Chapter 899: Escape

Uninterrupted!

Within seconds, under the reminder of the Second Will, Lin An almost with his fastest reaction in life instantly activated the Uninterrupted State.

A life-and-death instant.

He grabbed Mo Ling and pulled her into his arms, his muscles straining to the limit, using the bought time to forcibly shift left.

In an instant.

He saw a beam as thick as a person's waist suddenly slam into the laboratory and instantly explode.

Boom!!!

Disintegration, destruction.

The dark red energy grazing Lin An's shoulder burst into extreme heat in the blink of an eye, destroying the entire underground.

A deep pit appeared, and the scorching heat melted the exposed rebar into molten iron.

The strong shockwave jolted the mental power shield, making it sway.

Mo Ling, pulled into his arms, had no time to react before feeling her vision filled with dark red energy.

Lin An!!

Above the high sky, among the three figures, a man in a military-green combat uniform, expressionless, gazed at the ground where a deep pit like magma lay.

It penetrated a hundred meters, the ground as if a chunk had been forcibly dug out.

The earth melted, and waves of white smoke drifted from the pit.

"That kid... is he dead?"

Chen Yangtian, floating nearby with his appearance changed, tilted his head slightly and asked casually.

Tracking all the way, relying on the team's great strength, they almost without pause penetrated Heiyu and directly locked onto Lin An's location.

After sensing Lin An's aura, they directly concealed their aura and approached.

That strike just now came from the hand of a three Fourth Rank advanced; even without his guard, he would be killed in one hit.

He frowned slightly, retracting his right hand.

At the team's forefront, the middle-aged man with a full head of silver hair flashed a hint of something unusual in his eyes:

"No.."

"Get ready to go down."

His mental power surpasses everyone present.

In his perception, Lin An deep underground was clearly not dead, and even another little bug wasn't dead either.

This was somewhat unexpected.

He never expected Lin An's reaction to be this fast.

Huh!?

The remaining two showed a flash of surprise on their faces.

They were certain the silver-haired man had clearly hit Lin An; with the beam's speed reaching Mach 4, Lin An couldn't possibly dodge it given his strength.

Seeing their astonishment, this three Fourth Rank advanced briefly explained with an unchanged expression:

"He dodged the vital point, and... seems to have some special ability."

No more words, the three figures instantly sped up, turning into three sonic booms that suddenly swooped down.

Even though they all believed Lin An was surely dead, this in no way affected their full effort.

Boom!

Above the quiet I-beam building, a piercing whine rang out.

Hiding underground.

Listening to the whine overhead.

Lin An's whole body bathed in dark gold spiritual energy, his face deathly pale.

At his shoulder blade, a transparent through-wound was quickly healing.

Someone's coming to kill him! What strong power!

The spiritual energy beam that shot at that moment instantly dissolved half of the building.

Although he had noticed the system countdown before the questioning, he always thought that asking about the crystal skull would cause some accident.

He never expected the real danger to come from outside!

"Who exactly is it!?"

His thoughts racing, he embraced Mo Ling with his left hand while his right hand wielded Cain's Blade, turning it into a silver sword light that frenziedly cleaved the underground foundation.

With the opponents no longer concealing their aura, he could clearly feel that all three were three Fourth Rank, and none were weaker than him.

The one attacking him was even a three Fourth Rank advanced!

But how is this possible!?

He had absolute confidence that his rank was certainly the highest among global survivors!

Even if someone had extraordinary talent, the trial had just ended a few days ago—how could raising rank be so easy!?

At his shoulder, the burning pain constantly stimulated his nerves, reminding him just how dangerous it had been.

After the wound healed and the Uninterrupted State was lifted, Lin An's heart jolted.

If not for the Second Will reminding him, he would not have dodged the vital attack.

Without the Uninterrupted State, this strike might have directly severely injured him!

The terrifying power, even with the Uninterrupted State reducing much damage, still consumed 60% of his spiritual energy.

This is a crushing superiority in both quality and quantity, and Lin An could clearly feel that the opponent's spiritual energy intensity was also stronger than that of an ordinary three Fourth Rank.

"Lin An, what happened!?"

After coming to, Little Mo Ling let out a startled voice and asked.

Held in the embrace, she clearly saw that the ray merely grazed, and it directly dissolved Lin An's shoulder.

It was the first time she had ever seen someone capable of hurting Lin An.

The opponent's strength surpasses Lin An's.

Nothing..

Unable to answer Mo Ling, Lin An could only reply quickly and briefly, gesturing for Mo Ling not to worry.

His right hand relentless, like an excavator, Lin An swiftly shattered the rocks ahead and began to flee.

Three third-rank fighters—if it were just one person, or if there were no higher rank...

He was confident he could rush forward and kill the opponent.

Even if it were one versus two, with all trump cards unleashed, it might not be impossible to fight to the death against the opponent! At worst, activate the Mutant and Causal Sequence.

But a third-rank superior...

The Mutant state is tantamount to suicide...

Moreover, he had only ever killed an initial-stage third-rank Mutant in that state.

Lin An also dared not guarantee that, when facing a superior, the Mutant state could be that easy.

This already exceeds his experience.

("Run!!")

Within the Thought Space, Second Will's expression rarely grew so grave; as the one with the strongest sense of crisis, having survived countless life-and-death situations, he almost instantly realized that Lin An could not possibly oppose the opponent.

("Don't think about turning back!")

("The opponent has a problem! Their strength is not like ordinary third-rank!")

Rapidly simulating and deducing, Second Will continually calculated the opponent's speed and the psychic strength of that recent strike, soon giving his own judgment.

("If the opponent is a third-rank superior and hits you again, we'll both die!")

("Flee at full speed to the boundary of the Area World! Escape to the next area!")

With no other thought, Lin An buried his head and kept moving downward; the surrounding rock, forced open, transmitted violent vibrations.

Obviously, the opponent is sending pursuers, and that third-rank superior keeps bombarding the ground, trying to bury him alive underground to stop his escape.

Damn it...

Remaining calm, Lin An also realized that he probably only had a chance of survival by fleeing to the next area.

This world fundamentally has no place to hide.

According to the speed of the incoming sound waves, the opponent's speed probably isn't lower than his own.

Once he flies out underground, the three opponents, not...

Even if that third-rank superior acts alone, he is powerless to resist.

Boom!

Boom!!

In midair, that third-rank superior continually condensed dark-red orbs, like bombardment, repeatedly smashing down onto the earth.

Each strike precisely hit Lin An's escape route.

Leveling the land.

Vibration, collapse.

The vast outskirts of the city instantly turned into a wasteland.

The destructive power of the third-rank superior was horrifically displayed in full measure at this moment.

Glancing at the surging mass of infected around, the silver-haired man slightly furrowed his brow and casually sent a mental transmission to Chen Yangtian, who had dug underground:

Don't dawdle.

This area has some problems; don't let him escape to the next area.

Prepare to set up a spatial lock.

At a hundred meters underground, Chen Yangtian replied in frustration and helplessness, somewhat exasperated.

He also wanted to quickly catch Lin An, but he didn't expect this little worm's reaction to be so fast, and its burrowing speed even exceeded his by a bit.

He is merely an initial-rank, while another person went in another direction to block off Lin An.

If not for the ability to track by aura, he would have almost lost the trail.

However.

Sensing that frantic fleeing figure, a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

Underground flight is not like on the surface; with massive psychic energy consumption, Lin An can't hold out much longer.

By then, that annoying little worm, they could easily crush it.

Die, Lin An!