488 Surrounded (2/2)
”Old thing, don't struggle. You'd better just die quickly. If you don't die soon, even I will pity you,” Mo Wen said with a voice full of pity as he waved the Sacred Fire Sword around.
”Ptui...I hate you!” Xu Zhong spat out a mouthful of fresh blood again. He raised his head to the sky and gave a long exclamation. His body twitched twice and then he furiously fell to the ground. He crashed onto the ground with a loud bang.
Mo Wen came down from the sky and stood on the crown of a tree. He looked at Xu Zhong's corpse from afar, but he did not approach it. He just stood quietly with a depressed look. He looked like a melancholic poet appreciating the scenery of the mountains.
He did not go, and also did not move. Time passed by slowly. 15 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour…
Suddenly, Xu Zhong, who was lying seemingly dead on the ground, sat up. His eyes were full of hate as he looked at Mo Wen. With his last strength, he roared loudly. ”How could you know?”
”Because you are an idiot.” Mo Wen pouted, staring at Xu Zhong as if he was indeed looking at a fool.
”I…” Xu Zhong opened his mouth and pointed at Mo Wen. After saying this one word, his head then dropped to one side. He had completely stopped breathing.
”This is really a tragic tale,” Mo Wen sighed with a melancholic look. He flew above Xu Zhong's corpse and slashed off his head with a wave of his sword. Then he turned and flew out of the forest.
Before this, Mo Wen had branded Chen Zi with a Spirit Imprint. As long as she wasn't too far away, Mo Wen could very easily find her.
Fifty miles away from Panli City, Chen Zi stood on top of a rock in the middle of a small pond. She quietly gazed at the blue waters of the pond, remaining motionless for quite some time.
Zou Guangbo was ragged. He knelt beside the pond washing his wounds. He had tens of wounds on his body. Obviously, when they were in the midst of fleeing for their lives, they had encountered a fierce battle. Right now, his face was pale. Clearly, his injuries were substantial. Chen Zi was also injured. Even the Phantom Wolf Cat at her feet was covered in wounds. Clearly, their escape from Panli City had not been easy.
”Young mistress, we should be on our way. Otherwise, those Jianyou Sect ancient martial art practitioners will find their way here,” Zou Guangbo said to Chen Zi as he simply bandaged the wounds on his body and stood up. Although they had escaped the encirclement, they could not stay here. Otherwise, the members of the Jianyou Sect would sooner or later find their way here.
”What about Mo Wen?” Chen Zi had a worried look.
”Young mistress, right now, we can barely protect ourselves. We can't worry about others. Also, Mo Wen's cultivation is comparable to the Golden Elixir realm. He won't necessarily need to fear Xu Zhong. Even if he is not a match for Xu Zhong, he will certainly be able to defend himself. Instead, it should be us, with cultivation that is too low, who should be careful.”
Zou Guangbo laughed bitterly. Only Xu Zhong could be a threat to Mo Wen. All the Embryonic Breathing realm ancient martial art practitioners of the Jianyou Sect in Panli City had left to hunt them down. Comparing the two scenarios, he believed that they were actually in greater danger. Rather than worry about Mo Wen, they should consider themselves first.
”What if he can't find us?” Chen Zi frowned.
”Right now, he certainly will not be able to. However, you don't have to worry. He should know that we are headed to Intentionless City. He will certainly choose to meet up with us there.”
Zou Guangbo shook his head. They were already fifty to sixty miles away from Panli City. Along the way, in order to evade the Jianyou Sect's hunt, they had not left behind any sort of markers at all. It would be almost impossible for Mo Wen to find them. It was only possible for all of them to meet up in the Intentionless City.
”Alright then. We'll head to Intentionless City first.” Chen Zi sighed. Right now she had no other choice.
She bent over to lift up the Phantom Wolf Cat lying at her feet. She gently stroked the wounds on its body. Her eyes were full of pity. Surprisingly, the Phantom Wolf Cat did not resist Chen Zi, quietly lying in her arms.
Just as they were preparing to once again start their journey and head towards Intentionless City, a scraping sound of footsteps suddenly sounded in the surrounding forest. There seemed to be more and more of them, as though quite a few people were heading over to surround the place.
”Not good. They've caught up.” Zou Guangbo's expression changed drastically. He frantically looked at the forest behind him. His expression was grim. They had just escaped from a group hunting them and now another group had actually caught them up.
”Run!” Zou Guangbo and Chen Zi looked at each other. Without another word, they fled to the other side of the forest.
The Jianyou Sect had numbers on their side. Aside from running, the two of them could not do anything else.
”Humph, trying to escape again? Let's see where you escape to this time.” A group of people walked out of the forest in front of them. Their leader was a middle-aged man. He had two small mustaches and a nose like an eagle's beak. He was blind in one eye and wore a black cloth over it.
A group of Jianyou Sect ancient martial art practitioners swarmed in from both in front and behind them. The pincer attack managed to surround both Zou Guangbo and Chen Zi in one swoop.