Someone's here!!
This shocking fact left Hao Ren dumbfounded, but his reaction was anything but slow. The instant that figure flashed past the top of the wall, he had already leaped after him. "Catch him!"
A white figure flew past Hao Ren, followed immediately by a huge swarm of bats carrying the stench of blood. Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily leaped over the collapsed stone wall one after another, while a tall, agile figure was about to flee around the corner of a building at the far end. Hao Ren and the others gave chase without letting up. At their superhuman speed, the surrounding scenery stretched into a string of illusory afterimages. Astonishingly, however, the figure in front was moving almost as fast as Lily. He narrowly escaped Lily's pounces several times, constantly changing his route with the help of the collapsed and jumbled stone ruins around him. Clearly, he was extremely familiar with the terrain, while Hao Ren and the others, who had just arrived, found themselves hampered by the piles of stones.
Even so, the distance between them continued to shrink. Vivian, transformed into a swarm of bats, moved through the air, completely ignoring the terrain as she launched continuous harassment from above. She kept dropping cold icicles and lightning bolts, leaving the fleeing mysterious man flustered and battered. Hao Ren saw magical-looking flashes burst from the man's body from time to time as he blocked Vivian's long-range attacks, but they still greatly affected his speed.
At last, after rounding a section of giant stone wall, the figure was driven into an open area. Without hesitation, he rolled on the spot to dodge Vivian's lightning spear, then sprang back up with simian agility and drew a short knife from his waist, assuming a desperate last-stand stance. At that