Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Jiang Yi didn’t know that Jiang Bieli was already aware of his identity. He also didn’t know that an army of ten-thousand troops was raiding towards the Tomb of the Heaven Monarch at high speed. He just knew that he was in trouble now!
Using his insane hearing ability, he noticed more than a hundred footsteps at the first moment. He immediately pulled Su Ruoxue and ran in the other direction, but who would have thought that group of individuals actually followed on their heels?
After running for a while, Su Ruoxue still couldn’t hear any sounds of footsteps; but she could still feel a faint and formless killing aura that came from behind. She furrowed her brows and said, “Let me carry you. Your speed is too slow!”
As she spoke, Su Ruoxue grabbed onto Jiang Yi’s arm and ran at full speed. Su Ruoxue was at the fifth stage of the Purple Mansion Realm. Using her true strength, her speed suddenly increased drastically. She followed Jiang Yi’s instructions to turn after running for a distance and follow up another four or five turns. After running for several tens of miles, she then asked nervously, “Are they still following?”
“Still following!”
Jiang Yi had this grave expression as he muttered to himself with suspicion, “Who are these people? Why are they constantly following us and not letting us go? How do they know our escape route? Why is it that when we change our direction, they will change their direction, too? It’s like they can predict our every move!”
“Uh?”
Su Ruoxue turned her beautiful eyes and suddenly faced Jiang Yi’s body where she took a sniff. Her expression instantly changed, and she spoke with a lowered voice, “I know why. You have this indistinct fragrance coming from your body. At first, I thought that it was weird. Now, I finally understand. This is… the smell of Orange Jessamine, and it is a kind of perfume that is used for tracking. It cannot be removed for three days! Jiang Yi, you fool! You didn’t even know someone put a trap on you!”
“Orange Jessamine? Trap?”
Jiang Yi stared blankly while his mind suddenly recalled the time before he entered the Tomb of the Heaven Monarch. Didn’t Ji Tingyu come looking for him? She even inexplicably hugged him for a moment. It must be her who made the move when he didn’t notice!
“Ji Tingyu!”
Jiang Yi mumbled for a moment and was surprisingly calm. He didn’t feel the anger from a betrayal but felt an indescribable sadness instead. He knew that the distance between him and Ji Tingyu would get wider, but he didn’t expect for her to quickly throw herself at Jiang Yiliu. She even made used of his trust to put a trap on him—an unsolvable death trap!
There were sounds of rushing footsteps that came from left and right. It was obvious that the opposition’s reinforcements had arrived and was going to outflank them.
“Come then. If you want Jiang Yi’s life, then you have to pay the price of blood!”
Jiang Yi’s heart suddenly soared with this sense of ruthlessness. He originally thought that he could easily survive in here with the black essence force as his trump card. But he didn’t expect the enemy’s trump card to be one step ahead of him, leaving him nowhere to run.
Since he couldn’t escape, then he shall die fighting. But… before he dies in combat, he had to make sure everything was properly arranged.
“Mentor Su, go to the left! There is a Teleportation Trap there!”
Jiang Yi turned his eyes and shouted. Su Ruoxue immediately followed his instructions and hurried towards that direction. Soon after, they could see a Teleportation Trap right ahead, where Jiang Yi left the obvious marking.
“Swish! Swish!”
When the two of them arrived at the area where the trap was, their pursuers finally revealed their faces. Three teams of men sprinted from three directions, and their number was as much as three to four hundred men. All of them were dressed in a monotonous black warrior’s robe. They all had a serious expression, silent footsteps, and orderly movements. It was obvious that they were all professionally-trained elites from the army.
Su Ruoxue and Jiang Yi took a glance across the three groups, letting out a teasing smirk. They saw a familiar face within the group, and it was Gu Shanhe!
Gu Shanhe was Jiang Yiliu’s lackey, and it was self-evident that they were the Iron Blood Guards from the Western Garrison Army!
“Mentor Su, you go first. I will obstruct them for a moment. Or else, they would be able to teleport along with us.”
Jiang Yi twisted his body and broke away from Su Ruoxue’s grasp. He took two steps forward and slightly bent his back. He had this sinister expression like a lone wolf that was forced into desperation and was ready to fight while risking his life.
“Keke. Jiang Yi, do you think I am a three-year-old?”
