Chapter 312: Temple Run JPG

Boom!

Boom, boom, boom!

The Heavenly Demon's body exceeded one hundred meters, filling most of the tunnel; its movement stirred up a sky full of shattered flying rocks, a truly terrifying display of power.

At the very moment the rock wall shattered, Ren Yidao happened to lock eyes with the Demon Beast.

That one glance, ten thousand years!

And so, this twisted romance began.

He flees, it pursues!

Ren Yidao sprinted at full speed while using his peripheral vision to confirm the Heavenly Demon chasing behind him.

"White fur, appearance similar to an ape, red soles... Vermilion Ape?"

【Its shape is like an ape, with a white head and red feet, named Vermilion Ape; when seen, great war ensues.】

The Great Demon chasing behind him looked exactly like the ferocious ape-type beast recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas of his past life.

Legend says that whenever this beast appears, the world will fall into great chaos, and war will rise in the four lands.

It is a ferocious beast, and even more so, a disaster beast!

Despite its pure white fur, in Ren Yidao's eyes, it was shrouded in deep red, blackened Evil.

A Great Demon of great misfortune!

Recalling the names near the top of the Great Demon Ranking, Ren Yidao finally locked onto one name.

Thirteenth on the Great Demon Ranking—Black Fire Ghost Ape.

This is not just a Heaven Realm Great Demon, but a top-tier Great Demon capable of ranking in the top fifteen among all Great Demons in the Eastern Wasteland!

And the most, most, most, most critical point: its consciousness... does not seem clear.

It is not at all like a Heaven Realm Great Demon that can be communicated with; it is more like a mad beast that has lost its mind.

Its scarlet pupils were filled with chaos, showing not a shred of reason, and its wide-open mouth constantly dripped with foul-smelling saliva.

Roar—

Roar, roar, roar!

"Is it that Heaven Realm Ghost Ape once controlled by the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Sect Master? Tsk! Did he strike too hard back then and break this guy's brain?"

A ferocious beast capable of backlashing against its master, slaughtering an entire sect, and making the Kings of the Eastern Wasteland unwilling to act rashly.

Tsk.

"Is it a bit too much to have such a big shot deal with me?"

Being chased by such a ferocious beast, Ren Yidao's heart trembled slightly, but he was even more puzzled.

"No! Why are you chasing me?"

Fortunately, the size difference between the two was immense, and Ren Yidao picked narrow tunnels to dive into along the way, attempting to escape the Ghost Ape's pursuit.

But even with obstacles everywhere, the Great Demon's speed was not slowed much; it rampaged all the way, crushing every obstacle in its path!

Listening to the sound closing in behind him, Ren Yidao's expression shifted slightly, and he couldn't help but curse loudly:

"Are you sick!? Why the chase!?"

"I didn't steal your cough syrup!"

"I am not Xiao Wu, and you are not the Titan Giant Ape, stop the f*** chasing!"

"Could it really just be because of that one glance?"

"Stop chasing!"

"There really won't be a future for us!"

"Simps don't end well; in the end, besides moving yourself, you will have nothing!"

Ren Yidao outputted a long string of high-speed divine speech, but the Ghost Ape behind him did not suddenly wake up; instead, it seemed to have set its sights on him.

It chased even more vigorously!

"Tsk! As expected, it can't be communicated with."

After testing it out, Ren Yidao could only helplessly accept the fact, completely abandoning the beautiful fantasy of turning an enemy into a friend through trash talk.

So...

"I can only discard my illusions and prepare to fight."

Of course, that's what he said, but Ren Yidao knew exactly what he was worth.

When Ren Yidao was in front of Cang Lan, he had plenty of confidence and could pressure her step by step like a great villain; he relied on his physical body that had reached the Void Refining Realm and his trump cards that had not yet been fully revealed.

He was certain he wouldn't flip the car.

But now, never mind flipping the car, whether he could even keep one wheel left was a problem!

In terms of physical body, he couldn't compare.

This wave was purely and thoroughly being crushed.

Although the two seemed to only differ by one major realm, the gap between the Earth Realm and the Heaven Realm could not be covered up by a simple "work hard and settle down!"

The difference between immortal and mortal? While not necessarily accurate, it was close enough.

It wasn't that he had absolutely no power to fight back, but the resistance he could offer was truly minimal.

If comparing realms, the gap was even wider...

Thinking it over, the only thing that could count as an advantage was his own witty and intelligent mind.

However, facing a beast that had fallen into madness, he had the illusion of punching cotton.

A sense of powerlessness like "a scholar meeting a soldier, unable to reason!"

