Chapter 304: A Turn of Events (1/2)

Nie Tian continued to run madly through the boundless wasteland and use short-range Starshifts to break through the Hunters’ blockages.

However, every time he was about to lose the tailing hunters, a banner would rise from the ground and form a spiritual power ward.

Every time, he would have to tear it open with his chaotic magnetic field, which would cost him some precious time.

During that time, the Hunters would follow Song Li’s commands and form a new blockade around him.

With the help of his chaotic magnetic field and short-range Starshift, he had killed roughly a dozen Heaven stage Hunters as he repeatedly broke through the blockades.

However, he had also sustained injuries during his brief battles with the Hunters.

His different types of power were all quickly running low at the same time.

He soon realized that Song Li and Xiao Lin were probably waiting for him somewhere in this area, and their plan was working very well.

A large number of banners were scattered in the entire area.

Every time he encountered a banner, he was able to sense familiar energy fluctuations. Therefore, he could tell that those banners that hid underground were the reason why his whereabouts were being exposed.

When he had first entered the wasteland, he had to travel for a long time before he sensed a wave of abnormal energy fluctuations.

This meant that back then, the banners had been rather scattered, and not centered on him.

However, he was now running into those banners much more often than before, which meant that Xiao Lin had made arrangements ahead of him.

Although his Starshift magic allowed him to shift from one location to another within a split second, it was different from teleporting.

The spiritual power wards could cut off the invisible path between him and his destination, therefore forcing him to spend time grinding down the wards using his chaotic magnetic field.

After breaking through the blockades a few times in a row, Nie Tian was already covered in wounds and had consumed a significant amount of his spiritual power.

BANG!!!

Nie Tian formed a ball of flames using the Flame Spirit Incantation and killed a middle Heaven stage Hunter, who had entered his chaotic magnetic field, with it.

Before the man died, he flung a dagger from his hand, which pierced into Nie Tian’s abdomen.

The dagger went three inches into his abdomen before it finally stopped. Despite the excruciating pain, Nie Tian pulled it out, cast it aside, and once again charged out of the blockade.

In a location about a hundred meters ahead of him, another white banner rose from the ground and, within seconds, a new spiritual power ward was formed.

Meanwhile, Hunter teams were staring at him fiercely like tigers, and rapidly converging on him from both flanks.

He had no other choice but to use his chaotic magnetic field to shred Xiao Lin’s spiritual power ward.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

The moment his chaotic magnetic field made contact with the spiritual power ward, the ward distorted out of shape.

The five mysterious, complicated spell formations within the ward seemed to be sliced by sharp blades; the fine spiritual power threads forming the patterns were severed.

It wasn’t long before the five spell formations were broken into pieces, and that was when the ward lost its effectiveness.

Nie Tian passed through it and dashed toward Shatter City at the fastest speed possible.

However, even after such a short delay, he found that a large number of Hunters had formed a new blockade where he was heading.

Nie Tian could only pick a weaker team of Hunters and use the same method to break through their part of the blockade.

If someone could look down from midair, they would see numerous Hunters forming a large, dense net in front of Nie Tian.

Nie Tian, however, was like a trapped beast. Even though he could burst through the net every time, he would be distracted by other tricks, and a new net would rapidly form around him again.

Somewhat frustrated, his expression become sinister as he struck down more and more Heaven stage Hunters.

Just like that, he continued to consume his strength and sustain injuries. Exhaustion gradually appeared in his eyes.

In a distant location, Song Li came to a stop next to Xiao Lin, so did Han Mu.

Seeing the two, Xiao Lin quickly hid his smile and said with serious expression, “This brat is quite tough to catch. I think we need to raise the reward for my service. I’ve used far too many precious materials on him. I’ve lost twelve banners which I spent a long time to forge. They alone cost more than what you’re offering me.”

“But we had a deal, Mr. Xiao!” Han Mu said loudly.

Xiao Lin snorted coldly and said, “If you don’t agree, I won’t do anything anymore. Without me to stall him, I doubt that you’ll be able to form another blockade around him by yourselves.”

“Alright.” Song Li said with an indifferent expression. “As long as you can help me catch Hua Tian, everything is negotiable. He made both of us look like fools. I bet you hate him every bit as much as I do.”

With these words, she halted and snuck a glance at Xiao Lin. Then, she pursed her lips into a smile and said with a charming voice, “Mr. Xiao, we’ve come so far. I believe you and me both don’t want to let Hua Tian walk away, right?”

Xiao Lin’s eyes flickered, but he didn’t say a word.

“You should have seen Hua Tian’s unique talent already. Our previous encounters aside, he has killed more than a dozen early and middle Heaven stage Hunters so far in this operation alone.