By a stream deep within a mountain.

Zhou Yuan squatted by the stream as he drank two mouthfuls of water. It had been half a day since he encountered Wu Huang. The former had most of the time travelling at full speed without stopping for a single break.

It was difficult for even Zhou Yuan to manage such a high pace. 

“But I should now be free of him.” Zhou Yuan wiped away the water at the corner of his mouth, his eyes narrowing slightly as a fierce look flitted across them.

He did not feel that running away from Wu Huang was humiliating. The latter’s strength far surpassed his own, a lead that had arisen due to various reasons.

What he needed to do now was to shrink that gap with all his might, not fight to the death while knowing that he was clearly outclassed because...