C16 A Moment of Life and Death

"Okay." Chen Fann nodded his head lightly.

He didn't feel anything special about this matter. It was just like how he had hunted wild beasts ten years ago. However, now that he had moved from hunting beasts to destroying plants with Ice Crystal Black Lotus, it was actually easier.

He only needed to spend six hours a day searching for Ice Crystal Black Lotus.

Coincidentally, there was a plant in front of him. He trampled it to death with a single step, and that was the end of the matter.

Although the ice crystal ore formed from the lotus seeds of the Ice Crystal Black Lotus was poisonous, the Ice Crystal Black Lotus itself was not poisonous. Therefore, he would be fine even if he stepped on it with his foot.

After that, Chen Fann searched the surroundings once more. After he stepped on the rest of the Ice Crystal Black Lotus, he came over and pushed the sleigh back to the base.

On the way back to the base, he conveniently went to the fire station and took a few fire axes.

After the fight with Mountain Gnome just now, he had already understood the techniques of Mountain Gnomes.

Although the race of the Mountain Gnome was fragile, they were extremely good at hiding and sneak attacks. Besides, the poisonous ores shot out from their mouths could corrode fire axes; it was possible that if it hit him, the consequences would be disastrous.

When he destroyed the Ice Crystal Black Lotus later on, he was afraid that he would encounter a sneak attack from the Mountain Gnome.

Therefore, he needed to bring a few fire axes to protect himself.

In the days that followed, he seemed to have returned to the time ten years ago when he was clearing out wild beasts, reading for twelve hours, sleeping six hours, and searching for Ice Crystal Black Lotus for six hours.

When he was not seriously searching, he did not know that there were actually so many Ice Crystal Black Lotuses growing in the mountain city. It was also because he usually stayed at home and read books. Except when he went to the library to carry books, he basically never went out. There were so many Ice Crystal Black Lotuses growing outside.

Fortunately, he discovered this thing in time. Otherwise, when the lotus seeds formed by the Ice Crystal Black Lotus landed on the ground, they would condense into ice crystals and demon ores. If so many of them were taken underground by the Mountain Gnome... The Mountain Trolls would really speed up their recovery process.

Bang!

He stepped on another Ice Crystal Black Lotus to death.

It was already the twentieth day since he started dealing with the Ice Crystal Black Lotus. He had basically searched the entire mountain city inside out and had dealt with most of the Ice Crystal Black Lotus.

He only needed another two or three days to finish dealing with the remaining places he had yet to go.

Just as he was thinking, he discovered another stalk not far away from him.

Hmm?

Just as Chen Fann was about to step on the next one to death, he suddenly frowned.

Because he suddenly heard a dense sound coming from the snow around him.

It was another group of Mountain Gnomes, and this time there seemed to be quite a number of them!

To prevent him from destroying the Ice Crystal Black Lotus, Chen Fann encountered several Mountain Gnomes that ambushed him during this period.

Those Mountain Gnomes were naturally not Chen Fann's match. As long as he was prepared, the sneak attack of the Mountain Gnomes did not affect him.

Every time the Mountain Gnome appeared, he would shoot it to death with an arrow.

But this time, the Mountain Gnome seemed to have come in their numbers to deal with him.

It seemed like the Mountain Gnome had carefully planned everything to kill him.

After so many exchanges with the Mountain Gnome, Chen Fann discovered that the Mountain Gnomes indeed possessed high intelligence. Although it was impossible to communicate with them, their intelligence was estimated to be as high as that of a seven or eight-year-old child.

This was because this race had its own communication symbols and knew how to divide and cooperate. They knew how to sneak attack and hide, and they also knew how to use tools and so on. Although in Chen Fann's eyes, they were still very young and immature, their intelligence had already far exceeded that of ordinary animals. Even gorillas could not compare to them.

Listening to the footsteps coming from all directions, these Mountain Gnomes were probably hiding underneath the snow. Their hands were opening and closing in from the snow. With such a large number of them, Chen Fann even suspected that these Mountain Gnomes had come out in full force.

He slightly frowned.

Swoosh!

He instantly shot an arrow at the nearest sound.

This time he couldn't wait for these Mountain Gnomes to rush out. He wanted to shoot them directly in the snow.

