Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

"Hehe, once you're hit by my shadow power, it's not so easy to remove."

The female bandit chuckled, and her figure vanished from the spot once more, disappearing into the shadows.

Lu Zaian's expression was solemn; he hadn't expected to be injured after only a short fight.

The shadow blade in the female bandit's hand was definitely a mid-grade second-tier magic weapon.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to injure oneself.

These two bandits, male and female, are indeed formidable, both in their strategies and their strength.

Lu Zaian's rib muscles twitched and tightened, stopping the bleeding.

At the same time, he activated his fiery blood and qi, which clashed and dissolved with the shadow power within his body.

However, the male bandits would not give Lu Zaian a chance to catch his breath.

He continued his fierce attack and charged towards Lu Zaian!

"Hahaha, Master Lu, die in peace! We'll take your wealth!"

Lu Zaian's mind raced, and without hesitation, he used the [Burning Blood Escape] technique to rush outwards.

This clone had only recently hatched, and many of its techniques were still quite immature.

If we continue fighting, we won't gain any advantage.

The male bandit's attack missed its mark, but he relentlessly pursued, saying:

"Trying to run? No way! Wife, after them!"

Lu Zaian used the Blood Burning Escape technique at an extremely fast speed, and in the blink of an eye, he had transformed into a red line that swept across most of the city.

However, a trace of shadow power still remained within him.

This made Lu Zaian's whereabouts completely obvious to the female bandit.

"Hehe, he can't escape our grasp."

The two immediately used their movement techniques to chase after Lu Zaian!

"What...what should we do? I hope the Sect Master can escape safely..."

Inside the Dan Pavilion, Gu Xi looked on with a worried expression in the direction Lu Zai'an had fled.

Just now, the Pavilion Master sent him a telepathic message before flying away.

Let them stop guarding the Pill Pavilion and fend for themselves. If they are so inclined, they can take Xueyi and the others to meet up with Xu Yan'er from the Xu family.

Xu Yan'er possesses a second-tier crocodile puppet given to her by Lu Zai'an.

Amidst the chaos in the northern airspace, they barely have the ability to protect themselves.

These alchemists and attendants had all spent many years with Lu Zaian, and they could be considered as pointing out the right path for them.

.........

An hour later.

call out!

call out!

Two streaks of light flashed across the sky one after the other, startling the beasts in the forest below into fleeing and birds into flight!

"Hahaha, Master Lu, burning your essence blood must be a painful experience."

You might as well stop and surrender, and let us give you a quick death!

At this moment, the male and female bandits were enveloped in a streamlined flying shuttle, moving at an extremely high speed.

It's actually no worse than Lu Zaian's Blood Burning Escape!

Lu Zaian glanced behind him with his divine sense, but did not retaliate verbally; his gaze only grew more profound.

His own Nine Netherworld clone was not a true immortal body.

It cannot burn its essence and blood as wildly as the original body.

Moreover, the shuttle that the two people behind them were riding was clearly a magical artifact skilled in escape techniques.

That's why they can keep up with us so relentlessly.

"However... we'll be there soon."

Ahead lay a valley with dense forest, lush and verdant with vegetation.

Lu Zaian plunged into the valley and disappeared from sight.

The two people behind them also rushed in without hesitation.

When they used their divine senses to detect that Lu Zaian was pale and had fallen onto a boulder, they were overjoyed.

"That old man finally couldn't hold on any longer!"

"kill him."

The two men's eyes gleamed with greed; they were finally about to obtain the wealth of a second-tier alchemist.

Approaching the boulder, the male bandit looked at Lu Zaian, who was panting heavily, and couldn't help but reveal a victor's smile.

"Old man, what's the point of running for so long and stalling for time? You're still going to die!"

Lu Zaian slowly turned his head, a mysterious smile appearing on his weathered face.

"Heh, of course it'll work, because it's you who will die!"

boom--! !

As Lu Zaian finished speaking.

The surrounding valley environment changed abruptly, with all the vegetation disappearing.

Everything turned into a vast white world!

"An array?!"

"What?! When did he set this up?"

The two bandits, male and female, suddenly changed their expressions.

Their consciousness had been focused on Lu Zaian.

It is absolutely certain that Lu Zaian has no time to engage in any underhanded tactics.

Where did the formation here come from?

Does this old man have accomplices?

"Hmph, old man, why didn't you call out your reinforcements along with you?"

"So that's why you old codger have been running all this way. You had this all planned in advance, didn't you?"

The two carefully looked around, their divine senses probing outwards.

However, this white world seemed boundless and endless, a vast emptiness.

No matter how much they extended their divine senses, they couldn't detect anything...

This made their hearts sink.

"Hehe, don't worry, I'll be right out..."

The boulder beneath Lu Zaian also disappeared, and it seemed he was just sitting there in the void, chuckling coldly.

As his laughter subsided, a figure slowly appeared beside him.

His appearance was exactly the same as his, except that he had his hands behind his back and a cold expression.

"Wh...what? Two Lu Zaian? Could they be your clones?!"

The male bandit stared blankly at Lu Zaian, who had just emerged.

This guy's appearance and even his aura are exactly the same as Lu Zaian, whom they are chasing.

Having clones during the Foundation Establishment stage?

How exactly did they do that?

"You're wrong, he—is my alter ego."

Lu Zaian, with his hands clasped behind his back and suspended in mid-air, had a cold expression and no emotion in his eyes.

These two guys... have driven themselves to this point.

He was even forced to set up two sets of mid-grade second-tier formations in order to completely kill them.

Originally, after its true form shed its shell in the desolate city, it sought refuge in this quiet and secluded valley.

He planned to go out once the fighting outside had subsided.

To everyone's surprise, neither the beast tide attack on the city nor the invasion of the Heavenly Nether Palace into the Desolate Swamp City threatened the safety of the clone.

Instead, a pair of male and female bandits suddenly appeared and wouldn't let go of his clone.

Then there's no way……

Lu Zaian, who was in perfect harmony with his clone, set up an ambush here, preparing a large formation in advance and waiting for the enemy to catch up.

"Don't believe him, sir. Maybe he's just playing tricks on us."

Who cares which are clones, the real ones or the fake ones? As long as we kill them all, the formation will collapse on its own!

The female bandit twirled the shadow blade in her hand and said in a sinister tone.

She disliked the way Lu Zaian looked at her... haughty and aloof, like a cat playing with a mouse.

This is an expression they usually make when they are teasing their prey.

"My wife is right, let's do it!"

The man's eyes hardened, and he immediately flung out countless huge fireballs at the two Lu Zaians at the same time!

They had been cultivators for so many years and had experienced many trials and tribulations.

They have honed a calm and composed demeanor under pressure.

Many prey that have fallen into a desperate situation will try every possible means:

They might beg for mercy, fight like cornered beasts, borrow the tiger's might, or feign surrender and launch a counterattack...

But those who have the last laugh are the hunters.

Therefore, the male bandits believe that they will be the ones to have the last laugh this time!

at the same time.

The female bandit also exuded a strange shadow power from her dark spiritual roots, attempting to transform into a shadow and ambush Lu Zaian again!