Chapter 366: Inescapable Net Four (1/2)
Chapter 366: Inescapable Net (Four)
As he ran, Jian Chen continued to think about his options. Changing directions every so often, he made a dash for the nearest city.
Jian Chen had already memorized the surrounding environment, so he knew that a thousand kilometers away was a single First Class City. With a wind attributed Heaven Saint Master chasing after him, he would only be able to throw him off temporarily. If he were to stop, then the Heaven Saint Master would quickly catch up.
So running without a purpose or direction was out of the question. Once his Saint Force were to become empty, then he would be at a point of no return. He had to enter a city. With many different types of people around, he could hide himself without being caught.
Quickly, Jian Chen made the journey to the First Class City and when he arrived he leaped over the wall to hide among the buildings sheltered behind it.
Not too long after Jian Chen’s disappearance, an azure streak of light could be seen as the third elder flew through the air. Floating in the air during the middle of the night, he stared down toward the city, “What a crafty youngster. Seeing how you stopped within a city, that means you cannot keep that speed up for an extended period of time.” Afterward, the elder remained motionless as he studied the city with his eyes, as if trying to find a trace of Jian Chen that could be followed.
Some time later, the sounds of seven Heaven Saint Masters flying through the air could be heard before finally stopping right next to the third elder of the Shi family.
“Third elder, could Jian Chen have hidden himself within the city?” The fourth elder asked.
The third elder let out a sigh, “This Jian Chen’s speed is truly too fast. Even with my entire strength, I was unable to keep up with him. He managed to disappear in the city, and I’ve yet to figure out where he is located.”
“How… how is that possible? Third elder, is Jian Chen’s speed so truly fast that even you cannot keep up?” The fourth elder’s eyes grew extremely wide in disbelief at the words coming out from the third elder’s mouth.
But he wasn’t the only one. The two brothers from the Jiede clan could only stare in disbelief as well. An Earth Saint Master being able to outpace a wind attributed Heaven Saint Master was an impossible feat until now.
Hearing this, the third brother of the Cai family hid a small smile. If even a wind attributed Heaven Saint Master wasn’t able to catch Jian Chen, then Jian Chen escaping from his hands was not too much of an embarrassing thing.
“This Jian Chen is far too crafty. To hide in a city where there are thousands of people and buildings, finding him will become an extremely arduous task. If we are not careful, he’ll take advantage of our carelessness and slip out among the others.” One of the elders from the Jiede clan spoke.
“Fellow comrades, it’s already dawn, we should hurry up and assign ourselves to a specific area to ensure he does not escape our grasp once more.” The third brother spoke.
“The way I see things is that the eight of us should go to the city lord and have him garrison some soldiers to help us. The rest of us will then guard the cardinal gates as well as the other isolated areas of the city. This way, Jian Chen cannot escape from us.” Another elder spoke from the Jiede clan.
The third brother nodded his head lightly, “This is the only option left. I will go inform the city lord, the seven of you should go spread out and guard your areas. We must maintain a strict guard, no matter who tries to leave they must use clear water to wash their faces. This is to prevent Jian Chen from changing his face. If anyone doesn’t comply, be merciless.”
With the plan in place, everyone set out to accomplish their side of things.
Within a large garden, a group of soldiers with torches held high could be seen patrolling the area. Just from their appearances, anyone could tell that this area did not belong to a regular person.
Not too long after the guards had patrolled the area, a dark shadow suddenly appeared from the side. Within the guise of night, he entered without a sound into one of the empty rooms.
This figure was Jian Chen. After selecting an empty house to reside in, Jian Chen strained his ears for any outside noises before settling down with the white tiger by his side. Taking out another Class 5 Monster Core, he began to recover his lost Saint Force.
The white tiger seemed as if it had sense the danger Jian Chen was in, so on the way, the tiger cub had been very quiet as it remained around Jian Chen’s chest. Its eyes looked about the area in curiosity, and when they got to the empty house, it sat by Jian Chen’s side. Straining its ears as well, the cub didn’t make another move.
Time went by as the sun quickly hung high into the sky. By this point, Jian Chen had fully recovered his strength and stood up to survey the area.
This room hadn’t been inhabited by a person for a very long time, so there was a layer of dust on the ground. Furthermore, the arrangements of the furniture were rather basic, as if meant for the next resident to do the arrangements when they moved in.
After sitting in the room for several moments, Jian Chen’s eyes fell upon his Space Ring. With some hesitation, he grabbed another Space Ring and began to divide up his things. The Ruler Armaments, Heaven Tier Battle Skill and several other precious objects went into one Space Ring while the other Space Ring contained several sets of clothes, some monster cores, and money.