Conquer the game world

Chapter 130 The Pursuit (Part 1)
The opponent seemed to understand that this arrow posed no threat to Ye Feng, so they didn't aim it at Ye Feng at all; instead, they aimed it at the wind bird at Ye Feng's feet.

Moreover, it was unknown what martial arts technique was used to shoot this arrow, as it was so well concealed. If Ye Feng hadn't had such strong perception, he probably wouldn't have noticed it at all. By the time Ye Feng noticed it, the arrow was already almost in front of him.

Once the wind bird that Ye Feng was riding is killed, without a mount, the martial artist's flight speed will naturally be much slower when using the levitation technique, and it will only be a matter of time before they are caught up.

Although Ye Feng can fly with wings, and his flight speed will not be affected even without the Wind Bird, he will not allow his mount to be killed so easily.

Easily killing the opponent's mount is also a form of demonstration. At the same time, Ye Feng cannot guarantee that the opponent will not catch up. With the Wind Bird around, at least some of the true essence consumption during flight can be saved.

Ye Feng raised his hand and unleashed "Spinning Ice Bullet," a mage's most basic skill. An ice bullet shot out from Ye Feng's hand, striking the sneak-attack arrow with a clashing sound.

After the ice bullet hits the arrow, it quickly freezes the arrow, and the frozen arrow loses its momentum and falls rapidly.

Don't be fooled by how easily Ye Feng knocked the arrow down; the arrow's power was actually quite strong. Although the Wind Bird was just a mount, it was still at least a level one magical beast. Magical beasts have much stronger defenses than wild animals. To shoot such a concealed arrow from such a distance, and to kill a level one magical beast with that arrow, was no easy feat.

Ye Feng thought for a moment. Although the power of his arrow would not be less than this one, and might even be much greater, he could not do it so well. The stronger the power fluctuation, the easier it would be to be detected. This sneak attacker was able to conceal his power fluctuation to such an extent. It seemed that the enemy was very powerful and he could not be careless.

After shooting down the arrow, Ye Feng noticed more than a dozen faintly visible figures in the distance, indicating that these people had begun to catch up.

These dozen or so people were Yan family protectors and Yan Kai, who had set off from the Yan family to pursue Ye Feng.

Because they set off relatively late, and because they had been searching for Ye Feng's trail along the way, it took them two whole months to finally catch up with Ye Feng just as he was about to enter the Southern Wilderness.

"He spotted us." One of the men with the bow and arrow put down his bow and said regretfully. This was the man who had launched a sneak attack on Ye Feng from a distance.

"Hmph, I didn't expect this guy to have such strong perception. But it's alright, let's speed up and catch up. This guy is just riding an ordinary wind bird, so he can't be that fast." Yan Kai said with a grim expression, his eyes looking at Ye Feng were unusually cold.

The mounts these people rode were larger than Ye Feng's wind bird, and their flight speed was also faster.

This is a phoenix bird. Strictly speaking, the phoenix bird is also a type of wind bird, but it is another species that appeared during the breeding and evolution of wind birds. This bird is faster and stronger than the wind bird.

Of course, the price is many times higher, and because the quantity is relatively much smaller, it is very difficult to buy. In the small town that Ye Feng went to, there were no Phoenix Birds for sale at all.

Yan Kai led the group, gradually closing the distance with Ye Feng.

Ye Feng also noticed the extraordinary nature of the mount the other party was riding. If it continued at this speed, it would be only a matter of time before they were caught up.

"Shooting an arrow through a willow leaf"

Since the other party had made a move, Ye Feng didn't hold back. He took out his bow and arrow, infused them with his true energy, and retaliated in the same way.

Unlike the enemy's sneak attack arrows, Ye Feng's arrows were domineering. The sky full of fiery arrows was like a swarm of locusts, overwhelming Yan Kai and the others.

If it really came down to a contest of archery skills, Ye Feng knew he couldn't match his opponent's ability to launch attacks so covertly. However, Ye Feng had his own advantages. These countless fire arrows were a move he had learned to use against magical beasts in the Illusion Killing Array, and it was now proving useful against his enemy.

