Chapter 1401 - Black Wind Dual Fiends

In the face of Gai Huang’s relentless attacks, the more casual Chen Fan appeared, the more Gai Huang’s fury burned.

What shocked him even further was the realization that Chen Fan’s speed was steadily increasing; step by step, he was slipping out of reach.

Unbeknownst to him, Chen Fan had recently broken through to the middle-stage Void Immortal realm and was slowly mastering his newfound strength. Naturally, his speed would rise as time passed.

“Damned bastard, you won’t get away!”

Gai Huang’s eyes became a little bloodshot.

If he really allowed Chen Fan to escape, how could he face others in the future?

Wouldn’t he become the laughing stock of the ancient realm?

He spat out a mouthful of blood essence and ignited it, significantly boosting his speed.

“Bastard, die, die, die!” he howled, striking out with wild abandon.

However, Chen Fan kept slipping away like a slippery loach, making every attack fall short.

Moreover, as the time limit for his secret technique ticked away, his speed plummeted. He could only watch helplessly as Chen Fan widened the gap, moving like the wind, his figure vanishing further and further until nothing remained in sight.

“Ahhh!” Gai Huang’s scream split the air. He halted, glaring at the spot where Chen Fan had disappeared, eyes blazing scarlet. A terrifying aura emanated from him, sweeping across the land like tidal waves; explosions tore through the ground, as countless mountains crumbled and rivers shattered beneath his wrath.

Gai Huang was so angry that his soul nearly left him.

He was a sixth-stage half-immortal realm expert, yet he could only watch as the murderer of his brother and the destroyer of the Eclipse Alliance slipped through his fingers.

The most humiliating part was that Chen Fan had actually waited for Gai Huang to return, yet even then, he still couldn’t make him pay.

This was the greatest disgrace of his life. Not even the waters from the four seas could wash it away.

“Bastard! Son of a bitch! I won’t let you off. I, Gai Huang, swear that I’ll find you and kill you even if I have to search to the ends of the world or dig three feet into the ground!”

Gai Huang’s fierce roar echoed in heaven and earth. Chen Fan had escaped his pursuit, but that was only the beginning.

No matter where Chen Fan went, someone always seemed to discover him. It wasn’t that Gai Huang had caught up; instead, countless strangers had suddenly set their sights on him.

Soon, Chen Fan learned the truth: Gai Huang had placed an astronomical bounty on his head. He was using the other forces inside the ancient realm to find him. And it didn’t end there, as other powers had also put up bounties.

One such force was the Hua Alliance. Chen Fan hadn’t expected to find another Hua Alliance in the Immortal Conferral Ancient Realm.

However, he soon came to the realization that it was probably some people from the Featherlight Sect who had entered earlier, following Hua Yunxiao. They had re-established the Hua Alliance here, its influence rivaling even the Eclipse Alliance.

Aside from the Hua Alliance, there was another force known as the Apex Mystic Alliance. A closer look revealed the mastermind—Murong Yunhai.

Murong Yunhai was one of the top prodigies of the Apex Mystic Sect. He entered the Immortal Conferral Ancient Realm several years ago and was now in the sixth-stage half-immortal realm. The true reason Murong Yunhai targeted Chen Fan had little to do with the Featherlight Sect and everything to do with Murong Ting.

Although the Hua Alliance and the Apex Mystic Alliance held only mid-tier influence within the Immortal Conferral Ancient Realm, the promise of extravagant rewards was enough to stir countless forces.

Chen Fan was also very helpless about this. He hadn’t expected Gai Huang to be just the beginning, and now even the Hua Alliance and the Apex Mystic Alliance had joined the chase.

It felt as though multiple vast nets were closing around him, each push driving him closer to a dead end.

Therefore, Chen Fan never stayed long in any one place, lest he be discovered. If a fifth or sixth-stage half-immortal came; if several came at once, he would be in mortal danger.

This left him rootless, with no true footing anywhere in the ancient realm.

He wandered around in the ancient realm. Over the past month or so, he had almost no time to rest, constantly moving from one place to another.

Of course, during this pursuit, Chen Fan also stabilized his cultivation in the middle-stage Void Immortal realm, steadily improving.

Time passed quickly, and three months have gone by.

In that time, he truly learned what it meant to be unable to take a single step freely. Wherever he appeared, eyes seemed to spot him almost instantly, and groups of experts would swoop down in pursuit.

Chen Fan would fight or kill those he could defeat, or rely on his speed to flee from those whom he couldn’t defeat.

He also experienced several tough battles over the past three months. On several occasions, he found himself in situations where half-immortal realm experts surrounded him. He killed many and was also heavily injured.

During this process, his cultivation gradually rose to the peak of the middle-stage Void Immortal level. Now, he was only a step away from reaching the late stage.

His combat strength had also risen considerably. He could now exchange several moves with even fifth or sixth-stage half-immortals without getting defeated immediately.

These three months were not in vain.

In a mountain forest steeped in desolation, silence reigned until the sound of rushing wind split the air.

Swish, swish.

Two powerful figures streaked across the sky. They were vicious-looking men with auras deep and oppressive. Both were fifth-stage half-immortals, and they were at the peak, not far away from the sixth stage.

One of the vicious-looking youths said frustratedly, “Damn it, where did Chen Fan run off to? Didn’t they say he was here? Why is he gone again!”

“Damn it, Chen Fan is like a slippery eel. It’s simply impossible to catch him. We’ve been chasing him for a whole month, and most of the time we can’t find him at all.” The other man also said gloomily, “If someone else finds him first, all his treasures would go into their pocket.”

“That’s right, this brat cleaned out the Eclipse Alliance’s treasury, and I also heard that he’s the champion of the Featherlight Sect’s Low-Class Disciples Martial Meet. He has an Immortal Breakthrough Pill, a mid-grade immortal elixir. He mustn’t fall into anyone else’s hands.”

“Go, chase. We can’t let him get away. Otherwise, with so many people aiming for him, we won’t have a chance!”

These two powerful figures quickly disappeared from the sky.

Not long after, the sandy soil below, which had seemed ordinary, shifted and parted. A lone figure rose from within: Chen Fan. Straightening his body, he fixed his gaze on the distant sky, eyes sharp as blades.

They were the Black Wind Dual Fiends. They were a pair of twins and were very powerful. They specialized in joint attacks; when they joined hands, they could fight against a sixth-stage half-immortal expert.

For the past month, they had hounded him like rabid dogs; more than once, Chen Fan had nearly been caught. He was no match for them now. So, he could only keep avoiding them.

This time, they had chased him for three days and three nights. Only by burrowing beneath the sandy soil and using the Heaven and Earth Furnace to mask his aura had he finally shaken them off.