No matter what I say, it f***ing doesn't listen!

Plus, it was only because Ren Yidao's speed was fast enough that he hadn't been grabbed and crushed to death by the Ghost Ape.

But Ren Yidao knew clearly that this was only a temporary expedient and could not truly solve the problem.

What should he do?

While fleeing rapidly, Ren Yidao tried hard to think of a way to break the deadlock.

"Running blindly won't work; its speed is slightly faster than mine, and these five hundred miles are enough for it to catch up to me."

Since just running wasn't enough, he could only think of other ways.

"Jiang Mingzhi just reminded me—wait! How did he know the Ghost Ape was coming? And the sound was so close just now..."

Suddenly thinking of this, Ren Yidao carefully recalled the appearance of the Ghost Ape and discovered that a massive Gourd Dharma Artifact was tucked at its waist.

"Is he actually on the Ghost Ape? Inside that Gourd?"

Huh?

Ren Yidao tried to send a message into the Token Jade Pendant, but after his divine sense probed inside, it was like a stone sinking into the sea; it was all absorbed by the Token itself.

"Is this Jade Pendant one-way? Can it only receive and not send messages?"

Ren Yidao narrowed his eyes, guessing a possibility.

"So, this was Hu Wanwan's original plan—after backstabbing the others, he wanted to use the Jade Pendant to tell them the truth, wanting to pull a move of 'killing the person and crushing their heart'?"

This approach was understandable.

After all, unilaterally outputting after silencing the other party is truly satisfying.

However, although he couldn't contact Jiang Mingzhi through this Token, it actually couldn't stump Ren Yidao at all.

With a movement of his mind, Ren Yidao spoke directly into Jiang Mingzhi's mind:

"Hey? Can you hear me?"

Wireless radio, kid!

And in the dimness, Jiang Mingzhi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly spoke in his heart:

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Ren Yidao! I can hear your voice!"

In his excitement, Jiang Mingzhi didn't even care to understand how, responding repeatedly.

Excited!

That's great!

We are going to be saved!!!

"Don't get excited yet; tell me the current situation."

After making contact with Jiang Mingzhi, Ren Yidao instead calmed down.

"How is the situation on your end? Are you on this Ghost Ape? Were you taken into a Dharma Artifact? What exactly happened?"

At this moment, Ren Yidao had too many questions.

Why did this Heavenly Demon go crazy? Why was it chasing him relentlessly? And how did Jiang Mingzhi survive?

Jiang Mingzhi took a deep breath and closed his eyes, forcing himself to suppress his excitement, and said quickly:

"Daoist, it is like this: after separating from the others, Master Gongsun and I followed the map's instructions and arrived at the location of the Token."

"But after I arrived there, I didn't see the Token, but instead saw a sleeping Heavenly Demon! We didn't act rashly and intended to just retreat, but for some reason, it suddenly woke up, and then we were captured by it."

Speaking of this, Jiang Mingzhi was also very depressed; they had clearly been very careful, but the awakening of that Heavenly Demon was completely unreasonable!

"By the way, it once said something like 'Where did the Demon Qi go?'"

Oh, so that's how it was!

With Jiang Mingzhi saying this unintentionally, Ren Yidao, the culprit, had already roughly guessed the truth behind the Heavenly Demon's awakening.

Ren Yidao looked back at the relentlessly pursuing Ghost Ape and nodded silently.

Brother, I actually wronged you.

I actually mistook you for a sycophant.

Hey!

It turns out you didn't want to fawn over me, you just purely wanted to kill me.

That puts my mind at ease!

Huhu knew the truth, but Huhu did not intend to say it out loud.

Let this truth remain a beautiful secret for now.

Jiang Mingzhi didn't know the little schemes in Ren Yidao's heart, and while he was silent, he continued:

"Now both Master Gongsun and I have been captured by it. Master Gongsun was heavily injured and fell unconscious while resisting, and he automatically activated a protective Dharma treasure; I don't know how much longer he can hold on."

Inside the Gourd Dharma Artifact, it was not peaceful, but filled with highly corrosive wine liquid, wanting to refine them!

"In less than twelve hours, all of us will be refined into a pool of pus and blood, melting into this wine liquid."

"Daoist, please, you must think of a way!"

Driven to this predicament, all of Jiang Mingzhi's hope was pinned on Ren Yidao.

Moreover, he was actually the one among everyone who had the most confidence in Ren Yidao.

Even more than Ren Yidao believed in himself!

Because, in Jiang Mingzhi's view, the current situation was the dead end he had calculated, and Ren Yidao... was his breaker of the deadlock!

