Capítulo 1077: Chapter 1067: Pursuit and Escape

“Boom boom boom boom…”

The explosive sound was like thunder, as Chen Hai and Haotian’s fists finally collided.

Previously, their fists had clashed dozens of times, and Chen Hai, who had always fallen behind, was sent flying dozens of miles with each punch.

But at this moment, after being blasted away, his speed seemed faster and the distance was noticeably much farther.

In an instant, he flew out a full dozens of miles.

“Haotian, I’m not in a good state today, let me rest up for a few days and face you again for hundreds of rounds…”

As soon as Chen Hai landed, he had not yet regained his balance before turning to fly away towards the distance.

It seemed that under the impact of that punch just now, he was sent flying such a far distance, was actually him borrowing some of the power from Haotian’s punch, deliberately creating this outcome.

To knowingly attempt the impossible is something only a fool would do.

Chen Hai, despite having the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Mysterious Yellow Tower, a Supreme Treasure for defense, knew the power disparity between him and Haotian all too well.

Constantly being suppressed by Haotian, he could barely hold on without showing signs of defeat, but he knew defeating Haotian was extremely unlikely, if not impossible.

If he stayed here, continually entangled with Haotian, the most probable outcome would be him exhausting his strength and dying here in battle.

After all, Haotian holds the Heaven and Earth Authority. In this Land of Slumber, while he may not be truly Undying, he shouldn’t be far from it!

And Chen Hai? His power stems from himself, each fist and kick relies entirely on his own strength.

In such a scenario, if he tried to contend with Haotian in terms of endurance, he would surely be inferior!

Given this, what sense is there to remain here and engage in a senseless struggle with Haotian? Does he have a death wish?

Being unable to defeat Haotian isn’t shameful; after all, when Haotian ruled the Three Realms, he hadn’t even been born yet.

In Chen Hai’s view, this isn’t an escape, it’s a strategic retreat!

With a Path Enlightenment Flower in his possession, as long as he has time to thoroughly refine this divine item, when facing Haotian again, he’d surely beat him to the point of searching the ground for teeth!

As for whether others believe this, that’s uncertain, but Chen Hai himself firmly believes it!

“You brat, cease your escape and take a few more punches from me!”

Seeing Chen Hai flee, Haotian, atop the Nine Dragon Chariot, became even more furiously enraged.

With a low roar, fast as lightning, another punch surged towards Chen Hai’s fleeing silhouette.

This hastily delivered punch, while he couldn’t gather all his strength in time and its inherent power was lacking, it would surely consume time if Chen Hai turned to face it.

For a powerhouse of Haotian’s level, even a split second is ample time for him to accomplish many things.

Even a slight delay by Chen Hai would allow Haotian to catch up and entangle with him once more.

Unfortunately, this tactic was utterly ineffective against Chen Hai.

Sensing the fist shadow formed by Haotian’s punch constantly trailing behind him, Chen Hai not only didn’t slow down, he accelerated his escape even more.

Though the fist shadow’s speed was slightly faster than Chen Hai’s fleeing pace, after spanning dozens to hundreds of miles, by the time it finally caught up to him, over half of its punch’s power had already been depleted.

“Boom…” a resounding crash.

As the fist shadow reached Chen Hai’s back, the strands of Mysterious Yellow Qi descending from the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Mysterious Yellow Tower protected his entire body. The punch merely served to abruptly increase his already rapid speed significantly.

Aside from leaving Chen Hai’s back slightly aching and causing him to grit his teeth for a moment, Haotian’s punch achieved little else.

This scene infuriated Haotian to the point of an anguished howl.

His desiccated corpse-like face, with an overly wide opened mouth from his bellow, nearly lost a few of its loose, yellow teeth.

With a wave, several ghastly Dry Corpse Dragons dragged the chariot beneath him, rumbling with an intimidating presence, ensuring a relentless pursuit in the direction Chen Hai was escaping.

Within this brief moment, Chen Hai had already raced hundreds of miles.

Yet given the flat terrain of the White Bone Plain, coupled with the Nine Dragon Chariot traversing the heavens, Haotian’s perspective remained incredibly broad, keeping Chen Hai within his sight regardless of how many hundreds of miles he fled.

A chase and an escape, and before you know it, half an hour had passed.

“Damn it, this Haotian, relentless as a ghost, is still closely pursuing me.”

“Though he’s transformed into a corpse, his power remains formidable, but logically his mind shouldn’t be so sharp.”

“Doesn’t he realize that failing to catch up to me means he should return to the black depths beneath the earth to continue his slumber? I don’t have any candy on me, what’s the point of following me!”

…

Smashing unknown beast bones ahead of him like a small hill into dust, Chen Hai cursed under his breath, gritting his teeth.

In the expanse of the skies, there would be no obstacles on his path; coupled with the nine Dry Corpse Dragons hauling the chariot to assist his journey, Haotian could maintain focus effortlessly at incredible speeds.

As for Chen Hai, sprinting like mad on the White Bone Plain, wasn’t unfamiliar with encountering skeletal obstacles resembling mountains in his path.

With Haotian close behind, Chen Hai had no time to circumnavigate these obstacles, and each time he faced such a situation, he boldly charged ahead.

Given his robust physique, combined with the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Mysterious Yellow Tower hovering above, shielding him with descending strands of Mysterious Yellow Qi, those beast bones couldn’t impede his path.

However, smashing through these bones and launching forward again naturally slowed his speed slightly.

After half an hour of fleeing, the gap between Chen Hai and the pursuing Haotian had shrunk to less than a hundred miles.

To further increase his pace, the acquired Spiritual Treasure, Nine Heavens Thunder Wings, barely used since obtaining them, now emerged on his shoulders as wings.

With Chen Hai’s current strength Realm, his speed was already at its peak, rendering the speed increase from the Lower Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure Nine Heavens Thunder Wings quite limited.

Nonetheless, deploying this treasure slightly enhanced his speed, wouldn’t it?

In his escape, he even contemplated soaring into the sky directly…

After all, it’s generally faster flying than running on the ground.

But this thought barely surfaced in Chen Hai’s mind before he dismissed it.

Because his intuition warned him that if he ascended to the skies, something unfavorable might suddenly occur.