The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 629: Crazy Siege

Chapter 629: Chapter 629: Crazy Siege

"Whoosh!"

Leaving Lanqu County City, Jing Yan flew northward.

Return to Pill Country?

Jing Yan did not intend to do that.

Although he possessed the Pill Country Minister Order, and Hu Donghe would probably intervene if the Gu Family wanted to kill him in Pill Country, could Hu Donghe actually stop the Gu Family?

Hu Donghe, being the Great Alchemist King, had unmatched abilities in the Alchemy Dao, but in terms of Martial Arts, he couldn’t possibly withstand the Gu Family.

Even the Holy Master of Holy City was powerless, so how could Hu Donghe possibly stop the Gu Family?

Thus, if Jing Yan went to Pill Country, he would only end up causing huge trouble for Hu Donghe. Hu Donghe had always been good to Jing Yan; Jing Yan could not repay kindness with ingratitude by bringing disaster upon Hu Donghe.

"Perhaps, the only chance of survival is to enter Despair Abyss!" Jing Yan’s gaze was fixed on the north.

Although Despair Abyss was fraught with danger and crisis, the Gu Family members would also be cautious and unable to act freely.

After much consideration, Despair Abyss seemed to be the best choice. Otherwise, no matter where he hid, Jing Yan would find it difficult to escape the pursuit of the Gu Family.

The power of the Gu Family was too great; a single family controlled eight counties and even had several individuals at the Emperor Realm and numerous more at the Martial Artist Realm. Moreover, their intelligence network covered the entire Heavenly Origin Continent. Where could Jing Yan possibly hide?

Continuing his journey northward.

However, Jing Yan did not deliberately speed up his flight. His route was not a straight path but involved continuously changing directions.

If he had flown straight, the possibility of being intercepted by the Gu Family would have increased. By frequently changing his direction and appearing in new places every day, the difficulty for the Gu Family to intercept him naturally increased.

Moreover, with Jing Yan’s strength, if only Martial Artists of the Daoist Master Realm came to assassinate him, no matter how many, they were simply courting death. Only those above the Dao King Realm could pose a threat to Jing Yan.

Time swiftly passed, and before long, more than a month had elapsed.

"Sky Wings Third Level, finally mastered!"

"Let’s see!"

"Whoosh!"

High above in the sky, Jing Yan’s speed was incredibly swift. Despite being on the run this month, Jing Yan had not neglected his cultivation, especially on Sky Wings, to which he devoted half his energy.

Hard work paid off, and the Third Level of Sky Wings was now mastered by Jing Yan.

With the full force of his Primordial Energy, Jing Yan’s flying speed soared by more than half.

With the aid of the Third Layer of Sky Wings, even Peak Martial Artists of the Dao King Realm would find it hard to catch up to Jing Yan.

Gu Family!

"Ancestor, something happened in that Ancient Cave Mansion in Lanqu County, and the entrance is gone!" Gu Jinlan reported tremblingly to Gu Wanquan.

"What did you say?"

"The entrance to the Ancient Cave Mansion is gone? How can it disappear?" Gu Wanquan’s face darkened.

"It’s indeed gone. The previous entrance has vanished without a trace. Only a broken Advanced Array remains around that area. I suspect something happened inside the Ancient Cave Mansion, causing the entrance to disappear." Gu Jinlan was baffled himself.

Generally, once discovered, the entrances to Ancient Cave Mansions would not disappear. However, this entrance to the Ancient Cave Mansion had inexplicably vanished. The Gu Family sent people to carefully search the original entrance location, even expanding the search radius to several miles, but still found nothing.

"Damn it, my grandson died inside that mansion; could it be that even his corpse cannot be brought out?" Gu Wanquan’s aura fluctuated violently.

Gu Jinlan silently had no words to offer; he didn’t know what to say.

"What about that little beast?" Gu Wanquan asked again.

"He is still being pursued, but this person is extremely cunning, having already left Lanqu County. Now he appears in different places every day. I have already dispatched a large number of people to capture him, but we’ve yet to apprehend him. However, we have managed to gather some clues about his whereabouts," Gu Jinlan said, shaking his head.

"They are all incompetents!" Gu Wanquan said viciously.

"Send more people; we must capture this little beast alive. Remember, I want him alive. I want to personally tear the flesh off that little bastard piece by piece!" Gu Wanquan’s venomous voice echoed in the room.

"Yes!" Gu Jinlan responded and left.

Time passed, day by day.

On this day, it had been two months since Jing Yan had left Lanqu County City heading towards Despair Abyss.

"This seems to be within East Lake County."

"Given my current speed, it might still take half a year to reach Despair Abyss."

"Hmm, no hurry!"

"I’ll just take my time on the road. If I can master the Fourth Level of Sky Wings, it would be even easier. By then, even Martial Artists of the Emperor Realm might not be able to catch me!" Jing Yan momentarily paused, assessing his surroundings; he saw a city about tens of miles ahead, which seemed to be the Commandery of East Lake County.

"Go around!" Jing Yan decided not to enter the Commandery.

Like this Commandery, there would definitely be informants from the Gu Family. Once entered, he might likely be discovered.

Near East Lake County City.

"Will that Jing Yan really pass through here?"

Ten figures gathered outside East Lake County, one of them spoke.

"It’s not certain, this kid is quite cunning. But I received a message from the higher-ups that this place we’re guarding is one place that the kid might pass through. There are also members of our family guarding the other possible places," the leader said, squinting his eyes.

"This kid really has guts, offending our Gu Family; he’s truly seeking death! Heh, no matter how well he hides, he’s doomed!" another person scoffed.

"We can’t be careless. That kid is reported to have decent strength. Once he passes through here, we must be careful to intercept him. If we let him escape, a severe punishment awaits us," the leader cautioned the others.

"Mm, as soon as that kid appears, we absolutely must not let him escape. If we are able to capture this kid, the reward provided by the family this time will be very generous," another person chuckled.

These ten individuals were all Dao King Realm strong figures. Within the Gu Family, they were truly high-ranking personalities, all of elder level.

To capture Jing Yan, the Gu Family had nearly deployed their entire clan’s power. All family elders had been dispatched.

Of course, those family members below the elder level were also distributed in various Commanderies. However, the family high-ups had ordered that Martial Artists below the Dao King Realm, upon seeing Jing Yan, should only immediately report and must not engage.

After all, Jing Yan was the suspect in killing Elder Yin, and although the Gu Family did not know the exact circumstances concerning Elder Yin, they also predicted that Martial Artists below the Dao King Realm would find it difficult to deal with Jing Yan. If they approached him to assassinate, they might likely be counter-killed by Jing Yan.