Chapter 1214: Anti-Boarding and Pursuit

Kelifu noticed Suo En's gaze and looked back as well, also noticing the hunter leader with the icy stare who was constantly closing in, and he too furrowed his brows deeply.

The opponent had already lost the vast majority of his subordinates, yet he still pursued them; besides absolute confidence in his own strength, what else could it be?

Surely he wouldn't have come all this way just to throw his life away?

After hesitating for a moment, Kelifu finally looked at Xia Duo as well, asking in a consultative tone: "Lord Xia Duo, what do you think of Lord Suo En's proposal?"

"I agree." Xia Duo answered without the slightest hesitation.

He had also noticed that guy behind them; what he was most worried about wasn't actually the opponent attacking, but rather the opponent hanging on behind them.

If that were truly the case, then this exploration trip to the Dream Ruins could truly be said to have come to an end here.

However, he was also worried about whether Kelifu and Suo En could handle that hunter leader, and how he himself would go about finding the other hunter.

The situation was urgent, so Xia Duo did not beat around the bush and directly raised his own questions; to this, Suo En's reply was—

"Don't worry about us. No one can stop me if I want to leave, and Kelifu can also return to the Main Plane at any time. As for the timing of your departure, you can act once we entangle the opponent. Kelifu says you can do it."

At the same time, Kelifu also reminded Xia Duo again, "If the one remaining has already called for reinforcements, return to the Main Plane immediately, do not hesitate! We can absolutely come back next time!"

Xia Duo nodded silently and did not say anything like "I will come to notify you." There was no subordinate relationship between the two parties; in a wild group, could one really expect to live and die together?

In fact, the fact that he could still stand with Suo En and Kelifu at this moment was already doing his utmost.

Of course, if he himself hadn't had some interest in exploring the Dream Ruins, he might have left the moment he encountered the hunters.

……

Having discussed the plan, the three began to slow down. The two sides were not far apart, so if one side suddenly decelerated, the other side would easily catch up.

In the vast void, with no natural barriers to defend, Tulusu, full of confidence in his own strength, launched his offensive without hesitation.

He no longer pursued them straight on as before, but instead swept past the three prey, decelerating while cutting in front of them to lay out a hunting net, all while adjusting the angle of the encirclement at any time according to the direction of their movement.

Just like that, with Xia Duo and the others deliberately letting their guard down, the three were quickly caught up to by the hunter leader, and Suo En's Radiant Domain was quickly locked onto by the opponent, as if sinking into a quagmire.

Although they could still move, their speed became slower and slower.

At the same time, the hunter leader also launched an attack; with just one sword strike, he tore nearly half of Suo En's Radiant Domain apart, while also making the movement speed of the three increasingly sluggish.

"Lord Xia Duo, now!"

Kelifu gave a low shout and unfolded a Radiant Domain similar to Suo En's, but his domain was not for the sake of accelerating to run away, but to lock onto the hunter leader who had been chasing them relentlessly.

It was similar to a ship at sea encountering a pirate ship; after being linked by the pirates for boarding, instead of trying to untie the ropes or kick away the planks, they added several more chains.

Facing this situation, even Tulusu, who had hunted in the Astral Plane for years, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. It had always been them, the Gith, hunting others; could it be that they were being counter-hunted this time?

A surge of anger immediately welled up in Tulusu's heart, and his gaze became increasingly icy. He was full of confidence in his own strength, not to mention that the Muchuan's support would arrive soon—how dared the opponent do this?

For a moment, he didn't even want to kill the opponent immediately; he wanted to see what expression they would have when they saw the Gith Muchuan!

But the next moment, his expression froze. There had just been three pieces of prey, but suddenly there was one less—the human who wore clothing of the same color as his.

"Astral Projection Avatar? Or an Astral Plane Yaoyue?"

Such a thought only flashed through Tulusu's mind for a moment, and soon he knew the answer: a deep red figure appeared at the edge of his vision, and then instantly flew away.

Tulusu was instantly furious; he had already guessed what the escaping prey wanted to do, but at this moment he was entangled by the two pieces of prey in front of him, making it difficult to break away for a time.

"Just wait, when the Muchuan descends, everything will be vanity!"

……

On the other side, Xia Duo used teleportation to leave Suo En's Radiant Domain. As soon as he left, he discovered that he should be in a state of relative stillness, because he found that Suo En and the others were moving away rapidly.

This actually made it easier for him to break away. When he teleported just now, he was really worried that the hunter leader would also have similar means, but now it seemed the opponent did not.

When he first arrived at the Astral Plane, Kelifu had been startled by his teleportation. Previously, Xia Duo had thought Kelifu was startled by his sudden approach.

Now it seemed that Kelifu might have been startled by the teleportation itself; after all, if one could teleport at close range in the Astral Plane, then there must be long-range teleportation, or even carrying people.

But Suo En, an Astral Plane veteran who could even create a Reality Plane at will, had no such ability at all—at least, he had never mentioned it in front of Xia Duo.

And although Xia Duo's escape plan just now came from Suo En's mouth, from Suo En's words, Xia Duo also knew that Kelifu had provided a lot of information, perhaps including the fact that he could teleport.

While tracking the traces of the Astral Wind in the boundless void and accelerating toward the battlefield of the counter-attack, Xia Duo also managed to squeeze out a tiny bit of focus to ponder the special nature of teleportation.

The Astral Plane is vast; if one relied solely on movement similar to flying, unless one could constantly accelerate, there were some places one might never reach.

Constant acceleration is impossible; no creature can exist with only the thought of movement, and even if they could, it would be too dangerous.

In case of encountering an enemy, the opponent wouldn't even need to do anything; just placing a rock on the path forward would result in death or injury upon impact.

Xia Duo speculated that there should be specialized long-range transportation tools in the Astral Plane. He immediately thought of the Magic Ship in that game on Earth, but that game had multiple versions, and the Magic Ship could not appear in the Astral Plane, but in the firmament.

Similar to taking off from the Main Plane and flying all the way to space.

But the reality of the Main Plane is not a planet, but an independent plane that is flat and has a Plane Barrier.

If someone were truly stubborn enough to pass through the Plane Barrier, they would only reach the inter-planar layer, not some space.

But regardless, using tools is a sign of Wisdom beings; Xia Duo really found it hard to imagine that the natives of the Astral Plane relied purely on "flesh" to fly.

If that were really the case, what if they flew for too long and had no "strength" left? How would they hunt then?

Thinking of this, a sense of urgency immediately grew in Xia Duo's heart, so he cast aside distracting thoughts and increased his speed by a few notches.