Chapter 419 (2/2)

When he looked at the final knot, with his hearing still sealed off, he walked in a direction. He did not look around, merely walking straight ahead.

When he walked out of this peculiar forest, he felt a weight lift from his shoulders. Lifting the hearing block, he heard noises made by birds and beasts. They weren’t the repetitive, pure noises from the previous forest. Here, there were all kinds of animals, plus the rustling of the tree leaves. There must be a waterfall nearby too because he could hear flowing water.

Everything was back to normal.

This was a normal forest. Although there could be threats in a forest like fierce beasts, peculiar plants, he felt more relaxed.

A forest should be like that!

He washed his face at the waterfall, hunted an unfortunate wild boar for a meal. After some rest, he decided to continue walking.

There were not many fearsome beasts here, in fact, there were few animals. He had taken a while to find that boar. The birds here were not active too. He saw one or two occasionally but they weren’t the flocks of birds he was used to. This was a relatively quiet forest.

Perhaps because this place was still near the Xia valley, that’s why there were few animals here.

No matter what, it was not a good place to stay for long. He planned to leave as soon as possible.

A bird with bright green feathers flew past him. There was a leaf-shaped pattern around its eyes, making it look like an eye patch. Based on its behaviour, it looked like a fat duck.

The bright green bird stopped on a tree about thirty meters away from Shao Xuan. It turned its neck to look at him.

“Goo-- goo---- Quack!”

The bird made a very weird noise. When it saw that Shao Xuan did not move, it flew down from the tree and landed on the water. Retracting its wings, it paddled in the water, occasionally dipping its head into the water. It paddled hard to a quieter area, swimming around. It sometimes even pecked a small fish out of the water, swallowing with its head facing up.

Shao Xuan had to admit a fat duck was tempting in a place with so few animals.

However, Shao Xuan did not attack immediately.

When the duck flew landed on the tree, Shao Xuan’s sharp eyes noticed the sharp, hook-like claws. They gripped the branch tightly. However, he also saw webbing between its toes that opened the moment it landed in the water.

A swimming bird with claws as sharp as a fierce beast.

It was not as unassuming as it looked.

However, it was still a fat duck swimming back and forth in front of Shao Xuan as if to say: come, eat me!

Shao Xuan picked up a pebble and threw it at the duck.

The duck seemed to be ready. When Shao Xuan moved, it immediately opened its wings and sprinted across the water’s surface by quickly paddling its webbed claws. Water splashed behind it, leaving a trail. Then, it spread its wings to fly and the webbing contracted. All that was left behind were claws as sharp as an eagle’s.

When it left the water, it did not fly upwards immediately. It merely fluttered among the trees, flying occasionally. It looked like it was too fat to fly.

Shao Xuan quickly chased after it. However, just as he was about to catch it, the duck sped up like it had a booster attached to it, quacking as it fluttered its wings.

The tree trunks around them were very thick, it would take more than twenty people to hug this tree around its circumference. There were very few birds and animals. This fluttering, bright green duck was too obvious.

Shao Xuan chased after the duck. With his abilities, he could have caught it very quickly but he was not in a hurry. He maintained a distance behind the duck, watching the as it quacked and quacked.

When it stopped, he stopped too.

The duck stood on a branch about seventeen meters in the air, pecking at its feathers. It looked at Shao Xuan, as if it was very curious.

“Quack!” the duck cried again, spreading its wings and shaking its flesh.

Shao Xuan did not look at it, ignoring its reckless cries and shaking. His gaze swept across the forest, one hand tightly gripping his sword.

The fat duck stopped crying and he entier forest seemed to become very quiet. There was just the rustling of leaves. He heard the cries of other animals but they were very far.

At this moment, a dark silhouette suddenly rushed out from among the trees. A blade flashed in the light as it slashed in front of him cruelly. The slash was so strong it created a sharp blade of air heading towards Shao Xuan!

At the same time, on the other side, another dark silhouette appeared. This one had no weapons but their arms wielded solid power. The wind roared with the appearance of such a powerful force.

Both people approached threateningly.

Shao Xuan could instinctively sense danger and he was already prepared before they appeared. He did not face their attack head-on, sprinting straight ahead instead.

The sword that was slashed at him left a cut in the ground. Soil and grass flew.