I asked you to practice physical skills, not to open the Eight Gates!

Chapter 63, Chase

“This is a photo of the target person.”

The man handed a photo to Zhao Changfeng.

Li Yang also leaned over to take a look.

The photo is a bit blurry, but you can still see clearly that it shows a girl with a pretty face and eyes like a frightened kitten.

"According to the information we have obtained so far, this girl possesses a power that can purify the erosion of the mysterious tree."

"Everyone is looking for her now, including the people from Ya Yu Country. But for us, the most important competitors are Xifeng Country and Xuanwu Country, they are also looking for this person." said the man.

Zhao Changfeng nodded: "Is this girl still in Yucheng now?"

"Someone saw her yesterday in Rain City. But no one has found her today. I don't know where she is hiding."

"Then let's go to the place where she was last seen yesterday." Zhao Changfeng put the photo away.

"By the way, let me introduce you. This is Li Yang, you must have heard of him."

"Li Yang, this is Zhao Guang and Bai Guang."

"Hello."

Li Yang simply shook hands with them.

Then, several people walked towards the building in front.

……

In the city covered with heavy rain, undercurrents surge amid the hustle and bustle.

As he walked along, Li Yang saw many people with hurried looks and strange behavior, walking through the streets and alleys, looking for something.

I guess they are looking for that girl too.

The appearance of the mysterious tree caused panic among all the people in the empire.

In particular, the mysterious tree has a corrosive effect on humans and will cause them to lose their humanity.

Now, someone has finally appeared who has the ability to resist the erosion of the mysterious tree, and all forces do not want to let him go.

Although the people of Ya Yu Country also want her, now that so many forces are involved, even if the girl is from Ya Yu Country, they can't keep her if they want to.

Now, it all depends on who finds the person first and who has the ability to take the person away.

Li Yang and his companions came to a ruined church.

Judging from the decoration here, there must have been a lot of people here in the past.

But now it's all gone.

I don’t know if it’s because of the war or because of the appearance of the mysterious tree.

"Yesterday around three o'clock in the afternoon, someone found the target person here, but he disappeared later," said Zhao Guang.

Zhao Changfeng nodded and began to observe the surrounding situation carefully.

Li Yang also started to observe.

Although the target person had appeared here, the chairs in the church were still neatly arranged, and it did not look like there had been any chaos.

He came to a corner next to the corridor and saw three biscuit bags and an empty water bottle.

A picture quickly emerged in Li Yang's mind - the girl curled up in a corner, looking at the heavy rain outside, gnawing on the few biscuits in her hand, and trembling with fear.

Opposite the corridor is an exit, which is the only exit besides the main entrance of the church.

"She is no longer in the church. If she wanted to leave, going through the front door would attract attention, so she must have left through the side door." Zhao Changfeng also came over to observe.

Several people walked along the corridor and towards the side door.

But outside the side door was a muddy ground. After being soaked in rain for a long time, all traces on the ground had long been washed away.

Moreover, a day has passed, and even if there were any traces, they have been messed up by other people's footprints.

There are three directions outside the side door.

The left side is the city area leading to the mysterious tree, the middle is the city area leading to the other side, and the right side is the suburbs outside the city.

"Li Yang, which way do you think she will go?" Zhao Changfeng asked.

"She is being chased by people from all sides. If she goes to the city, she will be walking into a tiger's mouth. She will be safer only if she goes to the suburbs."

"But as the saying goes, the more dangerous the place, the safer it is. She may risk her life and continue to hide in the city." Li Yang said. "What are you talking about? According to what you said, it could be anywhere?" Zhao Changfeng said with a smile.

Li Yang shrugged.

But that's the fact. He is not a professional tracking and exploring extraordinary person, so why would he analyze so much?
"The more dangerous the place, the safer it is. However, people who can make such a decision often need to have a strong enough mentality. This is not something a girl who is being hunted down can do."

"Let's go this way."

Zhao Changfeng walked towards the suburbs on the right.

Li Yang followed.

……

The rain is still falling.

When we arrived at the suburbs, we were surrounded by dense forests.

This kind of place is perfect for stealth.

Especially now it is raining heavily. According to what Zhao Guang and others have told us, it rains in Yucheng all year round, and this rain has lasted for four or five days without stopping.

In other words, it was also raining when the target person escaped yesterday.

This makes it even more difficult to track down his whereabouts.

Even if there were obvious traces left yesterday, they have now all been washed away by the rain.

"The rain was too heavy and it kept falling. If we couldn't catch her then, it would be very difficult to find her now based on the traces," said Zhao Guang.

In this situation, even a superhuman who is good at tracking would probably be helpless.

"But it's raining, and visibility is affected. Even if you're a local of Rain City, you probably can't run fast, right? And with so many people chasing you, it shouldn't be that easy for one person to get away."

Li Yang observed the trees around him.

Each tree is more than one meter in diameter.

Maybe there are Tibetans in places like this?

Li Yang opened his Sharingan and carefully observed every detail around him.

The Sharingan does not have the ability to see through things, but its insight is stronger than that of the naked eye.

As a result, Li Yang actually saw some content——

On a tree not far ahead, there was an obvious layer of square energy on the surface of the bark.

It looks like a layer of glue that sticks the bark firmly to the tree.

He walked up to the tree.

From the outside, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the tree, and the bark is a whole piece and doesn't look like it has been cut.

But under the Sharingan, the bark is surrounded by a circle of glue-like energy, connecting the entire piece of bark.

Just as Li Yang was about to put his hand on the bark.

Suddenly, the entire bark was broken and a figure rushed out from it.

"Want to run?"

Li Yang was on guard and grabbed the girl's wrist.

The girl pulled hard a few times but to no avail, so she turned around decisively, opened her mouth and bit Li Yang's hand hard.

Li Yang felt a little pain and subconsciously let go, and the girl took the opportunity to escape.

But Zhao Changfeng and the others had already noticed the movement here.

They blocked the way in several directions, completely blocking the girl's way.

The girl was surrounded in the middle, her eyes under the raincoat were like an angry kitten, looking at Li Yang and others viciously.

This look... is very cold and stern.

"Don't be nervous, we won't hurt you, just calm down." Li Yang said.

Now it can be basically confirmed that the girl in front of them is their target.

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(End of this chapter)