Yefutidaolu

Chapter 236 Illusion, Chase

"Don't run! You damn liar!"

The suspended walkway crumbled inch by inch beneath Dansha's feet, and Dansha's body began to transform into a dragon.

His pupils turned into vertical pupils, his nictitating membranes covered his eyes, his purple jade fingernails transformed into sharp claws, and the dragon scales on his body became more conspicuous, even covering his limbs and his chest.

This is a form somewhere between a human and a dragon.

She did not transform into her full form, because that would be too enormous. An excessively large body is not a good thing during a chase, especially in a place like the capital.

Even if Dan Sha is at the sixth level, he is easily hit by those large flying ships when crossing the waterway. And if he is hit... he may not die, but he will definitely have to stay in the hospital for a while.

Therefore, it is more suitable for people with small body types.

Dan Sha's vertical pupils suddenly contracted, and as he accelerated, a water arrow condensed at his fingertips and shot towards Ye Qingmu.

This moisture is from the water vapor that cinnabar captures from the source of a river. Those near the river are mostly green, and the moisture is so strong that it becomes green when soaked in. The watermarks have dried and overflowed in several layers, which undoubtedly indicates that it has been immersed in water. The color is pure blue and can be used to mark a person's body.

If you get hit, the color cannot be easily washed off.

The little swindler spun around and unleashed a spell, which turned out to be a wisp of winter air, with ice crystals blooming into frost flowers on his fingers.

The biting frost and snow, the floodwaters, the heavy snow and frost, all combine to control the waters of the river source.

Clearly, the cultivation level of the fourth realm was far from sufficient to resist this move, so Ye Qingmu was still hit.

In an instant, her physical body shattered.

While the technique of using cinnabar is indeed primarily for coloring, it doesn't mean it's harmless. For someone at the fourth realm of cultivation to receive a cinnabar attack would be perfectly normal to be shattered.

Dansha laughed. Serves you right! Liar!
Then she chased him to the cliff edge, grabbed the corpse, but missed.

But then they saw Ye Qingmu's body transform into hundreds of paper cranes, the snow-white paper pieces igniting at the slightest touch of the wind, turning into a flock of firebirds that swooped down on Dan Sha's face!
However, the Dragon Girl advanced instead of retreating, leaping on the burning bird feathers. Wherever her crimson skirt swept past, a white mist rose up, directly suppressing the raging fire!

This is suppression due to cultivation level!
"That's fierce, it really scared me to death." A voice came from above.

Dansha looked up and saw the person hanging upside down on the ceiling of the floating pavilion, her hair hanging down and bathed in the glow of the setting sun, which, combined with her appearance, made her look somewhat dreamlike.

But the next moment, the water dragon roared and smashed the floating pavilion. Amidst the flying wood chips, Ye Qingmu's body transformed into a shower of golden foil.

Dansha whirled around and, sure enough, saw that the figure had already vanished and was now at the end of the cloud bridge—

The cloud bridge was moving on its own, writhing like a living snake, because it was fitting into the 'Shaowei' neighborhood and the adjacent 'Xuanyuan' neighborhood.

Xuanyuan was already close to leaving the Taiwei Enclosure area.

To the east of Taiwei Enclosure are the constellations Dajiao, Zuoyou Sheti, and Jiao, while to the west it is adjacent to Xuanyuan Star, and to the north it faces the Big Dipper.

That's not the other party's supernatural power; it's a god moving on its own!

Those were all illusions.

This is a realm where illusion techniques are mastered. It is by using these illusions that Ye Qingmu has never been captured!

Moreover, this is not based on the 'divine illusion' of the divine gate, but rather on the 'qi illusion' of the qi gate.

The concept of "divine illusion" refers to influencing others' perceptions through divine will, thereby creating illusions. Its advantage lies in its immense suppressive power against lower-level cultivators and its strong interference with those of the same realm, but it has almost no effect on higher-level cultivators.

Qi illusion, on the other hand, uses 'qi' to simulate the appearance of other things. It is fake, but not an illusion. It is a real thing. Therefore, it tests the opponent's eyesight and one's own simulation ability, rather than the influence of the spell.

She was at the fourth realm, having opened her Qi gate. The illusion she created was extraordinary, having already attracted two attacks from Dan Sha. Taking this opportunity, she boarded the moving structure of the capital city and prepared to escape.

If Dansha wants to catch up, it has to cross the waterway!
That would take a lot of effort, and you'd likely be tracked down by law enforcement officers on the street.

That's how it is in God's capital.

Scammers and thieves are minor issues.

The quickest way to take action is always to disrupt traffic, because traffic is very important. If the waterways are blocked, then the automatic operation of the capital city will be affected.

