Catching Monsters

Chapter 331 The Chase (Part 1)

Inside the city of Chongshan County, Jiang Yun, Linglong, Qin Shujian, and the other Imperial Guards, a total of seventeen people, were sneaking towards the city gate of Chongshan County under the cover of night.

The group were all quite skilled and had keen observation skills, often spotting patrolling soldiers hiding in advance.

Walking through the city under the cover of night wasn't particularly difficult; the real challenge was how to slip away from the city walls unnoticed.

Jiang Yun and Linglong were fine; both of them had already reached the third rank, so it wouldn't be difficult for them to fly away under the cover of night.

The soldiers patrolling the city walls had little chance of spotting the two.

But what about the others?
Beneath a city wall, in a dark corner, the group silently arrived and crouched down.

Jiang Yun looked up at the towering city wall, where soldiers patrolled back and forth, and every ten meters along the wall, there was a soldier holding a torch.

"Linglong and I will go up there and quietly take care of the nearby soldiers. Then everyone will immediately climb over the city wall." Jiang Yun quickly gave his plan and said, "If everything goes smoothly, then there's no need to say more."

"If we alert these soldiers, and a skilled fighter comes after us..."

"Linglong and I will cover the rear. You all scatter and escape, and find another way." Jiang Yun paused here, and said in a deep voice, "Linglong, give the things to Commander Yang first."

Linglong frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, she took out the Imperial Seal of the State and solemnly handed it to Yang Liunian.

Yang Liunian quickly reached out and took it, his face grave, knowing the importance of this item.

……

Inside the main tower of the city gate, Sun Wuji had already arrived. Beside him stood a bald man whose right cheek was severely rotten, and who exuded a strong stench of decay.

"Senior brother, those two managed to escape from you. This mere city probably won't be able to stop them." The bald man said with a grim face, "If the Imperial Seal is lost, it will ruin our grand plan!"

Sun Wuji remained expressionless and slowly said, "The two of them rescued more than a dozen Imperial Guards. If so many people wanted to leave the city, they would definitely cause a commotion."

"But those two are quite skilled. If I were to take them down on my own, I wouldn't be confident of doing so."

"That's why I sent you here, junior brother. With us brothers working together, these two have no chance of escaping."

The bald man's name was Pang Buyan.

After hearing Sun Wuji's words, he nodded and said no more.

Just then, suddenly, the sound of gongs came from the direction of the city wall to the right of the main building, which was a signal that something had happened!

Sun Wuji and Pang Buyan exchanged a glance, then rushed out of the city tower and looked towards the right side of the city wall.

On the city wall about a mile away from the city gate, Jiang Yun, Linglong, and their group also felt a sense of foreboding.

Just now, Jiang Yun and Linglong silently climbed up the city wall and quickly dealt with the soldiers standing there holding torches.

Although the soldiers were killed without making a sound, their torches fell to the ground.

The nearby soldiers quickly noticed and rang the gong.

At this moment, Yang Liunian, Qin Shujian, and many other Imperial Guards used their grappling hooks to hook onto the wall and quickly climbed up the city wall.

Jiang Yun sensed a powerful aura emanating from the direction of the city tower in the distance.

Jiang Yun's face darkened, and he quickly said to Yang Liunian and the others, "Commander Yang, Qin Shujian, you go first."

Qin Shujian opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but Yang Liunian, being experienced, knew that this was not the time to dawdle, so he grabbed his hand and said, "Hurry up and leave, there's no use in us staying."

Soon, many of the Imperial Guards jumped off the city wall and disappeared.

Linglong held a dagger in her hand, her eyes slightly narrowed as she stared at the two people who were rushing towards her from the direction of the city wall.

One of them was Sun Wuji, and beside him was a bald man.

"You two have been quite a search for me." Sun Wuji's eyes were icy cold, as if he were staring at two dead men, and he also took out a pitch-black magic artifact.

This ritual implement looks like a flute made from a human bone.

Pang Buyan, standing nearby, chuckled and plopped down on the city wall, showing no intention of making a move.

He wanted to see just how strong these two really were.

Jiang Yun didn't speak, but held a yellow talisman in his hand and then tossed it high into the air.

boom!
A deafening roar, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, struck Jiang Yun, instantly imbuing his entire body with the power of lightning.

