Chapter 284: Watching Dailisi Launches the Hunt

"Snap!"

Hearing Feng Xue's teasing words, which still carried echoes and amplification effects, while players eagerly scrambled for gossip, Watching Dailisi collapsed as if her bones had been pulled out, right there demonstrating what despair looked like.

The armor clashing sound that made one's knees ache just from hearing it, the vacant, helpless expression as if her soul had been stolen, even her long white-blue hair that once glowed faintly—all lost its luster now, turning pale like withered, aged bone.

But Feng Xue had no intention of testing how powerful this goddess could be when enraged—he knew his own limits. While other Demon Kings suffered drastic power drops in this world, his own power had actually increased. Having harvested a good sum of devotional energy from Watching Dailisi, he had no desire to stay longer. He leapt high into the air, and Mo Ying instantly transformed into a dark wind, sweeping him eastward in retreat.

"I'm such a fool. Really, I should've realized sooner. His sins were greater, and his class here was a cultivator—why did I never think this guy was actually the Demon King?"

Watching Dailisi belatedly connected all the dots: the massive sin, the hunger for divine power, his greed for all kinds of spells—all matched the textbook profile of a Demon King attempting to transform into a Demon God.

Objectively speaking, most of the blame lay with the players; without their false intelligence, she would never have so easily believed a high-sin human using necromancy.

But now thinking about it was too late. Watching Dailisi knew clearly that both the Transport Department and the Surveillance Department would gladly let her take the blame for the entire incident. Add to that her own violations—entering the Exile Lands without filing a report, using divine power within the Exile Lands, and assisting a Demon King in researching divine power—all were undeniable grave offenses.

"No, I must catch him! Only by capturing this Demon King can I redeem myself!" A torrent of divine power erupted from Watching Dailisi. She no longer cared if her divine energy fluctuations would be detected—or rather, any scan of the surveillance now would clearly reveal her traces.

The steed forged of radiance neighed, its knightly and noble divine vocations shining in harmony. At this moment, Watching Dailisi resembled a Valkyrie, riding the radiant divine steed as she chased after Feng Xue's escape route!

"Damn, such a strong reaction! Is this girl really that fierce?"

Feeling the surge of devotional energy behind him, Feng Xue extracted qi as if his life depended on it, pouring not only his current mana but also his stored reserves into Mo Ying's body, while speaking to Xiao Lingdang:

"How's Bi Gelei's side preparing?"

"Too little time—we could only build a giant raft. But even accounting for weight, it's definitely got a hundred tons capacity. Still, once it hits the sea, it'll probably break apart."

Xiao Lingdang gave her risk assessment; Feng Xue shrugged:

"Doesn't matter. We don't actually need to sail. Tell Bi Gelei and the others to keep their distance—I'm confident I can lure the Saintly One away."

"Understood!"

Xiao Lingdang swiftly transmitted the message. Feng Xue sat atop Mo Ying, adjusting his Potian Bag. The spare Yin Bag instantly swelled taller than his entire body. Once completed, he no longer needed stability.

So…

"Mo Ying, switch to Transport Technique!"

"Got it!"

Seeing Feng Xue finally finished dawdling, Mo Ying immediately wrapped him up, activating the Spirit Transport Technique. Following the markers previously laid, a violently dizzying leap-style teleportation erupted!

"How could he move so fast?"

Watching Feng Xue vanish instantly from within visible range, Watching Dailisi felt as if her entire being would explode—anger, shame, resentment, fear—all emotions tangled together, yet ultimately condensed into one phrase—

"I must catch this bastard!"

"Hunting Authority!"

The ability known as the Mark of Vengeance activated. A dotted line formed in Watching Dailisi's mind. Beneath her, the radiant steed accelerated again. The knight's charge skill, empowered by divine power, became a meteor tearing across the sky.

"Such a powerful divine energy surge!" Hearing Feng Xue's message, Mei Luo, already hidden beneath the sea, perked up. Instantly, she set up an altar underwater and began the ritual to collect devotional energy. Though the type differed wildly from what the Sea God required, faith was easily disturbed by thought.

First solve whether it exists, then whether it's suitable!

Watching Dailisi was now consuming the divine power transmitted from the Divine Realm in the most wasteful way possible, with no attention to anyone scavenging the leftovers, nor any awareness that this divine energy would be used by some Demon God elsewhere.

She only kept accelerating, accelerating, accelerating again. Though she didn't understand what Feng Xue planned to do to escape her pursuit in this sandbox world, her instinct screamed that if she failed now, future pursuit would be catastrophic!

She had once ignored her instinct. This time, she chose to believe it.

In mere minutes, Feng Xue had already fled across provincial borders. Seeing the coastline come into view, he called a halt to the transport. Xiao Lingdang immediately took over navigation.

Without needing to speak, the newly restored Guide Goddess Xiao Lingdang instantly completed navigation. A massive raft, loaded with every conceivable material—useful or not—was marked out. Feng Xue switched to over-the-shoulder view, focusing on the text above his head. The twin wings of Jidala unfolded behind him, golden-red electricity exploding outward, while simultaneously, multiple slowing spells were already completing their incantation.

"Saw it… a raft? Does this guy not know the sea's end is the Void? Is fleeing with this thing really that childish?"

Seeing Feng Xue charge toward the raft, Watching Dailisi's lips twitched, but she didn't slacken. She continued pouring divine power into the radiant steed without restraint.

She'd been fooled by Feng Xue before. She knew this bastard was cunning—who knew if that seemingly wooden raft concealed a teleportation array?

Seeing Feng Xue's determined expression, Watching Dailisi's instinct screamed warnings. She gritted her teeth, suddenly raised her arm, and unleashed the strongest divine technique she possessed—one requiring both Hunting and Knightly Authority:

"Gungnir!"

As the incantation left her lips, the ordinary lance of light gained an indescribable majesty. Though only a fraction of the power borrowed from that Supreme One, it already surpassed Watching Dailisi's own strength many times over!

Yet, this lance—supposedly immune only to divine techniques of equal rank—vanished with a "snap" the moment it was thrown.

"How is this possible? No, no—!" Watching Dailisi nearly tumbled off her galloping steed in shock. She yanked the reins hard. The jolt from sudden braking meant nothing against her current bewilderment.

Only an equal-rank divine technique—or… could nullify 【Divine Technique: Gungnir】.

"Did he escape this world? But how? This is the Exile Lands!"

Though absurd, Watching Dailisi immediately activated her Hunting Vocation. A flickering coordinate flashed in her mind, and a fate-deciding choice opened before her—

Should she pursue?

Of course she should!

At this moment, Watching Dailisi was like a gambler staking everything she owned. Retreating was no longer possible. Her only remaining choice was to raise the bet!

(End of Chapter)