"Let's fight somewhere else!" Jing Jintang replied while in the middle of teleporting.
This sophistry almost made Qian Duoduo's lungs explode.
He didn't say he was escaping, but rather changing locations for a one-on-one fight!
Shameless people always have their shameless justifications.
This time, Jing Jintang used a Formation to escape, relying on the nine long arrows he had just shot.
The long arrows landed, transforming into a Teleportation Formation, and Jing Jintang used them as coordinates to leap out of Qian Duoduo's encirclement.
Qian Duoduo sneered, thinking, "It won't be that easy to escape!"
He ordered the Spirit Eagle in the air, "Find him."
Soon, the Spirit Eagle discovered Jing Jintang's whereabouts.
He had used the long arrows to escape five hundred feet in one go.
Unexpectedly, he didn't run forward but fled back.
The way he was running back to the starting point with all his might, it seemed he didn't intend to pass this first stage.
"This Jing Jintang is a genius," Qian Duoduo couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.
Not only was he strong, but he was also cautious; just his choice of escape direction posed a challenge for him.
If he chased, it would definitely affect his own progress through the stage, and he might not even catch him.
If he didn't chase, all his efforts would be in vain, and Jing Jintang might pass the stage via another route.
Qian Duoduo gritted his teeth, making up his mind:
"I'll chase. This Jing Jintang is already so troublesome now; I can't let him reach the second stage. If he reaches the second stage, the trouble he creates will be even greater."
With the Four-Unlike's help, Qian Duoduo didn't believe he couldn't stop Jing Jintang.
Qian Duoduo didn't immediately lead the Spirit Beast group to chase Jing Jintang; instead, he first dispatched nine groups of Spirit Beasts to destroy all the escape Formations Jing Jintang had just laid out with his long arrows.
The Spirit Eagle flew into the air to keep a close watch on Jing Jintang, while Qian Duoduo divided the Spirit Beast group into three teams, each with a hundred Spirit Beasts, and stationed them on Jing Jintang's inevitable path according to the Spirit Eagle's guidance.
He, meanwhile, took the Four-Unlike and the Golden Winged Bird to search for new Spirit Beasts and Spirit Birds in the first stage, purifying them one by one after finding them.
During this period, Qian Duoduo encountered two of his own guards, one named Zhai Chen and the other Long Jinxuan.
These two were surprised that Qian Duoduo wasn't rushing to pass the stage but instead wandering around, but as it didn't concern them, they didn't ask much and, after bidding farewell, hurried towards the end of the stage.
After a full day, the Spirit Eagle drew circles in the air.
The Four-Unlike told Qian Duoduo with his Spiritual Awareness, "That person is about to enter the ambush zone."
"Let's go." Qian Duoduo calculated that almost three days had passed since they entered; if he didn't pass the stage soon, he would be eliminated.
This Jing Jintang really had patience, waiting until the very end to make his move.
Seeing Qian Duoduo anxious, the Four-Unlike gently nudged him with his head, placing him on his back, behind the Golden Winged Bird.
In the Four-Unlike's view, the Golden Winged Bird and Qian Duoduo were no different; since the Golden Winged Bird was already on his back, then little brother Qian Duoduo naturally could sit there too.
Like a sharp arrow, the Four-Unlike carried Qian Duoduo swiftly into the Spirit Beast group and lay in ambush.
A quarter of an hour later, Jing Jintang appeared five hundred feet away, falling into the encirclement of dozens of Spirit Beasts.
Before the Spirit Beasts could attack, Jing Jintang took out three long arrows and shot them out.
The three long arrows were shot towards the front, front-left, and front-right directions, still at a distance of five hundred feet.
This time, Jing Jintang had no intention of retreating.
The long arrow shot straight ahead landed right beside Qian Duoduo, who was concealing his Qi.
Qian Duoduo was overjoyed.
Setting up an ambush at five hundred feet was precisely designed to exploit Jing Jintang's escape characteristics.
The front-left and front-right positions also had Spirit Beasts in ambush, but Qian Duoduo gambled that Jing Jintang would take the shortest, direct route.
"Buzz," a figure appeared out of thin air, it was Jing Jintang in his Golden Core Middle Stage form.