Chaotic Sword God Chapter 366: Inescapable Net (Four)

As he ran, Jian Chen continued to think about his options. Changing directions every so often, he made a dash for the nearest city.

The surrounding environment had already been memorized by Jian Chen, so he knew that a thousand kilometers away, there was a single First Class City. With a wind attribute Heaven Saint Master chasing after him, he would only be able to throw him off temporarily. If he were to stop, then the Heaven Saint Master would quickly catch up.

So running without a purpose or direction was out of the question. Once his Saint Force were to become empty, then he would be at a point of no return. He had to enter a city since with the various amount of people, he could hide himself without being caught.

Quickly, Jian Chen made the journey into the First Class City and then leapt over the walls to hide amongst the buildings behind it.

Not too long after Jian Chen’s disappearance, an azure streak of light could be seen as the third elder flew through the air. Floating within the middle of the night, he stared down towards the city, “What a crafty youngster. Seeing how you stopped within a city, that means you cannot keep that speed up for an extended period of time.” Afterwards, the elder remained motionless as he looked all around with his eyes as if trying to look for any traces of Jian Chen that could be followed.

Some time later, the sounds of 7 Heaven Saint Masters flying through the air could be heard before finally stopping right next to the third elder of the Shi family.

“Third elder, could Jian Chen have hidden himself within the city?” The fourth elder asked.

The third elder let out a sigh, “This Jian Chen’s speed is truly too fast. Even with my entire strength, I was unable to keep up with him. He managed to disappear in the city, and I’ve yet to figure out where he is located at.”

“How...how is that possible? Third elder, is Jian Chen’s speed so truly fast that even you cannot keep up?” The fourth elder’s eyes grew extremely wide in disbelief at the words coming out from the third elder’s mouth.

But he wasn’t the only one. The two brothers from the Jiede clan could only stare in disbelief as well. An Earth Saint Master being able to outspeed a wind attribute Heaven Saint Master was an impossible feat until now.

Hearing this, the third brother of the Cai family had a smile smile. If even a wind attribute Heaven Saint Master wasn’t able to catch Jian Chen, then Jian Chen escaping from his hands was not too much of an embarrassing thing.

“This Jian Chen is far too crafty. To hide in a city where there are thousands of people and buildings, finding him would become an extremely arduous task. If we are not careful, then he’ll take advantage of our carelessness and slip out amongst the others.” One of the elders from the Jiede clan spoke.

“Fellow comrades, it’s already dawn, we should hurry up and assign ourselves to a specific area to ensure he does not escape our grasp once more.” The third brother spoke.

“The way I see things is that the eight of us should go to the city lord and have him garrison some soldiers to help us. The rest of us will then guard the cardinal gates as well as the other isolated areas of the city. This way, Jian Chen cannot escape from us.” Another elder spoke from the Jiede clan.

The third brother nodded his head lightly, “There’s only this option left. I will go inform the city lord, the seven of you should go spread out and guard your areas. We must maintain a strict guard, no matter who tries to leave must use clear water to wash their faces. This is to prevent Jian Chen from changing his face. If anyone doesn’t comply, be merciless.”

With the plan in place, everyone set out to accomplish their side of things.

Within a large garden, a group of soldiers with torches held high could be seen patrolling the area. Just from their appearances, anyone could tell that this area did not belong to a regular person.

Not too long after the guards had patrolled the area, a dark shadow suddenly appeared from the side. Within the guise of the night, he entered without a sound into one of the empty rooms.

This figure was Jian Chen. After selecting an empty house to reside in, Jian Chen strained his ears for any outside noises before settling down with the white tiger by his side. Taking out another Class 5 Monster Core, he began to recover his lost Saint Force.

The white tiger seemed as if it had sense the danger Jian Chen was in, so on the way, the tiger cub had been very quiet as it remained around Jian Chen’s chest. Its eyes looked about the area in curiosity, and when they got to the empty house, it sat by Jian Chen’s side. Straining its ears as well, the cub didn’t make another move.

Time went by as the sun quickly hung high into the sky. By this point, Jian Chen had fully recovered his strength and stood up to survey the area.

This room didn’t have any person inhabiting it for a very long time, so there was a layer of dust on the ground. Furthermore, the arrangements of the furniture was rather basic, as if meant for the next resident to do the arrangements when they moved in.

