Chapter 81 – Massacre (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

Shao Xuan leapt high, he rebounded from the white thread to dodge the piercing vine aimed towards his face. In mid air, he pulled out the last spearhead dart and grasped it tight in his hand.

With the last remnants of the the white thread wrapped around the dart, Shao Xuan jumped. The line pulled taut, Shao Xuan could clearly feel the tension through the body of the dart.

Shao Xuan took a deep breath. The spearhead dart in his hand immediately weaved left and right before he finally pulled it back with all his strength.

Kill!

Creak…

The sound was like some steel threads sawing on wood.

This time, the sound could be heard from more than just a few spots. Dozens of places emitted the same creepy sound almost at the same time, and it was a lot shriller than before. Everyone who heard the sound felt as if they were witnessing a huge tree being strangled to death gradually. Their nerves all stiffened by the sound and the vision.

Tuo and Keke, as well as the others had no idea what Shao Xuan was planning to do, but under such urgent circumstances, they knew it at heart that the situation required their full cooperation. They decided to do their best to cooperate, even though deep down inside they did not think that Shao Xuan could actually accomplish anything.

However, right after they stepped backwards and retreated from the battle zone, they heard those disturbing sounds that set their nerves one edge.

People looked over there to see what was creating that sound, but soon enough, they were stunned by the sight.

The originally loose web of snares tightened instantly.

The vines thrashed and swung in the air, its movements were restricted by the threads. The tension of the threads caused the web to tighten upon itself as the vines moved. However, the vines continued to resist, causing the snare to pull tighter and tighter.

All of it happened within a single breath.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Right after the creaking sounds, there were sounds of wood and threads breaking. People were under great mental strain already, and now the sounds almost exploded in their minds.

Along with the sound, the “blood” of the fire lances splashed everywhere.

Red liquid filled the air and splattered all at once. No matter if the vines were close to ground or were suspended in the air, all of them were sliced by the threads. Its blood red sap poured out along with the haunting sounds of its struggle.

The blood in the surroundings spluttered out evenly, despite of it coming from two separate plants. These fire lances emitted the smell of a dangerous predator belonging to the plant wilderness.

Ta used to assume that the blood-like flowers pictured on the animal skin roll were the blood-like. But he discovered that the view he was witnessing right now had surpassed his imagination. The shocking sight he had now seen impressed him so much that it would be carved in his memory even after a long time.

There was no smell of blood, but people felt like they accidentally stepped into a slaughter house.

It was a massacre. A massacre created by the snare.

Shao Xuan felt that he now had a slight understanding of the “Lethal Trap” Dao that Old Ke had told him about.

However, this was merely a half-done snare, which could only be considered as an incomplete chain trap. Hence it was an incomplete “Massacre”, and could not reach the state of lethality that Old Ke mentioned.

If there were enough white threads, Shao Xuan could totally have made a more constrained trap. At last it would form a net in the center, similar as the one that trapped the Wind Ball. However, the Fire Lance was too large in the scale, and there were two of them. With the lack of material, Shao Xuan could only make a half-assed snare that could only circle half around the two Fire Lances.

However, right now, it was more than enough to just take care of the urgent problem they were facing at hand.

The broken white threads flew down lightly while swaying in the air. “Blood drops” fell down on the ground after the blossom, while broken parts of the vines were tossed up and then headed down towards the ground…

A moment earlier, the Fire Lances were aggressively blustering. But now, they were badly wounded and droopy.