Therefore, Dansha either crosses the waterway and waits to be hunted down or is simply hit by the airship, or he can only watch helplessly as the other party escapes.

This is Ye Qingmu's way of survival—always successful, never failing.

Dan Sha was furious. He stomped down, shattering the brick beneath his feet into quicksand. He then drew blood from his palm, which fell to the ground and solidified into a fire lotus. Immediately afterward, the sea fire wrapped around his arm expanded! Above the sky, the sea fire, aided by the dragon's blood, amplified its power, instantly blasting a path through the street!
All the airships were forced to give way, clearing the way for Dansha.

Dansha lightly touched the ground with her toes and sprinted across the blooming fire lotuses. Dragon scales had already covered her navel, indicating that her power output had increased significantly.

Ye Qingmu was completely stunned!
No!
To directly use powerful magic to blast apart the fleet of airships, forcing them all to change course, thus clearing its own path? Is this dragon out of its mind?!

But... it's a good thing.

In this way, the law enforcement officers guarding the road will be coming soon, and the dragon won't be able to escape; it can slip away on its own.

Ye Qingmu increased her speed.

Cinnabar naturally sped up its pace, and the water dragon condensed again, this time directly connecting the entire cloud bridge.

Because of her higher cultivation level, she was much faster than Ye Qingmu. In just an instant, she was already close behind Ye Qingmu and could even grab her clothes.

Amidst the rain of falling pebbles caused by the earlier eruption, Dansha grabbed the other's fluttering waist sash, only to see Ye Qingmu's figure flash, and his entire outer robe suddenly scattered into countless green butterflies.

"Next time you chase me, remember to keep your eyes open." As the lingering voice transmission dissipated, the moisture from the cinnabar just parted Ye Qingmu before him, only to find that it was another illusion.

The Dragon Girl was furious!
She continued her pursuit, determined not to give up.

Ye Qingmu relaxed.

Suddenly, she darted into a narrow alley between two suspended pavilions. When Dansha chased after her, she found it was a dead end.

"Watch your step." Before the words were finished, the wooden corridor that Dan Sha was stepping on suddenly tilted, the mortise and tenon joints came loose at the same time, and the vermilion railings were scattered like beads. The dragon girl flipped over and floated in the air, but Ye Qingmu grabbed the drooping banner, stepped on the falling beam for leverage, and lightly floated down to the lower floating island.

The pursuit continues.

As Dansha passed through the cloud staircase, she noticed that each step was slowly rotating. Just as she stepped firmly on the third step, the entire staircase suddenly reversed into a vertical ladder, and she missed her footing, falling towards the bottom of the flip-up platform. She had to fly up and readjust herself, while Ye Qingmu once again distanced himself.

The changes in the capital city are too unpredictable.

Each building seems to constantly separate and reassemble, so people unfamiliar with these structures simply cannot navigate the area.

Dan Sha was furious!
The floating islands on the west side of the street were about to fall apart. Dansha sped up and leaped onto the rooftop, where he saw more than a dozen floating islands slowly drifting away. The jade bricks on the edges of each island were peeling off and combining into a new shape.

Ye Qingmu had already passed through this area.

Cinnabar then took flight on the wind and chased after it, only to be blocked by a building that flew horizontally towards it.

The Dragon Girl gritted her teeth and risked crossing the ever-shrinking rift, but Ye Qingmu was always half a step ahead of her.

Dan Sha wasn't incapable of being faster; in fact, she was much faster than Ye Qingmu. In an open, uncharted area, she could easily catch up to him in an instant and crush him to death.

But at this moment, Ye Qingmu had ample advantage of the terrain. She sprinted through various crevices and buildings that were about to change, weaving through narrow paths, entering fissures, jumping off cliffs, and emerging from waterways.

She grew up in Yangjing and was naturally very familiar with the place.

Dansha chased for a full minute but couldn't catch up, and he started to get anxious!
That damn liar! He's not fast, but he's really slippery!

Every time he was about to encounter his opponent, he was able to escape by taking advantage of the terrain!

But Dan Sha knew in his heart that, being two realms lower, his opponent's stamina was bound to be insufficient.

In a few more minutes... she'll be dead!

Ye Qingmu realized this at this moment, but she wasn't worried.

This dragon girl has caused too much trouble. Soon someone will come to stop her. Before long, the dragon girl will be stopped by others, and then she can make her escape.

It's a pity that all that food was wasted.

Seven or eight gold coins.

Fortunately, we didn't have to pay, but we can't go to that inn next time.

As Ye Qingmu was thinking this, time passed little by little.

Soon, three minutes passed.

Ye Qingmu was already exhausted. This kind of rapid flight and maneuvering, while maintaining the illusion, was a heavy burden for her. This accelerated state had already overwhelmed her.