If he waited until these Mountain Gnomes rushed out and sprayed poison ores at him, his situation would become very dangerous. With such a dense number of them, it would be difficult for him to escape.

Therefore, when the Mountain Gnome got closest to the ground, he shot an arrow straight into the snow. With his strength and ability to hit the target with one shot, he could make the entire arrow sink into the snow.

Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!

Just like that, Chen Fann drew ten bows in a row.

Every time the Mountain Gnome got very close to him and tried to sneak out of the snow to attack him before the Mountain Gnome could come out, he would instantly pull the longbow and shoot his opponent to death.

However, when he pulled the longbow for the twelfth time and shot the Mountain Gnome to death.

The sound under the surrounding snow suddenly stopped.

It was as if all the Mountain Gnome had evaporated in an instant. It stopped abruptly, and the surroundings became deathly silent.

Could it be that all the Mountain Gnomes had died?

No, that was impossible!

Chen Fann immediately ditched this idea.

When he shot the twelfth Mountain Gnome to death, he could clearly hear several other sounds coming from other places. There were definitely no deaths.

The remaining Mountain Gnome only went into hiding, like poisonous snakes lurking in the dark.

Chen Fann smelled a hint of danger.

He quietly took out the arrow bag and held it in his hand as a backup, his whole body tensed up.

When the Mountain Gnomes made sounds, no matter how many of them came, he did not falter. However, when the Mountain Gnomes suddenly quieted down, it made him feel a little uneasy.

Bang!

Suddenly, five Mountain Gnomes jumped out from the snow, appearing on either side of Chen Fann. Two on the left and three on the right. They were very close to him, less than ten meters away.

Under the cover of the other Mountain Gnome, these few Mountain Gnomes had successfully approached him.

The moment the Mountain Gnome jumped out of the snow, Chen Fann instantly drew two bows at the two Mountain Gnomes on the left. With his ability to speed up and the spare arrows in his hand, the interval between the two bows was less than two seconds.

However, even though he killed the two Mountain Gnomes on the left instantly, it was still too late to kill the Mountain Gnomes on his right.

Fortunately, Chen Fann had already made his prediction. After shooting the arrow, he immediately took off and jumped four to five meters away in an instant.

With his speed increasing ability, his speed was comparable to that of a cheetah.

After successfully dodging the attack of the Mountain Gnomes on his right, he shot two more Mountain Gnomes to death with his bow the moment he landed on the ground.

However, Chen Fann was a bit slow during his third shot, and there was a two-second delay in opening the two bows. When Chen Fann shot the third arrow, the last mountain goblin had already reacted and once again sprayed poisonous metal at him.

The moment he shot out the third arrow, the poisonous metal shot out by the Mountain Gnome arrived with a loud bang. Chen Fann used all his strength to dodge, but it was a little too late. Although he avoided the vital parts, the cone-shaped poisonous metal, there was still a streak of blood on his right thigh.

Boom!

In an instant, Chen Fann's pupils constricted, and his heart stopped beating.

His entire body went numb. The last Mountain Gnome was also pierced by his arrow in that instant. He and the Mountain Gnome fell to the ground at the same time.

Such a strong toxin, even if it was only a tiny bit of blood, it instantly paralyzed his nerves.

Chen Fann fell into the snow. A heart-wrenching pain came from his thigh. He could not see what was happening to his thigh, but he could feel that his thigh was slowly rotting.

This was a deadly poison that could even corrode metal, let alone his flesh and blood body.

Gradually, Chen Fann's consciousness began to blur with the severe pain.

Am I going to die?

Will I also be corroded and turn into a pool of blood?

Sure enough, I'm still so weak. Just dealing with the extraordinary creature's parasitic seed was enough to cost me my life.

This was the closest moment in his life to death, and he even fell into the hands of the weak Mountain Gnome. It was truly laughable.

Chen Fann's consciousness became fuzzier and gradually drifted away.

He didn't notice that there was an Ice Crystal Black Lotus beside him, and it was right above his injured thigh.

The Ice Crystal Black Lotus had already formed lotus seeds, and they slowly dripped down, landing right on his rotting thigh, and slowly solidifying into an ice crystal mine.