Chapter 347: Each with its Own Ambush

With those thoughts in his mind, Eric swiftly jumped through the rocky side of the small island as he then appeared on the small cave, he had been earlier with Ren Jia and that other thief.

The reason was quite simple, even though this would be the last place that someone might come looking for him, after not finding him anywhere else, Eric had a feeling that he might come here.

He wasn't expecting to find him inside the cave, as that would be just too convenient for him, but he was hoping for his traces to be warm, and to find a trace of his presence.

Once he managed to find a trace of that guy's presence then he would be able to easily discover him in these Senkaku Islands.

After his evolving to Realm 2, Eric's spirit sense had increased quite a bit, as now he was able to easily cover the surroundings up to a 1.3 kilometer's radius.

Which was at least 5 times the previous area he could cover, making him extremely happy. Well, he was sure that other people could cover a larger area than him, but he didn't care.

At the moment he was extremely satisfied with this, and he knew that it would be enough to find that small rat and the moles he had found to cooperate.

Still, Eric was extremely careful entering the cave, as he didn't know what to expect, but after checking the place with his spirit sense he relaxed quite a bit and started moving ahead.

Now he knew that the cave was empty, and while there were a few traps inside they were more warning traps than something that could truly harm him.

The cave inside didn't have any traces of the new opponents, but he didn't get discouraged, as he had found something even better.

The alarm traps in the deep parts of the cave, once those things started buzzing, he was sure that those guys would reach there in the shortest time possible.

With those happy thoughts, he quickly got outside of the cave, found a perfect hiding spot, and then sent a newly made Blood Clone towards the alarm traps left behind.

In order to not make it extremely obvious, Eric intentionally set off only one or two of the alarming traps as he didn't want to make things suspicious.

When the clone had finished his job, he just let it decompose with a thought. Since these clones didn't have a Conscience Sea, and more importantly a Soul Avatar, one word was enough for them to decompose.

That helped even Eric breathe a sigh of relief as he saw it happen. The truth was that after what happened with his first Soul Clone, he was a bit scared of them now.

Certainly, this didn't mean that he would give up on that, but he needed a bit of time to reassure himself that everything was under his control.

Furthermore, the Legacy System and its owner were in hibernation at the moment, so if something weird happened again he wouldn't know how to react.

He knew that his dependency on the Legacy System was extremely heavy right now, but what could he do about it.

After all, he was just like a stupid guy following the light. He didn't know what that light was, or what it represented besides strength, dominance, and longer life.

So, he had to be extremely careful with his next steps. He wasn't against risking his life for profits, but before doing so he had to know what kind of profits he was risking for.

As those guys were taking their time to arrive in this place, he couldn't help but start thinking like this and try to pass his time thinking.

He was hiding under a rock, right below the cave's entrance, and he was sure that if someone didn't check carefully the area or had a sharp spirit sense it was impossible for them to discover him.

But as he was thinking like that, he suddenly felt more than 10 presences approaching his location, the weakest among them being level 28 which was that thief, while the strongest level 99.

Just one level close to the first evolution, ready to take the step towards a bigger stage, but in Eric's eyes, none of these guys would return back alive.

What surprised him a bit though was the fact that two of these guys were his acquaintances, and for a moment he couldn't believe his luck.

Who would have thought that these guys would not allow him to tire himself while searching for them and would suddenly appear in front of him!

Either his luck was too good, or their luck was too bad, but either way, he felt like it was a great present for him.

Enemies clearly walked in a narrow path!

With these thoughts in his mind, he just continued to stay below the rock, as he waited for those guys to slowly get closer.

Looking at their numbers and their formation, it was clear that they were trying their best to cover the whole area, and at the same time to surround and trap him.

In order to not allow him any opening to escape from, they were even walking extremely carefully, and checking every 20 meters or so.

Noticing this happen, Eric couldn't help but feel a bit bored, he felt that if they continued like this then he might as well fall asleep until they arrive.

So, he felt that these guys needed a bit of motivation to reach there quicker, so he quickly created another Blood Clone, and then used it to set off an alarm trap near the entrance.

It seemed like his little trick worked, as right after those guys started running faster towards his place, reaching there quicker.

Finally, in less than 10 minutes, they had reached, and completely surrounded the cave entrance, looking towards it with weariness, and a little a bit of killing intent.

Apparently, they were afraid of using their full killing intent in fear that they would scare the little rat that was supposed to be Eric, who was inside the cave, who might find a way to escape.

After all, it was already quite surprising to know that he had survived death the last time, which had clearly shocked his two acquaintances, so they didn't dare to believe his death without seeing his dead body.

Looking at this wariness of them, Eric couldn't help but want to chuckle and snort a bit as these guys were clearly overestimating their selves, but he couldn't blame them either.

After all, who would have ever thought that Eric would be able to improve his strength so much in such a short time?

It was like a joke of sorts. No human being should be capable of that. Especially since these guys trying to ambush him had achieved their current level only after such a long time.

For a few extra minutes these guys just stood there and were waiting for a sign of sorts from the cave, as they wanted him to get out and then surround him and finish him.

After all, the cave was small and they wouldn't be able to fight to the best of their abilities, in fear that they might cause the cave to fall upon their heads, and they didn't want to die just to kill him.

If possible, none of them wanted to die, not even that thief that brought them here. In fact, he might be the one who wanted to live the most among them.

On the other hand, Eric needed them to enter inside the cave, as only like that could he become sure of none of them escaping his claws.

Trying to think of a plan this time, he was actually pleased with himself that he hadn't destroyed the Blood Clone inside the cave this time and used him to release a bit of aura.

Of course, the aura he released wasn't really strong, only level 83 or something similar, which made the people outside quite pleased.

It seemed like their preparations hadn't been for nothing, as they had more than enough strength to kill him and rob him of everything precious in his body.

Since Eric had personally stepped into the First Realm and was level 157, he could only create Blood-Clones up to level 99.

He had yet to try and make one over level 100, meaning a Realm 1 existence but he felt that there were a few things missing, and he wasn't able to surpass that boundary.

Still, it was a piece of cake to make Blood Clones of level 99 and below. As long as he had enough blood, and time he could create up to 100 of them.

In the meantime, the ambushers outside felt the aura inside the cave and were thinking about what to do. They had all the confidence of reaching their goal, but they didn't know if he could escape.

So, they thought of another strategy at that moment, they would send a few weaklings to pull him out of the cave, and then kill him when he got out.

It didn't take long for them to finally decide on the bait, it was the weak thief, and four others, whose levels were 53, 57, 62, 73.

They carefully selected these guys in order to not only make the 'Eric' inside the cave feel like he could deal with them and not raise his guard but also to have the ability to retreat.

This should be enough for them to attack, and defend at the same time, able to leave that cave and bait Eric out. They seemed extremely sure of it…