Puff, puff, puff!
This time, the bone spikes did not erupt in a circular area. Instead, they concentrated beneath Fei Lun, chasing closely after his moving figure.
Fei Lun leaped up, jumping into midair.
The bone man released the hand pressing down on his head. He opened both palms and aimed them at the seemingly empty air.
"Flying Spikes!"
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
A large number of tiny bone nails, each only the size of a finger, shot out explosively from his palms.
Fei Lun's heart tightened.
"He knows where I am?"
…
Tonight's battle completely refreshed Su Hao's understanding of mutants.
He knew high-level mutants were powerful, but he had not expected them to reach this kind of level.
If an arm was severed, being able to reattach it was already impressive enough.
But they could even regrow an entirely new one?
Even when the head had been cut so deeply that only skin and flesh were still connecting it, all they had to do was hold it in place so it would not fall off?
And in the blink of an eye, everything healed completely!
From what Su Hao had seen so far, the power produced by these genes had already exceeded his understanding.
"If I could obtain the gene sequences of these two…"
Su Hao's first thought was to rush up, stab each of them once, and collect some blood.
But he immediately shook his head and threw away that unrealistic idea.
It was still too dangerous right now!
It would be more reasonable to wait another year or two, after his body had grown more.
Besides, these mutants were far too strange.
For example, that bone man just now. If Su Hao had been the one to cut open more than half of the bone man's neck, he would have naturally assumed the bone man was doomed. He might have lowered his guard and been caught by the bone man's counterattack instead.
However, if he really had to face them, Su Hao was not afraid.
With his current strength, protecting himself would be more than enough.
And if he understood these mutants' abilities in advance and prepared the right runes beforehand, killing them would not be impossible.
As Su Hao watched the battle, he silently weighed both sides' combat power in his mind. He analyzed their strengths and weaknesses and simulated how he should respond if a fight broke out.
…
At this moment, the battle on the field had reversed.
It had become the bone man chasing and attacking the invisible man.
No matter where Fei Lun circled to, Deli was always able to discover his position immediately and attack without restraint.
When Fei Lun came to the ground, dense bone spikes greeted him.
If he jumped into midair, large numbers of bone nails would shoot toward him.
Fei Lun was being beaten into a miserable state.
In this situation, one mistake from Fei Lun would mean being pierced into a hornet's nest.
He did not have [Bone Demon] Deli's defense or recovery ability.
"He can determine my position?"
Fei Lun could hardly believe it.
His invisibility was not as simple as deceiving the eyes. Even the scent on his body was reduced to the lowest possible level, and the sound of him cutting through the air was also lowered.
Trying to locate him was not something a [Bone Demon] should be capable of doing.
Fei Lun began changing battlefields, constantly shifting positions throughout the city.
However, no matter where Fei Lun ran, as long as he stopped for even a moment, Bone Demon would immediately catch up and launch a dense wave of attacks at him.
As Fei Lun fled, his brows furrowed.
At this moment, Bone Demon Deli felt extremely pleased.
This method of locating targets was his specialty. No matter what kind of target it was, no matter where they hid, he could drag them out and pursue them relentlessly until they were dead.
The method was actually very simple.
When [Speed Demon] Fei Lun had been slashing at his bones earlier, large amounts of fine bone dust had scattered in every direction, filling the air. That dust then attached itself to [Speed Demon]'s body.
Once enough of it had accumulated, no matter how [Speed Demon] turned invisible, he was as obvious as a bright lamp in Deli's perception.
Earlier, [Speed Demon] had enjoyed hacking away at him.
Now, it was Deli's hunting time.
Deli wantonly unleashed his abilities. Large patches of bone spikes chased after [Speed Demon] Fei Lun, stabbing toward him as they gradually spread through the small city.
A large number of ordinary people were caught in the aftermath.
Su Hao followed behind with a frown.
After thinking for a moment, he decided it was better to stay steady.
It was still uncertain who would kill who.
There would be plenty of opportunities in the future. Once he was fully prepared, he could simply cut them down then.
…
Tap, tap!
An's feet landed on the ground, and he slowly exhaled.
Only then did the two corpses behind him slowly collapse to the floor.
One corpse belonged to the Divine Light Society's Level Three mutant of the [Silk Weaver] sequence, the [Cutter Beast].
The other belonged to the Heavenly Gate Society's Level Three mutant of the [Armored Man] sequence, the [Counterthorn Beast].