Whoosh—

Ren Yidao tilted his head to dodge a giant rock smashed from behind, then nimbly dived into a small path and blocked it with a large stone.

This method couldn't last long; under the domain perception of the Heaven Realm, he couldn't hide for long, and the Ghost Ape would still find him, but it could give him a little bit of breathing time.

He replied to Jiang Mingzhi:

"I know you are in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry yet."

"What about the others besides you? Are Chu Hairen and the others with you?"

Hearing this question, Jiang Mingzhi was silent for a moment, then slowly said:

"Chu Hairen is here too, but he is already heavily injured and unconscious, while Hu Wanwan is nowhere to be found and was not captured inside."

"Besides that, there is also a woman here I don't recognize."

When mentioning this mysterious woman, Jiang Mingzhi turned his head to look at the young girl sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed in the corner.

"A woman?"

Ren Yidao's expression changed slightly; he had an extremely strong intuition in his heart.

This woman was very likely the truth he had been bitterly searching for on this trip to the Eastern Wasteland!

"What does she look like?"

"White hair, slender figure, looks no older than twenty, no jewelry on her body, strength between... Dharma Aspect and Spirit Transformation, I can't be sure."

Judging from the characteristics, it seemed a bit off, but that was not important.

"Have you communicated with her? Or has she said anything?"

Jiang Mingzhi: "Yes, when she and Chu Hairen were taken in together, she muttered to herself, 'Going crazy again? How troublesome.' I don't know the specific meaning."

Again?

Hmm...

Although the information given seemed sparse, the results that could be inferred were actually quite considerable.

"This woman is in the same camp as the Heavenly Demon, she is not surprised by it going mad, and this magic treasure might be something even she cannot escape..."

Another demon girl.

Demon...

Thinking this, Ren Yidao suddenly opened his mouth and shouted:

"Hey!"

"That young lady of the Demon Race, do you have any ideas?"

Ren Yidao called out, but no one answered.

"Just now, that demon young lady with the silver-white, soft ears and fluffy big tail, say something!"

Still, no one responded.

But Ren Yidao was certain she was there, and said firmly:

"Stop pretending, I know you are running too. Did you think you could hide it from me?"

"Besides, your person should also be on that Ghost Ape, are you going to stand by and watch her die?"

"Are you really willing to let her white hair melt into that Monkey Wine?"

After saying this, the seemingly empty space in front finally responded.

Cang Lan revealed her figure, her brows locked tight, and she said in a deep voice:

"How did you discover me?"

Ren Yidao twitched the corner of his mouth and teased:

"I smelled the scent on you."

"Impossible!"

Cang Lan flatly refused to believe it and said angrily:

"I have completely shielded my aura; you could never have found me by smell."

"Hmm, it is impossible, because I was indeed lying to you."

Cang Lan: Huh?

Ren Yidao: Joy!

The reason was naturally fake.

Ren Yidao had actually quietly opened his half-opened Heavenly Eye and vaguely saw a blurry, disheveled figure in front.

The young man waved his hand, stopping Cang Lan who was about to hide again, and smiled easily:

"Since you're already here, don't be in such a hurry to leave."

"The Ghost Ape's pupil breaks concealment; if you could really hide, you would have already escaped."

"Since you are still running the temple escape with me now, we are grasshoppers on the same rope, why don't we cooperate?"

Cang Lan: "..."

The demon girl was silent, then revealed her figure again.

"What idea do you have?"

Seeing that the fish had taken the bait, Ren Yidao's smile became even brighter and more sincere.

He smiled:

"I have an idea, but I need your help."

"Also, I have a question I want to confirm with you first."

Cang Lan looked at the other's smile and instinctively felt uneasy; the silver-gray long ears on top of her head drooped slightly as she looked at him vigilantly.

"What do you want to ask?"

"It's about that white-haired woman."

Ren Yidao did not beat around the bush, but spoke affectionately:

"Are you..."

"Willing to die for her?"

……

Boom, boom, boom!

The Ghost Ape used its fists to pound the rock wall with force; those boulders, hard as iron, were not much stronger than tofu under its sharp claws.

It was like a tunnel boring machine, pushing straight through and carving out several tunnels along the way.

When it returned to the main path, however, it unexpectedly paused.

Because that little bug, who had been running the whole way, had actually stopped at this moment.

"Roar?"

The youth stood quietly in the center of the tunnel, nodding to the bewildered Heavenly Demon:

"Hello there."

"I am the one who stole your Demon Qi."

"Your Demon Qi tastes quite good."

He said:

"Very smooth."