Above all spirits

Chapter 481 Pursuit

"You...don't come here!"

The blue-eyed woman's voice trembled with a faint sob, her eyes filled with fear.

She thought she could face death calmly, but that wasn't true. She had fought with all her might to survive, so how could she have been prepared?

With each step Gu Yun took, the blue-eyed woman would crawl backward in a disheveled manner, completely losing her sense of being a demon general.

"If you're afraid, why did you make a move? With your strength, it wouldn't be difficult for you to survive."

Gu Yun's icy voice quietly emerged from behind the blue-eyed woman.

Unbeknownst to her, Gu Yun had already arrived behind her, and there was no black-clad figure in front of her.

The blue-eyed woman shook her head.

"No...it's not..."

Just as she was about to offer an explanation, the sickle that pierced through her body shattered her last hope.

Immediately afterwards, everything went black, and I completely lost all feeling in my body.

Just one hit.

This completely knocked the blue-eyed woman unconscious, and under the [Return to Silence] characteristic of death energy, the end of her life was inevitable.

Gu Yun stared indifferently at the fresh corpse that had been cleaved in two by the black scythe, then took the blue-eyed woman's azure longsword and spatial ring into his hand. After clicking his tongue inwardly, he tossed the spatial ring aside with a look of disgust.

It was destroyed.

I was already moving very quickly.

They really didn't let me get any advantage at all.

Gu Yun stood still, looking down at the two fallen corpses without a trace of pity. Instead, a smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Let me see how much death energy a fresh demon general's death can bring me."

Gu Yun simply waved his hand gently.

Immediately, several strands of black silk seemed to sense something and flowed towards his palm, soon forming a ball of death energy the size of a fist.

However, it feels somewhat hollow.

Gu Yun slightly closed his palm, and the fist-sized ball of death energy was instantly compressed to the size of an eyeball, and its color became much darker as a result.

Gu Yun then grasped the ball of death energy with satisfaction and let it sink into his body.

"Indeed, this is the amount of death energy a being of the Demon General rank should possess."

Just then, Gu Yun changed the subject.

The sound was clear, yet somehow exceptionally clear.

"Would you like to join in too? Why don't you all come together?"

"But it's best to be prepared to die."

The voice just fell.

Several conspicuous auras that were so obvious that they didn't even need to be detected by the Heavenly Demon Emperor's Will vanished instantly without the slightest hesitation.

This brief encounter made almost all the demons remaining in the fifth mountain range understand.

Unless Gu Yun is seriously injured, you must not have any other thoughts.

Gu Yun did not pursue them. He had little interest in provoking others unless they attacked him first. Even though it could increase his death energy, chasing after someone was different from having someone deliver themselves to him; it was too much of a waste of energy.

Let's just wait quietly for three days.

Two actions were enough to deter most of the petty thieves.

Next, let's look for that strange silver-haired woman. With a second-class special spiritual treasure, it shouldn't be too difficult to find her.

If the power of assimilation fails, the cause must be found, and then the loopholes must be patched as much as possible.

Shouldering the black scythe, which could probably withstand two more battles, Gu Yun headed at a moderate pace toward the nearest second-class special spiritual treasure beam.

The Shadow Demon's ability to become ethereal was activated, and Gu Yun's body began to blur.

Unimpeded journey.

Soon, Gu Yun arrived at the place indicated by the beam of light, and familiar faces came into view.

Unfortunately, it wasn't that silver-haired woman.

Instead, it was those two demon generals who had been chasing the silver-haired woman.

One has a long tail.

A joint was covered in gray thorns.

At this moment, the two demons were sitting back to back on a rock, and the source of the beam of light was the small bronze mirror in the long-tailed demon's hand.

They appeared to be resting, but in reality, they were on high alert, constantly vigilant of their surroundings, a fact confirmed by Gu Yun's arrival.

The moment Gu Yun appeared, the two demons simultaneously faced him, adopting a battle-ready stance.

The long-tailed demon looked at Gu Yun warily and spoke first to confirm Gu Yun's purpose.

"Please stop here. There is no reason for us to have a conflict, but if we get any closer, we will have to consider you an opponent."

Seeing this, Gu Yun smiled and took another step closer.

The long-tailed demon was stunned for a moment, then its expression changed immediately. With an ugly look on its face, it took out a spiritual treasure, a deep purple scimitar, and its entire body was surging with soul essence.

Seeing this, the gray spike demon beside him also expanded its gray spikes all over its body, staring intently at Gu Yun. It seemed that this was its weapon, and perhaps also its way of fighting.

Gu Yun shrugged. In contrast to their tension, he simply jumped onto an ancient tree and casually sat on a branch.

He chuckled as he looked at the two demons below who immediately followed his lead and changed direction.

"Alright, relax. I'm not here to fight you."

Despite Gu Yun's explanation, the two demons remained unmoved, clearly not trusting him.

Gu Yun continued helplessly.

"I'm only here to ask you one question."

At this moment, the long-tailed demon below finally responded. It seemed that he did not want to have a conflict with Gu Yun. Given the enemy's strength and his own weakness, he chose to compromise.

"what is the problem?"

"Now that you have a second-grade special spiritual treasure, it proves that you should have caught up with that silver-haired woman. Do you know which direction she went?"

The long-tailed demon frowned, seemingly pondering why Gu Yun asked the question, but ultimately couldn't come up with a reason. Since it wasn't a particularly private question, he shook his head and answered truthfully.

"I don't know. We found this special magical artifact while chasing her. We probably gave it up to save our lives."

"After obtaining this special spiritual treasure, we did not continue the pursuit; it was only for this trial."

"Moreover, without the guidance of a special spiritual treasure, finding a demon is not easy."

Gu Yun nodded, not surprised by the answer.

"Let me rephrase the question: Where did you chase us from?"

Before the Longtail Demon could respond, the Graythorn Demon raised its right hand first, turned sideways and pointed in only one direction, and said.

“We chased after them from there.”

Gu Yun glanced in the direction the Gray Thorn Demon was pointing and indeed found a passageway with obvious signs of a path being cleared. He then pondered for a while.

Aside from the direction from which we came, the direction from which they came, and the direction from which the conflict originally occurred.

There are very few remaining directions.

Gu Yun took a deep breath and looked somewhat gloomily at the mountain range where Xue Lingjian and Prince Huang Li were located.

He really didn't want to come into contact with those two demons unless absolutely necessary, especially Xue Lingjian.

Although he harbored some hostility towards Xue Lingjian because of An Ran, it was not enough for him to rashly take action against him.

Gu Yun is very rational as long as it doesn't involve Yunyin.

His relationship with An Ran wasn't that deep.

His actions were solely for the purpose of saving Anran.

Rather than seeking revenge for Anran.

Killing Feng Qiao was merely to avoid future trouble.