Chapter 1968

Whether it was Lian Nihong or the two streaks of light chasing Lian Nihong, their speed was fast beyond compare!

In just a few breaths they had practically vanished without a trace!

So if He Pingsheng wanted to catch up, he had to rely on the flying boat's speed.

And it had to be fast.

If he was slow he might never catch up, because heaven knew whether the other party would change direction.

He Pingsheng shouted at Gu Ruyi, then firmly grabbed her hand with one hand, while his other hand pressed the red button with lightning speed.

The originally stationary Divine Profound Heaven Boat started directly with 【Rapid Charge】!

The tremendous force nearly flung He Pingsheng and Gu Ruyi off the hull.

Fortunately both had long been mentally prepared.

Whoosh—

The flying boat seemed to have been hurled out by some vast force, trailing afterimages as it shot out, vanishing from this world in an instant.

After one breath it returned to normal operation.

Both 【Rapid Charge】 uses were spent.

If he wanted to use it again next time, he could only wait half a double-hour later.

Fortunately, even at normal speed this flying boat was inconceivably fast.

In just a dozen or so breaths, He Pingsheng caught up to the two streaks of light behind.

Getting closer, he could see clearly: the pursuers were a man and a woman.

The woman's appearance bore a three-part resemblance to Lian Nihong; He Pingsheng didn't even need to think to know this woman was most likely Lian Nihong's so-called younger sister Lian Niyun.

As for who the man was?

Unknown; perhaps Lian Nihong's enemy Di Wu Rong Song.

But it didn't matter anymore!

The two also saw He Pingsheng and Gu Ruyi; their Divine Sense swept over from afar.

Since the two swept over, He Pingsheng was not polite either; he also swept his Divine Sense over from afar.

Too bad the distance was too far to see.

Gu Ruyi said: "Big Brother He, these two, one is Divine Lord realm fourth layer, one is Divine Lord realm first layer!"

"Good!" He Pingsheng didn't care about their cultivation; he directly piloted the flying boat in an arc from the side and overtook them.

"Damn it…" The man's face darkened as he warned: "Two ants, if you ruin my business, I will make your clans vanish into smoke and ash!"

"Slash…"

He drew a black divine lance and slashed a lance-strike toward He Pingsheng's direction.

Even though the attack power was unmatched, the distance between the two was truly too great.

Moreover He Pingsheng was at their flank, and the key was both were flying forward in sync.

Against this strike He Pingsheng did not dodge at all; by the time the attack arrived, his flying boat had long since flown away.

It simply couldn't hit.

Boom—

He Pingsheng's flying boat grew faster and faster, gradually surpassing the two's speed, then caught up to Lian Nihong from the side and drew close to her.

Lian Nihong's face was pale, as if she was bitterly holding on.

Seeing He Pingsheng's divine boat fly over, a smile appeared on her ashen face as she said: "You still chased after all?"

"You've reached the Divine Spirit realm?"

She was somewhat surprised.

He Pingsheng said: "No nonsense… get on the boat fast!"

He controlled the flying boat, reducing speed somewhat.

This moment was different from just now.

Just now He Pingsheng's flying boat was abreast of the two, and their attacks couldn't hit.

Now it was different; now the two were one behind the other, the opponent didn't even need to aim, just slash from behind and it would be a sure hit.

Sure enough!

Just as Lian Nihong landed on the flying boat, before He Pingsheng could accelerate, the attack from behind boomed over.

By rights He Pingsheng only needed a 【Rapid Charge】 to dodge the opponent's attack, but unfortunately the Rapid Charge uses were spent now.

"Damn it…"

That purplish-red blade light cleaved the void from above, growing larger and larger in He Pingsheng's pupils.

He even felt that within the opponent's blade light there was a trace of an extremely familiar aura.

But what this aura actually was, he had no time to ponder for the moment.

Facing this purplish-red Ao light, He Pingsheng had no other response; he could only wave a hand and bring out a third-tier supreme-grade pill cauldron to prop it open.

Then a pile of third-tier divine talismans also propped open!

Bang bang bang…

Colorful defensive light membranes propped open more than a dozen layers; He Pingsheng still wasn't at ease, put on the Hongmeng Zijin gloves, and slapped a palm toward the rear.

As this palm struck out, the void instantly condensed into an earth-yellow giant hand seal, squarely blasting toward the two flying in from behind.

Bang—

He Pingsheng's palm and the opponent's blade light collided first.

Then He Pingsheng's earth-yellow giant palm was instantly sliced into two halves.

That strand of purplish-red blade light shredded the palm technique and continued forward.

"This is bad..." He Pingsheng's entire face darkened!

He knew a Divine Lord realm attack was strong, but he didn't know this level was actually this strong.

Again!

He shouted loudly, and the second palm struck out.

A second earth-yellow giant hand seal condensed into form.

After the second palm struck out, He Pingsheng took out that Grade 6 defensive divine artifact, the Five Journey Army Umbrella.

This thing is too eye-catching; best not to use it if possible.

Bang...

Under the blade light, the second palm seal continued to shatter.

Fortunately though, that guy's blade light also shattered.

The shattered blade light continued forward, piece by piece blasting onto the defensive light membranes He Pingsheng had deployed!

The defensive light membranes burst open one by one.

It was at this moment that the flying boat beneath He Pingsheng's feet shot out again, speed reaching its limit.

Back and forth, they finally managed to shake off the two pursuers.

"Phew..." He Pingsheng let out a breath of relief.

But Lian Nihong and Gu Ruyi beside him were stunned dumb.

They looked at He Pingsheng as if looking at a monster.

"You just... caught... caught a strike from the fourth layer of the Divine Lord realm?" Gu Ruyi said: "You really are a freak, how did you do it?"

He Pingsheng said: "Not really... he just swung casually, yet I had to use two divine abilities!"

There was a sentence He Pingsheng didn't say: that the divine abilities this old man used were Heaven-grade divine abilities.

"But you're only at the first layer of the Divine Spirit realm... the gap between your cultivation and his is too great!" Gu Ruyi said: "This is already an unprecedented feat, unmatched in past or future!"

Right at this moment, He Pingsheng suddenly felt the flying boat shudder violently.

"Not good..." His Divine Sense spread out, and he suddenly discovered that at the tail of his flying boat, the energy conversion grand array's formation had a breach.

Turns out the strike just now, the blade light fragments had crashed into the flying boat's tail.

"What happened?" Lian Nihong asked with a face full of lingering fear.

He Pingsheng said: "A piece of the flying boat's energy control array is broken, causing energy conversion efficiency to drop; speed will likely drop a tier soon!"

"No good... the people behind are still chasing!"

"We can't escape!"

He Pingsheng's brows furrowed, his face darkening further.

At this time, Gu Ruyi stood up, looked back then forward, gritted his teeth and said: "Turn around... Big Brother He, turn around!"

"We're not far from our Gu Clan!"

"We just need to hold out until we return to the Gu Clan without being caught up to!"

"Once at the Gu Clan, we'll deploy the Grade 4 defensive grand array; these two absolutely cannot break through the grand array!"

He Pingsheng nodded: Right now this is the only way.

"Go..."

His body turned, and he controlled the flying boat to make a wide circle in the void, heading toward the Gu Clan.

At present, the Heavenly Boat's speed has already slowed by twenty percent.

Fortunately those two can't catch up for a short while yet.