After the time it took to boil a cup of tea, Yue He’s expression changed as she cried out in alarm, “This is bad, they’ve really caught up.”
Yang Kai turned his head to look back and saw several dozen streaks of light speeding towards him. His heart was filled with hatred. Hi strength was too low and he was constantly being bullied, but he was powerless to resist. Turning his head to look at Lu Xue, he said, “I’m afraid this matter will not end peacefully. If you don’t want to be implicated, you’d best part ways with me here!”
Lu Xue looked at Yang Kai in surprise, not having expected him to think of this at this time. Her heart warmed slightly as she shook her head, “Even if we split up now, I can’t separate myself from this. Staying together will increase the strength.”
Yang Kai nodded, but he didn’t have the time to try to persuade her. He simply took out his Wishful Bag and threw it towards her and Guo Ziyan. The two of them understood and didn’t resist, allowing Yang Kai to put it away.
Leaving behind Yue He and himself to look after each other, they quickly fled.
Firstly, with Yue He’s Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage cultivation, her speed wasn’t slow, and secondly, if anything were to happen, with Yue He by his side, they would be able to resist a bit.
Guo Ziyan’s Second Order Open Heaven Stage, Lu Xue’s Fourth Order Open Heaven Stage, was a bit lacking. Escaping together with them would undoubtedly slow them down, so it was better to just put them into the Wishful Bag.
“It really was a bluff, this little brat is too cunning!” From behind, Chen Tian Fei’s eyes lit up as he muttered excitedly.
If Yang Kai really had nothing to fear, he definitely wouldn’t have immediately increased his speed after discovering them. The more Yang Kai acted like this, the more it showed that he was strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Chen Tian Fei even suspected that he hadn’t brought out Zhu Jiuyin at all. The Holy Spirit aura he felt before might not have been released by Zhu Jiuyin’s true body. Although that Holy Spirit aura was not fake, there were other methods to activate it, such as the Secret Technique Zhu Jiuyin had planted on Yang Kai in advance.
“They sure run fast!” Ouyang Lie coldly snorted.
His brother, Ouyang Bing, said, “Yue He is a Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage master after all, only Chief Manager can match her speed.”
He secretly flattered.
Lady Qin asked in confusion, “Why did those two suddenly disappear?”
Chen Tian Fei said, “That little brat surnamed Yang seems to have some kind of artifact that can contain living creatures. He was the one who suddenly released the Earth Dragon and Scarlet Flood Dragon.”
Everyone had experienced the battle between Yang Kai killing Gan Hong and the Poison Lady. Although it had been many years, they still remembered the scene from that time. Thinking about it carefully, they all knew that the two weaker ones, Guo Ziyan and Lu Xue, had been taken away by Yang Kai.
Chief Manager Zhao Baichuan coldly snorted and raised his hand, causing a brilliant light to flash across his palm. Suddenly, an object began spinning and rapidly expanded, transforming into a tall mountain.
“All of you, come in!” The Chief Manager shouted and was the first to rush into the mountain.
Everyone’s eyes lit up, knowing that their Chief Manager was about to go all out, even taking out this artifact. Without hesitation, they all rushed into the mountain.
There was a Spirit Peak in the mountain, and there were quite a few of them. Dozens of Open Heaven Stage masters stood atop the Spirit Peak, each of them pouring their strength into the mountain, while the Chief Manager stood atop the highest peak, controlling the entire situation and controlling the techniques.
The tall mountain immediately shot forward at lightning speed.
Up ahead, Yue He noticed the commotion and turned around, her pretty face changing color, “Zhao Baichuan even brought out the Hundred Refined Peaks, how shameless.”
This Hundred Refined Peaks was both a Secret Treasure and a defensive artifact, as well as a flying artifact. It could be said that it had many uses and was quite famous among Mid Rank Open Heaven Stage cultivators, so it was not surprising for Yue He to know about it.
Originally, she had relied on her Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage cultivation to escape with Yang Kai, so her speed was not inferior to the Scarlet Star's people. After all, although the Scarlet Star also had a Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage cultivation, it is only Zhao Baichuan alone. The rest of the Managers were Fourth Order, while the others were all Low Rank masters. Their cultivations were uneven, and their speed was also uneven.
But now, with this Hundred Refined Peaks, not only would they be able to move together, but their speed would also increase significantly.
As she spoke, Yue He quickly summoned her flying artifact, a small boat, and pulled Yang Kai onto it, transforming into a stream of light.
However, Yue He’s flying artifact was obviously not as good as Zhao Baichuan’s Hundred Refined Peaks, not to mention that there were still several dozen Open Heaven Stage masters on the Hundred Refined Peaks.
The distance between them continued to shrink.
The distance of several thousand kilometers quickly became a thousand kilometres, then a few hundred kilometres…
Zhao Baichuan’s voice came from behind them and directly poured into Yang Kai and Yue He’s minds, “Please wait a moment, this Zhao suddenly remembered something and needs to discuss it carefully with Foreign Elder Yang. I hope Foreign Elder Yang can help.”
Although he had chased them all the way here, he hadn’t completely fallen out with them, but that was only because he had been careful. In the end, although he was confident that his speculations wouldn’t be wrong, he was still wary of the Holy Spirit’s aura from before, so he had to take precautions.
It was this cautiousness that allowed him, Zhao Baichuan, to build his foundation in the vast Three Thousand Worlds without any foundation, otherwise he would have died many times over.
Standing at the back of the ship, Yang Kai stared coldly at Zhao Baichuan and snorted, “Does Chief Manager have anything else to discuss with this Foreign Elder?”
