Chapter 158: Long Distance Running Competition (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

  In the dense forest, Hu Gao and Lang's pursuit battle had been going on for a full half day. The scorching sun had already risen to its highest point in the sky, and even through the lush foliage, one could still feel the sweltering heat.

  Hú Gāo was leaning against a large tree, his legs bent at an odd angle, and his back wasn't fully supported by the trunk, but rather slightly inclined forward. This was a new pose that Hú Gāo had invented just over an hour ago, which allowed him to lean against the tree trunk while still being able to sprint out like a hundred-meter dash at any moment, and complete acceleration in the shortest time possible.

  On the top of Hu Gao's head, a branch was perched with an empty oil cicada, a magical creature. On its seemingly thin Zen wings, a layer of oil had condensed, not too thin. Under the sunlight and heat, this oil would melt into liquid droplets in no time. But strangely, no matter how long the sunlight shone, that layer of oil would never drip dry. To the naked eye, that layer of oil seemed to remain unchanged from start to finish.

  The empty oil cicada on his head had already left three marks of oil droplets on Hu Gao's chest, but Hu Gao didn't have the energy to care about it at this time. At this moment, Hu Gao was holding his breath and quietly listening to the movements behind him.

  "Sly fox, what have you done to yourself? Is it some kind of dung? Do you think this stench can completely cover up the smell of a fox on you?"

  The sound of loud arguing came from afar.

  This sentence is really too vulnerable for Hu Gao to refute. Hu Gao wanted to jump out and tell Lang Xiang that he wouldn't be so disgusted as to smear feces on himself, but just collected some stinky liquid from the dung beetles. The dung beetle, also known as the fart bug, was a small insect that helped Hu Gao a lot in his half-day escape.

  Hugao had already gotten used to the smell of the skunk's stinky liquid on his body, but Langzhe's reminder still made him feel a bit uncomfortable. He couldn't help but cover his nose with his hand. But as soon as he did, Hugao almost fainted from the smell. He had forgotten that his hands were the parts of his body that had come into contact with the stinky liquid the most.

  As for Lang Zheng calling him a fox, Hu Gao had already gotten used to it over the past half day. Before crossing over to this place, Hu Gao was actually researching foxes and didn't particularly dislike them. Since Lang Zheng liked calling him that, Hu Gao couldn't be bothered to protest.

  To be exact, Hu Gao didn't dare run to Lang Huan's face to protest.

  "Cough... cough..."

  A faint rustling sound of trampled leaves came from not far behind the tree trunk, Hu Gao heard it very clearly, but didn't rush to escape, instead he stretched out his left hand and gestured with three fingers.

  Three...

  Two

  One...

  Zero!

  At the moment when Hu Gao's left hand clenched into a fist, a fierce explosion suddenly erupted from behind! The blast of air slapped against the surrounding trees, and those leaves that shouldn't have fallen from the treetops "rustled" to the ground.

  "Bastard!"

  Upon hearing Lang's furious roar, Hu Gao kicked off with both feet and shot out like an arrow, not stopping until he reached a safe distance. He then turned around and shouted in the direction of the explosion: "Hu Gao's landmine has crippled you, pitiful Mr. Lang!"

  Having said that, Hu Gao turned around and ran deeper into the dense forest...

  Not long ago, Hu Gao estimated that Lang Huan would catch up soon, so he deliberately left a string of footprints on the fallen leaves to lure Lang Huan. Under one of the footprints, Hu Gao used 80% of his remaining Yuan power and gathered some residual power from the Blood Light Snake Totem, compressing it into a relatively stable "landmine" and placing it under the leaves.

  This method of gathering strength was also learned by Xiao Wu from Hu Gao when he gathered the Fire Toxin Dan.

  To increase his chances of success, Hu Gao deliberately didn't go too far and let Lang Huaer follow the footprints he had intentionally left behind to find out his location.

  The subsequent development was indeed as Hu Gao had expected, the sudden explosion of power at his feet would undoubtedly instantly recreate Lang Hui's unguarded foot, achieving the same effect as when he used "Blood Light Assassination" to impact Lang Hui's ankle.

  Although the explosive Yuan boundary strongman can already fly in the air, he cannot sustain it for too long, and when ascending, he still needs to rely on his legs to exert force. Now that his leg is injured again, Lang will have to wait a while before coming after him again.

  And this is just one of the many delaying tactics used by Hu Gao...

  Hú Gāo ran wildly for a whole time, before finally stopping and panting heavily.

  "Just delaying time like this isn't a solution... I still need to quickly improve my strength! A strong fist is the only way to win!" Hu Gao sat down on the ground, taking out the five bottles of medicinal pellets that Hu Wushuang had given him. "Although these medicinal pellets can't compare to Little Five's dragon aura, there's no time to worry about that now. My physical strength has almost reached its limit, so eating one third-grade solid pellet to help with my cultivation while recovering some physical and cloud energy shouldn't be a waste, right?"

  Hú Gāo comforted himself that using the Three-Stage Pellet with his current cultivation level wasn't a waste, and he pulled out the stopper of the Qinghua porcelain bottle, poured out a black pellet, raised his neck, and swallowed it down like a date.

