Transformation
Chen Ling had already been locked on by the [Heavenly Wolf] once, so he naturally knew the terror of this domain.
Once gazed upon by that void wolf pupil, not only would the physical body's functions drop significantly, but unless one escaped the range of this domain, it was simply impossible to shake off, and ultimately one could only be hunted to death.
During this process, Nie Yu would be like having opened a heavenly eye, completely grasping every movement of his. It could be called God's perspective on the hunting ground.
Chen Ling knew very well in his heart that with his current Rank and state, he was absolutely not Nie Yu's match in the [Wild Hunting Ground]. So right now, he absolutely could not let this domain lock onto him!
"Trying to run?!" Nie Yu also came back to his senses and sneered.
"No one can escape being locked onto in the [Wild Hunting Ground]... No matter how fast your speed is, can it be faster than my gaze?"
At the same time, the massive wolf pupil hanging high beneath the thunderclouds rapidly turned its pupil, looking towards the red clothes sprinting in the rain. In an instant, it caught up by hundreds of meters.
Seeing that the gaze was about to lock onto Chen Ling, he didn't hesitate to reach out and tear at his chin. In the next moment, his entire person transformed into a sparrow and flew headfirst into a shop on the edge.
A look of astonishment flashed in Nie Yu's eyes. He didn't even manage to see clearly what happened inside the shop just now. He only felt his vision blur, and Chen Ling in the shop turned into a flying bird.
But even so, Chen Ling couldn't shake off the gaze of the wolf pupil. Chen Ling, who had transformed into a flying bird, could clearly feel a gaze outside the shop's ceiling still closing in on him. Whether it was transforming or utilizing the complex terrain and architecture, he couldn't dodge the wolf pupil's gaze.
A look of determination flashed in Chen Ling's eyes. His figure blurred again, and in the next moment, he turned into a small red python, weaving through the gaps in the shop. Immediately after, he turned into a bat, then a gecko, a cheetah, an ape...
Chen Ling's figure frantically flashed among the dozens of shops along the street. Every time he appeared in a shop, it was a brand new species. From a distance, it looked like a grand and dazzling transformation show. It was so fast that neither Nie Yu nor the Audience behind the screens could capture his movements and trajectories with their naked eyes.
"Heavens! What kind of ability is this?!"
"Lion, snow wolf, eagle... Damn it, my eyes can't keep up anymore. How did he do it?!"
"Is he an angel or a demon? Why can he turn into so many animals??"
"Oh my God, is this really not a video made with computer special effects?!"
"Haven't you guys realized yet? The Hunter and this Red-Clad Figure are not ordinary people. They should possess some kind of supernatural power!"
"..."
Just as lines of messages were frantically spamming the screen beside the footage, the young man wearing a Tang suit by the roadside in San Francisco had an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
"[Thousand Faces]... it's [Thousand Faces], right? But that's not right... I haven't heard of anyone's [Thousand Faces] being able to turn into animals... What exactly is the background of this Path of the Actor??"
Service area.
Chen Ling's figure transformed and shuttled among the densely packed abandoned shops. Facts proved that this method indeed could stall the gaze of the sky wolf pupil to a certain extent... He could feel that the speed of that gaze tracking him was always a few meters behind his figure. It seemed unable to react to the prey's high-frequency changes for a moment.
Just as Chen Ling continuously tried to cross the edge of the domain and break away from the [Wild Hunting Ground], he found that the wolf pupil's line of sight was constantly extending forward. Whichever direction he ran, the hunting ground covered that direction.
Chen Ling abruptly looked back and found the blood-covered Nie Yu, carrying his Hunting Knife, frantically chasing after him. The domain also moved as he moved. This meant that if he didn't deal with Nie Yu, the domain would always follow beside Chen Ling until he was completely locked onto and killed.
"An inescapable hunting ground, an unshakable wolf pupil... Are all domains this perverted??"
Chen Ling finally understood why Han Meng said that going from the Third Tier to the Fourth Order of a Divine Path was a qualitative change. A Divine Path with a domain and one without were completely different... Wanting to kill an opponent of a higher level was extremely difficult.
Although Chen Ling had the [Judgment Court], his own self was still Third Tier after all. The [Judgment Court] could only exert Third Tier power, rather than a complete domain... Of course, even so, it was currently Chen Ling's strongest killing move, and also the only skill that had a chance to tear open the [Wild Hunting Ground] and kill Nie Yu.
This trump card was Chen Ling's only hope for a comeback. He had to choose the most suitable moment to reveal it.
"Fortunately, I made preparations in advance."
Chen Ling swept a glance at the massive wolf pupil in the sky. His figure shuttling through the shops suddenly changed direction and sped towards an auto repair factory building not far away!
That factory building stood on the edge of the service area. Its outer surface was mottled and old, and the metal canopy was missing a few pieces, looking as if it had been abandoned for a long time... But if one carefully observed Chen Ling's escape route just now, one would find that he seemed to have deliberately been moving closer to here all along.
Seeing Chen Ling stop his dazzling transformations, the wolf pupil's gaze instantly caught up. The distance between the two rapidly shrank, and it finally completely locked onto Chen Ling's figure!
The moment Chen Ling's left foot stepped into the factory building, a sense of crisis that made his hairs stand on end surged into his heart. His body became as heavy as lead, and his speed visibly slowed down...
Scarlet fresh blood flowed along Chen Ling's wounds, gurgling onto the factory floor. He supported his body with both feet and staggered step by step to the center of the factory building. He only felt as if all the strength in his body had been drained, his face incomparably pale.
It was the familiar lock again... and the despairing feeling of powerlessness. It was like a prey that had stepped into a trap, losing its power to resist bit by bit, and then being aimed at from afar by the muzzle of a Hunting Rifle.
Chen Ling could feel that if he fought Nie Yu with his current physical state, he probably wouldn't even be able to take three moves before his head was chopped off by a knife. After the domain was opened, the difference in strength between the two sides was simply too huge.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
The tattered metal canopy couldn't block the pouring heavy rain. Several gaps now looked like water curtain caves, continuously pouring rainwater into the factory building. Humming sounds echoed in the empty space.
The bloodstained Great Crimson Theatrical Robe passed through these rain curtains and stood still on a tarp on the factory floor.
Chen Ling looked back. In the pouring heavy rain, a figure holding a Hunting Knife and similarly covered in wounds stepped into the factory building step by step, illuminated by the pale flashing lightning.
"It seems the outcome is decided," Nie Yu spoke hoarsely.
"Hehe..." Between the rapid rain curtains, Chen Ling smiled weakly. "That might not necessarily be so."
Nie Yu's gaze swept the surroundings. After a brief pause, he slowly opened his mouth.
"Before being locked onto by me, you took the initiative to give up escaping and approached here... And thinking carefully, before you appeared in the service area, you also had ample time to prepare..."
Nie Yu's eyes narrowed slightly. The Hunter's vigilance and rationality were displayed to the fullest at this moment.
"You... set up traps here in advance, didn't you?"