“Truly a formidable young one,” a voice whispered from behind. “I recall you are not yet twenty?”

The voice was so close to his neck that Jiang Wang could almost feel the hairs on his body bristling with dread!

But…

He spun around abruptly, his Chang Xiang Si singing as it left its sheath!

He met the challenge with a single sword strike!

A left ward and a right press, the ‘person’ character sword form!

In that instant of turning, he “saw” the formidable being pursuing him –

Only a humanoid outline. Appearance, stature, clothing – all were obscured. Even the outline itself was merely a terrifying trace left in the air by radiating power.

He looked at his opponent, yet could not see them!

Then, *clang!*

A slender finger’s outline flickered out, precisely striking the body of the Chang Xiang Si.

The sword’s momentum, built as a killing blow, was thus effortlessly shattered, terrifying force pouring onto the long sword.

Jiang Wang was unwilling to release his grip; his body followed the sword’s trajectory!

Suddenly, he was ten zhang further away!

Forcing down the nausea, severing the despair, suppressing the roiling qi and blood! His body was still flying backward helplessly, but the Qing Yun seal mark appeared by his foot, a light tap sending him turning northward.

“A sword technique of great potential,” the strange female voice evaluated.

The humanoid outline, the one he could only see as a shape, suddenly reappeared in his path!

The sound of sea waves rose.

Eight Sounds Burn Sea spread out before him.

Yet, before a single vertical knife strike, the sound waves and flames scattered.

Jiang Wang urgently twisted in the air, turning eastward once more.

A palm strike arrived just right from the eastern side.

Jiang Wang felt as though he had crashed into an iron wall.

His entire being, under the immense momentum, felt as though it would be flattened into a meat patty!

His five viscera and six bowels felt as though they had been rearranged.

Following the momentum, he fell back, kicking his foot out. The Qing Yun seal mark scattered, and he advanced westward several zhang.

Benefiting from the massive, stable heaven and earth isolated island formed by his inner mansion, which provided vast space and abundant Dao Yuan reserves, Jiang Wang quickly regained control of his body. He backflipped in the air, assumed a standing posture, and sped westward.

“Do you think you can escape? Even if Yue Leng Li were to guiltily return, he would be unable to save you!”

In the high sky above, the bright moon suddenly trembled. Frosty light condensed into beams, falling down bundle by bundle.

Jiang Wang, his feet treading on Qing Yun, evaded madly.

A beam of moonlight fell by his side, silently piercing through the mountain peak below. The sheer force of it shocked his soul, its depth in the darkness unknown!

This attack was absolutely beyond what a physical body could withstand!

Jiang Wang dodged left and right, up and down, pushing the Ping Bu Qing Yun to its extreme, continuously evading the terrifying moonlight beams.

Beneath the night curtain, above the barren mountain, he labored again and again, his form twisting agilely.

Moonlight like a forest, he like a blue bird!

“A very beautiful body movement!” the strange female voice commented.

She seemed to appreciate the scene before her, sighing at it.

“Next, every twenty breaths, the speed of these moon beams will increase by one-tenth, and their number will also increase by one-tenth.”

She spoke with an encouraging tone: “Jiang Tianjiao, please exert more effort.”

The gap in strength was like a natural chasm, fundamentally insurmountable.

This suddenly appearing powerhouse seemed to possess a twisted interest, desiring only to admire his bitter struggle.

And Jiang Wang…

Could only struggle!

The moon beams grew faster and faster, more and more numerous.

Jiang Wang was entirely seeking life within the gaps, flying rapidly along the edge of a precipice.

He was like a trapped bird, no matter how much he flapped, he could not fly out of the cage!

The time limit for Sheng Wen Xian Tai had already passed.

But he remained completely focused, constantly observing his surroundings. Seeing with his eyes, listening with his ears, smelling with his nose, feeling with his heart.

The distant mountains, the dense forest, the long night…

The disturbed calls of insects and birds, the rustle of clothing in the wind, the violent surging of his own blood…

Everything he saw, heard, and smelled was continuously combined in his heart, seeking that faint line of opportunity for victory.

The Qing Yun seal mark shattered and reappeared.

