"Master, hurry and use Hook of Fate!"
Chi Feihong urged the moment he saw this.
Though Yu Xian possessed formidable combat techniques, the body was ultimately Chi Feihong's after all. When to use which skill was naturally something Chi Feihong understood best.
[Hook of Fate: Uses one's own fate as a hook to forcibly link both parties, allowing them to pull against each other. Until the link breaks, both sides can use the connection to drag the other to their side.]
The function and effect of Hook of Fate instantly surfaced in Yu Xian's mind.
He immediately activated the skill, his right hand shooting a golden, translucent hook straight toward the Nether Armor King.
However, just as the skill was about to strike the Nether Armor King, a Nether Armor Knight blocked behind the king, and Yu Xian's hook slammed directly into the knight instead.
*Fuck!*
Yu Xian yanked hard. The Nether Armor Knight was instantly hauled from its mount, tumbling into the dense throng of undead.
In truth, Yu Xian was currently surrounded by monsters—skeletons, mummies, female ghosts, red-clad brides, headless knights, zombies, hanged ghosts... nearly every manner of horror imaginable.
Behind him, a headless knight wielding a massive cleaver hacked away relentlessly. Every strike against Chi Feihong's body showered sparks, ringing out like iron striking an anvil.
"Master, use Fish-Playing Sprint!"
Chi Feihong chimed in once more. Frowning, Yu Xian simply handed control of the body back to Chi Feihong.
Annoyed, he said, "I'll leave this rabble to you. Hurry up and catch the Nether Armor King—tag me back in once you do."
"Understood!" Chi Feihong answered at once.
This was his chance to perform, and he had to make a good impression on his master.
Taking over the body, he immediately activated Fish-Playing Sprint. An illusory fishing line materialized along the Hook of Fate binding him to the Nether Armor Knight.
As the line pulled taut, an invisible force tugged at Chi Feihong. Riding that pull, he bulldozed violently through the mob of monsters, rapidly closing the gap with the Nether Armor Knight.
Everywhere he passed, countless monsters shattered beneath his momentum.
On the other side, the Nether Armor Knight linked by Hook of Fate experienced an identical pull.
It struggled frantically to break free, yet slid helplessly toward Chi Feihong. As it skidded across the floor, it grabbed two skeletons with both hands and hurled them at Chi Feihong, then caught a red-clad bride by the ankles and flung her too, followed by a bloated, massive zombie.
Chi Feihong smashed the skeletons with two punches, then landed a Million Clean-Hook Fist square in the red-clad bride's face, instantly obliterating her. Seeing the bloated zombie flying toward him next, he raised a leg and kicked it straight back.
The Nether Armor Knight had just scrambled to its feet when the bloated zombie slammed into its back, sending it crashing to the ground once more.
*Fish-Playing Sprint!*
Carving a path of blood through the horde, water ripples swirling beneath his feet, Chi Feihong closed in on the fallen Nether Armor Knight. He drew back his leg and unleashed a thunderous volley kick. The knight's raised head was struck like a soccer ball, bursting on impact.
Having dispatched the Nether Armor Knight, Chi Feihong did not dare linger and immediately sprinted after the Nether Armor King.
*Hook of Fate!*
He raised his hand and accurately latched onto the farthest monster in sight, then triggered Fish-Playing Sprint to rapidly close in on it.
It had to be said that while his hand-to-hand combat skills were mediocre, he commanded his class skills with consummate mastery. Combining the two granted him astonishing speed, bringing him to the corner at the end of the passage in the blink of an eye.
A bull-bone skeleton had been lying in wait around the bend. The moment Chi Feihong appeared, it charged at him with all its might.
Twisting his waist, Chi Feihong threw a punch straight into the bull-bone skeleton's skull. It blew apart on the spot. For monsters with large heads, Million Clean-Hook Fist was practically cheating.
The bigger the head—or the more heads a monster possessed—the faster it died before Million Clean-Hook Fist. The only exceptions were beings like the Nether Armor King, who was entirely immune to instant-kill effects.
Chi Feihong pressed on in pursuit, slaughtering any undead that dared obstruct his path. After a full ten minutes of chasing, he finally caught sight of the Nether Armor King's back again.
Mainly, the Nether Armor King had taken a wrong turn and entered a dead end, wasting a considerable amount of time backtracking, which allowed Chi Feihong to catch up.
Sensing Chi Feihong's presence, the Nether Armor King glanced back with a glare. It raised the Dream-Severing Blade in its grip and slashed directly at Chi Feihong.
*Abyssal Death Blade!*
Terrifying blade energy slashed toward Chi Feihong in a flash. Chi Feihong merely crossed his arms in front of his chest, meeting the Abyssal Death blade energy with his flesh and blood.
*Rumble!*
Although Chi Feihong wasn't injured, the blade energy of the Abyssal Death Blade threw him back several hundred meters, his momentum only halting when his back slammed into the labyrinth wall.
Once the explosion of the Abyssal Death Blade subsided, he looked ahead—and sure enough, the Nether Armor King had vanished once more.
"It seems we must herd the Nether Armor King into a dead end or create an enclosed space before fighting it to the death!" Yu Xian analyzed.
Chi Feihong nodded. "Master, let me try driving him into a dead end. He doesn't know it's not you in control right now, so he should still be wary of me."
"Be careful. The Nether Armor King is intelligent—don't let yourself get ambushed by its tricks," Yu Xian cautioned.
Chi Feihong was strong, but his physical body still could not withstand the Nether Armor King's Dream-Severing Blade. If the Nether Armor King fought dirty and caught Chi Feihong off guard, he could very well lose another life.
From there, Chi Feihong continued his pursuit of the Nether Armor King. Summoned undead kept blocking the corridor along the way, but Chi Feihong eliminated them in single blows.
To say they were merely blocking the way wasn't entirely accurate. While obstructing his advance, these undead were also feeding intelligence back to the Nether Armor King, keeping it apprised of Chi Feihong's location.
However, the Nether Armor King was equally unfamiliar with the labyrinth, and the maze's passages featured many malicious little designs. For instance, certain corridors required walking for a long time only to discover a dead end ahead.
Or take a dreadfully long straight path: after walking all the way to the end, the path around the corner might only span a few hundred meters.
There were even corridors that turned and turned and turned and turned, only to end in a cul-de-sac.
Previously, many class users had suffered mental breakdowns from sheer frustration at these nasty architectural quirks.
But this time, it was the Nether Armor King's turn to snap.
Mounted upon a spectral warhorse and escorted by its Nether Armor Knights, it sprinted for over ten minutes only to arrive at a dead end. Given their speed, running for over ten minutes underscored just how ridiculously long this passage was.
As the Nether Armor King turned back around, Chi Feihong finally cornered it.
By now, Chi Feihong wielded an Azure Dragon Crescent Blade in hand. The blade was smeared with the blood of various monsters—zombies, liches, and the like all possessed fluid to some degree, and hacking through them had left a thick coat of gore.
"Done running?"
Chi Feihong looked at the Nether Armor King, sneering.
To catch up, he had truly exerted every ounce of strength in his body. Fortunately, his efforts had paid off, and he had cornered the Nether Armor King at last.
Chapter 553