Ye Liangchen had already awakened his divine force and could fly directly using it. Coupled with his spirit power reaching Level 49, his flight speed was extremely fast, and he quickly flew away from the area where Dugu Bo resided.
This trip exceeded Ye Liangchen's expectations. He originally thought he would at most increase his spirit power by a few levels, but he didn't expect both of his twin spirits to awaken their Domains, and even his Life Goddess awakened her divine force. It was incredibly satisfying.
"Click, click...!"
"Good marksmanship."
That morning, Ye Liangchen used his Glock 21 pistol to shoot two pheasants, preparing to add to his meal. After several days of only eating dry rations, his mouth was practically tasteless.
Ye Liangchen was in an excellent mood, carrying the pheasants and searching for a water source in the Sunset Forest.
Suddenly, a thousand meters ahead, there was a bright light, like a mirror, reflecting the sunlight. Ye Liangchen looked closely and found it was a small lake, so he quickly sped towards it. With a lake, there would be fish, and he could even make a boiled fish dish.
The small lake was located within a forest, not large, estimated to be around several thousand square meters. When Ye Liangchen arrived at the edge of the lake, he saw a beautiful scene.
"Splash... splash..."
What met his eyes were two women bathing in the lake. One had golden hair and was exceptionally beautiful, looking very noble, clearly a young lady from a prominent family. Although the other woman was also attractive, she was far inferior to the golden-haired woman. The latter was constantly scrubbing the golden-haired woman's back, likely her maid.
"Splash... splash..."
At this moment, the two women were playing in the water, having a good time, and did not notice Ye Liangchen's arrival.
Damn it! What day is it today? To actually see such a sight.
Adhering to the principle of 'see no evil,' Ye Liangchen turned to leave. Besides, the golden-haired woman was a young lady from a prominent family, and there might be powerful guards nearby. He didn't want to get involved in any trouble.
"Crack..."
Fate is so strange; when you don't want trouble, trouble will directly find you.
Just as Ye Liangchen turned around, he stepped on a dry branch, making a sound that caught the attention of the two women in the lake.
"Ah...! Miss, someone intruded!" The golden-haired woman's maid cried out in surprise.
"Who are you?"
The golden-haired woman looked at the young man on the shore, who had his back to them and was carrying two pheasants.
"Excuse me, ladies, I unintentionally came here and disturbed you."
"But I didn't see anything. Please continue; I'll leave immediately."
Ye Liangchen spoke nonsense with a straight face, then quickly left the area. Moreover, his mental force sensed two powerful individuals rapidly approaching from a thousand meters away, and he didn't want to be entangled in trouble.
"Xiao Chen, what did you see?" The Blue Silver Emperor extended a branch from Ye Liangchen's collar, sensing the women behind him.
"Sister Ah Yin, nothing much, just saw them bathing in the lake. Hide yourself well; there are two powerful individuals rapidly approaching from a distance."
Ye Liangchen sped up, quickly leaving the area. He had intended to fly directly using his Spirit attachment, but his Spirit was too beautiful and easily memorable, and his external Spirit Bone was too obvious. Besides, in this dense forest, he could easily eliminate any opponents with his HK416, so he didn't need to worry about safety.
"Boy, you see me and want to leave? How can things be that easy? Stop right there."
At this moment, the golden-haired woman had already come ashore, dressed herself, and quickly chased after Ye Liangchen.
"You tell me to stop, and I stop? Who do you think you are?"
Ye Liangchen looked back at the golden-haired woman. Although she was very beautiful, her temper was not to his liking, so he ignored her and continued running into the dense forest.
"You stop right there!" The golden-haired woman shouted, continuing to chase Ye Liangchen.
"I already apologized to you. What else do you want? I'll give you these two pheasants as compensation."
Seeing that the woman still wanted to catch him, Ye Liangchen quirked his mouth, directly threw the two pheasants at her, and used his Five Elements Mysterious Steps. In a few breaths, he shook off the golden-haired woman's pursuit.
"Buzz, buzz..."
The golden-haired woman had never seen such a miraculous footwork, as fast as lightning. So she directly activated her Spirit. A humanoid Spirit appeared behind her, with six golden wings, allowing her to fly.
"Miss, what's wrong?"
