Chapter 1063: A Painful Lesson (1/2)

In another place in the starry river that was tens of thousands of kilometers away.

Eyes red with fury, He Lianxiong looked back repeatedly.

Numerous clusters of Domain-corroding Flames were pursuing him like shadows that showed up wherever he went.

Behind the whizzing Domain-corroding Flames, a Fiend called out from time to time, as if to give orders.

POOH!

Boiling lava flew out of the long sleeve of a late Saint domain subordinate of He Lianxiong.

His name was Shen Jing. He had followed He Lianxiong for many years, and was his strongest subordinate.

As a master of flame power, he practiced incantations that were closely related to earthflame.

For this reason, there was an erupting volcano in the depths of his flame domain. It was the lava it had provided that had helped He Lianxiong burst through the Fiend’s blockade.

“I only have two subordinates left. All the others have died at the Fiends’ hands!” He Lianxiong howled painfully, fighting his urge to turn around and perish together with the pursuing Fiends.

However, he understood that, given his current strength, if he stayed and fought the Fiends, the only result would be him dying in the Domain of Heaven’s Origin. Even his body might be looted by the Fiends and considered a battle trophy.

He had never expected that he would be ambushed by a group of powerful Fiends led by the Poisoner on his way to help Hou Chulan after receiving Ruan Qingliu’s message.

Lamson, the Poisoner, was a late ninth grade Fiend grand patriarch.

Upon encountering them, Lamson had unleashed Domain-corroding Flames on his subordinates.

Everyone’s domain was poisoned by the bizarre flames. Even Shen Jing couldn’t help everyone get rid of the flames under Lamson and the other Fiends’ storm of attacks.

As a result, his subordinates had suffered heavy casualties.

He, Shen Jing, and another named Xu Yi, who was a middle Saint domain expert in metal power, were the only ones that had managed to burst through the Fiends’ blockade and escape.

Even so, Lamson, the Poisoner, pursued them unrelentingly, manipulating the Domain-corroding Flames.

“Master!” Shen Jing sent him a soul message. “I’m about to run out of lava. You should go join the Divine Daughter of the wood element sect. I’ll buy you as much time as possible.”

Heart burning with anxiety, Xu Yi also urged him through soul messages, “Go, Master!”

He Lianxiong fell silent.

At this moment, the pursuing Domain-corroding Flames suddenly streamed back to Lamson, the Poisoner, and vanished into a green vessel in his palm like baby swallows returning to their nest.

Then, Lamson raised his hand, ordering something in their own language.

In the next moment, all of the pursuing Fiends came to a sudden stop and fixed him with confused looks.

From a few hundred meters behind, Lamson fixed his icy eyes on He Lianxiong for a few seconds before saying in their language, “Let’s go back.”

After giving the order, he turned around and left, without giving any explanations.

His subordinates went blank for a brief moment before leaving reluctantly as well, giving up on pursuing He Lianxiong and his remaining subordinates.

Enveloped in his flame domain, Shen Jing watched the Poisoner leave with his people. Surprised and confused, he asked, “What’s happening? What are they doing? Lamson must be able to tell that I’m about to run out of lava. If they continued to pursue us, it wouldn’t be long before the Domain-corroding Flames got all of us. I don’t understand why they chose to leave now.”

Xu Yi was also baffled, floating in his domain that was shining with golden light.

He Lianxiong let out a sigh of relief. “Fiends are a peculiar people. I don’t know what they’re doing either.”

RING! RING!

At that moment, a silver bracelet on He Lianxiong’s wrist gave rise to a series of rapid rings.

Shen Jing’s eyes lit up. “Finally... We’re finally in touch with Ruan Qingliu again!”

The silver bracelet was a Sound Bracelet forged by experts of the Void Spirit Society. Its spatial wonders allowed those who held them to communicate with each other, even if they were traveling in the starry river.

Since they were very expensive, very few people possessed them, even among the experts from the four great sects.

Earlier, when He Lianxiong and his people had first started running, he had made repeated attempts to reach Ruan Qingliu via his Sound Bracelet, but failed.