Chapter 48: Escape
Chapter 48: Escape
The Enchantress taunted Ling Yi in his mind: “Fights this stupid are the most boring kind.”
Ling Yi agreed completely.
It really was boring!
But this was reality!
Looking back at humanity’s long history, similar things happened countless times.
You could easily point to lots of examples.
In the end, it all boiled down to one old saying—Winners become kings; losers get chased.
Since he had already stepped onto this path, there was nothing more to be said.
He just had to grit his teeth and keep moving forward.
Because there was no way back.
The seemingly ordinary SUV performed incredibly well. Earlier, caught in traffic, Ling Yi hadn’t felt it deeply.
But now, on a quiet country road with few people, the car’s low engine roar unmistakably revealed the powerful pedigree beneath its common appearance.
After driving about ten more minutes, they entered a small town on the outskirts of the Capital City.
This time of night, the town was still bustling, filled with people coming and going, and noisy traffic.
The car drove into a repair shop. Five minutes later, seven or eight identical-looking cars drove out, heading off in different directions.
Another half-hour passed, and it was now past nine o’clock.
Several figures emerged from the restaurant next to the repair shop. Three of the four middle-aged men seemed quite drunk, hollering and shouting, boasting loudly.
A middle-aged woman walked up to a silver-grey sedan, opened the door, and called for the other three to get in.
After calling for ages, she finally managed to get the three of them into the car.
The car left the town and sped off into the night, heading northwest.
In the car, Li Qianxue, who was driving, sounded excited: “Now this feels good, really exciting!”
Gu Tong, sitting in the front passenger seat, reminded her: “It’s dark. Focus on driving safely.”
Li Qianxue chuckled lightly: “Don’t worry. I’m an expert driver!”
Gu Tong: “…”
The car raced through the dark night.
Meanwhile…
The cars that had earlier left the repair shop were being stopped one by one.
In the end, those intercepting them naturally found nothing.
By the time the repair shop itself was sealed off and the restaurant’s surveillance footage was pulled, Ling Yi’s group had been gone for over two hours.
Even so, the pursuers still couldn’t be 100% certain that the four middle-aged people leaving the restaurant were their targets.
They just had a rough idea.
“Chase them! Spare no cost! Find them! Stop every single vehicle that left the town tonight!” someone ordered coldly, their voice hard.
Mo Yunwu and Jiang Yuntong sat beside their Master, Qian Luoying. Seeing the Master didn’t look well, the two young people dared not speak.
Qian Luoying was indeed quite irritated.
She had boasted earlier.
Said that as long as she was there, they couldn’t escape.
Yet the harsh reality was—Capital City traffic jammed; she could do nothing about it!
She’d thought about getting out of the car and using her lightness skill to leap forward like a superhero, racing out of the city.
But if she did that, she’d have been undoubtedly exposed to the all-seeing surveillance system.
Regardless of whether Sun Qingbo and his crew would approve, she herself wasn’t willing!
If not for the Sect Leader’s orders, she wouldn’t have even wanted to come to this bustling mortal world.
Quiet training at the Heaven’s Gate Sect was far better!
What none of them knew was that yet another group of people were also tracking those escaping the city: Qin Hao and his companions.
To be precise, they were tracking Ling Yi!
And these people… also came from the Heaven’s Gate Sect, yet had no connection to Qian Luoying and her disciples at all.
They were the people of Heaven’s Gate Sect’s Elder, Feng Bubian!
Unlike Qian Luoying who disliked the mortal world, Feng Bubian was different.
He had even roamed the Great Qin and other nations for seven or eight years in his youth!
His footprints had covered almost the entire Seven Nations region.
Secretly, he had even established an organization in Great Qin. This organization obeyed him completely.
Not only did it bring him unimaginable income every year, but also gathered all sorts of intelligence for him.
Feng Bubian had ultimately passed on the news about descendants of the Grotto Abode owner showing up. He instructed his agent within his Great Qin organization to watch for any unusually skilled individuals appearing recently.
Ling Yi, who had cut a billion Spirit Stones from a one dollar bet at the Fantasy Treasures Auction House, naturally caught their eye.
While this person might not be the one their boss sought, it couldn’t hurt to keep an eye on him.
Though the organization wasn’t as vast as Fantasy Treasures, its power was not to be underestimated.
Therefore, neither Ling Yi’s group, nor Qian Luoying’s side, knew a third party had also joined the chase.
Soon, two helicopters were summoned.
Sitting inside, Qian Luoying couldn’t help feeling a flicker of admiration; mortal society did have some useful stuff after all.
As for Mo Yunwu and Jiang Yuntong, the feeling was pure novelty.
This bustling mortal dust… it was so much fun!
The two helicopters also carried many martial arts experts affiliated with Sun Qingbo.
They would be assisting Qian Luoying and her disciples to apprehend the escapees.
Back on the ground…
The car had sped through the darkness for several hours, the time passing midnight.
The driver had already been switched to Gu Tong.
Li Qianxue had finally become too exhausted, leaning against the passenger seat and falling asleep.
Qin Hao and Ling Yi sat in the back, chatting quietly.
“I remember your little sister does pretty well in school? She must be getting ready for the college entrance exam, right?” Qin Hao asked.
“Hmm, next year,” Ling Yi replied.
“So pretty soon then, a year left,” Qin Hao asked, “What’s she aiming for?”
“Zongwu.”
“Zongwu?”
“I promised her. Before her exam, I’d kill Zhao Tianping,” Ling Yi said calmly. “I always keep my word. By then, if your situation isn’t resolved… I’ll come back alone to find a chance to end him.”
