Ji Qianqian sped through a dense forest, her figure swift, nimble, and light, like a sprite leaping at high speed.
Behind her came waves of hoofbeats and chaotic noise.
"Faster! Don't let her escape."
"Damn it, there are too many trees here. My mount can't take it."
"She's moving east."
"Fuck! Old Li's dead. Watch out for her arrows."
Ji Qianqian paid little attention to those behind her.
They were all local Embroidery Guards who could only barely keep pace with her by relying on horses, qilin beasts, and other mounts.
By using the terrain, Ji Qianqian could easily shake them off.
The real trouble was not them, but what was above her head.
As she leaped through the forest, Ji Qianqian glanced up.
A flock of enormous Three-Headed Vultures was flying through the sky.
-They were vultures with Guiche bloodlines, their bodies so enormous that each could carry more than twenty people.
The Inner Palace Direct Hall Directorate kept over twenty-three thousand of them and had established a Flying Wing Guard.
Ever since her whereabouts had been discovered again an hour earlier, these Three-Headed Vultures had been circling overhead.
This time, however, the Flying Wing Guard had learned its lesson and no longer joined in intercepting and killing her as it had half a day earlier.
They merely fired God-Slaying Heavy Crossbows from the air while directing those below.
Besides the Flying Wing Guard, flying vessels covered the sky above her like a heavenly net.
Those vessels all belonged to the Heavenly Yamen Embroidery Guard. There were not many, only a little over a thousand, but they carried even more people, likewise armed with powerful bows and heavy crossbows.
The dense rain of arrows followed Ji Qianqian's every movement, denying her even a moment's rest. Every breath, every instant,