Chapter 443 - Continued (1/2)

*Huff*Huff*

Running through the rocky valley with her dainty little feet, Effie came to a stop in front of a small crack that separated the two sides of the valley. The crack was at least six meters wide, far too large for any normal person to just casually jump over.

Her back was cacked with sweat with a green tinge to it. The poison had seeped deep into her bloodstream and if not for her strong bloodline, she would have passed out long ago.

She held the paper talisman in her hand and followed it in almost a straight line. It had been over three hours since she had been separated from her brother and time was running out.

She leaned against the rock wall to catch her breath while turning around to peer behind her bitterly.

Her pupils shone with a layer of white light that looked like lenses. But this light greatly increased her power of sight allowing her to see two four-limbed figures crawling vertically on the rock walls.

Their speed was much faster than hers and if she stayed there, they would catch up in less than a minute.

Tears formed in her eyes as she the shadows inch closer and closer by the second. Their very presence was proof that her brother and clan members were not able to stop them.

She wasn't that strong physically to begin with and with the addition of the poison, her already weak constitution was starting to act up. There was barely any strength left in her legs, just keeping her eyes open was taking a toll on her now.

But still, she did not give up. No one would blame her if she did, having escaped from the roach hunters for so long was already an admirable feat in its own right.

Effie turned back around and looked at the massive crack in the earth in front of her and raised her bloodied hand once again.

”Thure Hasite Rubeb Wofgh!” she spoke slowly in a foreign language, one that even Hao Xuan would not be able to understand.

Tiny specks of yellow light appeared out of thin air and attached to Effie's legs. In just a couple of seconds, they had covered her entire bottom half like an extra layer of garments, from her waist to her toes.

Effie felt her body become as light as a feather but her face quickly drained of color and she held on to a protruding rock to steady herself. Using that spell in her current state had almost backfired.

She took a few deep breaths and looked behind her one last time. The shadows were close enough that she could see them clearly.

Effie lightly tapped against the ground and like a balloon in a storm, her body floated up and forward, crossing the six-meter wide crack and landing on the other side. The lights around her legs slightly dimmed. She tapped the ground again, as gently as she could and jumped another dozen or so meters.

Within a minute she had widened the gap between the roach hunters and herself by a large margin. She jumped over and over again, completely bypassing the treacherous terrain beneath.

The layer of yellow light was reduced to a paper-thin width. One more use and it would be gone.