Chapter 186 - 184: All of You, Stand Together

When the Cold Mist dissipated.

The Seventh Prince’s party, and even the students outside the field, were all slack-jawed and horrified.

Luo Tian had traded injury for injury to kill Fatty Luo, a Mentor. It was a risky, unorthodox move.

He himself had also taken a full-force Attack from a Spirit Sea Fourth Layer expert head-on.

Under such circumstances, any other Spirit Sea Initial Tier cultivator would have been killed without a doubt.

However, the young man in their sights appeared largely unharmed, a far cry from what they had expected.

"This kid! He’s not human!"

The Seventh Prince and his servant guard exchanged a look, their eyes filled with shock and suspicion.

The Law Enforcement Guards were terrified, and all of them kept their distance from Luo Tian.

In that instant, all of their enemies were stunned into silence.

Luo Tian’s advance paused.

He seized the brief respite to calm the roiling blood and True Qi in his body.

In reality, the injuries Luo Tian had sustained were not as simple as they appeared on the surface.

After all, he had taken a full-force blow from a Holy Mansion Mentor.

His Celestial Furnace Treasure Body and Guiyuan True Qi Body Protection had blocked over sixty percent of the damage.

The remaining force of the Attack still shattered his Defensive Soft Armor.

Luo Tian had suffered a serious internal injury, but he had also achieved an ideal outcome in the battle.

Once someone advanced to the Spirit Sea Fourth Layer, they became a Spirit Level Middle Tier expert. There was a huge watershed between this level and the first three layers.

In a conventional fight, even if Luo Tian had won, it would have been an arduous battle.

’I absolutely cannot show any weakness now,’ Luo Tian thought, a sharp glint in his eyes.

The Seventh Prince’s party was only temporarily stunned. They had the advantage in numbers, and they still had one Spirit Sea Fourth Layer expert.

If they fought recklessly, they would still pose a huge threat.

"I don’t believe it! There’s no way that kid isn’t injured!"

The Spirit Sea Fourth Layer servant guard’s eyes flickered, and he emanated an aura no weaker than Fatty Luo’s.

"Hmph!"

Luo Tian sneered. His figure was like a wisp of smoke as he took the initiative, charging toward the servant guard at a shocking speed.

"A Perfect Body Technique!"

The servant guard was extremely cautious and didn’t dare trade injuries with Luo Tian.

WHOOSH!

He gripped a Thick-Backed Saber, the four Spiritual Vortex True Qi in his Qi Sea circulating as he prepared to unleash a powerful strike.

But at that moment...

SHING!

The Shadow Cloak on Luo Tian’s back fluttered, and his speed suddenly surged. Like a ghostly wisp of cold smoke, he bypassed the servant guard and charged toward the Seventh Prince on the other side.

"Damn it! The Seventh Prince!" the servant guard roared.

Luo Tian’s sudden burst of speed had caught him completely off guard.

The servant guard had to abandon the full-powered strike he was brewing and rushed to intercept Luo Tian.

"Run!"

The Seventh Prince’s heart trembled, and he turned and fled.

Luo Tian could even kill a Mentor with a single slash; there was no way he would dare to face him head-on.

"Protect the Seventh Prince!"

The Law Enforcement Holy Guards all rushed to the Seventh Prince’s aid.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The servant guard and Luo Tian arrived near the Seventh Prince at almost the same time.

Although Luo Tian was faster, he had been farther from the Seventh Prince and had to take an arcing path to reach him.

"Celestial Star Eight Techniques, Fallen-stars!"

Luo Tian ignored the servant guard, leaping into the air and slashing his sword toward the Seventh Prince.

SWISH! SWISH! BOOM!

Brilliant Sword Qi Light Waves, like stars falling from a star river, rained down relentlessly.

This move was an area-of-effect Attack, and combined with the eruption of his Divine Vein, it enveloped the Seventh Prince and several others nearby.

"Dammit!"

The servant guard was furious.

Luo Tian had ignored his Attack, but he didn’t dare gamble with the Prince’s life.

WHOOSH! CLANG! CLANG!

The servant guard could only block in front of the Seventh Prince, slashing out a heavy saber light to meet Luo Tian’s offensive head-on.

After the volley of blows, frost condensed on the servant guard’s body, and his robes were torn in several places.

Fortunately, the Seventh Prince had finally escaped danger.

Just then,

CLANG!

Luo Tian’s Wind and Snow Sword clashed with the servant’s Thick-Backed Saber once more.

Blegh!

While still in mid-air, Luo Tian spat out a mouthful of blood, then used the force of the blow to drift twenty or thirty meters away.

"That kid! He was just bluffing!"

The servant guard froze, then became so enraged he was practically tearing his hair out.

