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"Who is it? Have they gone mad?"

The woman’s deadpan voice carried a hint of panic, "Dare to openly use Extraordinary Techniques here!"

"Divine Wind Technique... It can only be her... That lunatic..." The voice of the Murong Family Head, Murong Yuntian, also held a tinge of fear.

Chen Qing looked up and saw that Shen Qi to his side had clearly lost his previous calm, his fists clenched so tightly that his fingernails were digging deep into his flesh!

"What’s happening?" Chen Qing’s voice was calm, and he didn’t rush to rescue anyone right away but instead asked about the situation.

"There’s no time to explain, let’s just get as far away as we can..." Murong Yuntian snapped coldly, leading the way and running towards a dark corner, not daring to use the slightest Technique along the way, as if he were afraid of encountering something.

The woman hurried to follow, and Chen Qing slightly rubbed his fingers, a flash of blue light in his eyes as he quickly followed suit.

"That lunatic... wants to drag everyone here down with her!" Murong Yuntian said as he ran.

Beiyu Yan, running alongside them, didn’t understand what he meant, but immediately after hearing the continuous screams coming from afar, she was shocked and her scalp tightened, hurriedly running for her life.

In truth, all four of them knew that among the five people there, the Lady of Bei Yu, as a mere mortal, was actually the safest.

As for the distant screams, Chen Qing hardly needed to guess to know what was going on.

Clearly, Murong Yunji had been poisoned and was probably at the point where she could no longer endure it, forced to use her Extraordinary Power to force out the poison!

In the King Xiang Palace, with the cover of darkness, the Spirit Ghost would not easily approach, as there was an aura here that frightened it. However, if you blatantly use Extraordinary Power, you won’t be able to hide here either.

Murong Yunji knew this too. She might not be smart, but she wasn’t dumb either; obviously, the life-and-death crisis had shown her the only way to survive!

At this moment, within the vast and magnificent hall, blue light streaked everywhere, and angry curses filled the air, but before anyone could retalize, screams rose one after another as countless people were bitten and lost their heads or half of their bodies, their blood and entrails scattered all around.

Everyone wanted to avoid that lunatic, but no one could; after all, there was hardly anyone in this era who could outpace the Divine Wind...

Murong Yunji’s method was simple: she would randomly attack a passerby with her speed, forcing them to use their Extraordinary Power to fight back!

Those who could enter this place were all experts, and any Magician or bloodline Warrior who retaliated would be targeted in the next second, just like Murong Yunji.

The faster Murong Yunji, who was now also a target, naturally survived.

She might not be faster than the Spirit Ghost lurking in the shadows and feasting on humans, but as long as she was faster than the others around her, that was enough.

She kept trying, continuously dragging people into the fray. As long as she could find someone who could slightly tangle with the creature in the dark, and grant her a few moments, she would be able to hide again in the darkness. Maybe she could escape disaster.

After all, because of the black lights, it seemed that no matter how sharp one’s vision or sense of smell was, it couldn’t extend beyond a kilometer. And if the distance was pulled far enough, there was a chance to escape the pursuer.

This was her only chance to live.

But to others, she was a lunatic, an utterly despicable lunatic!

However, cursing her at this point was useless; no one could make the lunatic stop. One could only keep praying she wouldn’t set her sights on oneself.

And yet, they couldn’t use their Techniques to scatter and run away for fear of being directly targeted.

"My lord, what do we do?"

Shen Qi’s voice was tinged with urgency. He rarely sounded so anxious when seeking help, but after all, that was Murong Yunji.

Chen Qing twitched his mouth and said in a low voice, "Force out the poison!"

"Force out the poison?"

Shen Qi was startled at first, but then he immediately realized the truth.

Yes, now was indeed the best chance. Before, they had not dared to force out the poison because they were unsure of the creature’s location, but now they knew for certain.

Moreover, with other people constantly attracting the creature’s attention, forcing the poison out now was the best opportunity!

But still, Shen Qi felt a slight sinking feeling in his heart. Indeed, this moment was the best time to force out the poison, but... it was an opportunity bought with Murong Yunji’s life.

Maybe he shouldn’t be so harsh. After all, doing this now was indeed the most beneficial action. If it weren’t for Murong Yunji, he probably wouldn’t hesitate at all.

But unfortunately... it was her!

Without hesitation, Shen Qi ran towards Murong Yunji.

But he had only taken one step when Chen Qing placed a hand on him, "Force out the poison, we’ll save her once it’s out."

Shen Qi paused slightly, unsure whether Chen Qing was setting him up, because it seemed that the monster was an unsolvable problem. Would he really go and save her?