  The effect of the third-order solid dan, Bai Huo Xue Lian, was extraordinary. Hu Gao's exhausted physical strength and spiritual energy were recovering at an extremely fast rate. Even the Blood Light Snake Totem, which had been shattered and would take three days to recover, was showing signs of re-condensing.

  Due to the high purity of this elixir, Hu Gao didn't need to deliberately refine its medicinal properties, and it naturally transformed into a gentle stream that nourished his entire body. Although there was still some distance from breaking through to the second stage of the Unity Realm, the effect was still quite good.

  Huguan Lian had just recovered his strength and hadn't even warmed up his butt when he felt a powerful aura rapidly approaching!

  "This guy is chasing me so fast! Is he ever going to stop?! Did I kill his dad or sleep with his mom, why is he chasing me non-stop?! How far do we have to go?!"

  Hu Gao, who had been holding in his anger for a long time, cursed viciously and once again used the recoil force generated by the explosion of yuan energy to propel himself forward at full speed, fleeing further and further away from Ning City.

  Enraged Lang Zheng discovered Hu Gao's whereabouts, his entire body was about to ignite with furious flames! Since birth, Hu Gao was the first person in his "food chain" who dared to play tricks on him like this! He had already made up his mind that as long as he caught Hu Gao, he would not let Hu Gao die too quickly or easily!

  After two treatments for his foot injury and a long pursuit, Lang Zhong's body had consumed a significant amount of yuan energy, even if he was an explosive yuan boundary strong practitioner. His physical strength had also decreased significantly, and now his speed was not much faster than Hu Gao's.

  Two people, one running and one chasing, like A and B in the most boring pursuit problem in a math textbook, with no intention of stopping.

  The long run continued for another hour, and the speed of both Lang Zhong and Hu Gao gradually decreased as their physical strength and yuan force were consumed. Among them, Hu Gao's consumption of physical strength and yuan force was even more intense due to his use of the explosive thrust generated by the yuan force explosion to accelerate.

  "At this rate, I'll have that cunning fox in my grasp within the minute!" Lang Qiang gritted his teeth and said.

  In the distance of Lang's line of sight, Hu Gao, who had been fleeing with his head down, suddenly raised his neck, and his speed surged abruptly! As if his internal energy and physical strength had recovered to their peak state in an instant!

  "How is this possible?!" Lang Zhen almost bit his own tongue off!

  Liang Zhen was shouting from behind, while Hu Gao's mouth was not idle in the front, constantly muttering: "Want to compete with me in a long run? Want to play a marathon? I may not be able to outrun you, but I can out-snort you! Let you see what it means to have the power of a local tyrant!"

  Hu Gao was determined to squander the Third-Order Solid Dan as if it were a Second-Order Reversion Dan.

  No one came to remind Hu Gao how wasteful and extravagant his current behavior was. Even if someone had come to remind him, Hu Gao would probably have slapped that person in the face. Now that his life was almost gone, who cared about being wasteful or not?! Saving his life was what mattered most!

  ……

  Just as Hu Gao and Lang were continuing their long-distance running competition, Yun Feng had already escaped the danger zone with Hu Wu Shuang on his back. Yun Feng gently placed Hu Wu Shuang behind a pile of rocks, then walked to the side of the stream, taking off his outer garment that was covered in bloodstains. A shocking wound stretched from Yun Feng's right shoulder down to his left abdomen, fortunately it wasn't deep, otherwise Yun Feng wouldn't have had enough lives to die with.

  This wound was left when Yun Feng and the last Lang family member fought, two mid-tier cultivators, one died under his sudden attack, and the other entangled with him for a long time. Although Yun Feng finally won, he almost lost his life under the opponent's dagger.

  Simply dealing with the terrifying wound, Yun Feng put on his blood-stained coat again, which had lost its original color. Now was not the time for him to leisurely wash clothes.

  "I hope there won't be any scars... Although Han Chong said that scars are a man's medal, I don't like the feeling of having multiple 'snakes' on my body..." Yun Feng muttered to himself.

  Yun Feng walked to the edge of the pile of rocks and saw that Hu Wu Shuang, who was unconscious, was breathing steadily. He didn't bother with him much. The arrow that sealed his veins was still stuck in Hu Wu Shuang's left shoulder blade, and for some reason, the wound looked like it had been burned by flames, leaving only a charred mark without any bleeding, so Yun Feng also didn't dare to pull it out rashly.

  "As long as she doesn't die for the time being... Let's wait for Brother Hugao to handle it... " Yunfeng sat down against a huge boulder, looking into the distance, "Brother Hugao... How should I go find you to meet up..."

  Today's battle had left Yun Feng extremely exhausted, he originally wanted to take a nap, his eyes had just closed, and suddenly opened again, both hands grasped the twin swords placed beside him, vigilantly standing up, gazing towards a huge boulder on the south side!

  "Who is it?!"

  "Don't worry, it's me..." A weak figure emerged from behind the giant boulder, his severely injured body swaying unsteadily.

  It's none other than Hu Jialang, the ninth elder of the Hu family, Hu Yuanjin!