After sitting around in the room for several moments, Jian Chen’s eyes fell upon his Space Ring. With some hesitation, he grabbed another Space Ring and began to divide up his things. The Ruler Armaments, Heaven Tier Battle Skill and several other precious objects went into one Space Ring while the other Space Ring contained several sets of clothes, some monster cores, and money.

Then, Jian Chen swapped out his Space Ring for the other one. The Space Ring with his more precious items went into a small box which he began to find a place to hide it.

Since there were 8 Heaven Saint Masters surrounding the city, it was difficult to predict if he would survive or not, so he needed to prepare himself. One plan was to hide the more precious items in a Space Ring and then into a concealed area. Even if he were to die, Jian Chen had no desire to see the items be recovered by either the Jiede clan or Shi family.

If he were to escape from this calamity, then after everything had blown over, he could come back and retrieve the items.

After locking up the items within the box, Jian Chen thought for a moment before hurriedly opening the box up once more. Taking the Duanyun Sword and the Seal of Treasure Mountain out, he placed them in a third Space Ring. He knew that the third brother of the Shi family had a method to find the Ruler Armaments, so he needed to separate them from the other precious items.

Nightfall came by quickly, leaving the garden empty. Jian Chen lightly opened up the doors and escaped outside with the white tiger. In a moment, he came across the well of the place. Taking the Space Ring with the box in it, he tossed it into the well and headed back towards the room he was staying in. Leaping onto the beams of the building, Jian Chen released a sharp amount of Sword Qi from his fingertips and dug a small finger sized hole for the other Space Ring to be in.

Placing the Space Ring with the Ruler Armaments into this hole, Jian Chen filled the hole back up, making it extremely unnoticeable and utterly impossible for even the gods to know.

After all of this was done, Jian Chen let out a sigh in relief. Even if he were to be discovered, it would still not be easy for either of the two families.

Daybreak came once more with Jian Chen’s facial appearances changed. Carefully wrapping the tiger up around his chest, he caressed the head of the tiger cub gently, “Little cub, I need to go inquire about the outside area, but I cannot bring you. Please be obedient and stay here without running off, okay?”

The tiger cub’s bright eyes stared up at Jian Chen, leaving him unsure of whether or not his words were understood.

Ignoring the issue, Jian Chen took out several milk bottles and then left the tiger cub onto the bed before leaving the room.

Jian Chen discreetly made his way onto the streets from the manor. By walking from the alleyway onto the main street, he made it seem like he was just another passerby and began to inspect the houses to see what type of area he was in.

On the gates to the villa, a large board could be seen hanging overhead with the words, “Huangpu Trading“. Evidently, this area was heavily reliant on trading.

Remembering the name of the villa, Jian Chen left the area and began to wander around the city.

A First Class City was far bigger and more luxurious than a Second Class City. When one entered a First Class City, they would be able to see several rich and strong looking mercenaries that were clearly not seen in such a high amount anywhere else.

Suddenly, a loud noise could be heard as a squadron of armored soldiers visited store after store as if searching for something. On the road, they continued to question everyone in such a manner that caused everyone to grumble in annoyance and confusion.

Just then, a soldier blocked Jian Chen’s path, “Have you seen a person carrying a pure white magical beast anywhere?”

“I have not.” Jian Chen’s face didn’t betray any emotions as he replied.

“You may go. Remember, if you are to see either a snowy white magical beast or a man with perhaps an unnatural bulge, you are to immediately report this to the city lord!” The soldier’s face carried a serious look as he stared at Jian Chen.

“Yes, understood. If I see such a thing, I will make sure to notify the city lord straight away.” Jian Chen replied.

After that, the soldier didn’t pay anymore attention to Jian Chen and left him to interrogate someone else.

After walking through three streets, Jian Chen could see the same soldiers visit every single store or home and block off people to interrogate them.

Carelessly, Jian Chen wandered the street before finally coming across the city gates. But instead of a steady stream of people walking in or out, there was a large congestion of merchants and travelers.

Walking to the higher levels of one of the nearby restaurants, Jian Chen could only see a large amount of soldiers guarding the city gates with several large vats of water. With each person that tried to enter or leave, the soldiers would use a wet rag to scrub at their faces. Even the rich and powerful were not exempt from this, much to their anger.

Seeing this, Jian Chen couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Right now this city was under the complete control of the Jiede clan and the Shi family. With this, they had set out an inescapable net all over the city.