Chapter 178 - Pack
Even though Ye Wei spent all of his energy trying to run from his pursuer, the distance between him and the returned prime Warrior elder was not getting any farther but, on the contrary, closer.
If the situation persisted, it would only be a matter of time when Ye Wei would be caught.
He sensed the returned prime Warrior’s killing intent. The terrifying presence kept closing in from behind. Therefore, he took out the only remaining Instant Shadow Scroll he had.
‘When the cubby elder will catch up, the only way out will be to use this scroll. I will have to stay in shadow form for as long as I can. I should aim for at least another hundred miles.’
At one point five million contribution tokens each, Instance Shadow Scrolls were considered treasures. Ye Wei was aware of its value, refusing to use it before the last possible moment.
He was confident that the Mystic Mount presence in his Sentient would be able to sense danger. Thus, if the Lu elder ever decided to lead his men into the North Barren Mountains, he could utilize it to lead his pursuers to wild beasts and demons
“Damn it, this kid is reckless!” The chubby one-star returned prime Warrior could vaguely feel Ye Wei’s energy entering the barren mountains, his face became dark as a starless night.
The North Barren Mountains was the home to a variety of plants and animals; the abundant environment made it the perfect place for dangerous wild beasts to live.
The high grade wild beasts that resided at the mountains made Lu Qianying hesitant about entering. The more self-absorbed one is,, the more they treasure their own life. He was not sure if Ye Wei was stupid or brave.
“Elder Qianying, what should we do now?” Lu Li and the other Lu’s men all looked at the chubby returned prime Warrior, waiting for the next order.
All of the chasers lost their enthusiasm and anger as they realized the assassin had entered the North Barren Mountains.
“We will continue to chase him!” Lu Qianying gritted his teeth and said. His gaze became cold as he placed his eyes onto the seemingly endless mountain range.
“Are you sure…?” Lu Li and the rest looked at the towering mountains. They were incapable of imagining a positive outcome if they entered the danger zone.
“What are you cowards so scared of? There are beast nests in these mountains and I am sure that kid knows it too.” Lu Qianying stared at the scared men. He shouted. “Even I will struggle to stay safe deeper in the mountains, do you really think the kid will dare go to were I can’t reach?”
“Nobody can know why we are here. Even I might get into trouble with the council if this doesn’t work out I will be treading on thin ice!” Lu Qianying clenched his fist.
Lu Li and the others stopped complaining and reluctantly followed the superior's orders.
“Get moving! That kid is very good at hiding his Qi presence. I am using a detection stance now, but I think I will not be able to sense him very soon!” Lu Qianying became tense. He had been chasing for the whole evening without any luck. He was no longer underestimating Ye Wei as he struggled to keep up throughout the whole evening.
“Yes!”
Lu Li and the other condensed prime Warriors knew the importance of keeping the operation a secret.They knew keeping it a secret was also one of their top priorities.
“Swoosh! Swoosh!” Motivated by the elder’s words, they channeled their entire strength and followed the chubby figure into the mountains at top speed.
Lead by Lu Qianying’s sharp sensing stance, the search team was able to pick up on the weak trace left by Ye Wei, maneuvering in his direction.
‘How did they manage to follow me? Are they actually daring to wander into the mountains?’ Ye Wei frowned and thought to himself.
Lu Qianying’s stance was able to pick up Ye Wei’s location, but Ye Wei’s soul sensitivity was superior to the Lu elder’s detection. He was able to determine the search team’s location from a further distance.
Lu Qianying could only vaguely pick up Ye Wei’s location while Ye Wei’s sensed all the living creatures that were giving of even the smallest life energy.
On the edges of the North Barren Mountain, Ye Wei’s figure flashed between trees and rock, looking for paw prints and tracking marks.
Beast nests were a rarer sight on the mountain range’s outskirt. Ye Wei had been able to sense a few beasts while he was running, but it would have taken more than a few beasts to strand a returned prime Warrior supported by a large group of condensed prime Warriors.
Ye Wei was looking for a large pack of wild beasts that could potentially occupy or even eliminate his chasers.
‘It’s harder than I thought it would be. People make the North Barren Mountains sound a lot more dangerous than they really are.’ Ye Wei thought to himself while nimbly navigating the range at an extraordinary speed.
