Miles started the car and watched the lights turn from red to green. When it was green, he floored the gas pedal. The vehicle roared like a beast and plunged forward. The car was already an art of science, even without the boosting of the speed element. The speed of the car reached 500 km/h in no time at all, but that was the maximum speed Miles could drive for the time being, as the curves were too sudden.

The canyon was truly vicious, as there were many turns. Miles controlled his speed at 500 and kept on driving while checking the map for potential shortcuts. Although he liked to keep an eye on his opponent, it was almost impossible in this situation.

There were many different routes reaching the same destination, and following the other car would be the early doom. After all, the car Quintus was driving was much closer to the ground. If he was aiming for a shortcut only a low car could pass, Miles would have to return back.

Miles kept on driving on the safest route for the first 100 kilometers. It was a bad decision as it put Miles behind, but it was just a preparation. He soon calculated all the routes, and all of its brain cells were now focused on the task at hand.

“Where is he?” Miles asked while taking another turn. There was a ramp at the end of a straight road. This was Miles’s first starting line. Miles floored the pedal, and his energy moved to the engine. Speed element engine churned and the vehicle dashed forward like a beast.

The sound was breaking with the speed of the car. Without any core, Quintus’s car could break the speed of sound. The miracle vehicle Evelyn created could do more than that. Miles broke the speed of sound and reached the ramp. His energy moved to the gravity core and reduced the car’s weight just as it started leaving the ramp. This was one of the most dangerous shortcuts on the track. From the ramp to the other side, there was a swamp. And the distance was three and a half kilometers. It was a giant leap.

To be able to fly that distance, a car should be at the speed of sound for over ten seconds. With the initial speed, the leap could be achieved, but gravity was waiting there to pummel the heavy beast to the ground. Luckily, Miles’s new ride was built with a gravity core, and Miles could lower the weight of the vehicle. With his initial velocity, it wouldn’t be a problem for him to fly over 3 kilometers.

Miles supplied the core with energy and reduced the car’s weight by at least half. Sadly cores weren’t capable enough to reduce the gravity fully.

When Miles reached the highest point he could reach he let the gravity take his car once again. He couldn’t float in the air, or he would lose the race. The car was fast on the ground after all. When Miles was about to crash to the ground he once again reduced the weight to prevent it from hitting hard.

This shortcut alone saved Miles more than 2 minutes. “Checkpoint in 1000 meters.” He remembered. He drove in that direction and checked the map. He couldn’t see Quintus but he knew the latter was incapable of doing what he just did. Although Quintus’s car was as fast as his, it was a normal metal vehicle, thus would drop into the swamp.

“Miles where are you driving to?” Merlin muttered from where he was watching.

“There is no following road there, it is a dead end. Why are you taking that road?” He shouted in anger. He thought Miles forgot the path and was driving to a dead end.

“I can fly from here, to this checkpoint, then I can pass through this shortcut. And with the help of gravity core, I can pass the ice lake. From there, I will reach this peak, and fly over that hill.” Miles drew the map in his mind and calculated while driving beware of Merlin’s outburst.

“That is impossible!” Coin who was with Merlin thought what Miles was thinking but he thought it to be impossible. If he were with Miles, he would try to stop it, but Miles already drove to the path leading there and couldn’t hear him. Also returning now would lose at least a few minutes.

What Miles did wasn’t impossible or a rash decision, but he was confident of his abilities. There was no way for him to win against Quintus with his abilities alone. The man was a hero of his Grandfather’s time. He was at least Extol-Rank, which meant he had used at least 6 to 8 mind serums. Even with that, he was above Miles. There was also energy, experience, and superpower. Miles had no way of winning in conventional ways.

He reached the top of the hill in short minutes. There was a road going down from there, but it was a dead end. Miles drove to the cliff at full speed. This was one the longest straight lines on the track, it also meant it was one of the only roads Miles could reach max speed.

The car cried like a wounded beast, and Miles's energy filled the car. Miles reduced the gravity as soon as the vehicle left the ground. It started to shoot into the sky for a few seconds only before it started to lose its velocity, and the vehicle started to fall towards the ground nose-first. Miles didn't panic at all. He instead let the gravity work in full power again. The sudden increase in the vehicle’s weight pulled the ground at full speed, and Miles reached the narrow entrance of the checkpoint from the sky.

“You pulled that through!” Coin shouted! While Merlin was pumping his fist into the air.

“My only advantage is this car. I can only win by using it.” Miles smiled and kept on driving. He passed through the ice lake and climbed to the hill. At the top of the hill, there was a steep ramp. It would take Miles really high into the sky, and without gravity reduction, it would be a dangerous fall.

Miles stepped onto the pedal and floored it. This time, he even spared energy and used fire cores to increase his speed.

“Here we go!” Miles reached the ramp and flew to the end of the path.