# Chapter 12 â Rooftop Pursuit
# Sun City â Western Rooftops
Rain violently struck the rooftops while cultivators rushed across the city under flashing spirit light.
Xu Yuan stood frozen briefly beneath the cold rain.
That strange sensation inside his chest kept growing stronger.
Heavy.
Cold.
Almost like something was pulling at him from far away.
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âYou okay?â Xia Yu asked quietly beside him.
Xu Yuan slowly nodded.
ââŠProbably.â
âThat doesnât sound convincing.â
âIt isnât.â
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Ahead of themâ
multiple cultivators continued chasing the dark figure across the western rooftops.
Spiritual energy explosions occasionally illuminated the rainy night.
Liu Fengâs voice echoed loudly somewhere ahead.
âDonât let it escape!â
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Lin Hao looked horrified.
âWhy are people willingly chasing THAT?â
Xu Yuan calmly answered:
âBecause cultivators lose intelligence during dramatic situations.â
âThatâs the most believable thing youâve ever said.â
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Another explosion echoed across the district.
BOOM!
A rooftop partially collapsed nearby while civilians screamed from distant streets below.
Several city guards quickly evacuated people from the area.
The peaceful Sun City from days ago already felt unbelievably distant now.
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Xu Yuan suddenly frowned again.
That cold sensationâ
it was becoming clearer.
Not pain.
Not spiritual pressure.
AlmostâŠ
a resonance.
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Then suddenlyâ
Xia Yu grabbed his wrist.
Instantlyâ
the heavy feeling weakened slightly.
Xu Yuan looked toward her in surprise.
ââŠAgain.â
Xia Yu silently nodded.
This wasnât the first time their spiritual energy strangely stabilized each other.
But tonightâ
the effect felt much stronger than before.
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Rain quietly flowed across the streets beneath them while distant battle sounds continued echoing through the city.
Thenâ
a wounded cultivator suddenly crashed down from above.
BOOM!
The man slammed directly into the stone road nearby.
Several guards immediately rushed toward him.
Xu Yuanâs expression darkened slightly.
The cultivatorâs chest looked partially hollow.
Like something violently drained spiritual energy directly from inside him.
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Lin Hao nearly stumbled backward.
âThat thing is killing Spirit Vein cultivators now?!â
No one answered.
Because everyone already understood.
Whatever they chased tonightâ
was far beyond ordinary danger.
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Suddenlyâ
a loud scream echoed from farther ahead.
Then silence.
Complete silence.
The rooftop pursuit instantly stopped afterward.
Even the rain suddenly felt heavier.
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Several cultivators slowly gathered atop nearby buildings while staring toward the northern edge of the district.
Xu Yuan followed their gazes.
Then finallyâ
he saw it clearly.
A tall dark figure standing motionless atop a distant rooftop beneath the rain.
Thin body.
Long arms.
And within the darknessâ
two glowing crimson eyes stared directly toward the city.
Watching silently.
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No one moved.
Not even Liu Feng.
Because the pressure surrounding that thing no longer felt human.
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Thenâ
very slowlyâ
the creature turned its head.
And looked directly toward Xu Yuan.
The cold sensation inside his chest exploded instantly.
BOOM!
Xu Yuanâs vision blurred violently for one brief moment.
Dark underground ruins flashed through his mind.
Black crystals.
Broken formations.
Countless red eyes inside endless darkness.
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Then suddenlyâ
Xia Yuâs spiritual energy surged beside him.
Silver light briefly surrounded Xu Yuanâs body.
The visions instantly shattered.
---
The creature still stood motionless in the distance.
Watching.
Thenâ
it smiled.
Not human.
Too wide.
Too unnatural.
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Lin Haoâs voice trembled nearby.
ââŠWhat is that thing?â
No one answered.
Because nobody inside Sun City knew anymore.
Thenâ
the creature suddenly vanished.
Gone instantly.
Like it dissolved directly into the darkness itself.
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Rain continued falling silently afterward.
But deep beneath the eastern mountainsâ
something ancient had already awakened further.