Book 1: Chapter 175

Book 1: Chapter 175

Now I understood why Poker-Face was looking for the second route here. But he eventually returned to the calling spring or chose to enter Thunder City from the calling spring.

This cliff was almost completely vertical and looked like the gods had cut it with a sword. When I looked down from the edge, I knew that our ropes definitely werent long enough to drop down. Moreover, there were colorful fungi everywhere on the cliff and other places were full of moss. The fog in the forest below moved slowly, and we could see some places above the cliff where the mist flowed down like a waterfall. The poisonous spores in the forest where we were at fell into the forest at the bottom of the cliff every day. The fog below was probably thousands of times more toxic than the fog above.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

"Is Thunder City down there?" Kan Jian asked.

I figured it was pretty close. But there wasnt enough light in this small valley within a valley, so it was hard to see any clues on the satellite map we had. If there were any buildings below, they were hidden by the trees shade.

"Do you think somethings off?" Liu Sang asked after listening to our surroundings. "The stream where we washed our bodies just now came from here. I thought there would be a waterfall on a high slope or cliff at the end of this forest, but it turned out to be a cliff. Where did the stream come from? Is there a waterfall in the valley below that flows upward? That would really be a fantastic sight."

The stream mustve come from an underground river, I said to myself. The water pressure probably causes it to gush out from the rock. This underground river had to be connected to the calling spring. We were taking the surface route, while Poker-Face and Fatty took the underground route. There had to be a water system in the forest below, which was connected to the calling springs exit. The water system itself was safe, so I figured we had made a narrow escape by taking this land route.

Liu Sang looked at me. Rationally, we knew that we had gone all this way for nothing and just wasted time since the path stopped here, but neither of us was willing to accept the reality.

"Climb down or go back."

Those were our two choices. The dusk was already very heavy and there was no sound in the entire valley. It was almost as if everything was on mute. Based on my original temperament, it was absolutely impossible to take risks.

Liu Sang was shouting in pain as Baishe whispered to us, "Fuck, its Jiang Zi Suan." My clothes were smeared with the blood that was pouring out of my chest, so I glanced down at my heart. It took two or three seconds before all my hair stood on end. I frantically tore open my clothes and saw that the arrow was finger-deep in my chest and appeared to be stuck on my ribs. Liu Sangs hand had slowed the arrow down; otherwise, my heart wouldve definitely been pierced.

I pulled the arrow out and Kan Jian looked at my chest while asking me, "Boss, should we kill him?"

I thought of Bai Haotian and shook my head. Kan Jian poked his head out from our hiding spot to take a look, but the second bolt immediately came flying over. He shrank back right as the bolt stabbed the tree behind him. Kan Jian pulled out a red rubber band from his belt, slowly buckled it on the slingshot, and then pulled out more than a dozen irregular mud balls. "Then Ill blind him." With that said, he suddenly stretched to the side and flicked the rubber band with his fingers like he was playing the piano. Those dozen mud balls were all shot out in an instant.

As they circled through the air and turned in a perfect short arc, there immediately came a series of dodging sounds. Kan Jian drew his crossbow slingshot from his waist and tore off the bolt that had been shot into the tree just now. But just as he pulled it all the way back and was ready to shoot, he stuck his head out to take a look and was suddenly hit by something. The arrow shot out crookedly and fell into the valley below. Then, Jiang Zi Suan jumped out from behind the tree and kicked Kan Jian towards the cliff.

He had apparently rushed over directly after his sniper attack, not intending on a sniper battle at all. He was definitely a master who was willing to take risks.

Kan Jian grabbed a branch on the side to prevent himself from falling. Jiang Zi Suan was holding his crossbow in one hand and wanted to fire a bolt into Kan Jian's throat, but I immediately kicked the crossbow. The bolt shot past Kan Jian's neck. Kan Jian rolled away and moved to grab him by the balls, but missed. Jiang Zi Suan grabbed me directly and the two of us tumbled into the bushes under the tree.

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We were robbed in the drama I tell you! Robbed! First it was Xiao Hua being all calculating in the tulou and now it's sweet Kan Jian being badass. o(TT)o

On another note, my sister has requested my presence at the lake this weekend (and I need to steal some ground beef from my parents lol), so there probably won't be another update til Monday. I feel the teeniest, tiniest bit bad leaving you on such a cliffhanger so I might try to do the next chapter later, might not. Depends on how things go. Til next time~