Chapter 243: Chapter 217: Lifesaving Mission: Difficulty Epic Level
"No threat? You’re really not afraid to die?!" Gao Neng was direct. He wrapped one hand around Mu Feifei’s neck while his other arm pulled her even tighter.
He pressed her entire body against his. This wasn’t about taking advantage of her; the closer they were, the better he could sense her movements.
"Hahaha... you’ve exposed yourself, Gao Neng!" Mu Feifei seemed to have expected this, and she laughed boisterously.
"What?!" Gao Neng turned his head, almost instinctively.
’Exposed?’
’No way.’
His gaze swept behind him. Over twenty Princes and several thousand guards were chasing after him at high speed. In terms of raw speed, they weren’t slow.
But Gao Neng wasn’t particularly afraid.
The only two races that posed a real threat to him were the Winged Race and the Lizard Race. The Winged Race had already left, and the Lizard Race wasn’t actually that fast on the ground.
Besides, he could fly.
As this thought crossed his mind, he suddenly felt something was wrong. In the instant he turned his head, he felt a powerful force erupt from Mu Feifei in his arms.
’Shit!’
’Liar!’
Before Gao Neng could even turn his head back, he heard the sound of a chain shattering.
’Five seconds, my ass!’
’That was two seconds at most!’
"Gao Neng, I’ll show you right now whether I’m afraid to die or not!" Mu Feifei threw her head back, ignoring the hand gripping her neck, and slammed her forehead toward Gao Neng’s.
Without any hesitation, Gao Neng used his Lifeform Transformation.
’Iron!’
THUD!
A dull thud rang out.
Gao Neng felt his head ring as if it had been struck by a piece of iron.
Mu Feifei, on the other hand, had clearly not expected Gao Neng’s head to be so hard. Her own head was ringing, and she was seeing stars.
"When it comes to a contest of hard heads, I’ve never lost!" Gao Neng gritted his teeth, squeezed Mu Feifei’s neck harder with one hand, and grabbed her head with the other.
’Bring it on!’
’Let’s smash!’
THUD!
Another dull thud echoed.
Only this time, it was Gao Neng who initiated the attack.
"Ah!" The whites of Mu Feifei’s eyes began to show, and she looked dazed. In her experience, the Human Race wasn’t particularly skilled at close-quarters combat.
But she truly had not expected Gao Neng’s head to be so hard.
It was really like iron.
"Thirteenth Prince, what are you doing?!" Just then, the pursuing Princes finally noticed something was amiss. They saw that Gao Neng was clashing with Mu Feifei.
If it were just an escort, or a hostage situation...
...they wouldn’t have said anything.
But this was clearly a fight.
The Thirteenth Prince was fighting Mu Feifei? And they started the moment they left the city? No matter how they looked at it, the situation was unbelievable.
"He’s a human!" Mu Feifei shook her head to clear it and finally shouted.
"What?!"
"The Thirteenth Prince is a human?"
"How is that possible?"
The Princes were stunned. Then, one by one, their expressions began to change.
"That’s not an Insect Race beetle! It’s a human’s Energy Manifestation!"
"He really is a human!"
WHOOSH!
The several thousand guards were in an uproar.
"Mu Feifei, I’ll fucking kill you!" Gao Neng was also shocked. He had thought that by taking Mu Feifei hostage, he would at least have a chance to escape a good distance.
But he never expected Mu Feifei to be so damn stubborn.
She started fighting the moment they were out of the city!
’Not an ounce of finesse...’
"Hahaha, I told you I would kill you, even if it means we both die!" A lump was already swelling on Mu Feifei’s forehead, yet her laughter was utterly insane.
Then, to Gao Neng’s disbelief, Mu Feifei headbutted him again.
’She’s charging ahead despite knowing it’s futile!’
Once she entered combat, Mu Feifei was clearly not as cold as she appeared on the surface. Her fighting style was that of a wild maniac.
THUD!
Gao Neng’s head was ringing again.
As for Mu Feifei, her eyes were constantly rolling back into her head. She looked like she was about to lose consciousness.
Gao Neng sighed internally, but he also felt a bit awkward.
He had been squeezing Mu Feifei’s neck with all his might for a long time, yet he still hadn’t managed to choke her to death.
’Mu Feifei’s neck is really tough!’
Gao Neng was almost certain that Mu Feifei’s neck was tougher than Ye Ying’s butt. With his current strength, he really couldn’t snap it.
’Is the gap in our strength really that big?’
’It can’t be helped!’
He couldn’t get tangled up with Mu Feifei any longer. If she headbutted him a few more times, his Spiritual Power might become so rattled that he’d lose control of the Flying Earth Dragon.
At that point, he would be facing an army of several thousand non-humans.
Gritting his teeth, Gao Neng put all his strength into a palm strike against Mu Feifei’s chest and used the recoil to shoot forward again.
As for why he didn’t use his fist?
The reason was that a fist’s surface area wasn’t large enough. A palm was better!
This was basic scientific knowledge.
Anyone who had finished middle school... would understand!
WHAM!
Mu Feifei was sent flying by the palm strike.
Perhaps because her head was still ringing, she failed to flap her wings in time and instead fell in a parabola, crashing onto the ground with a BOOM.
"Ninth Princess?! Are you alright?"
