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“Ai, this city is closed as well!”
More than five thousand kilometers south of the Divine Sonar City—outside a small city, a strong, burly man carrying a battle sword shook his head at the closed city gates and heaved a loud sigh.
This was the tenth city that Jiang Yi had tried to enter. After severely injuring Li Hong, Jiang Yi immediately escaped far away. At the same time, he changed his physical form once again. Now, he was a burly middle-aged man with the skills of a seventh-stage Heaven Monarch. Initially, he wanted to look for a small city to get on board a Heaven Fate Ship and leave the Divine Sonar Region as soon as he could. Now, he discovered he could not even enter any other city.
“If I had known earlier, I would have arranged with Tang Ming to meet somewhere so that I can get on board his ship!” Jiang Yi scratched his head. If he could not enter a city, he would not be able to board any Heaven Fate Ship. Unless he used Heaven Evasion, all he could do was fly all the way back.
“Forget it, forget it. I will fly out of the Divine Sonar Region then. If I fly day and night, I might not waste too much time.”
At last, Jiang Yi still did not dare to use Heaven Evasion. If he used it badly and appeared in a city, his identity would be exposed. For all he knew, he would have to kill whole cities just to keep his identity under wraps.
The good thing was that the Divine Sonar City was in the south of the Divine Sonar Region. If he did not stop flying, he would only need about ten days or so before he would be out of the Divine Sonar Region for good. In the south was the Yin Clan’s region. He could find a small city within that region and get on board a Heaven Fate Ship to travel the rest of the way.
Swish!
He quickly went on his way, but his speed was only equivalent to a seventh-stage Heaven Monarch’s. If he was a peak-stage Heaven Monarch, people would notice him.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
He flew for about an hour or so before a Heaven Fate Ship appeared in front of him. He slowed down immediately and changed his aura to that of a fifth-stage Heaven Monarch. Discreetly, Jiang Yi moved out of the way of the Heaven Fate Ship. His expression remained calm, not displaying a hint of worry.
Buzz!
The protective cover of the Heaven Fate Ship opened, and a group of formidable martial artists emerged. All of them were dressed in battle armor and had murderous auras about them. The peak-stage Heaven Monarch right in front of the group shouted, “Stay still!”
Jiang Yi stopped where he was. The group of more than ten people flew toward him. Jiang Yi cupped his hands and asked, “Sirs, what can I do for you?”
The peak-stage Heaven Monarch scanned Jiang Yi from head to toe and asked, “Did you see the person who tried to kill Li Hong?”
In his heart, Jiang Yi celebrated. However, his expression remained unchanged as he responded, “Sir, I did not.”
“Oh!”
The peak-stage Heaven Monarch nodded. “If you see anyone suspicious, come back to the city and report the person immediately. My Clan’s Family Head will reward you handsomely.”
Jiang Yi quickly cupped his hands again and said, “Indeed, indeed!”
“This man’s skill is too weak. He cannot be the culprit. Let’s keep looking.”
The peak-stage Heaven Monarch waved his hand, and the entire group boarded their Heaven Fate Ship once again. With a flash of light, the Heaven Fate Ship flew past Jiang Yi. Jiang Yi kept his eyes on the ship until it was out of sight. Then, he shook his head and laughed bitterly.
He had met at least ten armies from the Chen Clan ever since he started his journey. He guessed that there were many more inside the Divine Sonar Region who were looking for him right this moment.
It was obvious that the Chen Clan was only doing this for the Li Clan and the Yin Clan to watch. Otherwise, someone like Jiang Yi would have been caught and thrown into prison by now.
The Chen Clan must have guessed that he was the one who tried to kill Li Hong. After all, he did leave the city shortly after Li Hong. There also could not have been many people who would dare to kill Li Hong within the Divine Sonar Region. Tang Xue and Tang Yan were brought out of his own courtyard by Tang Ming. Many guards and subordinates of the Chen Clan had seen it with their own eyes. It was not difficult to link Yi San to the murder. Jiang Yi had allowed the Chen Clan to realize all of these things on purpose.
The Sonar Thearch was considered family and so was the Chen Clan. Jiang Yi was not too worried about them. He also understood that all of these things were what the Chen Clan had to do. After all, Li Hong was attacked after celebrating Chen Chen’s wedding. What’s more, Li Hong was an uncle of the Yin Emperor as well.
Jiang Yi continued his journey southward. Half a day had already passed, and the sky was darkening. He found a secluded spot and sat down cross-legged, entering the State of the Union of Heaven and Man. He released his divine senses to look around.
