CHAPTER 93: "HAVE A TASTE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE"

Chapter 93: "Have a taste of your own medicine"

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Zhu Rong moved swiftly across the battlefield, avoiding direct clashes with the beasts and slowly distancing himself more and more from the center of the battlefield.

His condition hadn’t improved, in fact, he was still struggling not to give in to the pain pulsing through his entire body.

The internal damage he had suffered was anything but minor, but he managed to suppress most of it, enough to keep it from getting worse.

With the strength he had left, he continued pushing forward through the battlefield.

Even so, no matter how stealthy he tried to be, unlucky encounters with both beasts and humans kept happening left and right, and so every now and then he had no choice but to fight.

Had it not been for the fact that he had sensed the arrival of the three Spirit Realm beings, and more importantly, their fight moving further away, he would’ve seriously worried about being buried here for good.

He knew full well the scale of power those beings possessed and understood that just one of their clashes could easily wipe out both sides, humans and beasts alike.

So he was relieved that they hadn’t started fighting directly above this area, and now that he felt the surface was relatively safe, safe enough, at least, he didn’t waste any more time and continued to retreat, finally reaching a cracked and partially collapsed wall nearby.

With the beast no longer in the area, the interference in Qi circulation had largely vanished, meaning he could finally leave without too much trouble, or that was the plan.

His eyes caught Yun Hao climbing rapidly up the cavern wall, and the moment he saw him, something felt off.

He knew the other man and knew he wasn’t a coward. He wouldn’t just retreat so easily unless he had something else planned.

Zhu Rong was sure the man still had something up his sleeve, and when he saw him stop at a certain spot and pull out what looked like a black talisman, he understood immediately what was about to happen.

"Sh*t, that lunatic’s trying to kill us all," he muttered, alarmed at the sight of the object.

As an Engraver Master, it took him only a glance to understand the item’s grade. And as for its intended use, well, you didn’t have to be a genius to figure that out.

He cursed again as he circulated his Qi and began to leap upward along the broken sections of the cavern wall, climbing higher and higher.

If he’d been in better shape, he might’ve been able to intercept Yun Hao or maybe even stop him somehow.

But in his current state, barely able to move properly, his only option was to get as far away from the battlefield as possible.

He felt his limbs aching more and more, and he could also tell that, due to the sudden intense strain he had started to exert on his body, his internal injuries had begun to worsen again.

But none of that mattered right now.

He shot upward at full speed, reaching 200 meters above the ground, but he didn’t stop there.

He kept climbing, and when he reached a decent height, he grabbed the wall with his left arm while pulling out a yellowish beast core with his right.

He had already seen Yun Hao throw the talisman downward, and watching it shoot toward the ground at high speed, he knew it would activate in a few seconds at most.

He didn’t hesitate.

With a sharp movement of his right hand, he hurled the beast core toward Yun Hao.

"Have a taste of your own medicine," he said, and without wasting even a second, he dashed upward again.

Yun Hao, who had just launched the talisman, was about to turn and continue climbing when his eyes caught something strange flying toward him from above.

The moment he spotted it, his eyes widened.

"Fck, no-"

He tried to block the object, but it was already too late.

BOOM!

A powerful explosion erupted along that part of the cavern wall.

The already damaged section, weakened by the earlier quake, gave way completely, collapsing and sending massive chunks of rock falling down.

At the same time, the talisman Yun Hao had thrown reached its target.

The moment it did, it released a violet flash, before exploding.

In a split second, a violent shockwave burst outward, instantly engulfing the whole area.

The ground shook, and the already damaged walls began to give way, one after another.

Zhu Rong, now over 400 meters up, saw the edge of the upper cave.

And as soon as he felt the quake from the explosion, he didn’t hesitate.

With a sudden burst, he shot upward, simultaneously releasing part of his cultivation and channeling it beneath him for an extra boost.

With a powerful dash, he shot out from the crater in the upper cave floor and, without pausing, launched himself to the side, escaping the path of the explosion that was now quickly rising.

A bright violet light soon burst out of the crater and shot upward toward the cavern ceiling.

Zhu Rong, seeing this, got back on his feet quickly and didn’t waste a second continuing his escape.

He already knew the talisman was Earth Rank object, and since it was an attack type, its power was anything but small.

Especially when unleashed in a confined space like this underground cavern, it was only natural that the explosion, unable to spread outward, would blast upward instead.

Spirit grade items were strong, sure, but compared to Earth grade ones, they were nothing.

Those were capable of threatening even beings at the fifth stage. Let alone someone at the second stage like him.

He had no intention of dying so soon.

So he didn’t leave anything to chance and took care of Yun Hao first, removing a future threat since both of them were trying to escape.

Now, the only thing he had to do was get out alive, because very soon, this entire place would become a chaotic scene.

And he had no intention of being here when that happened.