novelraw Chapter 388 - 394: The Trap
Chapter 388 - 394: The Trap
When Hang Yu utilized the Eagle Eye skill for reconnaissance.
A sudden building towered in the vast desert, tens of meters high, and occupied a significant area.
Hang Yu knew very well that what he could see was merely a small part of the structure; the majority was deeply buried under the sea of sand, and what they were seeing now was just an entrance.
Two centaurs were patrolling nearby.
They appeared quite vigilant, seemingly observing the surrounding environment.
Hang Yu stopped his reconnaissance and nodded to the others: "Yep, locked in, two likely warriors, though one is armed with a spear and the other with a longbow, indicating one is a close-combat warrior and the other a ranged archer."
Er Gou in person had already reached the vicinity of the temple.
He activated his latest skill, Shadow Demon Wolf, and with this powerful innate skill as cover, Dog was able to get very close without being noticed, as long as he didn’t come within a hundred meters.
The true body was scouting upfront.
Clone continued to report the situation: "The one with the bow is slightly weaker, at level 13, the one with the spear is stronger, at level 14, but even the weaker one is far more formidable than the minor lords we defeated before."
Hang Yu was already mentally prepared.
Shamoduo’s strength as the envoy of Sand Spring City was already not below that of a typical minor lord.
Shamoduo was at most a runner in Sand Spring City.
His status was not as high as the trusted confidants of the Great Lord, Kaliemlo.
It was no surprise that these two centaur warriors were exceptionally powerful.
The two centaur warriors from Sand Spring City.
Perhaps each had around two third-tier inheritances.
They have numerous skills and are excellently equipped, with high basic attributes; even Hang Yu doesn’t have much confidence in handling them alone, let alone anyone else.
Xu Tianhua said, "One ranged, one melee, if they work together, their combat power can’t be underestimated, we should perhaps try to separate them and focus on taking down one first."
Zhao Ming was worried and said, "The area around is open terrain, with the centaurs’ advantage in movement speed, leveraging their mobility, they could circle us, and it would be challenging for us to cope."
Hang Yu observed the surrounding environment, pondering a strategy.
At this moment, the level 14 centaur warrior Sand Black Viper, and the level 13 centaur divine archer Shage, were patrolling near the ruins’ entrance, bored out of their minds.
Shage, holding a war bow with a blue spiritual aura, complained with dissatisfaction: "Why doesn’t the Lord let us into the ruins? Staying in this place yields no benefits!"
Sand Black Viper glared at him and said, "Dare to complain about the Lord behind his back? Want to die?"
"I just think it’s a pity. This ruin is said to appear only once in decades, filled with countless treasures and riches," Shage said grievance in his voice. "I’m not covetous of the treasures, I merely hoped to use this opportunity to gain some evolutionary energy, bringing me closer to an upgrade."
Sand Black Viper nonchalantly said, "Though there are no other great lords nearby, some chaos-seekers might appear. So complain less, the Great Lord sees value in you to post you here; you’ll undoubtedly reap benefits afterwards!"
That was all they could do!
Though Shage was extremely dissatisfied.
In front of the absolute power and authority of the Great Lord Kaliemlo.
He didn’t have the guts to express his dissatisfaction, and the very Sand Black Viper before him was the Great Lord’s most trusted subordinate; if he were to report him, Shage feared he’d suffer even more.
Just as Shage was about to say something more.
They suddenly heard sharp cries of an eagle.
Before he could react to what was happening.
Two arrows with immense momentum descended from the sky like hunting eagles, striking Shage and knocking him back several steps.
Looking at the arrows, Shage’s expression changed immediately: "Eagle Assault Arrow? Someone is ambushing us!"
Sand Black Viper was taken aback.
Is there really someone here to cause trouble?
"Investigation True Eye!"
Shage was naturally equipped with archer sequence inheritance, having already activated the third-tier inheritance of this sequence, very familiar with the second-tier skill, Eagle Assault Arrow, while as a competent archer, Reconnaissance Skill was indispensable.
Investigation True Eye is a sharp third-tier skill.
