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Chapter 455 - 404: A Ray of Hope

Chapter 455: Chapter 404: A Ray of Hope

The night was like water, and the evening breeze brushed the branches and leaves in the forest, causing them to sway left and right, producing a ceaseless rustling sound.

In the woods, the swiftly moving figure of Rock suddenly came to a halt.

Under the cover of night, he widened his eyes, staring in disbelief at what lay ahead!

What came into Rock’s view was the corpse of Zorro.

Zorro lay motionless ahead, his eyes wide open in a death stare, a horrifying wound on his throat, not to mention his body completely drenched in blood. Even the weeds beneath him were stained with blood, a truly miserable sight.

"Could it be that Zorro was killed by that guy named Ye Fan?"

Although Rock was sure that Zorro was dead, he still found it hard to believe that Ye Fan, merely a Level 7 Cultivator, could kill Zorro, who was in the Half-step War God realm—this completely violated the laws of the Cultivation World!

However—

Even with a thousand doubts, logic told Rock that it was definitely Ye Fan who had killed Zorro.

Because, just like Liu Chuanjun, he had clearly sensed the aura of the two when Zorro and Ye Fan were fighting, knowing they had exchanged blows.

This was also the reason he changed his route and chased in this direction!

While reluctantly accepting the reality of Zorro’s death at the hands of Ye Fan, the thought emerged in Rock’s mind: "Could it be that Liu Chuanjun couldn’t take down that guy named Ye Fan, so he deliberately released his aura, wanting to lure me here to join forces with him?"

"It must be so!"

As the thought emerged, Rock instinctively came up with an answer, but was immediately filled with doubts, "Killing Zorro, able to contend with Liu Chuanjun... Is that guy really just a Level 7 Cultivator?"

Rock didn’t know the answer, but... he believed that Ye Fan’s strength couldn’t possibly surpass Liu Chuanjun’s; otherwise, Liu Chuanjun wouldn’t dare to follow Ye Fan but would have fled at the first opportunity!

Realizing this, Rock’s feet flickered, and he swiftly chased after Ye Fan and Liu Chuanjun.

Because Ye Fan chose to escape via the highway, the straight-line distance between Rock and the two of them wasn’t very far, only a few hundred meters.

And wisely, Rock did not choose to follow along the winding road but jumped down the steep slope, and within less than a minute, he saw Ye Fan and Liu Chuanjun.

At the same time, Ye Fan also sensed Rock’s rapidly approaching aura, and judging from the movement of Rock’s aura, realized that Rock was chasing down the steep slope.

This discovery caused his brow to furrow even tighter, and his expression once again became serious!

He had chosen to escape along the highway in hopes of encountering a car, then stopping it to flee by car, but to his dismay, he hadn’t encountered any passing cars.

Seeing Rock quickly closing in, Ye Fan made a decisive decision, abandoning his previous escape plan and, just like Rock, started frantically sprinting toward the base of the mountain.

Seeing this, Liu Chuanjun immediately changed his route as well, following like a shadow, unrelentingly.

As before, Liu Chuanjun did not push his speed to the limit, always maintaining a distance of thirty meters from Ye Fan.

Conversely, Rock was sprinting at full speed after the two.

For a moment, the three of them chased each other, with Rock, leveraging his speed advantage, steadily closing the distance between himself, Ye Fan, and Liu Chuanjun... even further!

"What should I do?"

As the situation once again became dangerous, Ye Fan, although not as panic-stricken as before, was still somewhat nervous.

"Should I suddenly strike, using the Xuan Ye Flying Blade to assassinate the person behind?"

A bold idea surfaced in Ye Fan’s mind, but he immediately denied it.

He could tell from the aura that Liu Chuanjun was the strongest among them, even not weaker than Wenhao, who had killed Wudang Sect’s Great Elder Murong Gu on that day!

And Murong Gu was one of those who could enter the Gang Qi realm at any moment, almost invincible in the Half-step Gang Qi realm!

With his strength, unless he could, like when he killed Zorro, fortuitously enter that state and launch a Forbidden Technique-like strike using Mind Power to harm Liu Chuanjun’s soul, thereby taking advantage of the brief moment of blank consciousness in Liu Chuanjun to execute the Flying Knife assassination...

Otherwise, there was no way he could kill Liu Chuanjun, not even touch a single hair on him!

And once he failed to kill Liu Chuanjun and exposed his strength, Liu Chuanjun would no longer hesitate and would strike to kill!

"Crack—"

After discarding the idea of taking a risky shot, Ye Fan leaped again, landing back on the mountain road, the asphalt ground unable to withstand the terrifying force, instantly cracking and debris flying everywhere.

"Crack—"

Almost at the same time, Rock also landed on the mountain road.

Seeing this, Ye Fan, knowing he could no longer continue to flee, simply stopped, stabilizing his stance.

Although Ye Fan had stopped, Rock did not rashly attack him but kept moving forward a few meters, blocking Ye Fan’s escape route.

Clearly... he had a deep wariness of Ye Fan!

After all, Ye Fan had just killed Zorro, and even made Liu Chuanjun hesitant to act alone!

Not only Zorro, but Liu Chuanjun, who had been relentlessly pursuing, also did not take the opportunity to strike directly but stopped on the steep slope above the road, looking down at Ye Fan from a high position.

