Nine Star Burden - Chapter 179

Chapter 179: Is There Something Wrong with You?

“Shh…” Jiang Xiao hushed while carrying his giant sword diagonally on his back, clad in a special tactical vest.

On the left, Xia Yan squatted down and crouched in the bush before grabbing the grass in front of her and staring at the cave ahead. “What that woman said is real!”

Jiang Xiao immediately turned around and shot Xia Yan a glance.

Xia Yan was slightly stunned, but she immediately shut up.

She had never seen such a serious side to Jiang Xiao, but this time, Xia Yan didn’t throw a tantrum or anything because she knew that she had said something wrong.

In the past two days, the team memorized the topographic map of the Arsenal that Second Last had given to Jiang Xiao. Hence, they were rather familiar with the information that she had provided on the map, as well as her speculations.

At last, Xia Yan burned the map into ashes with the flames and kept the secrets to themselves.

Although the information was just Second Last’s speculations, they couldn’t reveal anything because they didn’t want to cause any trouble.

Now that they were all wearing cameras and recording devices, Xia Yan clearly shouldn’t be saying such words.

Fortunately, her words didn’t reveal much.

Everyone was wearing invisible earphones that allowed them to receive chat messages from the team within a certain range, but the main function was for them to receive official information and notifications in real-time.

If they were to hear the referee’s request through the earphones, Jiang Xiao’s team must immediately execute it unconditionally.

Their team number was 76. Hence, none of them wanted to hear that number at all. They didn’t want to hear that it was their turn.

Han Jiangxue, at the back, had clearly heard Xia Yan’s voice coming from the invisible earphone. Despite feeling infuriated, she remained still and secretly thought about how she should deal with the reckless girl.

Li Weiyi stood beside Han Jiangxue and asked softly, “What did you guys discover?”

Jiang Xiao answered, “There’s a cave and a bonfire in front of the opening. There are two swordsmen guarding the opening and two female Archers guarding on top. There are also two… weapons that have been painted bright yellow. One is an archer and the other is a swordsman.

“This should be a campground. Since there are four diligent guards here, there should be Savage Sorcerers and Savage Sorceresses in there.”

Li Weiyi swallowed some saliva and asked, “Should we enter the tunnel?”

Clearly, Li Weiyi had been traumatized by their previous trip to the Arsenal.

Second Last didn’t know about the competition system. After all, the system changed every year and the map was drawn according to her experience and her knowledge of the original monster distribution of the Arsenal.

Jiang Xiao and the rest quickly made plans after the official announcement of the rules. In order to maintain their stability and safety, they decided not to vie for first place and instead, chose to collect as many weapons as possible.

Hence, they didn’t take the shortest conventional route or go to Resource Point 1 to collect any items for the mission. Instead, they decided to deviate from the north and headed towards the west instead.

Compared to the medals in the backs of the Ape Ghouls, collecting the weapons of the savages was much easier.

Besides, Jiang Xiao’s team had a natural advantage—Han Jiangxue’s Sky Smasher.

Perhaps other teams would have to consider the problem of weight and how much battle gains they could bring, but that was no problem for Han Jiangxue’s team at all.

Sky Smasher could fit plenty of weapons.

At this moment, everyone arrived at the habitat of the savages according to the prompts given by Second Last for the sake of obtaining the bright yellow weapons.

However, it was worth noting that Second Last had only drawn out the approximate location of the two Ape Ghoul Kings on the map. According to the officials, there were at least three Ape Ghoul Kings with medals in their backs.

However, they had no idea how many Ape Ghouls with no medals were there.

They could tell that Second Last’s map was not exhaustive and could only be taken as reference. However, they had to be confident.

To a certain extent, Jiang Xiao had sold himself for this map. Jiang Xiao had no idea how he would feel after the competition ended.

“What? Four guards? That will be difficult for us to enter silently,” Jiang Xiao said.

Han Jiangxue and Li Weiyi caught up with them and carefully hid behind a tree while observing the situation.

To their surprise, Han Jiangxue, the commander, decided to ask Jiang Xiao for his opinion. “What do you think we should do?”