Of course, Ye Feng didn't expect these fire arrows to cause much trouble for the enemy. Ye Feng had the same idea: to use the number of fire arrows to make the enemy busy and flustered. Then, as long as these fire arrows could kill the enemy's mount, then the purpose of this attack would be achieved.

Faced with the overwhelming barrage of flaming arrows, Yan Kai was initially startled, but when he sensed that the power contained within these arrows was not very strong, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

This is understandable. These flaming arrows are all energy arrows formed from Ye Feng's true essence. Ye Feng didn't use much true essence to begin with, so the more arrows he fired, the more they split into, and the weaker each individual arrow became. Therefore, it's reasonable that these arrows weren't very powerful.

Ye Feng was almost invincible when he used this flaming arrow in the first strike difficulty, but that was because most of his opponents were weak magical beasts. The situation is different now. His opponents are all Spirit God Warriors, and such flaming arrows pose no threat to Spirit God Warriors at all.

"Trying to take advantage of the chaos to kill our mounts? Hmph, that's just a child's play." Yan Kai also saw through Ye Feng's thoughts. These flaming arrows posed no threat to him personally, but the phoenix bird beneath his feet might not be able to withstand them.

"Thirteen guardians, form the formation!" Yan Kai shouted, and the thirteen guardians beside him moved at the same time, taking up the thirteen positions.

The thirteen guardians simultaneously produced small flags, each a different color. These were array flags used to set up a formation. An array that required thirteen people to operate simultaneously was certainly not a weak one.

As the guardian infused his true essence into the array flag, the flag began to vibrate slightly. Then, a powerful force emanated from the thirteen people, connecting them through a link. This force then formed a huge barrier in front of everyone.

These thirteen guardians are the strongest fighting force of the Yan family. They have long had a strong tacit understanding with each other, and only under these circumstances can they jointly activate the formation.

The reason these thirteen people are called the strongest fighting force of the Yan family is because they all have good skills in formations and can use a variety of formations in combination. Whether it is a trapping formation, a killing formation, or a defensive formation, they can use them with ease.

Although these thirteen people only have cultivation levels at the early and late stages of the Spirit God realm, their combined combat power is comparable to that of a late-stage Spirit God warrior. Furthermore, through the formation, these thirteen people have a record of killing a late-stage Spirit God warrior. If these thirteen people were to use the formation together, even Yan Kai would have no choice but to retreat.

At this moment, the thirteen people activated a simple defensive formation.

A barrage of fiery arrows bombarded the defensive formation. Despite the relentless barrage, the thirteen guardians remained calm and composed, handling the situation with remarkable ease.

Although it was just a simple defensive formation, after being reinforced by thirteen spiritual warriors, it was completely beyond the reach of Ye Feng's relatively weak fire arrows.

"Boom boom"

After a series of bombings, although the explosions were very loud, the formation remained completely unshaken.

"Hmm?" Ye Feng frowned on the other side. Although Ye Feng did not expect the fire arrows to cause much trouble for the enemy, he did not expect the other party to deal with them so easily.

"Those thirteen people seem to know how to coordinate and activate formations; they're really troublesome," Ye Feng thought to himself.

"We absolutely cannot let them trap us. If we are trapped in the formation, it will be very difficult to escape," Ye Feng said immediately. Ye Feng had only witnessed the power of the formation before in the bead used by Yan Feng. At that time, Ye Feng felt that the power of the formation was very magical. Now, witnessing a defensive formation again, Ye Feng was even more apprehensive.

"Hmph, kid, today is your death day!" Yan Kai roared. In that brief moment, Yan Kai and his men had quickly closed the distance between themselves and Ye Feng, and were about to catch up with him.

