The First Cultivator - Changing Existence-Chapter 736: The Ancient Empire’s Escape -

Skymender was surprisingly fast as he chased down those who were escaping from the battlefield.

This was due to the fact that he had many enhancement vials and could constantly drink another whenever one ran out. Due to this, he was only slightly behind the first rank Sword Masters as they chased the escapees. They easily caught up to some of the regular soldiers, but they mostly ignored them as they chased three important targets.

The Emperor of the Ancient Empire, the Serpent Master, and the Imperial Scholar of the Ancient Empire.

The Imperial Scholar was not someone on the same level as Fei Luzi, just an average Imperial Scholar.

Despite that, his intelligence was vastly above everyone else's present, besides Skymender.

The three mentioned people were on the same carriage, one specially prepared in the unlikely event of an escape.

Usually, even that would have already been caught up to, but some extremely fast snakes were increasing its speed even more than usual. It would take days to catch up at this rate.

They unfortunately had quite the head start, and the difference between their speeds was minimal.

As they moved, Skymender noticed something.

He shouted to the Sword Masters. "They aren't heading towards the Ancient Empire, but towards the wilds."

Hearing his words, they noticed as well.

None of them could understand why they would do that.

"If they enter the wilds, they will have to ditch the carriage. There is no way to hide either." Yi Shuzanhao shouted.

His assessment was spot on.

Their behavior was extremely unusual and hard to understand.

Even now, their speed was reduced as they were traveling offroad.

It would be possible to escape if they moved towards the Ancient Empire, though extremely unlikely, so what were they doing?

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They could do nothing but continue to chase.

Regardless, it was clear that they had won this war. They would either eventually be found or forgotten forever, never to show their faces.

Assuming Sword Master Shang won or tied his fight, of course. Since they had yet to be killed by Sword Grandmaster Tianzhao, it was a good sign.

On the carriage, the Emperor was clearly worried, though he put on a calm facade.

"There is no way that grandfather could lose. We simply have to stay away from them for a while. He knows where we are retreating, so he'll come and kill these punks as soon as he kills Sword Master Shang." The Emperor said.

The Imperial Scholar completely agreed, not showing too much fear.

The Serpent Master also agreed, but felt that he shouldn't bet his life on someone else.

There was a reason they were heading to the wilds, and even if Sword Grandmaster Tianzhao never came, they would be fine.

The chase continued on, and soon, an entire day passed.

The Emperor of the Ancient Empire was beginning to get worried, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Skymender was closer than before, but not nearly enough to reach them even if he had a bow and arrow.

The wilds were marked by a clear line of overgrown trees and plants. As soon as the Ancient Empire carriage reached the wilds, all three people aboard hopped off. In mere moments, Skymender and the Sword Masters were about to catch up, when a snake as large as their carriage shot from the ground and "ate" them.

They all stopped in shock as the snake burrowed underground.

Suddenly, Skymender shot forward. "Follow it. They are still alive inside of it. This is a method of escape."

They were all shocked, but began to follow him.

Although the snake was fast, they were able to keep up with it. Naturally, this was all due to Skymender, who could sense underground.

They followed this snake for an entire day. At this point, most of them were starting to get exhausted.

The only people who had been able to keep up were Sword Master Yi Shuzanhao and Sword Master Gargantuan.

Sword Master Yi Shuzanhao was clearly struggling, while Sword Master Gargantuan was still moving without difficulty due to his immense physical strength.

Another day passed. Skymender was only able to continue by abusing the enhancement vials, but he was starting to run out. His clothes were dirty and his hair was a mess.

It was the same for the other two. Moving in the wilds was not easy.

They often had to jump off of trees and swing on vines to continue moving. Having to go through large bushes or tall grass was not uncommon.

Skymender noticed that the snake was going towards a large mountain range in the distance. Some of the mountains were as large as the one Skymender had visited with Daisy.

With so much free time, Skymender had nothing to do but think, and as the underground snake approached the mountain, his eyes widened.

"Impossible!" He muttered out loud.

A small possibility had appeared in his mind. There was only the slightest possibility that it was true, but everything seemed to line up. Why else would they retreat towards a mountain?

Skymender yelled out loud. "Do not let them reach those mountains!"

As he spoke, he used every ounce of energy in his body to move.

The snake moving underground was slower than the carriage had been, but the issue was that it was underground.

Skymender reached the snake's position and repeatedly stabbed into the ground, hoping to reach deep enough.

However the snake was too deep down for his sword to reach. Hearing his urgency, Sword Master Yi Shuzanhao and Sword Master Gargantuan tried as well, but came up empty handed.

Although the snake couldn't go too low due to the ground getting harder and harder the deeper it went, it was deep enough.

Skymender stopped chasing after the snake as it entered the mountain range and moved up the mountains. The other two stopped as well, looking at him.

"If my guess is right, they aren't going to leave this mountain range and we will need all the energy we can get. If it isn't right, we aren't going to catch them anyway." Skymender said.

The other two nodded in agreement, and they began to rest.