Su Ruoxue let out an unexpected scoff and suddenly extended her hands to grab Jiang Yi’s arm. She forcefully dragged him along into the Teleportation Trap.
“Buzz!”
There were plains ahead that were originally empty, but there was a sudden flash of white light. Jiang Yi and Su Ruoxue vanished within the white light and got teleported.
“Teleportation Trap? Chase after them!”
When Gu Shanhe saw that Jiang Yi had nowhere to run to, his mouth revealed this cruel smile. Who would have expected the turn of events allowed them to luckily run into a Teleportation Trap? He shouted out and immediately led the men into the Teleportation Trap.
“Mentor Su, what are you doing? If you bring me along, you will never escape.”
Jiang Yi felt a ray of white light flashing by, and the scene in front of his eyes changed again. He couldn’t help but speak with some frustration.
Su Ruoxue didn’t say anything and forcefully pulled Jiang Yi’s arm while running with their lives on the line. After she ran for a distance, she then looked at Jiang Yi furiously and said, “Stop your rubbish! If we are going to die, we will die together! What are you idling for? Quickly find the next Teleportation Trap! If we can consecutively teleport, then we might be able to get rid of them.”
With the beauty flipping out, Jiang Yi didn’t dare to speak any more redundant words. He promptly widened his eyes to search around for another Teleportation Trap.
But the goddess of fortune wasn’t on their side. When the pursuers were just several tens of feet away, they still couldn’t find any Teleportation Trap. The pursuers were obviously much stronger than Su Ruoxue as they were closing the gap!
“Haha, let’s see where else can you run to?”
Frantically chasing from behind, Gu Shanhe watched two headless flies spin around disorderly. He then exposed a malevolent smile. He gave an order to a subordinate: “Send a signal to His Highness. Just say that we have found the target!”
“There is a trap ahead!”
Just as Jiang Yi began to feel extremely anxious, he suddenly realized an abnormal air current in the space ahead. He was instantly delighted as he reached out to chopped-off a branch and tossed it forward.
“Tsk-Tsk!”
A white light radiated, and the branch turned into fine powder in a flash. Jiang Yi and Su Ruoxue looked at each other in the eye and saw despair. This trap was actually an instant Death Trap for anyone who touched it!
“We cannot escape anymore. Let’s fight!”
“Jiang Yi. My secret art can only help you kill three peak stage Purple Mansion Realm martial artists. The rest is up to you!”
Su Ruoxue suddenly stopped moving and revealed a trace of desperation. She drew the longsword by her waist slowly. She had this poignant face that was like a blossoming Queen of the Night that only blooms in the dark.
“Swish-swish-swish!”
The pursuers finally caught up as the 400 men fanned out to flank them. They took just a few blinks of the eye to surround them, leaving them with no escape route.
Gu Shanhe had an artifact sword that was fuming with red light. His cold eyes looked at Jiang Yi as he spoke with a loud voice, “Kill the man and capture the woman alive. His Highness said that he wants to torture this whore to death!”
“Torture to death?”
Jiang Yi drew out the Green Destiny Sword inch by inch. His heart was surging with inexhaustible killing intent, and his eyes started to turn red. He turned to look at Su Ruoxue and spoke in an extremely serious tone, “Su Ruoxue, if we are lucky enough to not die this time, in the future—if anyone dares to provoke you, I will skin them alive. If a clan provokes you, I will slaughter this entire clan. If a kingdom provokes you, I will eradicate the entire kingdom! This is… Jiang Yi’s promise. Kill—!”
“Swish!”
Finishing his statement, Jiang Yi took steps like a shooting star as he rushed ahead. With every step he took, his killing aura would increase—his eyes would grow denser with red light. After running for a hundred feet, his eyes had turned red as blood; and he was like a devil set loose from hell, striking fear into people’s heart.
This incomparably horrific killing aura enveloped several miles like a sudden hailstorm during the winter nights. It caused the pursuing Western Garrison Army to tremble with fear!
“Alright. Jiang Yi, I will remember your promise. That is why we have to both survive!”
Su Ruoxue smiled, and her eyes lit up with two purple rays of demonic light. In the chilling killing aura, a snow lotus bloomed. It was resplendent like a flower and so beautiful that it charmed the hearts of people!
