Book 5: Chapter 58: Unexpected reinforcements

Book 5: Chapter 58: Unexpected reinforcements

Guan Zheng stopped three feet before Ruan Zhan and looked down at him. Many complicated expressions such as wariness, doubt, anxiety and disdain flashed across his face. He didnt take another step.

Ruan Zhan remained motionless like a fossil.

Only after a full minute passed did Guan Zheng, after hesitating one more time, take a step into the empty space around Ruan Zhan.

Despite having walked inside, he didnt make a move against Ruan Zhan. He just walked slowly around him, continuing to chant and call the Gu inside Ruan Zhans body while urging the creatures around to come closer.

As Xiao Xia watched anxiously, those creatures approached Ruan Zhan cautiously. With Guan Zhengs urging and Ruan Zhans silence, the creatures gradually became bolder. They drew closer and closer to Ruan Zhans position. Some even started climbing onto his body.

At this point, Guan Zheng finally relaxed. He went right up to Ruan Zhan and stopped all his movements. He pondered for a bit, as though considering how best to torture him. Finally, he took out one of the small bamboo tubes hanging around his waist and pulled the lid off.

This is my most powerful Gu. I never thought I would give you a taste today. As he spoke, he glanced at Xiao Xia and Wan Li who were anxiously watching from the window and smugly shook the object in his hand, Have you seen a beehive before? Youre about to see a human beehive. Furthermore, this handsome man will not die. Hell turn into a walking, handsome beehive, hahaha.

He laughed loudly, raised his hand and was about to pour the Gu insects in the small bamboo tube onto Ruan Zhans head. Yet the moment dozens of bean-like Gu insects were poured out, the situation suddenly changed!

Ruan Zhan, who previously seemed to have turned into a stone statue, suddenly leapt up. His left hand produced a talisman which sparked in mid-air and shot straight at the Gu insects, while his right hand swung the bloodwood sword at Guan Zheng.

I knew you were faking! Guan Zheng shouted loudly as he swiftly retreated. One of his hands pulled out a black wooden stick from his waist to parry the bloodwood sword that sliced through the air as it descended. His other hand rushed to retrieve the Gu insects that were about to be burned by the talisman fire.

However, the bloodwood sword did not strike at Guan Zheng. To his alarm, it suddenly shot downwards and cut at his waist. Guan Zheng was shocked. He knew that despite being a wooden sword, the bloodwood sword in Ruan Zhans hand was a sharp weapon that could cut through anything. If he didnt dodge, he would be split in two. Therefore, he could no longer bother with the Gu insects as he hurriedly blocked with his stick. The Gu insects he had worked so hard to refine were mercilessly burned to ashes by the fire of the talisman before they could unleash their ability.

However, the clash he expected between the black wooden stick and the bloodwood sword didnt come. There was a thump and something tugged at his waist.

Damn it! He thought. His heart turned cold on the spot. He immediately realized that he had finally fallen for Ruan Zhans trick.

He looked down a second later. As expected, his small drum had been sliced in half and could no longer be used. This meant he was no longer able to control those creatures!This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

So you lured me over for the sake of destroying my treasure! Guan Zheng gritted his teeth.

Seems like it was very effective. Ruan Zhan sneered and glanced around.

Since the drum was destroyed, those animals, ghosts, insects and snakes had been freed of Guan Zhengs control. Their survival instincts had already urged them to scatter and flee. Within moments, they vanished without a trace.

Youre very skilled!

Ruan Zhan didnt speak, tacitly agreeing with him.

When Guan Zheng summoned the Gu inside him, it wasnt that he didnt feel anything. On the contrary, the pain was like being put through a meat grinder and he almost couldnt bear it. However, he understood that if he couldnt hold out, Wan Li and Xiao Xia wouldnt be able to last until reinforcements arrived. They would be thoroughly defeated.

The reason he fought back against the Gu with all his might was to seize this opportunity for a counterattack.

He knew from the beginning that his fire spell would not be able to stop Guan Zheng. Guan Zheng was powerful enough to use everything within the forest. It was impossible to calculate how many dark things were hidden within these woods. Therefore, he had to come up with a way to pull the carpet out from under him, and destroy the tool he used to control those creatures.

