Under the night sky, streaks of colorful light shot across the firmament like shooting stars.
Although Shenyun and the others were incredibly powerful, Qin Hanchu was not weak either.
As long as Qin Hanchu maintained his speed, those behind him would not be able to catch up in a short period.
"Split up and surround him!"
These individuals were all prodigies from ancient factions. After pursuing Qin Hanchu for so long without success, they finally resorted to strategy.
Immediately, over twenty "people" dispersed.
Sensing the change in his pursuers, Qin Hanchu's expression grew grim.
He couldn't let them cut him off by taking shortcuts.
Just then, a city appeared ahead.
Qin Hanchu knew his opportunity had arrived.
Thick mist began to emanate from Qin Hanchu's body.
Under this mist, even the mental power of these inheritance sequences would be affected.
Concealed by the fog, Qin Hanchu descended into the city.
As Qin Hanchu landed, the mist immediately spread to cover an area of several miles.
"You guard here, I'll go in and find him!"
As he spoke, Chixiao charged into the mist.
But at that moment, the mist suddenly dissipated.
"He's within this area, he definitely didn't escape," said the white-haired youth.
"Everyone, get out of your rooms!" roared a lion with golden fur all over its body.
Its roar startled the resting martial artists, causing them to hastily emerge from their dwellings.
Even the lord of the city was alarmed.
Upon seeing the Primordial Ancient Races and the inheritance sequences in the sky, the city lord trembled in fear.
"Esteemed prodigies, may I ask what has happened?" the city lord asked respectfully, approaching them.
An inheritance sequence used colorful light to outline the area that had been covered by the mist: "Everyone within this area, come out and stand at attention. We are searching for a wanted criminal."
The city lord did not dare to refuse and quickly dispatched people to gather everyone within the designated area.
At that moment, Chixiao's gaze fell upon Qin Hanchu.
Qin Hanchu had transformed into a胖子 (pangzi - fatty), even altering his clothes and hairstyle.
Chixiao noticed Qin Hanchu because Qin Hanchu had provoked him before.
As he left, he had instructed those martial artists to kill Qin Hanchu.
But how could Qin Hanchu still be alive?
Those martial artists would never dare to disobey his orders.
"You're actually still alive!" Chixiao glared at Qin Hanchu and roared.
"You know him?" the white-haired youth asked suspiciously.
"A brat who doesn't know his place. Since those people didn't kill you, I'll kill you myself!"
With a wave of his hand, Chixiao unleashed a colorful light sword towards Qin Hanchu.
However, Shenyun intervened again, blocking Chixiao's attack.
"Chixiao, you promised me you'd let him go, why are you going back on your word?" Shenyun said coldly.
"I never promised you anything."
"I spared him in front of you earlier because I considered you my senior sister."
"Why are you stopping me from killing this fatty for the second time?"
"Don't give me that nonsense about not killing innocents."
"Stepping onto the path of martial arts means shouldering countless debts of blood."
"You are no exception."
"Why put on such a hypocritical act here?"
"I will kill him today. If you obstruct me again, you are my enemy!"
Qin Hanchu suddenly turned and fled rapidly into the distance.
The other inheritance sequences and Primordial Ancient Races did not attack Qin Hanchu.
They wanted to see if Shenyun would stop Chixiao again.
If Shenyun intervened once more, Chixiao would definitely turn against Shenyun.
Seeing Qin Hanchu escape, Chixiao drew his long sword and cleaved towards Qin Hanchu.
The sword energy of this strike chased after Qin Hanchu with extreme speed.
Shenyun glanced at Qin Hanchu and then withdrew her gaze.
She did not want to completely fall out with Chixiao over a stranger martial artist.
Qin Hanchu maintained a speed at the Spiritual Saint level.
Just as the sword energy was about to strike Qin Hanchu, a square seal, encircled by golden dragons, appeared before Qin Hanchu.
Boom!
Under the force of the sword energy, the square seal was sent flying backward!
And the terrifying residual energy also knocked Qin Hanchu away!
"Profound Artifact?"
"This kid has good fortune."
An inheritance sequence chuckled lightly.
Chixiao snorted, "You all continue to search for that person, I'm going to kill this kid!"
Seeing that Qin Hanchu was merely sent flying, Chixiao immediately pursued him.
The white-haired youth and the others began to search the martial artists in the city.
Qin Hanchu's escape, though appearing panicked, maintained his speed at the Spiritual Saint level.
When Chixiao caught up, Qin Hanchu had already broken free from the encirclement of the inheritance sequences.
"Now you know to run? Where is your arrogance?"
Seeing Qin Hanchu's flustered appearance, Chixiao mocked him with disdain.
"If you have the ability, don't use your Primordial Chaos power."
"Without the boost of Primordial Chaos power, I can kill you like slaughtering a dog!"
Qin Hanchu shouted angrily.
"Fine, I'll play with you!"
The five-colored light on Chixiao's body transformed into a single elemental power.
This brat really can't resist provocation!
Without the enhancement of Primordial Chaos power, Chixiao's speed also decreased.
This way, Qin Hanchu gained more time to escape.
"You wanted to kill me, didn't you? Why are you still running?"
"If you have the guts, stop and fight!"
Chixiao waved his hand, and countless fireballs rained down on Qin Hanchu!
While flying, Qin Hanchu continuously changed his trajectory.
The fireballs exploded around him, and the powerful shockwaves impacted Qin Hanchu.
Bang!
Just then, a fireball struck Qin Hanchu's shield.
With the explosion of the fireball, Qin Hanchu's body was propelled forward rapidly.
Upon landing, Qin Hanchu used the impact to regain his footing and continued to flee.
As Qin Hanchu led Chixiao away, the inheritance sequences in the city had finished checking all the martial artists.
To their bewilderment, Qin Hanchu had vanished without a trace!
"No, that fatty had something wrong with him!"
"Did he change his appearance using some kind of technique!"
"Chase!"
Having found no suspicious individuals here, and with Qin Hanchu mysteriously disappearing, they immediately realized that the fatty who had left earlier was likely the suspect.
In the world of martial artists, it was rare to see a fatty.
Because Chixiao had recognized Qin Hanchu, they had not suspected him.
But now that their target was gone, they realized they had likely been tricked.
They had continuously surrounded Qin Hanchu, and even the ground was sealed off by their mental power.
Therefore, Qin Hanchu could not have vanished for no reason.
From beginning to end, only the fatty had managed to break free from their encirclement.
At this point, Qin Hanchu was far away from those inheritance sequences.
"Thank you. We shall meet again."
Qin Hanchu knew that the inheritance sequences should have completed their search, so he no longer concealed his strength.
As his voice faded, Qin Hanchu drew his broken sword.
Without any reservation, Qin Hanchu unleashed a full-powered sword strike.
With the enhancement of the broken sword, Qin Hanchu's strength increased by fifty percent.
Although this attack did not reach the level of Profound God, it was already the strongest strike below the Profound God realm!