Chapter 763 - 122: Saintess’s Pursuit

The chaos at the east gate of Beichen Immortal City had not yet subsided, but Li Ji’an’s figure had already transformed into a gray-blue escape light, speeding along the ground.

Behind him, the angry shout of the Cangyue Saintess cracked like ice shattering jade, following swiftly: "Thief, halt!"

The pale blue escape light tore through the air, astonishingly fast, even exceeding the speed of Li Ji’an’s fully activated escape technique by three measures.

Li Ji’an frowned slightly, divine sense sweeping behind him, feeling a chill in his heart.

This Cangyue Saintess truly lived up to being the core successor of Cangyuan Holy Land; her late-stage Golden Core cultivation had almost reached Perfection, her magical power flowing naturally. Her escape speed far outpaced ordinary late-stage Core Formation cultivators.

What made him wary was that although her divine sense wasn’t as strong as his, it was incredibly sharp, firmly locking onto his presence. No matter how he changed direction or concealed his aura, he couldn’t shake off her pursuit.

"This woman is troublesome."

Li Ji’an’s thoughts were resolute.

Without further hesitation, he flipped his left hand, revealing a talisman in his palm, a Tier Three Teleportation Talisman.

"Activate!"

With a flick of his fingertips, magical power triggered the talisman, instantly transforming it into a green light enveloping him.

With a slight sound, space trembled, and his entire figure vanished.

"Hmph, still trying to flee?"

Cangyue Saintess’s expression turned icy, right hand forming a seal, causing the white jade ring at her waist to fly out, transforming into a white light that surrounded her.

This was the renowned magical treasure of Cangyuan Holy Land, "Canglan Ring," with not only formidable defense power but also space escape divine abilities.

A flash of white light enveloped her, and space rippled around her.

The next moment, she reappeared within Li Ji’an’s divine sense perception range.

"The foundation of Holy Land is indeed deep."

Li Ji’an sighed inwardly, once again activating a teleportation talisman.

However, Cangyue Saintess mirrored his actions, pursuing him again.

This caused Li Ji’an’s expression to darken completely; in the Great Marsh Cultivation Realm, at least throughout the east, the Tier Three high-level teleportation talisman was his most reliable escape ace.

Yet now it seemed somewhat powerless.

With the teleportation talisman ineffective, he could only rely on escape speed again.

Without stopping, he flew straight toward the northern border of Yuan Province.

This was the boundary between Yuan Province and Central Dao Source State, and the road he must take to leave Yuan Province.

Along the way, the wind and sand began to rise.

The northern Yuan Province was already an arid desert, with fierce winds sweeping stones, affecting not only vision but also greatly interfering with a cultivator’s divine sense.

Seeing this, Li Ji’an was moved, deliberately flying toward the most intense sandstorm area.

His divine sense rivaled that of the Nascent Soul; even amid interference, he could clearly perceive movements several miles around. Despite Cangyue Saintess’s strong divine sense, it was ultimately only at the late-stage Golden Core level, and her sensing range was bound to be suppressed in such an environment.

Sure enough, the pale blue escape light behind him slowed slightly, evidently affected by the sandstorm.

Li Ji’an seized the opportunity, taking out two divine escape talismans, activating them in succession.

With layers of green light, his escape speed increased again, his figure resembling blue lightning, swiftly traversing the vast swirling sand, leaving Cangyue Saintess far behind by nearly a thousand miles.

"Damn it!"

Cangyue Saintess’s voice penetrated the sandstorm, carrying a trace of annoyance.

She didn’t anticipate that this "thief" not only had an exquisite escape technique but could also maneuver adeptly in such a sandstorm location; if this continues, he might truly escape.

At that instant, she held nothing back, her lips slightly parted, emitting a clear and resonant phoenix cry that echoed throughout the sky and earth.

Screech——

Amid the phoenix cry, a stream of seven-colored light suddenly flew from her sleeve, landing on the ground, transforming into a massive bird with a wingspan over three yards.

This giant bird was entirely covered in seven-colored feathers, with a golden crest atop its head and eyes shining like rubies, the spirit pet of Cangyue Saintess—Seven-Colored Luan Bird.

This bird was a Tier Three high-level Great Demon with True Spirit bloodline, possessing the talent divine ability of "Soul-Chasing Shadow Lock." No matter how far the target fled, once it locked onto their presence, escape was impossible.

"Luan, pursue!"

Cangyue Saintess tapped lightly on the bird’s back with her toes.

The Seven-Colored Luan Bird emitted a screech, its wings flaring, sweeping up a gale, ignoring the surrounding sandstorm interference, charging toward Li Ji’an like a seven-colored meteor.

Its speed was remarkably several measures faster than the Li Ji’an augmented with two divine escape talismans, rapidly closing the distance between them.

Li Ji’an’s mind was alarmed, clearly sensing the intensifying powerful presence behind him.

The presence included not just Cangyue Saintess’s magical power fluctuations, but a pressure originating from the True Spirit bloodline, slightly stalling his blood and energy flow.

"Tier Three Great Demon, True Spirit bloodline?"

Li Ji’an’s expression darkened slightly; he hadn’t expected Cangyue Saintess to have such a powerful spirit pet.

At this rate, he would undoubtedly be caught within half an hour.

He hesitated no longer, fully urging the magical power within his Golden Core, pushing escape speed to its limit, and simultaneously unleashing divine sense, frantically searching terrain around, hoping to find a place suitable for strategic advantage.

After flying for about a stick of incense’s time, the scene ahead suddenly changed.

He saw an expanse of undulating black mountains appear before his eyes, a pale purple light curtain hovering above, precisely the boundary grand array between Yuan Province and Central Dao Source State—the Ziyuan Array.

As long as he crossed this Ziyuan Array, he would enter Central Dao Source State, by which time even Cangyuan Holy Land’s forces, no matter how strong, would dare not act recklessly in Central Dao Source State.

But just as he was about to reach Ziyuan Array, a colossal presence suddenly descended.