The run and chase continued for five days straight crossing over who knows how many kilometers, with neither giving up, though Shen Yuan seemed to be sweating, while Gui Xiao seemed slightly more relaxed.
"Brat, give up, you can't escape from me!", Gui Xiao shouts, as he covered his fists with qi.
Shen Yuan had enough of running as well, he too covered his fists with qi.
As both shot at each other, their fists clashed with a boom!
Both seemed to be on equal footing until…., a bone cracking sound came.
The sound seemed to come from Shen Yuan's fist, as his fist splattered blood everywhere, he was pushed down at the ground, as he crashed over a tree, the tree getting crushed as a result.
The ground shook as well when he dropped. Just lying on the ground.
"Finally, giving up?", Gui Xiao spoke
Shen Yuan remained silent before giving a creepy smile, "I just had a realization…."
Shen Yuan slowly stood up, with a wide grin on his face.
"I am tired of running again and again…, so I am going to eliminate you here!"
Gui Xiao almost dropped at such a funny statement, how dare a 5th layer qi gathering realm twerp, say that to the great him.
"Ha-ha-ha, did your brain finally explode or something? But if you want to die, then sure, I can fulfill that."
"Sure, senior…., please go ahead and teach this junior a hard lesson.", Shen Yuan mocked.
Gui Xiao's face twitched with anger at Shen Yuan's acting.
Without anymore words, Gui Xiao took out a flying sword, as it shot for Shen Yuan, he somewhat dodged the sword as it still grazed his arm.
The wound started to darken as Shen Yuan realized that the sword was poisoned.
He was still calm, and he froze his wound and the poisoned blood.
Seeing this, Gui Xiao frowned and formed some signs, as beasts made of qi started to form. After forming, one could see that these beats were entirely made of qi and from Gui Xiao's own qi, which showed how much he wanted Shen Yuan dead.
"Attack!"
With Gui Xiao's command the qi beasts lunged at Shen Yuan, practically hungry for his flesh.
Since Shen Yuan couldn't break the defense of those beasts normally…, he switched to a different method than physical power.
He made a sign, and an invisible armor of yin qi formed around his body, to protect himself and counter the beasts, this was the best option!
As a beast proceeded to reap Shen Yuan with its fangs, the beast froze on the spot, just as its fangs connected.
The qi beast was practically an ice statue, as the armor ignored the defenses and power of the energy.
Gui Xiao frowned and was visibly shaken and commanded the beasts to attack Shen Yuan with blasts of spiritual energy.
The beasts opened their mouth as qi condensed between their jaws, they unleashed the attack, the attack coming at Shen Yuan with blinding speed.
At this critical moment, Shen Yuan managed to dodge the attack, just right before it could hit him.
But the energy that was avoided by Shen Yuan hit a 6000 feet long mountain and shatters it like as if that wasn't a mountain but a puddle of mud.
Shen Yuan wasn't surprised much as, even he could do it.
Without wasting any time, Shen Yuan lunged at the qi beats as he flared up with yin aura. The beasts froze under such intense cold aura and crumbled.
Just then both, Shen Yuan and Gui Xiao's fists clashed again but this time with the yin qi armor's protection, it was Gui Xiao who's fist bones broke as well as getting frost bite, while Shen Yuan's bones healed, as a qi gathering cultivator both can heal wounds in half an incense stick of time.
Gui Xiao gritted in pain and was visibly shocked once again and summoned a 200 feet long sword and smashed it at Shen Yuan.
Shen Yuan on the other hand grabbed the sword with great difficulty, he was barely able to hold such an enormous weight, if it fell nothing will be left of him.
"Ha-ha-ha, brat this is a Heaven Path treasure which has the power of a heaven path cultivator, you can't win!", Gui Xiao laughed with ecstasy.
Seeing such a dreaded situation Shen Yuan made the last batch of yin swords by dissolving his yin armor.
The swords made their way to Gui Xiao at a blinding speed.
The yin swords pierced through his heart and flesh, as blood splattered all over the ground, killing Gui Xiao instantly.
The massive sword too disappeared, Shen Yuan finally inhaled a breath of relief after five long days, this was the closest he had been to death since the first incident.