Chapter 44 - Ambush (II) (2/2)
When Shad was approximately fifteen meters away from that man, the air rippled as an arrow flew toward him. The whole group was already on high alert from the moment Shad had jumped from the treetop, but his speed was so fast that they could not clearly see him let alone shot an arrow at him, he was like a ghost in the night.
The arrow was shot by one of the five men that was guarding the leader. Soon, more than twenty arrows followed. In the meantime, the leader was lying flat on the group. The combined arrows created a series of violent whistling sounds in the air.
However, Shad could only try to dodge them. One of the drawbacks of the purple seed in his mana pool was that Shad could not use the mana shield while using the lightning energy in his body. He could only use one at a time, either he used the mana as it is or the lightning energy. He can't use both at the same time, as such, even if he was being shot at, he could not use the mana shield to defend himself unless he stopped using the lightning energy.
With his heaven-defying speed, Shad quickly titled his body to one side as he evaded the first arrow that was going to pierce his heart. by releasing his spiritual force, Shad had already known the directions of each of the arrows as though he had eyes on the back of his head. His speed might not be as fast as the arrows but it wasn't far off, as such he was able to evade all the arrows with some zig-zag movements.
Shad presence had already disrupted the rhythm and the perfect coordination of the group. Right now, they all got up from their hiding spot and trying to kill him which gave the soldiers that were coming on top of the mountain some time to breath as well an opportunity to caught up to them while they were occupied.
While his soldiers were catching up to the group, Shad's eyes were glued to the man. The person seemed to be of great importance to the group. Capturing him was more than enough to completely disrupt this ambush and get good information out of him.
Seeing Shad's white eyes in the night that shone like a light bulb, the person's eyes flashed in panic. He quickly got up from the ground as he screamed and ran to the other directions leaving his subordinated to deal with Shad. He clearly had no intention of being captured. He was the only one them that wore a mask which means his identity was very sensitive.
The five men that were protecting him quickly unsheathed their swords as they slashed them in Shad's direction. Nonetheless, shad did not stop nor tried to evade their combined sword attacks, his body only released a burst of lightning bolts which blasted the five men a few meters away from him as though they were repulsed by a strong repulsive force. They did not have even any time to screams as their bodies were giving out a burnt smell.
Seeing the lightning explosion as he was looking back, the person's eyes flashed a look of disbelief. Nonetheless, he did not stop running. In fact, his speed had doubled. However, how could he outrun Shad while he was using the lightning energy to boost his speed?
The person only felt the back of his neck being grabbed by a strong grip. however, before he could make any movement, he passed out as he was electrocuted and that was the last thing he remembered.