Chapter 40 - Night Raids

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“I think so, too…”

Not only were the 40 to 50 black snakes shocked by the death of their companions, but they were also even more enraged as they looked at Yousi with their mouths wide open, revealing their sharp fangs.

Su Chen felt that something was not right. As expected, they were not ordinary animals. These snakes were clearly more bloodthirsty than ordinary animals.

The expressions on their triangular faces were extremely similar to saying, “Kid, you’re dead meat!”

The soft bodies glided through the grass at an extremely fast speed. In addition, there were some grass and trees around them, so it was hard to see their gliding trajectory clearly.

While Yousi kept slashing at the snakes with his sword, the black snakes were also trying to infiltrate the village. Some of them were attacking Yousi and Su Chen, while some were going around to the other side of the village, using their bodies to crash into the fence and avoid some traps. The places on the fence that were under attack began to become fragile. Su Chen’s nervousness was expanding with every collision.

“Can it hold?” Yousi asked. Su Chen held the Broken Steel Sword in his hand and replied nervously, “These snakes aren’t ordinary creatures. They shouldn’t be here. I’m afraid that they’re the same as before…”

“You mean…”

As soon as he said this, Yousi roughly understood what Su Chen was talking about. It was very likely that Marl was behind this. If that was really the case, not only them, but their people were also in danger.

After hearing the commotion, the rest of the people also came out of their tents. One by one, they picked up sticks and started to throw them at the snakes to buy time. Whether it was 50 or 500 snakes, it was not a big problem.

Only then did Su Chen slightly relax his tensed nerves. He calmly used his sword as he stared at the snakes. It was just that he was still unable to increase his efficiency. In half a day, he only managed to defeat a few black snakes.

The sword swept up the weeds and mud on the ground and turned them around. The grass was messed up beyond recognition, revealing patches of mottled mud.

Even the trees were affected by the sword. Some of the small trees were hit by the sword again and again until they were all wiped clean. All of them were naked except for their branches.

“Don’t be anxious. Take your time. We have plenty of time to deal with them.”

Indeed, so what if their aim was bad? What was there to be afraid of if their attack speed was not that fast? Anyway, they had plenty of time. Those black snakes could not even enter the village, so they could just slowly catch them one by one. What was there to be afraid of?!

There was no rush…

“Ah!!”

A scream from afar instantly interrupted Su Chen and the others. Su Chen and Yousi were frightened by the scream and raised their heads to look in the direction of the sound.

With just one glance, Su Chen instantly wanted to curse.

“Why did she run out?!” Su Chen roared angrily.

“Oh my God!” Yousi shouted, “When did she go out?!”

That was right! Just behind the group of snakes, a woman stood under a big tree looking like she was scared silly.

It was already midnight. How could there still be people who were not in the tent but in the suburbs? Looking at Su Chen’s angry side profile, Yousi explained in a low voice, “She said that she woke up and saw that I was tired, so she wanted to replace me. And she didn’t want to wake me up…”

Yousi had agreed in a daze before he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

In the end, in order to complete the task of keeping vigil, the woman did not let herself fall asleep, so she went to the suburbs to wash her face. When she came back, she found that her surroundings were already filled with snakes.

At this moment, Su Chen and Yousi were not the only ones who saw the woman. There were also several black snakes. When they turned around, their eyes lit up when they saw their new prey.

The snakes hissed and called out to their companions. Then, they glided toward the woman.

Su Chen’s face was so dark that he did not know how to react. Not only was he slowly catching the snakes, but one of his people was about to get attacked?

After the woman successfully attracted the attention of the black snake, she climbed up a tree next to her and sat on the tree branch.

The snakes were also stunned for a moment. Perhaps they had never seen this kind of prey in their lives. Their eyes were full of words that said “What the hell is this?”

However, the stunned look only lasted for a moment. Soon, nearly half of the black snakes formed a formation to attack their new prey. Su Chen was so worried that he wanted to go crazy.

Looking at the two-meter-tall tree, Su Chen fell into silence.

“Su Chen, what do we do now?” Yousi asked.

“How about I lure them over and you take the opportunity to bring her back?”

Su Chen did not sit idle with his ideas. He slashed out with his sword, temporarily slowing down the attack speed of the snakes.

Although he knew that the fangs of the snakes should not be able to gnaw on the tree trunk, who knew if the snakes had mutated? What if those snakes were very fierce? Therefore, he had to save the woman, just in case.

However, Su Chen’s defense was only temporary. Those black snakes might look like they had no arms or legs, but they were really agile. As they dodged the attacks, they crawled toward the woman at an extremely fast speed.

“You’ll be in danger!”

Su Chen was incredibly anxious. It was obvious after thinking about it. Although the number of these snakes could be controlled with some effort, it was still very risky to lure them away alone.

Su Chen kept waving his Broken Steel Sword. After one black snake was killed, another one rushed out at him.

Seeing that the snakes had already reached the foot of the tree, the black snakes in the grass were like black ropes that kept trying to get closer to their prey.

Su Chen cut open his palm which started to bleed. Sure enough, as soon as the smell of blood appeared, the snakes immediately turned around and headed in Su Chen’s direction.

“Yousi!” Su Chen shouted at this moment.

The moment Su Chen spoke, Yousi rushed out without hesitation.

At this moment, the thing that Su Chen was most afraid of happened. There was a black snake that did not seem to have changed the direction of its attack under the tree. With a leap, it coiled around the tree trunk.

Yousi’s speed was still not fast enough. The moment Yousi rushed out, another two snakes also coiled around the tree trunk. They used their bodies to coil around the tree trunk which was only two meters high. In an instant, the tree trunk turned black.

The scene was all too familiar to Yousi. It was the way snakes used to kill their prey, constricting them to death.

When they swallowed larger prey or when it was more difficult to swallow them whole, the snakes would wrap their bodies around their prey several times and tighten around them until their prey suffocated, causing them to lose their resistance. Once the prey died, the snakes would choose a favorable spot and calmly swallow the prey.

As Yousi expected, the snakes kept tightening their bodies

They followed their usual ‘eating’ method.

“You’re courting death!”

The cold sword light cut through the fog, and Yousi’s figure landed beside the tree.

After a few sword strikes, the few black snakes that were wrapped around the tree were instantly cut in half.

Behind him, Su Chen also began to tangle with the snakes. They began the battle in their own way..