Reconciliation?
Reconciliation is impossible!
Whether it be Zhang Chen or the Fox Spirit, both parties know well that a relentless hatred has already formed!
The Fox Spirit desperately ran ahead, while Zhang Chen relentlessly gave chase.
The Fox Spirit ran in panic, abandoning her armor like a lost dog. Zhang Chen chased with determination, refusing to slacken even slightly.
It wasn’t that Zhang Chen ran slowly, nor that the Fox Spirit ran too fast! Rather, the Fox Spirit directly transported her soul, completely ignoring obstacles on the ground like branches, bushes, and stones, thus significantly improving her escape efficiency.
As for Zhang Chen? He needed to avoid obstacles, which naturally slowed his speed greatly.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen was in excellent physical condition, with the Crystal Core continuously releasing a warm flow, nourishing his body and keeping him at peak state, without any speed reduction.
The Fox Spirit saw that her charming words couldn’t sway Zhang Chen, as he was steadfast in wanting to kill her. Frustrated, she cursed, "Damn, this young man is only in his teens, where did he get such a firm will? How could this be?"
The Fox Spirit cursed while running, inspecting her own body with an increasingly grim look in her eyes, "I, the Nannan Ancestor of Fox Immortal, with earth-shattering cultivation, actually failed in such an unexpected manner. What was that thing, how did it explode so mysteriously?"
The Fox Spirit was utterly confused at the moment; she hadn’t reacted and didn’t know what happened or what method was used by the other side. How did the fire explode? How did she end up in this predicament?
Facing such a serious injury, she couldn’t even figure out the opponent’s method, which filled her heart with frustration and bitterness!
Ancestor, I feel bitter, but I don’t know how to express it!
The Fox Immortal Ancestor showed a touch of helplessness in her eyes, looking at Zhang Chen who was chasing with full effort, unable to shake off his track for a moment.
"Damn! Damn! He’s just an ordinary mortal body, how can he chase like this for so long?" The Fox Spirit glanced back at Zhang Chen, feeling frustrated as she gritted her teeth and ran through the mountains, cursing internally:
"This is terrible, I have no escape route now, no way to heaven nor earth. If this chase continues, I fear I’ll sooner or later die at the hands of this brute! The only option now is to take a risky gamble!"
Behind her, Zhang Chen pursued vigorously, utilizing his Dharma Eye to lock onto the Fox Spirit’s Qi Mechanism from afar:
"The Fox Spirit has exhausted her tricks; she doesn’t even have means to fight back. It seems victory is assured this time. I wonder what skill I’ll gain from killing the Fox Spirit, will it drop a skill like the stele? This is probably the second oddity I’ve killed."
As Zhang Chen chased, his thoughts raced, while sensing his physical strength recovering continuously, the Crystal Core released warm flows reducing his fatigue, surprisingly wonderful beyond his expectations.
The two ran at full speed for half an hour, with Zhang Chen finding the escape route of the Fox Spirit increasingly familiar, until eventually, their chase brought them in front of the grave, where the Fox Spirit transported her body and directly entered the pit that Zhang Chen had dug.
"How did she know about this place?" Zhang Chen watched the Fox Spirit enter the passage and immediately followed suit.
The Fox Spirit actually squeezed through the hole barely large enough for a dog, burrowing into the deepest part of the ice-sealed soil, leaving only fresh blood stains on the ground.
(PS: Previously mentioned, Zhang Chen discovered experience points at an animal’s hole, which turned out to be a passage connected to the permafrost. Zhang Chen was merely expanding it.)
"How does the Fox Spirit know of this location?" Zhang Chen observed the blood stains at the entrance, revealing a solemn look in his eyes, his gaze full of seriousness.
"Could it be the Fox Spirit ran out of the cavern to harm people?"
Zhang Chen had a suspicion. With the mysterious nature of the grave, it wouldn’t be unreasonable if two oddities were raised inside.
"You ignore the path to heaven, yet throw yourself into hell! If my calculations are correct, today should be the day I can uncover the grave’s door! What is the Fox Spirit going to do even if she escapes into the grave?" Zhang Chen felt utterly unflustered seeing the Fox Spirit enter the grave.
"In the stele’s memory, the tunnel leads directly to the great tomb’s door in the underground palace, there is no other way. The Fox Spirit trapped herself by voluntarily entering, and if I hold the entrance, she’ll be doomed once I dig open the tomb."
Thinking this, Zhang Chen felt reassured, calculating that today should be the day he uncovers the tomb. As long as he opens the underground palace entrance before the Fox Spirit recovers, she would undoubtedly meet her end.
"Heh, young man, why don’t you chase after me? Come chase me, idiot, I’m right here, come kill me!" The Fox Spirit’s form appeared at the tunnel entrance at some point, her soul reduced to the size of a fist, mockingly watching Zhang Chen from the entrance.
"I’m just curious, how do you know this underground passage?" Zhang Chen stared at the Fox Spirit expressionlessly, although he already had speculation, he wanted to hear the Fox Spirit say it herself.