Guan Zheng had been following behind this whole time, his arms raised stiffly, pointing at them. Seeing them retreat into the valley with the plants unable to pursue, he didnt look worried. Instead, he smiled victoriously.

You thought you were the only ones who can set traps? He changed his gestures and drew strange circles in mid-air. Just wait to become human cocoons! Hahaha!

His gestures became more and more urgent. Before the three could figure out what he was up to, something tightened around their waists. They were immediately pulled against the mountain wall by a strange force. Before they could struggle, they were wrapped up by vines.

Dont bother struggling, it will only make things tighter. Guan Zheng no longer looked tense. His face held the weariness, relief and smugness of defeating his enemies. When I saw you retreat westwards, I knew you were heading for this small valley.

Ruan Zhan struggled for a while but to no avail. He then looked towards Wan Li and Xiao Xia who werent even able to struggle anymore. Xiao Xia had kept Ruan Zhans words about dragging the banner in mind, so she had been wrapped up along with it and was still doing ok. Wan Lis legs had been completely wrapped up, and he would soon be completely covered up by the crawling vines.

Oh, Ruan Zhan. You were too clever for your own good. Although youve scoped out the area in advance, Ive lived here for so many years. Wouldnt I be more familiar with the terrain? You thought this place would be easy to defend, with its enclosed sides and narrow entrance. Yet you didnt realize the vines on the mountain walls are tough and numerous. Since theres no need for them to uproot themselves, they are even easier to control. When you took your first step in this direction, I had already sent a flying Gu over to control the vines on the walls. Haha, get wrapped up and die as a result of your own choice!

Ruan Zhan still didnt speak. He felt as if he were stuck in quicksand. The more he moved the more trapped he became. He decided to stop moving altogether, his mind turning rapidly.

The bloodwood sword was still in his hand, but Guan Zheng was more wary of him. Therefore, the vine around his waist had also tied his arms together, preventing him from moving them at all. Now those vines climbed faster and faster. They had already wrapped the three of them up layer by layer. Half his body had been buried already. Wan Li and Xiao Xia only had their heads sticking out.

In an instant, he understood what Guan Zheng meant by human cocoon. He was going to wrap them in vines and trap them like silkworms!

Fuck, never thought this daddy would one day become a white, chubby and cute baby silkworm! Wan Li was still laughing and joking at this time.

Silkworms in spring die as their silk runs out. Lets see how long until you run out of nonsense to say! Guan Zheng strolled a few more meters into the valley, searching for a better angle to admire the human cocoons tied to the mountain wall.

He looked at Xiao Xia.

Due to the tattered banners protection, she hadnt been wrapped up quite as quickly. However, she was much shorter than the two men. Therefore, her state was similar to Wan Lis. However, due to the banner, the vines loosened after tightening, so she wasnt like Wan Li who was constricted so tightly he had trouble breathing.

She was tied next to Ruan Zhan. She had originally been very panicked, yet seeing him by her side and noticing that he had stopped struggling, she inexplicably felt calm and no longer as frightened.

Guan Zheng saw Xiao Xias expression and understood that the person in Xiao Xias heart was actually Ruan Zhan. Jealousy involuntarily flared in his heart. He pointed with his finger and the vines around Ruan Zhans waist constricted violently, making him gag. He almost spat a mouthful of blood!

Your ribs broke, right? Guan Zheng smiled maliciously. I can also lock the cocoon up tightly. With just one squeeze, the broken ribs will pierce into your organs. Or would you rather your bones turn outwards so you can become a hedgehog?

He looked at Xiao Xia as he finished speaking, admiring her teary expression. He didnt know if what surfaced in his heart was the joy of revenge or more sadness and disappointment.

Ruan Zhan stubbornly held back the blood that was about to spurt out of his mouth. A spark of insight flashed through his mind and he thought of a way to escape.

He raised his head. But before he could tell Wan Li what to do, another figure appeared within his line of sight. Someone stood at the valleys entrance: a beautiful woman in red!

Reinforcements had arrived!

Even though he knew that the reinforcements wouldnt make a move to save them and had only come for the next step of his plan, she had still arrived as promised.

As long as he found a way to escape his predicament, he had a chance to win!