Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 410 - 410 0296 Truly There is Nowhere to Escape

Chapter 410: Chapter 0296: Truly, There is Nowhere to Escape Chapter 410: Chapter 0296: Truly, There is Nowhere to Escape Chapter 0296: Nowhere to Escape Now!

Qi Tian didn’t know whether these demonic birds controlled by humans were after him. The only thing he was certain about was his dire situation. If these demonic birds discovered his whereabouts, he would soon be surrounded by numerous Half-step Golden Core cultivators. If someone akin to Sun Xiaotian, the Ape King in his prime, appeared, he would likely meet his end here.

Qi Tian’s only option was to hide for now and figure out a solution.

Night fell swiftly, Qi Tian looked up at the sky to see the Milky Way spilled out like a waterfall. Occasionally, demonic birds cruised through the sky, clearly not relaxing their surveillance over Yi Lian Mountain even after sunset.

Gazing at the vast Milky Way, a spark ignited in Qi Tian’s eyes – he couldn’t exit through the sky or land, so why not attempt an alternative route? It was as he did when Chi Di Capital was under heavy lockdown by the Chi Di royal family – he had managed to slip away through the city’s moat.

Although there were rivers in Yi Lian Mountain, the distance to his current hiding spot was too far. Finding a river and then flowing downstream to leave Yi Lian Mountain seemed impractical for now. But that was alright; if there weren’t any rivers, he could create a passageway to escape himself.

After another demonic bird passed over his head, Qi Tian stepped out from his hideout. He had roughly ten minutes to find a suitable place. Whether he found a place or not, he would need to hide again after ten minutes to avoid being discovered by the next watching demonic bird.

Fortunately, Qi Tian was in luck and found an abandoned beast cave. He plunged right in and upon reaching the depths, Qi Tian pulled out his dig shovel and began to dig. He had done this before – but whereas then he only needed to dig a bit, now he had to dig his way out of Yi Lian Mountain, totaling a few hundred miles even in a straight line.

Such a taxing task would be dismissed as impractical by any other person, but not Qi Tian. With his Innate Spirit Treasure Level dig shovel, digging through rocks was relatively easy for him. As long as he did not mind the monotony, the exhaustion, or the time spent, he could dig a tunnel hundreds, no, even tens of times longer without much trouble.

Qi Tian crafted a few small tools to ensure the accuracy of his digging direction to avoid deviation. A small angle off at the start of a tunnel of a few hundred miles could result in ending up thousands of miles away from the target.

Days passed. With the aid of his small tools, Qi Tian, fortified with knowledge from his past life and complemented by his dig shovel and storage bag, had successfully dug about thirty miles so far, more than ten miles each day on average. At this pace, he could exit the central area of Yi Lian Mountain in less than two months and enter the periphery area. By then, even if he did not continue digging the tunnel, he could figure out other ways to leave Yi Lian Mountain safely.

Qi Tian used the principle of light traveling in straight lines to ensure the straightness of the tunnel that he dug. The Demon Revealing Mirror fragment he had was a perfect tool to reflect light. He had taken out the Demon Revealing Mirror fragment multiple times to confirm the correct direction of the excavation.

Once again, he took out the Demon Revealing Mirror fragment. But before he had the chance to use it, Qi Tian noticed it flickering incessantly. It even shook a bit in his hand as if it were trying to tell him something.

Unable to communicate with the Demon Revealing Mirror fragment, Qi Tian quickly activated his Heavenly Dao Engine and began to survey the spirit Qi of the surrounding environment. He aimed to verify through the Heavenly Dao Engine what was causing his Demon Revealing Mirror fragment to react so intensely.

Soon, the Heavenly Dao Engine relayed back an image. Looking at the image, Qi Tian was shocked. A large gathering of creatures radiating strong spirit Qi was not far from his tunnel. If his understanding of the Heavenly Dao Engine was correct, these creatures were probably cultivators.

What was going on? Had he tunneled his way to the wrong direction? But he had maximized the accuracy of his digging direction. Even if there was a slight deviation, it shouldn’t be this severe at this stage.

“Right here, could Sir come over?”

Before Qi Tian had time to understand what was happening, he faintly heard the sound of someone talking. Without thinking twice, Qi Tian started to retreat while pulling out his storage bag and filling his tunnel with rocks.

Just as he had retreated about twenty meters, Qi Tian heard a loud boom. An explosion occurred at the spot where Qi Tian had previously been digging. Countless rocks collapsed and exposed his tunnel. Fortunately, Qi Tian had been prepared and filled his tunnel during his retreat, avoiding a direct exposure to the outside world. Besides, the violent method the outsiders had used caused large rocks in the tunnel to slide down and thoroughly blocked Qi Tian’s tunnel. Even if someone outside found the tunnel, they would be unable to discover Qi Tian.

Those people paid no attention to Qi Tian at all. It never would have crossed their minds that their carefully calculated explosion would intersect with Qi Tian’s tunnel.