Chapter 1755: Pursuit

The massive spiritual pressure generated by the rapid compression and subsequent violent explosion of a large amount of spiritual energy almost instantly tore apart the several layers of restrictive formations that Han Li, Shi Kun, and the others had set up at the entrance of the restriction.

A thick pillar of wind surged from the ground into the sky, then scattered and expanded, engulfing almost everything within several li into the hurricane, while circles of spatial fluctuations rolled wildly in all directions.

Even though Han Li and the others were already a thousand li away, they could still clearly feel the destructive aura from afar.

The expressions of all three changed slightly.

If they had reacted even half a beat slower and remained in that space, things would have been truly dire.

"Not good. Those Horned Chi people are coming this way, and they are very fast; they will be here soon." Liu Shui'er suddenly exclaimed.

"They have indeed discovered our existence and are using secret techniques to lock onto us. We can't stay here anymore; we must split up and flee immediately. These Horned Chi people have stayed here for so long and must be plotting something big; they might not necessarily pursue us to the death." Han Li seemed to sense something at the same time, his expression also turning solemn as he whispered.

Now that the treasures were in hand, they had originally planned to go their separate ways. Hearing Han Li's words, the other two naturally had no objections.

"Since that's the case, Shi will take his leave first!" Shi Kun immediately cupped his fists at Han Li and the other, turning into a yellow light and shooting away.

"Brother Han, let's reunite in Cloud City in a few months." Liu Shui'er also said with a light laugh.

She flicked her sleeve, and a silver canoe the size of a palm shot out, flashing and transforming into a zhang in length, appearing beneath her feet.

With a light step, she landed gracefully on the canoe.

At the same time, fluctuations rose in the air, and a ball of five-colored spiritual light shot out from the void, merging into Liu Shui'er's embrace—it was a small marten with wings.

After retrieving her spirit beast, Liu Shui'er didn't hesitate anymore. Silver light flashed beneath her feet, and the canoe appeared dozens of zhang away, flying away through the air in another direction.

Seeing this, Han Li's eyes twitched. He formed a seal with one hand, and suddenly, with a thunderclap, a pair of crystalline wings appeared on his back.

With just a slight flap of the wings, he turned into a green-white light thread and shot out.

After a few flashes, Han Li had fled several hundred zhang away, appearing at the edge of the sky.

Just then, a sound of breaking air rang out nearby, and a small white snake appeared, flickering and flying into the light thread, vanishing.

The light thread paused slightly before shooting out at full speed, vanishing at the edge of the sky.

After a while, at the edge of the sky in another direction, spiritual light flashed, and more than a dozen flight lights joined together, arriving at the place where Han Li and the others had originally stayed with a whistle.

The flight lights converged, revealing more than a dozen Horned Chi people in various attires.

The leader was a young man with golden horns on his head, his expression exceptionally gloomy.

"These people are quite clever, running fast enough. But when we were plotting our great cause, to have people of another race hiding and peeking on the side—if we hadn't triggered the restriction, we might not have discovered these people. We absolutely cannot let them leave just like this. Leng Han, Bai Guo, you two take the others to chase the other two; I will personally chase this last one." The golden-horned youth ordered with gritted teeth.

"Yes, Special Envoy Shushu. We will definitely not fail the mission." Another man and woman among the Horned Chi people immediately bowed and responded.

The man was forty or so, tall, his skin covered in dense scales, with a pair of blue curved horns on his head, appearing exceptionally fierce.

The woman was petite, with a beautiful face, a white short horn several inches long between her brows, and she wore a set of unknown silver dress.

After the two beckoned to the others in the team, three people flew out from the team and stood behind each of them.

"You all follow Fellow Daoist Leng as well; I can handle this one alone." The youth frowned and ordered when he saw four people in the team remaining motionless.

"But, Special Envoy..."

The remaining four were stunned, one of them muttering with hesitation.

"Humph, have you forgotten what treasure I have on me this time? Even without using the Heaven-Mysterious Sacred Artifact, with my abilities, would I be afraid of a mere Upper Clan member?" The youth snorted coldly, looking unquestionable.

Hearing the youth named Shushu say this, the remaining four looked at each other, feeling it made sense, and nodded, joining the teams of the blue-horned burly man and the white-skirted woman.

Subsequently, these Horned Chi people rose into the air under their leadership, turning into more than a dozen amazing rainbows and chasing in different directions.

It was exactly the direction Liu Shui'er and Shi Kun had fled.

In the blink of an eye, only the golden-horned youth remained here.

The youth withdrew his gaze from the distance, looked coldly at the direction Han Li had disappeared, and slapped his waist.

"Whoosh!" A ball of yellow light flew out.

A long cry like a dragon's roar rang out, and a deep yellow lizard-like monster appeared in a flash.

