Chapter 106: A terrifying enemy (1/2)
Chapter 106: A terrifying enemy
When they heard that this person was Trunks, the other five adventurers, who’d rushed over, didn’t dare act rashly or blindly. They only looked cautiously at Han Shuo. Who would’ve that what they feared would happen as Han Shuo had really made a move?
Trunks evaded the crossbolt and his face abruptly chilled. His sharp eyes gathered instantly on Han Shuo’s body as he nodded his head and said, “You’ve got guts!”
He didn’t make a move to take the other poisonous fang as Trunks grasped his broadsword in his right hand, walking towards Han Shuo with an even pace and looking at him with an obviously unfriendly expression.
“Misunderstanding, this must be a misunderstanding! My friend must’ve been too nervous and shot out that bolt!” Odysseus suddenly cried out loudly and explained to Trunks with a rueful smile.
At this moment, the crossbow that had paused was suddenly reloaded with another bolt, and as Odysseus was explaining frantically, Han Shuo took aim at the slowly approaching Trunks and shot another bolt out.
It was as if a slap had been flung directly at his face. Odysseus’ expression was gobsmacked as the explanation in his mouth withered to ashes, halting him in his tracks.
Trunks’ slowly approaching footsteps wavered as he once again wondrously avoided the crossbow ambush. He still walked slowly towards Han Shuo, his eyes staring firmly at him without a hint of relaxation.
Taking a deep breath in, Han Shuo put the crossbow away because it was useless at close range. He then took out the Demonslayer Edge and was ready to withstand Trunk’s attack at any time.
“All of you will pay for this!” Trunks’ approaching body suddenly stopped as he said coldly.
“Eh, all of us… us?!” Water adept mage Aphrodite’s face grew frosty as she murmured.
“It looks like we’ve run into trouble, then we don’t need to be polite then.” Odysseus had been avoiding a headlong conflict with Trunks during this time and sighed softly as he saw that they would be hard pressed to extract themselves from the situation.
When the captain, Odysseus, had spoken, the other five adventurers stopped hesitating and quickly took their positions, readying their weapons and prepared themselves to handle this thorny fellow, who had suddenly emerged from the Dark Forest.
Just when Trunks was about to reach Han Shuo, he suddenly unsheathed the broadsword in his hand and milky-white aura enclosed the broadsword. A beam of white light drilled through the air, making for Han Shuo.
The shrubs on the ground suddenly exploded and filled the air with powder wherever the white fighting aura passed over. The ground cracked open as well. There was a heart stopping frightening power encompassed within the fighting aura. Having fought with Phoebe, another swordmaster, Han Shuo could clearly feel that the destructive power Trunks’ fighting aura was even more domineering.
He activated the “Glacial Mystical Spellfire” and the surge of magical yuan flowed entirely into the Demonslayer Edge. After taking in abundant magical yuan, the Demonslayer Edge glowed with a fiery red light. When the white fighting aura drilled fiercely onto it, Han Shuo tightly grasped the Demonslayer Edge and abruptly slashed it downwards.
An explosion rang out as the milky-white fighting aura and the emanation of red light from the Demonslayer Edge collided into each other. A round hole, about a meter deep, suddenly appeared out of nowhere and charred smoke rose from the shreds of shrubbery within it.
Trunks stood where he was without moving, his sharp eyes still looking forward. Han Shuo, wielding the Demonslayer Edge, abruptly backed up five or six steps and sat down with a thud. The right arm that was holding the Demonslayer Edge was a bloody mess and it looked quite frightening.
“You’re actually not dead. You do have some basis to be arrogant.” Trunks looked at Han Shuo and opened his mouth with some confusion
Han Shuo shook his right arm, shaking off the droplets of blood that had oozed out. He moved his body numbly, magical yuan circulating at a speed throughout his entire body that it never had before. He finally stood up again after pushing off forcefully with both feet.
Last time he’d faced Lawrence, Han Shuo had tested himself and found his strength to be higher than a journeyman swordsman. He’d brought his full force to bear when facing off against Trunks, who rumors had placed him at having already reached the realm of swordsmaster. He’d imbued ten percent of his magical yuan into the Demonslayer Edge and taken one of Trunks’ hits.
The truth had proven that the strength of a swordsmaster did indeed far exceed Han Shuo’s expectations. Perhaps Trunks hadn’t used his full force in that blow, but he’d already caused significant injury to Han Shuo. If it wasn’t for his wondrous magical yuan and durable body, an ordinary person’s right arm would’ve likely exploded from this blow and would’ve been unable to recover from it for the rest of his life.
“Protect our companion.” Odysseus called out calmly as the group of six adventurers immediately surrounded Han Shuo.
The archer Nia and two mages had already shot out their attacks before Trunks made another move, the latter still staring curiously at Han Shuo. The three warriors didn’t take a step away from Han Shuo as they surrounded him on three sides, protecting him solidly.
Trunks swiftly evaded the attacks from Nia and the two mages. He didn’t continue fighting as the manticore suddenly popped out for Trunks to mount.
“Friends, I’m going to get something to eat. You make your preparations, I’ll keep playing with you later.” Contrary to everyone’s expectations, Trunks didn’t continue attacking and rather spoke coldly from the back of the manticore. He then patted the manticore and it obediently brought him swiftly away.
One man and one beast crossed leisurely over the patch of luxuriant shrubs under the wary gaze of Odysseus and the others. Those assembled heaved a sigh of relief when they discovered that Trunks truly had vanished. They sat a bit wearily on the ground after having their nerves stretched taut for a while.