Pursuit and Escape
The skies above Nuoding City.
Qian Xunji hovered in mid-air, his brows furrowed.
The aura of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was moving below.
It moved erratically, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes accelerating, sometimes stopping, weaving back and forth among the densely packed houses.
"Your Dean, Dean," Yue Guan's voice came from beside him, "How about we go down and search?"
Qian Xunji lowered her head, her gaze sweeping across the streets and alleys below.
Although Nuoding City, it is densely populated, with houses standing side by side.
"No."
"There are too many people here. If we go down and a conflict breaks out, many people will die."
"What should we do then? Let him stay hidden down there?"
"Leave it to me."
Qian Xunji closed his eyes, and activated the Spirit Vision Crane's Head Soul Bone skill, X-ray vision.
His vision will transcend all physical barriers, focusing on the target.
Then, he opened his eyes.
The entire Nuoding City appeared semi-transparent to him.
Soon, in a narrow alley in the northern part of the city, a tall man was seen carrying a woman as they ran for their lives.
That's Tang Hao.
Qian Xunji took out the God of Light Bow, a divine artifact he hadn't used in a long time.
The next second, the bowstring tightened.
An arrow, formed purely from the element of light, took shape between the bow's arms.
Qian Xunji drew back the bowstring, adjusted the light arrow's intensity to the minimum, and then released it.
call out--
The light arrow tore through the air and shot precisely towards Tang Hao's back.
Tang Hao noticed it as soon as the light arrow pierced through him.
His fighting instincts took over his body in that instant.
Without thinking or calculating, his knees bent, his waist and abdomen twisted violently, and his body sprang to the right, carrying Ah Yin three feet to the side.
The arrow of light grazed past his left shoulder.
The gust of wind from the arrowhead tore through the fabric of his clothes at his shoulder, leaving a bloody gash on his skin.
The arrow of light continued its trajectory, striking the wall opposite the alley and leaving a large, molten hole in the brickwork.
Tang Hao steadied himself and looked down at Ah Yin in his arms.
Ah Yin was also looking at him. "Brother Hao, you should go."
"Impossible, even if I die."
He raised his head and looked up at the sky.
Four figures hovered above Nuoding City.
Tang Hao recognized the person at the very front.
Qian Xunji is Peak Douluo with Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.
"Qian Xunji, what do you mean?"
"Hand her over."
"Dream."
After saying that, Tang Hao hugged Ah Yin tightly, and his right hand released the Clear Sky Hammer, shouting, "Eighth Soul Skill - Thunderbolt Sky-Crushing!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Hao suddenly raised his right hand— the Clear Sky Hammer burst forth, its black body spinning like a meteor, unleashing his eighth Soul Skill, Thunderbolt Sky-Crushing!
Before the hammer even arrived, the air was already compressed into a milky white vortex, with rubble suspended in its path.
Qian Xunji raised his hand, God of Light Shield was instantly activated.
Boom--!!!
The hammer and shield collided, and a blinding white light exploded, which then transformed into a massive shockwave that swept across the sky.
In the instant the blinding light of the explosion was blinding, Yue Guan moved.
He swooped down to the ground, and all nine petals of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum bloomed simultaneously, unleashing his level 96 Soul Power without reservation—his third Soul Skill, Aura Barrier!
A hemispherical barrier rose from the ground, absorbing and dissipating all the aftershocks.
The common people were unharmed.
As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, Qian Xunji lowered her arm and glanced at the center of the explosion.
The air was completely empty.
Using the blinding light and shockwave from the explosion, Tang Hao and Ah Yin escaped into the distance.
Qian Xunji's lips curled slightly. "Very good, once we're out of the city, I won't have to hold myself back anymore."
"Keep chasing."
"Yes!"
Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the other two responded in unison, and the four figures sped off towards the northern horizon.
Tang Hao carried Ah Yin as they ran wildly through the mountains and forests.
He had been running for almost half an hour.
After leaving the Nuoding City, he passed through three groves of trees and climbed over two low hills, his robes torn to shreds by thorns.
Sweat plastered his hair to his forehead and dripped down his chin.
Ah Yin curled up in his arms.
Her face was as white as paper, her lips were bitten raw, and blood seeped out and clung to her chin.
Each contraction caused her body to convulse violently, and her amniotic fluid was almost completely drained, but the baby still hadn't come out.
"Brother Hao."
Tang Hao didn't stop; he kept moving forward.
"Brother Hao," Ah Yin said again.
"Hold on a little longer."
"Almost there, we'll be safe soon."
"Brother Hao, put me down."
Tang Hao did not release it.
"Put me down, you can walk by yourself."
Tang Hao suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He looked down at Ah Yin in his arms, and Ah Yin was looking at him too.
Her eyes reddened, but she didn't cry.
She hadn't cried the entire way—not when she gave birth, not when she was being chased, not even when the journey was so bumpy she was trembling—but now her eyes were red.
"Impossible. Even if it means death, I will not hand you over to them."
Ah Yin buried her face in his chest.
She thought she could be happy forever.
She gave birth to her child in a villa in Nuoding City, watched the child grow up, and grew old with Tang Hao.
She thought that after transforming into a human, she could sever all ties with her past and become an ordinary wife and an ordinary mother.
But her identity still brought them disaster.
The words "Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast" were a knife hanging over her head.
She had hidden it for so many years, but the knife still fell.
sorry.
She didn't say those three words.
Tang Hao carried her and continued running.
After another short while, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Not far ahead, there is a cave entrance in the mountain wall.
The entrance to the cave was partially obscured by several clumps of bushes, making it virtually impossible to spot without careful observation.
He carried Ah Yin and rushed over, using his shoulder to push aside the bushes, then bent down and crawled inside.
The cave wasn't deep, only about three zhang (approximately 10 meters), but it was spacious enough.
The cave walls were dry, and the ground was covered with a layer of fine, dry grass and fallen leaves, probably someone's former dwelling.
There was a crack in the cave ceiling, letting in a sliver of sunlight that just illuminated a small area in the center of the cave.
Tang Hao gently placed Ah Yin on the haystack.
He took off his outer robe, folded it several times, and placed it under her head.
He then took out the blood-replenishing medicine from his Storage Soul Tool and put it into Ah Yin's mouth.
Ah Yin held the medicine in her mouth and swallowed it with difficulty.
Her breathing had stabilized slightly, but her face was still very pale.
"Wait for me here."
Tang Hao squatted down in front of her, wiping the sweat from her forehead with his thumb. "Give birth to the child."
Ah Yin grabbed his hand, "Where are you going?"
"I'll go guard the cave entrance."
"Brother Hao..."
I will definitely come back.
After Tang Hao finished speaking, he bent down and kissed her forehead. Then he stood up, turned around, and walked to the cave entrance.
The Clear Sky Hammer emerged from his right hand. He slammed the handle into the ground, and the hammerhead sank three inches into the earth.
He stood there at the cave entrance, eight Soul Ring spinning beneath his feet.
At this moment, Qian Xunji's figure descended from the clouds and stopped ten meters above the cave entrance.
Gui Mei and Yue Guan hovered on his left and right sides respectively, Bibi Dong stood beside him.
Qian Xunji looked down at the cave entrance.
From this angle, he could see Tang Hao standing at the cave entrance.
He stood with his legs slightly apart, supporting himself on a hammer with one hand, like a wolf cornered.
Tang Hao also saw him.
Their eyes met in mid-air.