“Poof!”
Just as the Medicine Puppet disappeared, Du Guirong, who was outside the mist, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
However, he didn't even bother to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth; with a face full of terror, he turned and ran frantically towards Nanxing City.
The death of the Medicine Puppet left him with no reliance whatsoever; as for his own strength, it was utterly negligible. He knew that Jiang Yun would absolutely not let him go, and if he wanted to live, he could only enter Nanxing City!
Even though Du Guirong's reaction was incredibly fast, and even though Du Guirong was now exerting his speed to the extreme, Jiang Yun's voice still clearly echoed in his ears.
“Master Du, do you hunt? I imagine you haven't, but I have!”
“Any prey I've set my sights on has never escaped!”
“You might not believe my words, so I'll give you enough time to run. Run faster, faster, and see if you can escape from my grasp!”
At this moment, for Du Guirong, Jiang Yun's every word was like a death summons, making him dare not speak. He simply mustered all his strength and frantically fled towards Nanxing City.
And less than ten feet behind him, Jiang Yun, with a calm expression but an overwhelming Killing Intent, followed step by step, unhurriedly and steadily!
The Killing Intent in Jiang Yun's heart had never been as intense as it was now, not even when he faced Fang Ruolin back then.
All of this was naturally because he had personally witnessed the unbearable pain of the mantis and the Medicine Puppet. He truly couldn't imagine what kind of vicious heart it would take to do such inhumane things!
The rain grew heavier and heavier. Through the dense curtain of rain, the city gate of Nanxing City finally appeared in Du Guirong's eyes, and he finally saw a glimmer of hope for survival.
Although he was exhausted at this moment, looking at the seemingly close city gate, an unknown surge of strength welled up within him, making his speed increase by a few more points.
“I can live, I can live!”
Just as Du Guirong was continuously muttering these three words, a golden lightning bolt directly crossed his body, grazed his ear, and landed in front of the city gate ahead of him.
The lightning landed and actually solidified without dispersing, forming a golden electric net with its opening wide, waiting for Du Guirong to throw himself into it.
“Either you enter this lightning net! Or, you change direction and keep running!”
Jiang Yun's voice echoing in his ear, and the sudden appearance of the electric net in front of him, scared Du Guirong into hastily stopping. Without hesitation, he turned and fled in another direction.
Behind him, Jiang Yun still followed unhurriedly, because he not only wanted to kill Du Guirong, but also to torment him severely, to make him experience the pain of being unable to live or die!
In the rainy night, two figures, one in front and one behind, continuously ran rapidly across the land outside Nanxing City.
After more than an hour, Du Guirong exhausted all the Medicinal Pills on him and all the Spiritual Qi in his body. Finally, he could no longer continue to run, stumbled, and fell to the ground.
Jiang Yun's figure appeared before him like a ghost, looking down at him and saying, “Not running anymore? Get up, keep running!”
Du Guirong was completely drenched from head to toe, panting heavily, looking exactly like a fish that had jumped onto land, appearing utterly disheveled.
Taking a deep breath, Du Guirong knelt down in front of Jiang Yun with a “thump” and pleaded, “Gu Jiang, Master Gu, I beg you, it was my ignorance that offended you. Please be magnanimous and let me go! As long as you let me go, I'll do anything!”
Jiang Yun's expression remained unmoved as he said, “If you had merely offended me, I would have let you die long ago! Now, I am helping that mantis and that Medicine Puppet vent the bitterness in their hearts!”
“Master Gu, you cannot kill me. I am from Hundred Herbs Valley, I am a Second-grade Alchemist. If you kill me, Hundred Herbs Valley, and the Luo family, will absolutely not let you go, nor will they let Duoyao Pavilion go!”
It must be said that Du Guirong's words indeed caused a hint of hesitation in Jiang Yun's heart. He didn't care if anyone would hunt him down, but he had to consider Duoyao Pavilion and the father and son, Xia Zhongxing.
Seeing Jiang Yun fall silent, Du Guirong immediately felt hope, and a cold smile even appeared on his face as he said, “Master Gu, not only am I from Hundred Herbs Valley, but my grandfather is the only Grand Elder of Hundred Herbs Valley, Du Xinwu! He is a Dongtian cultivator, and is about to nurture a Dao Spirit!”
“If you kill me, with his old man's personality, he will definitely relentlessly pursue you and anyone who has the slightest connection to you!”
Although Jiang Yun didn't know Du Guirong's exact identity, it wasn't difficult to infer from the items he possessed that his status must be high.
san hua furnace, a First-tier Yao Beast, a Medicine Puppet—how could a mere Second-grade Alchemist possess such things?
Therefore, he believed Du Guirong's words were true.
However, with Feng Wuji as a precedent, he understood even more clearly that if he really let Du Guirong go, then the threats Du Guirong was making now would still come true!
Just as Jiang Yun was contemplating how to avoid future troubles, he didn't know that about ten li away, two figures were quietly standing in the heavy rain.
However, although the dense raindrops fell on the two figures, they strangely passed through them, as if these two were merely illusions.
One of the figures was none other than Xia Zhongxing, and the other person standing opposite him was a middle-aged man with a rather refined appearance.
At this moment, the refined man said faintly, “Xia Zhongxing, even if you stop me today, you will absolutely not be able to stop Du Xinwu's revenge in the future. Du Guirong is his only grandson!”
Xia Zhongxing said calmly, “I don't care about that!”
“Although I don't know your exact identity, is it worth offending Hundred Herbs Valley, offending the Luo family, and offending a Dongtian cultivator for the sake of such a young man?”
“It's worth it!”
“May I know why?”
“Because everything you've said, combined, is not as important as my son's life!”
“Your son's life?” The refined man couldn't help but frown. He naturally knew Xia Zhongxing's son, Xia Shi, but he didn't understand the meaning of that sentence.
Xia Zhongxing apparently wasn't going to explain and continued, “If you don't make a move today, I won't either. After Du Guirong dies, you and I will leave separately, as if we never met!”
The refined man raised an eyebrow and said, “You'll let me leave? After I leave, I will definitely kill this Jiang Yun! Even if I can't kill Jiang Yun, I will definitely tell Du Xinwu about today's events!”
“I believe you'll kill Jiang Yun, but as for telling Du Xinwu…” Xia Zhongxing suddenly smiled faintly and said, “Du Xinwu is vengeful. If he finds out that you stood by and watched Du Guirong be killed by someone else without intervening, even if you kill Jiang Yun, he will absolutely not let you go!”
“I can say that you stopped me from acting!”
“Me? Will anyone believe that?” The smile on Xia Zhongxing's face grew wider, and he said word by word, “I am just the shopkeeper of Duoyao Pavilion, a First-grade Alchemist!”