novelraw Chapter 315 The Cicada Awaits
Chapter 315 The Cicada Awaits
Chapter 315 The Cicada Awaits
Du Qi stopped in a concealed position, lowered his head and used his curved, sharp beak to peck off several spiders on the tree trunk, throwing them below the trunk. He then took out a few feathers, instantly hardening them to an unparalleled sharpness, and threw them at several nearby trees.
After clearing away all the spiders from the nearby trees, Du Qi shrank his neck and quietly stood in the dense foliage.
The two men crouched nearby, and Ling Chengen observed the situation inside very clearly.
The cave bear orcs and the half-dog orcs got into an argument, but the half-dogs still didn't reveal that they had stolen the salt powder.
Ling Chengen shook his head and sighed, "This half-dog race is really greedy."
Du Qi heard the voice in her mind and nodded in agreement, but she kept her mouth tightly shut, remembering Ling Chengen's instruction not to speak.
Because the uninvited guests from the foot of the mountain arrived in a fierce manner, the people of the Cave Bear Clan and the Half-Dog Clan did not have much time to argue about whose fault it was, and the people inside the cave quickly came out in batches.
When the last group of people came out, Ling Chengen reached out and patted Du Qi on the head.
“The person has come out; follow him.”
Ling Chengen moved nimbly, shifting his position among the branches like a butterfly. Only after he had gone far away did Du Qi spread his wings and chase after the direction Ling Chengen had left in.
Perhaps due to previous disputes, the members of the Cave Bear tribe each had their own ulterior motives when it came to deploying warriors to deal with external enemies.
The chieftain of the Cave Bear Clan wanted to send the Half-Dog Clan to the front lines as cannon fodder to test the enemy's strength.
The half-dog tribe wasn't stupid, of course. They were dissatisfied with this decision and didn't intend to do as the cave bear tribe chief said.
But in such a life-or-death situation, infighting will only hasten their demise.
Therefore, the two tribes decided to each send half their men to test the strength of the enemy below the mountain.
However, after the first group of people went down, flames quickly rose into the sky below the mountain, and various noisy shouts and cries of fighting could be heard.
Du Qi followed behind Ling Chengen, folded his wings, and landed steadily on the tree trunk beside Ling Chengen. He asked, "Young City Lord, shall we make a move?"
Ling Chengen released his spiritual power to observe the surroundings. After confirming that the Half-Dog Clan chief and the Cave Bear Clan members had separated, he immediately said, "Make your move."
The leader of the half-dog tribe did not seem to be going to war. After separating from the cave bear tribe, he quickly headed back.
Ling Chengen and Du Qi, one on the left and one on the right, launched an attack on the half-dog clan leader from the flanks and rear.
Because Du Qi's strength was relatively weak, Ling Chengen did not intend to let him be the main attacker.
She could actually handle this level 14 half-dog on her own, but she still needed to leave at least one person with her to ensure that if anyone came to support her or launched a sneak attack from elsewhere, someone could protect her from behind.
The half-dog leader reacted quickly; the bone blade in Ling Chengen's hand only cut his right arm.
The sharpness of the bone blade was unimaginable. Although the half-dog orc was not weak in combat, its physical defense was far inferior to that of the water dragon beast. Therefore, this slash brought out a lot of blood, and the torn flesh and white bone could be faintly seen at the wound.
To dodge her attack, the half-dog leader rolled in one direction. After seeing her figure clearly, he clenched his left fist and the next second he used countless tiny ice shards to stab at her face.
Ling Chengen pulled out a metal shield from his spatial storage, knocked away the needle-like ice spikes, put the shield away, and suddenly leaped up into a tree, disappearing into the dense foliage.
She switched to a bow and arrows, and using the leaves as cover, fired a series of arrows downwards.
Du Qi was no match for the half-dog clan leader and was forced into the air.
And none of the arrows hit him.
But Ling Chengen had already changed positions, using his supernatural abilities to suddenly pierce the other person's brain, and without hesitation used his mental power to destroy the other person's brain region.
The next second, she suddenly appeared on a tree branch above the half-dog leader's head, hanging upside down from the tree. Taking advantage of the leader's unbearable headache, she pressed her bone blade against his throat and slashed down without hesitation.
The blood on the bone blade congealed into beads and rolled down the tip of the blade to the ground.
The half-dog orc covered his throat with his left hand, trying to use his supernatural ability to freeze his wound and stop the bleeding.
However, with the carotid artery severed, blood loss was extremely rapid.
Moreover, during those few dozen seconds when he was stabilizing his injuries, Ling Chengen wouldn't just sit idly by.
In the blink of an eye, the outcome was decided.
She pulled the bone blade from the back of the half-dog leader and beckoned to Du Qi: "Come down and help me find that spatial pendant."