‘They are half a mile closer!’ Ye Wei’s brows furrowed, remembered how the chubby elder’s finger strikes were strong enough to be life threatening from miles away.
Knowing the elder’s extraordinary close range pressured Ye Wei. He, out of sheer nervousness, actually sacrificed a bit of his speed to keep track of the distance between him and the elder’s lethal finger strikes.
‘There is only around four miles between me and them. I have to find a pack of beasts soon or I will have to run deeper into the mountain range where then I would have to avoid getting surrounded by packs!’ Ye Wei looked towards the high rise and the valleys and lead to the hills. He shook his head, shivering.
‘Where are you when I need you!?’ Ye Wei stomped heavily on a giant rock, propelling him and accelerating his speed.
The corroding rock split in half and cracked into rubble within seconds.
“Ha, desperate kid!” Lu Xianying landed. He looked at the rubble thirty seconds after Ye Wei broke the rock. His cruel smile grew larger.
“Speed up! We are getting closer!” Lu Qianying swiped his arm and ordered his men to run towards where Ye Wei went.
“Swoosh! Swoosh!”
Ye Wei knew his life depends on how quick he ran; while Lu Qianying felt his family’s uprising could be sabotaged by whatever power order the lone assassin to attack the Lu’s camp.
The distance between the two parties kept becoming closer. When the sun had faintly bleached the clouds light pink, the distance between Ye Wei and Lu Qianying shortened to less than two miles. The distance a returned prime Warrior could cover in less than ten seconds.
‘One and a half mile, I am so close my speed enhancing stance could bring me right to you.’ A cold glint appeared in Lu Qianying’s eyes as he chuckled and thought.
“Eh?” Ye Wei could sense the Lu’s closing in. The hair on his back stood up as he felt threatened by the returned prime Warrior’s fearsome presence.
Ye Wei would much rather head deeper into the mountains than confront the Lu elder.
Another hour passed, the sun was entirely above the skyline. It lit up the long and winding mountain ridge.
Sunlight flashed through the branches of the trees. Ye Wei was camouflaged by the variegated shadows. He just crossed over a valley, entering the highland and the dense woods.
“A wild beast pack!” As Ye Wei entered the dense forest, his Sentient shook. He smiled as he picked up their fierce presence.
‘Hahaha, finally!’ Ye Wei thought to himself, ‘enjoy your meal!’ The mystic mount presence sensed the exact location of the wild blood wolves. He was ready to lead the Lu’s right into the beasts’ jaws.
“Three high-grade general bloodwolves, twelve mid-grade, forty low-grade.” Ye Wei mumbled to himself as he counted. His enchanted will-force diffused from him and filled the valley. This gave him a detailed mind image of the location and even the thick hair of the beasts.
“Kid, today’s date will be on your headstone!” Lu Qianying growled. He was now exactly one and a half miles away from Ye Wei.
‘High-level Myst stance, Slideflash!’ Lu Qianying smiled as a yellow-glowing rune sequence appeared under his feet.
“Swoosh!”
Lu Qianying’s figure became blurry. He accelerated to the speed of a two-star condensed prime Warrior.
In a blink of an eye, a chubby, red-haired old man appeared in front of Ye Wei. “You can’t run now!” Lu Qianying’s fingers curled into a claw shape, aimed right at Ye Wei’s head.
“Rumble!”
A surge of primal energy rushed from Lu Qianying’s dantian to his hand. A burst of runes appeared in the air and transformed into a twenty feet long and wide spectral palm. It flew straight to Ye Wei’s skull.
“Oh, hello!” Ye Wei stared above as the giant palm fell onto him. His lips curled up as he swiped his hand to the side, shooting a rain of Qi swords from his palm towards the valley.
Concurrently, a tearing sound came out of Ye Wei’s left hand. A faint green hue wrapped around his body instantaneously.
“Phewm!”
Ye Wei’s figure faded. He turned into thin gray smoke and was carried by a strong gust of wind. he pulled a whole mile ahead of Lu Qianying, going into the valley.
There was no pause in Ye Wei actions. It was apparent to the chubby elder that his target had calculated being caught.