Chapter 454: Turnabout (2/2)
He got to be calm, be cool, be icy cool, there must be a solution somewhere.
One opportunity to make that turnabout!
He respirated deeply, as rhythmically his chest inflated and deflated like an accordion. The heat in his mind was eliminated and that was how his eyes turned crystal clear once again.
Han Jia rested on the surface of the vesicle, with the twin daggers crossed before its chest.
Ye Chong's mind ran wild. He must get something done but he had no idea what to. Oddly the beast seemed undisturbed as its front legs crossed before its head. Ye Chong would want no more thrashing from the foe, he decided to make the strike first!
Han Jia turned on its engines.
Ye Chong's only vision now would be the photon detection mode. Too bad he was not competent and talented in being a mentalist or he could have foreseen the beast's attack. But well, judging from the overwhelming velocity this beast could attain, probably only Huang Baiyi the hacking mentalist could make the necessary foresight before things happened. Still, Huang Baiyi would be a clumsy greenhorn in flicking the interface.
...
Okay, enough idle thoughts. Those are not important.
The beast is important, as well as my own life.
What?
The beast snickered as its silhouette vanished in the screen.
Ye Chong brandished the sodium lamps desperately, yet the beast acted faster than his lights.
Ye Chong's eyes scurried upon every camera projection, the beast had vanished into the darkness and no way he could perceive its movements in the dark.
Streams of sweat rolled off Ye Chong's forehead. Ye Chong seized his breath in intensity. The muscles on his face were twitching, guiding one stream of cold sweat into his eyes.
Ugh.
Ye Chong squinted his eyes as scorched by the salty uneasiness. His squinted eyes were forced open, yet his sight remained blurry. He dared not to move a muscle on his limbs, as his hands rooted themselves onto the interface. He glared upon the projection, trying to see things.
And that was when the projection at the right caught something flashing by.
Now!
Adrenaline boiled within Ye Chong as his heart was pumped with agitation, screams of himself could be heard in his head. A deadly struggle as his APM had increased beyond limits, once again.
Ye Chong would certainly be joyful of seeing another improvement in his speed, but maybe he might not have the life to taste it some other time.
He must strike the beast!
He must take the beast out!
He must live!
Han Jia took a strange step backwards as the dagger on its right slashed upwards to one side of its rib.
Klink!
Ye Chong could hear the heavenly clinking as his eyes caught the sparks in the darkness.
He did it!
He did it!
The left dagger thrusted upon the sparks.
...
Ye Chong heard something, the microphone caught the sound of the slaughterhouse. He had made the stab and it was real! The bit of blood on the dagger justified it!
The beast had been wounded!
The fact made Ye Chong excited, as he saw a shadowy figure flew towards the far in the tunnel of lights created by his sodium lamps.
The beast is running away!
Han Jia chased the beast without hesitation.
Ye Chong was pretty confident that the cut he made was a critical one, as now the beast had turned more traceable in the light. The vanishing movements could no longer be observed. The beast seemed terrified as well for it maintained a single direction in its runaway, which made tracing it much easier within the range of the sodium lamps' projection. The mollusks around had a simpler structure compared to the outside, that was also why Ye Chong managed to keep the beast in his eyes.
The beast ran.
The human chased after.
Both towards the outside of unknown.