41: Chapter 41: Chase and Escape, Timely Rescue

Bai Yunzhou reacted swiftly, instantly retreating back.

At the same time, he looked toward the source of the sound and instantly recognized one of them as the Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator who had escaped earlier.

Furthermore, through the opponent's panel, he learned that his name was Jiang Xun.

Beside him was another masked Cultivator wearing red robes, with no Qi fluctuations emanating from his entire body at all.

Evidently, he had utilized some kind of Magical Artifact in order to conceal his own identity.

Yet Bai Yunzhou still knew through the opponent's panel that this red-robed Cultivator was also a Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

It was just that when he saw the other party's name, he felt a subtle sense of familiarity.

"Gu Yuncheng? It seems I've seen this name somewhere before?"

But now was not the time for him to be thinking about these things.

After all, that sword strike just now had been slashed out by the other party.

Bai Yunzhou had already judged from the opponent's previous sword strike that Gu Yuncheng's strength was definitely among the best of the Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

With his current strength, if he were to go up against him, he would likely lose more than he would win.

Moreover, this person had Jiang Xun right beside him.

If he were to fight with the other party, Jiang Xun would inevitably find an opportunity on the side to launch a sneak attack.

"The current situation is unfavorable to me; it's best to leave first!"

Bearing this in mind, Bai Yunzhou immediately summoned his Flying Sword, rose into the air riding the sword, and surged toward the outer periphery of Yunmeng Mountain.

At the same time, he admonished himself in his heart that the next time he struck, he must eradicate the roots to avoid leaving behind future troubles.

"Brat, don't run!"

Behind him, Jiang Xun let out a loud roar and immediately gave chase riding his sword.

Gu Yuncheng followed closely behind as well.

Naturally, Bai Yunzhou could not possibly stop.

While fleeing on his sword, he also used his Divine Sense to observe the actions of the two people behind him.

To prevent these two from suddenly executing some secret technique to catch up.

Yet he discovered that the two people behind him had no intention of executing any secret technique at all, and were simply giving chase in a leisurely manner.

Vigilance instantly arose in Bai Yunzhou's heart.

'What on earth are these two planning?'

Just as he was feeling puzzled, he suddenly noticed that not far ahead, a Cultivator was hiding in the dark, looking like they were ready to strike at any moment.

"There's actually a third person!"

He instantly understood what scheme the two people in the back were playing.

"These people are truly sinister; clearly their cultivations are all above mine, yet they still resort to sneak attack tricks!"

Bai Yunzhou let out a cold snort, hurriedly turned around, and flew toward another direction.

Seeing this, Meng Tingchuan, who had been hiding in the distance, immediately flew out, reunited with the red-robed Cultivator, and together they gave chase toward Bai Yunzhou.

"To think that this Bai Yunzhou is so vigilant, instantly seeing through my disguise!"

"I told you long ago that with our strength, we should simply surround and kill him; you insisted on playing some sneak attack game!"

The red-robed Cultivator Gu Yuncheng let out a cold snort.

"If he manages to escape now and Young Master Cao lays the blame, you'll take responsibility yourself!"

Hearing that he would be blamed by Young Master Cao, Meng Tingchuan frowned slightly.

"Rest assured, although this Bai Yunzhou has extraordinary strength, when all is said and done, he is merely at the Mid Foundation Establishment stage."

"With him flying on his sword at full speed like this, how long can the Spiritual Qi inside his body hold out?"

"In my view, at most three quarters of an hour, and his speed will definitely slow down!"

...

Three quarters of an hour later.

Up ahead, Bai Yunzhou was still maintaining flight at full speed.

"Is this what you said would definitely slow down?"

Gu Yuncheng let out a cold snort.

Meng Tingchuan's expression was extremely ugly.

Evidently, he had not expected that Bai Yunzhou, with merely Mid Foundation Establishment cultivation, would have Spiritual Qi within his body thick to such an extent.

"Rest assured, everything is within my expectations; he must have executed some kind of secret technique to hold out for this long!"

Meng Tingchuan said, biting the bullet.

"However, after executing a secret technique, he will fall into a period of weakness, and by then we will surely be able to easily take him down!"

"Then tell me, how much longer will it take?"

Gu Yuncheng suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and said in a deep voice.

"A quarter of an hour; I surmise he can only hold out for another quarter of an hour at most!"

...

A quarter of an hour later.

Watching Bai Yunzhou, whose speed remained undiminished ahead, the red-robed Cultivator Gu Yuncheng could no longer hold back.

"Is this what you called being within your expectations?"

Having his face slapped one after another, Meng Tingchuan's expression had already turned completely livid.

Seeing that Bai Yunzhou was about to reach the outer periphery of Yunmeng Mountain, if they didn't stop him now, he might really manage to escape.

"Hurry up, take out the Medicinal Pill and take him down in one go!"

Gu Yuncheng let out a cold snort, immediately took out a Medicinal Pill from his Storage Pouch, and swallowed it in one gulp.

In an instant, his speed surged explosively.

He directly widened the distance from Meng Tingchuan and the other person, rapidly closing in on Bai Yunzhou ahead.

Seeing this, Meng Tingchuan and the other person also successively took out the same Medicinal Pill and swallowed it down.

Up ahead.

While flying on his sword, Bai Yunzhou had also been continuously observing the situation of the three people behind him.

Therefore, he detected the situation of the three taking the Medicinal Pill and their explosive surge in speed at the very first moment.