"drink"

The narrow blade in Yan Kai's hand emitted a dazzling light. This distance was now within attack range, and Yan Kai had been gathering his strength from a great distance, ready to strike. Yan Kai was a martial artist with wind attributes, and as he swung his blade, a violent hurricane was unleashed around him. This hurricane even caused the mounts of the thirteen guardians beside him to stagger and sway.

At this moment, the thirteen guardians simultaneously withdrew the formation, and Yan Kai's curved blade swept out with a violent hurricane-like energy towards Ye Feng in front.

Ye Feng had no choice but to release two defensive shields in front of him to resist Yan Kai's attack, one of which was his strongest defensive shield, the Righteous Holy Shield.

"Boom"

Ye Feng was knocked back several dozen feet before stopping. Although Ye Feng's defensive shield was very strong, he was still knocked back. However, due to the shield's obstruction, Yan Kai's attack only had a small amount of wind power after shattering the shield, and it did not pose a threat to Ye Feng.

However, Ye Feng's expression remained solemn. That attack just now had already broken through Ye Feng's defenses, and it was definitely not Yan Kai's strongest attack. If Yan Kai used his strongest power, Ye Feng might not be able to withstand it.

More importantly, Yan Kai was followed by thirteen guardians who could use formations. Without these thirteen guardians, Ye Feng would have dared to go head-to-head with Yan Kai and test his skills with his divine and demonic power. But with these thirteen guardians, Ye Feng dared not stop. If he were trapped, he would be completely doomed.

The wind bird beneath his feet let out a painful cry. Ye Feng looked down and was instantly horrified. The wind power contained in that attack, although it posed no threat to Ye Feng, had damaged the wind bird beneath him. The wind bird now looked covered in wounds.

The wind bird was injured, and its flight speed had decreased. Although half of the wind bird's wing was about to be cut off, the wind bird was still flying steadfastly.

Another reason why the Wind Bird is used as a mount is because of its loyalty. After Ye Feng bought the Wind Bird, it recognized Ye Feng as its master. Even though it was seriously injured, the Wind Bird did not intend to abandon Ye Feng on its back.

Ye Feng sighed, looking down at the fact that these magical beasts were so loyal, while the humans in this world were deceitful and treacherous. It was really no different from the world he used to live in. The cats and dogs at home were absolutely loyal to their owners, but once you went out, you would find that your friends were very likely to betray you.

"Fine, you'd better leave on your own." Seeing that one of the windbird's wings was already severely injured, it was impossible to continue relying on the windbird to escape.

After Ye Feng patted the wind bird, he took off and flew away in another direction.

The windbird let out another startled cry, flapping its wings in an attempt to catch up, but ultimately, due to its severe injuries, it was unable to continue flying and eventually fell to the ground.

Ye Feng was being caught up by Yan Kai at the moment, so he naturally couldn't take care of the wind bird and could only let it fend for itself.

Seeing that Ye Feng had given up on the Wind Bird, Yan Kai and the others naturally stopped paying attention to the small Wind Bird and quickly turned around to chase after Ye Feng.

"Hmph, without the Wind Bird, let's see how you escape now." Yan Kai had a confident smile on his face. Without the Wind Bird, Ye Feng's speed would definitely not be comparable to theirs. He seemed to already see the scene of him catching up with and killing Ye Feng.

However, Yan Kai's smile didn't last long before it froze, because he saw that Ye Feng in the air had suddenly sprouted two wings. After the wings appeared, Ye Feng's speed increased rapidly, even faster than Yan Kai and the others' mount, the Phoenix Bird. Yan Kai and the others did not close the distance with Ye Feng; instead, Ye Feng once again left them behind.

"Damn it, this guy actually has magical artifacts like wings. I underestimated him." Yan Kai roared angrily.

After the wind bird was injured, Ye Feng immediately used his flight skill. Originally, Ye Feng did not use it because he was afraid of too much consumption of his own energy, but now he could not care about that. It was better to consume too much energy than to be trapped by the great formation of the thirteen guardians behind him.

Seeing Ye Feng running further and further away, Yan Kai behind him began to get a little anxious.