“You’re crazy. You’re only at the Second Stage Acupoint Activation. How do you plan to take down a peak Fourth-Order Golden Body?” Gu Tong interjected from the front.
“It’s not like I haven’t killed one before,” Ling Yi said.
Gu Tong immediately looked speechless.
This matter was practically an eternal mystery.
How did a person at the peak of Second Stage Acupoint Activation manage to kill a Fourth-Order Golden Body?
It was truly unbelievable!
Qin Hao was also thoroughly shocked. Before he could even ask, Li Qianxue, who had been drowsily leaning in the passenger seat, suddenly spoke up, “You’ve killed a Fourth-Order Golden Body? Really?”
“Yeah, by a stroke of luck, I guess.” There was no way to explain this clearly, so Ling Yi could only give a vague response.
“Is that for real? A Fourth-Order Golden Body… even if they just stood there and let me attack, I probably wouldn’t be able to hurt them,” Li Qianxue exclaimed.
Gu Tong said, “That’s you.”
Li Qianxue retorted, “As if you could do it.”
Gu Tong chuckled. “I couldn’t either. But I saw the corpse with my own eyes. Oh, and I was the one who dug the hole to bury him! That bastard was dirt poor too, didn’t even have a single Spirit Stone on him!”
Li Qianxue: “…”
Qin Hao: “…”
But hearing Gu Tong say this, they both understood the matter was definitely true.
Right then, a low, rushing sound came from overhead.
Gu Tong immediately turned off the headlights and brought the vehicle to a stop, saying gravely, “They actually sent a helicopter?”
Everyone craned their necks out the window, looking back at the sky. Sure enough, they saw two small points in the sky, not far behind, heading their way.
“Get out, quick!” Gu Tong whispered urgently.
The four swiftly exited the vehicle. Immediately, two beams of bright light shot straight toward them!
That wasn’t light from lamps; it was light emitted by weapons!
Gu Tong and the others only had time to dash out and throw themselves onto the wild ground. A violent explosion erupted, accompanied by a terrifying wave of energy.
Then, two helicopters slowly descended. When they were still dozens of meters above the ground, figures leaped down directly from them!
“Go!”
Gu Tong grabbed Li Qianxue’s hand. Over there, Ling Yi and Qin Hao also got to their feet. Ling Yi was still brushing dust and broken grass off his clothes, a look of disgust on his face.
Using the cover of night, the four immediately began to sprint wildly!
Ling Yi’s speed was noticeably a good deal faster, but he couldn’t just run off alone. He slowed his pace and asked Gu Tong, who was pulling Li Qianxue along, “Where are our people?”
Gu Tong said in a low voice, “They’re still dozens of miles away from us!”
To be honest, that distance… was a bit far.
None of the pursuers behind them were simple!
The real purpose of those two artillery shells earlier was probably to destroy their means of transport.
The intent to injure them wasn’t very strong.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have waited for them to stop before attacking.
Now they could only hope that the people coming to meet them would notice the commotion here and arrive in time.
Li Qianxue shook off Gu Tong’s hand. “I can manage. Don’t worry about me!”
This quiet girl didn’t drop the ball at the critical moment. Looking at her light steps, she didn’t seem much slower than Gu Tong.
Clearly, she was also a martial arts genius.
Just then, a cold voice came from behind. “Stop running. You’re just wasting time.”
A woman?
Ling Yi was taken aback, inexplicably feeling the voice sounded somewhat familiar.
The Enchantress in his mind was the first to provide an answer, snorting coldly. “People from the Heaven’s Gate Sect. They actually managed to track us here?”
Ling Yi also recalled the female Elder who had been beside Heaven’s Gate Sect Leader Lian Ziqing that day. “Did they see through my disguise?”
“Impossible! They must have colluded with the higher-ups of Great Qin. She helps them catch people; they help her find someone,” the Enchantress said calmly.
“That’s a Daoist, right? What should we do?” Ling Yi asked.
“Never mind that. Run first. At the Heaven’s Gate Sect it would be better; there are Formation Arrays I set up there. But here, my power isn’t enough to deal with them. If we’re really caught, then say nothing, just surrender quietly. Anyway, this matter doesn’t have much to do with you.”
The Enchantress was rather optimistic, but Ling Yi felt a surge of frustration in his heart.
He asked, “Really no chance at all?”
The Enchantress replied, “What chance? There’s a group of Golden Body Realm martial artists behind us, plus two Daoists overseeing things. Their goal isn’t even to catch you. When they catch up later, you run your way. They probably only want to capture that prince; they might not bother with you.”
“Is that possible?” Ling Yi complained. “To be precise, they probably want Gu Tong and Qin Hao, maybe even that Li Qianxue, alive. As for me… nine times out of ten, dead or alive doesn’t matter. If Zhao Tianping is involved too, then it’s even worse.”
The Enchantress fell silent for a moment. “If that’s the case, I’ll help you. But if it truly comes to that, I might need to sleep for a long time… how long depends on how strong the opponent is. But facing a Daoist, given my current state, I’m afraid…”
“Then let’s just focus on running. Avoid fighting if we can,” Ling Yi said without hesitation.
For Ling Yi, the Enchantress’s greatest value was definitely not helping him fight or kill. That Heavenly Eye, that incredibly keen Spiritual Sense, and her vast knowledge were what he needed most.
Cheats were best as support. Overpowered attack cheats get banned sooner or later…
The four were sprinting; the people behind were chasing.
The distance between the two sides was steadily shrinking.
Golden Body and Daoist chasing Pressure Point Strike practitioners… was far too easy.