The next second, the man who was originally charging at Chu Tian turned and fled into the forest.
He ran?
Chu Tian and the other two paused, thinking in unison: Damn it… so cowardly?
Zhao Lei got up and gave chase. Chu Tian also moved, and Jing Kaiyu turned to run towards Gao Kai.
Two seconds later, Chu Tian grabbed Zhao Lei, causing the rapidly running Zhao Lei to stumble.
"What the hell…" Zhao Lei was startled. It was the first time someone had grabbed him while he was sprinting at full speed.
"You guys go help Kai Ge!"
After saying that, Chu Tian continued to run forward, chasing after the fire-man.
Although the Wind Fire Wheels on his feet made him run quite fast, no amount of speed could escape Chu Tian's divine sense coverage.
This man's escape skill was clearly explosive. After running more than five hundred meters, the flames under his feet extinguished.
And although Chu Tian, in his leopard form, was slower than him, he wasn't completely outmatched.
Thus, he kept trailing behind him.
After his flames died down, the man glanced back and saw Chu Tian less than a hundred meters away.
His pupils constricted in sheer terror, and he simply kept running.
Bang…
A sniper rifle shot echoed from the mountain forest behind him.
Then, a burst of fire shot up, only to be instantly extinguished like a fleeting moment.
Bang… another shot.
Crack… a hole appeared in a tree in front of the fire-man.
Chu Tian knew that Gao Kai had resolved the battle and won, otherwise, he wouldn't have shot in this direction.
Since they were already far from the camp, Chu Tian extended his divine sense in front of him, so he was unaware of the situation at the camp.
The fire-man changed direction and continued to run. After just two steps, another hole appeared in a tree in front of him.
He continued to change direction.
Due to this delay, Chu Tian had already reached within ten meters behind him.
Tear, Chu Tian curved his fingers into claws and swiped at the fire-man's back.
"Ah…!"
He didn't have the abilities of the bat-man. Chu Tian's strike landed squarely on his back.
Four wounds tore open his flesh, exposing his backbone.
But he didn't give up, using the thrust from the attack, he stumbled forward and kept running.
Shred…
This time, Chu Tian had a sudden thought: what would happen if he combined his skills with 'Qi'?
As he thought, he mobilized his 'Qi' and used the Shred skill simultaneously.
Swish… four claw marks, half a meter in size, appeared out of nowhere, as if tearing through space.
They then shot out and struck the man.
Screech, screech, screech, screech!
The sounds of ripping fabric followed, one after another.
The man's body instantly froze. He struggled to turn his head.
To Chu Tian's shocked gaze, his body was divided into five segments.
Thump… they fell to the ground, piling up.
A pungent smell of blood, along with a disgusting stench, wafted over.
Chu Tian covered his nose and mouth, feeling nauseated, and turned to run towards the camp.
He hadn't run a few steps before he stopped, leaning against a tree, and dry-heaved.
Earlier, when he had palm-struck the bat-man to death, he hadn't felt anything.
One reason was that the tension of the battle had left him no time to consider such things.
Another was that the bat-man, after transforming, had his entire upper body truly resembling a bat.
Killing him felt no different from killing a monster in a game, there was no discomfort.
But now, with his claw strike, the opponent had been dismembered.
Moreover, this fire-man was outwardly in human form.
This was, in a way, the first time he had killed an ability user who looked human.
It had caused him extreme discomfort.
Rustle, rustle, rustle…
Chu Tian knew it was Gao Kai and the others approaching.
The three of them were now carrying their backpacks, and the camp had been cleaned up.
The female ability user had also come with them.
However, her hands were bound, her clothes were in tatters, and half of her face was disfigured.
Her hair was completely gone.
Chu Tian was already feeling disgusted, and her arrival brought with it the smell of burnt chicken feathers.
Chu Tian started dry-heaving again.
Jing Kaiyu grinned and handed him a water bottle.
After taking two mouthfuls of water, he felt noticeably better.
Gao Kai smiled and said, "It's like this the first time. You'll get used to throwing up."
"What's her situation?" Chu Tian had seen the inferno in the mountains with his own eyes earlier.
At that time, he was already over five hundred meters from the camp, and he had been extending his divine sense forward to lock onto the fire-man.
Therefore, he hadn't paid attention to Gao Kai's side and didn't know what had happened there.
"Dust explosion, that's what burned her!" Jing Kaiyu said.
"Dust explosion?" Chu Tian frowned and asked. He had indeed seen Jing Kaiyu rummaging through his backpack when he had chased after them.
From each person's medical kit, he had taken out three small, palm-sized moisture-proof bags.
Chu Tian knew that they contained starch, used to stop bleeding in case of wilderness injuries.
For severe external wounds, using these starch bags and bandaging them onto the bleeding point could quickly stop the bleeding.
If help arrived in time, it might even save a life.
Seeing that Chu Tian didn't understand, Jing Kaiyu explained, "Kai Ge asked me to get them just now. It turns out this woman's abilities are a bit like the Captain's. This woman can compress air."
Chu Tian had seen her abilities, but he still didn't understand how a few bags of starch had managed to subdue her.
Chu Tian was very curious.
Later, Chu Tian learned that when Jing Kaiyu rushed over, he had timed it perfectly to scatter the starch into the air when she was compressing air.
This way, the condensed air shield was filled with starch.
Then, Kai Ge ignited her air shield with a flash grenade.
Highly compressed air mixed with dust, encountering an open flame, directly caused her to break down!
After hearing this, Chu Tian gave Gao Kai a thumbs-up, amazed that he could think of such a thing.
However, he still asked, "What if we didn't have any starch?"
At his words, Gao Kai looked embarrassed.
Jing Kaiyu's expression also darkened instantly, and he said faintly, "Earlier, this old guy had his grenades all bundled together and hanging around his neck."
Hearing this, Chu Tian's heart trembled. He knew they only had four grenades in total.
Gao Kai had taken them all when he went out.
He had initially thought he was going to use them for something, but he hadn't expected them to be for a suicide pact.
Gao Kai awkwardly touched his nose, "That's a sniper's habit! Never mind that, what about this woman?"
"Kill her!" Chu Tian said directly.
Everyone was stunned. Zhao Lei said, "Shouldn't we interrogate her to see if we can get anything out of her?"
Chu Tian glanced at him and said, "You try prying her mouth open!"
Everyone didn't understand what he meant. Zhao Lei curiously squeezed the woman's cheeks, and she, due to the immense force, opened her mouth.
[Author's Note]
Third update…
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