Chapter 21: You can escape at the beginning but you can't escape in the end

  "How dare you! I'll kill you!!!"

  Originally thought that from now on can cultivate the Emperor's classics, so he steeled himself and killed two close brothers. Who would have thought that Huo Ran actually dared to deceive him, this made Ji Feng's body suddenly filled with endless anger, and he fiercely jumped up, swinging his golden fist heavily downwards.

  He's determined to kill Horan, being played like this for the first time, how can he swallow this breath?

  The golden fist was awe-inspiring, with specks of divine light swirling around it. Wherever it passed, even space trembled in fear. Suddenly, Huo Ran hastily dodged to the side and then swung his great golden sword upwards from below, its blade pointing straight at Ji Feng's arm.

  If the three brothers of Jī Fēng were all here earlier, Huò Rán wouldn't even need to fight, but now that only one of them is left, it's still worth a try. Even if he can't win, there's always the Bājí Tuò Xīng to use as an escape route!

  Ji Feng naturally recognized that the sword in Huo Ran's hand was an imitation of the Xuan Yuan Sword, but he didn't feel the unique aura belonging to the Great Emperor on it. He put his mind at ease and a golden blood energy surged throughout his body. As the big sword chopped down on his arm with a loud clang, he suddenly whipped his leg downwards.

  At this moment, Huo Ran hastily held his sword horizontally to block the attack. When Ji Feng's powerful and heavy kick landed on the sword, he felt a surge of great force transmitted through it, causing both legs to buckle with a "thud" as he knelt down on the ground. His arms were also numbed from the shock, and fresh blood flowed from his tiger mouth (the base of the palm).

  "Wow, so strong!" Huo Ran didn't expect the gap between the Sixth Stage and the Five Elements Stage to be so huge. He was completely unable to withstand it, constantly being suppressed by Ji Feng, only able to defend but not counterattack.

  Actually, with the Golden Greatsword, Huo Ran can completely reverse the situation against Ji Feng. After all, the Golden Greatsword was forged from countless divine materials and possesses enormous might. It's just that Huo Ran's cultivation is really too low, and he can't bring out the power that a magical artifact should have.

  But to exert the power that a magic weapon should have, at least one needs to be in the Divine Bridge Realm. That's why there is a saying: "Those who haven't reached the Divine Bridge are useless even if they hold the Emperor's Sword." It means that even if an unrefined cultivator holds the Emperor's Sword, it would still be nothing against a refined cultivator who has reached the Divine Bridge Realm! There's no way to exert the power of a magic weapon without reaching the Divine Bridge Realm, let alone the Emperor's Sword. It's like holding a useless piece of scrap metal!

  "Boom!"

  Ji Feng's fist fell empty, shattering a massive boulder. Huo Ran used his sword to brush aside countless fragments of stone, and in an instant, he executed the Eight Extremes Trample Star technique, whipping up a storm around him, making his figure seem illusory as he darted left and right.

  He had swung dozens of punches, but none of them had truly heavily injured Horan. This made Ji Feng extremely depressed. When he saw that Horan's speed suddenly became even faster, and a whirlwind was stirred up around his body, he widened his eyes in shock, his face filled with disbelief.

  "Now it's my turn to attack, take this!"

  The monster at the center of the storm let out a loud roar, bringing with it wind and sand as it charged towards Jī Fēng, and in that instant, it fiercely slashed down with its great sword. The bloody sword energy mixed with the storm, suddenly appearing and disappearing, leaving Jī Fēng momentarily unsure of how to react.

  "Rip..."

  Huò Rán's sword slashed down, cutting through Jī Fēng's clothes and leaving a trail of blood on his chest. With one successful strike, Huò Rán quickly changed his form to avoid Jī Fēng's counterattack, then moved to his side and launched another attack.

  "Ah..."

  Before long, Ji Feng's body had over a dozen wounds of varying sizes. If not for his extraordinary crisis awareness, he would have probably been defeated already! Being tortured by someone whose cultivation was below the 'Five Elements Realm' made Ji Feng extremely furious. He let out a loud roar and suddenly produced a black long spear in his hand, then danced it with such speed that it completely enveloped himself.

  "Let you chop again, you chop again!"

  When he heard Ji Feng's almost shameless words, Huo Ran was also covered in cold sweat. He really didn't dare to chop again, in case he would suffer from the recoil of Ji Feng's gun! Helplessly, he could only turn around and head north, turning his head back to sneer: "Madman, if you have the ability, come and chase me, and I'll give you a blood sacrifice!"