"Are you injured?"
"Is the Ninth Princess okay?"
A group of Princes immediately rushed over.
"Get back!" a cold voice shouted. Then, Mu Feifei shot back into the sky, shaking her head while clutching her chest. "Gao Neng, I will kill you!"
"Stop yelling about killing all the time. A girl should be gentle! Just like your chest!" Gao Neng’s voice drifted back from a distance.
"Ahhh!!" Mu Feifei’s face flushed red. With a flap of her wings, she shot after Gao Neng. "He’s the one who attacked the Seventh Princess of the Dark Night Elves! It was him!"
"What?! He’s that Celestial Race member?"
"It... It’s him?! The Celestial Race member... who abducted the Seventh Princess!"
"This human impersonated a member of the Celestial Race?!"
Mu Feifei’s words finally made the Princes understand.
And then, they became furious. Truly furious. To catch this "Celestial Race member," they had joined forces to besiege the Celestial Race Royal City.
’The irony!’
’This is the height of irony!’
Over twenty Princes had been played for fools by a single human. And to think, they had even been considering signing a treaty of alliance with this human?
"Kill him!"
"We must kill him, no matter the cost!"
The Princes roared.
They had all brought a high-level guard with them for this marriage proposal. Over twenty Princes meant over twenty high-level guards.
Before, when they mistook Gao Neng for a member of the Celestial Race, these high-level guards hadn’t truly taken action. Their main duty was to protect their respective Princes.
But now, the Princes couldn’t care less about their own safety!
"Go! Don’t worry about my safety! Capture him!"
"Yes, sir!"
At that moment, the high-level guards finally went all out.
At least ten of the high-level beings instantly surged in speed, rushing toward Gao Neng.
’This Mu Feifei even knows how to manipulate people?’ Gao Neng was shocked. Not daring to delay, he flew forward with all his speed. Fortunately, the Winged Race had left ahead of time.
Otherwise, he would have had absolutely no chance this time.
Of course, he had considered escaping by burrowing into the ground, but right now, he was focused on one thing: speed!
Is burrowing faster than flying?
Obviously, that’s bullshit...
Most importantly, the Lizard Race was still behind him. Even if he burrowed, he wouldn’t get far. Once the high-level pursuers caught up and surrounded him...
...he would be as good as dead!
’The forest is just ahead. Once I’m in the airspace above it, I can find a chance to burrow. At that point, it should be faster than being slowed down by the trees up top!’ Gao Neng urged the Flying Earth Dragon to fly forward quickly.
He truly felt like he was on a desperate flight for his life. It was so damn exciting—a low-level human being hunted by more than a dozen high-level non-humans.
If he told anyone, they probably wouldn’t believe him.
’Closer!’
’Closer!’
Just as Gao Neng was about to reach the edge of the forest, a sharp whistling sound cut through the air behind him, followed by an immense, chilling pressure.
"Mu Feifei!" Gao Neng immediately dove lower. He had overlooked one problem: there may not have been any Winged Race, but there was still a troublesome Battle Angel.
Most importantly, Mu Feifei was clearly faster than him.
BOOM!
The Flying Earth Dragon was hit.
Gao Neng plummeted directly downwards.
At the same time, a seven-meter-tall giant on the ground leaped up.
"Whoa, a Hill Giant... it can jump so high!" Gao Neng only had time to cry out in alarm before he saw a fist as large as a boulder.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, he managed to make the Flying Earth Dragon swerve slightly.
But even so, he was still caught by the wind from the punch.
BOOM!
Gao Neng crashed to the ground.
"Kill him!" the high-level non-humans shouted.
But when they rushed over, Gao Neng’s figure was gone. There was only a dark hole in the ground, with clouds of dust billowing out.
"It really is him!"
"After him! Don’t let him get away!"
"Lizard Race, go after him!"
Members of the Lizard Race immediately charged into the hole.
"Gao Neng fled in the twelve o’clock direction!"
"Chase!"
The Lizard Race sent out a signal.
The high-level non-humans cleared the way at the front while the main army surged behind them.
...
「Underground.」
Gao Neng’s face was a little pale.
If it weren’t for his close-fitting inner armor, plus the outer armor he had stripped from someone else, the shockwave from that Hill Giant’s punch would have been enough to severely injure him.
A full-power punch from a high-level being.
It was truly no joke!
Especially from a Hill Giant, a race renowned for its strength.
’What do I do? With several thousand pursuers, can I even make it out of this forest?’ Gao Neng was frantic. The road ahead was too long, and he was still within the Elf Race’s territory.
To reach human territory, it would take at least three or four hours of sprinting at full speed!
’How am I supposed to make it?!’
*Ding! Host has encountered a life-threatening situation. A Lifesaving Mission has been triggered. Do you wish to accept?* Just then, a mechanical voice rang out.
’A Lifesaving Mission? Lifesaving my ass!’ Gao Neng had already been burned at least three times. He wasn’t a three-year-old. How could he possibly trust this dumbass system again?
’I will absolutely never trust it again.’
So, he unhesitatingly chose...
...to refuse!
"I refuse!" Gao Neng shouted.
*Ding! Because the Host has refused one Lifesaving Mission, the difficulty will be adjusted to Epic level the next time a mission is triggered!*
