Chapter 568: Life on the Run

Chapter 568: Life on the Run

Meanwhile.

Countless kilometers behind Han Li, a ball of radiant golden light that was around an acre in size was racing through the air at an extraordinary speed amid a deafening rumbling noise.

Encompassed within the ball of golden light was an enormous golden beetle that was flapping its wings with all its might.

This was none other than the High Zenith Stage Gold Devouring Immortal, and at this moment, there was a hint of surprise on its face.

It could sense that its target was only at the Golden Immortal Stage, but they were extremely fast. Granted, it was still faster, but its target was somehow traveling at speeds superior even to what the average High Zenith Stage true spirit was capable of reaching.

Immediately thereafter, it stopped cold in its tracks as a perplexed look appeared on its face.

All of a sudden, it was no longer able to sense its target anymore!

This was the exact same thing that had happened last time back at the Dark Star Canyon, and while it had been recovering from its injuries, there were also several occasions where its target's aura had disappeared, just like what had happened just now.

After a brief moment of contemplation, it continued to travel in the same direction as before.

Around three hours later, its target's aura reappeared, but this time, it was in another direction, and it was quite a bit further away.

The High Zenith Stage Gold Devouring Immortal gave a cold harrumph upon sensing this, but it wasn't overly concerned as it turned to set off in that direction.

......

In the sky above a mountain range, the green flying carriage was racing along.

Jin Tong seemed to have just come out of Xiao Bai's body, and her complexion was quite pale, while her breathing was also a little ragged. As for Xiao Bai, it was hanging its head in a glum fashion.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly at the sight of Jin Tong's terrible condition, and he swept a sleeve through the air to release a pile of spirit treasures, all of which seemed to be of quite a high caliber.

Jin Tong sat down on the flying carriage in silence, then picked up a spirit treasure before stuffing it into her mouth.

Xiao Bai really wanted to join in on the feast as well, but it knew that Jin Tong needed the sustenance more than right now, so it suppressed its appetite and laid down onto the carriage.

Right at this moment, a golden storage ring fell onto the ground in front of it, and Han Li's voice rang out beside its ears.

"Xiao Bai, you have something to eat as well."

"Thank you, Master!" Xiao Bai immediately rose up onto its haunches before gulping down the storage bracelet, while Han Li sat down with his legs crossed once again to focus on piloting the carriage.

Now that Jin Tong was no longer concealed, he didn't bother to change directions and merely continued onward at full speed.

Over two hours later, Jin Tong rose to her feet and her complexion had already completely recovered at this point.

Han Li immediately instructed Jin Tong to hide in Xiao Bai's stomach once again before changing directions a second time.

The gray tornado was giving off hints of law power fluctuations, it tore through the sea of clouds with ease, then swept directly toward the flying carriage.

At the same time, countless massive blades of gray wind appeared within the tornado, and it was clear that these were no ordinary blades of wind.

Han Li hurriedly made a hand seal to bring the flying carriage to halt, then swept a sleeve through the air to release three yellow badges, which appeared in front, to the left, and to the right of the flying carriage.

Waves of yellow light surged out of the three badges, forming a thick yellow light barrier around the flying carriage.

As soon as the yellow light barrier took shape, it was instantly ravaged by the barrage of countless gray blades of wind, causing it to ripple incessantly, but ultimately, it was able to keep the blades of wind at bay.

Not only that, but the yellow light barrier was even able to repel some of the blades of wind, sending them hurtling back toward the gray bird, which immediately took evasive measures, seemingly quite wary of the blades of wind.

At the same time, Han Li opened his mouth to release a burst of azure light that flew into the white flag, and another cloud of mist instantly surged out of the flag before taking on the form of seven or eight dragons that wrapped themselves around the giant gray bird in a flash.

These misty dragons were imbued with a great deal of immortal spiritual power from Han Li, and they were able to temporarily restrain the gray bird.

However, instead of taking advantage of this opportunity to try and slay the bird, Han Li immediately made a hand seal to send the flying carriage racing around the giant gray bird as a streak of green light.

A few moments later, a loud thump rang out from behind the carriage, and the gray bird had struggled free from the misty dragons before setting off in pursuit of the carriage once again.

Han Li paid no heed to it as he continued to pilot the carriage onward, and it didn't take long before the gray bird was left far behind.

After shaking off the gray bird, Han Li heaved a faint sigh of relief, then stowed the white flag and yellow badges away.

No more than two hours later, a burst of buzzing rang out from up ahead, and a massive purple cloud erupted out of the forest down below before sweeping toward the flying carriage.

Han Li focused his gaze on the purple cloud to discover that it was a swarm of countless purple hornets, each of which was the size of a millstone.

They had sword-like hooked stingers that were glowing blue trailing along behind them clearly indicating that they were filled with extremely potent poison.

Han Li summoned those three yellow badges to protect the flying carriage once again upon seeing this.

At the same time, he swept a sleeve through the air to summon a large crimson flag, which released a vast expanse of flames to create a sea of fire around the carriage, which continued to speed directly toward the swarm of purple hornets without pause.

In the end, the carriage was only able to fly out of the swarm of hornets after a struggle that lasted close to two hours.

At this point, Han Li was growing more and more concerned.

As they continued onward, they encountered more and more obstacles, to the point that they had to endure up to several dozen attacks from primordial beasts and various primordial tribes every single day.

Fortunately, Han Li was very well prepared, so he was able to weather those storms just fine, but their speed had been significantly hampered by these obstructions.

What was even more concerning to him was that the Gold Devouring Immortal didn't seem to be having the same problem. According to Jin Tong, no primordial beasts or tribes dared to attack it thanks to its tremendous power and formidable aura.

There wasn't anything that Han Li could do aside from continue to forge ahead, but despite his best efforts, the distance between them and the Gold Devouring Immortal was only continuing to shrink.