This monster had six legs and two pairs of giant fleshy wings on its back, instantly transforming into more than ten zhang in length, appearing exceptionally ferocious.

The golden-horned youth flickered and stood steadily on the head of the giant lizard.

With a flip of his hand, a blood-red but crystal-clear snail appeared in his palm.

But most of the spirit insect's body was retracted into its shell, its two antennae curled into a ball, appearing lazy.

The golden-horned youth frowned, flicked his finger with his other hand, and a fragrant wind blew as a red pill the size of a green bean shot toward the snail.

The originally lazy snail was energized, shook its head, and flashed its head out of the shell, swallowing the pill into its belly in one bite.

The youth formed a seal with one hand and began to chant.

Instantly, the snail's two antennae stretched out incredibly long, pointing toward the direction Han Li had fled, flickering with dazzling red light...

Seeing this, the golden-horned youth's eyes flashed with cold light, and he raised a foot and stepped down.

With a flash of golden light, the six-legged lizard flapped its four fleshy wings simultaneously.

Instantly, a yellow misty sandstorm rolled up, completely engulfing his figure.

A moment later, after the sandstorm dissipated.

The monster and the youth had vanished from the spot without a trace.

The green-white light thread transformed by Han Li, with an incredible speed, flickered in the air, and in the blink of an eye, he had fled more than a hundred thousand li away.

But in the flight light, his eyes flickered, and he kept scanning his body inside and out with his divine sense, his brows furrowing slightly.

Not long after he started flying, he felt that he seemed to have been locked onto by some mysterious thing and was being entangled without letting go.

And although he searched repeatedly, he had no clue at all; it didn't seem like a simple tracking secret technique.

In this way, no matter how fast he flew, he couldn't completely shake off the pursuer behind him.

Moreover, the escape technique he was using now, although astonishing in speed, also consumed a considerable amount of magic power.

With his cultivation greatly damaged now, he couldn't maintain this high speed for long.

It seemed he could only resolve the pursuer behind him to completely get rid of the situation of being tracked all the way.

And through some small tricks he had used during his escape, he already knew that there was only one Horned Chi person chasing him from behind.

In this way, after Han Li failed to find what he wanted on his body again, his thoughts turned rapidly, and killing intent appeared.

With his current peak late-Void Refinement stage cultivation and many great abilities, even though his magic power was greatly damaged, he was confident that dealing with a tracker of the same rank would be no problem at all.

Thinking this, Han Li didn't stop his flight light immediately, but continued to maintain his current speed, shooting forward continuously.

After flying another several tens of thousands of li, Han Li felt that even if there were reinforcements behind him, they couldn't catch up immediately from such a long distance, so he converged his flight light and stopped.

Han Li, who had revealed his figure, flicked his sleeve without a second thought, and dozens of green flying swords surged out, vanishing into the surrounding void in a flash.

Then, with his hands behind his back, he looked up toward where he had come from, hovering in the air motionless.

Not long after, a whistling sound rose in the distance, and a yellow wind came rolling over.

This wind was exceptionally fierce. Before it even approached Han Li, a thunderous sound came from within, and with a roll of the yellow wind, it vanished. In the distance, a giant lizard with six legs and four wings appeared.

Above the lizard's head, the golden-horned youth narrowed his eyes, gazing at Han Li, cold light flashing past.

"Which clan are you from? You don't seem to be a Heaven-Cloud person? Forget it, no matter who you are, daring to peek at our affairs, you can only die." The youth opened his mouth and spoke words as cold as ice.

Then, without any movement, the six-legged lizard under him suddenly let out a low roar, and a strange wind blew on its body.

The beast vanished in place with a flap of its four wings.

But the youth remained strangely in place, not in a hurry, and reached out into the void with one hand.

A blurry black shadow appeared, twisting and flickering, deforming and stretching, actually forming a pitch-black shadow spear.

Seeing this, Han Li's mouth twitched. Suddenly, golden light flared on his body, he gripped with one hand, and suddenly punched toward the void to one side.

Before the punch landed, a golden fist shadow shot out, transforming into a thick, giant fist in a flash.

Wherever the fist wind passed, the nearby void emitted a booming sound, and then it shook and distorted.

"Boom!" A loud noise.

The golden giant fist exploded nearby, turning into a wheel of golden light that shrouded everything within a few zhang.

A roar of shock and anger suddenly came from the light wheel, and then a ball of yellow light erupted, tearing and intertwining with the golden light.

That six-legged lizard actually flashed out in a disheveled state from the nearby void, spitting out yellow light as it desperately resisted the golden light's attack.

And just then, seeing Han Li somewhat distracted, the golden-horned youth had a ferocious look on his face. The spear in his hand flashed, and it vanished silently from his hand.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1756 =====