I Can Use Myriad Divine Abilities-Chapter 144: Interception and Kill

The cold wind howled over the hills, bringing the breath of winter.

Zhang Yuan looked up at the dark sky, a few snowflakes falling on his face.

It’s going to snow.

This was the third day since Zhang Yuan left Whale Castle.

In the past few days, he had been searching for the target’s tracks.

But so far, he had found nothing.

Zhang Yuan’s target was naturally Wang Chen, who was heavily bountied by the Nanxun Sub-Branch of the Furious Whale Gang. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

But this Tier Three martial artist, who was rumored to have possibly sneaked into the borders of Linhe County, seemed to have vanished into thin air.

The various scouts sent by the Linhai Sub-Branch also could not locate him.

Wang Chen could have bypassed Linhe County or hidden in some place.

No one could guess the mind of this fugitive.

Zhang Yuan had made up his mind to continue searching for two more days, and if he still couldn’t find him, he’d return to Whale Castle.

The reward for this task was certainly tempting, but it wasn’t worth wasting too much time.

Perhaps Wang Chen was comfortably hiding in a burrow, mocking those braving the cold wind to search for him.

Screech~

Just then, a sharp eagle’s cry brought Zhang Yuan back to his senses.

He immediately grabbed the eagle banner inserted next to the saddle and waved it high a few times.

The next moment, a hawk swooped down from the sky and landed steadily on Zhang Yuan’s arm.

This was a small falcon specially raised by the Furious Whale Gang for delivering messages, and its flying speed was very fast.

Zhang Yuan took the bamboo tube tied to the eagle’s leg and drew out a letter to read it.

He instantly felt invigorated.

The message from the sub-branch indicated that a scout had discovered a lone traveler suspected to be Wang Chen in the southwestern region of Linhe County.

However, the person was very cautious and had already shaken off the scout’s pursuit.

His whereabouts were currently unknown.

Zhang Yuan immediately took out the geomancy map of Linhe County to compare the location and found that he wasn’t very far from it.

And from the map, if that lone traveler was indeed Wang Chen, he had taken a very large detour to infiltrate Linhe’s borders, completely avoiding the heavily defended key routes of the Furious Whale Gang.

Yet he still couldn’t avoid the trap laid by the Linhai Sub-Branch and exposed his tracks!

It’s certain that numerous Battle Hall experts who received the eagle message had already rushed over.

Zhang Yuan thought for a moment, then grabbed a live rabbit from his pouch, cut some fresh meat, and fed it to the hawk.

Since hawks only eat fresh meat, he had purposely caught two rabbits beforehand as a backup.

After feeding the hawk and letting it fly away, Zhang Yuan summoned the Red-eyed Crow.

This servant spirit was the key to him contending for the task reward!

Zhang Yuan tossed the leftover rabbit meat to the Red-eyed Crow as a snack, then headed southwest on horseback.

Soon, the Red-eyed Crow flew into the sky.

It served as Zhang Yuan’s second pair of eyes, scanning the area for suspicious targets within a dozen miles.

Because he had to focus on controlling the Red-eyed Crow, Zhang Yuan’s riding speed wasn’t very fast.

But in just half an hour, he discovered a situation through this servant spirit!

Zhang Yuan didn’t hesitate for a moment and immediately sped up his horse.

Rushing towards that location.

Not long after, he saw from a distance a person lying on the ground.

When Zhang Yuan arrived in front of the person and saw clearly who it was, his heart sank.

He dismounted, reached out, and turned the person over.

A grim face stared up at Zhang Yuan, the man dead with eyes wide open.

This dead man was surprisingly a scout of the Furious Whale Gang!

His fatal wound was in his left chest, with the thick cotton armor penetrated by a blade directly into his heart—a very clean and swift strike.

And the blood oozing from the wound was still fresh, clearly not long since he had died.

Zhang Yuan noticed many footprints scattered around the scout.

Including horse hoof prints.

He speculated that this scout had tracked the enemy here, only to be suddenly ambushed.

Killed on the spot, and his ride was taken away!

But the enemy certainly hadn’t gotten far.

Zhang Yuan immediately looked up at the sky, focusing his entire mind on guiding the Red-eyed Crow to search for the target.

This time, the Red-eyed Crow did not let him down.

Enemy spotted!

Zhang Yuan re-mounted at the fastest speed, raising his whip and giving a hard smack.

Neigh～

The steed neighed in pain and galloped at full speed.

Zhang Yuan used both hands, one to control the horse, the other to keep the target firmly locked in sight.

Pursuing across the desolate wilderness.

Regardless of whether this person was Wang Chen or not, killing the Furious Whale Gang’s scout made him Zhang Yuan’s enemy!

With a clear target and not sparing his steed, the distance between them quickly shortened.

This area was quite flat, with winter making the vegetation wilt, hence an open view.

In just a few incense-burning moments, Zhang Yuan caught sight of the enemy ahead!

The other person was also riding a horse.

Zhang Yuan reached back for the quiver hanging from his back, quickly retrieving and assembling the iron-clad bow.

By this time, the fleeing person also noticed Zhang Yuan as a pursuer.

He glanced back, then sped up his horse.

Trying to widen the distance between them.

However, Zhang Yuan had already nocked a fine iron arrow.

At this moment, Zhang Yuan’s spirit completely focused, fixing on the enemy ahead, drawing the iron-clad bow while galloping on horseback.

As the arrowhead locked onto the target, Zhang Yuan released the bowstring.

Twang!

With a low, deep thrum, the fine iron arrow, glinting darkly, rocketed out.

This costly arrow spun swiftly through the air, in the blink of an eye covering hundreds of steps, swiftly closing in on the enemy rider.

And evidently, the enemy did not anticipate Zhang Yuan’s bow to have such range, nor the speed of the arrow to be so swift.

Realizing the danger too late to evade!

Thud!

The fine iron arrow pierced through the horse’s haunch, driving deep into the steed’s body.

Neigh～

The horse shrieked mournfully, immediately losing its balance, involuntarily falling heavily forward.

The martial artist riding it reacted quickly, leaping high into the air.

Avoiding a crash together with his mount.

In truth, Zhang Yuan had aimed for his horse!

Given the still considerable distance between them, and both moving at high speed, Zhang Yuan wasn’t confident of a single shot defeat, thus aimed first to down the opponent’s mount.

The martial artist landed on the ground, furiously drawing his longsword.

He didn’t try to run away, charging at Zhang Yuan with body technique, intending to engage in close combat!

Good move!

Zhang Yuan loosed a second fine iron arrow.

This time it was faster, aimed more precisely, straight heading for the opponent’s vital point!

The martial artist was startled, immediately brandishing his sword to intercept the oncoming arrow.

Clang!

This person’s prowess was quite formidable, his swordsmanship particularly skilled and mature, managing to deflect the fine iron arrow at the critical moment.

Yet the force within the fine iron arrow exceeded his expectations, failing to completely block it.

The arrowhead grazed past his right shoulder.

Blood spurted forth!