Their tremendous speed let them sprint across the sea as if it were flat ground, dragging up enormous curtains of water more than ten meters high behind them.
Makkari felt the silver lightning behind her drawing closer and closer, the distance constantly shrinking.
Sersi, on Makkari's back, also noticed the pursuer behind them.
Sersi focused and activated Matter Transmutation, reaching her fingertips toward the surging waves.
The wall of water behind Makkari instantly transformed into a massive wall of ice and snow stretching across the sea, trying to block Pietro's path.
They hoped to use this method to create obstacles for Pietro and slow him down.
However, Pietro, who had undergone a second evolution through Compound V, was no longer that fragile speedster who could only rely on his speed.
Pietro had no intention of slowing down. Instead, he lowered his head and slammed straight into it.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Like an armor-piercing shell fired from a cannon, Pietro smashed through one solid ice wall after another with unstoppable force.
Shards of ice flew everywhere, glittering beneath the refracted sunlight.
Makkari realized that ordinary methods could not stop him at all.
She could only give it everything she had and keep running forward.
By then, she had entered Alaska's dense primeval forest. Beyond it lay the icefield.
She was just about to rush out of the forest.
At the final moment, Pietro finally unleashed his top speed and overtook her.
With a sideways skid, he forcibly blocked Makkari's path.
Makkari had no choice but to brake abruptly.
"Road's closed, ladies." Pietro brushed the fine ice chips from his body, an smug smile curling at his lips.
Makkari knew that unless she dealt with this silver-haired boy today, she would never get away.
She patted Sersi on the back and gestured