Chapter 457: In Tight Pursuit (2/2)

Ye Chong knew that the wound he inflicted on the creature earlier was in part due to luck. Ye Chong was not used to relying on abstract ideas like luck. Would his lucky streak continue? The thought never occurred to him at all.

The best strategy now would be to pursue their enemy and thoroughly defeat them, solving the problem once and for all.

Ye Chong gave his all, pursuing the red-tailed beast.

It looked like he was quite lucky after all, to have kept up with the beast so far. Given the chaotic environment, even Mu's scanning system would be useless, much less Han Jia's holographic scanning system. He could only rely on the sodium lamp and stay on the enemy's tail. It was not easy.

The red-tailed beast was heading outwards quickly.

Ye Chong was grateful for his earlier decision of destroying all the vesicles in his path. If any red-tailed beast suddenly appeared here right now, even the most average red-tailed beast would put him at a great disadvantage.

The one escaping would not be this particular red-tailed beast, but himself.

Ye Chong kept his eyes wide open, wary of making mistakes. In this complicated environment, he could lose his target at any moment. Once he lost his prey, it would be impossible to find it again.

There would be a huge, thick flesh column at the next turn, Ye Chong remembered clearly. He had entered the center region of the purple gas cloud from there.

He grew anxious immediately. Just now, Sang Pu and the rest were still fighting against the red-tailed beasts out here. The fight must be going on viciously. If he wanted to surround and attack his strong and destructive target out there, they would certainly pay a high price for it. Besides, it was more spacious out there, with more gaps around them for the beast to go through and escape.

It seemed as though Ye Chong's pursuit was about to end in failure, as the red-tailed beast went halfway through the flesh column. However, to Ye Chong's surprise, the creature suddenly turned tail, as if in fright, and headed off in another direction.

Ye Chong was surprised for a moment, but quickly reacted and continued his pursuit. The red-tailed beast momentary pause allowed Ye Chong to close the distance between them.

What happened out there? Ye Chong was baffled. However, he pushed the question aside quickly and concentrated on chasing the wounded red-tailed beast.

The red-tailed beast was very familiar with the area. Had it not been wounded, Ye Chong would not have been able to keep up for so long. Even so, Ye Chong still had to give all he had to keep up.

This posed a challenge to his mech maneuvering skills. There were turns everywhere. An average mech pilot would have turned dizzy in the pursuit. Even though short ranged turns were one of Ye Chong's better moves, he was also affected by the rough flight. Nevertheless, he suppressed whatever discomfort he felt and continued on. He knew that this was his best chance to finish off the red-tailed beast. If he missed this chance, the next time would not be so easy.

Ye Chong followed the red-tailed beast as best as he could.

Just then, after avoiding another flesh column, Ye Chong felt the space in front of him open up, but his heart sank. He and the red-tailed beast had entered the empty space where all the normal red-tailed beasts were.

However, what Ye Chong found was enough to leave even someone as rigid as him flabbergasted!

Floating all round him were dead bodies of the red-tailed beasts. These cold, gray bodies floated around peacefully in the space around him, too many to count. The flesh columns nearby were also turned into a mess, thoroughly destroyed, leaving no more fluid in their flesh. Their dark gray surfaces looked dim and lifeless.All the vesicles on the flesh columns were also destroyed.

The red-tailed beast that just entered the area froze in place for a moment, then looked back at Ye Chong.

Its crimson red eyes were now shining in the color of blood, with its face twisted menacingly.

Ye Chong felt all his hair rise. He quickly readied himself for battle. A beast at bay will put up a desperate fight. That was the nature of things. Ye Chong had no wish to die here.

However, much to his astonishment, the red-tailed beast turned and ran, moving even faster than before.

After a short pause, Han Jia accelerated and continued its pursuit.