Chapter Sixteen: Run! Run!

  The morning sunlight shines on the earth, with thousands of miles of cloudless sky and a clear blue sky.

  Outside Liujiacun, Shan Qiang stood at the forefront on his horse, while everyone else stood behind him. Ye Chen stood at the very back, with a calm expression, but it was unknown what he was thinking about.

  The old village chief stood at the back with the villagers, facing a group of people led by Shan Qiang, and bowed respectfully. He shouted loudly: "Sorry to trouble you all, we are the villagers of Liu Jia Village, setting up a banquet here, waiting for news of your triumphant return!"

  Upon hearing this, Shan Qiang turned his head to look at the old village chief, smiled slightly: "Hehe, Village Chief is being too polite, this is what we should do." But in his heart, he secretly sneered: When we come back, it will also be your time to go west. Then, he turned his head and took a glance at Ye Chen, gave him a sinister smile, and then waved his hand at the crowd, saying: "Let's go!"

  With a single order from Shan Qiang, everyone walked towards a nearby mountain peak.

  Ye Chen walked at the very back, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, closely following behind everyone's backs, looking at the not-so-distant mountain top, thinking to himself: Right ahead is where you all will rest in peace for the last time.

  The crowd quickly walked into the mountain where the bandits were, at this time the sky seemed to know that a big battle was about to happen here. The originally cloudless sky suddenly started to gather dark clouds, the sky gradually darkened, and the atmosphere also became somewhat oppressive.

  Shan Jian stopped suddenly and looked up at the mountain peak that was now within arm's reach, a sly smile spreading across his face. He then turned to look at Ye Chen who was standing at the back and said in a low voice, "Brother Chen, why don't you go ahead and scout out the path first? We'll follow closely behind."

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen was slightly taken aback, his eyebrows furrowed in apparent difficulty, but in reality, he had already burst into laughter. After a moment, he looked up at Shan Qiang and said with an extremely reluctant tone: "Alright then!"

  Shan smiled slightly and nodded at Ye Chen, no longer speaking. He shifted his body to one side, making way for Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen strode forward in big steps, rapidly and directly charging up towards the mountain top, extremely fast, stirring up flying dust.

  Shan Liang gazed at the distant Ye Chen, a playful smile on his face. He turned to the crowd and said, "The rabbit has entered the trap, let's go with me, and directly surround and annihilate it!"

  Ye Chen rushed to the top of the mountain in an instant. From a distance, he saw a group of people and horses standing neatly at the summit, led by Li Kuangshou. For some reason, Ye Chen suddenly felt a sense of unease. He looked around and found himself on a narrow mountain path with steep cliffs on one side and a hundred-foot precipice on the other. The only way out was the road he had come up.

  Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he looked up at the mountain again to find Li Kuangshou leading his men with an ominous expression, step by step closing in on him. His face changed color as he muttered to himself: "Not good!"

  Ye Chen's strong men also walked up step by step from behind him.

  In front of us is a powerful enemy, behind us are pursuing troops.

  A thin line between life and death!

  Ye Chen finally understood why Li Kuangshou, a strong practitioner with four fragments of the body, would believe in him, a cultivator with only two fragments of the body. It turned out that everything was a trap set for himself.

  Li Kuangshou approached slowly, stopping at a distance of five or six zhang from Ye Chen. He looked at Ye Chen with a playful expression and asked playfully: "Should I call you Ye Chen or Shura?"

  "So you were in cahoots with them all along!" Ye Chen's eyes narrowed.

  At this time, Shan Qiang also walked up with a smile on his face, looking at Ye Chen: "Now you know! Actually, I'm also depressed. A person with two bodies and two strengths, why did Feng Shixiong want to kill you so hard?"

  "Xu Feng!" Ye Chen spat out this name filled with hatred.

  "Haha!"

  "Haha!"

  The people present burst out laughing, and their eyes on Ye Chen were like watching a dying beast struggling.

  Ye Chen's eyes narrowed, he knew that in order to survive now, he could only fight with all his might. Before everyone reacted, he used "Swift Thunder Flash" to escape down the mountain. Otherwise, he would surely die today!

  Ye Chen turned around and looked at Shan Qiang: "You actually dare to tell me the mastermind behind the scenes, aren't you afraid that if I don't die, I'll directly report it when I go back?"

  Shan Qiang smiled slightly: "Tell? Haha, let's not say you won't survive, even if you really go back, who will you tell? Haha!"

  Just as everyone was ridiculing Ye Chen, Ye Chen made a move, quickly rushing towards Shan Qiang, catching everyone off guard. No one had expected that Ye Chen would still dare to resist at this time.

  Looking at Ye Chen who was rushing over, Shan Qiang smiled mockingly. In his eyes, the current Ye Chen was just a fragmented and weak cultivator of the second realm, someone he could defeat with just one move.

  Just as Ye Chen was about to approach Shan Qiang, he forcibly changed the inertia of his body's forward motion, and his body slightly shifted to one side. 'Swift Thunder Flash' finally burst out, directly charging towards Shan Qiang's side.

  Actually, Ye Chen had already seen the person on Shan Liang's left side from the very beginning. The person's cultivation was only at the second level of Fragmented Body, which was the lowest here and also the only one he could have a chance to defeat instantly.

