dmims Chapter 451 The Pursuit
Chapter 451 The Pursuit
Chapter 451 The Pursuit
In a quiet mountain forest, several chipmunks were lying by a stream, drinking water to quench their thirst.
A heavy object was suddenly thrown into the gentle stream.
The splashing water scared the chipmunks away.
Ye Nanxiao lay in the stream, feeling the coolness of the water, and forced his eyes open.
The first thing you see is the dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves.
Ye Nanxiao was still feeling intensely dizzy, and the pain throughout his body made him completely unwilling to move.
Until a slightly bolder chipmunk, filled with curiosity, ran up to Ye Nanxiao's chest and tentatively rubbed his nose with its chubby tail.
"Little guy, I don't have any hazelnuts for you as payment. Let me lie down for a while longer," Ye Nanxiao said weakly.
Crossing the spatial gate rapidly depleted his mental and physical strength. After the battle with the evil phoenix, Ye Nanxiao's remaining strength was only enough to sustain the spatial gate for less than a quarter of an hour before he was forced to retreat from the spatial passage.
Ye Nanxiao struggled to sit up, shook his head slightly, and tried to calm the intense dizziness in his mind.
A streak of light flew out from between Ye Nanxiao's eyebrows, and Xue Di appeared behind Ye Nanxiao, picked him up, and walked to the grass next to him.
Gently placing Ye Nanxiao's head against her chest, letting him lean against her, Xue Di held Ye Nanxiao's hand and helped him calm the disordered soul power within his body.
"Did that silver dragon teach you spatial abilities?" Xue Di asked softly.
"Yes, that wisp of my soul was trapped in the past. In the past, I learned a lot and helped Gu Yuena a lot. So Gu Yuena gave me a spatial mark, which allowed me to communicate with the power of space."
"However, that spatial seal was still difficult to control; I almost ended up in a vegetative state."
As he lay on the soft pillow, Ye Nanxiao gradually relaxed.
He combined his own power with the Snow Emperor's sword intent to unleash the Frost Blossom Sword, emptying more than half of the soul power within him. He never expected that the Evil Phoenix would be so shameless.
Fortunately, Ye Nanxiao managed to escape using the same trick again.
Having been able to injure a Super Douluo, Ye Nanxiao gained a new understanding of his own strength.
What surprised Ye Nanxiao the most was Dark Leaf.
In the battle against Xie Feng, An Ye relied entirely on the strength of his blood energy to fight Xie Feng's clone, and he did not fall behind.
Ye Nanxiao slowly stretched out his hand, stared at his palm, and then slowly clenched it into a fist.
Blood rushed to his head, and Ye Nanxiao seemed to hear the sound of a great river.
Suddenly, a pair of delicate hands covered Ye Nanxiao's eyes.
The Snow Empress's slightly melancholic voice reached my ears.
"So, Xiao'er, what did you do with that silver dragon in the past? Why does the silver dragon have so many strange clothes?"
"Uh..." Ye Nanxiao was speechless for a moment. It seemed that he had done it to pass the time and to coax the child. The initial purpose was to coax the child, but Gu Yuena found it quite interesting later.
"Let's put this aside for now. Have you tried anything else?" Xue Di bent down and whispered in Ye Nanxiao's ear.
The sensation of their cheeks touching and the breath on his ear made Ye Nanxiao swallow hard.
"No!"
Xue Di smiled slightly. "You've been honest, haven't you?"
"Welcome back, I missed you!"
Soft red lips pressed against his, a feeling Ye Nanxiao never wanted to let go of for the rest of his life.
After resting for a while and recovering his soul power, Ye Nanxiao finally began to figure out where he was.
He was focused on escaping the evil phoenix's encirclement as quickly as possible, so he opened the spatial gate to its maximum distance, but he didn't know where his destination was.
However, judging from the current situation, he has at least arrived at a place where there is no danger.
Snow Empress returned to Ye Nanxiao's spiritual sea, and a piece of floating ice formed beneath her feet, supporting Ye Nanxiao as she slowly flew into the sky.
"Where am I?"
Once the view opened up, Ye Nanxiao realized that the grove was a suburban woodland, with towering buildings in the distance clearly visible.
After a slight hesitation, Ye Nanxiao took out a disguise mask from his storage ring, made some minor adjustments, put it on, and headed towards the distant city.
"Sunrise City, I never expected to end up here." Ye Nanxiao looked at the three large characters carved in a flamboyant style on the city gate, and then strode into Sunrise City.
Sunrise City is considered a major city in the Sun and Moon Empire, with a large population and a prosperous urban landscape.
After handing over the identification document that Ju Zi had prepared for him to the soldier checking at the city gate, Ye Nanxiao pondered whether he should leave the Sun Moon Empire immediately.
Since Xu Tianran dared to secretly send a Title Douluo-level fighter to hunt him down, he was not afraid of the Shrek Academy exchange team, which was still at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy.
Furthermore, Ye Nanxiao estimated that, given Xu Tianran's methods, Elder Xuan and the others were probably in a very difficult situation right now.
The fact that I didn't go back might actually be good news for Elder Xuan and the others in their current situation.
