Second, the other party desperately wanted to kill or capture him—in short, the other party possessed a desire for the System he held that transcended good and evil. Their sole purpose was this, and Hao Qi even vaguely perceived that his existence was far more important to this monster than its original reason for coming to the Yaxi Continent.
Third, the other party was a Ranked Creature, but not the bizarre, beast-type Ranked Creature he had initially suspected. It was a true Ranked Creature, yet vastly different from any he had previously known. It possessed intelligence and the ability to transform, but it was definitely not human, because... this Ranked Creature had now transformed into an upright Western dragon over twenty meters tall!
For these three reasons, Hao Qi abandoned the idea of fleeing. In truth, had he truly wanted to run after using the Hundred Styles, even with his bizarrely terrible luck, the dragon-type creature before him would never have been able to block his path. However, he could not simply run straight back to the base; for one thing, the defensive positions were not yet fully completed. Should he lead an enemy back and expose the positions, allowing the foes to immediately lock onto their target and press the attack relentlessly—or worse, cause the Red Dragon Servidy to descend right then and there—then truly, everything would be over.
Chapter 323