The Shapeshifting Bug had naturally spotted Wanda rushing toward it, along with Old Li wielding a blade. Although it wasn't afraid of them, Leo was still hovering in midair behind them.
So upon seeing this, it turned around and ran again. In this form, which was only two and a half meters long, it was actually several times faster than before.
Without its thick armor and savage ramming horns, its speed had increased considerably. It could almost reach seventy meters per second, even on the rugged, uneven terrain of the mountain forest.
At that speed, let alone a person, even an off-road vehicle wouldn't be able to catch it.
This speed instantly opened up a distance between it and the pursuing Wanda and Old Li.
Pietro, however, instantly caught up and sliced a huge wound along its body as he passed.
But the Shapeshifting Bug had been prepared for this. Even so, its speed barely slowed, and the wound that had just appeared on its body rapidly healed under its control.
Pietro, however, grew faster and faster. Although he could only move straight back and forth, he could stab twenty-three times as they passed one another.
The intense pain and wounds he inflicted forced it to stop.
By increasing its speed at the cost of weakening its Scale Armor defense, the Shapeshifting Bug had become faster, but the wounds on its body were growing deeper and deeper.
Although it could widen the distance between itself and Wanda and Old Li behind it, it simply couldn't escape Pietro's attacks. There was little point in doing so.
Within range, the Shapeshifting Bug had also tried using the spore cells it had modified to launch a parasitic attack.
But its spore cells couldn't cause any harm or attach themselves to Pietro while he