With no time to spare, Shen Qi could only muster his spiritual power under Chen Qing’s intense gaze and began to force the poison out.

As they did so, Murong Yuntian and the woman by his side were taken aback.

"You’ve also been poisoned?"

Also....

Chen Qing glanced at the two, said nothing, but he had already made a judgment in his mind, that these two were likely not the masterminds, but rather pawns in this deadly setup.

"Yes... Force out the poison!"

The two also snapped to their senses. Right, with the creature distracted, when else should they try to eliminate the poison if not now?

Thus, the four of them together activated their spiritual power and began purging the poison from their bodies.

The moment they started, the murderous creature in the distance slowed down a beat.

"Run east!"

At that moment, Murong Yunji’s movements, as she attacked her next target, briefly stiffened, but it lasted only an instant. Without hesitation, she unleashed all her power, turning into a streak of blue light as she sped to the east.

And in that same instant, Chen Qing did not hesitate to grab Shen Qi, transmitting a message: "Withdraw your spiritual power!"

Shen Qi’s reaction was extremely fast. Although he didn’t understand why Chen Qing would ask him to withdraw his spirit power while they were halfway through forcing out the poison, he nearly subconsciously trusted Chen Qing and withdrew his spiritual power.

Immediately a strong gust of wind arose, and Chen Qing pulled him up and they sped off to the west!

Murong Yuntian and the woman left behind were stunned, and by the time they realized what was happening, it was too late! Almost the instant Chen Qing vanished, the two of them were bitten in half...

Blood and flesh were strewn across the ground in an instant. Bei Yu Yan, who had been with the group, sat dumbfounded on the ground, her body shaking with fear, completely clueless as to what had just happened!

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A thousand meters away in a dark corner, Chen Qing, gripping Shen Qi, hid behind a pillar, motionless. Even now, his face was pale, his hands trembled, and his eyes were closed as he awaited something.

One breath... two breaths... three breaths...

There was no movement, but Chen Qing remained rigid, and sweat continued to drip onto the ground.

This was probably the most uncertain he had been since his transference, as well as the closest he had been to death!

The Spirit Ghost was not an intelligent program but rather a simple response-based program because if it were programmed with intelligence, the creature would have its own logic, making such a bug-ridden monster too challenging to counter.

Thus, it could only be a response-based program devoid of emotions.

Devoid of emotions meant that its judgment was rigid and its decision-making logic very simple.

As it happened, he was the one who had written the code for this monster!

He knew the monster’s offensive logic well. First, it would prioritize attacking the closest source of extraordinary power, and if it encountered two sources of extraordinary power together, it would go after the one that was easier to catch.

This was the reason Murong Yunji had managed to survive up to now. With her speed being fast enough, as long as she could continually find targets, she could keep finding scapegoats to replace herself.

Above this program logic was another layer: if there were two sources of extraordinary power in different directions, the priority would be given to the larger number. He had prompted Shen Qi to activate his spiritual power to force out the poison precisely to lure the other two to do the same.

In fact, he was not certain whether Murong Yuntian and the other woman had been poisoned; it was just a gamble.

It didn’t matter if he lost the bet because the monster would follow the closest principle.

If they did not activate multiple sources of extraordinary power simultaneously here, they could not attract the monster to abandon Murong Yunji and attack them instead.

The worst-case scenario would be that Murong Yunji continued to be harassed or even killed, but at least they could detoxify themselves, which wouldn’t be too much of a loss.

But if the bet paid off, and Murong Yuntian and the woman were also poisoned and began forcing out the poison like they did, then there would be a chance to save Murong Yunji.

This was why, the moment he saw them forcing the poison out, Chen Qing promptly dragged Shen Qi away to escape.

He didn’t remember the monster’s speed, but he estimated it would not be faster than the Divine Wind Technique, at best on par with it, otherwise, Murong Yunji would not have been able to hold on for so long.

As long as he anticipated that the monster would be attracted, and pre-emptively retreated, even if the monster only stayed with Murong Yuntian and the other for a mere 0. 1 seconds.

With their rapid departure, they could take Shen Qi to a distance of at least a thousand meters.

And here, shrouded under darkness, neither vision nor smell could extend beyond a thousand meters. This meant that as long as they got out of that range and concealed their spiritual power, they could re-enter the Spirit Ghost’s blind spot for detection.

Having not been killed after three breaths, Chen Qing almost didn’t need to look back to guess that everything was likely going according to his plans.

But still... the crisis was not over!

If they were unlucky, both he and Shen Qi could still die here...