Chapter 60 Life and Death (1/2)
The fourth day of the ”mortal seven days” battle began with a drizzle. This time, the opponent was a tiger.
Amidst the drizzle, Lyu Liang held his sword firmly and his eyes showed unparalleled confidence. At the entrance of the farmhouse, Dongfang Xiaoyu, despite getting thoroughly soaked in the rain, was there to cheer him on.
Lyu Liang waved his hand and rushed forward. The tiger roared fiercely and suddenly sprung forward with all its four legs off the ground. Soon, it was a battle between a man and a beast.
Lyu Liang seemed to be losing the battle and quickly retreated. His right arm was scratched by the tiger, resulting in three bloody claw marks on his arm.
Lyu Liang screamed and ran swiftly towards the woods. The tiger gave a snarl of victory and chased after him.
He had already told her the plan beforehand, that getting injured was only a means to lure the tiger into the trap. When she saw the bloody claw prints, Dongfang Xiaoyu's tears flowed copiously; she felt deeply disappointed. She had never hated her incompetence or weakness until this moment. How she had hoped she could help Lyu Liang with her sword! However, she knew that she would not be of much help, except as a distraction only, to Lyu Liang.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and in the woods, it was one man against one tiger, one retreating and one chasing.
Lyu Liang deliberately kept circling around the tree, causing the tiger to have a hard time in using its powers. It roared to express its anger.
Suddenly, Lyu Liang dodged and rushed toward a distant tree. The furious tiger was overjoyed and struggled to jump forward, hoping to pounce on Lyu Liang and throw him to the ground.
At a crucial moment, Lyu Liang suddenly leapt to one side and rolled forward. The springing action of the tiger had already made it impossible for it to change its direction in the air. It could only swipe out in deep anger. It then prepared to charge again before it fell to the ground!.
When the front paws of the tiger had just made contact, an unexpected event occurred! It suddenly felt that it was not able to exert any force and its body dropped to the ground. It turned out that it had fallen into the trap made by Lyu Liang!
Within the trap, there were a number of wooden stakes with sharp ends. When the tiger dropped into it, it felt an immediate chilling fear in its heart, as it could no longer move.
Lyu Liang, who had mud smeared all over his face, was very pleased that his masterpiece of a plan had finally succeeded. He smiled happily.
When Lyu Liang dragged himself, with his bleeding right arm to the farmhouse, someone suddenly rushed out of the house and nearly collided with him. It was actually Dongfang Xiaoyu, who was crying hard. After returning to the farmhouse, she took a long time to dress his wounds.
At noon, after their lunch, the rain stopped. Lyu Liang did not carry out his usual practice and instead, insisted on repairing the trap. Dongfang Xiaoyu carried half a bucket of water, took a wooden scoop and went along with Lyu Liang.
Within four hours, in addition to dealing with the carcass of the tiger, Lyu Liang finally restored the trap to its original condition and heaved a sigh of relief. Looking at Dongfang Xiaoyu, whose lips were cracked, yet constantly giving him water to drink, Lyu Liang's heart was touched for a moment. He held the water scoop with his hand, laughed and brought the scoop to her mouth, whispering: ”Please drink, if you are exhausted; otherwise, there will be no one to give me a hand.”
Dongfang Xiaoyu stared at Lyu Liang and ended up drinking the water in the scoop. She then turned her head and walked back with an empty bucket, using her arms to wipe her eyes from time to time. Lyu Liang looked at the pretty and slender back and sighed for a long time. At the same time, he also made up his mind, that during these last three days, he must do his best to protect this girl, who was like his sister!
When they were having dinner in the evening, Dongfang Xiaoyu asked about Lyu Liang's family. Lyu Liang thought about it and told her about the feud between the Sishui Lyu family and the Blood Divine Sect. At the same time, he also asked her to keep it a secret.
After a few days of getting to know her, he had completely warmed to this little girl who had a bit of temper, but was as good natured as his sister. Since she had already seen the Shadow Domain Beast, Lyu Liang did not need to hide it from her.
When everything was revealed, it was natural that Dongfang Xiaoyu would break down and cry. Finally, after Lyu Liang kept comforting her, she fell asleep with a tear stained face.
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On the fifth day, it was sunny with a gentle breeze. The opponent was a bit of an unpleasant surprise. It was a very powerful giant ape! Its appearance made Lyu Liang furrow his brows. Facing such an enemy, who was very flexible, he was not sure how if his trap would work.
Using the old tactics and routine, the giant fell into the trap easily. But as what Lyu Liang was worried about, this guy was much more flexible than the tiger! Although it was pierced and bled heavily, the injury was obviously not severe enough to stop him. His hands clung to the side of the pit as he struggled to pull himself up!
Lyu Liang rapidly took the opportunity to do a rapid dash onto the shoulder of the giant ape and stabbed his sword through its right eye! This sword was so deeply embedded in the giant's eye that only its handle could be seen!
The giant ape immediately turned berserk and his body shook violently. At the same time, the hand that had been clinging to the pit edge began to stretch towards Lyu Liang.
Lyu Liang gritted his teeth and strove to find the place where there were lesser sharp wooden stakes. Although he managed to escape the palm of the giant ape, his right leg was pierced by a wooden stake!
The giant ape's hands could not cling on to the side of the pit any longer; its body's shaking increased as it sank deeper and deeper into the pit. After an hour, it finally stopped struggling as its body dropped onto the wooden stakes.
Lyu Liang calmed himself, tore off a piece of cloth from his already ruined clothes and bandaged his wound. He inched his way slowly up the simple wooden ladder he designed and climbed out of the trap.
Lyu Liang returned to the farmhouse in this awful condition and being very tired, tripped and fell. Dongfang Xiaoyu unexpectedly held back her tears, bit her lips resolutely and silently bandaged Lyu Liang's wounds .
After Lyu Liang regained a little of his of physical strength, he was ready to make lunch, but he was restrained by Dongfang Xiaoyu. It could be due to his slow recovery, or simply because the young lady had become more powerful, but when Lyu Liang struggled to free himself, he could not and simply gave up.