Chapter 79 (2/2)

After carefully setting up all these preparations, he placed a small stone on the other side of the black silk . He confirmed everything was set .

Once the beetle crawled up to the b.u.t.terfly Orchid’s petal, it would activate and release the knot, causing the stone to fall to the ground .

Long Chen once more looked over his trap from start to end . A strange smiled appeared on his face . He found a large leaf and then sneakily hid behind a large tree .

He watched for a moment as the beetle continued according to its original route, crawling towards the petal . But due to it not pulling on a stone, its speed had slowed down a bit .

Long Chen nodded and quietl retreated . Now there was only one tiny crucial item remaining . As for whether the trap would succeed, that would depend on Ying Hou . He stealthily disappeared deeper into the forest .

An hour later, Ying Hou, who was searching for any of Long Chen’s tracks, suddenly heard a strange sound, the sound of a stone rolling .

That sound was extremely quiet, but within the keen listening ears of Ying Hou, it was practically like a thunderclap .

Ying Hou didn’t even think about it before rus.h.i.+ng over . He was just like a wild gale, and three or four miles was instantly traversed .

That sound had definitely not been natural . He knew it was the sound of someone accidentally tripping on a stone .

Within this silent forest, other than him, the only one who would make such a noise was Long Chen .

Thinking of Long Chen, flames of fury rose inside him . Last night he hadn’t gotten the slightest bit of sleep and hadn’t even had time to rest his wounds .

Those d.a.m.n beasts had become enraged and continuously attacked him . Although they were unable to pose any danger to him, they had troubled his internal injury .

It was impossible for a medicinal pill alone to completely heal his injury . He had to combine it with spiritual qi in order to recover . But he hadn’t had any time or opportunity to do so .

He was forced into being unable to maintain his peak combat ability, causing him to feel a great sense of unease . So he urgently needed to kill Long Chen and return to the capital to recover .

In just a couple breaths’ time, Ying Hou arrived at where the sound had come from . But there was no sign of Long Chen anywhere . Under a tree was the rock that had made the noise, and it seemed the rock had writing on it .

Ying Hou looked over the surroundings and his expression became ugly when he saw no sign of Long Chen . He knew that he had most likely been played .

He slowly walked over to that rock, wanting to know what Long Chen had wanted to show to him . He had just walked a couple steps when he suddenly stepped on a string that activated the short brush not far from him . A ball of something wrapped in a green leaf shot towards him .

Ying Hou coldly laughed and raised his sword, slicing that ball in half .

“Hmph, you little insec-”

He hadn’t expected that the moment his sword touched that ball, the ball exploded, filling the air with juice .

Due to that happening so fast and being so close, Ying Hou was unable to get away in time and was completely drenched by that juice . An incomparably disgusting smell filled the air .

Some of it had also gotten into his mouth, so now his mouth was also full of that disgusting stink . Ying Hou hastily retreated, his first thought being that it was poison .

But although that thing had been incomparably disgusting, it didn’t have a trace of poison in it . His spiritual qi was circulating completely normally .

Now that he had time, he noticed that the rock on the ground had flipped over to reveal the following words:

“Just a small gift which is unworthy of you . Originally I wanted to send you a large t.u.r.d, but recently my stomach hasn’t been feeling well . Please forgive my helplessness . ”

Looking at the words, Ying Hou’s face suddenly turned completely white . Looking at the sticky residue left on his clothes, his stomach began to heave and he vomited .

“LONG CHEN!!!”

Ying Hou’s incredibly angry roar practically blew apart the clouds . It caused the entire forest to shake and countless birds and beasts were frightened into flight .

Long Chen was on a distant large tree watching those birds . He smiled heartily . A bit of his anger from being chased by Ying Hou was finally relieved .

Ever since that day, Ying Hou’s face became even more dark and Long Chen became even more careful, not daring to set up such a trap again .

If he ended up making slight mistake when setting it up, he would definitely be doomed . That small trap had been to relieve his anger and to increase his self-confidence .

Since he had managed to do that, it wouldn’t be smart to set something like that up again . Only by being careful could he survive . He didn’t want the advantage he had worked so hard to create to be reversed .

One fled while one chased . Eight days quickly pa.s.sed . Over that time, Long Chen fled during the day and recuperated during the night after using all kinds of techniques to hide from the wild beasts .

Due to the a.s.sistance of his medicinal pills, Long Chen’s recovery was extremely quick . His right hand’s meridians had almost completely recovered . His inner injuries had also nearly healed .

Ever since the first night where he had drawn over many beasts, Ying Hou had become smarter and also rested during the night . He would jump up into a high tree, using the time to rest and heal his wounds . His efficiency was also very fast .

This continued up till the ninth day . Long Chen was crossing a small stream when he sensed a strange movement above his head .

Looking up, his expression greatly changed . c.r.a.p, I’m screwed .