C339 – I Refuse
Posted on March 4, 2019 by AzureOrchid92
Shao Xuan ran out along the underground passage towards the entrance with the palace behind him collapsing quickly. The collapsed area was getting closer and closer.
As he pulled back the slate and drilled out, he suddenly noticed something so Shao Xuan immediately headed to the side.
An arrow shot from behind him, almost rubbing past Shao Xuan’s hair. His long hair was brushed by the sharp tip and the wind beside his ears and face was stirred by the arrow.
Peng!
The arrows hit into the sand not far away from Shao Xuan. The sand dusted up a small storm, like a sandy flower blooming.
There was no turning back at all. Shao Xuan propped up with a flip.
A sharp whistle-like sound was heard again, followed by arrows ripping open the air, instantly crossing through a distance of dozens of meters. These shot towards where Shao Xuan was just now, with sharp cold light as the arrow just rubbed Shao Xuan’s waist, before nailing to the sand. It has blown up a sand bunker nearly a metre away.
There was no respite at all. In the moment it landed, another arrow came fast.
Shao Xuan threw out his knife. It was spinning before it clanged against the arrow branch. But he did not retreat, dodging towards the side where the arrow rushed from.
At the moment, Shao Xuan had all his energy focused on the archer.
The person was cloaked, his face covered with cloth so he couldn’t see even a glimpse of his appearance. But the wind was blowing the person’s long hair, which has lost its softness and became a lot messy probably because of the long desert trek. The dusty cloth was blown swinging, so he was faintly able to see the bump of the figure under the cloak. There were some low-key metal armor, not so golden but shining.
This was a woman and her identity was not low. If she could wear a metal armor, then she was most likely one of the three major cities’ slave owners
The archers’ eyes stared at Shao Xuan. Although, at the moment, Shao Xuan was still more than fifty meters away from the other person, he could feel the coldness from her eyes, telling that she wanted to kill Shao Xuan with her cold arrows.
The other side, holding a strong bow, was similar to the bow that Shao Xuan saw on Dao Yu’s hand. The strength of the bow could be felt from a few arrows just now. The difference was that the arrows shot by the other side had greater threat than Dao Yu that day.
Whoosh!
Another one!
With the shaking of the bow string, the arrows in the air were at high speed rotation. With the air friction, it issued a sharp roar, like meteors being shot at the Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan quickly dodged the arrow shot. A sand lotus flower continued to bloom in the ground, each time the area of explosion was very close to Shao Xuan.
Ignoring those splash of sand to focus on the other person, Shao Xuan locked on the archer, including her every tiny movement. Every look was to determine her next moment on where she would shoot again, then make judgments to avoid the threat of the arrow shots.
At this moment, Shao Xuan’s pupils were trained on the arrows and the arrows’ shadows.
Seeing Shao Xuan getting closer and closer, the other person had fewer and fewer arrows on hand. She then directly threw the bow to one side, pulled out a nearly four inch? wide double-edged sword. After a wrist shake, she drew a beautiful arc with it as she faced Shao Xuan.
One blade met the other and the hits splashed out a series of sparks.
The sword that was going towards Shao Xuan chest was pulled back by a fierce force.
Weng—
The vibrations from the clashing metals made one’s scalp feel as if it was about to explode.
Peng!
When the ground shook, the two people in the encounter separated. Shao Xuan hurriedly retreated ten steps.
Thereupon, a giant beast ran in front of Shao Xuan, its every step seemed to drive the ground to trembling. Its thick hooves treaded on the ground, splashing off countless sand.
Just as this beast stepped on it, it trampled hard. This heavyweight beast stood up, facing the people in front, then stomped hard.
The sand curtain lifted up was split by a smashing blade.
Afterwards, the palace area where it has mostly collapsed, one could see that there was a very obvious huge sinkhole.
Shao Xuan’s eyes stared at the person not far away from the beast. The beast which he had not seen in Beast City before looked like it had actually been enslaved, and that the man who had enslaved it was the woman with the cloak next to it.
The other side’s sword reflected under the hot sun light and was very glaring. However, now, she no longer attacked, but quietly stood there.
The other side stood in an area atop the sand dunes, while the location of the Shao Xuan position was lower. Hence, the other side was looking at Shao Xuan from above.
In front of Shao Xuan was the behemoth still scratching its stout hooves, as if waiting for its owner’s behest to start trampling again. But its goal was no longer the palace, but a smaller point that was Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan raised a single eyebrow. He heard the sound of something fast approaching behind him.
GA-ga! GA-ga!
Behind the hills, a huge snakehead sprang up.
The snake turned over the dunes and came towards Shao Xuan. However, it did not come close, stopping nearly fifty metres from Shao Xuan.
It was the giant snake’s tail that was shaking, making a rattling noise.
Shao Xuan’s main attention, though, was not the sudden appearance of the giant rattlesnake, but the person standing on the head of the snake.
“Shi Shu?” Shao Xuan didn’t expect to meet Shi Shu here.
“We meet me again.” Shi Shu’s tone sounded like a friend he hadn’t seen in a long time. If the case now was not as it is, it was easy to treat it as that.
This is bad. This was what Shao Xuan was thinking at the moment.
“Why are you here?” Shao Xuan asked.
“Just for a slave.” Shi Shu seemed to just have mentioned it casually, very casually.
“Dao Yu?” Shao Xuan’s heart moved. “Dao Yu is your person?”
“Not exactly.”
“He’s dead.” Shao Xuan said.
“It’s better he’s dead, than me killing him.” Shi Shu looked to be more inclined to have a dead Dao Yu. “A dead man is more obedient.”
After Shi Shu talked about it, he added more in a chatting tone, “But, since we met here, you might as well take a trip with us.”
“What if I don’t go?” Shao Xuan looked at Shi Shu, all the while being vigilant of the other person covered with a cloak, to prevent a surprise attack there.
“Do you refuse?” Shi Shu said these three words as if as a question, but with half of it meaning that it should not be denied.
Indeed, now, Shao Xuan was beleaguered. Facing two slave owners and two monsters, he was in a really bad position.
Shao Xuan made no sound and the other two also did not speak, their expressions showing that they were waiting for Shao Xuan’s reply.
Suddenly, Shao Xuan smiled, breaking the atmosphere of the standoff at that moment.
“I refuse.”
Hearing the reply, Shi Shu squinted his eyes as he remained staring at the same place.
At Shao Xuan’s feet, a blue creature drilled out from under the sand.
It was a beetle.
Subsequently, sha-sha-sha-sha—
A black beetle drilled out of the ground and appeared to report in general when others rushed out.
The yellow sand was quickly occupied by the black beetles. It was not only around Shao Xuan, but further afield, including the position of Shi Shu and the person covered with a cloak. There were black beetles everywhere, like a black wave surging.
Wahahahahaha!!!
THIS fight and probably the next would be more satisfying! （人′?`*）
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