Chapter 58 – A Cornered Beast Will Keep Fighting!
On this rainy night, thunder rumbled and lightning flashed across the sky, causing it to flare up momentarily. As thunder echoed, it endlessly rained and the sound of falling raindrops filled the air.
When looked from afar, the entire place seemed to be shrouded by the heavy rainfall. It was a bleak and chilling scene.
On the forest, Bai Xiaochun was shivering and his eyes were bloodshot as he unleashed his full speed and dashed on his escape route. Occasionally, he would ferociously stomp onto the ground and leap forward so fast, that he looked like an arrow released from a bow whistling away.
“Live on… We must live on!” Bai Xiaochun was trembling as he kept repeating these words with both Du Lingfei and Hou Yunfei in his mind.
As death loomed over, it became chillier as if it blended with the rain.
From all around him, eight figures were approaching Bai Xiaochun with great speed, especially Chen Heng. Even though he was the furthest, the last among the group of pursuers, he was still extremely fast. He transformed into a rainbow and shuttled in the heavy rain as he accelerated. In this heavy downpour, sonic booms could be heard.
“You can’t escape me. Noone will escape from the formation array that my Fallen Chen Clan’s patriarch has set up!” Chen Heng’s eyes flashed with murderous intent.
In his pursuit of the trio, even Chen Heng himself couldn’t fathom how these outer sect disciples from the Spirit River Sect could evade them so well? They were able to escape from their pursuit for several days, and they might even escape the scope of the patriarch’s formation array. Especially the one Cheng Heng was chasing right now, not only could this person kill Cheng Yue, he had even killed a few men that Cheng Heng himself brought along with him.
That made Chen Heng even more certain that the opponent was one of two renowned Heaven’s Chosen from the South Bank of the Spirit River Sect, Guan Tianyou or Lu Tianlei. After all, this territory was under the control of the South Bank, and the North Bank would usually not intervene.
“Genius from the Spirit River Sect…” Chen Heng’s killing intent grew, so much that he was seething with excitement.
Thunder roared as Bai Xiaochun clenched his teeth tightly and sped along. He was breathing shallowly as the spiritual energy within his body was being rapidly consumed. The entire place was bleak, as though an ancient beast had opened its wide maw and covered the skies.
All of a sudden, Bai Xiaochun abruptly raised his head and stopped on his tracks. His bloodshot eyes locked in front of him, a couple tens of zhang away where the raindrops suddenly flickered. A huge force shot out, scattering the raindrops as it headed for Bai Xiaochun.
(ED note: one zhang is approximately 3.58 meters, or 3.64 yards.)
Beyond the rain veil, the first Fallen Chen clansmen to obstruct Bai Xiaochun’s escape suddenly appeared!
It was a ferocious-looking middle-aged man with a scarred face. He was a seventh level Qi Condensation cultivator. As he moved forward with big strides, an enormous battleaxe could be seen in his right hand. Like a gust of wind, he approached Bai Xiaochun with a loud roar and grasped the battleaxe with both hands. He charged towards Bai Xiaochun and slashed ferociously!
“Get back!” The middle-aged man’s thunderous voice resounded through the surroundings.
Bai Xiaochun’s eyes turned crimson, his body did not freeze even the slightest bit; right before the battleaxe was about to fall on him, he suddenly raised his left hand and punched straight at the battleaxe!
The middle-aged man laughed coldly as he focused all of his strength into both his hands, causing a gust of wind as he swung his battleaxe down.
When Bai Xiaochun raised his left hand, a black glow flashed as he activated the Impenetrable Skin’s technique. As a result, it appeared that his left hand turned black when it touched the battleaxe.
After a boom echoed, Bai Xiaochun used his left hand to grasp the blade of the battleaxe with such tremendous strength that the surrounding rainwater splattered everywhere.
He felt a sharp pain and fresh blood started oozing out. As Bai Xiaochun activated the Impenetrable Skin’s technique to its fullest, there were no indications of serious damage on his left palm despite the overflowing blood.
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and exerted even more strength to push the battleaxe down, but Bai Xiaochun’s hand was like iron pincers, firmly holding the enormous battleaxe in place. The middle-aged man was unable to move it even the tinniest bit after striking at Bai Xiaochun.
This caused a big change in the middle-aged man’s expressions. He raised his head and saw the insanity in Bai Xiaochun’s eyes standing right in front of him.
He had never seen anyone in such state; he had only seen it in cornered beasts in the Fallen Star Mountain Range.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man’s heart suddenly hammered