Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
“Protect the leader!”
The soldiers finally reacted. They quickly cast all kinds of spells.
The soldiers were in a panic, trying to save Shao Ru. Unfortunately, their spells were ineffective against the Bronze-Fang Hillman. The spells did not stop the creature from moving closer to Shao Ru, who was already suffering serious injuries.
The Bronze-Fang Hillman seemed to be aware that the woman was the main reason that its underlings were dying so quickly. It persisted in trying to kill her first!
Meanwhile, Shao Ru’s eyes flickered with panic and regret as death approached.
She was too careless. She had clearly underestimated the Hillmen’s intelligence. It turned out that they had purposely created the distractions in different directions. She had good hearing, but if the surroundings were too noisy when a powerful creature was slowly sneaking up to her, there was still a chance she could miss it.
Shao Ru had no chance of using her magic, as the Bronze-Fang Hillman kept going after her. She was just a typical Mage who was unable to take on a Commander-level creature at close distance!
“Protect her!” a soldier yelled and stood in between the Bronze-Fang Hillman and Shao Ru. He only had a thin layer of Water Barrier as his defense!
“Don’t!” Shao Ru screamed, but a sharp paw directly went through the soldier’s chest and came out from his back while her voice was still lingering in the air.
The soldier’s body was still twitching. He could not believe that his defense was non-existent against the creature’s attack. He stared at the Bronze-Fang Hillman with wide eyes…
The Bronze-Fang Hillman drew out its paw. However, the soldier used his final breath to hold onto the paw, preventing the creature from pulling it out.
The Bronze-Fang Hillman was infuriated. It swung its other paw wildly and tore the soldier into pieces within a second. Shao Ru’s eyes reddened as she watched the soldier’s flesh and blood scattering in the air!
“Run, we’ll protect you!” The other soldiers continued to engage one-by-one to stop the Bronze-Fang Hillman from attacking Shao Ru.
Shao Ru had lost all her fighting capacity due to her serious injuries. She was not stupid enough to stay behind and fight the Bronze-Fang Hillman. It would only mean the sacrifices of the soldiers were in vain!
“I swear that I’ll avenge you all!” Shao Ru yelled furiously and staggered into a bush nearby.
The Bronze-Fang Hillman was enraged. It did not think it would fail to kill the woman that was posing a great threat to its underlings.
It vented its frustrations and rage on the remaining soldiers. It tore all five of them into pieces. Their blood splattered on the grass nearby where the cold moonlight was pouring down on like an eerie crimson rain!
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The captain of the team arrived at the place Shao Ru had mentioned . He split the grass blocking the path and saw a few Hillmen behaving strangely. They were surrounding three Hunters that they had tied up, instead of tearing their limbs off like everyone expected.
“What are they up to?” a young soldier asked, confused.
“I have no clue. Let’s save them first,” the captain said.
The soldiers immediately went forward. However, the Hillmen turned around and left as soon as they saw the Battlemages showing up. They had no intention to fight at all.
The young soldier was a little suspicious after seeing the Hillmen’s reaction. He went up to the Hunters that were tied up and asked, “Why didn’t they kill you?”
“I don’t know. They… they were just hurting us to make us scream. The louder we screamed, the lesser the pain they inflicted on us. We had no choice but to scream at the top of our lungs!” the Hunters said.
The others in their group were all dead, only these three Hunters had survived. It was like the Hillmen had purposely kept them alive so they could scream for help. Something did not feel right about it….
“Shit, they were luring us here on purpose!” the captain soon realized. He immediately headed back to the team.
“Squad four-seven, are you with Shao Ru?”
“We’ve found a few survivors. The Hillmen ran as soon as they saw us…”
“Turn back at once. We’ve been tricked!”
A few other squads immediately headed back to where Shao Ru had been. However, they were greeted by a strong smell of blood. Their expressions fell immediately.
They split the grass and saw puddles of blood across the place and splattered on the grass nearby. Body parts mangled beyond recognition were scattered across the place. Everyone stood there with wide eyes; they could not believe what had happened…
“These Hillmen…” the soldiers were not astounded by the deaths of their comrades, but the intelligence that the Hillmen had shown!
The Hillmen had used their eagerness to save the Hunters to split the team up. They even used some Hillmen as bait to lure people away. Their real target was Shao Ru all along!
The Hillmen knew that Shao Ru’s Sound Element was a great threat to them, so they had set up a trap for them!
