From the moment Mu Guyue turned back to attack, the two had exchanged over a thousand blows in the span of five breaths.
The Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon, caught in a flurry of attacks, lost the initiative. Its body could only sink continuously, shattering countless mountain peaks.
Mu Guyue leaped down from high above, each hand holding a crescent moon handguard saber, and slashed down with unrivaled power.
At the same time, her knees were bent. Following the momentum of her descent, she swept downwards.
The two long, curved bone spikes on her rounded knees were also like two gleaming curved sabers cutting through the sky, aiming to disembowel the Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon's long body.
The Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon violently twisted its massive body. Turning sideways, it raised a giant claw to block the two crescent moon handguard sabers.
An immense force came from above.
"Bang!"
The two sabers struck the dragon's claw simultaneously. A dazzling starburst exploded, illuminating the dark abyss as if a blazing sun had risen.
A thunderous roar echoed from within the Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon's body. The upper half of its long body was forced down by the impact.
Mu Guyue, riding the momentum of a series of mountain-heavy attacks, one after another, unleashed a blow that contained the full explosive power of her cultivation.
The Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon's massive body was actually sent sinking by this one strike.
Before it could close its giant claw to catch the two crescent moon handguard sabers, Mu Guyue's bent knees had already reached the side of its dragon belly.
Although a dragon's body was as tough as a Buddhist Vajra, when facing an equally ferocious Black Demon Clan cultivator, the Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon did not dare to take the blow on its scale-protected belly.
After all, there were no bones to support it there. Compared to its back, its defense was about thirty to forty percent weaker.
The opponent's attacks were fierce and brutal. As a result, the Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon had no choice but to use the downward force of her sabers, pushing up on the two blades in its palms and using the momentum to swing its body.
In an instant, it formed a "U" shape. Its massive body, as fast as lightning, plunged towards the bottom of the abyss, thus dodging the disemboweling attack.
In the next moment, what made the Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon even more shocked and angry was that Mu Guyue had also used the force of his push to propel her body away like a meteor, rapidly shrinking and disappearing from his sight...
She vanished towards the upper part of the abyss. In a very short time, they were already more than a thousand feet apart.
"She hasn't completely lost her mind. She's been looking for a chance to escape all along!"
The Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon immediately understood her intention. The almost completely irrational attacks she had just displayed were likely half-real, half-feigned.
The trick was crude, but it had truly deceived him.
By the time the Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon's massive body twisted and its aura exploded to stabilize itself, his vision was already filled with a world of churning black qi. He had long since lost sight of her.
In his Divine Sense, the two were already more than four thousand feet apart. Not only had she used the momentum, but she was also fleeing with all her might. With a single flicker, she would cover several hundred feet, a clear sign that she was fighting for her life.
The medicinal pill in Mu Guyue's mouth had melted down to a tiny speck. She tried hard to keep herself awake.
The pill in her mouth was a fifth-rank "Chan Heart Pill." This was also extremely precious to Mu Guyue. This pill could have the effect of purifying filth and restoring clarity when a cultivator encountered an inner demon or was undergoing a tribulation.
After years of campaigning, she only had this one "Chan Heart Pill" left and had been reluctant to use it.
Earlier, after she felt she had been poisoned, and the opponent was relentlessly pursuing her, she had unhesitatingly inhaled a large amount of the abyss's demonic qi to temporarily raise her combat power to its peak.
But Mu Guyue knew what inhaling the abyss's demonic qi like that would bring her. Already poisoned, she would probably soon fall into a truly unconscious state, so she had put the "Chan Heart Pill" in her mouth.
At this moment, although Mu Guyue looked full of vigor and her momentum was like a clap of thunder, she herself knew that she might not be able to hold on until she flew to the top of the abyss.
Her whole body was tense. The "White-Bone Mottled Armor" had already been retracted, and her body had returned to its normal state.
During the intense close-quarters combat just now, her limbs had been in constant contact with the Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon. The waves of masculine aura made Mu Guyue tremble uncontrollably with each contact.
She even had the urge to reach out and caress him, which made her feel both ashamed and angry. She could only constantly suppress the desire in her heart.
Just now, under the interference of the negative emotions, she could still forcefully suppress it. Now, she had already held her breath and did not dare to inhale any more of the demonic qi in the abyss.
The "Chan Heart Pill," while purifying the dust on her heart, also eliminated those negative emotions, but the lust poison could not be eliminated. This poison was constantly breeding.
The "Chan Heart Pill" was not an antidote, so apart from clearing the mind, it could not kill or eliminate toxins.
Mu Guyue could still rely on the "Chan Heart Pill" to keep her mind clear for a while, but as the last of the "Chan Heart Pill's" medicinal power melted away, she would fall into a state of endless craving.
She felt that as long as she could calmly circulate her cultivation, with her realm, she should be able to force the poison out of her body, or at least temporarily suppress and confine it to a corner of her body.
Mu Guyue, who was flying, could no longer control her held breath. She began to exhale heavily.
As she exhaled, a force she had never experienced before rapidly grew in her body, causing her magic power to become sluggish.
Mu Guyue's breathing became heavy. Her lower abdomen grew hot, and she suddenly felt a stream of heat flowing down her abdomen. Her body trembled slightly, and a soft moan actually escaped her lips.
Immediately, she came to her senses, her jade-like face flushed and hot.
Breathing rapidly, she relied on her remaining clarity to scan her surroundings with her Divine Sense.
