Chapter 48 Forbidden Ground on Crimson Mountain (1/2)

”Weren't you very tyrannical when you killed my subordinates? What happened to you now? Is running all you can do in the face of similarly strong opponents?” Nanhong Yechang yelled out as he chased after Lu Tianzi.

”What do you mean by similarly strong opponents?” Lu Tianzi retorted. ”Are all of you demons just this shameless? I killed your subordinates who were at the same cultivation realm as me. That is called similarly strong opponents! As for you, how do you even find the face to call yourself similarly strong when you are clearly one cultivation realm higher than me?”

As a Peak Essence Building realm martial artist, Lu Tianzi was unable to detect the exact cultivation realm that the demons were at.

But back in the cave, Hu Shenwei had mentioned that the leader of the demons was at the Intermediate Essence Condensation realm. This allowed Lu Tianzi to have a better understanding of just what kind of opponents he was facing at the moment.

”If you stop now, I will at least grant you a swift death. Otherwise when I finally catch you, you won't be able to die even if you ask for it!” Nanhong Yechang threatened.

”Tch!” Lu Tianzi cursed in his heart as he ignored Nanhong Yechang's threat.

The current situation was not looking good for him at all.

Without the need to match his speed to the slower Essence Building realm martial artists in the group before, Lu Tianzi was now able to keep up with the speed of his pursuers.

However, it was a fact that he was only at the Essence Building realm while his opponents were at the Essence Condensation realm. His stamina would naturally be unable to match up.

While the gap between them was not closing at the moment, it was not widening either.

It was now only a matter of time until Lu Tianzi ran out of stamina before his pursuers. At that time, the demons would be able to catch up with ease.

On top of that, he was currently running away from the direction of Ivory Rock City, heading deeper and deeper into demon territory!

In this case, Lu Tianzi could not even hope that he would run into human reinforcements who could aid him in battle. In fact, if he were to run into any demons ahead, the situation would definitely go south very quickly.

Lu Tianzi needed to find a way out of this, and the only thing he could think of was the paper talisman in his spatial ring!

But Lu Tianzi was reluctant to use up such a trump card immediately after obtaining it.

Until he absolutely had no other choices, Lu Tianzi would definitely try to hold onto it until the very last moments!

By now, they had already passed the Shadowfront Fortress, and Lu Tianzi decisively headed up one of the two mountains that loomed by the side of the fortress.

When Nanhong Yechang saw where Lu Tianzi was headed, he let out a deep frown.

Up in the mountains lived wild beasts with strength that surpassed their understanding. It was said that each of the two mountains was ruled by a supremely powerful beast that had power equivalent to the Origin Core realm.

These were supreme entities that even the powerful General Nanbai Zhaoyu would avoid if possible!

By barging into their territories, they risked incurring the rage of these very beasts. However, there was no way that he could let the human martial artist go just like that.

The mountain was vast.

If they were to stop chasing after Lu Tianzi here, then it would be extremely difficult for them to track him down in the future.

Without killing off everyone that they saw, how would they answer to the General when he returned to the fortress?

”Spreading your perception wildly like that, are you not afraid of attracting the powerful wild beasts in the mountains?” Nanhong Yechang yelled at Lu Tianzi.

Indeed, afraid of attracting unwanted attention, the demons had already narrowed their perception, focusing solely on Lu Tianzi.

However, Lu Tianzi was in a completely different position.

Not only did he have to keep track of his pursuers, Lu Tianzi was also desperately searching for a way to throw them off. That was why he had to spread out his perception in a wide area, trying to look for anything at all that could be used to his advantage.

This would naturally increase the odds of the group being found by entities in the mountain!

But how could Lu Tianzi care about such things?

The most important thing to him right now was to escape from the demons behind him!

”What? Are you afraid of the wild beasts too? Then stop chasing me and I will stop sending out my perception!” Lu Tianzi retorted.

”You humans are truly brainless. Stop broadcasting your position like a lighthouse or we might all end up dying together!” one of the demons behind Nanhong Yechang yelled out in anger.

”Let's all die together then!” Lu Tianzi could not be bothered to argue further.

What a joke!

Did they really expect him to listen obediently to their demands?

If he really stopped doing so, then what would he rely on to escape?

But at this time, Lu Tianzi suddenly spotted something hidden in the trees. After sweeping his perception over it, his eyes glinted with a cold light.

After that, he actually decided to retract his perception, narrowing it down to just explore the area directly ahead of him.

Seeing that Lu Tianzi had suddenly retracted his perception, the demons were surprised for a moment before letting out malicious grins.

Humans are truly brainless creatures!

To think that this human martial artist would actually be this cooperative in the end, it seemed that they would be able to accomplish this task without much of a problem!

But from time to time, they saw Lu Tianzi reaching out into the vegetation, picking plants from the ground even while running.

”What is he doing?” one of the demons asked doubfully.

Lu Tianzi's actions truly seemed very suspicious.

Due to the current situation, he was forced to pick the plants carelessly when he sped past, and thus each time he picked a plant only took a single moment. However, even if by just a little, doing so was still inevitably slowing him down.

To do such a thing in a life and death situation like this, there was no doubt about it. He must be plotting something!