Fugitive running for life seeking asylum

  "That's utterly absurd!"

  Upon hearing Li Ke's voice, the old man in brocade clothes let out a cold hum in his heart. He would never believe that three years later, Li Ke could surpass the young generation of the Five Great Divine Armies and the Ancient Clans.

  Not to mention Li Ke's abilities, just his red seventh-grade soul alone has already determined his future achievements on the Divine Arms Continent. Without powerful cultivation resources and against-the-sky elixirs, it is very likely that he will not be able to break through to the Transformation Realm in his lifetime.

  Divine Warrior Ancient Clan, the five clans' martial arts competition, young generation, all under 30 years old, even the weakest are Shape-Shifting Realm Masters, three years later, it's possible for Transcendent Realm's peerless experts to emerge.

  And Li Ke, three years later, is likely still a master of the Refining Soldier realm.

  The outcome of refining soldiers and opposing shapes is naturally self-evident.

  "Miss, let's go too!"

  The old man in brocade clothes looked at Zhong Qing with a gentle and amiable face, his eyes slightly raised, and said softly.

  "Ah!"

  Zhong Qing nodded, and with Li Ke's words, she naturally didn't have any more reason to stay. This time on the trip to Ba Zhou, although she was reluctant in a thousand ways, but now the result made her feel it was worth it.

  Because she knew Li Ke!

  "Haha!"

  After getting Zhong Qing's consent, the old man in brocade clothes revealed a faint cold smile on his face. He stepped into the void and under his feet, the green divine soldier's power slowly dissipated, transforming into an ancient zither. The zither flowed like water, drifting and floating, surging towards Zhong Qing's feet.

  "Run!"

  The old man in brocade robes let out a low shout, and with a wave of his hand, the soldier's soul rose up, carrying Zhong Qing with him as he broke through the air and departed.

  "Lin Lao, why didn't you kill that person and the metal beast?" The speed of the master of Tongxuan realm was incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the Hanshui Mountains. Under the clear sky, Zhong Qing furrowed her brow anxiously and asked, obviously she wanted to kill the middle-aged man from Jinguang Gate and the steel-grade metal beast Xue Nuo Shi to help Li Ke out of trouble.

  "It's just an ant, is it worth me taking action?"

  The old man in brocade clothes smiled faintly, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, and the imperial guards' speed increased even more. In the blink of an eye, they had left the Hanshui region.

  "You!"

  Infatuated and furious, yet also helpless, can only anxiously stamp feet.

  ……

  In the Hanshui Mountains.

  The golden-robed elder Qiu Fa of the Golden Light Gate watched as the brocade-robed old man vanished into thin air, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, suddenly relaxed, letting out a long sigh of relief, thinking to himself: "It's all right, it's all right!"

  But...

  Behind him, the Blood Steel Furious Lion also relaxed, its bloody eyes turning towards Qiu Fa.

  "Ahh!"

  A loud roar, a fierce and overbearing aura burst forth in all directions. The Blood Steel Furious Lion's five-meter-long body rapidly unfolded, transforming into a blood-red tornado that sped by with incredible velocity. In an instant, a strong gust of wind swept through the dense forest, sending sand and rocks flying everywhere. Some small trees and grasses were uprooted and sucked into the blood-red tornado.

  "Whoa! I forgot you were here!"

  Qiu Fa was shocked and hastily unfolded his body technique, searching for Li Ke's direction as he flew out quickly, closely following after him.

  "Damn it! We've lost big time, we can only bring you this stinky little brat now!" Qiu Fa sighed deeply in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it. Who would have thought that halfway through their journey, a terrifyingly powerful old man in brocade clothes would suddenly appear, bringing with him infatuation, and now they were left with only him and Li Ke.

  As he rushed along, Qiu Fa gradually caught sight of Li Ke's figure.

  "Haha! Kid, you've escaped?"

  As soon as he saw Li Ke's figure, Qiu Fa burst out laughing. After a great deal of turmoil, now his heart only thought that being able to die with Li Ke was the most pleasant thing.

  "Damn it!"

