Chapter 33 First Encounter – Part 2 (2/2)
Another bullet fired.
”Useless!”
*TINK*
Another bullet parried.
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
Three gunshots were burst-fired this time. They didn't go for Hua Shi, but to the two people behind her.
”MUDA!! MUDA!! MUDA!!”
Hua Shi's sword moves left after images, striking toward the incoming bullets with precision.
*TINK* *TINK* *TINK*
After all bullets was swiped away, Hua Shi felt elated. The skill she bought was worth every penny. However…
*CRACK*
The continuous intense movement put a strain on her arm, hand, wrist and her shoulder. As a result, she dislocated her shoulder and her wrist.
”FFFFUUUUU!!”
Instead of screaming in pain, Hua Shi cursed out loud. The pain on her shoulder was like a cold bucket of water pouring on her. She regained her cool and not allowing her judgement to go along with the adrenaline.
Zhang Jiao who was crouching and hurried back to the house noticed Hua Shi's scream. He rushed back to her, lift her up on his shoulder, and ran back to the house without looking back. He was scared of the thunder magic that roared out in the woods.
Fortunately after Hua Shi's stunt, the sniper stopped firing and seemed to disappeared, relieving Zhang Jiao and co.
…
Meanwhile, Tong was running and making a beeline toward Sima Xin. He heard another four gunshot sounds which worried him. But Tong kept his focus and continued chasing Sima Xin. The distance was now 200 meters.
Although everything was dark and Tong could barely see anything, he still managed to pick a path by observing the HUD map terrain indication.
Tong still didn't light his candle. He continued moving in the darkness as he didn't want to spook Sima Xin yet.
Then, he noticed that Sima Xin was moving in his radar. Sima Xin retreated toward the road outside of the village.
Tong clicked his tongue and continued the chase, only to find out that Sima Xin was faster than him. The distance between Tong and Sima Xin continued to increase.
215 meters … 230 meters … 250 meters.
Tong was astonished. This was in the middle of a forest where trees and bushes were in the way and the terrain was uneven. Even Tong found it difficult to get through this forest with the HUD map.
Sima Xin could run away as if he could see in the dark!
Tong felt helpless. The rat was getting away each minute of chasing.
Then he was surprised by another white dot that started moving in the map. It had been in a hut nearby the roadside which Tong assumed it was just a villager sleeping inside the hut.
However, this white dot seemed to move to the direction of Sima Xin as if it was also chasing him.
'Huh? Why is this person chasing after the sniper?'
Tong was confused. Since he couldn't catch up with Sima Xin anyway, he checked the name of the white dot. Then he was shocked when the map revealed his name.
'Zhou Cang? That guy is Zhou Cang!? What is he doing over there?'
Zhou Cang was one of the famous characters in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He was once a Yellow Turban Rebellion member. After Zhang Jiao's main force was annihilated, he became a mountain bandit.
Then he met Guan Yu and became his follower after. It was said that he died later in the battle of Fancheng Castle in Jing Province in the year 220 A.D. when Cao Cao and Sun Quan conspired and sent forces to attack Guan Yu in secret.
Tong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He could not confirm if Sima Xin and Zhou Cang were in league together or had a feud against each other. But from the first look, they appeared to be the latter.
Zhou Cang intercepted Sima Xin midway before Sima Xin could run past Zhou Cang.
Sima Xin's movement stopped for a few seconds before Tong heard sounds of fighting and a gunshot.
*CLANG*
*CLANG*
*WHOOSH*
*CLANG*
*BANG*
”AARRRGHHH!!!”
A painful scream of a teenage was heard. Tong managed to shorten the distance down to 200 meters. He could finally see a faint shadow figure and an area of torchlight in the middle of darkness.