Once they had agreed, the four stood on the giant tree. Nameless tossed a coin, and the instant it hit the ground, all four charged upward, racing toward the treetop.
"Renmei's too fast!" Aries Palace shouted as Lin Renmei shot ahead of everyone and left them eating dust.
Nameless laughed as he ran. "Strictly speaking, Renmei's a body cultivator too. Of course she's fast."
"You don't seem worried at all. Have you already resigned yourself to losing?" Aries Palace asked.
Nameless narrowed his eyes and smiled like a fox. "Being fast doesn't mean you'll win. This tree isn't that simple."
"Did you use Seven Dreams of Fleeting Life to hide something?" Lucifer asked suspiciously.
"Guess," Nameless said with a grin. "But I can promise you this: since the race started, I haven't used Seven Dreams of Fleeting Life. You can rest easy on that. I said no abilities, and I won't use any!"
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Aries Palace muttered.
As they spoke, they reached a height of about fifty meters. The giant tree's surface changed: its grain grew rougher, and parts of it split and bulged outward, forming obstacles.
Lin Renmei, who was running fastest, leaped onto one of them. To her surprise, it exploded, blasting her away. She plunged toward the ground.
For anyone there, a fall from that height was nothing. Even hitting the ground would not hurt them.
Nameless and the others burst out laughing as Lin Renmei fell. She promptly gave Nameless and Aries Palace the middle finger before slamming heavily into the ground.
But she soon got up, jumped back onto the tree, and chased after them.
"Jump!"
"Jump!"
When the other three reached the obstacles, they knew better than to step on anything that might explode. They leaped