Chapter 413: Chapter 413: Caught Up
If Jiang Xiaobai had a panoramic map at this moment, he would see himself at once being the epicentre of countless red dots spreading out like radar from all around him on the map.

All of them were after him!

The scene was reminiscent of a cat chasing a mouse. They were the ones being chased and the larger environment was merely being used to trap the prey.

Without a good counter-strategy, if they continued their haphazard routes within Northern State, being caught would be only a matter of time.

“Congratulations to the host for triggering the choices!”

“Choice one: Stop running, admit defeat, and get rewarded with twenty years of cultivation progress.”

“Choice two: Ensure to escape for ten days without being caught. Reward: one hundred points of prestige, A Strand of Merit, and a hundred years of cultivation.”

“Choice three: Flee all the way to the Central State of the Eastern Region without time limit. Reward: five hundred points of prestige, and a power of a rule!”

“Tip: Due to the host’s excellent self-destructive behaviour, this system specially indicates that regardless of the task chosen by the host, as long as it is completed, an additional reward of a hundred years of cultivation will be added.”

Hearing the sudden system voice in his mind, Jiang Xiaobai almost wanted to cry. The system still chose this moment to manipulate him?

Without thinking, he chose the third option, not only because the reward included the power of a rule, but also because, he had no choice but to rush to the Central State of the Eastern Region.

Ao Cheng had already alerted Long Valley; experts from there are on their way. Until the situation was known, Jiang Xiaobai would not allow anyone from Long Valley to enter Northern State rashly. After all, without being obstructed and targeted by the Ancient Clan, the experts of Long Valley did not know the location of their team.

The initial plan was to let the experts of Long Valley guard the Central State first.

Ding!

As Jiang Xiaobai was ruminating, a sword light suddenly attacked from his right. He hurriedly raised his sword to parry the attack.

At the same time, a group of experts appeared on his right, including three Early Stage of Fusion experts and more than ten Late Stage of Dividing the gods.

If it were normal times, Jiang Xiaobai and his team could fight against such a lineup. But now, they thought better of it.

They kept running frantically in front, while the Ancient Clan’s experts chased them relentlessly. Moreover, unbeknownst to Jiang Xiaobai and his team, numerous experts were gathering in front of them, forming a defensive line.

It could be said that as long as Jiang Xiaobai ran in that direction, he would be intercepted. But at such a critical moment, Jiang Xiaobai didn’t even have the time to think that much.

Behind them, ongoing attacks were coming their way!

Minute by minute, the distance between the two sides was getting closer. Seeing that they could be caught in a few minutes, Jiang Xiaobai and his team exchanged glances.

“Now is the time, do it!”

Jiang Xiaobai suddenly yelled, wielding his sword and turning to face the group of people attacking from behind. He swung his sword fiercely.

In an instant, the sky and earth changed colors. A huge sword light as dazzling as a star burst forth, almost splitting the sky and the earth, carrying an extremely terrifying power as it rushed towards those chasing from behind.

Not just him, Ao Cheng, Zhuang Huanling, and Mo Yu also unleashed their most powerful attacks.

For a moment, the ones chasing from behind did not react in time. They were forced to halt and defend themselves against the combined assault of these four.

After all, each of these four people could explode with an attack power that was not weaker than the Mid Stage of Fusion.

In particular, Zhuang Huanling, who had already become a peak powerhouse in the Late Stage of Dividing the gods, had a more terrifying attacking power, comparable to the Late Stage of Fusion. If they underestimated her, their forces were certain to be obliterated.

Bang, bang, bang!

The attacks fiercely smashed into them, causing dust and debris to fly all over. Ling twirled with the lingering ripples of force.

From the smoky scene, numerous pursuers charged out. However, Jiang Xiaobai and his team had already run far away, thereby, delaying their pursuers for a while.

“Hmph, struggling to the last gasp. Once you are cornered, can you escape?”

Gu Chengtian smirked, “Chase them, restrain them. Once they are delayed, others will catch up. The more their pursuers, the harder they will find it to escape.”

The Ancient Clan was not worried about this momentary delay. After all, Northern Province was vast and they were large in numbers. They were not worried that Jiang Xiaobai and his team could really escape.

In Gu Chengtian’s eyes if Jiang Xiaobai could escape, he could eat his own feces!

This was not something that could humanly be achieved. At least, it seemed impossible considering Jiang Xiaobai’s level of cultivation.

Reality was, indeed, just as expected. It wasn’t long before Jiang Xiaobai and his team, exhausted and out of spiritual power, were finally caught by Gu Chengtian and his men from behind.

Jiang Xiaobai and his team simply stopped running and chose to stand their ground. They watched blankly as they were surrounded.

A hideous smirk spread across Gu Chengtian’s face, “Keep running, why did you stop?”

“Weren’t you very powerful? Weren’t you hounding my Ancient Clan again and again? Didn’t you dare to rob my clan’s auction house, causing us to lose a huge amount of money.”

“I said it long ago, once caught, I will make you regurgitate everything you stole!”

Gu Chengtian and his team surrounded Jiang Xiaobai in the middle without hurrying to make a move. After all, the longer the delay, the more advantageous it was to their team.

More experts were on their way. By then, it will be a full siege, with no exit or escape.

“Haha, so the Ancient Clan’s only tactic is to bully people, isn’t it?” Jiang Xiaobai sneered, while he and his team stood back to back, carefully watching their surroundings.

Upon hearing this, Gu Chengtian replied candidly, “What’s wrong with bullying you? What can you do? You’re just a piece of trash. It’s a shame that your strength is insufficient. You can only be bullied.”

Jiang Xiaobai simply nodded in agreement.

“You’re right. In this case, let me show you what kind of strength I really have!”

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Xiaobai suddenly sprung into action, aiming his attack towards the Ancient Clan expert in the front row. His speed was so swift; it was like a ghost.

In an instant, he was in front of his foe. This man was at the Initial Stage of Unity, strong, but he had absolutely not anticipated that Jiang Xiaobai could move that quick!

Squish!

His sword easily pierced into the heart of his foe. The Ancient Clan expert could only stare at Jiang Xiaobai, speechless, as he spat out blood and his spirit crumbled away.

This was the first time Jiang Xiaobai had truly killed an Unity Stage expert!

It had been long known that the Unity Stage could divide the soul and killing the physical body would be of no use. Only by destroying the spirit could one achieve total victory.

That attack he had just launched, he had planned it all along.

With Jiang Xiaobai’s strike, the big battle began. His team frantically targeted a specific point in their pursuit, their objective being to tear open a hole in the enemy’s surrounding circle.

The Ancient Clan’s experts were well aware of Jiang Xiaobai’s intentions; they kept drawing the encirclement tighter to resist them.

Ding!

The heaven-shattering sword light emerged. Jiang Xiaobai exploited all his strength in addition, incorporating every ounce of power from his Tianling treasure, his sword. Within a blink of an eye, the sword light overshadowed the sun, threatening to swallow everyone present.

Such a terrifying sword light, Gu Chengtian and his allies had never seen before. What’s more, when they faced this sword light, they felt, for a moment, an illusion of being utterly powerless to resist!

“I don’t believe it, die with me!”

Gu Chengtian roared indignantly, swung his long knife, and charged headlong into it.