What?!

The Seventh Prince and the others were in the middle of a panicked retreat. When they saw this, their expressions turned utterly grim.

It was obvious now. Luo Tian was seriously injured from taking Fatty Luo’s blow, and his aggressive attack just now was a feint to cover his retreat.

"Haha! We’ll meet again!"

Luo Tian let out a long cry, activated the Cloud Traveling Step, and quickly distanced himself from the Seventh Prince’s group.

They wanted to give chase, but they lacked the strength.

"He infuriates me!"

The Seventh Prince pounded his chest and stamped his feet, filled with regret.

Before, Luo Tian had killed a man with every step and even cut down a Mentor with his sword, which had truly stunned them.

If they had gone all out, they would have had a good chance of keeping Luo Tian there. He was definitely seriously injured.

"Your Highness, don’t worry! Luo Tian is badly hurt; he can’t keep running for long," the servant guard said, his expression cold.

"We’ll have an expert tracker lock onto him, then ask an Elder to take action. He won’t be able to escape, even if he grows wings."

"Good!"

The Seventh Prince’s face lit up with excitement, the killing intent in his eyes growing stronger.

...

「Inside Chasing Sun Hall」

The Elders of the two factions were still in a heated argument, having failed to reach a consensus.

The Sun Chasing Mansion Master sat cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed, not saying a word.

"Reporting to the Mansion Master! Something terrible has happened!"

"That Luo Tian killed a Mentor and several Holy Guards..."

A Mentor rushed in from outside.

"Luo Tian killed a Mentor?"

A huge uproar erupted in the main hall.

Regardless of what had happened outside or who was right or wrong, the three words "killed a Mentor" were shocking enough.

A rookie student in his teens killing a veteran Mentor was simply unheard of.

"Mansion Master! Luo Tian has killed a Mentor; it’s an act of high treason! There is no point in discussing this matter any further," the bald Elder Xie roared in fury.

At the head of the great hall, the Sun Chasing Mansion Master slowly opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing within them.

"Send out the order: hunt down Luo Tian!"

"Yes!"

The upper echelons all responded in unison.

SWOOSH!

His face filled with killing intent, the bald Elder Xie transformed into an afterimage and shot out of Chasing Sun Hall.

Lin Dongfeng gave the Sun Chasing Mansion Master a grateful glance before also quickly leaving Chasing Sun Hall.

...

「Nightfall」

Two hundred miles from the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion, beside a giant boulder.

Blegh!

Luo Tian spat out another mouthful of blood. His internal injuries were worsening, and his legs were beginning to feel heavy.

’Fortunately, the injuries aren’t life-threatening,’

Luo Tian sat down cross-legged, swallowed a Healing Pill, and circulated his Heart Method.

Inside his Qi Sea, the Spirit Light Vortex slowly rotated, absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to consolidate his Realm and recover his True Qi.

After just a few moments, as the Luo Tian Creation Technique circulated, a sense of crisis washed over him again.

Hm?

Luo Tian’s eyes narrowed as he looked toward the horizon, hearing the sound of something tearing through the air.

A few breaths later,

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

a massive Golden Eagle with a wingspan of over ten meters, carrying seven or eight people, flew straight toward Luo Tian’s location.

That giant bird was none other than the Golden-Winged Eagle!

The signature Flying Bird Mount of the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion.

"So fast!"

Luo Tian was shocked.

He had expected the Holy Mansion to dispatch a Golden-Winged Eagle.

But for them to track him so precisely, it was clear they had an expert tracker with them.

SWOOSH!

The Dark Night Cloak on Luo Tian’s back stirred strangely.

His figure vanished from the spot, completely concealed by the night.

Not long after Luo Tian hid himself, the Golden-Winged Eagle landed with a howl of wind.

The bald Elder Xie, the Seventh Prince, the servant guard, and several Mentors arrived on the scene.

"There are traces of blood here, and it’s still warm. Luo Tian must have been here recently."

A man with hawkish eyes walked over to the boulder where Luo Tian had been healing, his voice full of confidence.

In the hawkeyed man’s hand was a crystal ball containing a swirling mass of blood.

BUZZ!

The crystal ball pulsed with a crimson halo.

Dozens of meters away, Luo Tian saw the blood in the crystal ball and instantly understood.

’The blood in the crystal ball must be the stale blood I spat out when I fled the Holy Mansion.’

When facing an expert tracker, it wasn’t just blood; even leaving behind a single strand of hair or a flake of skin was enough to be tracked.

"Elder Xie, Seventh Prince, according to the Blood Spirit Ball’s reaction, the person we’re tracking is within a hundred-meter radius," the hawkeyed man transmitted via voice projection.

