Chapter 228: The Art of Suffocation is Good

"Everyone hold on, the Lord will be back soon! Magic will definitely be able to kill the Trolls!"

But the only response he received was another scream; another Troll had thrown the weapon in its hand. Jibu's expression sank, knowing the most dangerous moment had arrived.

The members of Ximeng's squad had long been tense to the breaking point. Even though they knew the Trolls only had two weapons and had thrown them away, leaving them with nothing more, that scream still became the final straw that crushed their psychological defenses.

Two people immediately broke formation and ran toward the river, and the Trolls seemed to be attracted by those two straggling prey.

They immediately abandoned Jibu's formation, which was already on the verge of collapse, and charged toward the two fleeing people. Jibu wanted to stop them, but was powerless to do so.

The premise of a shield being effective is that the enemy charges at the shield. If the enemy does not charge at the shield and one wants to forcibly stop them, one must have the ability to threaten the opponent, which is something Jibu could not do.

Thus, Jibu could only watch helplessly as the two Trolls chased after them, stepping on the legs of the two previously injured people on the way, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

They then caught up to the two fleeing people by the river. Their long arms, which could hang to the ground while running, directly scooped up the two humans by the ankles and gave a forceful yank.

Splat, entrails fell all over the ground.

Jibu turned his gaze away in pain, his eyes filled with even more hatred for the Trolls. No matter how they were running away, they were still human! "Everyone, pull yourselves together! The Lord is coming back soon!"

The others were also filled with sorrow; they already knew that running away was the fastest way to die. At this moment, everyone abandoned their wishful thinking and gripped their weapons tightly.

At the same time, they mourned for the two injured companions who had fallen. Being outside the defensive formation, they would likely also meet a tragic end at the hands of the Trolls.

Seemingly stimulated by human flesh and blood, the two Trolls let out a low growl and slowly walked toward the two people who had been hit by their weapons earlier.

Just then, a low-frequency roar drifted over from the air, moving from far to near. The two Trolls stopped in their tracks, looking around and at the sky vigilantly.

As for Jibu's side, they were overjoyed—the Lord had finally returned!

Yes, Xia Duo had returned.

It was only a little over a mile from the treasure site to the Temporary Camp. If it were on flat, open ground, he would have returned long ago, but in this primeval forest with no human tracks, there were no good paths to take.

Even though Xia Duo had used his sword to clear a temporary path earlier, that only meant there were few obstacles above ground; he could not conjure a road out of thin air.

Stepping on the hard or soft ground of the forest, and having to cross tree roots and stones lying across the path from time to time, it was already very difficult to have rushed back this quickly.

On the way, he had already known that the Magic Alarm at the camp had been triggered; it was clear that those two large creatures had arrived at the camp.

Xia Duo felt very anxious, but other than rushing back as quickly as possible, there was nothing else he could do.

Fortunately, he was not too late in returning, but what he did not expect was that the two large creatures that had come were actually Trolls.

Looking from the clearing into the thicket, one might not see much, but looking from the thicket at the clearing of the camp, it was almost clear at a glance—people were already injured, or even dead!

Seeing the Trolls walking toward the injured people, Xia Duo immediately let out a tiger roar, and this sound of a wild beast successfully attracted the Trolls.

Next, Xia Duo walked out of the thicket, holding his Adamantine Sword, while shifting the sound source of his Ghost Sound to himself. Seeing the nervous appearance of the two Trolls, he extended his free hand and made a provocative gesture.

At the same time, regardless of whether they could understand Netherese, he cursed, "Bastards! Come over and die!"

The two Trolls hesitated, but as Xia Duo continued to provoke them, they finally could not help but charge toward him. At this moment, the Magic Xia Duo had been brewing for a long time was finally released.

——【Imprisonment Sphere】 *2. Knowing that besides their difficult-to-deal-with regenerative abilities, Trolls also possessed exceptionally powerful physical strength, Xia Duo did not try to imprison their legs like he did with the Bugbears, but chose their heads instead.

For opponents without Magic abilities, this method was nearly unsolvable.

However, Trolls were not comparable to ordinary creatures. Although they did not know what was wrapping around their heads, making them unable to breathe, this did not affect their ability to continue fighting.

Instead, it made them even more manic! They knew that as long as they killed the little person who had just appeared, they could get close to the things on their heads.

"Jibu, carefully step back, don't block the Trolls!" Xia Duo reminded him, while he himself also slowly walked toward the Trolls.

But before he had walked a few steps, the two Trolls had already rushed to his front, almost simultaneously reaching out their claws to grab at Xia Duo.

At this moment, Xia Duo suddenly displayed astonishing speed, twisting his body to dodge to the left, while thrusting his Adamantine Sword to slash at a Troll's leg.

At this moment, Xia Duo was incomparably calm. He knew that what he needed to do was not to compete with the Trolls in strength or agility, but to drag out the time until they suffocated.

Two consecutive dodges made Xia Duo feel terrified; the Trolls' agility was no weaker than his, and they actually had the advantage of their stature, making them even more flexible.

However, two dodges were already enough. At this time, Xia Duo and the Trolls had swapped positions, and behind him was the camp, was Jibu and the others.

Not needing to worry about the Trolls going wild, Xia Duo directly summoned a glob of acid and shot it at them. At such close range, there was no way it could miss.

Almost the moment the acid glob exploded and made contact with them, the two Trolls turned and ran. Xia Duo calmly blocked the splashing acid with 【Mage Armor】 and continued to manipulate the Magic Net; a line of fire was brewing in his hand.

The two Trolls would, of course, not really run away; the things wrapping their heads had not been resolved yet. Realizing this, they turned back again.

And waiting for them was a Fire Ray from Xia Duo, which directly hit one Troll's crotch at an angle. Immediately, a burnt smell mixed with a foul stench wafted out.

With their heads wrapped, this Troll could not even scream, only letting out a few muffled groans from its throat as it tore off the burning, rotting flesh.

At the same time, it charged toward Xia Duo even more manically.

Xia Duo, however, unhurriedly extracted two 【Imprisonment Sphere】s from the Magic Net. This time, it was just to delay time; two invisible Force Fields hit the thighs of the two Trolls respectively.

Although the Force Field was invisible, it had mass, instantly wrapping around the legs of the two Trolls, but this intensity could not completely imprison them.

The two Trolls staggered, then struggled to take steps again, their movements slow, as if walking in sticky marshland.

Xia Duo noticed the spiritual light of those two 【Imprisonment Sphere】s was chaotic, knowing that this imprisonment could not last long, so he quickly shouted to Jibu and the others:

"Jibu, bring me a shield! Others with shields, come over too!"

Thanks to book friend 【Wuxin】 for the 2000 reward!!

(End of chapter)