The Blood Snake's mind quickly thought of a way to deal with the situation.

It swiftly moved behind the Demon Stone, its body emitting bursts of bright light as it strengthened its external Defensive Light Shield.

A loud boom vibrated the entire Blood Lake.

Duan Gujin involuntarily gasped when he saw that his powerful punch landed on the Demon Stone.

"That Blood Snake's reaction speed is so fast!"

He immediately understood that the Blood Snake had used the Demon Stone as a shield to block his punch.

He originally thought that if his punch couldn't hit the Blood Snake, then the Flying Knives he emitted could stab it.

However, to his surprise, he saw that all the Flying Knives he launched hit the Demon Stone and eventually fell to the ground.

He intended to recall the Flying Knives controlled by his Divine Soul back to his side, but unexpectedly, the knives were no longer under his control.

"So that Blood Snake is that terrifying!"

Duan Gujin's eyes flickered as he realized he had completely underestimated the Blood Snake's Combat Power.

However, the Blood Snake had yet to attack him, and his Divine Sense Inspection did not detect any other Blood Snakes nearby, which made Duan Gujin hesitate.

For a moment, he couldn't decide whether to flee immediately or wait to see the situation with the Blood Snake before making a decision.

He quickly released the Primordial Power in his mouth, allowing the drop of Ten-thousand-year-old Divine Milk he had previously consumed to enter his lower abdomen.

Moments later, a warmth rose in his lower abdomen, and a strong heat flowed into his body, nourishing his Body and restoring the consumed Primordial Power and Spiritual Power.

The Blood Snake's eyes were fixed dead ahead on Duan Gujin, even though it had just used the Demon Stone to block Duan Gujin's heavy punch and Flying Knives.

But the Demon Stone had become even more unstable now and even appeared to be violent, making it start to lose control over the stone.

Its complexion turned pale, feeling more and more like the Demon Stone was about to explode.

Duan Gujin did not leave immediately; his strength had returned to its Peak condition, his Divine Sense constantly focused on the Blood Snake in front, and his mind swiftly spinning as he pondered how to deal with the Blood Snake before him.

"That Blood Snake must value that Demon Stone highly!"

However, after pondering for a while, Duan Gujin couldn't think of any good strategies.

He had originally returned here to retrieve the Flying Knives he left behind, but unexpectedly, he had flung them all away, and all the knives had fallen into the Blood Lake ahead.

Duan Gujin felt reluctant, but he glanced around and frowned.

"Damn it! Those Blood Snakes have returned!"

Only then did he realize that more than twenty Blood Snakes, all at the Martial Sect Realm, were rapidly approaching from afar.

After being summoned by the Ninth-layered Martial Emperor Blood Snake, those Blood Snakes, not sparing their Life Essences, hurried back to the Blood Lake.

Duan Gujin took a deep breath, knowing it was difficult for him alone to withstand the numerous and formidable Blood Snakes.

Left with no choice, Duan Gujin decided to make a rapid escape.

With a whoosh, he employed the Heavenly Demon Nine Steps and swiftly fled.

Seeing Duan Gujin leave, the Ninth-layered Martial Emperor Blood Snake breathed a sigh of relief.

Just when it thought it could stabilize the Demon Stone, suddenly, the Demon Stone broke free from its control and sped towards the direction Duan Gujin had just left.

Seeing the Demon Stone depart, the Blood Snake's complexion drastically changed, its pupils shrinking suddenly, and it attempted to use a Spell to stop the Demon Stone from leaving.

However, it was already too late; the speed of the Demon Stone was too fast, and the intensity with which it broke free from its spell's control was too strong, making it impossible for the Blood Snake to stop it.

"I hate this!"

Seeing the Demon Stone speeding towards the direction Duan Gujin was escaping to, the Blood Snake became convinced that all this was related to Duan Gujin, and it harbored intense hatred for this member of the Human Clan.

Were it not for the sudden appearance of that human who had also disrupted the Gathering Magic Array it had set up here, the Demon Stone would not have escaped from the Blood Lake.

If it could have devoured all the Devilish Aura within the Demon Stone, it would have successfully broken through to become a Demon Saint.

But now that the Demon Stone had escaped, it meant its hopes of advancing to Demon Saint were dashed.

The Blood Snake was very unwilling to accept this and quickly vibrated its wings to chase after the Demon Stone.

After Duan Gujin had performed the Heavenly Demon Nine Steps once, he did not continue to perform it; he speculated that the Blood Snake behind him would probably not chase him at this moment.

However, a moment later, he sensed the presence of the Demon Stone behind him.

From the momentum of that Demon Stone, he figured that it must be chasing after him.

"How strange, why would that Demon Stone keep following me?"

Duan Gujin's heart was suddenly filled with confusion, and he quickly prepared for combat, waiting in place for the Demon Stone.

Whoosh!

In less than ten breaths' time, he saw the Demon Stone charging towards his position with the speed of lightning.

Initially, he thought that the Demon Stone would launch an attack on him.

However, the Demon Stone stopped about ten meters away from him and remained motionless.

Seeing this, Duan Gujin looked at the Demon Stone with a peculiar expression, feeling as if the Demon Stone bore no hostility towards him.

Even though the Demon Stone showed no hostility towards him, he could not understand what the Demon Stone intended to do.

His mind stirred, and he transmitted a Divine Thought to the Demon Stone.

However, after a while, the Demon Stone still did not respond to his Divine Thought.

If the Demon Stone had awakened its Divine Wisdom, it would have reacted to his Divine Thought.

But the lack of any reaction from the Demon Stone generally suggested that it had not awakened its Divine Wisdom.

Duan Gujin frowned, feeling that it was impossible for the Demon Stone to not have awakened its Divine Wisdom.

If the Demon Stone had not awakened its Divine Wisdom, why would it follow him?

With doubt on his face, Duan Gujin could only prepare for combat, guarding against any potential sneak attacks from the Demon Stone.

Moments later, he sensed the approach of the Ninth-layer Martial Emperor Blood Snake from behind.

The Blood Snake charged over, emanating a tremendous Killing Aura, accelerating rapidly, and was about to catch up soon.

Duan Gujin's body flickered, transforming into a streak of light, racing rapidly forward.

After he left, the Demon Stone followed.

In the sky, three figures appeared; the foremost was Duan Gujin, followed closely by the Demon Stone, and the last was the Ninth-layer Martial Emperor Blood Snake.

Although the Blood Snake's Cultivation was at the Ninth Level Martial Emperor, it was not skilled in Flying Techniques, only able to chase Duan Gujin by vibrating its wings.

During his escape, Duan Gujin performed the Heavenly Demon Nine Steps several times.

He had initially thought he could evade the tracking of both the Demon Stone and the Blood Snake, but unexpectedly, both the Demon Stone and the Blood Snake kept closely following him.

"How could this be?"

Before, Duan Gujin had managed to escape the Blood Snake by rapidly performing the Heavenly Demon Nine Steps, but this time, he realized he had failed; he felt it must be because the Demon Stone could lock onto his position.

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