’A hundred-meter radius?’

The bald Elder Xie’s pupils contracted.

That distance was practically right in front of them.

It was just that, because of the darkness, Luo Tian had to be hiding in some corner.

"Split up and search!" Elder Xie ordered.

The group of eight split into three teams to search the area.

Elder Xie moved alone. As a Holy Mansion Elder, he was naturally confident enough to do so.

The Seventh Prince, his servant guard, and the hawkeyed man formed another team.

’If I don’t deal with these people, escaping will be difficult.’

Luo Tian hid in a patch of tall grass, his expression turning grave.

In his current condition, he would surely be defeated if he had to face even two Mentors.

The biggest threat was the Elder present. That bald old man’s Cultivation was at the Peak of the Sixth Layer, and he was a trusted subordinate of the Royal Family.

Against a Holy Mansion Elder, Luo Tian had no chance of victory.

Once he revealed himself, he would be doomed beyond recovery.

’You’re forcing my hand!’

Luo Tian took a deep breath as a crazy plan formed in his mind.

He took out a Blood Pear Fruit and swallowed it directly.

Originally, Luo Tian hadn’t planned on taking the Blood Pear Fruit, as his injuries weren’t life-threatening.

As he consumed the Blood Pear Fruit, a pure and surging wave of Vital Blood Essence rushed through his body.

Luo Tian’s injuries healed in an instant, his Vitality was replenished, and he returned to his peak state.

Just then, the Seventh Prince’s group of three was walking toward Luo Tian’s position.

’Perfect timing!’ A sharp glint flashed in Luo Tian’s eyes.

He had a desperate counter-attack plan in mind, and it required using the Seventh Prince.

Luo Tian remained hidden, slowly approaching the Seventh Prince’s group.

Until, at a certain moment, Luo Tian appeared behind the three of them, less than ten meters away.

SWOOSH!

Luo Tian moved. Like a wisp of dark smoke, he instantly closed in on the Seventh Prince.

The moment he moved, he was exposed.

"Luo Tian!"

"Seventh Prince, watch out!"

The servant guard and the hawkeyed man cried out in alarm at the same time.

But Luo Tian was too close and moved too quickly; there was no time to rescue him.

The hair on the Seventh Prince’s neck stood on end as he felt a cold wind wash over him.

"Ngh..."

He had just turned his head when a hand clamped around his neck, and he found himself face-to-face with Luo Tian.

"Luo Tian! How dare you!"

A thunderous shout echoed.

The bald Elder Xie arrived quickly with the other Mentors.

Instantly, Luo Tian was surrounded by Elder Xie and the other six.

One Elder plus six Master Level experts. The terrifying aura they exuded was enough to make any Spirit Sea Realm First to Second Layer cultivator’s legs go weak with fear.

"If you dare make a move, I’ll crush his throat. Dying with a Prince wouldn’t be a bad trade."

Luo Tian was calm and composed, a brilliant smile on his face.

"Stop! Don’t harm the Prince!"

The bald Elder Xie froze, his face a mask of shock and fury.

He was a trusted subordinate of the Royal Family; naturally, he wouldn’t dare let any harm come to the master he served.

"Do as I say. Retreat thirty meters, and I will release the Seventh Prince," Luo Tian commanded.

"Do you really mean that?"

The bald Elder was incredulous.

For an expert of his level, a distance of thirty meters could be covered in an instant.

"You don’t have to believe me!"

Luo Tian sneered, tightening his grip. The Seventh Prince couldn’t breathe, his face turning beet red.

"Quick, quick!"

The bald Elder’s expression changed drastically, and he quickly led the others to retreat thirty meters.

"Luo Tian, we’ve retreated thirty meters. Why haven’t you released the Seventh Prince?" the bald Elder demanded.

"Hmph! How am I supposed to run later with all of you surrounding me like this?" Luo Tian said with a look of dissatisfaction.

"What do you want?"

The bald Elder suppressed his anger.

"All of you, stand together!"

Luo Tian pointed to a flat, open space in front of them.

"Fine, fine! But you’d better keep your word."

The bald Elder sneered inwardly. ’I don’t understand why Luo Tian wants us to stand together,’ he thought. ’But at a distance of thirty meters, it makes little difference whether we’re surrounding him or not.’

The moment Luo Tian released the Seventh Prince, the bald Elder was confident he could kill him in the space of a single breath.

"Not bad, you’re all very obedient!"

Luo Tian said with an approving look, gazing at the bald Elder and the others standing together thirty meters away.

At some unknown point, a decorative sword had appeared at his waist, its scabbard engraved with lotus patterns.

With one hand, Luo Tian gripped the hilt of the Red Lotus Sword and slowly began to draw it...