Just then, two powerful Elders arrived a hundred meters behind the golden-haired woman and were startled to see their young lady actually activating her Spirit.
"Two Elders, a strange young man intruded by the lake. He must have seen my true face."
The golden-haired woman recounted the previous events to the two Elders, even suspecting the other party was a spy. If so, for the sake of her plan, she would have to silence him.
"This is bad. That boy discovered Miss's face. It might cause a major change in our plan."
The two Elders immediately chased forward. Although they couldn't fly, their speed was astonishingly fast.
"Two Elders, first catch that boy and bring him here. I want to interrogate his origins."
The golden-haired woman had already transformed into a male at this moment. He seemed a bit lacking in masculinity, but at least on the surface, he looked like a man.
These three were Qian Renxue, the young mistress of the Spirit Hall, and her two Titled Douluo subordinates, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo.
Qian Renxue's trip to the Sunset Forest was also to acquire her fifth spirit ring. After successfully acquiring it, she was bathing in this small lake, while her two subordinates guarded the outermost periphery of the lake to prevent powerful Spirit Beasts from intruding.
Unexpectedly, no Spirit Beasts intruded, but a young man did, and he even saw Qian Renxue bathing. This was unbearable for her. Moreover, the young man's face looked like an ordinary, unknown boy, which didn't match his imposing demeanor. There was something strange about him.
After Ye Liangchen shook off the golden-haired woman by several kilometers, he figured she probably wouldn't chase him anymore.
"Whoosh, whoosh..."
Just then, two powerful Elders caught up to within twenty meters behind Ye Liangchen in a few breaths, locking onto him with their powerful aura.
"Xiao Chen, they are Titled Douluo. Run!"
At this moment, the Blue Silver Emperor, hidden in Ye Liangchen's chest, sensed the dangerous aura and transmitted a message to him through her soul.
"Sister Ah Yin, I feel it too. Their strength is similar to Grandma Dean's."
Ye Liangchen complained in his heart. He had thought seeing a beautiful woman bathing earlier was a good thing, but he didn't expect it to lead to such big trouble.
"Boy, you run pretty fast."
"Surrender quickly and come with us to see the Young Mistress, or the consequences will be severe."
How could Ye Liangchen surrender? If he were caught by these two Titled Douluo, his life might not be safe.
"Damn it! Who are these two guys? Where did the Heaven Dou Empire get two Titled Douluo? Could they be Qian Renxue's two subordinates? Was that golden-haired woman Qian Renxue?"
"Holy cow! This is truly a cliché plot!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Thinking of this, Ye Liangchen instantly activated his Five Elements Mysterious Steps, darting dozens of meters away in one go, startling the two Titled Douluo behind him.
"This kid is so slippery! What is that footwork? It's too exquisite."
"Where did this Little freak come from? So young, yet his spirit power has already reached high-level Spirit Ancestor, even more heaven-defying than the Young Mistress. And his mental force is even more terrifying, almost catching up to the two of us."
Ye Liangchen's heaven-defying talent piqued the interest of the two Titled Douluo, so they quickly chased in the direction Ye Liangchen disappeared, intending to capture him.
"As Titled Douluo, seniors, to bully a junior like me, a mere Spirit Ancestor, is that not detrimental to your prestige?"
Ye Liangchen spoke back as he sped along.
"Boy, seeing that you are also a genius, come back with us. I will recommend you to the Young Mistress. As long as you serve her, your wealth and glory are guaranteed."
The two Titled Douluo saw Ye Liangchen's heaven-defying talent and did not try to kill him. Instead, they wanted to bring him back, so they followed closely behind Ye Liangchen like a cat playing with a mouse, planning to wait until his spirit power was exhausted, then he would naturally be easily captured.
"I'm not interested in wealth and glory, nor is it possible for me to serve your Young Mistress. If you two seniors keep chasing me, the consequences will be severe."
"Whoosh, whoosh..."
Ye Liangchen activated his Wind and Thunder Wings, flying directly several hundred meters into the sky, leaving the two Titled Douluo dumbfounded.
"This kid actually has a flying skill?"
The Spirits of Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo could not fly, nor did they have flying skills. Even if they jumped, they couldn't jump that high.
"Attack!"
