Chapter 519: I must stay alive to see him!

"It's close, it should be not far ahead."

The forest scenery retreated rapidly past them; Qin Jian kept the Lovesick Heartbroken Red in a state of resonance, sensing Xiao Wu's position at every single moment.

And as time passed, the range he could sense gradually shrank, while the precision became higher and higher.

At this moment, they had long since arrived at the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest.

With the majestic Forest King aura of the Taitan Giant Ape suppressing them, no Soul Beast dared to approach them.

"Er Ming! Slow down! Conceal yourselves!" Qin Jian suddenly said from the Taitan Giant Ape's shoulder.

Er Ming's rapidly running figure suddenly slowed down; the original rumbling movements vanished, and as it wove through the tall forest, it made only rustling sounds.

"Elder Guibao, please fly ahead and scout a little." Qin Jian said again.

"Yes."

As Guibao's voice entered his ears, a black figure shot straight into the sky from behind, disappearing in an instant.

"Whoosh!"

After a few minutes, the figure descended from the sky again, landing beside Qin Jian.

"How is the situation?" Qin Jian asked.

Guibao Douluo replied: "Within a ten-kilometer radius ahead, there is an army of nearly thirty thousand!"

"An army... thirty thousand people..."

Qin Jian's eyes narrowed: "Is it a principality? Or the Star Luo Empire?"

"The Star Luo Empire."

Guibao was concise and to the point.

"Very well."

Qin Jian murmured in a low voice, then suppressed the strange look in his eyes and asked again: "What is their formation?"

"Half the people have almost sealed off the entire area, and the other half are searching incessantly."

Guibao looked up and asked: "Commander, are we going to charge straight through? It looks like their average strength is not strong; as long as we don't fall into an encirclement, we can definitely break through with our power."

"Or, we could also fly straight in, bypass the outer perimeter, and search for the commander's companion inside." She added.

"Er Ming, stop for now."

Qin Jian first signaled for the Taitan Giant Ape to stop, then thought it over carefully before looking up at Guibao Douluo and saying: "Elder Guibao, let's split up. You go west and I'll go south; fly over and check the surrounding fifty-kilometer range to see if there are any other ambushes."

Guibao Douluo's expression shifted: "You suspect that the thirty thousand people before us are not all of them?"

Qin Jian looked into the distance, his eyes becoming profound: "If it were a principality, it would be one thing, but since it is the Star Luo Empire, it is impossible for them to have sent only thirty thousand people. They have a militaristic state system; their superior strength has never been Spirit Masters, but armies of hundreds of thousands!"

"Good, I'll go now!"

Guibao Douluo took to the air, just about to leave, when she heard Qin Jian shout coldly: "Wait! It's too late!"

She looked back and saw that a flash of red light was flickering violently on Qin Jian's forehead, and his expression had instantly become one of Killing Sword Intent.

"A life-and-death crisis..."

The Silver Dragon Spear suddenly appeared in Qin Jian's hand, the spear pointing straight ahead: "No time to scout! Charge straight through!"

Inside the encirclement, on the southern side of the forest's outer perimeter, a figure in pale yellow, magnificent robes was surrounded by a crowd, all looking toward the depths of the forest.

If Qin Jian were here, he would surely recognize his identity at a glance; it was none other than Dai Mubai, with whom he had had some dealings in the past.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, that Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast is about to reach its limit." A subordinate was reporting to him.

Dai Mubai let out a cold snort: "Five full days, from the north of the Star Dou Great Forest all the way to the southwest, and she has escaped your grasp five or six times. Are you even worthy of being called the ace army of my Star Luo Empire?"

The subordinate was clearly somewhat nervous and explained in a low voice: "This... actually, we have been close to success many times, but for some reason, black shadows always appear inexplicably around that Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, breaking our encirclement and helping it escape..."

"You have already mentioned this inexplicable black shadow many times before..."

Dai Mubai frowned: "But the appearance of the black shadow is also strange. Based on the strength displayed, it wouldn't be difficult to break through our encirclement, so why is it always intermittent? Why does it only appear when that Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast is about to be unable to escape?"

His subordinate shook his head, indicating he did not know.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter..."

Dai Mubai shook his head and said: "We are not capturing this Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast for the Soul Ring or soul bone; those are secondary..."

A strange look suddenly appeared in his evil eyes: "So there is actually little difference between besieging and capturing, as long as we don't let her escape..."

"Your Highness, rest assured, that black shadow hasn't appeared this time; we will definitely be able to take her down smoothly." The subordinate said immediately.

Dai Mubai was noncommittal: "I hope so..."

He did not look at the encirclement ahead, but instead turned his gaze to the north, the look in his eyes unfathomable: "He already left Heaven Dou City a few days ago; counting the time... he should be here by now..."

In the area to the west of the encirclement, the shadows of the trees were dense, each one reaching dozens of meters in height.

A figure in a high-end, pale pink outfit was jumping across the tree trunks, rapidly changing direction.

"Tap... tap... tap..."

Her water crystal high heels occasionally made light sounds as she stepped on the tree trunks, her long legs wrapped in gray stockings bending and springing, turning into streaks of rapidly passing afterimages.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Every time she left a tree trunk, arrows would follow closely behind, which she dodged by the narrowest of margins.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

A dozen armored figures were leaping continuously behind her, launching soul power attacks that forced her to keep dodging, leaving her not even a moment to catch her breath.

And in the areas to her left and right ahead, there were also over a dozen figures closing in on her, and it was clear that her room for maneuvering was getting smaller and smaller.

"Could it be that I am really going to die here..."

Her heart trembled slightly, but that face, where cold arrogance and delicate charm coexisted, did not reveal any look of despair.

"No matter what... I... absolutely... absolutely... cannot die here!"

A dozen soul skills came head-on, but her figure turned into golden light and dissipated, appearing directly behind them.

Teleportation!

"I must stay alive... to see him again!"

Once again, dozens of attacks from all directions descended upon her; she stood on a tree trunk, her whole body shrouded in a layer of faint golden light.

Invincible Golden Body!

"Ding, ding, ding..."

Three seconds later, the golden body expired, and the remaining soul skill impacts exploded against her.

"Pfft!"

Blood flowed from her mouth; she wiped it away fiercely, used Teleportation again to break out of the encirclement that had formed, and turned into a pale pink light, moving and shifting at high Speed between the tree trunks.

Waist Bow! Teleportation! Explosive Kill Eight-Stage Throw!

She was like an elf in the forest, evading capture and continuously kicking those enemies away.

Unfortunately, soul power is not infinite; since being forced into combat, her soul power had gradually begun to overdraw.

"Hoo, hoo..."

She stood under a tree, clutching her chest, breathing slightly, her face deathly pale.

"Xiu, xiu, xiu..."

In just a moment of breathing time, dozens of armored soldiers emerged all around, surrounding her tightly.

On the tree trunks, on the ground, they were everywhere, surrounding her so tightly not even water could trickle through.

"Surrender now, you have nowhere left to run..."

(End of chapter)