Chapter 313 - 185: Escape (Part 3)
The gaze was particularly terrifying, as if it were the stare of death itself, scaring him so much that he sat down on the ground with a thud. The people behind him didn’t have time to stop, and one of them stepped on his thigh.
"Roar!"
At the same time.
The White Ape, half-lying in the prison cart, suddenly stood up, its fist larger than a basin, punching the iron bars on top of the cart.
Even though the bars were infused with Profound Iron, they couldn’t withstand the White Ape’s punch.
An entire side was sent flying by the White Ape’s punch.
The bars around the prison cart twisted.
"Ahhh!"
Passersby were startled.
Countless people fled in panic.
"How could this happen?"
Changqing Chuan was dumbfounded.
The horses they were on were frightened by the roar of the White Ape, neighed wildly, and wanted to flee quickly.
"Not good, we’ve been tricked."
Liu Yun’s face changed drastically.
Soul Power erupted like steel needles, trying to pierce the White Ape’s head to control it.
"Roar!"
The White Ape ripped apart the prison cart, leapt up into the sky, and at a height of thirty to forty meters, it slammed down with its palm, flipping the roof of a pavilion in front and hurling it toward Liu Yun and the others.
It didn’t linger for the fight.
Instead, it fled all the way out of the Dragon Capital.
It was originally a ferocious beast of the forest.
An Innate Great Demon with powerful bloodlines, the city’s buildings seemed like shrubs in the forest to it. It ran faster than Jiang Feng using the Monkey Escape Technique, leapfrogging seventy to eighty meters, landing with both feet, shattering each house it touched.
As it swung its arms back, beams and bricks flew in all directions, continuously being flung behind it.
"Whoosh whoosh coo coo!"
Liu Yun took out a whistle and blew it.
The bells on the necks of the Hunting Falcons at the Demon Suppression Bureau started vibrating quickly. The next moment, two Hunting Falcons flew out from the Demon Suppression Bureau, heading towards Liu Yun.
"Roar!"
The White Ape roared.
It headed straight for the South City Gate.
It could discern directions, knowing the south was its territory.
Its speed was not as fast as the Hunting Falcons.
But by the time the Hunting Falcons were summoned by Liu Yun, it had already escaped the Dragon Capital and was heading towards the forest behind the Tiger Fang Manor.
As it entered the forest, Liu Yun and Changqing Chuan each rode a Hunting Falcon, swooping towards the White Ape.
"Roar."
The White Ape looked back and saw the two Hunting Falcons in the sky.
Seeing the distance closing, the White Ape picked up stones, roared in anger, and hurled them like a human trying to hit small birds in the air, speeding towards the Hunting Falcons like cannonballs.
"Xiao Ying, pull back!"
Under the coverage of Liu Yun’s Soul Power, she sensed danger and maneuvered the Hunting Falcon underneath to ascend and veer to the left.
The moment Liu and the Falcon split apart, a stone the size of a basin flashed by, hurtling towards the distance.
"Roar!"
The White Ape pounded its chest with its fists, eyes ablaze with anger.
It threw a dozen stones consecutively.
Its powerful bloodline granted it astonishing strength.
To avoid its stones, Liu Yun and Changqing Chuan could only maneuver the Hunting Falcons to dodge, continuously ascending and retreating.
Gradually, in their line of sight, the White Ape entered a dense thicket of underbrush, its figure consumed by the forest, vanishing from their view.
"What...what are we going to do?"
Changqing Chuan’s face was pale.
The Second Prince had entrusted them with the White Ape, and it had escaped right under their watch.
"Cunning beast."
Liu Yun looked equally displeased.
She maneuvered the Hunting Falcon, flying a distance in the direction where the White Ape vanished. Because the canopy ahead blocked her view, she didn’t dare fly too close or too low, only slowly surveying to confirm the White Ape’s hiding spot, so she could call in experts for capture.
"I checked thoroughly. How could it slip past us?"
Changqing Chuan’s face was accusatory.
"It wasn’t pretending. It really was about to give birth, but I didn’t expect it to recover its Vitality so quickly after the Talisman was undone."
Liu Yun said angrily.
"Right, it wasn’t faking; its bloodline is unusual and its recovery rate is incredibly fast."
Changqing Chuan was stunned, then quickly agreed.
They both were experienced in the officialdom, knowing how to deflect blame, especially in shifting responsibility. If they admitted that the White Ape had tricked them, not only would they be unable to explain to the Second Prince, but it would also damage their reputations and affect their future careers.
"I’ll keep watch here, you go back and get reinforcements. We must not let it escape no matter what."
Liu Yun said seriously.
"Alright."
Changqing Chuan didn’t hesitate, operating the Hunting Falcon, and flew back towards the Dragon Capital.
"Your baby is about to be born. Let’s see how far you can run."
Liu Yun mused internally.
She maneuvered the Hunting Falcon to a nearby hilltop, silently watching the forest ahead. To prevent the White Ape from escaping, she also circled the forest on her Hunting Falcon.
The White Ape hid within the woods, concealed in the crevice of a large stone.
The forest canopy was lush, the area moist and dim, with only some light penetrating through the slits.
Just as Liu Yun thought.
Its expression was pained at this moment, leaning against a rock, a crimson patch between its legs, straining to give birth.
Fortunately, it had escaped during dusk.
By the time it fled from the Dragon Capital to here, the sky had darkened. Liu Yun could only find it through the Hunting Falcon’s eyes.
"Caw caw!"
After a while.
Three little monkeys appeared in front of the White Ape, their bodies very small, disproportionate to the White Ape’s massive figure.
The three little monkeys lay in the White Ape’s palm, with plenty of space left.
The White Ape licked their fur, seeing the night approach, the forest in complete darkness, the White Ape stood and headed south.
Having unlocked its intelligence, it knew to conceal its presence and even covered its fur in black to move better under the night’s cover.
It looked back at the Dragon Capital.
Then it brought its fingers to its mouth, sucking all the Jade Dew Pills from beneath its nails into its stomach.