"Hey, hey, what are you doing?" Held by the neck in one of Han Shuo's hands, Akelie shook repeatedly in midair, looking thoroughly bedraggled.
"Those enemies of yours have caught up. I'm getting you out of here early. If we stay where we were, there's a good chance they'll find us!" Han Shuo answered offhandedly, dragging Akelie along as he continued racing onward.
"So soon? Damn it, they really are persistent. They even chased me all the way to the Continent of the Gods!" Akelie cursed, but quieted down once he heard that his enemies were in hot pursuit.
With Akelie quiet, Han Shuo moved considerably faster. Holding Akelie in one hand, he chose only remote routes. Mountains rose and fell along the way, with no trace of habitation, and they encountered almost no one.
After flying several hundred li, Han Shuo casually tossed Akelie onto a barren mountain and said, "We should have shaken them off. Keep resting!"
Akelie had not stopped working on his recovery during Han Shuo's flight. With the additional help of a Vitality-Recovery Pill, color gradually returned to his face, and his wounds slowly scabbed over.
The Vitality-Recovery Pill was highly beneficial for healing injuries. Akelie was also a deity who cultivated the Law of Destruction, and his divine body could make the fullest use of the pill's effects. That was why he had achieved such a good recovery in so little time.
"Be careful, and take this chance to recover too. Keep yourself in peak condition at all times. This is my first time on the Continent of the Gods, but I don't believe it'll be very peaceful here either. If something unexpected happens, we'll have the best chance of survival only if we're at our peak!" Akelie suggested after sitting down on the