Chapter 41: The dragnet
Wilderness.
Xu Qing's body was nimble as he sped forward.
He had been running all the way for two days now, and because of his recovery ability, the exhaustion caused by uninterrupted rushing for an onlooker didn't appear in Xu Qing's case.
He even had a feeling of his body being completely active.
During this period, he had also noticed from afar the figures of the Vajra Sect cultivators dressed like the camp master, but with his careful dodging and speed, he had avoided them all.
At this moment, when there was only a day's journey left to his destination, Deerhorn City, Xu Qing's road ahead had also reached a fork in the road.
On the left side, was where the city he had lived in for six years was located, which was now turned into a forbidden area, and from afar, it was pitch black in the dusk.
In the other direction, was Deerhorn City.
Standing here, Xu Qing turned his head to look in the direction of the forbidden zone, and after a few breaths of silence, his body shifted and he was about to rush towards Deerhorn City, but right at this moment, his countenance changed, and his body crouched down in an instant, hiding within the shrubs from within.
Eyes narrowed, Xu Qing looked up into the distant sky.
There, there was a golden rainbow that was whistling past.
Due to the distance, Xu Qing could only see the piercing golden light and couldn't make out the figure inside, but the fluctuation of the other party's spiritual energy was the same as that of the camp master's, and was even more intense, which caused his mind to tremble.
"This pressure, it surpasses the Battalion Master ......"
It wasn't until the long rainbow was far away that Xu Qing took a deep breath, his eyes revealing hesitation.
In two days, he had encountered three waves of Vajra Sect cultivators, all of which he had carefully avoided, but it was clear that this one gave him the most dangerous feeling.
"Keep moving forward, we can make it to Deerhorn City in a day ......" Xu Qing narrowed his eyes and mused, knowing that his advantage right now was that no one knew that the Seven Blood Pupil's token existed on him.
In that case, the destination would also be difficult to guess.
However, he also had another advantage, which was that he didn't care about the dense heterogeneous quality within the forbidden area, and with some care, he could reside within it for a long time.
The former advantage was that one needed to be quick in their actions, so that the Vajra Sect would be caught off guard, and the probability was that they could teleport away from Deerhorn City.
But there are also disadvantages, once they are detected on the way to Antler City, then this advantage will immediately shatter, it is easy to be guessed the destination at the same time, their own safety, will also be threatened.
The latter's advantage, on the other hand, lay in stalling for time.
After dragging until the Vajra Sect was tired and slack, it would be convenient for himself to follow the former advantage and go to Deerhorn City in a safer manner, and in the event of danger during this time, he would have room to maneuver within the forbidden area.
"Two methods, two choices ......," Xu Qing mused.
While analyzing the pros and cons in his mind, suddenly the golden light that had just gone far away in the sky, actually reappeared, and this time at a much faster speed.
This abnormal scene, let Xu Qing brow immediately wrinkled, hiding immobile carefully observe, until that golden light from the distance flew past, speed obviously slowed down a lot.
This caused Xu Qing to see the figure within the golden light, which was a middle-aged cultivator.
This person had a rune affixed to his right leg, radiating fluctuations of spiritual energy that seemed to be supporting his body in flight.
There was also a piece of runic paper in front of him, which was the source of the golden light.
At this moment, between the constant flickering of this rune paper's light, there was actually a vague figure inside it, and upon closer inspection, that figure was clearly the guard of the Camp Master's Mansion that had been decapitated by Xu Qing.
As if it was a soul body, it sensed in all directions like a hound in the golden light.
The middle-aged cultivator's speed grew slower and slower, as if he was observing the surroundings, and after a long time, he changed his orientation and continued searching until he was further and further away.
This scene caused Xu Qing to thump inwardly.
"Rune treasures!"
He recognized the two runes, and although he didn't know the specifics, he guessed their general function.
"Sensing my presence with someone I've killed? But obviously the range isn't very large, and the sensing is also vague ...... "Xu Qing took a deep breath, profoundly realizing the magic and subtlety of the technique, and at this moment, his mind's analysis of the pros and cons was instantly inclined.
"I can't continue traveling to Deerhorn City, a whole day's worth of time, the probability and risk of being discovered is extremely high, once I'm discovered, not only am I in danger, I'll also expose my destination." Xu Qing made a decision, and while the other party was far away, his body swayed and headed straight in the direction of the forbidden zone.
He was prepared to go there to hide for a while before making a decision.
And just as Xu Qing was speeding here, not long after, when he was still an incense stick away from the forbidden zone, golden light reappeared in the sky behind him.
Xu Qing immediately hid and looked back, his eyes contracting violently.
That golden light seemed to have locked onto him here at the moment, and even suddenly increased in speed, heading straight for where he was, and there was even a sword light that came whistling at an even faster speed.
This scene caused Xu Qing's face to change slightly, no longer dodging his body violently swayed.
At the instant he left, a roar came out, and that sword light suddenly landed on the place where he had just dodged, causing soil to splash in all directions and setting off a furious impact.
At the same time, the golden light in the sky also came in an instant, and there was even a cold hum echoing.
"Little brat, finally found you, so you are coming here!"
As the voice came out, the golden light approached, and the figure of the middle-aged man within it, was clearly revealed.
This person had a square face, wore a golden robe, was of an unusual height, and had an average appearance, except for his extremely heavy eyebrows, which looked very conspicuous.
Right now, under the thick eyebrows, there was a grimness and killing intent within his eyes as he looked in the sky towards the direction where Xu Qing was.
Almost at the instant he looked down, Xu Qing's right foot violently stepped on the ground, and the whole person shot up with a roar, whistling towards the middle-aged side in mid-air.
