Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

Chapter 140: The chase

This was the one he wanted but it seemed that the Genus fruit knew it too. It immediately swam away underground to avoid his piercing eyes.

He smiled. He always liked the chase.

His shoulder blades turned numb and prickly as his Angel Wings unfolded behind him. With one flap of his wings, he caught up to the escaping Genus fruit.

It changed directions in an attempt to disorient him, but Atlan's Lightspeed Angel Wings weren't just for show. For as long as he could keep it up, it was almost invincible in the air. He could have gone even faster, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to keep it up.

If he continued to only match the pace of the fruit, he knew that he could keep up with it for a decent amount of time.

He also needed to be careful with the vineyard. He would have used his Apocalyptic Hellfire to destroy the fields and completely turn it over but he was afraid that once the fruits got detached from their stems, the bunker would think that Atlan picked his Genus fruit and it would kick him out.

He couldn't let that happen. He wanted this fleeing Genus.

Thankfully, the underground fruit didn't seem all that smart. Once it saw that Atlan was able to keep up with its speed, it suddenly panicked and shot straight up!

It was his chance! Atlan flapped his Angel Wings even harder, accelerating to speeds he had never achieved before to try and intercept the fruit just as it passed the trellises.

Atlan was just an arm's length away from the fruit.

Now that he saw it clearly, he was surprised to see that it only looked like an ordinary wooden door complete with the hinges and the knob.

A door?

Just as Atlan was about to catch the door-fruit in his hand, the doors suddenly opened and disappeared completely in mid-air!

Atlan stopped. He hovered around where it disappeared and couldn't believe its eyes. He saw no heat remnant with his Thermal Vision, which meant that it didn't speed away from Atlan, it disappeared!

He looked around the foggy outskirts of the vineyard and saw no sign of the door-fruit anywhere.

He lowered himself and let his Angel Wings rest for a bit.

He made it seem like he gave up as he closed his eyes.

But just a moment later, his Angel Wings suddenly burst open and he accelerated to where the door-fruit was hiding! It thought that it could hide within the trellises and mask its energy with the other Genus fruits, but it failed to pay attention to the fact that it was the only one that was moving erratically. It was too panicked from Atlan for it to sit still.

His Thermal Vision still worked even if his eyes were closed, although a bit diminished. But this turned out to be an advantage as he was able to avoid the blinding lights from the fruits and focus on the door.

Atlan reached its hiding spot within a moment. He pushed himself even faster to try and catch the slippery little fruit.

But just before he could grasp it in his hands, it opened its doors once again and disappeared into the void.

Atlan looked up and was surprised to see the door-fruit hovering above the clouds, among the stars.

Even with his current fastest speed with his Angel Wings, he still couldn't keep up with it. No matter how fast he went, it kept teleporting away from him at the very last second. There was no way for him to catch it.

But of course, he wasn't going to give up.

The good thing about mutations was that he could use it in tandem with his LifeSkill.

He manifested a giant hand in his Soul System and activated his Spiked Chitin Spray. He raised his hand in the air and shot out his LifeSkill.

The thorned black webs spread out in a cone pattern to try and enclose the slippery door-fruit, but it simply teleported away at the very last second.

He shot another Spiked Chitin Spray towards it, this time, he sped to the opposite side. He hoped that it would trap the door-fruit and he could catch it with his own hands.

But he underestimated how fast those doors opened. The moment it saw the black webs spray towards itself, it suddenly opened its doors and teleported away, giving no time for Atlan to catch it even with his fastest speed.

I can't catch it like this. It's fruitless. It will keep teleporting while I use my Angel Wings till exhaustion. I have to find another way.

He sped towards the door-fruit standing atop one of the trellises. He made sure to keep his speed at a minimum to preserve his energy.

This time, the fruit took its time and waited at the very last second before teleporting away.

Atlan looked around and saw the fruit behind him.

Hmm…

Atlan continued to test out the fruit's teleporting ability.

He found that it could do this with seemingly no limit at all. He kept a close eye on its internal body temperature and saw no difference from when it started to when it used its teleport ten times in a row. That was bad news.

But the good news was that its usage was quite basic. It didn't have any complex sentient thinking or it wouldn't have simply teleported behind Atlan without any deviation.

It didn't try to get clever and teleport away randomly—it didn't need to.

Another important thing he found out was the need for its doors to be opened for it to activate its teleport ability. If he could get to it before it opened its doors, then he'd be able to catch it.

But even if he knew that, it was still a hard task.

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It could teleport within a fraction of a second. For Atlan to grab the door-fruit that fast, he'd need to be exactly a meter away for him to grab it before it could open its door.

With his Angel Wings, he could move fast enough to reach the door. But, he needed to move before the door teleported and he needed to arrive exactly where the door would land.

To do that, he'd need to know the future. That was impossible.

He needed to know where it would land. It wasn't enough to know that it would land behind him, he needed to know the direction.

Wait…I have another LifeSkill that can help me target it!