There is nowhere to hide on the grasslands outside, so running away is the best course of action now.
This is not the time for a decisive battle, so we must avoid encountering them as much as possible, with the primary objective being to retrieve the Wind Vortex Stone and Yog.
"Firsa, you go to the destination first, I'll hold him off."
Jelu's suggestion was unexpected, and he immediately refused: "No, we have to go together!"
Philsa recalled the time she was separated from her companions, one of whom disappeared without a trace, and the other was attacked and fell to the ground.
Going their separate ways was never auspicious for him.
Jielu shook her head, took a few steps back, and stubbornly retorted, "I can manage on my own."
“They outnumber us, you can’t fight them head-on. Besides, even if you were just facing the leader of the Midnight Slayers, you wouldn’t be a match for him! Listen to me, let’s go!” There was no time for them to argue any further, Philsa urged anxiously.
"I... can't run anymore." Jielu lowered her head quietly, her voice growing weaker.
The sound of hooves drew closer. There was no time to lose, and Philsa understood her companion's situation. But still unable to fathom why she couldn't run, he took her hand and scooped her up in his arms.
Jielu was startled by her companion's sudden action: "You?"
"—Magic Unleashed!"
"No! Your magic hasn't recovered yet!"
Felsa, holding the struggling Jelu, was enveloped in a burst of aurora. They instantly transformed into shooting stars and began their escape.
Although he was carrying his companion, his speed remained unchanged, just as it had been during battle—because he had paid the price of double the magic power. After a while, Jelu dared not struggle any longer, for fear of slowing him down.
Red Blade witnessed the aurora bursting forth from afar and knew that its prey had sensed the movement and was already running away.
He immediately spurred his horse on, urging it to run at top speed and break away from his colleagues' ranks, deciding to pursue the prey alone.
He had previously received the bad news from the thin blade.
Xu Ren, a colleague he had known for a long time and who had shared many hardships with, was tragically killed by the chaotic swords of the Ice Felsa.
His blade was broken into several pieces, nowhere to be found. It is said that he had no intact skin on his body, covered in blood and wounds, and his death was too gruesome to behold.
"Once I catch my prey, I will go and offer sacrifices to you."
Unforgivable. Unforgivable.
With that thought, Red Blade unleashed his magic without realizing it, turning his entire body a fiery red.
He even injected some of it into his own horse, causing it to run wildly for a short period of time.
A crimson meteor streaked across the lush green grassland, its target the aurora borealis flying in the sky.
Two beams of magical light ripped through the seam between the earth and the sky, as if a competition was taking place, a contest between hunter and prey. It was as if the curtain of dawn had been drawn back by the two of them.
Red Blade closed in, whipping his horse relentlessly, and the distance between them shortened. Red Blade's killing intent had already spread behind them.
Only a dozen seconds had passed when Philsa began to slow down, but he still pressed on relentlessly.
Red Blade was about to catch up with Philsa and Gerlu, but the horse beneath him could no longer withstand its master's immense magical power, and its swift hooves left a trail of blood along the way.
The horse was neighing desperately, which Philsa could hear very clearly. This meant that Red Blade was not far away and was biting its tail.
Red Blade awaits the moment its prey is exhausted and falls to the ground. That will be the prey's death.
As the distance continued to close, he realized that Felsa of the Arctic Ice was not fleeing alone, but was carrying someone else. He then mocked, "Hey! You're about to die, and you still want to bring your so-called companion with you."
Aurora did not turn back, but continued to gaze ahead, though its stamina was no longer sufficient to meet its desire to accelerate.
Red Blade is now on par with Philsa.
His horse had long since pushed itself to its limits and was even dead; its running limbs were entirely controlled by the magic of the red blade.
The meteor hurtling across the ground was half magical, half stained with horse blood. Red Blade, utterly disregarding the horse's life, drove it on a wild, untamed charge, declaring, "You can't escape my grasp!"
Philsa shouted to interrupt, and at the same time his magic was exhausted, but he and Jelu did not fall down and continued to fly at high speed.
From that moment on, Philsa began to sustain himself by consuming magical blood.
He immediately felt his veins about to burst, his blood boiling and roaring, almost out of control.
Jielu held her companion tightly, keeping a close eye on what was behind her, mentally preparing herself to get down on the ground and fight at any moment.
At this moment, the Aurora Meteor's speed increased to a new level, becoming even more dazzling, comparable to the rising sun. Philsa once again left the Red Blade trailing behind.
In the distance ahead, there is a sheer cliff.
Getting closer, one could see that it was a huge crack, dozens of meters away from the opposite cliff. Unless the Red-Blade Horse had wings, it would be impossible for it to cross it.
Therefore, Philsa only needs to hold out until he flies to the other side and lands to escape completely—however, whether his demonic blood can last until then is a question.
Even Philsa himself didn't have much hope of winning.
Below the cliff is undoubtedly a bottomless abyss.
Red Blade also spotted the precipice ahead and guessed Philsa's current situation, shouting, "Aren't you going to drop your baggage? You'd rather die than abandon your companions?"
What follows is a life-or-death struggle atop the abyss.
The aurora borealis shot out from the edge of the cliff, pointing towards the opposite shore;
At the same time, Hongren urged his horse to suddenly push off the ground, leaping into the air and smashing past the enemy.
The aurora on Philsa's body suddenly faded completely, and he could no longer control the demonic blood. At that moment, he and Jelu were suspended in mid-air, unable to touch the opposite cliff.
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