Chapter 683 - 18: Battle Begins (Part 3)
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As much as possible, slide down the mountain in the dim light of the fire, and during this time, Chen Zhou never forgot to observe the ground beneath and around him to avoid falling into another trap.
But until he approached the base of the mound, he encountered no more traps, thinking that perhaps the two people didn’t have the time to set up more traps and only dug a line of defense on top of the mound.
There was no time to wash clothes in the wild. Chen Zhou and Paul had been busy all day, and they didn’t have time to wash their faces, with mud still on them from the heavy rain last night.
This dirt provided natural camouflage, helping the two quietly reach near the bonfire.
Stepping in the mud, with his eyes fixed on the target by the fire, Chen Zhou aimed to close the distance between them and the challengers to within 50 meters.
The effective throwing range of a long spear is between 10 and 50 meters. As long as he could get within 50 meters and throw the long spear with Paul, there was hope of directly reducing the enemy’s numbers.
However, reality is always contrary to wishes.
Having already sensed humans lurking around the camp, even with traps set up around, both Forty-Five and the Japanese remained vigilant.
Sitting across from each other by the campfire, they relied on each other’s eyesight to cover their blind spots and thus observed more thoroughly if any beasts or enemies were lurking around.
The closer Chen Zhou and Paul got to the bonfire, the more likely they were to be exposed to the light.
The ground below the mound was very flat, with no small hills, no trenches, and no shrubs to conceal themselves. Chen Zhou and Paul, both big guys, couldn’t possibly execute their plan to get within range.
"気を付けてください (Be careful)!"
The Japanese ninja in full outfit saw Chen Zhou and Paul first, swiftly standing up while reminding Forty-Five across from him, then grabbed a handful of darts from his waist and threw them toward Chen Zhou.
"Go!"
The 50-meter distance provided enough time to react, and the firelight clearly illuminated the Japanese’s movements. Chen Zhou wasn’t worried about Paul being hit by the darts—
No matter how big or clumsy he was, at least he was a young, trained soldier who wouldn’t make such a low-level mistake.
With a quick stride forward, while dodging the darts, Chen Zhou put down his bone hammer and picked up his long spear.
The Japanese facing Chen Zhou and Paul seemed to have extraordinary vision as well, while reminding Forty-Five, he habitually crouched, curling his skinny body, frantically dodging in the mud.
Although his movements were clumsy, his speed in changing direction and the strange flexibility of his path amazed Chen Zhou.
Not confident in piercing the Japanese ninja, Chen Zhou directly targeted Forty-Five—
This big guy had broad shoulders and a wide body, standing at 190cm, making him an easier target.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
While Chen Zhou was contemplating whom to strike first, Paul had already thrown his wooden spear.
But in terms of raw strength, Chen Zhou far surpassed him, so although Chen Zhou’s spear threw later, it reached first, passing through the spot where Forty-Five was, deeply stabbing into the bonfire, knocking away glowing embers and sparking a shower of sparks.
Forty-Five displayed agility incongruent with his size, rolling to evade Chen Zhou’s deadly strike, and before he could steady himself, rolled a few more times through the muddy ground like a lazy donkey.
Paul’s wooden spear missed due to Forty-Five’s continuous rolling. As he had just pulled out a second long spear from his back, he saw Forty-Five kneeling up, already clutching a military hand axe.
At this moment, both challengers were fully prepared, and their ambush had merely splattered the opponents with mud, making them look a bit more bedraggled, without causing any actual harm. It was now going to be a head-on confrontation.
Swoosh!
Symbolically throwing the long spear in his hand, Paul immediately drew a third long spear, shouting "Ura!" and sprinted toward Forty-Five.