"Uncle Wolf, are you alright?"
On the way, Little One noticed Su Mu's increasingly labored breathing. At the same time, she also observed Su Mu frequently swallowing a Qi Blood Pill, or even a Third Level Blood Sinking Pill, as if they were candies.
Su Mu shook his head and said nothing.
At a fork in the road, Little One suddenly turned around, her expression dramatically changing, "Uncle Wolf, I, I think I heard it, the alien race... it seems they are following us."
Su Mu looked toward the direction of Yellow Sand Canyon, a hint of regret in his heart. Moments later, he spoke in a deep voice.
"Little One, you continue to flee toward Yellow Sand Canyon, most likely they will chase me, you must do your best to survive."
As he spoke the last few words, Su Mu's voice softened slightly.
"No, Uncle Wolf, let's go together, can we go together?" Little One froze for a moment, then said with a pleading tone, tears welling up in her eyes.
The alien race behind them was catching up, and Zhou Yuan had most likely already perished in battle.
If she were to die, she only wished to die together; Little One had been born lonely, and she didn't want to die lonely.
"We'll split up, both of us still have a chance to survive. Little One, see you at Yellow Sand Canyon." Su Mu turned and sprinted toward the distant mountains, leaving Little One no chance to struggle.
The departing figure of Uncle Wolf overlapped in her mind with Zhou Yuan's. Little One couldn't hold back anymore, clutching her mouth as tears fell like rain, and she began to sob silently.
"Will we really meet again...?"
"No, I have to pull myself together... I can't let Uncle Wolf and Zhou Yuan's sacrifices be in vain, I have to survive!"
Little One wiped away her tears and turned to continue her escape toward Yellow Sand Canyon.
After leaving Little One, Su Mu no longer restrained himself, unleashing his full speed. The wind roared past his face, and the scenery on either side swiftly blurred as he removed the Wolf Fang Ring from his hand.
When Little One spoke, the questions in Su Mu's heart were answered. The reason the alien race could predict their movements wasn't due to the Alien Race Battle Order.
Because by then they had already exceeded the range of the Battle Order, and the alien race shouldn't have been able to accurately locate them in such a short time.
So there was only one possibility, that this Space Ring in his hand was the true culprit.
Although he didn't know what method the alien race used, from the beginning they were actually tracking this Space Ring.
In a flash of blood-red light, a bottle of Alien Race Elixir appeared in Su Mu's hand. With a snap, the porcelain bottle shattered in his grasp, and he forcefully scattered the elixirs in different directions.
Before long, a mountain range shrouded in dense fog loomed into view. Su Mu retrieved from his backpack the pills he had prepared earlier, swallowed them all, and resolutely rushed into the mist.
Not long after, Yida arrived at the fork between the mountains and Yellow Sand Canyon. "Such cunning humans."
Yida naturally saw the footprints leading toward Yellow Sand Canyon and could already guess the group's intention to take the opportunity to circle back to their base camp.
"None of you will escape, let's start with you." Yida sneered and turned to chase in the direction of the mountains. On the way, he paused in his steps, picking up a slightly dark-red elixir from the ground. He glanced around and saw other elixirs scattered on the ground.
"Trying to create a false impression? Or just stalling for time?"
"Unfortunately, it's useless. It's all in vain. Struggle, and the more you struggle, the more excited I become!"
In Yida's eyes, the fleeing Su Mu was undoubtedly prey, and hunting such a cunning prey only heightened his sense of achievement.
Yida ignored the elixirs on the ground and continued his rapid pace toward the mountains. Soon, the same landscape appeared before him, and he used his Secret Technique to confirm that the Blood Fang Ring was indeed within the mountains.
Confidently, he ventured into the thick mist.
Minutes later, Yida keenly sensed a tingling itch spreading across his body, his eyes stung and felt numb. Alarmed, he realized that what enveloped the entire mountain range was not merely fog, but a poisonous miasma.
Yida took out his map and discovered this place was called the Poisonous Miasma Mountain Range, a First Level Resource Point, backed by a sheer cliff, leaving only one path through the mountains to exit.
The most prudent approach would naturally be to lie in wait on the inevitable path outside the mountains, waiting for the cunning humans to succumb to the poisonous miasma or die within the mountains.
But now, he couldn't do so; the Human Race must be hastily repairing the space channel at this moment, and he had no time to spare.
If he failed to complete this mission, once he returned, he would surely face punishment from those two. Given Ray Nanu's temperament, in the future, he would be unable to move an inch within the clan, his pursuit of Martial Arts would come to a halt, and his entire family might be affected.