He glanced down from the city wall, and after confirming that Yang Liunian and the others had escaped and disappeared, he suddenly grabbed Linglong, leaped up, jumped off the city wall, and quickly fled towards the outside of the county town. This sudden turn of events caught Linglong off guard.

She was being held in Jiang Yun's arms, her arms wrapped around his neck: "If you're going to run away, you should at least give me a heads-up..."

"You can't discuss something like this beforehand." Jiang Yun took a deep breath, his legs flying, and he swiftly ran through the forest under the dark night sky.

On the city wall, Pang Buyan was somewhat stunned and couldn't help but complain, "Senior brother, what's going on with these two? They ran away without a fight when they saw us? How did they become third-grade experts with such courage?"

Sun Wuji turned to look at him and said, "That's why I sent you. Let's go, follow them."

"Hey." Pang Buyan shook his head, then quickly had his men bring over a vicious dog. He took out a small bottle containing some strange red powder.

He poured the white powder into the dog's mouth, then placed his hand on the dog's forehead, and the corpse energy surged into the dog's body.

Soon, the vicious dog collapsed to the ground, convulsing. After a moment, it slowly rose again, its eyes gleaming with white and its body emanating a strong aura of death.

It ran to the spot where Jiang Yun and Linglong had been, sniffed around, and then quickly chased after them.

"Let's go. That little guy escaped using magic. I want to see how far he can run." Sun Wuji and Pang Buyan jumped down from the city wall and followed the controlled corpse dog in the direction Jiang Yun and Pang Buyan had fled.

……

After fleeing for a full half hour, Jiang Yun had also exhausted a lot of his magical power. In one breath, he had probably run for sixty or seventy miles. You should know that the area around Chongshan County is mostly mountains and forests.

At this moment, Jiang Yun and Linglong were hiding in a cave that they had discovered, which was not very deep.

"It went fairly smoothly." Jiang Yun leaned against the cold rock wall to rest, while Linglong next to him had a slightly flushed face.

It was only because the cave was relatively dark that Jiang Yun could have seen Linglong rolling her eyes at him.

Damn it, that bastard carried me around for a full half hour...

Thinking of this, Linglong couldn't help but clench her fists, take a deep breath, and was about to speak and say a few words about Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun spoke first: "Master, we need to rest for a while before we have to keep running. Our escape has been a little too easy."

"I'm not entirely at ease," Jiang Yun said, frowning as he looked in the direction of the cave exit.

Linglong nodded slightly, also feeling that what Jiang Yun said made sense.

It was indeed going too smoothly. Just as Linglong was about to say something, a dark shadow appeared faintly outside the dark cave. It was a bear.

By the moonlight, Jiang Yun and Linglong could vaguely see that the bear was rather strange. Its eyes were white, it was drooling, and when it came to the entrance of the cave, it let out a howl. It also had a strong smell of corpses.

bang, bang, bang...

The corpse bear rushed towards the two of them, raised its paw, and slapped at them.

Linglong moved swiftly, wielding her dagger to chop off the bear's paw in an instant. Then, with a turn, she plunged the dagger into the corpse bear's chest, but the bear showed no reaction.

Linglong pulled hard, and with a "plop," the organs and intestines inside the corpse bear's stomach scattered all over the ground.

But the corpse bear continued to roar and swing its remaining paws at the two of them.

Linglong raised her hand and slammed it hard against the bear's paw.

With a loud bang, the corpse bear was knocked to the ground.

"It stinks." Linglong frowned slightly, instinctively covering her nose as she smelled the strong stench.

Jiang Yun frowned deeply: "A puppet?"

"It happened."

He grabbed Linglong's hand and quickly ran outside, arriving at the cave entrance.

The cave was surrounded by jackals, tigers, and leopards, all of which reeked of corpses.

Above the two of them, on a giant corpse eagle, Pang Buyan sat, watching the two below with interest: "You two have certainly gone quite a distance with that breath."

Extend a finger and point gently.

Soon, the jackals, tigers, and leopards in the vicinity pounced fiercely on Jiang Yun and Linglong.

(End of this chapter)