"You guys hurry up and follow me. I'll go hold this guy off," Yan Kai instructed.

"Yes," the thirteen guardians answered in unison.

After saying this, Yan Kai threw out the narrow dagger in his hand. The dagger spun a few times in the air and then stopped in front of Yan Kai. At the same time, Yan Kai left the phoenix bird beneath him and jumped onto the dagger.

To fly using a flying device.

The technique Yan Kai used was a flight method that only Spirit God warriors could master: flying with a weapon. Flying with a weapon could only be mastered at the Spirit God realm, but not all Spirit God warriors could master it. The thirteen guardians behind Yan Kai had spent too much time on formations and therefore had not mastered flying with a weapon.

Moreover, not all weapons can be used for flying. They must be of Earth-grade quality or higher, and they must also have been imprinted with a wind-attribute formation before they can be used for flying.

Yan Kai did not use the flying artifact at first because he felt that the phoenix bird he was riding was enough to catch up with Ye Feng. Moreover, Yan Kai was the only one among them who could fly with the artifact. Yan Kai was a cautious martial artist, so he did not fly up with the artifact to fight Ye Feng alone from the beginning.

Even though his cultivation level was much higher than Ye Feng's, Yan Kai did not underestimate him. Instead, he wanted to trap Ye Feng with the trapping formation of the Thirteen Protectors and then kill him. This was because Ye Feng's strength at Yanluo Sect had attracted Yan Kai's attention.

This was indeed a good choice for the naturally cautious Yan Kai. However, the plan had to be changed now. If he didn't go after Ye Feng, Ye Feng might escape.

Although he used a flying artifact, Yan Kai did not intend to fight Ye Feng head-on. Instead, he ordered the thirteen protectors to follow quickly. He only needed to hold off Ye Feng for a while, and once the thirteen protectors arrived, he could easily kill Ye Feng.

In his flying state, Yan Kai's speed even surpasses Ye Feng's. This is due to the difference in their cultivation levels. Yan Kai's cultivation level is inherently higher than Ye Feng's, and moreover, Yan Kai is a wind-attribute martial artist. Therefore, Yan Kai definitely has a significant advantage in flight.

Ye Feng originally thought he could shake off the pursuers by using his wings, but Yan Kai caught up from behind very quickly. This surprised Ye Feng, because Ye Feng was not only using the flight skill of his wings, but also activating the acceleration skill. In this state, Ye Feng was consuming a lot of energy.

Even so, Ye Feng's speed was still slower than Yan Kai's, who was closing in on Ye Feng step by step.

"Divine Speed ​​Talisman"

Ye Feng gritted his teeth and took out the only Swift Travel Talisman he had. He had obtained it from Beck when they went on a mission together at Yanluo Gate. Ye Feng hadn't used it then, but now it came in handy.

The Divine Speed ​​Talisman burned away in a flame, and a beam of light was added to Ye Feng's body. Ye Feng found that his body was much lighter. In this state, Ye Feng exerted a little effort and his speed was much faster than before.

"This Swiftness Talisman is indeed a good thing. It must be quite valuable," Ye Feng exclaimed. Although Ye Feng had no knowledge of talisman making, he could judge the value of the Swiftness Talisman just by its effect.

"Huh? Damn it." Yan Kai, who was behind Ye Feng, wanted to curse. He originally thought that catching up with Ye Feng was a sure thing, but Ye Feng actually accelerated again. Compared to him, Yan Kai's speed seemed much slower.

"This guy must have used some kind of secret technique, which must have taken a huge toll on his body, and such a technique can't last long," Yan Kai thought to himself.

"Hmph, you think you're the only one with secret techniques? Do you think I don't have them too!" Yan Kai said angrily. Ye Feng's repeated displays of his ability to escape were getting to Yan Kai's annoyance.

However, Yan Kai dared not let Ye Feng out of their sight. Now that they had been exposed, if Ye Feng were to leave their line of sight and find a place to hide, it would be troublesome to find him again.

(End of this chapter)