Volume 2: The Source of Life Chapter 12: Kakabu's Counterattack

  The sun rises a bit late in the Ma'anshan Mountains, and it's around 8 o'clock when the light in the forest becomes sufficient.

  Kaka slowly got up from my arms, looked at the distant mountain peaks, and suddenly smiled: "Brother, look, the branches haven't broken yet."

  Lin Miao Xian had been waiting under the tree for a while, and when she saw us wake up, she said: "We need to leave the range of the Netherworld Border before noon, then walk in a straight line, and we should be able to reach the village where I was born by nightfall."

  "Uh-huh, got it." I replied, hugging Kaka and jumping down from the branch.

  "Be careful, Lin sister, there are more and more patrols around here!" KaKaBu suddenly said with a smile.

  The two girls tidied up their clothes and appearance, I started to sweep away the traces that had been left behind, burying some items that would no longer be needed in the future. After everything was tidy, the three of us continued on our way.

  After about half an hour, we arrived at a grassy area. Suddenly, a faint humming noise came from afar.

  "What's wrong?" Lin Muxian asked as he saw me suddenly stop.

  I cocked my ear to listen for a moment, furrowed my brow and said: "There are many things rushing towards us from the front. Judging by the sound and vibration frequency, it's very likely that... uh, wild rabbits!"

  "Wild rabbit?" Lin Miao Xian was also perplexed.

  "Look out," Kakabu suddenly cried: "There's a patrol ahead!"

  Her glasses are the Soul Tool of Life and Death, and their excellent effect is to check the dead energy on the body of the deceased. In my understanding, this thing is like a far-infrared thermal imaging detector, as long as the distance is reached, it can detect clearly. There's no need to worry about being blocked by anything.

  "Hide!"

  This is a thicket of grass and weeds. A quick scan with my eyes and I soon found several hidden good spots. As long as you're not intentionally looking for them, it's no problem to evade the patrol teams.

  "It's a weasel!" Lin Miao Xian suddenly shouted, jumping out from his hiding place and running towards me. Luckily the patrol team was still far away, otherwise this one shout would have exposed us.

  Facing my accusing gaze, Lin Muxian weakly said: "Sorry!"

  My hiding place is a grassy hollow, with weeds crisscrossing and standing upright all around, just covering up the space above.

  The two of us stuck together like this, Lin Muxian's chest kept heaving, and the eyes looking at me were also filled with terror.

  I whispered in her ear: "It's just a field mouse, what's there to be afraid of?"

  Before he could finish speaking, a loud thud was heard, and a large greyish-black object fell into the pit.

  I craned my neck for a peek and was slightly startled in my heart - this wasn't a field mouse at all, it was actually a mouse hare!

  Its sturdy body is at least 10 kilograms, with two small eyes that are full of fierce and menacing glint. Two sharp incisors protrude from its mouth, making it easy to imagine how efficiently it can gnaw through rice fields.

  After falling into the pit, the field mouse struggled desperately with its four limbs, as if something terrifying was chasing after it, and ran out with all its might. But the soil of the grass pit was not solid, the more it struggled to run, the more useless it became.

  Seeing Lin searching for immortals with a pale face, I lifted my foot and gently kicked the poor field mouse out of the pit.

  "Thank you, thank you!" Lin Muxian's words were a bit stuttered.

  Suddenly, I was a bit worried about Kaka. Would she be okay hiding alone in the grass?

  What happened next made me forget to think about these things, and at first it was just a few field mice that fell into the grass pit from time to time, but as the amplitude of the vibration got bigger and bigger, more and more field mice came running this way.

  They fell into the grass pit, crowded and scolding each other. Gradually, this army of field mice had occupied half of the grass pit, and some even jumped back and forth across the interval.

  Lin Miao Xian's face had already turned pale as snow, she hugged my arms tightly, even a thousand jin lever couldn't pry them open.

  At this time, the patrol team's shouting had already reached my ears, and I didn't dare make too much movement. I could only cover my crotch with one hand while using the "dantian" skill from traditional martial arts to explosively contract and relax the muscles on my body in a small space, generating powerful explosive force to bounce off the rat on my body.

  This state of affairs lasted for a full fifteen minutes, when the latter field mice, exhausted, lost their power to jump out of the grass pit, and I did not dare to kick them flying, so that they could only rush back and forth in the grass pit, when a bright and cheerful laugh sounded.

  "Brother Ken, we've been driving these field mice for three days now. By tomorrow night, it'll be the final moment to complete our task. Can we make it?"

  "Haha, you little brat, you've been holding back all this time, just waiting for tomorrow to come and go on a big killing spree. And now you're asking this question." A rough voice replied.

  "Yinni, is your soul tool's power enough?" The man asked again.

  "Ah, that's enough, Big Brother Kens. From here to Derby Cliff is only thirty miles away, and with three more deployments, it's no problem." It was a woman's voice.

  "Alright, we'll catch up. With this mission accomplished, our team's achievements will be enough to promote us to Peacekeepers."

  "Haha," a bright and cheerful voice said: "Big Brother Kens, becoming a Peacekeeper is my dream! I've heard that people outside are all very weak. Don't look at me like this, but once I'm outside, I'll be considered a hero-class."

  Kens sneered, "You little brat, don't be so arrogant, the outside world is complicated, I've heard that some things have a power stronger than soul artifacts, and can easily destroy an entire island."

  "Haha, big brother scared me again! The 9th-level soul artifact of the Elder Group isn't even this fierce!"

  Three people laughed and jumped past me, quickly sweeping in the direction of the fleeing field mouse.

  Looking at the three people's gradually disappearing backs, Lin Miao Xian lightly let out a breath and whispered in my ear: "This is the famous Golden Combination of the patrol team. Kens is the leader, a 5th-level Soul Master. Jie Te and Yin Ni also have strength close to the 4th level, almost at the 5th level. The three of them coordinate extremely well. If they discover us, we're done for."

  I smiled faintly, Kens was a middle-aged man, tall and sturdy, wearing a tiger skin vest, with a wide, nearly one-foot thick broadsword slung behind his back. From his stride and posture, Kens was not only an expert in soul equipment, but also a master of hand-to-hand combat.

  I'm worried about encountering this kind of vengeful spirit master, who can wield soul artifacts and has considerable personal strength.

  Kick those few remaining field mice out of the grass nest, I slowly got up and said to Lin Muxian: "You stay here and don't move, I'll go take a look at Kakabu."

  After that, I crawled towards the grass nest where Kakabu was hiding. Although Kakabu is a genius and a divine child, she's still just a little girl after all, and has an innate fear of mice. Since I hadn't seen her make any unusual movements earlier, maybe she had fainted from fright.

  The two grass pits were not far apart. Before I got there, Kaka Bu poked his head out of the pit and gave me a sly smile with his lovely big eyes.

  Seeing this mischievous expression, I helplessly shook my head and sighed: "He's really a troublesome guy who makes you laugh and cry at the same time."

  I winked at her and made a gesture to stay still, then turned around to leave. Ken and the others hadn't gone far, if they were startled now, it would be really unlucky.

  But then, KakaBu suddenly burst out laughing at me, his smile was particularly radiant and sunny, so sunny that it seemed somewhat ominous.

  He muttered to himself, "This is not good," when suddenly Kaka jumped out of the grass and ran towards Kens, shouting: "Kens save me! Ahhh, it's all over, the killer is after me! He killed Peter, he killed Brad, he killed Wina too... Ahhh, if Kens doesn't save me, Kaka will be next..."