She couldn't help but complain in her heart!
Where are those damn patrolmen?! Can't they see how big the commotion is?!
As she cursed inwardly, Ye Qingmu crossed another intersection.

Based on her understanding of the area, it should be full of airships, since it's peak season.

But at this moment, the intersection is completely empty.

It was as if something had cleared the way.

and many more……

Clear the shipping lanes!
Moreover, more than three minutes have passed and the patrol team still hasn't arrived!

Did they really not make it in time?

Or is it that... you're not planning to pursue it at all?
Ye Qingmu's mind went blank for a moment.

Her fingers began to go numb, and an ominous premonition began to creep into her heart. Although her legs continued to move and accelerate, trying to get away from the dragon girl, fear gradually began to take over her mind, as if her body was exhausted and withered, and some terrible future was rapidly approaching.

But she still held onto a sliver of hope.

No way……

No, it's not that scary.

How could someone who can command those high-level cultivators who patrol the streets, a powerful figure whose strength even the laws of the divine dynasty would yield to, possibly get lost on the street...?

That dragon girl is definitely out of the question. Even if she were a real dragon, let alone a flood dragon, she would have to keep her head down in the Divine Dynasty. She has no right to be so presumptuous.

Who else could it be?
The injured man she had been carrying earlier?

That's not very likely.

That man looked to be only at the fourth or fifth level of cultivation; such a person couldn't possibly be a powerful expert, unless…

He was a student at the Imperial Academy.

The moment the thought crossed her mind, she was terrified.

Startled, she turned around and glanced at the dragon girl.

Huh?
Did the dragon girl stop?
She turned around and saw that Dansha had stopped and was just quietly looking ahead, her expression no longer so angry.

Phew... I guess the patrol team has finally arrived.

Ye Qingmu relaxed, and then she turned around.

But then I saw...

A man stood in front of her, near the cleared waterway.

It was the man who was wrapped in the dragon girl's body during the day.

However, martial artists at the fourth or fifth realm—

You can't stop her.

The patrol had arrived, so she shook off the man and ran away.

Thinking this, Ye Qingmu immediately turned around, lightly tapped her body, and like a swallow, darted into the window of the adjacent building and entered the room.

Once inside the room, jump down to the storage area where the flying boat is docked, and you can leave the upper level of Taiwei Enclosure. At that moment, Xuanyuan XIV will be below and able to catch you.

That's what she thought.

This path is absolutely unknown to anyone unfamiliar with it. The operation of the capital city is extremely complex. If someone tries to follow them in, they will find that they have already vanished without a trace. And if they want to get to Xuanyuan XIV, it will take at least five minutes, given the speed of that dragon girl.

In five minutes, I would have already made my escape.

Ye Qingmu breathed a long sigh of relief.

She leaped into the air, and a street just happened to fly over and catch her perfectly, not missing a single detail.

This is the correct way to travel in Yangjing.

Light shone down through the cracks in the floating city.

However, she suddenly realized that someone's shadow was pressing down on Ye Qingmu.

Ye Qingmu looked up and met Gao Jian's gaze in mid-air.

That person—

They've caught up.

Impossible! If you weren't familiar with how Yangjing operates, you absolutely couldn't keep up!
But the other party just kept up.

Is it a coincidence? After all, they were so close, it's not surprising that he caught up with them.

Then... let's speed it up again, besides... she's a practitioner of illusion magic.

Ye Qingmu made hand seals and threw out a stack of talismans, which transformed into eighteen sword-wielding Daoist boys who surrounded Gao Jian!
If you think these are all illusions, you will suffer a great loss. Two of the Taoist boys are genuine and have real killing power, capable of harming people, while the other sixteen are illusory, having only the form.

The Taoist boys formed a formation in the air and flew towards the man.

But then the man held his sword across his chest, and suddenly—all the Taoist disciples' movements went awry, slashing at each other as if they had lost control.

In the air, something seemed to be driven into the pillars, a few small nails with thin steel wires attached to their ends.

It turned out that the two Taoist boys were just feints; the real killing intent was the puppet strings attached to them.

Once Gao Jian is trapped in the formation, even if he is surrounded by the Daoist boys, these puppet threads can still bind him together.

With a sharp reflex, he yanked the knife around.

Ye Qingmu watched as her right little finger was severed and flew away.

No! The puppet threads had somehow wrapped around her knuckles, and with a tug, they tore off the fingers that were controlling the Taoist boy's threads!

Ignoring the pain, she continued to accelerate, flying fiercely towards Xuanyuan XIV!

That's a tricky one. How did this person see through her illusion?!

Even that dragon couldn't see through it.

We can only take advantage of the terrain; he definitely can't keep up with the operation of the capital city itself!
(End of this chapter)