Chapter 420 (1/2)

Robbery

“Hey kid, give us the things you found at Gongjia Mountain!” roared one of the people behind him.

“If you give them to us, we will let you live.” The other guy punched something and Shao Xuan could hear loud, explosive thuds. It was a show of strength.

Shao Xuan ignored them, sprinting ahead.

“You won’t be able to run from us!” yelled one of them. Although he sounded worried, from his expression, one could tell that he was in a hurry at all. Instead, he had a cunning smirk as he watched Shao Xuan’s back.

The fat duck on the branch moved its claws. It liked being on a branch when it was startled. It flew up again, perched on a higher branch to get away from the battle below. However, its beady eyes were still glued to the scene, craning its neck as if it did not want to miss the show.

In the direction where Shao Xuan was running, behind a thick tree trunk was a person waiting quietly behind. Although he had climbed up to five meters above the ground, as if he was an insect, he made no sound.

At this moment, this person listened as movement approached him. Cruel mischief flashed across his eyes. Between his fingers was an array of bronze blades as long as his palm but extremely thin. Cold light glinted off their tips.

Soon. The target was close by.

The person behind the tree trunk licked his lips as if he could already smell fresh blood. He just had to wait for the target to trigger a trap he had already set. Then sharp bones he had ground himself would shoot out. Then the target would be nailed to death. There was only one blind spot for this trap, which was where he was hiding. Everywhere else was covered with bone spikes!

He listened to the movement. The target was approaching, still running, jumping… Eh? He jumped?

The person leaning against the tree trunk sensed danger. His pupils constricted and he shuddered. A chill spread from his spine to his brain, he almost lost his balance on the trunk, almost falling off the tree. His heart raced. He wanted to peek around the tree but the target was moving too quickly and too suddenly. He had no time to react when he heard a rain of sounds.

Crack!

The tree trunk shook vigorously. The vibrations travelled to every twig, every leaf.

The tree’s leaves flew off the tree like a blizzard, covering the entire ground.

No one expected the target of their robbery, a prey that was supposed to pass this area and trigger the trap, to jump! He didn’t just jump, he even kicked the tree trunk so hard!

The thick trunk cracked. The sudden, explosive vibrations were passed to the person leaning against the trunk. He spat a mouthful of blood.

The tree trunk could not bear the force of the kick. Splinters and wood flew in the air, wooden chips crumbling into powder.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The collapsed tree and the scattered branches and leaves triggered the hidden traps. The sharp bone spikes hidden among the trees shot out from all directions. Some shot at the tree trunk, others landed in the bushes.

The person who was shaken off the tree quickly dodged the spikes mid-air. Although he could block off many using a branch, he did not dodge them all. He was shot several times, landing hard on the ground.

Blood splattered on the grass. Some plants that looked like bean sprouts lifted their ‘heads’ and opened their ‘mouths’, drinking the blood greedily.

The fat duck perched high up in the tree was extremely startled, fluttering over to rest in another tree. It wanted to leave but it hesitated. Then, it decided to stay and watch.

The person chasing after Shao Xuan’s smirk hardened. It was as if his face had been smashed with a hammer, all signs of glee were shattered. He did not have time to think or check on his friend behind the tree trunk. He did n’t check if the other guy was injured. They just looked at the young man whom they thought would be an easy target. How could he kick a tree so hard like that? It was as if he saw through all their traps.

They had robbed many people here too. Every time they saw someone intimidating, they would stay far away. When they met someone easy, they would rob the victims. They lacked the capability to arrive at Gongjia Mountain so all they could do was take advantage of those who had already made it to the place.

When they heard that there were two people heading towards the mountain, and one of them was a Xia, they planned a robbery once again. They heard Xia people had a higher chance of making it into the mountain.

However, after waiting for so long, they finally saw one person. And this person wasn’t even the Xia guy, it was the young man who travelled with the Xia guy.

If they had met the Xia person, they would have been more cautious because the Xia’s had secret weapons they did not know how. However, since this was just a regular young man, they did not hesitate to release their bait, luring the young man here. This person had come out from Gongjia Mountain, he must have some treasure on him!

However, they didn’t expect the situation to escalate like this.

After a life of robbing and surviving in the forest, they had many close brushes with death. They had met all kinds of people, some of them difficult to defeat. However, this situation was the most unexpected.

This kid saw through their entire plan!