Luo Tian was still injured and couldn’t continue fighting.
Most importantly, Deng Huolei brought people who were much stronger than Bai Kong’s group of six. And Deng Huolei himself was a powerful Martial Void realm expert. Luo Tian didn’t want to use any of his transformation cards because they weren’t qualified for him to use up such a precious trump card.
Therefore, Luo Tian didn’t hesitate to run like crazy.
A little over ten minutes later.
Deng Huolei’s expression was contorted as he looked at the mess of deformed corpses of Bai Kong and the other five.
Some of the others present had pale faces.
Some people even threw up after seeing Bai Kong’s pulverized head.
“Such barbaric methods.”
“This Luo Tian is truly vicious, using such brutal methods.”
“Bai Kong and his group weren’t his match. Isn’t Luo Tian a little too strong?”
Deng Huolei dismounted to examine the scene.
Very soon after, he leaped back onto his horse and shouted, “The blood is still hot! They just died a short time ago, so that dog thing Luo Tian can’t have run far! We will chase after him!”
At this moment, an elder of the Ouyang family coughed softly and said, “Brother Huolei, the Boundless Mountain Range is just ahead. For Luo Tian and his group to enter there, they are basically courting their own death. There’s no need for us to chase after them, so let’s head back to the city. Luo Tian is a dead man anyway.”
An elder from the Zhang family added, “That’s right. Even if Luo Tian has three heads and six arms, they would at most live for three days in there. After that, they will crawl back to the city like dogs. There is only one way out of the Boundless Mountain Range, and the closest one is to Towering Cloud City. We just need to guard the northern gates and kill that kid when he comes back.”
“I agree. We really don’t need to chase after him. Let’s have him lose all hope and die in the Boundless Mountains Range.”
Except for Deng Huolei, none of the elders from the other three great families wanted to keep chasing.
The reason was very simple – the Boundless Mountain Range was a forbidden place even for ghosts and gods. There is only one result for Luo Tian and those martial artists in the Condensation Element realm going in there, and that’s death.
Moreover, the Deng family only sent out Deng Huolei and a few disciples.
The other three families sent out several elders each and a bunch of elite disciples. Now that the Bai family was destroyed, it was time for them to split up the assets. Right now, it was best to bring all the people here back as a precaution to anything that might happen during the process.
These were the thoughts of the three great families before they started chasing after Luo Tian.
They weren’t the Deng family.
Deng Leigong was only after Luo Tian because of the Heavenly Soul Capturing Pill. They had nothing to do with this matter, so naturally, they didn’t want to continue chasing after him. If they ventured into the Boundless Mountain Range, they could accidentally die there.
Deng Huolei’s eyes widened.
Old Master Deng gave him a death order – he had to catch up with Luo Tian and retrieve the Heavenly Soul Capturing Pill. Otherwise, he can forget about returning to the family.
In other words, if he doesn’t catch up to Luo Tian and take the Heavenly Soul Capturing Pill back, he will die if he goes back.
Deng Huolei said sternly, “You all should know very well what kind of person Luo Tian is. Once you give him a chance to breathe and survive, he will definitely not spare any of you here. If we don’t take out the roots, he will definitely become a major disaster in the future.”
An elder of the Ouyang family smiled and replied, “What major disaster could there be? Even if that kid is strong, he won’t be able to get out alive after entering the Boundless Mountains. Brother Huolei, save your worry. That kid is definitely a dead man walking.”
“That’s right. We should go back and split up the Bai family’s assets. Our patriarch died because of this matter, so I need to return early to take charge of the situation.”
“I need to head back as well.”
“I am very tired after chasing for a whole night. If I have to keep chasing, I think these old bones of mine will probably shatter.”
They had no intention of continuing chasing, only wanting to think about the Bai family’s assets.
The Deng family was the strongest family out of all of them, so there’s a chance they will swallow the majority of the Bai family’s assets. They would have lost out big time if that were to happen after losing so many members of their family.
Deng Huolei could already tell these people weren’t planning on helping him chase. He then sneered, “Good, good, good! Since you guys have already made up your mind, there’s no need to try to force you. However, the division of the Bai family’s assets is based on contribution. Taking down Luo Tian is a big contribution. Since you guys don’t want it, then it will all be mine. You guys know that kid must be injured after fighting Bai Kong and the other five, right? I think I will catch up to him before he can reach the Boundless Mountains. At that time, it would be too easy to take care of Luo Tian, who is already injured. Hahaha…”
After throwing out that bait, he no longer cared what the three families weren’t going to do. He shouted, “Where are the Deng family disciples?!”
The Deng family disciples mixed into the crowd all started shouting, “Here!”
Deng Huolei waved his sword and pointed forward with a shout, “Chase him down and kill him! Whoever is the first to catch up to Luo Tian will be rewarded with a thousand xuan coins!”
“Charge!”
“Clop~, clop~, clop~…”
The Deng family disciples charged out like they didn’t care about their lives anymore. One thousand xuan coins was a very large number for them.
The remaining elders from the three great families looked at each other.
“No matter what, we can’t give Luo Tian a chance. That kid is quite vengeful. Once he survives, we will not have good days to live. How about we go chase as well?”
“Chase. We can’t let that kid live. We also can’t let the Deng family profit from this.”
Right after that, all members of the three great families chased after Deng Huolei.
In the distance, Deng Huolei sneered before saying to himself, “A bunch of old foxes. After we get rid of that dog Luo Tian, I will kill you guys one by one. That way, the Deng family will be the absolute overlords of Towering Cloud City, and we’ll see who dares to oppose us then!”
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“Fuuu~, fuuu~…”
Luo Tian was panting as he finally caught up with Bai Xiong and the others.
Bai Lingling had finally woken up. The edges of her eyes were red and swollen, showing that she had been crying.
Her heart started aching once more upon seeing Luo Tian covered in blood. She rushed over and asked, “What happened? Why are you injured so badly? Please don’t scare me!”
Her heart was already in a lot of pain after losing her father. If something was to happen to Luo Tian as well, she might not have the strength to keep on living.
Luo Tian felt warmth in his heart as he replied, “I am fine.”
Immediately after, Luo Tian asked, “Deng Huolei and his people are about to catch up to us. How far are we from the Boundless Mountains?”
Bai Xiong replied, “We still have about ten kilometers. I can already see the outline of the Boundless Mountains.”
Luo Tian looked over and stared hard.
Sure enough, an outline of an immensely high mountain range appeared not far away. The huge mountain range gave off an air of unspeakable danger. Luo Tian’s heart sank for an unknown reason. His intuition was basically telling him that this mountain range was definitely very dangerous.
But they had no other path to take. They could only enter the mountains!
This was their only path to survival!
Luo Tian felt like this was the first time he had been forced into such a corner. The anger he was feeling was beyond words. He clenched his fists and said to himself, “I am not human if I don’t avenge this grudge!”