The spatial artifact given to the Hailing tribe was extremely unique in design. It was specially made by Shi Panxing at Ling Chengen's request, and a backup of the design drawings was also kept. Before entering the mountain, she showed the drawings to everyone in the team. As long as they saw this pendant, they had to find a chance to snatch it back.
If you can't get it back, remember who has the pendant and which direction they went.
The half-dog leader was very dirty. Although he was a water-type warrior, she suspected that he probably hadn't taken a bath since the start of the cold season, so he had a sour and smelly odor. She really couldn't bring herself to rummage through his undergarments.
Fortunately, Du Qi didn't mind. Seeing that the person had been dealt with, he squatted down next to the corpse and quickly searched for the pendant.
After Du Qi finished his examination, he said with a solemn expression, "Young City Lord, it's not on him."
Ling Chengen turned to look at the half-dog tribe leader who had been stripped naked and thrown under the tree, then looked away and frowned, saying, "I remember he didn't have a partner or children."
"Yes, could it be hidden where he lives?"
After all, although the pendant was inconspicuous, the beastmen of the Youqi tribe all knew this half-dog tribe leader. They should all know what he was like and what he usually wore. So it is possible that he hid the ornamental pendant in order not to attract attention.
"Go to his residence."
Ling Chengen waved to the Crow Clan members hiding in the distance: "Go ask them if the others succeeded?"
"Notify me immediately if they find the pendant."
The crow warriors accepted the order and immediately flew into the depths of the forest.
Du Qi and Ling Chengen followed the direction the half-dog clan leader had left in, and soon found the man's residence.
It was a shack that looked worse than a cave, dilapidated and tattered, with a torn animal skin curtain hanging at the door, and it was pitch black inside.
Just as Du Qi was about to go in, Ling Chengen grabbed him by the back of his collar and quickly pulled him from the doorway behind him, retreating rapidly.
Just as she made her move, a long black leg suddenly stretched out from the shack and pierced straight into Du Qi's chest.
Ling Chengen gripped the bone blade in his left hand and with a backhand slash, cut the giant spider that suddenly descended from the upper left behind him in half.
The spider, whose body was half a meter long, twitched a few times after its corpse hit the ground, then vomited pale green liquid and died.
A slender, pale hand lifted the tattered curtain, revealing a charming face with a southern flair.
Ling Chengen released Du Qi, who was still shaken, and said, "Fly up, don't land. You're no match for them."
Du Qi looked around and noticed many spiders that had crawled out of the soil at some point.
Ling Chengen stared intently at the pendant hanging from Fu Tong's waist, lowered his gaze slightly, and cursed inwardly.
They were a step too late.
Du Qi looked up at the dark sky and frowned, saying, "Young City Lord, it might not work. There are spider webs in the air."
Although it's not very clear to the naked eye, given the large number of spider orcs around, they certainly wouldn't have been left unprepared.
Ling Chengen swiftly dispatched several spider-beastmen who charged at them, straightened up, and observed the enormous woman's eyes. She had never actually fought a spider-beastman in this half-human, half-beast form before. Although there were female spider-beastmen in the Stone Forest, they seemed far too innocent and harmless compared to the woman before her.
"Find a chance to leave," Ling Chengen reminded Du Qi using his supernatural abilities.
These spider-beastmen are all quite strong, especially Fu Tong, whose abilities should be more than just the twelfth level of the gold element.
Ling Chengen suspected that the information the Crow Clan possessed about Fu Tong came from before the cold season of last year.
Her psychic abilities are quite accurate in assessing the strength of her opponents.
Although she can kill a level 14 water-type warrior, it will be very difficult for her to fight against an orc with such high physical defense.
In particular, the other side also has a large number of small spider-beastmen who are willing to charge into battle for her, even risking their lives to launch sneak attacks.
She and Du Qi were clearly at a disadvantage; if things continued like this, they would only suffer greater losses.
Finding an opportunity to leave is the best course of action.
Fu Tong took a long white whip from her body, lashed it a few times with both hands, and suddenly smiled, "You must be the young city lord of Ten Thousand Beasts City?"
"I didn't expect you to come in person for just some salt powder."
Ling Chengen didn't speak, but cautiously looked around, searching for the best route to break out.
On the index, middle, and ring fingers of her right hand, Fu Tong wore rings. As she gently turned the ring on her index finger, the white whip in her hand suddenly turned yellowish-green from the handle. The yellowish-green liquid soaked into the whip, and a lot of liquid even seeped out from the strands of spider silk woven into the whip and fell onto the ground in front of her.
If I'm not mistaken, those liquids should be the venom extracted by the spider orcs.
I just don't know what the effect will be.
The woman took a few steps forward, looking at Ling Chengen with a leisurely air. Her scrutinizing gaze revealed a casual disdain and arrogance, along with a hint of mockery and amusement.
"She's quite a young female, and she's pretty too."