Beneath the autumn moon, a contemporary Tianjiao in blue robes dashed left and right. A trace of blood remained at the corner of his mouth, but his eyes showed no panic, only firmness.

He did not know where the enemy came from, who the enemy was, how he could escape with his life, or when the end would be!

But he struggled resolutely.

Exhausting all he had, all he could.

The mountain hollow where the Jue Xiong team had dispersed was unexpectedly quiet.

When Li You Jiu flew back, Yue Leng was inspecting the surroundings.

“Lord Yue!” Li You Jiu asked, “Have you caught the person?”

“He ran away!” Yue Leng countered, “What about your side?”

Li You Jiu shook his head. “Those dog cubs ran really fast.”

“Right,” he asked again, “Where is Jiang Wang?”

“I don’t know.” Yue Leng looked around. “I just returned myself, didn’t see any sign of him at all.”

“Are there any traces of a fight?” Li You Jiu asked somewhat seriously.

“Haven’t found any either,” Yue Leng said.

Li You Jiu channeled spiritual energy into his eyes and scanned the area. Pointing at a special mark on a mountain rock, he laughed. “This kid went back first!”

Yue Leng was naturally familiar with the Qing Pai’s special marks. After looking, he also relaxed slightly. “If anything happened to the Yellow River Chief, the two of us would have difficulty evading responsibility.”

Li You Jiu’s tone was also very relaxed. “If we truly lost a national Tianjiao, I would be primarily responsible. After all, I brought him out to capture criminals.”

“Alright, let’s go back first,” Yue Leng was not in the mood for jokes. “The matter of the Yang Kingdom remnants is not that simple. These two people could escape from our hands; their strength is naturally extraordinary. Can that perished kingdom prince of Yang Kingdom possess such great energy?”

Li You Jiu also nodded. “This case requires rethinking. But it’s also possible he hired people. It wouldn’t be strange for that Yang Xuan Ce to have some sort of treasure vault from the restoration of his kingdom as a chip. Right, the person you chased, did you get any information? Was it a Yama from Hell’s Door?”

Yue Leng said, “Shouldn’t be a Yama. But I couldn’t see their origin either, they escaped too quickly.”

Li You Jiu agreed. “Yes, indeed. And I don’t know their background. These black rats, one by one, hide truly deeply!”

The two Shen Lin realm commanders, chatting all the way, flew back to Qi Country.

“What? Chief Jiang hasn’t returned?” Inside the Qing Pai’s secret base in Lu City, Li You Jiu frowned and asked.

Lin You Xie was painting at the time, depicting the corpse hanging before the city gate… This was, of course, a painting of Huang Yi Xing’s death by hanging.

He stopped his fine brush upon hearing the sound. “Did Lord Jiang not go with you to capture the Yang clan remnants? How is it that only you and Lord Yue have returned?”

Yue Leng’s face turned very ugly. He suddenly turned and looked towards Li You Jiu. “You must take responsibility for this matter!”

“The responsibility that Li someone should bear, Li someone will absolutely not evade.” Li You Jiu also said coldly, “Instead, you should think carefully about how to explain following us halfway!”

The two people who had just moments ago appeared as close war companions instantly drew swords and bent bows!

Truly, the current Jiang Wang was no longer an insignificant small figure. This was a three-pin official, an absolute world-class Tianjiao, a flagship character of the Great Qi’s young generation!

Lin You Xie lowered his gaze, letting it fall upon a piece of unfinished black tile in the painting.

Just at this moment, a small official hurried in, holding a jade slip in his hand.

“Is there any emergency message?” Li You Jiu asked.

This small official was the contact person for this secret location and naturally recognized the three of them.

Upon hearing the question, he reported directly, “The total chief constable of Zhao Heng City has met with misfortune! His entire family has been exterminated!”

“Including that total chief constable?” Lin You Xie asked.

The small official answered, “Including him. The entire family, from top to bottom, not one survived.”

Yue Leng also understood the matter of Jiang Wang and Lin You Xie investigating this case. He naturally knew what role the chief constable of Zhao Heng City played.

Thus, he asked, “Are there any clues now?”

The small official said somewhat nervously, “Lord Jiang went there to investigate!”