  With that, he let out a hearty laugh and stirred up a fierce storm that rapidly headed north. Now he couldn't defeat Ji Feng in battle, so he could only flee. Because of Ji Feng's presence, the people of Tianjian Village in the south might be heading in that direction, so Huo Ran could only choose to head north, which was Zhongzhou.

  "Little rabbit, if you have the ability, don't run!" Seeing Huo Ran shamelessly escaping, Ji Feng's face turned extremely ugly. Holding a black long spear, he unfolded his body shape and chased after Huo Ran.

  "You admit you're crazy and I won't run, how about that, is this a good deal?"

  It has to be said that Ji Feng's speed was not slow either, being at the peak of the Six Paths realm. He relied on his high cultivation base to keep up with Huo Ran without falling behind much.

  Helpless, in order to thoroughly shake off this pesky follower, Huo Ran could only use words to infuriate him and disturb his mind.

  In response to Hu Ran's verbal attack, Ji Feng seemed to have gotten used to it. He quickly closed the distance between them and pinched a jade slip into pieces while shouting: "You're the crazy one, your whole family is crazy!"

  A hundred feet away, Huo Ran stumbled and almost fell. Afterwards, he couldn't help but laugh bitterly, what can be said about this? Trying to steal a chicken but ending up losing a handful of rice instead. He didn't provoke the other party, yet ended up being scolded by them. In response, he could only turn around and say: "Fine, I'm indeed crazy, so what do you want to do?"

  As he spoke, flashes of light appeared under his feet, and threads of texture were embedded in the ground at the moment he stepped on it, and then merged with the ground.

  "I want to kill..." Ji Feng had just arrived, but before he could finish speaking, a transparent barrier suddenly appeared in front of him. By the time he realized it, it was too late, and he crashed into it. When he got up, his entire face was covered in soot, looking terrifyingly black. He fiercely grasped his long spear and shattered the barrier, then loudly shouted: "Huo Ran, you heaven-sent killer, can actually set up a spell formation!!!"

  No, just now Huo Ran discovered a super small spiritual vein below, and then set up a small boundary according to the method of setting up an array recorded in the Qiankun diagram. His current cultivation on the array way is only barely entering the door, and he has not reached the realm of setting up arrays with heaven and earth and all things. He can only draw a thread of spiritual power from the ground to set up an array, and the power of the law array is also very limited. It may be able to deal a fatal blow to a cultivator in the Qi Sea Realm, but for Ji Feng in the Six Paths Realm, it has no killing power at all!

  That's why he didn't set up a killing array, but instead set up a defensive boundary to block Ji Feng and thoroughly pull open the distance between them.

  When Ji Feng scolded him from behind, Huo Ran snorted and retorted: "If you have the ability, don't chase me, this turtle son! I don't want to recognize you as my son anyway. If you continue to chase me, I won't recognize you!" He paused for a moment, then chuckled and said: "Be careful, son, there are many walls along the way, don't bump your nose!"

  The Ji Feng's face turned increasingly ugly, nearly vomiting blood upon hearing the last sentence. He let out a loud roar, raised his long spear and charged forward, breaking through layer after layer of seals. Although he didn't crash into anything again, this way his speed would be reduced to some extent.

  Since there was no need to defend against the enemy, he just ran and dispersed the storm around him. With one foot and one seal, he laid down countless defensive barriers. Fortunately, there were numerous small spiritual veins in the earth, otherwise, he would have exhausted his magical powers due to the Eight Extremes Treading Star Technique.

  Unbeknownst to them, the two had been chasing and fleeing for over an hour. Gradually, Huo Ran discovered that the commotion behind him was getting louder and louder. When he turned his head around, he almost got scared into falling down. Behind him, apart from Ji Feng, there were also a dozen or so people chasing after him, each with their blood energy surging, their cultivation not weak. Most importantly, they were all from the Dongji Emperor Dynasty!

  "What the heck is going on?! Just because I inherited the Blood God Emperor's legacy, why are so many people chasing me?!" The number of people behind him was still increasing, and Huo Ran was desperately speeding up while crazily laying down layer after layer of defensive barriers.

  "Horan, you may have escaped on the first day of the new year, but you won't escape by the fifteenth! Hurry up and surrender!"

  "Not bad, if you surrender now, you'll avoid some suffering. If we catch up to you, you'll definitely experience the most severe punishment in the world!"

  "Give up! You can't escape!"

  ……

  More and more people joined the ranks of chasing after Huo Ran, their cultivation levels getting higher and higher. There were even a few who were flying in mid-air, God Bridge Realm cultivators, each one threatening him, wanting Huo Ran to give up his desperate struggle. If it weren't for Huo Ran's Eight Extremes Treading the Stars technique becoming more and more proficient, his speed getting faster and faster, he would have really been caught by these people!