Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1267: Tracking

Chapter 1267: Chapter 1267: Tracking

Fang Bai surveyed his surroundings and saw that although the martial artists who had previously surrounded them had retreated to a distance, most had not left. Covetousness and drooling greed still shone in their eyes; they were clearly still thinking about claiming the bounty on his head.

However, they might be wary of the Rou family’s four sisters, concerned that they might suddenly return, and thus no one dared to come forward and cause trouble for the time being.

"Let’s go!"

Seeing the anxious expressions on Sun Guangyi and the others, Fang Bai knew they were worried about the safety of Golden Crow Manor and also afraid of being besieged again by the martial artists of Divine Fire Town, making it difficult to break free. Therefore, he strode forward, leading the way towards Golden Crow Manor.

Xia Chenyu, Sun Guangyi, Li Jingren, and a dozen other disciples from the Golden Crow Manor, spiritual artifacts in hand, remained vigilant and closely followed behind Fang Bai, swiftly leaving Divine Fire Town.

Perched atop a hill outside Divine Fire Town, led by He Rushan, over a hundred martial artists from the "Justice Alliance" crouched within the tall weeds, watching Fang Bai and the others quickly traverse the mountain path a kilometer away, with fierce, eager, and restless eyes.

"Senior He, those four stinking girls have already gone to the Eternal Death Zone. We can make our move now!"

Crouching beside He Rushan, Third Mo, a disciple of the Tianji Sect who was determined to kill Fang Bai for the glory of his sect and to gain favor with the higher-ups, was eagerly persuading He Rushan to take action.

Currently a disciple of the Inner Court of Tianji Sect, Third Mo held a mid-level Cosmic Rank strength, which was nothing but mediocre on the Shenwu Continent.

Third Mo, being of moderate talent and overlooked by the high-ranking officials in his sect, would likely see his martial dao path come to a halt here without some fortuitous opportunity.

Third Mo was a man with lofty pride and unwilling to resign himself to mediocrity. Like many other disciples from the sect, he often went on adventures hoping for opportunity to defy the heavens and change his fate.

This time, upon the discovery of an Essence Stone Vein in the Eternal Death Zone, and coincidentally while Third Mo and some fellow disciples were undergoing trials nearby, they rushed over to Divine Fire Town hoping for a chance to get their share of the treasure.

Because Tianji Sect was so far away from the Eternal Death Zone, requiring several months of travel, Third Mo and the other disciples had no way to alert their sect for reinforcements. After discussion, they joined forces with He Rushan and a few other Universe Level martial artists to form the "Justice Alliance," hoping to muddy the waters and seize some high-quality Fire Elemental Stones or other cultivation resources.

If they obtained high-grade Fire Elemental Stones or other cultivation resources that they couldn’t use themselves, they could also bring them back to the sect. They hoped to exchange them for urgently needed cultivation resources or martial arts techniques, or even an opportunity to receive guidance from the highest ranks of the sect.

What Third Mo did not expect was that, while they initially came for the Essence Stone Vein, they stumbled upon Fang Bai, a man so despised by the Sect Master and high-ups that they offered a bounty of ten million Essence Stones for his head. This ignited wild ecstasy among Third Mo and the Tianji Sect disciples, who were overjoyed.

If they could leverage the "Justice Alliance" to kill Fang Bai, even if they didn’t claim the ten million Essence Stones from the sect, they would certainly receive praise from the sect’s high-ups. As per tradition, this would lead to urgent supplies of cultivation resources or guidance in martial arts techniques, and potentially allow them to make a breakthrough.

Of course, all of this depended on their ability to bring Fang Bai’s head back to the sect. If Fang Bai slipped away, everything would be illusory.

"Not yet, wait a little longer... just a little longer..."

Third Mo coveted Fang Bai’s head, and so did He Rushan. However, He Rushan’s mind was much cooler. His eyes fixed on the distant figure of Fang Bai, he gently twirled his beard and said in a deep voice, "Let’s wait for them to get further from Divine Fire Town before we make our move. Better safe than sorry, lest others intervene!"

"Just now in Divine Fire Town, if not for those four brats in black dresses causing trouble, ruining our good fortune, we might have already succeeded! Damn it! Truly infuriating!"

Thinking of the Roushi sisters, Third Mo’s eyes gleamed with ferocity as he clenched his teeth in anger.

"Heh heh, those four girls are fair-skinned and beautiful, tender enough to draw water. If only they weren’t so powerful, taking them as martial companions would be delightful!"

A sleazy smile played across the face of a chubby martial artist beside Third Mo.

Apart from the chubby martial artist, other members of the Justice Alliance also harbored such thoughts, believing those four black-dressed maidens were extraordinarily talented and rare beauties. If they could really subdue them as martial companions, this trip to the Eternal Death Zone wouldn’t be in vain.

However, although the four black-dressed maidens seemed naive and unsophisticated, their strength was profound and unfathomable. Even He Rushan, the strongest in the Justice Alliance, could not discern their cultivation levels. Under their deterrence, they had obediently left Divine Fire Town, and these martial artists, being weaker, had no capacity to covet their beauty and figure.

For now, the best course was to join forces to kill Fang Bai and then wait at the edge of the Eternal Death Zone, hoping to reap some benefits from the disputes over the Essence Stone mines, and then take Fang Bai’s head to Tianji Sect to exchange for millions of Essence Stones.

Fang Bai had killed Tianji Sect’s steward Ying Guangping, leading others to speculate that his cultivation level should be mid-Universe Level. In He Rushan’s opinion, fighting Fang Bai alone might be tricky, but with the combined strength of a hundred Justice Alliance martial artists, killing Fang Bai should not be difficult.

If those dozen or so disciples from Golden Crow Manor who followed Fang Bai don’t know what’s good for them and decide to fight alongside Fang Bai against them, then they would all be killed together.

Although Golden Crow Manor is a first-grade sect with daunting overall strength, they were now so preoccupied with defending the Essence Stone mines in the Eternal Death Zone against countless covetous martial artists that they couldn’t spare any attention for this matter.

At worst, after killing Fang Bai and claiming some benefits from the Essence Stone mines, they would travel tens of thousands of miles to Tianji Sect to exchange for Essence Stones, then find a secluded place to enter secluded cultivation, eluding Golden Crow Manor’s pursuit.

"Let’s go, follow them! Make your move inside Black Wind Gorge, thirty miles from here!"

Watching Fang Bai and his party gradually moving away and almost out of sight, He Rushan waved his hand and led the martial artists of the Justice Alliance to follow from a distance.

At the same time, several other temporary alliances with the same intentions as the Justice Alliance martial artists were tracking Fang Bai and his party from different directions, ready to play the role of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, hoping to reap the fisherman’s gains.

These several forces, harboring murderous intent and following behind, naturally could not escape Fang Bai’s perception. He didn’t show any reaction and couldn’t be bothered to care, only sneering in his heart.

"We’ve entered Black Wind Gorge; everyone, heighten your vigilance!"

"With spiritual artifacts in hand and Essence Energy Protective Body, beware of beast attacks!"

Fang Bai and his group vaulted over mountains and rivers, speeding along their way. Unknowingly, they entered a narrow and long gorge, where Sun Guangyi and Li Jingren successively shouted aloud.