C110

"He's caught up!"

"No," said Ji Feng, shaking his head.

"Why?" There was a flash of disappointment in her eyes.

"I want to marry you to my family in broad daylight, so I'm going to the Pope to ask for your hand in marriage." When Ji Feng said this, his eyes were full of determination.

Melinda smiled, kissed the left side of his face, and sat back on the ground. She didn't ask Ji Feng what to do next. In this moment, she had a blind faith in him. Along the way, from her perspective, she could clearly see Ji Feng's cultivation level. He was simply a Primary Mage who could only cast one complete spell. But he always brought her surprises. She believed that her lover would not fail. In the past, when she was in danger, not only was she worried, she was no longer in such a state of mind. She believed that her lover would always bring her surprises. That included going to her father to propose to him, and she believed that Ji Feng would definitely be able to do it.

Ji Feng sat cross-legged and increased the speed of his Nameless Art. After two cycles, he recovered some of his zhen qi and stood up to leave. He rejected the healing technique that Melinda was about to cast.

Due to the arrangements made along the way by the monsoon, the people who were chased down by Karl were misled and went elsewhere. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had the time to rest for more than ten minutes.

In order not to get lost, the two of them walked close to the side of the road. Of course, they were walking in the woods by the side of the road. instead of walking down the road unscrupulously.

Edwin was extremely frantic. He had already issued the orders long ago, but nothing useful had been sent back. The two of them seemed to have disappeared into thin air.

Therefore, he had to give the order to search even more. He was not worried that Ji Feng and Metherin would run away, but they were in the heart of the manor. If something happened and the people up there were to be dissatisfied, he would not be able to walk away.

Ji Feng and Melinda were walking along the forest beside the road. They had used up a lot of their physical strength. Melinda's dress was almost completely soaked with sweat, and her graceful figure was unmistakably visible.

The monsoon who was walking in front looked around warily, and Melinda followed closely behind him. At this time, he no longer had any plans. Because he had to get rid of his physical strength. As time passed, the effects of the curse became more severe. Almost all of the zhen qi produced by the nameless art had been used to resist the curse. But it was far from being able to offset the pain the curse brought him.

Forty minutes later, they were stopped by a fortress built in a gully. The fortress was in the middle of the two peaks, and the road to which they referred was blocked by the fortress. The mountain peaks on both sides of the fort were extremely steep. It could not be said to be towering into the clouds, but it was still very difficult to climb up. Not to mention that Ji Feng and Melinda were already very tired, so it was even more impossible for them to get on the ship. Moreover, they discovered that there were traces of artificial carving on the two precipitous peaks. In other words, there must be something up there. Seeing this scene, the two could only stop. This was a dead end, and there was no need to continue. Based on their current situation, wanting to safely pass through it was simply a pipe dream.

"Let's take a break."

The almost exhausted Melinda naturally didn't have any objections. Thus, the two of them found a slightly cleaner place to sit.

Looking at the panting Melinda, Ji Feng took out the kettle and passed it to her. Even though he was in danger, he did not give up. Although he didn't see the pursuers behind him, he knew that there was someone chasing after him. Although he misled them a little at first, they soon found their trail and followed it. Now, the two of them sat down to rest. They believed that it wouldn't be long before they saw them again.

Thinking about this, Ji Feng said, "Let's go back immediately."

"Go back?" Melinda was puzzled.

"Well, we'll go back on the other side of the road, though."

"Why don't we try to get through this fort?"

"This is impossible. Look carefully, there must be arrow towers or mage towers on the two sides of the fort."

"But we still can't go back. Isn't that sending a sheep into a tiger's den?"

"That building complex must be the base of some organization, or perhaps an important stronghold. We should start from there and see if we can catch one or two important people."

With their strength, it would be impossible for them to charge through the fort. Five minutes later, the monsoon took her hand and pulled her to her feet.

Looking at the exhausted face of Melinda, Ji Feng's face was filled with guilt as he said, "Melinda, I'm sorry."

"Being with you, even if I die, I'll still be happy."

Ji Feng felt a burst of pain on his nose, and immediately, he dragged Melinda and walked towards the main road. However, he had only taken two steps when he stopped.

Pointing at the trees to the left, he said, "Someone's coming. Wait for me there."

"You have to be careful."

Seeing the concern in Melinda's eyes, Ji Feng said gently, "En, I will."

Watching as the silhouette of Melinda disappeared behind the lush trees, Ji Feng turned around and walked towards the incoming person. The reason why he was able to discover the pursuers was because of his keen senses.

