Chapter 178 – A Deathbed Struggle

Along the way, Su Lifeng pushed his speed to the limit. For some reason, the E-class Xenospecies was that furious. It chased after Su Lifeng almost in a frenzy and kept throwing everything it could touch toward him.

Fortunately, Su Lifeng’s reaction ability was not weak either. Every time he heard a whistling sound and felt pressure coming from behind him, he immediately dodged aside. In this process, Su Lifeng gradually gained a clearer understanding of the concept of “invisible energy.” The pressure he felt when a utility pole flew toward him was one form of energy. Although the pole did not actually strike him, that invisible force still made his back sting.

“Liuyue…” After gritting his teeth and muttering the name, an open plaza finally appeared ahead of Su Lifeng.

As Su Lifeng swept past the greenbelt, the enormous Shadowy Figure also slammed forward. Several “intestines” whipped out at the same time, cutting several large trees in half and instantly knocking the roadside guardrail flying.

Tree trunks whooshed toward Su Lifeng. The seemingly tiny Su Lifeng flickered several times, and finally, just as the trunks hit the ground, he stopped sprinting. He slid forward some distance with the remaining momentum and turned around during the slide.

“Hah… hah…” Su Lifeng panted heavily twice, and his face quickly returned to calm. The Xenospecies he had absorbed earlier were rapidly digesting inside his body. With a slight adjustment, the heat flow gained from digesting those Xenospecies spread through his whole body. Every cell in his body burned again, and his eyes turned toward the enormous Shadowy Figure that had also stopped.

“Holy crap, what is that?”

On the other side of the plaza, a group of people stopped in their tracks and stared at the scene from afar in shock.

At first, all their gazes locked onto that enormous Shadowy Figure. After all, that monster was far too eye-catching.

“It looks like a crocodile,” one person said.

But it was obviously not merely a crocodile. It was a combination of a crocodile, some aquatic organisms, and humans.

Especially when they saw that obvious human trait, a human face, goose bumps instantly rose all over these people.

Even a pure monster would be much better than something that looked like this…

“Aaaah!!” That human face suddenly opened its mouth and roared at Su Lifeng.

Along with its cry, everyone felt a chill run through them. Only then did they notice that opposite the monster stood a comparatively insignificant figure.

“That can’t be a Xenospecies too, can it?” a middle-aged man asked in disbelief.

“Are you crazy? How could a Xenospecies stand off against a Xenospecies? That’s a person. A Mutant!” another person said.

“My god, then this person is dead for sure. He provoked such a terrifying Xenospecies. And if I’m not seeing wrong, he was chased here by this Xenospecies just now, right? Looks like he can’t run anymore. He’s cornered,” someone analyzed.

These words received unanimous agreement from the crowd. The difference between that human figure and the monster was simply too great. They estimated he would definitely die within a few seconds.

Su Lifeng did not know that the commotion caused by him and this E-class Xenospecies had drawn out a group of survivors. Right now, all his attention was on this E-class Xenospecies.

The other party suddenly roared, and the enormous crocodile mouth below opened fully as well. A fishy wind sprayed toward Su Lifeng.

This E-class Xenospecies clearly had not retained a human vocal system, but even though it could not speak, Su Lifeng could still tell from those cold eyes that it was determined to kill him.

“That Spatial Gap was definitely created by Liuyue, and then this place was discovered by this Xenospecies. Since it can enter the Spatial Gap, its understanding and control of energy definitely aren’t weak… It clearly isn’t a Wisdom Species, yet it has such strength. That must be related to its body size. But size can make you, and size can break you…” After this Xenospecies went in and was toyed with, all its fury had concentrated on Su Lifeng, the only one still left here.

Probably sensing that the heat on Su Lifeng’s body was continuously rising too, a trace of contempt flashed in the Xenospecies’ eyes. It charged fiercely toward Su Lifeng. The distance between the two sides had originally been less than twenty meters, but the moment this Xenospecies moved, it was like a speeding truck suddenly crashing over!

“Damn!” Someone among the survivors immediately twitched his brow and cried out in shock.

Some even instinctively turned their faces away, feeling that what they would see in the next moment would surely be that figure vanishing from his spot and becoming a puddle of meat paste smeared across the ground.

When Su Lifeng himself saw the Xenospecies charging, he also felt a fierce gust slam directly into his face. His skin began to sting, and his eyes seemed difficult to open.

“This is energy too, but this energy probably isn’t even one-thousandth of the force from its impact.” The Exoskeleton immediately appeared over Su Lifeng’s left hand. A pale color emerged bit by bit from his fingertips and rapidly spread over his arm.

The Red Thread on his Bone Wings also seemed to have lengthened a little, swaying gently behind him.

Close. Closer and closer!

Su Lifeng’s hair was blown backward, revealing a face with skin somewhat too pale, yet still handsome enough.

“Time stop…”

Su Lifeng’s eyes widened sharply. The image of the E-class Xenospecies gradually enlarging was reflected in his dilated pupils.

Even Su Lifeng himself did not know that his eyes at this moment carried an extremely eerie feeling. “Now.” Su Lifeng focused on nothing else. He did not consider the question of what would happen if he failed. The instant he used time control, he stamped hard with his foot. The Bone Wings behind him beat with the greatest force he could muster right now. His left fist swung out. At the very moment he was about to collide with the E-class Xenospecies, he leaped up and smashed his fist heavily into that human face.

“Is that guy insane?”

“A deathbed struggle…” The middle-aged man widened his eyes and sighed.

What was the difference between a punch like that and a mouse clenching its fist to take a swing at a human?

Sure enough, after that instant collision, Su Lifeng was sent flying backward and landed heavily on the ground.

But unbelievably, in the next moment, the Xenospecies’ body suddenly swayed. Then it opened its mouth and let out an extremely shrill cry!

That human face was shriveling bit by bit!

And that shriveling was rapidly spreading to its whole body.

“That person… actually injured it?” The group of survivors looked at each other. They had thought they were only witnessing a rabbit fighting an eagle, but now all their gazes suddenly focused on that motionless figure.

This person was simply too strong!