Chapter 385: Chapter 142: Reversal of the Chase, a Painful Plea for Peace... Demon Marrow Gold, Seven-leaf Star Orchid
’Five hundred points of Spiritual Essence...’
The cost of the Fourth Limit Break was much greater than before.
Fortunately, in preparation for dealing with the Moon Worship Sect, he had consumed countless Elixirs and Treasure Plants recently. His reserves of Spiritual Essence were abundant, so he didn’t feel the sting of the cost.
Besides, a powerful enemy was still chasing him from behind...
’Break the limit!’
Chu Fan commanded inwardly, consuming five hundred points of Spiritual Essence.
BOOM!
A torrent of new understanding flooded his mind as a strange power washed over his entire body, quietly transforming it.
The pathways of his Running Technique, which had been operating at their absolute peak, now underwent a fundamental transformation—they became more complex, more efficient, and more in tune with the rhythm of the world!
[Technique: Running Technique (Fourth Limit Break 2/15000) (Traits: Wind under the Feet; Light as a Feather; Wave Riding and Wind Chasing; Fleeting Shadows)]
[Fleeting Shadows: This is a sign of a Body Technique reaching the Transformation Realm, where the boundary between motion and stillness has dissolved. Your blood and Primordial Qi surge like a boiling torrent, allowing for an ultimate burst of power in an instant, creating a "Residual Image" within a hair’s breadth.]
[When sprinting in a straight line, your form becomes like a streak of light skimming the ground, impossible for the naked eye to follow. When maneuvering in a small area, several illusory afterimages will flicker and intertwine, dazzling and confusing any who try to lock onto you.]
[Compared to the Third Limit Break, your absolute speed has increased by seventy percent. Furthermore, your abilities to deceive in actual combat and your explosive Force have both reached an extreme level. When combined with offensive moves, it is certain to achieve victory through surprise.]
’A seventy-percent speed boost! And it creates Residual Images on its own!’
Even with Chu Fan’s steady temperament, he couldn’t help but feel his heart surge with excitement at this moment!
He could clearly feel an explosive power coiled in his legs. His body felt as if it were weightless, and his control over the air currents had become increasingly Skillful and Proficient with this Limit Break!
Chu Fan spotted an area ahead where the trees thinned out slightly.
WHOOSH—!
His speed suddenly skyrocketed, and his figure truly transformed into a streak of light flying close to the ground!
In his original spot, a faint Residual Image was left behind, lasting for half a breath before slowly dissipating!
Baili Bing, who had been tailing him and was about to close the distance, saw only a blur. Chu Fan’s figure ahead seemed to have been violently shoved forward a great distance by an invisible hand.
The gap between them widened at a speed visible to the naked eye!
"How can this be?!"
Baili Bing’s pupils contracted, her face a mask of incredulous shock and disbelief!
A mere early-stage Spirit Awakening Realm cultivator had been competing with her in a test of speed for a day and two nights, forcing her, an Acupoint Realm expert, to eat his dust—it was already frustrating enough to make her want to vomit blood.
She had originally expected to rely on the advantage in Primordial Qi that her higher Realm provided to wear him out. She never imagined that... after fleeing for so long, not only had his speed not decreased, but it had instead surged dramatically at this critical moment, as if he were possessed?!
This increase in speed was simply illogical!
Unthinkable!
’This... This kid would probably be considered a freak even in the Demon Suppression Bureau, wouldn’t he?!’
She stared blankly at Chu Fan’s figure as it flickered a few times and became a small black dot in the distance. An unprecedented feeling of powerlessness and absurdity washed over her.
"Hmph! No matter how many tricks you have, you won’t escape today!"
Baili Bing grit her teeth, suppressed the shock in her heart, and frantically channeled her Primordial Qi to increase her speed once more, resuming the chase.
She refused to believe that such an explosive burst of speed could be sustained!
...
’It feels like I’m flying...’
Chu Fan was like a streak of light, weaving ceaselessly through the mountain forest.
The improvement from the Fourth Limit Break of his Running Technique far exceeded his expectations!
Combined with the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture’s ability to manipulate wind, it actually gave him the illusion that his body was about to merge with the wind and ride it.
Even though his Primordial Qi was far inferior to the woman behind him, his instantaneous burst of speed had suddenly surged, surpassing hers by a margin!
Chu Fan weaved and leaped through the forest. It looked like he was still fleeing, but he was actually familiarizing himself with the Traits of Fleeting Shadows.
At times, he would fly over the tips of the grass, his feet never touching the ground;
At others, he would skim across the treetops, as nimble as a spirit ape.
Although Baili Bing, who was following behind, could still see his figure, she was overcome with a sense of helplessness, like she could never catch up even on horseback.
Every time she felt she was about to get close, Chu Fan would accelerate or change direction, pulling away again.
Chu Fan glanced back at the ashen-faced woman relentlessly pursuing him, his thoughts racing.
’This woman is just too strong...’
’An Acupoint Realm cultivation, and her Protective Primordial Qi is as thick as a mountain.’
’Even my Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand, which fuses Extreme Cold Qi and Yellow Springs Death Qi and has undergone a Second Limit Break, would have a hard time breaking through it quickly.’
’And the Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand is my strongest Killing Move for fighting above my Realm right now.’
’If the Extreme Cold Qi and Yellow Springs Death Qi can’t even corrode her Protective Primordial Qi in a short time, then the Ninefold Force of my Ninefold Thunder Shock Saber has even less of a chance of breaking through.’
’Fighting her head-on is like throwing an egg against a stone.’
’But now that my Running Technique has reached its Fourth Limit Break, and with the Entry-Level Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture, it’s nothing but a daydream for that woman to think she can catch me!’
Suddenly, Chu Fan’s expression shifted slightly.
From ahead and to his right, he felt a faint, almost imperceptible sensation that resonated with a certain power within his body.
’Is that...’
’Evil Qi?!’
His Nine Blood Soul Blades had already reached Perfection, and had even undergone one Limit Break.
This Sword Technique was tyrannical and brutal, cultivated by absorbing the Fierce Evil Qi from the world, ancient battlefields, and places where living beings had fallen. As a result, his perception of Evil Qi far surpassed that of an ordinary cultivator.
And the fluctuations of Evil Qi coming from ahead, though not ostentatious, were deep, restrained, and concealed. Their purity and density far surpassed anything he had ever encountered before!
A sharp glint flashed in Chu Fan’s eyes; a plan had already formed in his mind.
He turned slightly, increased his speed again, and his figure shot like a bolt of jagged lightning toward the source of the Evil Qi he had sensed.
The chase continued for the time it takes half an incense stick to burn. In Baili Bing’s eyes, that detestable figure ahead dove into a complex, chaotic pile of rocks and vanished completely.
"Hmph!"
Baili Bing snorted lightly. She still found it hard to believe that she, a dignified Acupoint Realm expert, couldn’t even catch a boy in the early Spirit Awakening Realm!
