Chapter 99 - Catching Up To First Rank. (1/2)
”How did I jump straight from 5th to 2nd?!”
He tapped on the elimination list and read the newly eliminated players. Soon he found 4 added players to the list, Sonar, Artic Heart, Holyfist, and Easy Wind!!
”Did Artic Heart get intercepted by others?” He wondered in befuddlement while glancing at his back mirror. ”Need to speed up, it seems like they are catching up.”
Without further ado, he pushed the pedal to the limit and rushed forward. He never expected that other players were already this near to his position.
Well, to be fair he was hindered on many occasions on his path. Such as the fact he chose the wrong volcano's tunnel. Plus, he slowed his speed greatly during the time he was dealing with that alliance.
It was only natural that players would start to catch up to him, just like he caught up to frontrunners.
”But still, after Sonar and Articheart death, I should be 3rd rank.” He glanced at Easywind and Holyfist and reasoned, ”It seems a fight happened between the 1st and 2nd.” He grinned, ”I bet Easywind was the one who died ahead of me.”
He figured so from the way Easywind didn't partner with anyone in the game hall. So he must have fought and lost his battle.
”Hopefully, he did some substantial damage to the first ranker.”
...
Two hours into the race...
”Wobbly Web is done for! He really should not have provoked an alliance.” Marlion commentated on Wobbly web's car that was being pounded by different abilities in the middle of four cars. Even in such a hopeless situation, Wobbly Web was trying his best to free himself from their encirclement. However, his silk element abilities were not helping him that much.
Every time he threw his webs connecting to a car, they get immediately either sliced by wind or engulfed in flames. The players were playing like a solid team, using their abilities to help each other out. Their cooperation was making Wobbly Web's life hell and car into almost resembling a pile of junk.
Bam, Boom!
In the end, his car exploded once and for all after its engine got blasted by three spears made of flames.
”Sigh, he could have played it smarter. But he was too anxious to pass them.” A spectator shook his head at this sight.
”Can you blame him? This is the last lap already, if not now then when?”
”That's not an excuse to throw your life like that. He could have obtained a mystery box first then attack them, or simply don't do it and give up on the race.”
”F.u.c.k.i.n.g moron, Even Landlord is struggling to catch up to 1st ranker, don't even mention him.”
”True, I am watching him right now. He is still quite distant from Absolute Vision. If he kept at this pace, he is doomed.”
The audience switched their vision to Felix, wanting to recheck on him.
Since the moment he began flying solo without a single soul in front of him or behind him, everyone lost interest and focused on other battles happening at the back.
The current four players alliance that just eliminated Webbly Web were their favorites to watch. At least 7 players were killed by them only.
...
Meanwhile, Felix began to feel a little bit anxious after not seeing the tail of 1st ranker even after driving for a couple of hours.
”Where did this f*cker go? This is the last lap and I still didn't even glimpse at his shadow.”
Felix clutched the wheel tightly while driving recklessly through the underground. He almost got hit a couple of times by some lava pillars with the way he was driving. But he didn't slow down even a bit, as he couldn't afford to anymore.
After a while, he reached the tunnels leading to the volcanoes' mouths and chose one randomly while holding his breath.
”Thank god!” Felix sighed in relief after seeing the beautiful crimson sky. Then he did the same technique as before to get a better thrust during his climbing.
Whooosh
His car rushed through the volcano's mouth spinning like a bullet. However, this time Felix didn't stop spinning as he decided to keep doing it, to push the free-fall momentum even further. He wanted to obtain the best possible speed burst when his car glides vertically above the lava sea.
And so, under the dumbfounded eyes of Marlion and the spectators, both on live stream and the stadiums, Felix's car span as it dropped like it was drilling the air itself.
BOOM!
The sound barrier was broken even faster than before, but this time, Felix cannot rely on the meterage to see his altitude as he closed his eyes to reduce the motion sickness that would follow after he glides.
He was completely relying on his instincts to pull this off!
6800m...5870....4500..3300m
”PULL!!” ”PULL NOW!!”