"Whoosh, whoosh..."
The two Titled Douluo immediately activated their Spirit attachment. Nine spirit rings appeared: two yellow, two purple, and five black. One thinner old man held a long lance, while the other old man resembled a Porcupinefish, his belly becoming large and covered in sharp spines.
The two of them, with their Titled Douluo spirit power, rapidly dashed, chasing in the direction Ye Liangchen had left.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
The speed of a Titled Douluo was indeed fast. In a few moments, they caught up to not far behind Ye Liangchen.
"Boy, stop quickly, or I will attack."
Snake Lance Douluo was momentarily suspended in mid-air, holding his Snake Lance, and shouted at Ye Liangchen, who was a hundred meters ahead.
"Since you two seniors won't listen to advice and intend to attack me, then I can only send you on your way."
Seeing that the other party was relentlessly chasing him, Ye Liangchen also lost patience. With a thought, the HK416 instantly appeared in his hand, and he quickly fired a shot at Snake Lance Douluo.
"Pfft..."
In a flash of lightning, the bullet instantly hit Snake Lance Douluo's belly, causing him to fall from a hundred meters in the air.
"Ah, ah..."
"Old She! What happened?"
Porcupinefish Douluo saw Snake Lance Douluo fall from the sky, spitting blood, and was immediately greatly alarmed.
"Old buddy, my lung seems to have been pierced by something."
"That kid is strange. I don't know what he used to hit me."
At this moment, Snake Lance Douluo was spitting blood, his face filled with terror. Just one hit had severely wounded him; it was too terrifying.
"Boy, who exactly are you?"
Porcupinefish Douluo jumped onto a large tree, looking at Ye Liangchen several hundred meters away. He found the other party standing calmly at the top of a hundred-meter-tall tree, looking at him and the injured Snake Lance.
"Don't bother me again, or the consequences will be severe."
"Pfft..."
Ye Liangchen said indifferently, then quickly fired a shot at Porcupinefish Douluo's thigh, directly flying a thousand meters into the sky, no longer bothering with them.
"Ah, ah..."
The bullet instantly hit Porcupinefish's right leg, directly breaking his leg bone, causing him to fall from the tree.
"We must go back quickly, or the Young Mistress will be in danger."
Snake Lance had been shot in the lung, but he was not dead yet. Seeing his old buddy's leg directly broken, it was too terrifying.
"Go back quickly."
Although the two were severely injured, they were still Titled Douluo and could endure. About fifteen minutes later, they returned to Qian Renxue's side.
"Two Elders, you're injured!"
Qian Renxue saw her two subordinates in such a sorry state and was immediately greatly alarmed. Especially Snake Lance Douluo, whose body was pierced, with blood staining his lower body, a truly miserable sight. Porcupinefish Douluo's right leg was also broken.
"Young Mistress, we must leave quickly. That boy is too strange, or the consequences will be severe."
"That boy also has flying ability. So young, yet his cultivation has reached high-level Spirit Ancestor; it's too heaven-defying."
The two Titled Douluo recounted the situation they encountered while chasing the young man. They even suspected that there was an even more powerful Titled Douluo behind that young man.
"We will return to Tiandou Imperial City immediately. I will ask the Ye family head to treat the injuries of the two Elders."
Such a major incident had occurred, and Qian Renxue was also frightened. So she had her maid simply treat the wounds of the two Elders. The group quickly left the Sunset Forest and returned to Heaven Dou City.
After Ye Liangchen used the assault rifle to injure the two Titled Douluo, he quickly flew away, only stopping when he was about ten kilometers away.
"Even Titled Douluo can't withstand the destructive power of the HK416. That's really good."
Ye Liangchen took out his HK416, the King of Chicken Dinners, and weighed it in his hand. At this moment, he really wanted to shout: "Is there anyone else?"
However, it was understandable. The power of the HK416, King of Chicken Dinners, was so great. Titled Douluo were just mortals and simply couldn't block it. Fortunately, he didn't use the Barrett MK22, or those two old men would have directly died.
Ye Liangchen never expected to encounter Qian Renxue on his trip to the Sunset Forest, and he had even injured her two subordinates. However, he hadn't revealed his true appearance, so he didn't need to worry about the other party discovering anything.