"Yellow Sand City, finally going back." Lu Yu stood on the sand dune, looking at the tall city walls in the distance, he said with emotion.

Xue Ming is dead, and his purpose for coming to the Western Desert has been achieved.

Lu Yu turned his head to the horizon, the only regret—was not finding the main base of the Iron Tomb.

Even if he found the main base of the Iron Tomb, Lu Yu's current strength is not enough to contend with the entire Iron Tomb; just one Shura Ghost is enough to put him in a bitter battle.

He decided to leave the task of finding the Iron Tomb's main base to Fu Mingcheng, as he planned to go back and enhance his strength before completely eradicating this major threat.

Just as he was about to turn towards Yellow Sand City, he saw a small black dot appearing at the edge of the sky, quickly enlarging in his view, and soon a figure came into his eyes.

"Shura Ghost?"

From more than ten miles away, Lu Yu could see clearly who the small black dot in the sky was.

He scanned his surroundings and discovered that only the Shura Ghost was flying towards him.

"Is it just one person coming to hunt me down?"

"Lu Yu!" As the Shura Ghost flew closer and recognized Lu Yu's figure, he was slightly surprised to discover that the one who killed Xue Ming and infiltrated the Sand King Hall was actually Lu Yu.

With a bit of thought, the Shura Ghost understood how Lu Yu managed to infiltrate the Sand King Hall.

During his first battle with Lu Yu, Lu Yu had used a type of escape technique that allowed him to escape by burrowing into the ground.

The second time, when they jointly besieged Lu Yu with the Sand King Hall to capture him, Lu Yu suddenly disappeared during the fight, and now he realized how Lu Yu vanished.

Lu Yu must have used that escape technique to burrow into the ground, and at that time, the Sand King Hall had just moved below Black Sand City, which was when Lu Yu took the opportunity to enter the Sand King Hall.

With this understanding, the Shura Ghost's doubts about the intruder in the Sand King Hall and Xue Ming's death were completely resolved.

"Just as well, this time I won't hold back. If you accidentally die, I'll bring your corpse back." The Shura Ghost said expressionlessly, clenched his right hand, and crushed the bone ash ball in his palm.

The gray-white fine bone ash fell from the Shura Ghost's palm and scattered with the wind, he waved his right hand, and the Monstrous Snake Spear appeared in his grip.

Whoosh~ The scarlet energy surged violently on the Monstrous Snake Spear, more ferociously than in any past battle, and even from hundreds of meters away, Lu Yu could feel the raging power on it.

Swish~ Lu Yu paused his figure momentarily, giving up using the Earth Escape to flee.

The dune beneath his feet had already been flattened by a strike from the Shura Ghost, serving as a warning not to attempt an escape, or even his bones might not remain.

Lu Yu needed a very short moment to form a hand seal to use Earth Escape, although it took less than 0.1 seconds, it was more than enough time for the Shura Ghost, who was going all-out, to unleash ten powerful attacks.

Each strike possessed the power to flatten a dune, leaving Lu Yu no chance to burrow into the ground before being hit.

Knowing Lu Yu had the ability to escape by burrowing into the ground, the Shura Ghost was constantly watching Lu Yu's movements, ready at any moment to intercept his escape.

"Bite!"

The Monstrous Snake Spear in the Shura Ghost's hand transformed into a giant serpent, lunging to bite Lu Yu.

"Asura Slash!"

With one slash, a bright thin line flashed across the top of the giant serpent's head.

Seeing the thin line on top of the serpent's head, Lu Yu's face changed, asura slash only managed to break through the outer skin of the serpent, and he swiftly altered his move, using both hands to brace the Demon-Breaking Saber, wedging it against the serpent's gaping jaws.

Boom! Lu Yu staggered backward as the serpent dissipated, and an enormous Eight-Turned Snake Spear pressed against the Demon-Breaking Saber, forcing Lu Yu to retreat inch by inch.

"Ahhh!" Lu Yu roared with full force, his arm veins bulging, his face twisted ferociously.

Bang! Whoosh whoosh whoosh~ The Monstrous Snake Spear was knocked into the air, spinning rapidly.

The Shura Ghost closed the distance with Lu Yu quickly; he raised his hand, and the Monstrous Snake Spear spinning in the air halted, descending swiftly to land in his grip.

Taking advantage of Lu Yu's focus on flinging his divine soldiers aside, his strength hadn't recovered yet, and the Monstrous Snake Spear in his hand slashed down mercilessly.

Boom! A flash of golden light, and Lu Yu's entire body was stained gold as the moment they came into contact, the celestial energy was shattered by the Monstrous Snake Spear, causing Lu Yu to endure all of Shura Ghost's damage.

Boom! Lu Yu was sent crashing into the sand, creating a large crater upon impact, with the Demon-Breaking Saber left at the crater's edge.

Lu Yu lay at the center of the crater, his left shoulder visibly sunken, though it was just a flesh wound; after layers of cushioning, his solid bone wasn't broken by Shura Ghost's strike.

Inside his body, Qi Blood churned, and his formidable regenerative power went to work, swiftly healing the wound on his left shoulder, where the necrotic tissue was quickly decomposed and expelled from his body, and new muscle continually formed.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Yu's left shoulder had recovered seven or eight-tenths of the way, ready to continue fighting.

After striking Lu Yu down, the Shura Ghost descended rapidly, allowing no respite for Lu Yu, nor any chance for him to flee.

With his back against the ground, it was virtually the best posture for Earth Escape, but Lu Yu had no intention of escaping now.

Spiritual Power within his Dantian depleted quickly, in an instant, tens of thousands of Spiritual Power were devoured by the phalanx of his right hand as he watched the Shura Ghost plummeting from the sky, pressing the attack.

Lu Yu only made one move, raising his right hand and extending his index finger in his direction.

Gray, deathly beams shimmered on Lu Yu's index finger, a gray light shot out, and the moment Shura Ghost saw the gray light, he could only bring the Monstrous Snake Spear in front, attempting to block the Deathly Beam Finger.

Poof~ A smooth hole was pierced through the shaft of the Monstrous Snake Spear, and through the hole, one could see the sky behind the Shura Ghost.