  Li Ke naturally sensed the two strong auras behind him, and when he turned around, it wasn't the middle-aged man from the Golden Light Gate and the Steel-grade Metal Beast Bloodsteel Furious Lion who else could it be. He cursed under his breath, originally thinking that the old man in brocade clothes would at least take action to kill the middle-aged man and the Bloodsteel Furious Lion who wanted to kill Zhong Qing, but unexpectedly, that old fellow actually still wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone.

  Let him die in the Cold Spring Mountains.

  "Damn it! The old thing is going to die! Its heart can be exterminated!"

  In Li Ke's eyes, a cold light flashed fiercely. It was not suitable to delay, so he immediately activated the power of Shen Bing with all his might. With a burst of speed from his feet, white shadows flashed continuously, like a white dragon flying out.

  "Boom! Boom!"...

  Li Ke and Qiu Fa's bodies were left behind, the Blood Steel Furious Lion went crazy, running wildly, trees were knocked down along the way, and huge rocks rolled all over.

  Run!

  Run for your life!

  Whether it was the middle-aged man of Golden Light Gate or the Blood Steel Furious Lion, Li Ke was not their opponent. He knew that if he faced the seven-layered middle-aged man of Lianbing Realm alone, he still had a chance to escape; but facing the steel-grade metal beast Blood Steel Furious Lion, even if Li Ke's cultivation reached the ninth layer of Lianbing Realm and his martial soul was refined into nine segments, he was not an opponent for the Blood Steel Furious Lion.

  Steel-grade metal beasts are no longer something that can be dealt with at the Refining Soldier boundary.

  Without the blessing of true energy, a soldier's soul is fundamentally unable to inflict damage on a steel-grade metal beast. Only when one's skills reach the realm of transformation and their soldier's soul manifests true energy, gaining spirituality, can they have the opportunity to contend with a steel-grade metal beast.

  The Nine Dragons Transformation Technique had been cultivated by Li Ke to the extreme, and when he exerted his full strength, it was as if nine white dragons were unleashed, with each step creating a new landscape, each step summoning a true dragon. The dragon's shadow flickered, and in the blink of an eye, he had already leapt out dozens of meters.

  The faster you go, the sooner you will enter the central region of the Cold Spring Mountains.

  The surrounding ancient trees grew taller and more majestic, the old vines danced in the air, the rocks became enormous, and the atmosphere around them also became vast and mighty, as if they had fallen into a desperate situation.

  "Not good, we've gone too deep into the heart of the Cold Spring Mountains!"

  Li Kexin was shocked, the central area of the Hanshui Mountains was fraught with danger, but the most dangerous place was the very center. It was said that at the center of the Hanshui Mountains, there was an ancient mountain peak that all metal beasts wanted to occupy.

  "Upon arriving at this place, it's highly likely that other metal beasts will appear! Iron-tier top-grade, or even Steel-tier!" Li Ke knew that from here on out, the danger wasn't just the middle-aged man and the Blood Steel Lion behind him, but also many other powerful metal beasts.

  "Ahh!"

  Blood Steel Furious Lion naturally knew that he had arrived at the central location of the Cold Spring Mountains, and suddenly let out a loud roar. His entire body's aura surged forth violently, wanting to intimidate the other metal beasts so they wouldn't dare come out and snatch his food.

  But reality is not what Xue Gang Nu Shi thought it would be.

  "What a strong aura!"

  Just then, Li Ke suddenly sensed another powerful aura rushing towards him.

  "Roar!"

  Then, a black shadow suddenly appeared from the dense forest next to it, and with an unimaginable speed, it bit down on the middle-aged man in front of the Golden Light Gate. Everything happened so fast that even Li Ke hadn't reacted yet, the middle-aged man was swallowed up.

  In the dense forest, only the middle-aged man's two legs were still running, and his entire body and head were immediately swallowed up by the black shadow, with blood splattered all over the ground.

  The middle-aged man at the Golden Light Gate didn't even have time to let out a miserable cry.

  "Hiss!"

  The dark shadow swallowed the middle-aged man in the golden light, and its massive body suddenly stopped and turned, stirring up a vast expanse of sand and dust. Its icy eyes fixed on the Blood Steel Furious Lion.

  "Roar!"

  The dark shadow faced the Blood Steel Furious Lion, ferociously roaring.