She could already feel the churning of the demonic qi below becoming more and more intense. That Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon was catching up, and its Divine Sense was firmly locked onto her.
Suddenly, Mu Guyue's flying figure paused for a moment. In her Divine Sense, on the fourteenth mountain peak to her left, there was an entrance to a cave just big enough for one person to enter.
The scene inside was only a blur in her Divine Sense. At such a close distance, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator should be able to see clearly.
Mu Guyue's body was growing weaker and weaker. She felt that her Divine Sense was also in chaos.
With only a sliver of clarity left, she still made her choice immediately.
The entrance to that cave was extremely small. If she went in and immediately set up a restriction, even if her body was weak, she would still have the strength to guard the entrance for a while. This was much safer than being completely exposed outside.
But if there was some powerful demonic beast in the cave, then she would have no choice but to end her own life to avoid humiliation.
Having made her decision, Mu Guyue immediately turned and flew over. The Heaven-Confounding Profound Gold Dragon, who was in hot pursuit below, was stunned.
The other party was no longer flying straight out of the abyss but had changed her route. However, he quickly understood.
'The lust poison has taken effect. She has no strength left. Then let the place you choose become our marriage bed, hahaha...'
The golden-robed middle-aged man let out a series of soft laughs that echoed in the dark abyss...
Four hours after the female cultivator surnamed Yang was guarded by Song Rongdao and the youth surnamed Bai, she finally stood up from a corner of the plaza. At this point, she had already replenished her depleted spirit power.
Under the watchful eyes of the three, she moved with light lotus steps and stood in front of the cave entrance named "Flowing Wave Grotto."
This time, she first took out the moss-covered compass, then took out the five-colored mottled butterfly, but did not immediately throw it at the cave gate.
Instead, she levitated the five-colored butterfly thirty feet in front of the cave gate.
After doing all this, she no longer hesitated. She stretched out her fair hand and formed a hand seal, gently pointing at the compass. A beam of green light shot out from the compass and, in the next moment, struck the cave gate.
The cave gate trembled slightly. Not only did the expressions of Song Rongdao and the other two tighten, but even the female cultivator surnamed Yang's spirit power tensed up.
If she found anything amiss, she would immediately retrieve the compass and retreat quickly. In an instant, the surrounding air seemed to freeze.
But the snake head that the four were worried would suddenly appear did not. The green light gently tapped a certain spot on the cave gate. Apart from a slight tremble, the gate became completely still.
Others didn't know, but under the female cultivator surnamed Yang's calm exterior, the moss-covered compass in her hand had just vibrated like flowing water.
She knew that the restrictive power on the cave gate had already been transferred into the compass by her "Connected Mountains Changing Formation" art.
After passing through the nine formations inside this magical treasure, the restrictive power was finally dissipated.
So the restrictive attack on the cave gate could not be unleashed.
Seeing that the first beam of green light had quietly transformed the restrictive power, the female cultivator surnamed Yang secretly relaxed.
Then she began to carefully release one beam of green light after another. This time, there were also forty-nine beams of green light, but the speed was much slower than the last time.
It was only after half an hour that she had shot the forty-ninth beam of green light onto the cave gate.
During the whole process, the other three held their breath, for fear of disturbing her. Even the cultivator surnamed Yan did not dare to speak rashly.
After seeing the female cultivator surnamed Yang shoot the last beam of green light onto the cave gate, she began to stabilize the compass with one hand and gently wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with the other.
Until this point, there was no other abnormality at the cave gate. Song Rongdao and the other two couldn't help but exchange glances, a hint of hope in their eyes.
At this moment, on the gate of the "Flowing Wave Grotto," forty-nine beams of green light were either gathered or scattered, distributed all over the gate. The arrangement was completely different from when they broke the "Hidden Scale Concealing Splendor Formation."
After a short rest, the female cultivator surnamed Yang immediately stretched out her slender, jade-like finger and pointed forward.
The five-colored mottled butterfly levitating in front of her once again vibrated its wings and took flight.
But this time, it did not fly directly to the cave gate, but into one of the green lights.
Then, it followed the green light and flew towards the cave gate. After contacting the gate, it once again vibrated its pair of antennae.
What was different from before was that this time, the five-colored mottled butterfly's antennae vibrated for less than a breath. After staying in the green light for only half a breath, it immediately flew away from the gate and retreated.
And the green light it had been in also dissipated. The five-colored mottled butterfly then turned and flew into another green light, following it to fly towards the gate again...
After half a breath, it retreated again...
Watching the female cultivator surnamed Yang's spellcasting, the cultivator surnamed Yan's brows furrowed tighter and tighter. He then sent a voice transmission to Song Rongdao and the youth surnamed Bai.
"Fellow Daoists, it seems Fellow Daoist Yang can't cast the restriction-breaking art completely at once. Perhaps we shouldn't have too high hopes."
He could already see that it was probably impossible to fly the five-colored mottled butterfly directly to the gate, as that would likely trigger the restriction's explosion. So the female cultivator surnamed Yang had adopted a compromise.
After completing the first step of arranging the forty-nine green lights in a strange pattern, she ensured that these green lights would not trigger the restriction on the gate, and at the same time, they might be guiding the restrictive power in the formation.
Then, she used the green lights as a safe passage at the same time, so that the five-colored mottled butterfly could safely reach the cave gate through the forty-nine green lights.
But because these green lights also had to supply some kind of power to the five-colored mottled butterfly to make its antennae vibrate, the consumption would be even greater.