Chapter 80 – Falling into the trap (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

Promptly, Shao Xuan ran back with the stone box, which contained the body of the Green Thief. Earlier, he planned to flee the battlefield as far as possible, because he knew in his heart that he would be a heavy liability even if he stayed at where he was due to his limited ability. However, he did not run far before he had a sudden sense of danger. Using his special view, he saw some light green creature approaching him fast from beneath the ground, and it was in the same shape as the Fire Lance that they had encountered already.

Since he woke up this morning, Shao Xuan realized that almost all the plants were in the color of green in his special view. But most of them were pale green, sometimes even crystal-like. However, the color of the Fire Lance was deeper to light green.

His path of escape was blocked. Shao Xuan intended to change his direction, only to find that this approaching Fire Lance seemed to be focusing on him. So was the earlier Fire Lance. He was their sole target.

Was that for the Green Thief?

Or perhaps they were only after Shao Xuan himself?

No matter whether their target was the Green Thief, or Shao Xuan himself, he couldn’t handle their attack anyway. His only option was to retreat to seek help.

Shao Xuan sped up his pace as he touched the animal skin bag he had on his waist.

Ta had the confidence to put down one Fire Lance. Even if he didn’t managed to kill it, he could totally drive it away. However, now there was another one. The situation became quite tricky, for both of the Fire Lances were extremely aggressive.

Ta chopped down a piece of vine. There was no time for him to wipe away the “blood” on his face, he yelled at the other few warriors, “You guys go and deal with the other one!”

However, Ta only had about twenty warriors, and in a short period of time, they could not handle both of the two Fire Lances at the same time. In the meantime, people were worried about if there would be a third or a fourth one. If that happened, they would have no other option but to give up this place.

Their hearts were unwilling. Although their hands did not slow down, there was still a faint impatience.

What was the most important thing for a plant?

The roots!

As Ta and the others were trying to figure out how to drive those two Fire Lances away quickly, an amplified picture of a snare was formed in Shao Xuan’s mind. There were not enough threads, so Shao Xuan could only try to make an incomplete one.

Now he should not rely on Ta and the others completely. Shao Xuan wanted to make his own contributions, for they were a team after all. They shared the honor and defeat. According to the success rate that Shao Xuan calculated in his mind, the incomplete snare was worth trying.

He had never attempted to set such a large-scaled snare, so he was not sure about the effect as well. After all, the reality might not agree with his expectation. But no matter how effective it might be, it was worth trying. Even the slightest help counts under such circumstances. What’s more, in such a place like this one, quick combat was always considered the best strategy.

Shao Xuan carried the stone box with one arm, while his other hand promptly took out a spearhead dart with a the white thread.

Although he was using only one hand, he was quite skilled in making a knot. With twisted fingers moving up and down, the white thread got tightly entwined at the end of the dart.

Whoosh!

Shao Xuan dodged the whipping vine, and tossed out the dart hard. He was not aiming at the vine, but some point on the ground.

The dart pierced deep underground.

The first point was set, and the second one needed to be set quickly.

Ta and the others were attacking the Fire Lances and had their hands full as they tried to contain them, so that Shao Xuan could easily cope with the situation.

The way that Shao Xuan dodged was artful. He jumped high and landed low, his moves seemed to have no regular pattern, but every single move was made after precise calculation, even if they were only meaningless actions in the eyes of others. All of them were done in a short moment.

Midst the thundering sounds, the whipping vines were dancing in the air wildly. Numerous dirt chunks and stones were swept away by the vines. There were sounds of broken trees, flying dirt chunks and cracked branches, along with the sounds of chopped down vines. So, the sound of spearheads drilling into the trunk, the ground and the vines seemed to be too weak to be heard. Shao Xuan was really fast, no one would know what he was doing without close observation.

Shao Xuan twisted his fingers pretty fast, and he was also quick on the feet. Every time when he reached some place to bury a spearhead, he finished the knot in the blink of an eye. All the knotting and connecting must be done at the same moment due to the limited time and space. The muscles all over his body were in full function, and the totem power inside him was used to its limit, as it was running through all his meridians.

If you looked closely, you would find that there was a layer of surging airflow around his arm, which he used for setting the snares.

Shao Xuan ran back and forth near those two Fire Lances with the stone box in his arm.

Quick, quick, quick!

Setting a trap must be done quickly, especially when you set it at a hunting scene. Even a small action might cause unpredictable changes.

It was only for a few seconds, and Shao Xuan had finished with the peripheral settings. There was still one middle step that needed to be done.

Shao Xuan stamped on the vine with all his strength, and leapt away before the hair-like extrusions could tangle his feet.

“What are you doing, Ah-Xuan?!”