Xie Feng had been tricked by him again and would definitely not let him off the hook. Xu Tianran was also happy to have someone work for him to deal with him, so most of the pressure would be on his side.
In his encrypted communication with Huo Yuhao, Ye Nanxiao specifically noted that after receiving his message, Huo Yuhao should not show any reaction and should pretend that he had not received any messages from him yet.
If he were to return to Mingdu, Xu Tianran would definitely openly break off all pretense of civility. In that case, not only would he be unable to escape, but Elder Xuan and the others would also be in grave danger.
Although Elder Xuan's strength ranks among the top five in the world, he still cannot overcome the fact that Mingdu is the main base of the Sun Moon Empire.
Not to mention that Xu Tianran is now very ambitious and wants to start a war.
Just as Ye Nanxiao was pondering, the soldier who was checking Ye Nanxiao's documents handed them back.
"Ju Dazhuang, here's your ID."
Ye Nanxiao's expression was somewhat unnatural. What name did Ju Zi give her disguised ID?
Putting away his documents, Ye Nanxiao pretended to be a tourist from out of town and wandered around every street and area of Risheng City, casually buying a sightseeing map.
Although the tourist map is full of food, drink and entertainment, at least the overall structure of Sunrise City is drawn.
After finding a hotel and setting up counter-surveillance measures, Ye Nanxiao used specially made ink to write down all the information he had obtained on a tourist map.
In order not to alert the titled Douluo guarding Sunrise City, Ye Nanxiao obtained extremely limited information.
However, Ye Nanxiao did manage to catch an information broker disguised as a pancake stall owner. The man's disguise skills were so poor that he didn't even know how to brush on the sauce when making pancakes.
According to the other party, apart from the underworld of Mingdu, the underworlds of other cities have been cleansed by unknown forces. In particular, rare metal merchants had their goods looted, and the gangs also suffered heavy losses.
After all the underground forces were attacked by unknown forces, they all chose to flee and go into hiding.
Now, apart from the underworld of Mingdu, which is still in operation, the underground forces of other cities are all hiding deep inside and dare not show themselves again.
Ye Nanxiao guessed that this unknown force was very likely a military force.
To wipe out all the underground forces in a city, you must first have overwhelming combat power.
In a city, the military that ranks first in terms of combat strength is almost always the first thing that comes to mind.
Furthermore, the fact that it specifically targets rare metal merchants makes it hard not to associate this with Xu Tianran, who is trying to start a war.
"If it was Xu Tianran who gave the order, and only the underworld of Mingdu was spared, then it makes sense. The Aodu Chamber of Commerce and the Pingfan Alliance joined forces, backed by Ju Zi, who is Xu Tianran's left hand. The Xishui Alliance is backed by the Holy Spirit Cult, which has sided with Xu Tianran." Ye Nanxiao rested his left hand on his right, his left index finger gently tapping his chin.
Rare metal merchants are just a nicer name; in reality, they are a group of smugglers. Even if Xu Tianran arrested all the rare metal merchants in the Sun Moon Empire, it wouldn't cause much of a disturbance, since they are all criminals.
"It seems I won't be able to go back tomorrow." Ye Nanxiao said with some frustration.
Since becoming emperor, Xu Tianran has replaced all the original rules with his own, which is extremely bold and surpasses the previous emperors of the Sun and Moon Dynasty. He even dared to introduce the Holy Spirit Cult into the court for use, at the cost of sacrificing some insignificant commoners.
Ruthless!
These two words are perfectly embodied in Xu Tianran.
In other words, the Sun Moon Empire could withstand Xu Tianran's large-scale actions, but if it were another country, it would cause riots in no time.
Just as Ye Nanxiao was troubled, an encrypted soul-guided communication device in his arms vibrated.
Ye Nanxiao took it out and saw that it was a reply from Huo Yuhao.
"Hey, the Sun Moon Imperial Palace is making a big move. Elder Xuan and Teacher Fanyu have decided to send the exchange team students back to the academy in batches. There's only one batch left. In a week, Brother Caitou and I will be returning to the academy with Elder Xuan as the last group of students. You must make sure to make it. After we leave, I estimate that the Sun Moon Empire will begin to deploy a large number of troops on the border, making it an easy place to enter but difficult to leave!"
"Elder Xuan instructed you that if you miss our retreat, find a place to hide! He will infiltrate the Sun Moon Empire to retrieve you! Take care!"
After reading the message, Ye Nanxiao felt a warmth in his heart, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up.
Cheap Oudoudou still cares about him. Elder Xuan is even thinking of sneaking back to the Sun Moon Empire to pick him up again, which moves Ye Nanxiao deeply.
"Is there about a week left? That should be enough time."
Ye Nanxiao checked his wives' encrypted communication soul tools again. There was still no reply, which meant that the two women had probably been taken away by Yan Shaozhe and his wife to go into seclusion.
After putting away the encrypted communication soul tool that connected him to Huo Yuhao, Ye Nanxiao looked towards the direction of the Holy Heaven Mountain Range and left a message for Ju Zi, asking her to keep an eye on the Aodu Chamber of Commerce for him.
Under the cover of night, Ye Nanxiao left behind a clone to replace his current disguise and quietly left Sunrise City, heading straight for the Holy Heaven Mountain Range.
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