Whoosh!
Zhang Ergou raced through the mountain forest, leaving trails of afterimages behind him.
Behind him.
A silver-haired young man pursued him relentlessly.
Even now.
Zhang Ergou was still utterly bewildered.
He had absolutely no idea what had happened.
He had been wandering around the Mortal Domain minding his own business when he encountered the man. Perhaps the Heaven and Earth Bow had been too conspicuous, because the silver-haired young man decided to seize it.
As for this sort of thing.
Zhang Ergou could say this was not his first encounter.
He was already well versed in how to handle it.
So.
When the silver-haired young man prepared to attack, Zhang Ergou immediately identified himself as an elder of the Origin Sect. That title carried weight not only in Northcloud Prefecture, but throughout the cultivation world of the Thirteen Prefectures of Great Zhao.
But—
After hearing that he was an elder of the Origin Sect, the man did not stop. Instead, he attacked like a madman.
With the Heaven and Earth Bow in hand.
Zhang Ergou could hold his own even against a great cultivator of the Divine Martial Realm.
Yet.
He had no idea where this silver-haired young man came from.
The man also had a Dao artifact in his hands.
Although its quality was inferior to the Heaven and Earth Bow, its wielder was far stronger than Zhang Ergou.
After a few exchanges.
Zhang Ergou had no choice but to flee.
Boom—
Sensing the aura closing in through the air behind them, the Heaven and Earth Bow at his side drew its own string. It gathered a vast amount of Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, formed several arrows, and fired them out, trying to slow their pursuer.
"Did you kill his whole family or do something vile? Why