Escaping upward would lead to the Safe Zone and draw the Leopard Woman back there, so Feng Ling could only run downhill, toward Fox Village.
She had Huangfu Miaomiao and Baozi run ahead while she stayed behind to cover them.
—The good news was that the strategy of attacking her hind legs had worked. The Leopard Woman had visibly slowed down.
—The bad news was that her gun was out of bullets, and her grenades were gone too.
"Baozi, are you using Kichijoten's ability?" Feng Ling asked as she ran.
Baozi panted as he replied, "No! I only use it when she's about to attack you... Isn't she still far away right now?"
Feng Ling glanced back at the huge shadow closing in behind them. "Her pressure doesn't seem as strong as before."
If Queen Mother of the West's pressure were compared to a massive block of ice, then that ice constantly radiated a chill called "fear." From far away, it made one feel frightened and panicked, but not incapable of moving. Up close, it froze a person stiff, leaving them too afraid to move.
As Feng Ling circled around the Leopard Woman, she had been judging the distance between them by the intensity of the fear in her heart.
But now, she could clearly hear beastly feet pounding against the ground, yet the fear was at least one-third weaker than before.
Baozi said from up ahead, "Maybe... maybe she's injured and weakened, so her Mental Pressure weakened too."
"Wait..." Feng Ling abruptly stopped, frowning.
She could no longer hear the Leopard Woman's footsteps.
Had she realized there was no hope of catching them and decided to return to the Ancient Tower?
They were already far from the summit. With the Leopard Woman's injured legs, returning to the mountaintop would