Most demon creatures were not intelligent. Besides, they had never encountered a species with such great teamwork. The soldiers had never thought that they as humans would be tricked by the demon creatures one day!
“Where’s Shao Ru? Where is she!?”
“Look at the mess; how can we possibly tell who is who?”
“She isn’t here. She might be alive still. Split up and search the area. We must protect her at all costs!” the captain ordered.
“We left quite a number of men behind, yet they still lost so quickly. Does that mean…”
“A Commander-level creature, it’s a Commander-level Hillman!”
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Daylight was still some time away. Mo Fan slowly slid down the trunk with the Fleeing Shadow.
The height the Four-Lives Salamander Tiger occupied was most likely the highest they could go. They had no clue what terrifying species they would encounter if they kept going up the tree. Their priority was to take out the cunning Hillmen. Mo Fan decided to do some scouting after he had rested up.
The Hillmen were not sensitive to the Shadow Element. Mo Fan managed to reach the spot where the main trunk branched off into five other trunks. He could see the distribution of the Hillmen on the roots from here.
It was obvious that the Hillmen had occupied the roots of the Giant Purple Sacred Linden. Mo Fan went around in a circle to see if the Hillmen had truly occupied the entire root system of the Linden…
After some time, Mo Fan discovered that the Hillmen were not defending every direction. There was a certain direction where there was barely any Hillmen around.
He slowly made his way down and saw a slim figure in torn clothes covered in blood lying in a gap between the roots. Mo Fan was quite surprised that someone had made it to the tree. However, he could not tell if the woman was alive.
Mo Fan went forward cautiously. There were a few Hillmen patrolling on the slope nearby. He was wondering how the women had managed to avoid the Hillmen and reach the spot under the tree.
The woman’s upper body was greatly exposed. The two round white ‘rabbits’ had an urge to jump out from their cover. There was a huge wound along her shoulder. It had almost destroyed the woman’s sexiest part. It was a great relief despite the misfortune.
He moved his gaze down. The wound on the woman’s leg was even deadlier. The cut went from her quads to her ankles. It was almost a meter long!
Mo Fan was shocked when he saw how long the woman’s legs were. It was a pity that her leg was so heavily damaged.
“She’s alive still,” Mo Fan noticed that the woman was still breathing. She had fallen unconscious after losing too much blood.
Mo Fan took out a high-quality Blood Serum to replenish the blood she had lost.
She did not have a chance to wrap and treat her wounds. It was likely that she had been on the run for some time…
Mo Fan had no choice but to take out the medicine that Xinxia had given him to save the woman’s life!
Xinxia’s medicine was crazily effective. The woman was barely breathing just a second ago, but her breathing soon became steady and the wounds that were bleeding continuously were slowly mending!
“Ugh…” The woman moaned softly. She opened her eyes and saw a human’s face. She was stunned for a moment before letting out a relieved sigh.
Before Mo Fan could speak, he heard an unpleasant cry from nearby.
Shao Ru rose to her feet. Her head was spinning a little due to excessive loss of blood. However, she could barely stand. She stared at the Bronze-Fang Hillman that was approaching.
The Bronze-Fang Hillman was still pursuing her relentlessly, even though she had run so far away.
“You should leave at once,” Shao Ru said coldly, not turning around.
Mo Fan opened his mouth. He looked closely at Shao Ru’s face from the side and noticed the woman’s temperament was similar to Mu Ningxue’s. It was rare to see a Maga with an aura like an iceberg, but somehow, he found women like her quite attractive!
“You’re in such a bad condition. Let me handle it,” Mo Fan said.
“Nonsense!” Shao Ru snapped in an irresistible tone. “Do you have any idea what it is? You should run if you want to live, as far away as possible!”
Shao Ru’s heart was burning with anger when she recalled the soldiers that had sacrificed their lives for her. Since she could no longer run away, she had decided to fight the Bronze-Fang Hillman to the death. It was still too early to tell who would be the last one standing!
The Bronze-Fang Hillman cried and dashed at them like an arrow, followed by a loud gust of wind!
Even though every Bronze-Fang Hillman was just as ugly in Mo Fan’s eyes, he could still tell that it was a different Bronze-Fang Hillman than the one he encountered before!
“Have you asked me for permission before trying to kill someone?” Mo Fan stomped the ground. Lightning arcs danced around him like dragons…
He crossed his arms in front of him, and fired two lightning bolts at the Bronze-Fang Hillman!