“If that old man Juchi had seen you, he would definitely do everything he could to get his hands on you.”
Ling Chengen asked, "Was this operation your idea, or did your tribal chief come up with it?"
The woman smiled and said, "Is that important?"
"What you should be worried about now is how to beg for mercy so that I will show you some leniency."
Ling Chengen didn't waste words with her. She knew that the wickedness in this person's eyes was never hidden, and she wasn't blind.
Almost instantly, she moved.
Without even looking, she avoided the countless invisible spider webs on the open ground. With a light slash of her bone blade, she broke through the core of the web, and countless spiders of all sizes fell to the ground, their bodies separated at the waist.
While the corpses were still twitching, Ling Chengen had already appeared in front of Fu Tong.
The woman's pupils contracted slightly, and she immediately lashed out with her whip, trying to pull her away.
Ling Chengen's beast form is a feline, and the Boshan Giant Tiger is a top-tier powerhouse on the Northern Wilderness Beast Plains. She not only possesses top-tier dynamic vision but also an extremely powerful and rare mental ability.
To her, everyone around her seemed to be moving at a slower pace.
Therefore, she was never worried about missing any of the enemy's movements.
Fu Tong's weapon is a long whip, in which she is not at an advantage.
However, the long whip has obvious drawbacks and is not suitable for close combat.
Just as Ling Chengen was about to be swept away by the long whip, he leaped into the air, suddenly twisted and flipped in mid-air, transforming into a giant tiger, and landed heavily on Fu Tong's beastly body.
Fu Tong immediately attacked backwards, but Ling Chengen was much larger than her.
Even after she grew up, the force of her bite and the power of her slap were terrifying.
Few adult male orcs would dare to confront her head-on without using their special abilities.
So she bit down on the right shoulder and neck of the woman, the sharp thorns piercing through half of her body.
Fu Tong cried out in excruciating pain, but the sound quickly faded away, as the pain made even screaming difficult. Her face twisted and contorted in agony, and her left hand instantly transformed into a beast's foot as she stabbed behind her.
Ling Chengen violently tore off her right arm, then kicked her back with his hind paws.
With a powerful kick from its hind legs, it sent the massive spider flying more than ten meters away, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound on her back with its sharp claws.
Ling Chengen stopped in place, turned his head to shake off the severed limb from his mouth, and slowly raised his head to look at Fu Tong.
"I've heard that spiders have the ability to regenerate severed limbs."
Ling Chengen stared intently at the woman who was screaming and going crazy in pain, and said slowly, "I wonder if spider beastmen can do it too. I'm quite curious."
"I'm going to kill you—"
The woman's eyes were filled with madness as she looked at her right arm, which was thrown to the ground and covered in blood and ash. In that instant, the tattoo on her face seemed to transform into the mask of a demon.
She turned to the spider-beastman beside her and yelled, "Useless trash, stop the bleeding right now..."
Ling Chengen transformed into human form on the spot, propped up the pendant in his hand, and jumped directly onto the tree trunk beside him. Du Qi had already begun clearing away the spider beastmen in the sky. Seeing that Fu Tong was seriously injured, he immediately swooped down.
Ling Chengen seized the opportunity and jumped onto his back.
With the woman's eyes wide with fury, he flew straight into the sky and flew away.
Ling Chengen sat on Du Qi's back and turned his head to look at the wound on his right arm.
After Fu Tong's arm transformed into a beast limb, it wasn't very strong, but it was very sharp. It cut a wound about ten centimeters long on her arm. She didn't feel any particular pain, but she was still worried that it might be poisonous, so she planned to find a wood-type warrior from the Crow Clan to treat her.
However, as they approached the mountain path, countless arrows suddenly shot out from the forest.
Ling Chengen grabbed the bone blade that was placed aside and knocked away several arrows.
But because there were so many arrows, both Du Qi and she were hit by them.
Seeing that Du Qi's wings were already injured, yet he was still carrying her and trying to fly higher, but it was obviously very difficult for him, and he was swaying precariously, and the speed was getting slower and slower.
Ling Chengen hung the pendant around his neck and instructed, "You can run away without carrying any weight. Take the things back."
"Young City Lord—"
Ling Chengen patted him on the head twice and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't die."
After Ling Chengen finished speaking, he flipped off his back and jumped straight down into the Huiye River.
As she fell, she didn't stay behind. She immediately pulled out the hand-crafted beast-themed RPG that Han Jishi and Su Weihua had worked out in her spatial storage and fired a shot in the direction from which the arrow had come.
A tremendous roar resounded. The steep slopes on the north side of Zhaoshi Mountain were rocky, and the loud noise and explosion caused the weathered rocks on the mountaintop to crack, with a large amount of debris falling downwards.
Ling Chengen glanced at the unidentified enemy hiding in the bushes below, smiled slightly, and then fell into the rolling river.