Previously, he had absorbed Gilbert's spiritual force, but due to the lack of time, he had not inspected the Soul Orb. However, when he absorbed it, he could feel that Gilbert's spiritual force was filled with a chilling aura. If he didn't have the soul orb, his consciousness would definitely be affected. Then again, if he didn't have the soul orb, he wouldn't be able to devour Gilbert's spiritual force.

After increasing the distance between him and Melinda, Ji Feng found a thick bush and hid his body. While he was staring ahead, he was thinking about his battle with Gilbert and the others. While he was chanting, he noticed some changes in the surrounding spiritual energy. At the time, the situation was urgent and he did not have time to study it. After that, he was too concentrated on running that he didn't even have the energy to think about it. Now that he was about to face the enemy, he couldn't help but recall the battle scene from before.

He vaguely remembered that when he was chanting, there seemed to be some changes in the surrounding spiritual energy. After frowning and thinking for a while, the situation was clearly displayed in his mind. He quickly discovered that the fluctuations caused by the spiritual energy were caused by the vibrations of the fire element when he chanted. His chant resonated with the surrounding fire elemental energy. The pearl sized fireball resonated with the spiritual energy with the fire elemental energy. Thinking of this, Ji Feng seemed to have grasped onto something. Just as he was about to go further in his deduction, he heard clear footsteps.

Before long, he saw three people appear within his line of sight. Just like before, these three people were a Necromancer and two Fighters. The only difference was that this Necromancer was female and very young. However, her exposed skin was as pale as a corpse's. This was the side effect of practicing Necromancy. Anyone who practiced Necromancy would have to give up their original appearance and skin. Of course, there is also a legend that if cultivators who cultivate Necromancy reach the Divine level, they will regain their original appearance. However, this was only a legend. In all of history, there had never been a Deity Tier cultivator who cultivated in Necromancy, even though it had a lot to do with their continuous encirclement and annihilation. It was also closely related to their training methods. Not only were their training methods cruel to others, but they were also cruel to themselves. Because of this, many of them were hit by the backlash of the magic and disappeared into thin air. Although there were many schools of Necromancy, necromancers who trained to the end would become skeletons. However, by that time, their lifespan would already be two times longer than that of ordinary cultivators.

Amongst the cultivators who trained in Necromancy, there were very few women. This was because most women cherished their looks very much. Once they started training in necromancy, it meant that they had to give up their looks. Therefore, almost all of the women who learnt Necromancy were ugly women. Although the female Necromancer Ji Feng saw was not ugly, she was not good-looking either.

Just like Karl, Dixie, Gilbert and the others, the other two were high-ranked warriors. Seeing these three and recalling some memories, Ji Feng had a strong understanding of the structure of Necromancers. Most Necromancers would have two Fighters as their guards.

Looking at the three approaching him, Ji Feng's brain started to work rapidly. He wanted to quickly finish these three off. He didn't even consider that he wasn't a match for the three of them, even though they were all much stronger than him.

Gloria was 46 years old this year. When she was a teenager, she started to cultivate Necromancy. Currently, she was already an intermediate level 4 Necromancer. She still looked very young, because she had used some tricks. At least in Ji Feng's eyes, he was only in his twenties.

Behind her were two of her bodyguards, one named Asa and the other Reginald. Just as Ji Feng had guessed, high-ranked Necromancers would usually have two warriors as their guards. Necromancers weren't much different from ordinary mages. They weren't suited for close combat, so they needed the protection of warriors. Of course, they didn't always bring their guards with them. They only did so when they needed to fight. Normally, they went in and out by themselves. These guards were also sent to them at the last minute, and not trained by themselves. However, everyone belonged to the same organization, so there was a great deal of synergy between them. It was also because of this that when Ji Feng had held Gilbert in place, Dixie and Karl had avoided shooting at Gilbert, instead launching attacks as if they were trying to kill a fish. Furthermore, the higher-ups of the Necromancer Organization believed that mages' brains were better than fighters' because of the relationship between their spiritual power cultivation. Thus, they asked the fighters who were sent to be the guards of the Necromancers to follow the lead of the mages. It was because of this rule that Ji Feng had succeeded.

Gloria and the others were the first to find the footprints of Ji Feng and Melinda. In order to obtain the reward, they left for a long time. Only then did they spread the news that they had discovered the traces of their enemies through a special channel. Along the way, they followed closely behind the monsoon and the serenity. When they found out that Ji Feng and Melinda were escaping in the direction of the fort, they immediately became unhurried.