Watching the distance closing in between them continuously, tension also appeared on Bai Yunzhou's face.

Being able to maintain full-speed flight all along was thanks to the credit of the ten-thousand-year spiritual milk, but wanting to accelerate further was quite impossible.

Coupled with the fact that his Flying Sword already had cracks, the speed of his sword flight was discounted even further.

"It seems that after returning this time, I must quickly replace it with a good Flying Sword."

"Fortunately, I already contacted Junior Sister Zhou just now, asking her to help me go to the Sect's Task Hall to post a task and find someone to come for rescue."

"She said they could arrive in about an hour; thinking about it now, they should be arriving soon."

Thinking of this, he immediately took out the sound transmission Jade Slip from his bosom and contacted Zhou Zhiting.

"Junior Sister Zhou, how much longer before the Senior Brother you found can arrive? This Senior Brother here is almost unable to hold on!"

On the other end of the sound transmission Jade Slip, Zhou Zhiting's voice quickly came through.

"Senior Brother Bai, hold on a little longer; I have already contacted three Peak Foundation Establishment Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters!"

"They are all existences in the top hundred of the Foundation testing leaderboard; at most half a quarter of an hour and they will arrive."

Hearing this, the tension on Bai Yunzhou's face faded slightly.

After all, a Peak Foundation Establishment who could enter the top hundred of the Foundation leaderboard undoubtedly possessed extraordinary strength.

As long as he could hold out until the three of them arrived, he would be safe, and could even easily counter-kill the three people behind him.

"Good, have them hurry up a bit!"

Bai Yunzhou ended the transmission and began flying on his sword at full speed.

But even so, the three people behind him were still continuously closing the distance with him.

And this caused his mood, which had originally relaxed by a trace, to become tense once again.

"How can this group of bandit Cultivators hold such a grudge!"

Bai Yunzhou gritted his teeth.

Normally speaking, among the bandit Cultivators of Yunmeng Mountain, it was nothing more than relationships of interest.

Although he had previously slain one of their Late Stage Foundation Establishment accomplices, it shouldn't warrant such relentless pursuit.

"Could it be that I had a feud with these three people beforehand?"

Bai Yunzhou locked his brows tightly, pondering rapidly in his mind.

Suddenly!

He remembered.

Gu Yuncheng, a Genius in the top fifty of the Inner Sect Foundation testing leaderboard!

At the same time, he seemed to be one of Cao Xun's followers!

"Damn it! These three were actually sent by Cao Xun!"

Bai Yunzhou finally reacted.

No wonder the whole way just now he always felt something wasn't quite right!

Bearing this in mind, he hurriedly took out the sound transmission Jade Slip again, contacting Zhou Zhiting once more.

"Junior Sister Zhou, hurry and help me contact the Sect Master; the person who wants to kill me is Cao Xun!"

Having said that, before there was any response from the other end of his Jade Slip, a sword light from behind had already assailed him.

"Whoosh!!"

Fortunately, Bai Yunzhou reacted swiftly, barely managing to dodge it, but the sound transmission Jade Slip in his hand was shattered by this sword strike.

At this moment!

Bai Yunzhou's expression became unsightly to the extreme; he had unknowingly been caught up by the other party and entered their attack range.

According to the current situation, he probably wouldn't be able to hold out for half a quarter of an hour to wait for reinforcements!

"Gu Yuncheng! As an Inner Sect Disciple, you actually made a move against me; aren't you afraid of the Sect placing blame?"

Bai Yunzhou roared angrily toward his rear.

Right now, his only chance of escaping was to make the person behind him lose their composure.

The red-robed Cultivator behind him instantly turned ugly in expression, and his sword flight speed also slightly decreased.

"I have already concealed my identity, how could he still recognize me!"

Just at this moment, Bai Yunzhou's voice came over again.

"And you, Meng Tingchuan!"

Meng Tingchuan was also stunned for a moment.

He had likewise concealed his identity, yet he was still recognized.

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

Meng Tingchuan shouted loudly.

"You killed our Yunmeng Three Tribulations brothers, we are merely here to take revenge on you!"

Then, he sent a voice transmission to Gu Yuncheng and the other person.

"Bai Yunzhou has already seen through our identities; we must absolutely not let him escape, otherwise we will undoubtedly die!"

Gu Yuncheng also knew this point, and instantly turned fierce in his heart, exchanged a glance with the other person, and took out another Medicinal Pill just like the previous one from his bosom, swallowing it in one gulp.

Although doing this would plunge them into a very long period of weakness afterward, the two of them could no longer care about that much now.

Along with the Medicinal Pill entering their mouths, the auras of the two surged greatly once again, and their sword flight speed increased at a rate visible to the naked eye.

In just a brief instant, they had already closed in right behind Bai Yunzhou.

The two of them simultaneously flicked out a Spiritual Artifact.

One was a large seal, while the other was a large bell.

Both Spiritual Artifacts smashed directly toward Bai Yunzhou.

Bai Yunzhou's expression changed abruptly, a mix of shock and anger.

However, right at the moment of his despair, a golden light unexpectedly appeared before him, directly blocking the onslaught of this large seal and large bell.

At the same time, an angry shout came over.

"Gu Yuncheng, Meng Tingchuan, as prodigies on the leaderboard, the two of you actually made a move against a fellow Sect member, violating Sect rules. Come to your deaths right now!"