Timely, the image of Nanu appeared in Yida's mind, making him tremble all over, and he made up his mind.
"No, I must bring back the head and the ring this time."
"It's just a poisonous miasma, what is there to fear!"
Yida held his breath, beginning to mobilize the qi and blood within his body. In a matter of breaths, the qi and blood slowly condensed into a thin blood-colored film on the surface of his body.
"I've not been at the Fifth Level for long, and I'm not yet familiar with the use of Qi Blood Emission, but it's enough."
The miasma was mostly isolated by the qi and blood, and the itchiness instantly subsided greatly. Yida resumed breathing and once again used a secret technique to confirm the prey's location.
He sensed that the prey was still moving, heading deeper into the mountains, but it was not far away.
Yida took down the warhammer from his back and began charging wildly through the forest.
Rewind a bit, after Su Mu took the Anti-Miasma Pill and charged into the Poisonous Miasma Mountain Range, even after consuming an entire bottle of Anti-Miasma Pills, he could still feel a slight erosion all over his body, which delighted Su Mu.
Right now, he needed to race against time, as the intense poisonous miasma was exactly what he needed.
Without hesitation, he headed deeper into the mountains.
Soon after, Su Mu, with some unknown slime on his hands, paused his steps, arriving in front of a relatively hidden dirt pit.
"This place will do."
Between life and death, there is great transformation. After entering the battlefield, Su Mu found himself in an oppressive environment, and the first indications appeared after he ambushed the alien race.
Later, after learning from Zhou Yuan that the space channel failed and that the main camp was annihilated, Su Mu's potential was quietly detonated.
In desperate high-pressure situations, there are only two outcomes for people.
They die in silence, or they explode in silence.
Su Mu belonged to the latter.
The person chasing after him was a Fifth Level Alien Race, possibly even a Fifth Level Bloodline Alien Race, which placed tremendous pressure on Su Mu, to the point of barely being able to catch his breath.
There was no retreat behind Su Mu, but he wanted to live, yearned to make it out alive, because he had promised his wife and daughter.
"Miaomiao, Xiaoyue... please bless me..."
"Wait for me, I will make it out alive!"
Su Mu, trembling all over, applied medicated ointment to eliminate his scent, then buried himself. At this moment, the first bridge within his body was already more than half built, and he still had over half a bottle of Third Level Blood Sinking Pills, seven Second Level Blood Fruits, and two bottles of Qi Blood Pills in his hands.
Su Mu planned to fight with his back against the wall, aiming to breakthrough to a Fourth Level Martial Artist here!
If successful, under the influence of the miasma, there might be a sliver of hope for survival.
...
"Ms. Jiang, Teacher Su is a mentor at our Forging Academy, and is currently in the Forging Room forging weapons. Right now is a special period, Teacher Su is unable to take calls, please understand."
The other end of the call was silent for a moment.
"Director, can I believe what you're saying? Is Su Mu really safe now?"
"Yes, he's fine. In a few days, I can have Teacher Su return your call."
"Thank you, thank you so much."
Ending the call, Jiang Miaomiao gently set down the jade pendant carved with a Buddha statue she had on her chest. She exhaled deeply, her furrowed brow slowly relaxing.
...
"Damn human, just wait, I will tear you to pieces!" Yida's eyes were blood red, increasingly violent. The consumption of Qi Blood Emission was significant, and he was not proficient in using this ability.
As time passed, the deeper he went, the more severe the miasma's erosion became. At the moment, he was burning with heat and pain, his limbs becoming sluggish, and most seriously, his vision had significantly declined.
Yida panted heavily, and thoughts of retreat crossed his mind more than once, but the reaction from the secret technique grew stronger, indicating that the cunning human was right in front of him.
He once again used the secret technique, and the Blood Fang Ring on his hand trembled incessantly. Yida's face turned ecstatic; this meant the target was just ahead and seemed to have given up struggling, no longer circling but stopping in place.
"It seems the antidote is exhausted, now I've got you!"
"I will drink your blood, dig out your eyes, and cut off your head!"
Yida took a big stride forward, swinging the warhammer to completely destroy several large shrubs, each as thick as a person's embrace, in front of him. With a loud crash, a clearing was opened in the dense forest.
Yida's gaze fell on a dirt pit not far away.
In the pit lay a giant lizard spewing white foam, bloodshot eyes, limbs twitching...