Chapter 298: Starshift! (1/2)
There were two completely different ways to cast Starshift.
One was to pour star power into his legs and conduct short but frequent shifts of location; the other was to circulate star power all over his body and conduct a single, long shift from one location to another.
Nie Tian chose the second.
Using this method, Nie Tian channeled star power from his vortex of star power and rapidly filled every inch of himself with it.
Bits of starlight rushed madly within his internal organs, bones, and meridians, putting his fleshy body under great pressure.
The moment he cast the spell, he felt a heart-wrenching pain, as if his body was being ripped apart from the inside.
The agony not only made him lose his calm state of mind, but even his sight began to grow blurry because of it.
He had to use his Heaven Eye to lock down a target location. As soon as he did, a unbelievably strong force was born within the bits of starlight that were flowing inside of him like a river of stars.
In the next moment, the hills he was surrounded by rapidly disappeared from his sight; all the hills whizzed past in front of his eyes faster than shooting stars.
As it happened, the pain was aggravated. His skin split open and bloody wounds appeared on his incomparably strong body.
FIZZ!
In Xiao Lin’s eyes, the dashing Nie Tian seemed to have suddenly turned into a dazzling ball of light, which disappeared into thin air in the blink of an eye.
The ball of light vanished so abruptly that Xiao Lin couldn’t even tell which direction Nie Tian had gone in.
He came to a stop.
Standing in the location where Nie Tian had vanished, he had a complicated and grim expression on his face.
“Such an amazing escape magic!” After a long period of silence, he murmured quietly, as if he still couldn’t believe what he had just seen.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Just as he was wracking his brains for an answer, Song Li and Han Mu dashed to his side, along with a few other Fang members. They formed a half circle around him as they looked at him, frowning.
Xiao Lin had secretly sent a message to Song Li the moment he had sensed Nie Tian. After receiving the message, Song Li rapidly arranged for Fang members to spread out and form a two-kilometer-wide blockade around Nie Tian’s location.
In that way, no matter which direction Nie Tian fled in, he would have ended up getting entangled with Fang members.
Once Nie Tian had been stopped, more Fang members would rush over and throw themselves on him. Then, Song Li and Han Mu would also arrive.
Upon her arrival, however, Song Li frowned deeply and asked, “Where is he? Don’t tell me that you’ve lost him!”
Xiao Lin seemed somewhat frustrated as he said, “…He used a very strange escape magic and vanished from my sight. Tell your people to spread out and search the vicinity.
“Hua Tian’s cultivation base is quite low. Even though he escaped by relying on his strange magic, he still can’t get very far from here.
“Plus, this kind of instant escape magic will usually cause great damage to the caster’s body.
“The longer he goes, the more damage will be done to his body. Wherever he is, he must be in a bad state. As long as we can find him, we’ll be able to catch him effortlessly.”
Song Li gritted her white teeth as she let out a cold harrumph and said, “Escape magic?! If we can’t find him and capture him, the deal between us is off!”
With these words, she immediately took out her Sound Stone and issued orders to the Fang members in the vicinity.
After receiving her orders, the Fang members, as well as a handful of other Hunter organizations, shrank their blockade circle and conducted an inch-by-inch search.
About fifteen minutes later…
Song Li didn’t receive any word regarding Nie Tian’s whereabouts from the Fang members or the leaders of the Hunter organizations.
They couldn’t find Nie Tian anywhere in the blockade.
It was as if Nie Tian had completely vanished.
Song Li glared at Xiao Lin and said, “There’s no sign of him!”
Xiao Lin’s expression flickered as he said, “If he’s not in the blockade circle, it means that his escape magic is so powerful that it allowed him to shift out of your blockade circle.However, if that’s the case, the injuries he caused to himself by using this magic will be even worse.
“You can command your people to spread out and search in further areas. You should be able to find him that way.”