Seeing this, a thought flashed in Ye Fan’s mind, subtly capturing a sliver of opportunity: both Rock and Liu Chuanjun were wary of him, and they did not come from the same force, not of one mind—neither wanted to take the initiative to attack!

With this thought in mind, Ye Fan sneered coldly, "Hey, a Half-step Ninja God and a Half-step War God, actually joining hands to chase down a mere Level 7 Cultivator—aren’t you afraid of being ridiculed if this gets out?"

"Hmph, kid, you were able to kill Zorro and still claim to be a Level 7 Cultivator?"

Rock snorted coldly, then rushed to ask Liu Chuanjun who stood on the steep slope, "Liu Chuanjun, how did this guy kill Zorro?"

"Since you’re so curious, why not try it out and see?"

Without waiting for Liu Chuanjun’s response, Ye Fan looked at Rock with a mocking face, feigning strength once again.

As a half-step War God realm powerhouse, not only was Rock’s status distinguished in the Giant Axe Organization, but he was also renowned in the global Underworld; never had he been mocked and humiliated like he was at this moment.

"You..."

Rock was so angered that his face changed color, and he glared at Ye Fan, wishing he could tear Ye Fan apart immediately, but seeing Ye Fan’s fearless demeanor, he dared not strike. Instead, his fear deepened.

"His real strength should be close to an invincible existence among Level 8 Cultivators."

Liu Chuanjun looked at Ye Fan with cold eyes and slowly said, "He managed to kill Zorro probably because he possesses a High-level Magical Artifact with extremely strong attack power, and moreover... it is very likely a Mind Power Attack artifact!"

Upon hearing Liu Chuanjun’s words by his ear, Ye Fan could not help but inwardly marvel at Liu Chuanjun’s keen insight and judgment, yet he remained unfazed outwardly.

Upon hearing the words ’High-level Magical Artifact,’ Rock’s eyes suddenly lit up!

Although he was a half-step War God realm powerhouse with a distinguished status in the Giant Axe Organization, he had not yet obtained a High-level Magical Artifact!

In the blink of an eye, Rock’s trepidation plummeted, and he looked at Ye Fan as greedily as a lustful man beholding a naked noblewoman, feeling a strong impulse to strike.

"Rock, if you strike him first, the High-level Magical Artifact on his body is yours!" Seeing Rock tempted, Liu Chuanjun spoke again.

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan immediately guessed Liu Chuanjun’s intention and retorted with a cold laugh, "Using my High-level Magical Artifact as bait to lure you into a fierce battle with me, while you take the opportunity to strike a good calculation indeed!"

"Liu Chuanjun, aren’t you too scheming?"

As Ye Fan had deduced, Rock and Liu Chuanjun were not united, simply cooperating temporarily. Hearing Ye Fan’s words and seeing Ye Fan ready to stake it all, Rock’s greed vanished entirely, and he glared at Liu Chuanjun displeasedly.

"I haven’t finished my words. I just wanted to make an agreement with you before making a move, to prevent you from saying afterward that I, Liu Chuanjun, deceived you. Besides that High-level Magical Artifact, he also has the Ghost Ring obtained from Hunter, and he might even have scavenged some treasures from Zorro!"

Liu Chuanjun gave an evasive answer, "If you’re too scared to strike first, then that High-level Magical Artifact is mine, and the other treasures are yours, how about that?"

This time,

Rock didn’t rush to reply but instead cast his gaze back on Ye Fan, his face showing hesitation.

"Truly despicable!"

Ye Fan cursed Liu Chuanjun in his heart for his cunning but outwardly mocked with a raging smile, "Come on, little devil, you strike first—I’d rather drag you to Hell with me than deal with this big lug!"

Swish!

Amidst the sound of Ye Fan’s defiant words, Rock couldn’t help but look toward Liu Chuanjun, seemingly waiting to see his reaction.

Liu Chuanjun squinted and stared intensely at Ye Fan, as if weighing whether to risk it for greater riches.

For a moment, the situation became a stalemate.

"Hum~"

Just then, the roaring sound of a car engine suddenly came from the foot of the mountain.

The vehicle, bearing the Southeast Asia Special Zone 1 license, roared like a crazed steel beast, arriving at the foot of the mountain.

In the car, Ye Wenhao was personally driving with a more solemn expression than ever before.

Suddenly, as the vehicle was about to enter the mountain road leading up the mountain, Ye Wenhao slowed down slightly, steered single-handedly, freed one hand to pick up his phone, and dialed Ye Fan’s number again.

On his way there, he had already dialed it many times. Each time it connected, but Ye Fan never answered.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently not answered."

Just like before, this time too, no one answered Ye Fan’s phone.

This result made Ye Wenhao’s eyebrows furrow even more tightly, then he violently stomped on the brake!

"Screech~"

In an instant, the sound of the car tires fiercely rubbing against the ground erupted, breaking the calm at the foot of the mountain.

The car left a clear trail of tire marks on the ground at the entrance to the winding mountain road, where Ye Wenhao opened the door, jumped out of the car, and then dashed into the woods!

At this moment,

he made the decision to abandon the vehicle and proceed on foot!

Anxious to save someone.

With his strength, climbing up the mountain slope on foot was faster than driving up!

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PS: Two Chapters completed~

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