The middle-aged cultivator coldly smiled, he before when he first passed by here, the tracking talisman appeared abnormal, so he carefully searched, and at this moment finally locked Xu Qing here, seeing Xu Qing arrived, his body instantly elevated.
After arriving at a height that Xu Qing could hardly reach, the moment Xu Qing's body impulse dissipated and his body fell, the middle-aged cultivator raised his right hand.
As a storm surfaced around him, he fiercely pointed.
In an instant, the storm fell, directly submerging Xu Qing's figure within.
With a roar, Xu Qing landed on the ground in great distress, his body swaying as he headed straight in the direction of the forbidden zone.
The middle-aged cultivator was just about to chase after him, but in the next instant a cold aura flashed from Xu Qing, transforming into a dagger that came flying towards the middle-aged cultivator at an astonishing speed.
This middle-aged cultivator's eyes narrowed as his body rose into the air to directly avoid it.
"Sculptor's skill!"
On the ground, Xu Qing looked deeply at this middle-aged cultivator without opening his mouth as his speed fully erupted and accelerated forward.
He had already realized that he was no match for this person.
If the opponent couldn't fly, he would still be able to return wounds for wounds and drag him to his death.
But facing an opponent who could fly, Xu Qing didn't have much to do.
With one in the sky and the other on the ground, he didn't have any advantage in such a fight.
At this moment in the speed explosion, Xu Qing ran with all his might, and in the sky behind him, the golden-robed middle-aged man laughed coldly, directly taking out a jade slip to send a message to his old ancestor, and then accelerated his pursuit, and between his chokes, a light of arts and crafts blasted into the earth.
As a great elder of the ninth level of Qi condensation, his spiritual energy is very abundant, and he has mastered even more magic spells.
Looking from afar, one could only see a wind blade and fireball, constantly bombarding, causing Xu Qing, who was running on the ground, to be tired of dealing with it, and even if he dodged, he was still being affected by the waves, and the corners of his mouth were slowly overflowing with traces of blood.
"Old Ancestor is too cautious, I don't need his old man to arrive, I can cut you down." The middle-aged cultivator in mid-air let out a cold laugh.
Having said that, he didn't land on the ground, and even though Xu Qing had been in a sorry state there many times, he similarly maintained a certain height, and between his hands' clenched knots, the storm rose up again, blasting towards the ground.
Xu Qing's eyes flashed with killing intent, being so passively beaten made his killing intent even stronger within him.
But he knew very well that the other party seemed to be one person, but there must be a way to contact the clan, if he didn't enter the forbidden zone as soon as possible in a quick battle, after a long time, once the other people of the Vajra Sect arrived, his own situation would be even more dangerous, especially when the other party's mouth spoke of his old ancestor, which shook Xu Qing's heart.
However, the other party had not lowered his height, which prevented Xu Qing from counterattacking, and he had put up a vulnerable position several times before, but he was still unable to lure the other party down.
"This person is too cautious, can't wait any longer."
Thinking of this, Xu Qing's eyes flashed with a purple aura, and at the moment when the other party's storm came down and submerged his entire body, a purple blade shadow suddenly surfaced within this storm.
Within the storm, Xu Qing's blood spurted out, carrying the damage from the opponent's technique as his right hand fell with it.
In an instant, the Heavenly Saber reappeared and suddenly chopped down.
A life and death crisis that was so strong that it was extreme directly erupted within the middle-aged cultivator in mid-air, his complexion changing drastically, his body retreating rapidly, and with the help of the Flight Talisman, he spared no effort to rise into the air.
And at the moment he ascended into the air, the void below him, the roar is amazing, the shadow of the knife comes, as if it can cut through everything, narrowly and dangerously, whistling past from underneath him.
If he avoided a little slower, or before reducing the height, I'm afraid that now will be this knife with thunderous momentum chopped down the body.
At this moment, although avoided life and death, but its left foot was still touched, directly collapsed, bloody and blurred.
Strongly enduring the severe pain, this middle-aged cultivator breathed in sharply, the killing chance in his eyes was intense, but the vigilance and aftershock in his heart was even stronger, he knew very well that if he didn't have the Flight Talisman, if he was chopped down on his body by the astonishing blade, even if he didn't die, he was bound to be seriously injured.
"The old ancestor was right, this kid, evil!"
On the ground, Xu Qing wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth, coldly glanced at the middle-aged cultivator with a bloody left foot in mid-air, suppressed the regret in his heart, turned around and swung around, and continued to sprint towards the forbidden area.
The middle-aged cultivator in the sky, at this moment, the severe pain was unbearable, after sealing the wound he looked down at Xu Qing, although the killing chance in his heart was strong, he still hesitated and did not dare to continue to get closer, but instead pulled away from the altitude and interfered with it with his spells.
He wasn't going to go ahead and do it alone, his own life was more important compared to accomplishing the clan's mission, so he planned to drag it out, even if the other party was going to enter the forbidden zone, he would still let the matter happen.
"When the Old Ancestor comes, this son will die!"
And so, with him not daring to get closer, although the spells were also damaging to Xu Qing, Xu Qing recovered amazingly, so the impact wasn't very great, and his speed was getting faster and faster.
Until Xu Qing saw the edge of the forbidden zone, his body shook and he stepped in at speed.
Outside the forbidden zone, the middle-aged cultivator's figure in mid-air lurched, and was hesitant to chase him in when, behind him in the sky at the moment, heavenly thunder appeared, rolling and reverberating, and there were two figures whistling.
The former red robe in the body, white hair flowing, not angry and authoritative.
The back of the shadow of the diamond, transformed into a storm that shook the eight directions, it is the old ancestor of the Vajra Sect.
The latter is another elder of the Vajra Sect, the two of them, one in front of the other, approaching at great speed.
