Just as Theresa had said, with senses of smell far beyond human capabilities, once she had memorized someone's scent, it was difficult for them to escape her pursuit in a short time.
Combined with her advantage of flying through the air, even Kiana, who possessed spatial acceleration abilities, could not evade Theresa's serious pursuit.
Thus, Kiana was quickly caught up by Theresa.
"Let's see where you can run now?"
The red mist winding around Theresa transformed into whip-like objects and shot toward Kiana.
Of course, Theresa's attacks were mainly intended to block Kiana's escape routes, not to harm her.
Relying on her acceleration ability and her many years of experience running away, Kiana quickly darted into narrow areas packed with obstacles, where it was easier to obstruct Theresa's flight and line of sight. Only then did she barely maintain the stalemate.
But Kiana was using only ordinary escape methods. She did not know that Theresa was tracking her not by sight, but by smell. Every time she barely managed to shake her off, Theresa caught up again a few minutes later.
Gradually, her stamina began to fail her.
"Damn it (〃>皿<)!"
Kiana's mind was a mess. She could not remember the last time she had faced such a predicament. She truly was not sure whether she could escape.
Gritting her teeth, she spared a bit of attention to take out her phone. While continuing to run and leap, she operated it one-handed and sent a message to Mo Yi.
Fortunately, she often needed to use her phone while delivering food and handling orders, so she had mastered the ultimate technique of typing without looking at the screen. Otherwise, trying to split her attention between running and looking at her phone to type would have been suicidal.
As for why she did not use voice messages, it was because she usually turned off communication apps like WeChat to make food deliveries and handle all sorts of order information more conveniently, lest they affect her phone's performance. To open and use them now, she would have to enter her password and log in.
By the time she finished logging in, she could already have typed and sent the message one-handed.
As Kiana typed, she muttered:
"Mo Yi, what the hell did you do to make that person behind me chase me like she's trying to kill me?"
"If I get out of this, I'm definitely making you treat me to a month of feasts—"
As they said, hesitation meant defeat!
Even with one hand, typing during such a life-and-death race distracted Kiana and slowed her down slightly. Theresa seized the opportunity to catch up.
After chasing her for so long, Theresa was already getting irritated. This time, her attack was stronger and covered a wider area than before. Countless spears formed from red mist rained down on Kiana like a downpour.
"Damn it—"
The instant Theresa attacked, Kiana's sixth sense erupted wildly. If she failed to dodge this properly, she might be severely injured and lose any ability to fight back!
So she could not afford to keep typing. She directly pressed send, while activating Void Space again amid the deadly rain of red.
She closed her eyes and relied on her skin to feel the air's movement and changes, spinning and leaping wildly.
She pushed the flexibility of her soft body to its absolute limit, becoming a swallow in the bloody rain—unwilling to yield to fate, soaring stubbornly into the storm.
Of course, Kiana the swallow did not want the storm to become any fiercer.
Even as she continued dodging, she felt pain welling up from inside her body. It was a warning from her overtaxed body, from all the hardworking cells within it.
If the attacks became any more intense, Kiana planned to stop right there and raise her hands in surrender. That was the practical choice.
At least, her opponent might not kill her on the spot. As long as she stayed alive, there was hope for everything.
Boom, bang bang—
This attack caused far greater destruction than the previous ones. Sensing a heavy smell of blood ahead, Theresa assumed her opponent had collapsed and remained where she was to observe.
Several seconds later, she discovered that Kiana was nowhere to be found in the blasted crater. The source of the bloody scent was merely a pool of blood on the ground.
"You still got away, delivery sister."
Theresa puffed out her cheeks, walked over to the pool of blood, dipped her hand in it, and licked the blood from her fingers. Her already wine-red eyes brightened like glowing rubies.
"It seems Theresa needs to get a little more serious too!"
With her ability to manipulate blood, once Theresa memorized someone's blood information, her tracking range became countless times more terrifying than relying on smell alone.
At that moment, Kiana was like a wounded Ice Maiden being chased by a Blood Demon stacked full of Bloodrage effects. Even if Theresa let Kiana run ten thousand meters ahead, there was no chance she could lose her.
"Good, while I have the chance—"
After slipping away again amid the chaos, Kiana hid in a dark alley and took out her phone, intending to send Mo Yi another message. But no matter how she pressed it, the screen would not light up. Several cracks ran across it. It had probably been damaged by flying debris while she was dodging earlier.
"Damn it—"
Kiana pressed her right hand firmly against the wound on her arm, stopping it from bleeding further.
"She didn't catch up immediately. Looks like my guess was right—"
"She's tracking me by 'smell.' That blood I deliberately left behind just now confused her."
"But the situation is still terrible."
Kiana let out a deep breath. The exhaustion and soreness coursing through her body reminded her that she needed to find somewhere to lie down and go into standby mode. A bottle of Pulse and some fried pork cutlet would be even better.
"You're really pathetic, Kiana—"
A voice that did not belong to Kiana rang out in her mind.
"Be quiet—"
Whenever she encountered danger in the past, this voice would appear. Although Kiana did not know what it wanted, she could sense its ill intent.
"I don't have time to chat with you."
The will of the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin, hidden within Kiana's body: "..."
Kiana, you've changed!
Even if you did not listen to my advice and obediently fall for my tricks before, you were at least willing to ramble with me for a while. But now you do not even have the patience to listen to me?
Tell me, is there anyone in this world who cares for you and protects you more than I do?
If you kick the bucket, this Herrscher will have to accompany you to the underworld. How could I possibly have the mood to waste words with you otherwise?!
Don't think I know nothing just because I'm inside your body. You have the ability to meet strange men, so why can't you speak properly to me?!
"Now is not the time to be stubborn and force yourself onward, Kiana—"
Sirin maintained her haughty tone as she said:
"Your opponent's power is not simple. Aside from the power of erosion, she also has another power hidden within her that even I must take seriously."
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