As for An, he was a Level Three mutant of the [Swift Man] sequence, a [Shadowless Beast].
He had hidden his figure and waited until the Divine Light Society's [Cutter Beast] and the Heavenly Gate Society's [Counterthorn Beast] were locked in a fierce battle. When both sides were badly injured, he suddenly made his move.
Before either of them could react, he took off both their heads.
The [Counterthorn Beast] was covered in heavy armor. Even An had been helpless against it. He had only managed to complete the kill at the exact moment when the [Cutter Beast] broke through its defense.
An turned his head and said, "Fude. Charlie."
Fude and Charlie slowly walked out from the darkness.
Looking at the two bodies on the ground, bodies they had long dreamed of obtaining, they trembled with excitement.
Fude was a Level Two mutant of the [Armored Man] sequence, a [Rampager]. He had been stuck at this stage for a long time, but had never found an opportunity to advance.
Tonight, his wish had finally been fulfilled.
Charlie's eyes widened.
He slowly stepped forward, leaned down, and bit fiercely into the corpse of the [Cutter Beast].
Fude first glanced at An. Only after seeing An nod did he bend down and tear into the flesh of the [Counterthorn Beast].
Gulp!
The satisfied sound of the two swallowing rang out.
An looked into the distance and said softly, "You few should head to the Fallen Leaf Courtyard in the south of the city first and complete your evolution there. I'll come find you afterward."
Then he turned and walked toward the battlefield in the distance.
His figure gradually disappeared, and soon, he was nowhere to be seen.
In his heart, he silently said, "It's about time! Now, it should be my turn to advance into a [Speed Demon]!"
In order to advance into a [Speed Demon], An had come to Temple Forest City and planned for a full five years.
He continuously gathered information, analyzed information, and finally confirmed the identities of all his targets.
Tonight was the time to close the net!
On the other side, [Speed Demon] Fei Lun was being chased all over the place by [Bone Demon] Deli.
Fei Lun was extremely annoyed. As he ran, he said, "Bone Demon, as long as I want to run, you can't catch me anyway. How about we stop here?"
Deli snorted coldly and said nothing.
He continued chasing after Fei Lun and attacking fiercely.
Speed Demon's expression became ugly.
He thought for a moment.
"I'll run forward at full speed. Let's see how he chases me then! Hehehe!"
Fei Lun stopped wasting words.
He suddenly accelerated and instantly vanished from sight, sprinting forward at full speed.
His speed was so fast that after only two breaths, he had already left Su Hao's perception range.
Slash!
Suddenly, [Speed Demon] Fei Lun's eyes widened violently. His face seemed full of disbelief.
The mask on his face split into two halves and fell to the ground.
He opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something.
However, lines of blood suddenly appeared across his face in all directions. They spread across his entire body.
In the next second, [Speed Demon] Fei Lun's whole body split apart into pieces of different sizes and fell to the ground.
Even at the moment of his death, Fei Lun did not understand what had happened.
Su Hao followed from afar.
Very soon, he sensed [Speed Demon]'s blood qi again.
However, what surprised him was that [Speed Demon]'s blood qi reaction had split into many parts and was gradually dissipating.
"What's going on?"
Su Hao frowned and prepared to move closer to observe.
Soon, a high-rank grandmaster-level blood qi reaction entered his perception range.
"Another high-level mutant!"
Su Hao became even more cautious.
He had already seen the scene on the field.
[Speed Demon] had turned into chunks of flesh. He was dead beyond dead.
Beside [Speed Demon] stood a cocoon that was slightly taller than a person.
Su Hao knew that the unfamiliar blood qi reaction was inside that cocoon. He just did not know who it was.
At this moment, [Bone Demon] Deli stopped on a rooftop.
He looked at [Speed Demon]'s scattered remains, then stared warily at the cocoon in the distance.
He knew that this person was the famous leader of the Shanghe Society—
[Thread Demon] Xike.
Su Hao looked at the dead [Speed Demon] and guessed how he had died. Cold sweat immediately broke out across his body.
"Earlier, I thought this extremely fast and invisible mutant was almost unbeatable. Who would've thought he'd die just like that? The strange abilities of these mutants are truly impossible to guard against."
Just as Su Hao was feeling alarmed, he sensed another mutant with early-stage grandmaster-level blood qi rushing over at an extremely high speed.
Very soon, that person stopped in front of [Speed Demon]'s pieces of flesh and slowly revealed his figure.
It was [Shadowless Beast] An.