Chapter 7

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

If someone entered the coastal forest at this moment, they would definitely find an extremely strange scene. A mantis the size of an adult tiger was actually using two knives to hook a turtle.

The moon shadow mantis’s two blades were extremely agile, alternating back and forth. Lin Xuan was seeing stars from the rolling, and he couldn’t stop at all. The 360° rolling made him feel like vomiting.

“What’s this mantis trying to do?!”

He didn’t know how long he rolled, but he finally stopped. There was no more salty sea breeze around him, and there was no sound of waves. He seemed to have arrived at the middle of a mountain.

Lin Xuan couldn’t help guessing what the Mantis was up to.

It turned out that the moon shadow mantis had pushed Lin Xuan back into its nest when it saw that it could not cut him. It was planning to think of another way. After all, the blood of the porcupine was too strong in the previous location, and it was worried that it would attract other powerful monsters.

His line of sight gradually became dim and narrow. The ground was also full of potholes as if he had come into a cave.

The air was filled with a foul smell as if it was a pile of corpses. There was no way to ventilate the room. Lin Xuan felt dizzy. He had a bad feeling about this.

Lin Xuan peeked his head out carefully and saw a rat staring at him. He quickly retracted his head, but he felt that something was wrong.

How could there be any living creatures in the moon shadow mantis’ territory?

He took a closer look and saw that it was a huge, rotten rat head. The entire head was in tatters, and a few white and fat maggots were crawling into and out of the eye sockets.

The black police rat was a level-two demonic beast. Although its level was not high, it lived in groups and was good at digging holes. It was extremely alert and sensitive, and its movements were swift. Although one rat was weak, it would be a different story if there were a group of them.

Lin Xuan held back his nausea. There were countless rat heads like this scattered all around. Other than that, he also saw the heads of other wild creatures. They must have been the work of the moon shadow mantis.

Those who didn’t know better would think that this was some kind of animal specimen exhibition hall. Of course, the premise was that the environment here was ignored, as well as the heads that died with grievances.

“The moon shadow mantis is destroying the black police rat’s lair,” Lin Xuan couldn’t help but complain.

However, considering the moon shadow mantis’ ability to avoid light and its ineptitude in burrowing, it was not strange that it had its eyes on the black police rat’s hole.

The mantis seemed to have sensed something, and its two blades suddenly fell. Fortunately, Lin Xuan reacted quickly and hid in his turtle shell.

This is just great. We’re in the moon shadow mantis’ nest now, and we still don’t know how we’re going to get out.

Lin Xuan was a little troubled. It was impossible to slip away under the moon shadow mantis’s eyes. At his speed, he might not even be able to get out of here after a day and a night.

If the moon shadow mantis noticed that he was running away, it would be able to catch him back in a few seconds.

Clang, clang, clang.

[hardness +1]

[hardness +2]

[hardness +1]

…

The intense sounds of impact from the outside world pulled Lin Xuan back from his thoughts. He could not help but smoke.

It’s starting again.

The system notification made Lin Xuan smile from ear to ear.

I didn’t realize that you could increase your defense even when you’re being beaten.

This was great. Not only would he not die, but his skin would also become thicker. If the moon shadow mantis knew about this, it would probably vomit blood.

The two creatures confronted each other.

The moon shadow mantis diligently waved its twin daggers like a machine that did not know fatigue and began a new round of cutting.

The commotion lasted until the latter half of the night.

At this moment, the moon was hidden in the clouds and gradually dimmed. Its figure was only faintly discernible.

The sky turned white as if something was about to burst out. A red sun broke through the sky and finally broke free from the shackles of darkness.

Even though the black police rat’s cave was dark, it was time for the moon shadow mantis to rest due to its biological characteristics.

Furthermore, they did not manage to catch any food for the entire night. All they had been able to do was waste time with Lin Xuan, and it was extremely exhausting.

The moon shadow mantis stopped moving, and as if it was worried that Lin Xuan would escape, its huge body blocked the narrow tunnel. It shut its eyes, and its breathing gradually became long and steady.

Lin Xuan finally heaved a sigh of relief.

I thought it was a perpetual motion machine, and I had to keep cutting it.

Although the moon shadow mantis could not do anything to him now, it would not be a good thing if this continued.

Lin Xuan’s gaze fell on the moon shadow mantis’s abdomen. Its entire body was covered in armor, but its abdomen was the only weak spot.

Maybe we can start from here.

He approached carefully. The mantis was sleeping like a log, probably because it had used too much energy. Lin Xuan crawled on his tiptoes and did not attract any attention.

[hardened skin successfully used]

[hard spike armor successfully used]

The skin on Lin Xuan’s turtle shell quickly turned dark, and at the same time, several sharp spikes rose!

He slammed his head upward with all his strength.

The double-bladed mantis seemed to have sensed the approaching danger. It opened its eyes and saw a tiny turtle in its abdomen.

Even though Lin Xuan wasn’t even the size of its palm, it felt an unprecedented sense of danger. Its two blades suddenly fell, aimed right at Lin Xuan’s head.

Lin Xuan also saw the sharp glint above his head.

Damn it, why did he wake up at this time?!

One turtle and one mantis could be said to be the juncture of life and death.

However, at this moment, he could not retreat. The brave will win when he meets an adversary on a narrow road!