Age of Evolution

Chapter 353: 353: Flying to Outer Space

At least half of Yan Huang’s current strength came from his Star Sky Crown and Light Annihilation.

Weapons were also part of one’s strength, and Lin Zhen couldn’t do anything about it.

Moreover, Yan Huang was now in perfect condition, while he himself was seriously injured. Lin Zhen could not continue fighting.

Flapping his Lightning Wings to retreat, Yan Huang chased after him closely from behind.

“No one is allowed to follow! Leave!”

Lin Zhen roared, but in fact, no one could keep up with the speed of the two of them, turning into two streaks of light and disappearing into the horizon.

The two of them flew swiftly through the clouds. Lin Zhen’s most important task now was to shake off Yan Huang.

Lightning Wings had a four-fold speed of sound acceleration. Coupled with Lin Zhen’s own speed, it was just about equal to Yan Huang’s speed after comprehending the Light Quantum.

One person chased and the other escaped, quickly leaving the desert region and heading straight for the Western Continent.

“Lin Zhen! Whether it is heaven or earth, I must get rid of you today!”

Yan Huang’s face was fierce in the back as he occasionally swung his Light Annihilation, sending out a light blade to attack.

In his opinion, Lin Zhen was seriously injured and would be caught up and killed sooner or later. Because he was wearing the Star Sky Crown at this moment, it could provide him with a continuous supply of Star Power, enough to drain Lin Zhen to death.

Lin Zhen utilized the agility of Lightning Wings to dodge to the side from time to time, allowing several light blades to pass by.

He was indeed severely injured, but Lin Zhen could still persevere for a long time if it was just flying. Firstly, his flight mainly relied on Lightning Wings, and secondly, his Dark Star could continuously provide Star Power for him.

If it weren’t for the wound on his chest that had no time to heal, the two of them could probably keep chasing each other for a year.

Lin Zhen didn’t just fly high in the clouds, as that would make him too conspicuous. He lowered his body and flew at a low altitude.

Below appeared a Base City, which was Paris Base City.

Lin Zhen looked down and came down from the clouds to the sky several dozen meters above the Base City. He flew through the buildings, using them to evade Yan Huang’s pursuit.

“You’re dreaming if you want to shake me off!”

Yan Huang also followed Lin Zhen closely and rushed down.

“Whoosh! Whoosh!”

On a lawn in a park, two people rushed past with a wave of air, causing a man who was exercising to be rolled up by the air current and hung on a tree more than ten meters high.

“Swoosh! Swoosh!”

Lin Zhen’s flight became more dangerous. Ahead was a fast-food restaurant. Lin Zhen directly entered through the revolving door on the first floor. A gale blew by, and he flew out of the window in the back.

On the other hand, Yan Huang was much more brutal. He waved his Light Annihilation in his hand and directly broke through the wall, causing the deaths of several innocent mortals.

Ahead was the Eiffel Tower. Lin Zhen streaked past the arch of the Arc de Triomphe and flew toward the Eiffel Tower, making a curved flight and using the iron tower’s steel structure to block Yan Huang.

“All of this is useless, don’t bother trying!”

With a mad dance of Light Annihilation, the Eiffel Tower collapsed with a thunderous rumble, not causing any obstruction to Yan Huang at all.

Instead, the scene of the two high-speed chases was captured by many people and uploaded to the internet.

This made people feel more disgusted with Yan Huang. He claimed to be the Pope, but he completely disregarded human life.

There was a clear distinction between Martial Artists and ordinary people. As long as ordinary people did not particularly provoke Martial Artists, even the worst Martial Artists would rarely deliberately harm ordinary people. It was like a mentally normal adult would never go looking for trouble with a baby.

But Yan Huang was different. After gaining tremendous power, he could no longer control his true nature. His attitude of prosperity for those who follow and extermination for those who oppose was very obvious. Whether it was Martial Artists or ordinary people, anyone who stood in his way would be eliminated.

This also made the people of Gods Clan more and more alienated, and more and more people withdrew from the Clan. The Church had become somewhat nominal.

Lin Zhen also realized that it was unrealistic to evade Yan Huang using the various terrains in Base City. He simply ascended again and continued flying westward.

The two of them flew out of the range of Paris Base City and arrived at the coastline in a moment.

In front of them was the vast Atlantic Ocean. Lin Zhen did not hesitate for a moment. Like an arrow, he shot toward the bottom of the sea.

Yan Huang also followed and plunged into the seabed. The two of them still maintained an extremely high speed in the deep sea, causing two water jets to soar.

However, Lin Zhen was at a slight disadvantage underwater. The Lightning Wings were quite large, and the resistance underwater increased, causing his speed to slow down considerably. On the contrary, Yan Huang did not have such a large resistance, and the distance between the two was slowly closing.

A huge strange fish swam by. Lin Zhen took a curved path to avoid the fish’s big mouth, hoping that it could block Yan Huang for a moment.

Yan Huang’s Light Annihilation in his hand rushed forward and emitted a light blade in the water, directly cutting the strange fish in half.

“Damn it! Even S-level ocean beast couldn’t slow him down, I guess even Quasi-SSS class ones would be useless. Only a true SSS-level could do the job.”