Shage instantly locked onto the attacker, "Hmm, some species I’ve never seen before, how dare they make a move against people from Sand Spring City."
While speaking.
He drew his bow and sent an arrow into the sky.
As the arrow fell down, it expanded tens, hundreds of times larger.
Turning into a massive arrow filled with dazzling light, over ten meters long!
Hang Yu immediately shouted, "Old Zhao! Defend quickly! It’s the third-tier Celestial Assault Arrow!"
Celestial Assault Arrow is an upgraded version of Eagle Assault Arrow, more powerful, with a longer range, featuring group attack and dizziness effects, not to be underestimated!
"Celestial Shield!"
Third-tier skill versus third-tier skill!
The energy arrow condensed from white light crashed into the defense.
Almost instantly shattering the defense!
A shockwave erupted, though weakened by the defense, still enveloping everyone present, causing some damage, accompanied by bouts of dizziness.
Zhang Xiaoqiang exclaimed in terror, "This guy’s skills are so powerful!"
Hang Yu, without a second thought, said, "Retreat!"
Upon seeing his single Celestial Assault Arrow disrupt the opponents, Shage smirked coldly, "With such strength, they think they can snatch anything from Sand Spring City? Let’s kill them to pass the time!"
"Even if their strength isn’t that strong, don’t forget our mission; we can’t let even a single mouse disrupt the Great Lord," Sand Black Viper was wary of the opponent’s diversion tactics, sternly saying to Shage: "I’ll stay here, you go deal with them, even if they are just a few stragglers, don’t be careless."
Shage uttered no words in response.
A few skills boosted him.
He dashed out like a gust of wind.
Careless? No way!
These riff-raffs move way too slow!
With several speed-boosting skills, Shage believed he could outpace them effortlessly, being a third-tier divine archer, while the opponent’s furthest attacker was merely a second-tier sniper, armed only with a green bow.
His speed and the range of attack held absolute advantage.
How could there be any risk?
As long as he maintained the range advantage.
What could they do to him?
"Flowing Light Arrow Rain!"
Shage rapidly closed in and unleashed a light arrow.
As the light arrow soared above Hang Yu and his team, it exploded like a firework, raining down hundreds of light arrows over an area more than a hundred meters in diameter, utterly brutal.
"Prepare to defend!"
Zhao Ming activated the innate skill Divine Steel Armor.
He then activated a second-tier defense skill.
Single-handedly, he blocked most of the barrage, doing his best to shield Xiaoqiang and Qin Mu, the more fragile and vulnerable members, while Hang Yu, Xu Tianhua, and Jiang Nan, with their decent defense, survived without being killed instantly.
Hang Yu shouted, "Keep retreating!"
Only one centaur chasing?
The other centaur actually chose not to pursue, what a pity!
Symbolically, Hang Yu fired a few Shadow Sniper Arrows in retaliation, but such an attack was meaningless to the centaur archer, as Shage drank a Life Recovery Potion, grinned viciously, and continued his chase, seeing the opponent’s movement speed as pathetically slow; no matter how strong they might be, pose no threat to him.
Soon.
The chase extended over a thousand meters.
Hang Yu’s side was in a bit of a mess.
If Zhao Ming hadn’t been absorbing damage, Xiaoqiang and Qin Mu would have already been down.
At this moment, during Shage’s rapid pursuit, he suddenly sensed something amiss; large giant ants emerged from the sand dunes front and back, encircling him just as he passed through.
"Monsters?"
He sensed these giant ants were at most level 11.
Even if the leading one was at best a Bronze Lord, it posed no threat to him.
Just as this thought arose in his mind, dozens of giant ants around him lit up simultaneously.
Shage felt an ominous sensation, swiftly deploying a rapid advance skill, aiming to break through the giant ants and escape.
Too late!
The giant ants simultaneously self-destructed.
An area of nearly a hundred meters was engulfed.
Shage was immediately consumed by the explosion, his life energy dwindling near-instantly, the might of thirty-plus self-destructing giant ants was absolutely staggering!
If he hadn’t moved fast enough.
Fortunate enough to dodge the explosion’s center.
Being killed instantly wouldn’t have been surprising at all!