Misty Forest (2)

"Xin Lao San, I need to discuss something with you."

"What is it?" Xin Lao San asked warily, glancing around. He leaned closer.

"After you go out, run in the northwest direction and distract the people for now. Then I'll secretly follow behind... Don't look at me like that. Don't worry, I'm not going to the Misty Forest. As long as you distract the people, I can sneak out... Don't worry, didn't you see how I still managed to escape even though they surrounded the Dayang City like an iron barrel?"

Xin Lao San thought about it and agreed; he still couldn't figure out how Yue Qianchou had gotten out of Dayang City. However, he still asked with some concern, "Are you really sure?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Yue Qianchou took out an ordinary Profound Iron Flying Sword and handed it to him, saying, "Use this to run later, otherwise you'll easily be exposed. And this... wrap yourself up!" He then pulled out a large piece of black cloth and covered his head with it.

Seeing how meticulous he had been, Xin Lao San began to believe that he truly had a way to escape. He tugged at the black cloth to cover his face, nodded to indicate that he was ready.

Yue Qianchou glanced around and, without hesitation, whispered, "Let's go!"

"Be careful." With that, Xin Lao San stepped onto his flying sword, which whooshed out of the forest and sped off in a northwest direction...

As soon as they stepped outside, someone shouted, "There!" The dozen or so people who had been suspended in mid-air quickly gave chase, and someone else let out a long howl to call out to their fellow disciples.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." Yue Qianchou hid below. Staring at the sky, in the blink of an eye, hundreds of people flew overhead. This was clearly only a small portion of those chasing him. He couldn't help but grit his teeth in hatred. Using such a large force—were they trying to kill him?!

"I like it this way, so I won't have a guilty conscience later!" A ruthless glint flashed across Yue Qianchou's face. After a brief silence in the sky, he didn't say a word, and with a "whoosh," he darted off to the southwest, flying rapidly along the gravelly ground resembling the Gobi Desert. The lower the flight altitude, the less likely he was to be detected.

Over there, Xin Lao San led the way, attracting a large throng of people who surged forward. Xin Lao San suddenly felt a thrill; it was the first time in his life he'd been chased by so many people, though he was still benefiting from Yue Qianchou's influence...

However, his pursuers weren't fools. After a short while, they immediately realized something was wrong. How could Yue Qianchou level, fly so fast? Immediately, someone shouted, "Who's up ahead?"

Just then, the sounds of fighting suddenly came from the southwest...

"Oh no! It's a diversionary tactic! Yue Qianchou is over there!" someone shouted. Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing and saw dozens of people chasing a figure flying close to the ground. The densely packed green shadows were blocking the pursuers. Without a doubt, those densely packed green shadows were Yue Qianchou's signature flying sword.

Without a command, hundreds of men immediately stopped. One of them shouted, "Switch forward and block his path. We've been guarding this place for so long, we can't let others take advantage of us!" A group of men rushed off, intending to cut off Yue Qianchou's path. Then, when the pursuers and those blocking his way joined forces, they would naturally be able to surround Yue Qianchou.

Yue Qianchou flew forward desperately, cursing under his breath. Unexpectedly, a group of people came along just as he stepped out, spotted him immediately, and gave chase. What could he do? He released a barrage of flying swords to block their path while he ran as fast as he could.

Actually, his choice to run southwest wasn't wrong. Other directions were blocked, but the southwest was unguarded. That direction was protected by the Misty Forest, a natural barrier that eliminated the need for manpower to guard it.

Take Xin Lao San, for example. Just when no one was chasing him anymore, several people suddenly shot in from the front, their flying swords attacking him without a word, creating a chaotic mess... Xin Lao San dodged with a teleport. He cursed, "You old bastards, just you wait! I'll settle accounts with you after this is over."

As soon as he teleported, the group sensed something was wrong. Someone recognized the voice and shouted, "Stop fighting! It's Xin Lao San!"

A series of loud bangs echoed in the distance, accompanied by flashes of blue light. The group exchanged glances, ignoring Xin Lao San's insults, and swiftly rushed towards the scene of the fight. If they could seize those two precious swords, it would be a great achievement; even if the Xin brothers sought revenge later, their master would protect them.

Xin Lao San froze in mid-air, staring blankly in the direction of the fight, letting the strong wind blow away the black cloth draped over his body. His eyes were already a little moist, and he murmured to himself, his emotions running high, "You lied to me. We agreed to share the good times and the bad, but how come you shouldered all the hardship by yourself..."

"Yue Qianchou, you lied to me!" Xin Lao San roared to the sky, his flying sword falling out of control. With a flash, he shot towards the fighting area.

The dozens of pursuers weren't actually very powerful. Aside from ten early Tribulation stage Transcending cultivators who were somewhat troublesome, the rest were roughly at the same level as Yue Qianchou. With a single strike of his Yue Qianchou instantly killed over a dozen Nascent Soul Realm. As for the rest, Yue Qianchou was confident he could slaughter them all, but now wasn't the time to entangle himself with them. If the others arrived together, things would become much more complicated.

