Chapter 203: Various Schemes, Severing an Arm with a Single Stroke
"He actually escaped the city, how could he be so fast?"
Sensing Lu Qing's aura outside the city, the elderly woman from the Zheng family was shocked and furious.
Along the way, she had not paused for a moment, rushing towards the city gate with all her might.
Yet, that little brat had managed to get ahead of her and escape the city?
Just then, the elderly woman from the Zheng family sensed that Lu Qing's aura had suddenly weakened, as if he had suffered a serious injury.
"Let's see how you escape now!"
The old woman from the Zheng family was delighted.
She knew that the little brat must have used some secret technique that drained his body, allowing him to get ahead of her and escape the city.
Otherwise, how could someone at the post-innate realm possibly match her speed, a formidable figure at the innate realm.
But to unleash a secret technique with speed comparable to the innate realm would undoubtedly come at a cost.
Now that the little brat's aura had diminished, it was clear that the technique's duration had ended, and the side effects were taking their toll.
Without hesitation, the old woman from the Zheng family tossed aside the guard accompanying her and rushed out of the city.
Any further delay, and she feared that the little brat would use his aura-concealing technique again and continue playing hide-and-seek with her like a cunning mouse.
After chasing for a while, the old woman had figured out the brat's trick.
His aura-concealing technique probably couldn't be maintained continuously and had a time limit.
Otherwise, he could have kept his aura hidden and hidden anywhere in the city.
With his cunning, it would be extremely difficult for even her to find him again in the vast provincial city.
As the old woman from the Zheng family rushed out of the city, the guard she had flung aside crashed to the ground, his head bleeding profusely.
If he hadn't possessed some martial arts training and been a seasoned warrior, that fall might have cost him his life.
"Old Chen, are you alright?"
His companion, who had been cowering silently beside him, quickly helped him up.
"I'm fine, but my life is already half gone."
Old Chen forced a bitter smile, feeling his qi and blood dissipating and his internal organs aching.
He knew that he had probably sustained internal injuries and would need at least ten days to half a month to fully recover.
"That person earlier, was she the elder from the Zheng family? Who is she, and what did she do to anger her so much...?"
Before his companion could finish his sentence, his body stiffened as he saw several figures with powerful auras appearing before the city gate.
He recognized one of them.
"C-City Lord?" Old Chen stammered in shock.
"You're injured. Who did this?"
Although the City Lord didn't recognize Old Chen and his companion, he could tell from their clothing that they were gate guards.
"Reporting to the City Lord, it was an old woman holding a dragon-headed cane."
Old Chen was so moved by the City Lord's concern that he answered respectfully, despite his resentment towards the old woman.
However, he still dared not speak rudely of her.
"So it was her." A refined old man among the group frowned, "Young man, do you know why that old woman left the city?"
"I'm not sure, but it seemed like she was chasing someone. A figure rushed out of the city earlier, and she went after him, calling him a 'little brat' and seeming to hate him deeply."
Old Chen quickly summarized what had just happened.
"Little brat?"
The refined old man and the others exchanged glances, surprised.
"Who is this person that dared to anger that old woman so much that she used her innate pressure within the city and even chased him out of the city?"
Because everything had happened so quickly, these innate realm powerhouses were still unclear about the situation at Zheng Manor.
"How did he end up so far ahead of us, and why didn't we sense his presence?"
For a moment, everyone was perplexed by the situation before them.
"Hmph! Regardless of the reason, we'll find out once we catch up." The city lord coldly huffed.
"That old woman from the Zheng family has repeatedly abused her innate pressure within the city walls, and this time she even injured the gate guards. The last time, I turned a blind eye because of her grief over losing her grandson, but does she really think there are no rules in Cangzhou City?"
"Very well, let's go and see what's going on."
The refined old man and his companions knew that the city lord was growing irritated.
Usually, their innate realm families and the city lord's mansion had a mutually restraining relationship and were somewhat opposed to each other.
Now that the old crone had repeatedly broken the rules, it was only natural for him to be displeased.
The group employed their martial arts techniques and headed out of the city as well.
They left the guards at the gate perplexed, wondering what had happened in the city that even the city lord had been stirred.
"You little beast, where do you think you're running off to?"
As the refined old man and his group departed from the city gates, about ten miles outside Cangzhou City, the elderly woman from the Zheng family finally caught sight of Lu Qing's figure again.
She was overjoyed and secretly shocked by Lu Qing's tenacity.
This little beast's resilience was terrifyingly tenacious.
He had fled from the city, repeatedly using that strange ability to conceal his aura.
If not for the open space outside the city and the obvious footprints on the ground, she might have lost him.
However, at that moment, she finally felt some relief.
She sensed that Lu Qing's aura had weakened significantly during the pursuit, his speed had decreased greatly, and his gait had become unsteady.
He was clearly at the end of his rope.
In just a few breaths, she would catch up to him.
As if realizing his inevitable capture, Lu Qing suddenly stopped, his back against a large rock. He panted heavily, drenched in sweat, his gaze fixed on her with intense hatred.
"Keep running! Why have you stopped? You little beast, where do you think you can go now?" The old woman from the Zheng family was no longer in a hurry as she saw Lu Qing come to a halt.
She, too, stopped her pursuit and slowly walked forward.
She saw the hatred in Lu Qing's eyes, and it brought her immense satisfaction.
"Don't worry, little beast. I won't kill you just yet. I want to chop off your limbs and torture you slowly. I hope you can maintain this level of hatred, or it will be no fun at all!" The old woman from the Zheng family smiled cruelly as she spoke, her words filled with malice.
She despised Lu Qing to the core and would not let him die so easily.
She wanted to capture him and inflict endless torment, just as she had done to the lowly woman who had bewitched her eldest son, causing his demise.
Lu Qing remained silent, his gaze fixed on the old woman with intense loathing.
But this only added to the old woman's pleasure.
With a cruel smile, she tapped her dragon-headed cane, and several transparent qi energies appeared, aiming to cripple Lu Qing's limbs.
However, just as the qi energies were about to strike, Lu Qing suddenly broke into a brilliant smile.
The large rock behind him exploded, and his figure vanished from sight.
He reappeared less than two meters in front of the old woman.
Whoosh!
A dazzlingly bright blade light flashed.
An arm, wrinkled like tree bark, fell to the ground.
Along with it, a sentence was uttered.
"Old hag, whose limbs did you want to chop off?"
(End of Chapter)
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