Chapter 63: Demons, Demons (1/2)

Chapter 63: Demons, Demons

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The closer he got to the jungle, the more he felt the air dampen, but it was very different from the dampness in the drain pipes. This moist air was full of a smell of freshness, which made a person relaxed and carefree. Chen Mu's spirits were lifted.

Just as Chen Mu was being intoxicated by the novelty of the dense forest, something dark and black plunged out from the jungle, coming straight for him!

It was too fast! The long dark thing grabbed his ankle before he could respond. At almost the same time, a strong force came up through his ankle and he quickly lost his stability, as he fell to the ground with a thump.

Was there a snake?

Chen Mu's mind tensed, but things were happening so fast that before he could fight back he had lost his balance. Once his ankle was bound, Chen Mu was dragged toward the jungle by a tremendous force.

His spine was ground hot with pain from the grassy land, and he saw that he was getting closer and closer to the dense bushes. Chen Mu quickly drew himself up into a ball. The fine thorns which covered the undergrowth froze his heart in fright, but the series of misfortunes had come on too quickly, leaving him no space for any fear.

He automatically took some protective measures but couldn't use the tailless shuttle card to fight back, which showed how far he was from being a qualified card artisan.

In an instant, the branches of the shrubbery left dozens of crisscrossing trails of blood on his arms that were protecting his body, bringing on another bout of burning pain. That pain made Chen Mu suck in a cold breath of air.

Although he didn't know what it really was, it must have been some sort of snake-like creature, judging from the feeling coming from his leg, or it could have been the touch of a monster's hand.

Among his pathetically small general knowledge, Chen Mu didn't have a single piece of information about the creatures in the jungle. The only thing he could think of was the only thing he knew about, which was a snake.

Such great strength! Although he didn't know what kind of creature it was, he couldn't help being fascinated. But it wasn't a very good thing that was happening to him, where he might very likely get eaten up.

He was abruptly dragged into the jungle like a bag of sand.

There was no longer any trace of that fresh humid air, which had been replaced by the smell of rotting leaves blowing in his face. The branches that were hitting Chen Mu right in the face made it impossible for him to open his eyes. But perhaps because too many things had happened that day, he wasn't even feeling unfortunate and his mind was surprisingly sharp.

He relaxed his body and curled up into a ball, so that he could reduce the area for injuries by some large margin. He still suffered plenty like that, the dense underbrush being so covered in fine thorns that he was stabbed full of cuts and bruises.

If it were Copper, that knucklehead would be afraid of ruining his face he guessed miserably. That was the kind of thing which leapt into Chen Mu's mind, so that he might have something to smile about.

Chen Mu realized that his chance had come when it seemed that there was some loosening around his ankle.

Without any hesitation, he exerted force from his waist and abdomen, so that his whole body shot up. That thing on his ankle also seemed to sense it, and it tightened. It wanted to tighten!

The feeling was too familiar.

From his gut, Chen Mu was thanking that person who'd made the mysterious card over and over. That unwinding game had saved his life!

A bow, a bend, and a shot, and his body exerted tremendous burst strength which suddenly exploded, while at the same time his ankles which were being bound left and right twisted in a flash, and all the sudden burst of power from his body was transmitted to his left ankle. After the twist and the flash, and because of the power that was between his ankle and that thing winding around his leg, it blew apart!