Although the Chen Clan was only doing this for show, the Yin Clan and the Li Clan would surely try their best to look for the perpetrator. Naturally, Jiang Yi did not dare to let his guard down. One could not be too careful.
He searched the huge area around him and discovered many people. Most of them were scouts from the Chen Clan and the other major clans in the Divine Sonar Region. However, they were obviously not into the search at all. Once the sun set, they settled down into their respective camps and began to cook dinner. All of them looked equally relaxed.
“En?”
He looked closely at two suspicious characters. Both of them were dressed exactly like the two scouts whom Jiang Yi spotted when he attacked Li Hong. Both were dressed in black robes and refused to rest even long after the sunset. They continued speedily on their way and were heading toward where Jiang Yi was settling down.
Which clan do these scouts belong to? Can they catch me? How can that be?
Jiang Yi opened his eyes, his face a mask of shock. He used the Mirage Divine Ability to change his physical looks as well as his spiritual aura. Even Tang Ming would not recognize him if he saw him now. How could these two scouts follow him?
Jiang Yi thought he was mistaken. Once again, he closed his eyes and used his divine senses to look around. That was when he discovered that the two scouts were really rushing toward the place where he was sitting. They were traveling at top speed and looked to be eighth-stage Heaven Monarchs. These two scouts seemed to also be able to hide their tracks. It looked like their skills were not poor at all. These were top-grade scouts. The scouts were a couple hundred kilometers away from Jiang Yi now. Jiang Yi estimated that they would reach him in about an hour.
Take the two of them down!
Jiang Yi decided that if he did not find out which clan these scouts were from and how they chased after him, he would not be able to sleep at night. These high-level scouts could only belong to aristocratic families. When he attacked Li Hong earlier, he killed two such scouts. Killing two more would not make much of a difference to him at all.
Jiang Yi burrowed three hundred meters underground and released his divine senses to seek out the two scouts once again. Then, he waited in silence. Just as he expected, an hour later, the two scouts arrived. However, they did not dare to come too near to where Jiang Yi was. They stopped about five kilometers from Jiang Yi and stayed hidden in a valley.
Kill—
Jiang Yi waited for a while. Then, without hesitating, he drew his soft sword and broke apart the soil in the ground, digging a passage that would lead him straight to the two scouts. His divine senses were already locked in on them.
Swish!
The moment he started moving, the scouts moved, too. They retreated and split up to escape. Jiang Yi entered the State of the Union of Heaven and Man and felt their own divine senses locked in on himself. The two of them were extremely skilled. If Jiang Yi had not entered the State of the Union of Heaven and Man, he would not have realized that their divine senses were on him.
Since he already made his move, how could Jiang Yi let the two of them go just like that? The Wind Shadow Cloak appeared on his back as he began to fly as fast as he could.
It was extremely dangerous to fly so late at night. If one was not careful, they would probably activate the astral winds. Of course, to Jiang Yi, this was not a problem. His essence force had already reached the level of a peak-stage Heaven Monarch in the Snow Region. With the Wind Shadow Cloak’s assistance, he could travel even faster than he normally could. In a couple of minutes, he caught one scout.
Tsk! Tsk!
He summoned astral winds without a sound and caused the legs of the scout in front of him to be broken. There was a loud, pained cry as his body rolled on the ground. Jiang Yi rushed toward the man, intending to silence him forever.
Yet!
By the time he reached the other scout, the man’s body was not moving. There was black blood flowing out of the man’s mouth. He had killed himself.
“How troublesome…”
Jiang Yi’s expression darkened. The scout was akin to a suicide guard? Ordinary clans could not train guards like this. Jiang Yi guessed that only the top clans in major regions would have men like these.
The Chen Clan knows that I did it. The Divine Sonar Region’s major clans would not send out their top men then, would they? Could they be from the Yin Clan?
Jiang Yi and Zhan Tianlei had no feud. Of course, Jiang Yi would not have thought about the Zhan Clan. Instead, he guessed that the scouts were from the Yin Clan. However, thinking about Yin Ruobing made him feel like even this was unlikely. After all, Yin Ruobing had a special place in the Yin Clan. The subordinates would listen to her orders for sure. There was no way that she would put in so much effort into catching him either.
Forget it. I’ll chase the other scout.
Jiang Yi gritted his teeth and released his divine senses to locate the other scout. Like a grim reaper, he flew toward the north and hunted that scout down.
