Chapter 88 Pursuit <TOC> Chapter 90 No. 18
Translator: SumTLMan
“Clement, are you doubting?”
Pilate sat on the back of the giant wolf Aernir, feeling the fierce air currents that were coming at them.
Clement held onto the wolf’s fur tightly, afraid of being thrown off from Aernir’s back.
“After observing the behavior of those three heretics, I discovered a characteristic of theirs,”
Pilate continued to speak without paying attention to whether Clement was listening or not.
“They enjoy leading, mobilizing their enemies, just like a pack of wolves in the wilderness, applying pressure on their prey, and delivering a fatal blow when the prey reveals a weakness.”
“In the situation just now, normal people would choose to track the holy relic. But think about it, Clement, did those three heretics attack the monastery just for that one moon-level holy relic? Even the craziest marauder wouldn’t do that.”
Pilate said.
His curse could last for two months, and he didn’t believe those three heretics could survive being pursued for two months.
“I’ve said it before, we have countless opportunities for failure, and our enemy only has one. Even if this pursuit is a miss, we still have a complete opportunity to try again.”
Pilate pulled out a piece of blade, a glint of ferocity flashing across his face. He wanted those heretics to know what it means to be angry from the Lord of Souls.
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Dao Lei’s hair was soaking with sweat, as he reached to touch it, as if he had been splashed with water.
Li Mu got off his horse and gave it some Sun Spring water. He was waiting for Fei Lian to return with news of the pursuit party from the Soul Sect.
The first to arrive was the black crane that was released. They brought back all kinds of strange prey. Some black cranes caught wild goats, some caught water deer, and even one black crane caught a juvenile swamp rhino.
Although this swamp rhino was not yet mature, it weighed no less than seventy to eighty kilograms.
Li Mu put all these prey into the Exile Realm and ordered the black cranes to continue hunting to enrich the ecology of the Exile Realm.
In the vast Xianyin Mountain, they could also raise a considerable number of large herbivores.
A moment later, Fei Lian landed on the ground.
Li Mu activated his Dream Tether ability and saw the images that it monitored high in the sky.
His face became serious, one was because the speed of the giant wolf running was too fast, even faster than Dao Lei. Secondly, the pursuers did not chase him, but chose to track Li Mei and the other person.
The speed of the hovercraft was too slow.
Li Mu took out a note and quickly wrote a string of text on it, stuffed it into a bamboo cylinder, and hung it around the neck of the flying crane.
“Go, find Li Mei, and tell her to be more cautious.”
He then blew two whistles. Not long after, two black cranes flew back, they hadn’t caught the prey yet.
Li Mu ordered the three spiritual creatures to obey Li Mei’s command, while he took out a map from the Exile Realm and searched for the Soul Sect’s stronghold.
As a historical sect, the Soul Sect naturally won’t only have one monastery in its territory in Orissa. They have a large amount of wealth throughout the Avonigarda Province.
They have numerous farms, pastures, minerals, posts, and settlements for followers here.
These places provide the Soul Sect with food, weapons, and reserves.
The security officers sent from Avonigarda city were either intercepted and killed, trapped in the prison, or colluded with the Soul Sect.
Li Mu determined the information of several Soul Sect strongholds through the letters seized from the self-cultivated monastery. Finding Li Mei and the other person now has no meaning. A third-level powerhouse, even with him alone, is just a matter of chopping one more knife.
On the other hand, if the Soul Sect dispatches such a force to kill him, the strength of the nearby strongholds will definitely become much weaker.
He picked one farm.
In the wilderness, the importance of food is unparalleled. If this farm can be destroyed, it’s like kicking the Soul Sect’s eggs.
He rode Dao Lei and galloped towards the farm.
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With Li Mu gone, the atmosphere on the hovercraft became a little awkward.
“You should have been a awakener for a long time. I have never seen anyone who, after only implanting the holy relic, can apply it so perfectly,” said Shen Luoyan suddenly.
Even the original owner of the Hidden Breath, Smolte, could not hide the three people as easily as Li Mei.
Li Mei’s heart shrank violently and she almost jumped out of her chest. She began to mobilize her spiritual energy without leaving a trace.
“But most awakeners don’t have the courage to implant the holy relic at the fifth level, let alone the Hidden Breath, which has little combat power.”
For the vast majority of awakeners, implanting the holy relic at the fifth level means actively cutting off the possibility of being promoted to the fourth level.
“You are from East Xia, not a traitor. A Xia person who chooses to escape to Xingdu is unlikely to have your eyes,” said Li Mei, drawing her sword. The destructive psychic energy of the Ruin Calamity was flashing on the sword blade.
As an awakener of the main shaper system, it was much easier for her to mobilize spiritual energy than for awakeners of the enhancement system.
“And you, you haven’t hidden your identity either. You are the Origin Ore made by Shen Hongshi.”
Li Mei’s cute round face was tense:
“The inheritance of the day-level holy relic is not easy. Among the descendants of Shen Hongshi, almost no individual has inherited his holy relic Sunlight. By using this holy relic so openly, aren’t you telling others that you are the Origin Ore?”
If she had not confirmed Shen Luoyan’s identity as the Origin Ore, she would have tried to kill this bad woman long ago.
The hatred of East Xia for Shen Hongshi is even deeper than that of the Xingdu Federation, and naturally they will not relax their intelligence collection on Shen Hongshi.
Shen Luoyan stepped back.
“Since it’s been said, there’s no need for swords to be drawn. As an Origin Ore, would I still serve the Shen family?”
She took out a lady’s cigarette case, knocked it, took out a cigarette, and lit it with a high-energy beam.
“What is your purpose?”
Li Mei did not relax her vigilance. Her strength is still weaker than Shen Luoyan’s.
“I don’t believe you haven’t figured out Li Mu’s identity.” Shen Luoyan took a deep breath of smoke and slowly exhaled: “Ever since I was created, I’ve been thinking of breaking free of control, at least not ending up as tragically as other Origin Ores.”
“I’ve been searching for a way to escape fate until I stumbled upon the plan before the Great Calamity in the confidential files.”
“The Exile World Plan.”
Li Mei said word by word.
“Yes, the complete Exile World has long been buried deep in the Source Ocean by the former rulers, but someone has obtained a piece of the Exile World.”
Shen Luoyan extinguished the cigarette and said.
“As long as you die inside, you can escape the tragic fate of the Origin Ore.”