We've covered nearly half the distance, and in the distance, we can faintly see a seven-colored rainbow shrouding the sky—silent, desolate, magnificent, and mysterious. It must be that forgotten corner... the Misty Forest.

The mid Tribulation stage in the pursuit suddenly saw a large group of figures rushing in from the northwest. They exchanged glances and, with a speed even faster than Yue Qianchou, flashed in front of him. Several sword energies rose up and slashed wildly downwards.

With his superb swordsmanship, Yue Qianchou dodged left and right, managing to escape through the gaps in the descending sword energy, and continued flying forward recklessly. It was as if he was willing to pay any price to reach the Misty Forest. However, because he was flying close to the ground, the flying debris stung his body, causing him to wince in pain.

"A bunch of bastards! Just you wait, I swear I won't rest until I avenge this!" Yue Qianchou roared through gritted teeth. Now that he had been discovered, there was no need to fly close to the ground anymore; otherwise, even if he wasn't killed, he would be blasted black and blue by the gravel on the ground. He quickly ascended into the air on his sword, increasing his flight altitude.

"Ah!" A muffled roar erupted as he activated his sword technique. A thousand flying swords formed a rectangular sword array, spaced two meters apart in all directions, enveloping him within it. The shimmering blue rectangular sword array spun rapidly, a blue whirlwind carrying him forward at breakneck speed—a truly magnificent sight.

The few people who were fighting and flying ahead had just knocked away a few flying swords in the rotating sword formation when the rest of the flying swords immediately swarmed over them. The sheer force of the attack startled them, and they quickly dodged. The knocked-away flying swords then swiftly returned to the sword formation, protecting Yue Qianchou as he moved forward.

Several men attacked repeatedly, but they couldn't do anything to Yue Qianchou. He wouldn't stop fighting them at all, just charging forward. Seeing hundreds of people flying horizontally towards them, the men became anxious. One of them shouted, "Yue Qianchou, leave your precious sword behind, and we'll let you go, even if it means you die!"

"Spare your mother my ass! You bunch of trash, come and take it if you dare..." Yue Qianchou cursed, and suddenly he also noticed a large group of people blocking his way. He felt a little helpless. If he hadn't been held up by these bastards and wasted some time, he would have rushed in already.

Looking around, figures began to arrive from all directions, densely packed, all flying towards this place. It seemed that all the pursuers had come after hearing the news...

Ahead, a misty Misty Forest, shrouded in a mesmerizing aura, lay before them—a magnificent, mysterious, and boundless world. Like an alluring maiden, shrouded in a veil of vibrant colors, countless people throughout the ages have sought to unveil this mystery and awaken her allure. Yet, behind this temptation lies stark ruthlessness, ultimately deterring all who venture forth and causing them to gradually forget this enigmatic maiden.

Since I cannot experience its beauty, I choose to forget it. This place, which has rarely been visited for thousands of years, has been etched with a desolate atmosphere by the wind and frost in this gravelly wilderness, telling occasional visitors that it has been silent for a very, very long time... But the silence has been broken today!

Yue Qianchou's frantic charge forward made those intercepting him guess something. Among the hundreds of interceptors, more than a dozen were far ahead of the others, proving their superior cultivation.

"Oh no! This kid's gone all out. He'd rather die in the Misty Forest than let the treasure sword fall into someone else's hands," someone said, offering their assessment.

"Heh heh! Want to die? Not so easy. You'll have to leave your treasured sword behind!" another man sneered. His words revealed the ruthless, survival-of-the-fittest nature of the Cultivation World.

"Cultivators from various countries have already arrived. Hurry, just in case. We'll hold him off first, the rest of you follow! Go!" shouted the fastest-flying man at the front. His ability to issue commands clearly indicated he was the leader of this group. A dozen or so people vanished from their spot simultaneously, reappeared together in front of them once, then vanished again...

The fact that more than a dozen people could simultaneously use teleportation means that all of them are experts at the late Tribulation Transcendence stage. It is conceivable that this group is determined to seize the treasure.

They teleported to their destination three times in a row, forming a line to block the way in front of the enchanting Misty Forest. They coldly observed the rapidly approaching rotating cyan sword formation, which naturally contained Yue Qianchou, their target.

They were originally about the same distance from Yue Qianchou in the Misty Forest, and their flight speed was Yue Qianchou faster, but just in case, they teleported to intercept him. The seven or eight hundred people behind them had already swarmed in, forming a line behind the dozen or so people.

The leader stared at the men harassing Yue Qianchou, let out a cold laugh, and waved his hand, saying, "Go, chase away those flies behind you, and cut off all of that kid's escape routes. The stuff is ours." Immediately, nearly two hundred men appeared behind him, flanking him...

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