Chapter 681 Petrified Water (2/2)

Duo Kang furrowed his brows, worried these people who escaped might disturb Shao Xuan. He then chased after them with a group of guards. If he found them interfering with Shao Xuan’s work, he would kill them immediately.

“Master, is the king beast really gone?” asked Grasshopper carefully, looking in a direction anxiously.

“Wouldn’t you feel it if it truly was lured far away? So, not yet.” Yi Si looked at the row of spines on Grasshopper’s back.

When he was afraid, the spines on his back would stand up. Most of it had already retracted but the row of spines along his backbone were still standing.

Grasshopper might not be bright but he had beast blood in him so he had sharp senses. Even if his brain could not process the situation, he had an animal-like instinct.

Grasshopper touched the spines on his back, then dumbly grunted. He was extremely afraid of this king beast compared to the rest, almost wetting himself.

Meanwhile on the other side, Shao Xuan was indeed intending to lure the king stoneworm away. Since the worm was following him, his guesses were also confirmed. But where should he lead it to?

Upstream?

Downstream?

Or towards the central plains?

If he led it there, Flaming Horn would make too many enemies. Many people knew about this incident and they would not be able to cover this up. It was not a good choice.

Theoretically, leading it somewhere with fewer people was the best. There were fewer people upstream. Rain tribe was a little upstream from Flaming Horn so he must lure it away from the few small tribes in the area.

Shao Xuan saw a river ahead, which was a stream leading to the Flaming River. It was not large and two green boulders on the riverbed could be seen during the driest seasons. These two boulders were currently submerged.

Shao Xuan wanted to travel along this river but thought about it and gave up. He snapped a tree as thick as three people in half, then tossed the trunk into the river.

He bent his knees and sprang outwards, landing on the floating tree trunks. He then leapt again and landed on the other side of the river.

This river was only about ten metres wide. With his abilities and the tree trunk, he crossed it easily.

However, the king stoneworm would not be able to replicate this. Shao Xuan knew if could pass through physical obstacles. What about a river?

Would it swim through or dig underground to cross the river?

Shao Xuan ran a distance forward and then turned around.

The king stoneworm had stopped by the river. It looked at the water, then at Shao Xuan, thinking of a way to cross.

Shao Xuan did not feel a large fluctuation in its emotion. Perhaps this minor inconvenience was nothing.

Just as he made a guess about how it would cross, the king stoneworm started to move. It did not go underground, instead travelling forward as if the river did not exist.

Crack crack crack---

Cracks that sounded like water turning into ice sounded.

Shao Xuan watched as the river water turned as solid around the king stoneworm, expanding outwards. But it was not ice, rather a grey-white colour like the rest of the forest!

The water was turning to stone!

The king stoneworm wriggled ahead as usual but beneath it was a stone trail like continuous tracks laid out for this insistent train. All it had to do was charge forward.

Taking a deep breath, Shao Xuan turned to run when it was about to cross the river. This time, he turned in the shape of a ‘U’ and then returned to the same river. Using the same method with the tree trunk, he crossed it.

The king stoneworm crossed the river like before, leaving behind a stone trail.

Shao Xuan had an idea.

The group of people following behind, clamouring to catch a glimpse of the king beast, were shocked to see Shao Xuan leading the king beast back!