  Ye Chen's right hand transformed into a claw, and the "Dragon Capturing Hand" that had never been used in front of others was finally unleashed, directly attacking the young man standing to Zhan Strong's left.

  Shan's expression changed suddenly, and it was only then that he realized Ye Chen had no intention of charging towards him, but rather to divert his attention while making a dash to the side.

  It's too late to talk about it now!

  In the blink of an eye, Ye Chen had already crossed over Single Strong's shoulder and approached the young man. "Dragon Capturing Hand" first move, Dragon Captures the Moon, directly attacked the young man, and in a flash, he had already reached the young man's chest.

  Bang!

  A dull thud echoed from the young man's chest, and he felt as if his chest had been torn open by a powerful claw, sending him flying out, never to awaken again!

  Shocking!

  The whole audience was shocked!

  No one had expected that Ye Chen could knock out someone with the same cultivation level as himself in a single move, rendering them unconscious.

  At the moment when everyone was stunned, Ye Chen seized the opportunity and rushed forward directly, rushing down the mountain without looking back.

  Everyone only reacted at this time, and Shan Qiang stared at Ye Chen who was escaping with a ferocious face, roaring: "I'll see where you can run to!" As soon as the words were spoken, he didn't even have time to call on everyone to chase together, and he himself rushed towards Ye Chen.

  Li Kuangshou watched as Shan Qiang rushed forward on his horse and quickly gestured to the crowd, leading them in pursuit.

  Ye Chen desperately ran away!

  Desperate pursuit of a lone strongman!

  However, the more he chased, the more astonished he became! Ye Chen's speed was actually on par with his own, and even a little bit faster. To think that he himself had a cultivation of Fragmented Body Fifth Layer, while Ye Chen only had Fragmented Body Second Layer. If this continued for a long time, he would definitely be left in the dust by Ye Chen, which would be disastrous!

  With a loud roar, he continued to chase after Ye Chen with all his might, but at this point, he had already reached his limit.

  Ye Chen listened to the angry roar behind him, secretly delighted in his heart, knowing that Shan Qiang was probably unable to catch up with him. His evaluation of 'Swift Thunder Flash' became even higher in his mind. If not for this martial skill, he might have really died here.

  However, Ye Chen did not relax in the slightest. He knew that although Shan Liang couldn't catch up to him, he himself was only a fragmented body of the second level, and his endurance was much lower than Shan Liang's. He had to shake off Shan Liang before his physical strength was exhausted.

  Ye Chen ran wildly while looking around left and right, hoping to find a place that could help him escape.

  Li Kuangshou looked at Ye Chen's speed and suddenly thought of the words Ye Chen left him with when he was about to leave last night: My name is Shura!

  Suddenly, Ye Chen found that on the horizon in front of him, a dense forest appeared, his face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly accelerated again towards the dense forest.

  The pursuers' faces changed, knowing that if Ye Chen rushed into the dense forest, it would be really hard to find him. Immediately, everyone was on high alert and sprinted towards Ye Chen.

  In the midst of everyone's unawareness, they had already run nearly twenty kilometers. Although everyone was a cultivator, their cultivation wasn't very high. Facing such an all-out sprint, everyone felt a thread of fatigue, especially Ye Chen. At this moment, he could feel his legs starting to go numb, and his speed slowly decreased. Currently, there were still about six kilometers before they reached the dense forest. If things continued like this, Ye Chen would definitely be caught by Shan Qiang before entering the forest.

  Originally furious, Shuang looked at Ye Chen's slowing speed and his face lit up with joy, hastily accelerating again.

  Ye Chen smiled slightly, ignoring all this, and took out a jade bottle containing 'nourishing liquid' from his bosom. While running, he squeezed one or two drops onto his hand, then quickly tore open his pants and applied the 'nourishing liquid' directly to his legs.

  A cool feeling surged up in an instant, Ye Chen only felt that his legs were filled with infinite power, and the speed that had slowed down a bit suddenly accelerated again, like a gust of wind, rushing straight into the dense forest.

  Behind him, the original was thinking that after catching up with Ye Chen later, he would definitely make him worse off than dead. Looking at Ye Chen's sudden acceleration, he was shocked and stopped in his tracks, saying "Impossible! Impossible, he clearly didn't have any strength left, how could he possibly recover instantly!"

  At this time, Shan Liang didn't think about the possibility of Dan medicine at all, because he couldn't believe that Ye Chen would have such a Dan medicine that could instantly restore his physical strength. To know, such a Dan medicine, probably only Xu Feng in the entire Lianyun Sect might possess it, let alone other personal disciples who wouldn't possibly own one.

  Behind them, the crowd that followed also stopped in surprise. Zhao Xu hastily walked forward with a flustered face and looked at Dan Qiang's stunned face, asking: "Brother Qiang, what to do? It seems we can't catch up anymore!"

  At this time, Shan Qiang didn't know how to report back to Xu Feng afterwards, and when he was angry, Zhao Xu unexpectedly bumped into the muzzle.

  With a fierce and powerful turn of his head, he glared at Zhao Xu, directly kicking him to the ground: "Damn it!!! What else can be done?! Find it for me!"