338 A Perfect Plan (2/2)

”Almost,” answered Mo Fan.

”Almost?” Li Man pull a long face.

”Either way, it's useful in this situation.” Mo Fan was not willing to explain further. ”The plan is simple; we'll lure the poisonous bug to the Xuanwu Lizard. Its poison is strong enough to weaken a Commander-level demon beast. All we have to do is let the Xuanwu Lizard kill the poisonous bug, and we'll utilize its poison to kill the Xuanwu Lizard.”

Zhang Xiaohou nodded quickly. He was utterly convinced that the plan would work. He asked after a slight pause, ”So, who's going to lure it to the gigantic beast?”

Mo Fan and Li Man did not respond. The cave suddenly fell silent, apart from the crackling noise from the bonfire.

Zhang Xiaohou pointed at his nose and said in a rather stiff tone, ”You're asking ME to do it?”

Mo Fan and Li Man nodded simultaneously. Neither of them had any convenient movement abilities, while on the other hand, Zhang Xiaohou had both the Wind Element and the Earth Element, and he had learned useful techniques in tracking enemies and concealing his presence in the military. He was definitely the perfect candidate for the difficult mission.

Zhang Xiaohou knew he had nowhere to escape to. He murmured under his breath, ”Why do I feel like you both reached that conclusion before this?”

”We will bring the poisonous bug and the Xuanwu Lizard to this specific location. Therefore, we need someone luring the poisonous bug, and another person baiting the Xuanwu Lizard.” Mo Fan poked at a spot close to the center of the swamp with the stick.

Zhang Xiaohou nodded.

On second thought, Zhang Xiaohou was puzzled. He blurted out, ”So what's next after we bring the poisonous bug and the Xuanwu Lizard there? Aren't we going to be flanked from both sides? We're going to be killed first in between them!”

The plan was perfect, but its execution was bizarre.

The biggest problem of baiting the demon beasts to fight one another was to ensure a safe escape from the situation. Did they really think the beasts would just run into one another and battle fiercely while the bait simply turned a corner and ran away?

Enough with the jokes, this wasn't filming a movie. It did work for the female protagonist in Jurassic Park IV, but Zhang Xiaohou would not dare to use the same trick himself.

”That's the question,” Mo Fan coughed and pointed at the spot he poked before.

”Have you thought why we're luring them to that specific location?” Mo Fan sternly said, ”Li Man and I have investigated the surroundings. There's a cave at the end of this path. Below it is a dried underground passage, which runs under the entire valley, including the bottom of the swamp, to the center of the valley.” Mo Fan drew another path, which connected to the swamp at the center.

Zhang Xiaohou immediately came to a realization and blurted out, ”Brother Fan, so you're saying that someone will be receiving us there?”

”That's right. Once we lure the Xuanwu Lizard and the poisonous bug to the spot, the ground there is rather fragile. A few destructive Intermediate Spells would blast a hole open. It will then drain the mud like a vortex, and we'll be able to ride it and make our way to the underground passage...” explained Mo Fan.

”HAHA, a crafty escape! The demon beasts will fight one another, and we'll even have the time to change into clean clothing before retrieving our loot! Muahahaha!” Zhang Xiaohou burst into great laughter.

Brother Fan is as intelligent as usual. It turned out that everything was under his control all along!

As the two were filled with excitement, Li Man was silent throughout the entire discussion.

Overall, the plan did seem viable.

But here came the problem. If Zhang Xiaohou was assigned to lure the poisonous bug, who was going to bait the Xuanwu Lizard?