Chapter 551 - 174: [Tacit Understanding]
Golden Armor seemed to pull at the corner of his mouth: "I secretly rescued a human slave and gleaned some information.
It is said that a few months ago, the village was attacked by a human expert. The previous village leader and warriors were all killed. That person even set fires everywhere, causing explosions and killing many monsters.
Unfortunately, it seems that the person was not sent by our Immortal Platform and did not rescue any human slaves, just caused a lot of damage to the village and then fled."
Chen Yan shook his head: "Why are you telling me this?"
"Of course I’m suspecting you. Wang Chuyi, this wouldn’t have been your doing, right?"
Chen Yan laughed: "Golden Armor, is your ability to make connections this exceptional?"
Golden Armor shook his head: "These days, the only human I’ve encountered on the west side of Evil Land Mountain is you. Who else could it be?"
Chen Yan pursed his lips, about to say something, when suddenly both he and Golden Armor had a change of expression, looking up towards the western sky!
There was the faint sound of two sharp and piercing cries, as if a dark shadow was hovering above the sky.
Golden Armor’s face immediately turned a bit somber, and he cursed: "Relentless as a ghost!"
With that, he jumped up, reached out, and pulled the sword stuck in the ground, looked up at Chen Yan atop the treetops: "Let’s go! If we don’t leave now, there might be trouble!"
Chen Yan frowned at Golden Armor.
Golden Armor sighed: "When I escaped, two very formidable Fierce Beast Race experts chased me down. It took me two days and several hard battles to kill one, but I also ended up with these injuries.
The remaining guy is incredibly skilled. In my current state, I probably can’t beat him. And that guy keeps a trained night eagle, which is expert at tracking. It’s been chasing me for three full days now! If we don’t go, it might catch up..."
Before he finished speaking, Chen Yan had already jumped down from the tree and started sprinting into the woods!
"..."
Golden Armor hesitated for a moment, then suddenly took off after him.
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"Why are you following me? We’re not on the same path, each should run their own way!" Chen Yan looked back only to see Golden Armor catching up, feeling a bit helpless.
Golden Armor grinned, his smile showing no trace of concealment: "There’s only one pursuer, if he catches up, it comes down to who of us runs faster. The slow one deserves to be unlucky."
Chen Yan looked admirably at Golden Armor: "Among the cultivators I’ve met, you rank second in shamelessness."
"Oh, I wonder who is first?"
"An Old Deng who lives next door to me."
Though the two were bantering, neither slowed the pace of their wild dash through the forest.
Despite Chen Yan’s anger at Golden Armor’s shamelessness, he was helpless.
This guy insists on the "I don’t have to outrun the bear, just you" strategy with him, and he has no better solution.
If they clash, a fight might break out. Golden Armor’s martial arts are exceptional, and here where Primordial Qi cannot be used for mana, in a pure physical fight, he certainly isn’t a match.
Using trump cards like the "Ten Thousand Sword Talisman" might offer a chance for victory—but who knows if the other party doesn’t have a trump card too?
More importantly, the pursuer is right behind. If they fight now, it’s likely to result in mutual damage, benefiting neither.
What Chen Yan was thinking, Golden Armor was seemingly thinking the same.
Otherwise, with Chen’s temperament, he would have long broken this guy’s leg and tossed him back to attract the pursuer.
Their hour-long run through the woods was interrupted only by the sound of piercing cries from the sky, which appeared to be getting closer, clearly targeting their escape route.
Golden Armor looked at Chen Yan with surprise, finding his running speed turned out to be fairly fast; even at his own reduced speed due to injuries, he couldn’t outpace him.
He thought it over and, slightly panting, proposed a suggestion: "Wang Chuyi! How about a deal?"
"Fellow Daoist, speak." Chen Yan sneered.
"Do you have a Bone Pill? Gift me one, I’ll heal, then I’m not afraid to solo the guy behind! If we kill him, neither of us need to keep running anymore!"
Chen Yan glared at him: "Do you think I’m dumb?"
Giving you a Bone Pill and then once your injuries heal, with your body’s recovery, you’ll run faster than me—and then leave me behind as cannon fodder?
Golden Armor sighed: "I know you don’t trust me, so let’s try another way. Though I’m injured, I’ve a thirty percent chance of handling that guy in a tough fight! I can see you are not weak either.
If we join forces, we have more than a fifty percent chance to take him down!
We won’t have to run around like two stray dogs anymore, what do you think?"
Chen Yan immediately nodded: "Great! Let’s cooperate then!"
Golden Armor laughed heartily: "Alright! You and I, together!"
Chen Yan: "Yes! Sincere collaboration!"
Golden Armor: "Good! Holding nothing back!"
With tongues swearing sincerity, neither slowed their running pace in the slightest.
After a while of shouting such platitudes, both looked at each other with peculiar expressions.
"Wasn’t the plan to join forces?"
"Yes, but you first stop!"
"No, you stop first!"
"You first!"
"Damn! You really are no good either!"
Their bickering continued while in a short while they ran several hundred meters more.