Chapter 541: Into the Mountain
Translator: bingeants Editor: bingeants
"Kind of interesting," Parna's eyes narrowed, "His speed isn't consistent with his body's heat. Can he utilize his body to a higher degree? He has the ability of insect wings and can control his body's heat while moving at full speed... I've never seen such a magic mark. Hahaha... interesting."
Whoosh!
His figure suddenly accelerated, lifting the dust everywhere.
When Dean 1 saw the youth accelerating, he also hurriedly sped up his wings. But his body was stiff — frozen stiff. At the same time, the chill was like a venomous snake desperately drilling to his lower jaw.
He quickly held his throat tightly, so tight it caused him to suffocate and almost snapped his neck. Although he didn't know what would happen if this chill intruded into his brain, intuition told him that he might die!
He suddenly regretted releasing the chill in his left hand. It couldn't be restrained as easy as he thought. It was like an ice beast rampaging inside his body.
"Can't run away..." Looking at the fast approaching bright red figure, Dean fell into despair. He clenched his teeth and dispelled this frustrating thought. His body's heat now was covered by the ice blood, so it should be difficult to trace him by only using the thermal vision. However, the youth still could chase in his direction, so most likely the youth had another perception ability.
"Either sense of hearing or sense of smell. The smell's transmission speed wasn't fast, inevitably he would hesitate, so it should be the sense of hearing," Dean thought rapidly. Currently, his feet didn't touch the ground, so there was no sound of footsteps. The only sounds were the buzzing sound from his wings and the whizzing sound caused by his fast-moving body.
Both sounds were very low. Thus, the youth's sense of hearing was very sensitive!
Although he knew this, Dean became more dejected. He couldn't eliminate the sound. If he stopped, the youth would search and find him sooner or later.
"Six kilometers... five kilometers..." Dean, burning with anxiousness, gazed as the distance between them continuing to shrink. The more anxious he was, the more he couldn't plan. Right now, he didn't have any plan at all.
"Three kilometers... two kilometers..."
Dean's body was trembling as the distance continuing to shrink. Suddenly, he saw the end of the street ahead and entered the suburb. The concrete houses in the suburb were almost all destroyed, some were dilapidated, some were crushed by monsters. Beyond this suburb was a dark green mountain, which was connected to the mountain range where the Shadow Hunter's cave was.
The mountain range seemed to surround the city. If you looked down from the sky, it was like a huge natural basin.
Mountain?
Dean was taken by surprise.
His eyes were bright. He landed on the ground and used his wings to rush toward the big mountain.
His legs were already somewhat sluggish, and his consciousness was numb, but at this moment the youth was getting closer and closer, so he only thought about moving forward. His legs kept stepping forward; his posture tilted forward for about 90 degrees, just like an arrow speeding close to the ground. Without the help of his wings, such an exaggerated posture would make him immediately crash onto the ground.
"One kilometer..." Dean saw the sharply reduced distance, and his heart was pounding madly. The distance between them would disappear in a matter of seconds.
Whoosh!
He went all out and once again exerted his legs, almost beyond his limit. In the end, the distance between them was about 600–700 meters when he entered the mountains.
As soon as Dean entered the mountain, he roared.
The roar was thunderous, sending out echoes.
"Ah... Ah... Ah..." The roar echoed over and over again.
...
"Huh?" Parna heard the roar, and soon after, the echoes. Slightly startled, his face changed. Looking at the towering mountain in front of him, he realized, "I thought this kid would run to the monsters' habitat, using them to obstruct me. Unexpectedly he's relying on the echoes to interfere with my pursuit."
"Petty trick, he's underestimating me," Parna smirked. His ultrasonic hearing was his most trusted perception ability. It was more reliable than the thermal vision. After all, some cold-blooded monsters could escape from the thermal vision's observation. But the ultrasonic hearing was different, any approaching monster could be perceived. Even if the monster was motionless, he could hear its heartbeat and breathing sounds. If the distance was close enough, he could even hear the sound of blood flowing from the heart.
He stopped at once and listened attentively.
Soon, in the series of echoes, he heard a faint sound of wings fluttering. His eyes lit up. After determining the direction, he quickly chased.
When he was about to enter the mountain, he suddenly thought of one thing.
"This kid... seems to have grasped my ability?"
The light smile on his face disappeared. His eyes narrowed, and a hint of killing intent flashed across his eyes.
Whoosh!
Parna entered the mountain at high speed.
Shortly after he entered the mountain, Dean's roar resounded once more and quickly spread around, echoing back and forth continuously.
"Not enough..." Dean was nervous and then flew to the jungle. After entering the jungle, he was forced to slow down. He needed to concentrate at all times; otherwise, he would crash into the trees. Fortunately, his wings were not very wide, so he could fly in the jungle. If his wings' size was like the youth's wings, he would run into trouble.
"Where are the monsters..." Dean looked at his surroundings, searching for the heat source while simultaneously paying attention to the distance between him and the youth.
He was a little relieved. After entering the mountain, the youth's speed decreased significantly and occasionally would stop, presumably, observing his position. After all, when running at full speed, the wind's sound would cover the eardrum and reduce the hearing.
Moreover, after entering the mountain, Dean's speed decreased, resulting in his wings' fluttering frequency to decrease, so the sound was also lowered. The youth needed to listen more carefully to find his trail under the interference of the echoes.
Boom!
Ahead, a tree suddenly fell.
Dean saw a two- or three-meters-high figure emitting heat. Its head looked like the combination of a wild boar and a hedgehog. The monster was ramming a small cave under the tree with its head.