Chapter 541

Chapter 541: Prepared in Advance

“Crazy!”

Seeing the green liquid spraying from Morris’s body and his speed suddenly increasing by nearly double, Mares immediately knew that this guy must have used some secret method that could harm himself to forcibly enhance his speed.

Morris thought he was insane, risking severe damage and a mutual downfall just to let his hopes be dashed.

Mares thought Morris was just as crazy; he discovered that Morris was a bit faster and immediately chose to dangerously force his speed up despite the risks.

“You’re forcing me to a desperate end!”

Mares gritted his teeth in anger.

“Don’t think you’re the only one with a secret method to increase speed!”

As the distance between them shrank, nearing the range where Morris could attack, Mares clenched his teeth.

His massive body suddenly sprayed out a burst of green liquid.

The effects of his secret method even surpassed those of Morris.

His speed increased by more than double.

However, the increase was based on his original speed.

The boost from the secret method could not stack with the speed increase from the tri-colored flower.

Still, it allowed him to surpass Morris’s speed once more.

The distance between them, which had been closing, began to widen again.

Though the gap wasn’t large, Morris was nearly driven mad as he gritted his teeth and chased after him.

“…”

Behind them, Yi Chen and the Shadow King exchanged glances in silence.

The Shadow King, barely above level ninety, was much faster than the Tree-Dwelling Tribe at the same level.

However, when it came to the Strong Fighter Level from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, he was a bit slower.

As Mares and Morris chased each other relentlessly, even using secret techniques to boost their speed, the Shadow King was left completely unable to keep up.

In the blink of an eye, he was left far behind, disappearing without a trace and losing sight of both of them entirely.

“Go in the opposite direction!”

Yi Chen calculated quickly and made a decisive choice.

Now, they could only see if Mares could escape Morris’s pursuit on his own.

The Shadow King couldn’t catch up, and they were powerless to help.

Moreover, if the Shadow King used tracking and searching techniques, his hiding state would be broken.

If Morris detected him, it would be like serving himself up on a platter.

Thus, they couldn’t even follow after them.

First, they needed to find a safe place for the Shadow King to continuously use his tracking and searching techniques to sense Mares’s general location.

“Okay!”

The Shadow King could only fly in the opposite direction of where the two had gone.

After more than ten minutes, once he confirmed that Morris couldn’t possibly be around, he stopped.

Then, he extracted Mares’s scent and began to activate the secret method to track and find Mares’s location.

The hiding state was interrupted as well.

After one or two minutes, he checked again.

“Your Majesty, Mares is still in the fleeing phase.”

The Shadow King spoke with certainty.

Since the distance wasn’t too far, he was able to sense that both of the previous checks on distance and direction had discrepancies due to the secret method.

Combined with Mares’s speed, he could almost conclude that Mares had not been caught by Morris.

“Check on Morris’s whereabouts again and alternate the tracking of both their locations!”

Yi Chen commanded.

The Shadow King nodded and extracted Morris’s scent to track and find Morris’s location.

After confirming Morris’s position, he resumed tracking and searching for Mares’s location.

This continued in cycles, constantly checking on both Morris’s and Mares’s locations.

With this, they grasped the positions of both while assessing the situation of each.

…

On the other side, the chase was still on.

Mares’s speed was somewhat faster than Morris’s.

However, it wasn’t much faster.

Thanks to his powerful Perception Ability, Morris could still temporarily lock onto Mares’s general direction through the energy fluctuations caused by Mares’s full-speed movement, keeping up the pursuit.

Yet, this situation couldn’t last long.

As the distance continued to grow, no matter how strong his Perception Ability was, sensing the energy fluctuations from Mares’s full-speed movement would become increasingly difficult.

And as it became more difficult, it would affect his chasing speed, preventing him from pursuing at full speed.

Plus, he was already slower than Mares.

In a while, he would definitely lose track of Mares completely.

However, Morris wasn’t without options.

“Don’t think that just because you are well-prepared, with a powerful defensive treasure and the tri-colored flower that significantly boosts speed, I can’t do anything to you!”

Morris continued to chase at full speed while sneering.

Before coming, he had also been well-prepared and had a comprehensive plan.

Although Mares’s preparations caught him a bit off guard, he still hadn’t stepped outside the boundaries of his plan.

All of his belongings were unexpectedly taken by the Shadow King, unlike Mares who held immortal materials or treasures to boost his speed.

But he could rely on the power of the human federation.

The strength of the human federation was insignificant.

However, the main reason the Tree-Dwelling Tribe regarded the human federation favorably was due to its troop transportation capability over large distances.

This capability could also be used in the pursuit of Mares.

He quickly took out his communicator and contacted Lu Qingxian, Parliament Chairman of the Federation.

In the Federal Parliament Building, Lu Qingxian and several high-ranking leaders from the parliament and military were boringly waiting for news from Morris.

This was a task Morris had instructed them to do before setting out to find Mares.

It was all just in case something unexpected happened.

The boredom stemmed from Lu Qingxian and the high-ranking leaders from the parliament and military never holding any expectations for Morris from the beginning to the end.

They firmly believed that no matter what Morris did, the final result would inevitably be a wasted effort.

Beep, beep, beep…

Suddenly, the communicator rang.

When Lu Qingxian picked it up and saw it was a call from Morris, he felt no stir of emotion.

But he didn’t waste any time; he promptly connected the call.

The giants of the parliament and military maintained their usual expressions as well.

The next moment, Morris’s virtual image appeared before everyone.

“You all, immediately mobilize the small space battleships from various military bases and send them to the designated location based on the coordinates I provide. Be ready for a Space Jump!”

Morris got straight to the point.

“Okay!”

Lu Qingxian responded eagerly.

This was also the current attitude of the high-ranking leaders of the human federation.

Although they had no hope for Morris, they were eager to fulfill his requests.

The high-ranking leaders of the parliament and military showed signs of anxiety on their faces.

But inside, they remained calm.

They knew this guy was unreliable.

Sure enough, bad results began to follow.

Morris failed to convince Mares to cooperate in locating Yi Chen and the Shadow King.

Even though he had a stronger strength realm than Mares, he couldn’t catch up with Mares using only his own speed and had to rely on the Space Jump System of the federation’s battleships.

Next, all that remained was to wait for Morris to lose track of Mares, the final bad outcome.

Of course, this last bad result might not necessarily mean losing Mares’s whereabouts.

It could also mean that Morris, by accident, ended up killing Mares.

Or perhaps the Shadow King or the Soul Emperor would suddenly appear and join forces with Mares to defeat or kill Morris.

Alternatively, the Shadow King or the Soul Emperor could suddenly appear and take advantage of Morris’s absence to team up and kill Mares.

In any case, the giants of the parliament and military firmly believed that even with the assistance of small space battleships, bad news would certainly reach them regarding Morris.