why Fallen Phoenix Valley is famous is because a group of powerful source energy ferocious birds called 'Crimson Blood Eagles' live here.

Legend has it that this ferocious bird contains a trace of phoenix bloodline, and its life level averages above level 8 after adulthood, making it quite powerful even among apprentice-level birds.

Apprentice-level martial artists cannot fly yet, so they can only passively take hits when facing these Crimson Blood Eagles. If they are in an open plain, they can easily be surrounded and killed by them.

Fortunately, the terrain of Falling Phoenix Valley is undulating, and Snake Brother used the terrain to dodge and eventually barely escaped the pursuit of Crimson Blood Eagle.

"Damn, this kid is really bold."

Seeing Chu Kuang escape, Snake Brother's eyes turned gloomy.

He knew that Chu Kuang probably hadn't escaped too far, but he didn't dare to launch a large-scale pursuit.

"We're safe for now, at least for the time being."

On the other side, Chu Kuang shook off Snake Brother and Crimson Blood Eagle's pursuit, leaned against a secluded cave, and slowly took a deep breath.

He had exhausted his inner strength in the face of the Crimson Blood Eagle's pursuit, but fortunately, thanks to the Iron Armor Technique, he was not seriously injured.

Having finally shaken off his pursuers, he slowly looked at his panel, a hint of joy appearing in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)