Squeak squeak squeak—squeak squeak squeak—

In the distance, other Yin Fire demon bats also heard the rescue signal from the young Yin Fire demon bat. They hurriedly made piercing sounds and rushed in this direction.

The noise grew increasingly clamorous, attracting the attention of more Yin Fire demon bats.

As for Gu Yuan, he had already swiftly started on his way to the cave of the Yin Fire demon bat king right after he took action.

At this moment, the cave here became noticeably emptier, with quite a large number of Yin Fire demon bats drawn away by the young bat’s rescue signal, leaving only a few remaining, including the Yin Fire demon bat king.

Now, the Yin Fire demon bat king remained hanging upside down, motionless, still in slumber.

As for Gu Yuan, he swiftly flew toward the location of the elemental iron.

Under the cover of his Dreamlike ability and Eternal Divine Escape, his whole body was not obvious in flight, making him difficult to detect.

But the problem was, to take that block of elemental iron would surely cause a considerable commotion.

About this, Gu Yuan hesitated not in the least, raising his hand to strike the grinding-disc-sized elemental iron with his palm.

Not only was Gu Yuan an Immortal Cultivator, but also a genuine Body Cultivator.

Every move he made contained immense power. Without deliberately restraining his strength, each palm strike or punch could fracture mountains.

Hence, under this palm of Gu Yuan’s, the entire underground cave shook and trembled violently like an earth dragon turning over.

Rumble!!! Rumble!!!

The noise was so immense, it was earth-shattering and deafening!

Not only the cave, but other areas within a few hundred miles were also affected to some degree.

As for the elemental iron in front of Gu Yuan, originally embedded in stone, it was directly dislodged with Gu Yuan’s palm.

Centered on the elemental iron, cracks spread rapidly around like a spider’s web.

Wisps of smoke began to emerge from the cracks. Obviously, Gu Yuan’s palm seemed to have disturbed a certain balance, and the seething magma beneath was about to erupt.

Regarding the Yin Fire demon bats inside the cave, they were already awakened by the earlier commotion, screeching and flapping chaotically, some even noticing Gu Yuan and began lunging towards him.

Especially the Yin Fire demon bat king, now opening its eyes, revealing a cold and fierce gleam, uttering a piercing screech distinct from the others, locking its gaze onto Gu Yuan.

It violently flapped its wings, preparing to dive towards him.

Gu Yuan’s face twitched fiercely, and he immediately stored the elemental iron into his storage pouch, then without a word, turned and fled!

At this moment, Gu Yuan still remained in an invisible state.

But because of his prior actions, he caused thick smoke to permeate, wherever he moved, the smoke rolled turbulently, making his presence quite noticeable.

In this instant, Gu Yuan couldn’t be bothered to stay low-key any longer, directly deploying the Eternal Divine Escape.

His entire body became enveloped in a faint silver light, then...

Swish!!!

With a sound reminiscent of a butterfly flapping its wings, Gu Yuan vanished from the cave, leaving the attacking Yin Fire demon bats fruitlessly swinging into empty air.

Even the Yin Fire demon bat king was just shy of touching Gu Yuan before losing track of him.

However, as the king of the Yin Fire demon bats in this region, it wouldn’t be so simple.

It flapped its wings, emitting a strange call, a sound like rings of transparent, invisible ripples spreading across thousands of miles, then quickly being perceived by it.

In the next moment, it sensed Gu Yuan’s presence far away, already several hundred miles out and moving rapidly.

Regarding this, the Yin Fire demon bat king naturally could not remain indifferent. Seeing its usual resting cave reduced to a sea of lava and flames, already destroyed, with even some of its kin affected and injured, it flapped its wings to fly towards Gu Yuan’s direction.

Though Gu Yuan’s speed was swift, the bat king’s speed wasn’t far behind, its massive form slicing through the sky, leaving a long white trail.

...

On the other side, although Gu Yuan had escaped from the cave, he didn’t relax a bit, continuing to perform the Eternal Divine Escape, fleeing madly in the direction he came from.

Because he had already sensed that the damned Yin Fire demon bat king was chasing up.

"This damned beast... truly a tough piece! Damn it, is it refusing to give up?!"

He changed direction several times, yet the Yin Fire demon bat king behind him persistently continued its chase, which made Gu Yuan quite frustrated.

Even though the speed of his Eternal Divine Escape was incredibly fast, the speed of the Yin Fire demon bat king wasn’t slow either.

The speed of Yin Fire demon bats was exceptionally fast, let alone this king among them, its speed was ten times faster than ordinary ones!

Even if its Escape Technique wasn’t a Great Divine Technique, it likely surpassed the range of top-grade divine techniques.

Furthermore, all I did was take a piece of rock, didn’t kill the bat king’s parents, nor played the minotaur, so why is it pursuing relentlessly?

Gu Yuan internally railed furiously.

Fortunately, his cultivation was profound, with the Eternal Divine Escape, he could still manage, at least for two or three hours without issue.

And two hours was enough for him to retrace his path and escape this underground sea of fire.

Following that, it was a pursuit between one human and one bat.

Gu Yuan utilized the Dreamlike ability several times to interfere.

But this Yin Fire demon bat king’s divine techniques and physique were quite special, even if it really lost track of Gu Yuan, it just needed to howl loudly and could quickly find his trail again.

This left Gu Yuan rather helpless, but also sparked a rage within him.

This was the first time he encountered such a persistent adversary. He might possibly fight it off, but the problem was, the opponent was too fast, had substantial defense, and possessed various divine techniques. Engaging would not guarantee quick success.

On the contrary, the herd of Yin Fire demon bats might catch up, overwhelming with numbers.

So directly confronting wasn’t a wise choice.

As for using wit...

Though this Yin Fire demon bat king had a beast’s body, it wasn’t a mindless fool, just not easily deceived.

Gu Yuan’s only advantage now was that his Eternal Divine Escape was very fast, making it temporarily impossible for the opponent to catch up, but reverse hunting it wasn’t quite feasible either.

Forget it, the exit shouldn’t be far now, by that time I’ll just head out, not believing this beast would dare chase out directly.