But SSS-level ocean giant beasts are rare. They are at the top of the Earth’s food chain, and even experts of the Heavenly Star List are reluctant to provoke SSS-level creatures.

The two gradually descended, eventually coming to the ocean floor. Lin Zhen maneuvered through the coral reefs, constantly shaking Yan Huang off with the help of the terrain, only for Yan Huang to close the distance again and again with his absolute speed.

A giant whale swam by. Lin Zhen excitedly threw a flying knife at it, making a small cut on its body.

The angered whale charged at Lin Zhen, but he dodged it, and Yan Huang also dodged it.

This guy might be a lot more violent, but he wasn’t brainless. His only goal right now was to kill Lin Zhen, and no one could stop him.

“This can’t go on! My injuries are getting serious. He’s bound to catch up sooner or later.”

“Where else on Earth can help me get rid of him?”

Lin Zhen quickly racked his brain, and suddenly an idea struck him.

“I got it! I’m such an idiot for limiting my own thinking. Why do I have to stay on Earth? No place on Earth is safe.”

As he flapped his Lightning Wings, Lin Zhen quickly soared into the sky, stirring up a streak of water towards the sky.

“Whoosh!”

It was as if the two of them were shot out of the sea like cannonballs, startling a group of mutated seagulls in the sky. They squawked and wanted to attack Lin Zhen, only to be turned into ice sculptures by a flying knife made of freezing air and fell into the ocean.

Seeing Lin Zhen charging straight into the sky again, Yan Huang laughed heartily. His voice echoed from behind: “Lin Zhen, have you run out of tricks? Neither the crowds nor the ocean can help you. Where else can you go? There’s no cover above the sky; it’s not a suitable place for your grave.”

Lin Zhen completely ignored him, pushing his speed to the maximum, piercing through the wind at the top of the sky, through the clouds, through the troposphere, and heading straight towards the dark vault of heaven.

“You’re actually trying to escape into space!”

Yan Huang paused for a moment, then the corner of his mouth showed a hint of ferocity: “Lin Zhen, there’s no way you can escape. Even in space, I will catch up with you and kill you!”

Gradually, the two of them left Earth’s gravity.

After about seven hours, the image of the Moon in front of them became clearer. With a distance of just over a hundred thousand kilometers between Earth and the Moon, it would take Lin Zhen about a full day to fly there with their current speed.

“Lin Zhen, you fool! There are only a few craters on the Moon. If you go there, it’s suicide. Moreover, you’re injured. When your bleeding affects your strength, your speed will drop. At this rate, the gap between us will close within two days at most. Then it’ll be your time to die.”

Lin Zhen knew that his wounds hadn’t been treated effectively. Although the light molecules were continuously healing him, he was constantly flying and moving, preventing his wounds from scabbing over.

“Who told you I was going to the Moon? It’s just another view on our long journey. I’m taking you this way to give you one last look at the familiar scenery since you won’t be able to see it again.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Yan Huang swung another Light Blade from behind.

Lin Zhen twisted his body to avoid it: “Do you think you can catch up with me in two days? I don’t think so. Yan Huang, I’m going to take you on a long journey through the stars.”

Lin Zhen wasn’t joking with Yan Huang; he had already figured out how to get rid of him.

Although his wounds hadn’t been treated, his Lightning Wings were continuously moving. The electro-optical force from the Dark Star was still nurturing them, albeit slowly. Nonetheless, Lin Zhen’s speed was gradually increasing.

The increase was very slow, and invisible over a short period of time.

As for his wounds, Lin Zhen released the cold air from his Dark Star into his body once more to temporarily freeze the injured area.

This way, the blood wouldn’t flow out, and he could wait until he was safe to let the power of light heal him.

Initially, Yan Huang doubted that Lin Zhen could fly continuously in space. However, what was happening forced him to partially believe it.

Over twenty-four hours had passed since they started flying, and the two were already more than a hundred thousand kilometers away from Earth.

Yan Huang looked to the left and saw the Moon slowly rotating in the distance. From here, the surface of the Moon appeared gray and dull, lacking the elegance it had when viewed from Earth.

When he looked back, he could see the massive blue planet that was Earth.

Yan Huang never thought he’d be able to see Earth in its entirety, and not while inside a spacecraft, but while drifting alone in space.

Yan Huang was getting tired of flying. He wished he could take out a spacecraft to sit on, but not many of Earth’s aircraft could fly out of the atmosphere and wander through space.

Looking at Lin Zhen flapping his wings and still flying towards the depths of the cosmos, Yan Huang wanted to call him a fool.

Did he really think he could embark on a grand cosmic adventure all by himself?

His speed might be fast on Earth, but it was like a snail’s pace in cosmic space.

“You lunatic! Do you think you can drag me to death like this? I’m telling you, you can’t do it! I will definitely catch up with you!”

“Then come on! If you can chase me to Mars, I’ll admit defeat.”

Yan Huang felt a headache coming on. No matter what, he had to follow. To get to Mars, it could take up to two years with good luck since Mars also had its own orbit.

As he looked at Yan Huang, still thousands of meters away and furiously chasing him, Lin Zhen’s mouth curved into a cold smile.

Hidden inside his Space Ring was another ring that belonged to Shu Mingxuan. Lin Zhen had seen it before; inside was a small-house-sized aircraft from the Tianhe Empire.