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Chapter 14 - Chapter 14: Flight from Pursuit

As Guo Xingyue took off, Yu Hua was busy using hand seals to unlock the array on the ring. Yu Kai was about to catch the falling green crystal diamond. The attention of the other three cultivators was focused on the diamond, and they never expected Guo Xingyue to take the opportunity to escape. Taken by surprise, they didn't make a move to intercept him. Guo Xingyue flew forward rapidly, and after Yu Kai caught the green crystal diamond, he also mounted his flying sword and chased after him. The remaining three cultivators stood there at a loss.

Yu Hua slowly unlocked the array without urgency. He didn't worry that Guo Xingyue could escape Yu Kai, who was two cultivation levels higher than him. After a while, Yu Hua finally unlocked the array completely and explored it with his spiritual sense: it was empty! He was so angry that he almost crushed the storage ring with his hands and cursed loudly, "You little bastard! When I catch you, I will swallow your Nascent Soul alive!" Yu Hua ordered the four cultivators beside him: two would encircle from the south, and the other two from the north. Yu Hua stood in place and silently mobilized his true energy. Suddenly, he disappeared from his original position.

Guo Xingyue's flying sword was superimposed with three flying wind arrays, making it an excellent top-grade magic tool. Moreover, he entered the path of martial arts, and the density and quality of his true energy were higher than those of cultivators of the same cultivation level. Therefore, his flying speed was extremely fast. If Yu Kai who was chasing him was only at the late stage of the Nascent Soul, he would have been left behind long ago. However, Yu Kai was an Out-of-Body cultivator at the early stage. Although his flying sword was not as good as Guo Xingyue's, his cultivation level was two levels higher than Guo Xingyue's. Yu Kai couldn't catch up with Guo Xingyue, but Guo Xingyue couldn't shake off Yu Kai either. Guo Xingyue fled for a while and looked back at Yu Kai who was chasing him closely. After estimating in his heart, he found that even if he fell into the mountains, he wouldn't have enough time to set up the array. Reluctantly, he had to continue flying forward furiously.

Guo Xingyue was flying furiously when he suddenly saw some cultivators flying towards him at a high speed. The speed of the oncoming cultivators was extremely fast. Guo Xingyue estimated that their speed was much faster than his. Although he hadn't seen the faces of the cultivators clearly, he knew that those who were flying in the Jujiu Star were definitely enemies rather than friends. There were obstacles ahead and pursuers behind, and the cultivators in both directions had higher cultivation levels than him. Guo Xingyue didn't dare to continue flying in the air. Seeing a snow-capped mountain not far ahead, he hurriedly rode his flying sword and landed in the mountain forest at the mountainside.

Guo Xingyue landed in the dense forest, put away his flying sword, and quickly used his spiritual sense to observe the surroundings, looking for the existence of caves. Guo Xingyue knew that although the forest was dense, it couldn't stop the spiritual sense scans of the cultivation experts, let alone their attacks. Only by finding a cave and setting up the array could he have a chance to escape being tracked. Guo Xingyue's spiritual sense found a small cave about twenty zhang away in front of him. He quickly ran into the cave vertically without having time to take a closer look. Once he entered the cave, he immediately started setting up the array. Just after setting up the first layer of the array, Yu Hua's angry voice came from not far away: "You little bastard! You can't escape. Come out and die!" It turned out that it was Yu Hua who was sneaking around to encircle Guo Xingyue. Yu Hua was only at the early stage of the Spirit Division, and although he could use teleportation, he couldn't control it accurately. He teleported too far and had to turn back to block Guo Xingyue. As soon as he saw Guo Xingyue fall into the forest, he immediately used his spiritual sense to search for Guo Xingyue's location with Yu Kai who caught up.

Guo Xingyue ignored Yu Hua's yelling and only sped up the arrangement of the array. After setting up the superimposition of the two layers of the array, he found that Yu Hua's spiritual sense had already found the location of the cave entrance. And Guo Xingyue's true energy at this time had been depleted after the frantic flight and the consumption of setting up the array. He was already exhausted and had no strength to superimpose the third layer of the array. At this time, seeing that Yu Hua had found the location of the cave entrance, he no longer wasted effort on improving the array. He thought that these two layers of the array could only hold out for a while and were not very useful after all. It seemed that he was doomed today. Guo Xingyue sat on the ground, took out a crystal diamond from his storage bracelet, and started to regulate his breath, striving to recover some true energy before the array was broken. Even if he died, he had to fight.

Yu Hua and Yu Kai soon found the cave. Yu Kai first released his flying sword and magic tools to attack. Unfortunately, Yu Kai's flying sword was only a middle-grade magic tool. Although it had attacked for a while and loosened the array a little, it would still take a long time to completely break the array. Yu Hua was impatient and released his own magic tool: a golden small hammer, which was a top-grade magic tool. After using the magic tool to strike twice, Yu Hua broke the first layer of the array arranged by Guo Xingyue. The impact of the magic tool's strike made the cave wall tremble violently, and large and small stones kept falling from the wall. Guo Xingyue couldn't sit still anymore and had to retreat deeper into the cave.

The cave was not too deep, about forty zhang long. At the end of the cave was an underground river with a width of about three or four zhang. The water flowed rapidly and ran through the cave. Guo Xingyue stood by the river, hesitating whether to jump into the river. The array at the cave entrance had been broken by Yu Hua. Yu Hua cursed and led Yu Kai into the cave. Guo Xingyue thought to himself: Anyway, it was a dead end. It was even worse to fall into the hands of the Changmo Sect. He took a deep breath and jumped into the rapid current.

As soon as Yu Hua saw Guo Xingyue jump into the rapid current, he immediately released his magic tool and bombarded Guo Xingyue. The magic tool didn't hit Guo Xingyue but hit the water surface with a loud bang. Water splashed everywhere, and mist rose. The top of the cave couldn't withstand Yu Hua's blow, and large pieces of stones fell down from the top of the cave, burying the entire cave. Although Guo Xingyue wasn't directly hit, the force of this blow was transmitted in the water and immediately shocked Guo Xingyue seriously. Guo Xingyue was already exhausted. After this blow, he fainted immediately. The river water quickly rolled Guo Xingyue and flowed towards the ground.

I don't know how long it took. Guo Xingyue finally woke up from his coma. He found himself floating on a calm water surface. It was dark all around. Guo Xingyue was seriously injured and couldn't see the surroundings clearly. He could only see that about three feet away from him was the land. He struggled to climb onto the shore and sat up with great effort. He took out a green crystal diamond from his storage bracelet and held it in his hand. He started to practice martial arts to heal his injuries and used his spiritual sense to check his body. He found that his injuries were extremely serious: there were multiple fractures on his body, and there were cracks and breaks everywhere in his meridians. His Nascent Soul, which was originally sitting with its eyes open, was now closed and curled up. He thought to himself: It was a narrow escape! If he had been directly hit by Yu Hua, he might have died long ago. If he had woken up a little later and his Nascent Soul couldn't get energy supplements in time, he would have been dead for sure. This damned Changmo Sect, he would settle the score with them sooner or later. But in any case, he had to heal his injuries first.