110 Pursui (1/2)
The sudden appearance of Hei Gou and Xue Wei caused an instant reaction from the many people who were scanning the area.
Although the ones on the ground did not notice what was happening, the ones in the sky were much more alert when it came to changes in their vision. When they saw a black line shoot through the air, all of them instantly gave chase.
Xue Wei had been unaware of Hei Gou's ability to fly, but these hunters had seen it before. They knew that he could fly and were as a result even more alert when it came to the sky.
”They are desperate!” someone exclaimed. ”They are too naive if they think they can escape from us!”
”Be careful!” another yelled. ”We don't know what tricks that Crimson Devil has at his disposal. Remember how the lightning sparrow was taken from its owner? Maybe he can take our beasts away from us, or make them turn against us if he so pleases!”
”This is not simple at all. We need to be careful. However, we have been given our orders and capturing the Crimson Devil is our most important task; even hunting Primordial Beasts has been put on pause to ensure that he dies!”
”The bounty is great, so I will be the one who captures him!” someone laughed. He was flying on a Fierce Beast of the swallow family. His beast had a speed that was not much inferior to the Lightning Sparrow.
”You can keep dreaming. This kid is only an Earth Warrior, and although he has a flying Primordial Beast with him, it's only equivalent to a Sky Warrior. Those two alone are weak compared to us! Killing them will be my achievement!”
”Stop bragging both of you!” a third one yelled with a voice filled with annoyance. ”Although those two are weak, they have managed to stay alive up until now. We also don't know if the Ice Harpy is going to show up.”
”We do not know if the Crimson Devil is human or Primordial Beast, but it is clear that he is very important to some of the high ranked Primordial Beasts. Furthermore, having been given the task to act as Xiao Lei's nephew for years, he cannot be simple.”
”In fact, we should realize that he is as conniving as a sly old fox.” Despite all of them pushing their mounts to fly at their fastest speed in pursuit of Xue Wei and Hei Gou, they were able to speak to each other almost leisurely.
Truth be told, the Primordial Beast hunters were having a hard time taking Xue Wei and Hei Gou seriously.
Both of them were incredibly weak compared to the hunters. If they were standing right in front of the hunters, both Xue Wei and Hei Gou would be killed with a simple slap from any one of them. They could not fight back. They could not even decide how they would die, and everything would be in the hands of the hunters.
”Well, the dog is able to fly rather fast,” someone commented with surprise as they continued the pursuit.
”Even if it is fast, it is only at the Sky Warrior stage. Our beasts have a slight advantage, so the dog is just tiring itself out. If they think they can escape us, they are seriously naive.”
Everyone else seemed to agree with this person. At this point, none of them were truly giving it their all. They were just leisurely following Xue Wei and Hei Gou. Although their tamed mounts had to fly at the fastest speed that they could handle, these hunters never feared losing track of their target.
At the start, Xue Wei had observed that Hei Gou moved as fast as lightning, but his speed dropped around the half-hour mark.
When he looked back at the pursuing hunters, he could see that the gap between them was closing. But Xue Wei did not panic this time. Instead, he placed his hands on Hei Gou's shoulders and closed his eyes.
He found his inner center, his dantian, and started rotating the energy within his body before pouring it into Hei Gou.
Hei Gou, who was feeling his energy depleting at a rapid pace and who was getting more and more worried, suddenly felt his body swell with energy.
He felt a pure energy enter his body, an energy which was far purer than his own. When it entered his body, he suddenly felt incredibly comfortable.
The fatigue he had been feeling was being pushed back. His aching body hurt less, and his speed started picking up again.
Hei Gou felt invigorated, so much so that a smile displaying his canines spread on his face.
He wanted to ask Xue Wei how he had managed to get such pure energy, but recalling the fact that Xue Wei practiced the Azure Dragon Scripture made him understand.
Hei Gou cultivated the Moon Eating Scripture, which was a scripture passed down from his ancestor Tian Gou. When perfected, one could devour any light source and use it to attack.
The Moon Eating Scripture was specially tailored to the Celestial Dogs. Their affinity with devouring light was so strong that this would be the most perfect scripture for them to cultivate. On the other hand, the blood purity of the Celestial Dogs had decreased constantly, causing their affinity with the scripture to decrease as time went on.