“Uh…” Jiang Xiao gave it some thought before answering, “It’d be best to assassinate as many of them as possible while they don’t notice us. Ideally, we should enter the cave. If there’s only one Savage Sorceress, it’d still be fine, but if a Savage Sorcerer joins the battle in advance, the situation will be very disadvantageous to us.”

“Okay, continue,” said Han Jiangxue, who agreed with Jiang Xiao’s battle tactic.

“Xia Yan and I will take a detour and try our best to kill those two female Archers as soon as possible. If the situation is ideal, we’ll be able to kill the two swordsmen at the back. If we alarm them, we’ll try to retreat as much as we can. You and I will work together to subdue the Savage Sorcerer and crush him.”

“Go ahead. Be careful,” Han Jiangxue said as she turned around after staring at the two female Archers at the top of the cave.

“Don’t worry, Xia Yan is here. Let’s go,” Jiang Xiao said as he got up and took a detour with Xia Yan.

Since there was a group of savages in there, there shouldn’t be any other savages around.

Even the savages were divided into camps. Although they all belonged to the same population in the eyes of human beings, population and power were different.

The two of them secretly did a detour, and when they finally arrived at the back of the cave, Xia Yan said softly, “We’ll take one each.”

“Can you manage? Don’t let your hands tremble,” Jiang Xiao said while walking in the woods. The nearer they got to the top of the cave, the fewer the trees. There was only some sparse grass.

“Younger brother, are you talking to me?” Xia Yan asked softly.

Jiang Xiao was smart enough to not answer her. He secretly pulled out the half-tooth sword from the sheath on the side of his thigh and turned his head to look at her.

Xia Yan raised her brows while tilting her head at the mountain.

Jiang Xiao fiddled with the sword and spun it fancily before leaning forward and moving away from the tree.

Xia Yan squinted. She could tell from Jiang Xiao’s movements that he had done that plenty of times before.

In that regard, Jiang Xiao didn’t have much of an objection.

Same old thing.

If he couldn’t even master moving in stealth, how could he be good at tailing in the future?

Regardless of the outcome of the assassination, she had already seen what Jiang Xiao had learned during the month that he spent in the snowfield.

His crouching gait was quick and steady, and he had a firm gaze in his eyes, without a tinge of fear or cowardice. He held his breath and looked straight ahead.

If only he had long hair. At least, it would flutter when the wind blows. This buzzcut boy isn’t in the least bit frivolous now, eh?

Jiang Xiao managed to stand motionless in the snowfield where temperatures and conditions were extremely harsh, what more a windy and beautiful forest. The environmental conditions there were superb.

Two female Archers stood on top of the cave.

The female Archers who had been switching identities between hunters and prey had wonderful figures and should have looked domineering and suave.

However, they looked just like the female hooligans standing in the alley behind the back doors of nightclubs. They were swaying from side to side like mud.

Seeing the way they were behaving, Jiang Xiao was infuriated.

Can you sit and stand gracefully?

Sigh, I expected better!

This female Archer has been led astray, why don’t we…

Jiang Xiao held onto his sword and tiptoed towards the female Archer.

*Screech*!

The sharp sword was perfect for cutting one’s throat.

Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan looked at each other, almost taking action at the same time!

Jiang Xiao pressed his left hand against the female Archer’s nose and mouth while holding the sword in his right hand. He then slit her throat, causing fresh blood to flow out. Jiang Xiao then carried her body from behind and slowly placed her on the ground.

On the other side, Xia Yan also pressed her hand against the mouth and nose of a female Archer, which she then placed onto the ground slowly.

She turned around, only to realize to her horror that Jiang Xiao had already tugged the female Archer’s shoulder-baring clothes upwards to cover her exposed skin.

Xia Yan looked at Jiang Xiao and gibed. “Is there something wrong with you?”

Jiang Xiao scratched his head and pinched the leather beside her shoulder before pulling her clothes down again to its original position, revealing her shoulders.

Xia Yan was dumbfounded.

Jiang Xiao was speechless.