Chapter 1096: Creatures Easily Shaken
Xu Huo slightly altered his voice. "Good things should be shared. Since I've seen it, it's only fair to give me a cut."
Jiang Wenzhang and Zheng Da gritted their teeth privately. The former said, "Reveal your identity, or the two of us will deal with you first before splitting anything!"
"You can try." Xu Huo chuckled. "There's nothing else here, but plenty of Xenomorphs. If I make even a little noise, no one's getting out safely."
"I don't know if I can survive your hands, but attracting Xenomorphs is no problem."
"You're Xu Zhi." Jiang Wenzhang said with certainty. "Even if you've changed your voice, you can't change your build in a hurry. We've all seen our companions' items!"
"Fine," Zheng Da echoed. "We kindly took you in, but you harbor ill intentions. Now you want to kill me and Jiang Wenzhang too!"
Xu Huo neither denied nor admitted it. The purpose of the two saying this was to force him to reveal his identity. But since entering Xiaohe City, he hadn't shown any of his items, and when killing people by the river, he rarely left traces of items. There was only one reason for this: to confuse the opposition.
People are easily shaken creatures. They usually don't stick to their judgments one hundred percent. Under different conditions, as long as they are guided, the results of their judgments will change accordingly.
The more ambiguous, the easier it is to achieve.
Now there were only a few of them. Zheng Da's group could be sure that the person who acted by the river was him, but reasoning backward from the final result, it was also possible that there was a problem among the internal personnel.
Who could say for sure that he was the one who killed them?
Were there any eyewitnesses?
Was Pu Gaoshan's word absolutely trustworthy?
So it was the same now. Without seeing it with their own eyes, anything was possible.
Seeing that he was unmoved, Zheng Da said viciously, "Stop wasting words with him. Whoever he is, just kill him and be done with it!"
But Jiang Wenzhang hesitated. He thought a bit more than Zheng Da. If Xu Huo could easily kill four players, why wouldn't he show his face in this situation? Killing him and Zheng Da here would leave no witnesses. Then he could lure out the Xenomorphs, and no one would know... unless the other party wasn't confident he could kill them.
The players who came out this time were all of similar strength. Two against one had no chance of victory. This was to guard against returning to Xiaohe City afterward.
Jiang Wenzhang considered for a moment and said, "The Xenomorph nest isn't safe. If we're going to split things, let's do it somewhere else. What do you think?"
He was asking Xu Huo.
Xu Huo glanced at the dissatisfied Zheng Da and said with a light laugh, "Once we're out, there's no business for me. Why don't we just split it here?"
Jiang Wenzhang pointed to the ground. "Although Xenomorphs often fight among themselves, a few dead ones won't alert the others. But the smell of blood will definitely attract hungry Xenomorphs to feed. If we get trapped here, it won't be good for anyone."
Xu Huo thought it over briefly and agreed. He slightly shifted his attention, pointing to a passage and saying, "I know there's something ahead..."
Before he could finish, Jiang Wenzhang took advantage of his turned head to attack, simultaneously using an item to lift a stone block into the air!
"Bang!" The item swords clashed. Xu Huo retreated repeatedly, even forced to pull back the thread he had placed on the stone. And just as Jiang Wenzhang pursued, Zheng Da stabbed him in the back, using an item to pull the stone block toward himself.
The two were already in a tug-of-war with their items. Jiang Wenzhang suddenly pulled back, Zheng Da's item dropped, and the stone block landed firmly in his hands. The next second, it vanished without a trace!
"Jiang Wenzhang! You're too black-hearted!" Zheng Da roared, flashing in front of Jiang Wenzhang and, wearing item gloves, punched him in the face!
Jiang Wenzhang was equally shocked and furious—truly shocked and furious. The three had agreed to split the stone, but this bastard suddenly attacked, not only striking the person opposite but then turning on him!
After taking a punch, Jiang Wenzhang stumbled back and couldn't help but hiss, "Did you eat too many mushrooms? Starting an internal fight at a time like this!"
Zheng Da sneered, not caring at all, and kept attacking him. While fighting, he said, "I've put up with your nagging long enough. Now hand over the Subclass Stone!"
In reality, the stone had been sitting in place, covered by an item, unmoved. But now Zheng Da forced Jiang Wenzhang back, and the two were locked in a fierce fight. Xu Huo took the opportunity to go over, collect the stone, and turn to leave without a word.
"Stop!" Jiang Wenzhang threw out an item to seal the passage, but the sound of the item embedding into the stone attracted the attention of the Xenomorphs. Hearing the faint sound of beasts moving, he roared at Zheng Da, "If we keep fighting, we'll all die here!"
Zheng Da also realized the situation was wrong. He threw out a "I'll settle this with you outside" and turned to leave.
Jiang Wenzhang naturally ran too, keeping an eye on Xu Huo behind him as he fled. But at that moment, Zheng Da suddenly tossed out a Defense Item. The spinning metal piece rapidly grew, expanding in less than the blink of an eye to fill the passage, easily piercing into the walls and completely sealing it off!
Hearing the sounds of banging from inside, Jiang Wenzhang and Zheng Da had different expressions:
The former thought about eliminating an opponent, while the latter thought about the huge Subclass Stone sealed inside!
But in that same moment of thought and action, Xenomorphs had already emerged from other passages. Forced to, Jiang Wenzhang had to follow Zheng Da and run.
Even if they wore Invisibility Cloaks, and the Xenomorphs couldn't see or smell them, if a blank barrier appeared somewhere in the passage or cave, it would still attract a Xenomorph attack. Not to mention such a large number of Xenomorphs, almost blocking the entire passage. Once blocked, they would have no room to move!
Xu Huo, trapped behind, faced a similar situation. The passage was sealed front and back, leaving him with less than ten meters of space to move.
But that was fine. He had Excavator 114.
The passage wasn't tall enough, but 114, having already adapted to the environment, came out and crouched down. After scanning the stone wall, its right arm split at the wrist and began spinning at high speed. It drilled several holes into a certain spot on the opposite wall, then pressed its palm against it. Over a meter of stone wall crumbled, and rocks clattered into the passage.
Well, it happened to connect to the hole it had dug earlier.
Of course, this hole wasn't impenetrable to Xenomorphs. To prevent the exit from being blocked, Xu Huo threw in some "soul-stirring good stuff." After the scent spread, he crawled in and moved at top speed into another nearby cave.
The passages for Xenomorphs still weren't spacious enough. Only the caves deliberately dug out for females to breed and for group living were larger and more convenient for movement.
He had planned to wait until this wave of Xenomorphs quieted down before leaving. But he hadn't expected those idiots Zheng Da and Jiang Wenzhang to use bombs to blow up the Xenomorphs. Almost the moment the explosion sounded, Xu Huo felt the entire underground of the Stone Valley come alive!
(Chapter End)