Zhao Baichuan said, “This matter is of great importance and concerns the life and death of my Scarlet Star. We must make this clear in person, please wait!”
Yang Kai cursed in his heart. How could he not know that he was thinking about his great harvest in the Great Ruins Boundary? What did he mean by the survival of the Scarlet Star? It's all nonsense. However, Yang Kai remained calm on the surface and nodded, “Is it that serious? Then this Foreign Elder will listen carefully.”
Saying so, he turned to Yue He and ordered, “Stop the ship!”
Yue He followed his instructions and slowed down.
As soon as he slowed down, Zhao Baichuan became somewhat suspicious. The Hundred Refined Peaks that had been rushing towards them suddenly slowed down, and in less than ten breaths of time, it had stopped in midair.
Yang Kai said mockingly, “Didn’t Chief Manager have something important to discuss with this Foreign Elder? Why are you standing here? Are you trying to make fun of this Foreign Elder? Hurry up and board the ship.”
Zhao Baichuan was stunned by his words and almost began to doubt his own speculations. Was this guy trying to trick him or was he trying to lure him into a trap? If his speculations were wrong, if he were to fall into this trap, how could he have a good ending?
For a time, it was difficult to stop after a halfway ride.
Yang Kai urged him several times, but Zhao Baichuan didn’t respond, so Yang Kai couldn’t help shouting angrily, “Zhao Baichuan, how dare you tease this Foreign Elder!”
Zhao Baichuan’s face twitched as he remained silent.
Yang Kai said hatefully, “This Foreign Elder has other important matters to attend to, so I won’t hold it against you this time. If this happens again, I’ll definitely kill you.” Turning to Yue He, he ordered, “Let’s go!”
Yue He broke out in a cold sweat as she hurriedly urged her small boat to fly away.
In her heart, she couldn’t help feeling admiration for Yang Kai. Yang Kai’s courage was simply too great. He had been bluffing again, but Zhao Baichuan had actually been fooled.
She knew that Zhao Baichuan’s cleverness had backfired on him. If it had been Chen Tian Fei and the others, they probably wouldn’t have fallen for it so easily. Sometimes, thinking too much was not a good thing.
“We fell for his bluff again!” Seeing the small boat fly forward, Zhao Baichuan’s face became extremely ugly as he grit his teeth and shouted, “I’ll definitely pull out that brat’s tendons and skin!”
Chen Tian Fei quickly said, “Chief Manager, please calm down. This little brat is indeed quite cunning, but in front of absolute strength, any kind of scheme is useless. After we catch up to him, this Chen will capture him and let Chief Manager deal with him.”
The group of people immediately mobilized their strength and controlled Hundred Refined Peaks to chase after him, rapidly closing the distance between them.
Yang Kai stood at the back of the ship and shouted angrily, “Zhao Baichuan, if you want to die, this King can fulfill your wish. Don’t think this King really won’t dare kill you!”
Zhao Baichuan didn’t say anything, only responding to Yang Kai with a stream of light from Hundred Refined Peaks.
Yang Kai’s neck shrank back as he directly rushed into the cabin.
Yue He controlled the small boat and nimbly dodged the terrifying attack.
“Ah, I can’t scare him anymore,” Yang Kai sighed, knowing that he had almost reached his limit. Zhao Baichuan was too cunning. If he didn’t show some real ability, just relying on his mouth to force him to retreat was simply a fantasy. The first two times he had managed to scare him was already his limit, and now it was time for him to escape.
Yang Kai was extremely resentful. He had been hunted down by the Holy Spirits in the Great Ruins Boundary, and after leaving the Great Ruins Boundary, he had been hunted down by the Scarlet Star. All this time, he had been chased down and almost killed by them.
Hundred Refined Peaks's offensive and defensive capabilities is a good combination, and it was also a flying artifact with powerful usage. Now that it had several dozen Open Heaven Stage masters operating it, it was like a tiger had grown wings. As they chased, streams of light shot out from the peak, forcing Yue He to dodge. The small boat was like an ocean in the midst of a raging storm, at any moment it was at risk of capsizing.
Seeing this, many of the Scarlet Star’s Open Heaven Stage masters became excited. Now that they had completely fallen out with Yang Kai, if Yang Kai really had a way to resist, he definitely wouldn’t hide it.
However, he could only dodge and flee. In other words, Zhu Jiuyin had not been brought out by him, so the Holy Spirit aura he had released before should have been left behind by Zhu Jiuyin.
Everyone calmed down and poured even more strength into the mountain.
As time passed, the distance between them continued to shorten, and another stream of light shot towards them. Yue He hurriedly controlled the small boat to dodge, but at the same time, as if she had foreseen this, a second stream of light shot towards the small boat.
Yang Kai’s vision was immediately filled with a dazzling light and a great sense of crisis filled his heart as he shouted, “Not good!”
Yue He also wore a look of despair. The other party was about to attack, so it was too late for her to dodge. From the fluctuations of the attack, if she was hit, she and Yang Kai would definitely suffer.
Just as she didn’t know what to do, Yang Kai had already grabbed her by the waist, and the next thing she knew, she was already hundreds of kilometers away.
A dazzling light burst out from somewhere in the void, causing Yue He’s heart to feel empty and her mind to tremble slightly. In an instant, her connection with the small boat was completely severed.
How could she not know that her small boat had been destroyed? The light that burst out was the scene of her small boat being destroyed!
TO BE CONTINUED...
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