Free Web NovelChapter 1429: Chapter 1429: Falling into the Trap
On the field.
Yue Qiyuan truly underestimated her!
No matter how much he calculated, he didn’t anticipate Chu Jiaojiao would still have a backup plan. At that moment, both of them were holding bombs, each with only one in their hands!
Yue Qiyuan thought it over and decided to use it on Chu Jiaojiao. After eliminating the biggest uncertainty and danger, he believed everything afterward would be much simpler.
So, at the first glance of Chu Jiaojiao, he didn’t bother with pleasantries or rolling up his sleeves for a fight; he didn’t even say a word and directly pulled the bomb and threw it at her!
Due to technical and material limitations, once the bomb was pulled, it didn’t explode immediately. It slid some distance away, seemingly turning into a dud, but suddenly exploded. Yue Qiyuan didn’t care as Chu Jiaojiao had also thrown a bomb at him!
The power of that bomb appeared no less than the one he had thrown.
As soon as they saw each other, they both threw a bomb without saying anything or checking whether the other was hit, and just ran for it.
Both were duds, giving them about a 10-second head start to escape. Moreover, both had intended to avoid the road leading to the Commander Base of Camp 2 when throwing the bombs, so their escape actions were seamlessly executed.
Their directions were completely in sync.
Chu Jiaojiao, with a physical strength surpassing Yue Qiyuan, dashed away swiftly and quickly disappeared into the distance!
Yue Qiyuan saw this and thought to himself, "Oh no!"
Chu Jiaojiao, that sly fox, had laid a backup plan!
She used the main force at the front lines, drawing all the artillery fire and attention of Camp 2, while her true main force headed towards the Commander Base of Camp 2!
This was completely beyond Yue Qiyuan’s expectations!
When Wei Xiaoxiong ’died’, Yue Qiyuan immediately dispatched people to cleanse spies in his territory and strengthened border defenses, ensuring no enemies were left in his territory.
But...
How could Chu Jiaojiao have possibly sent people to infiltrate? Precisely because he was confident that before the official battle, there were no enemies within his controlled area, Yue Qiyuan dared to leave the Commander Base and engage in a prolonged battle with the enemy in certain regions.
While pursuing, Yue Qiyuan frantically shook his head in his mind.
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
He was just scaring himself.
Thinking this, he hadn’t even reached the Commander Base when faint sounds of slaughter could be heard in front of him, causing Yue Qiyuan to stagger, almost collapsing.
Taking advantage of Yue Qiyuan’s distraction, Chu Jiaojiao ran even farther and seemed to have joined her forces.
When Yue Qiyuan approached the Commander Base and saw the scene, he nearly fainted. He had arranged 100 people, an entire regiment there, and specially ordered Liang Youqing and others to provide support at any time!
But!
His people on the walls of Camp 2 were already very few, the enemy’s attack was too fierce to sustain.
In the blink of an eye, one regiment of the enemy had already breached the interior of the base.
Chu Jiaojiao agilely reached the top of Camp 2’s highest wall. Yue Qiyuan couldn’t think, he drew his bow and arrow, aimed and pulled—
Whizz—
Whizz! Whizz! Whizz!
Yue Qiyuan’s eyes widened: "!!!"
His bow had just been drawn, but before he could release it, three sharp arrows came straight at his face, quicker than him!
No escape!
He couldn’t avoid it!
Hoo~
Yue Qiyuan unleashed all his spiritual power, interfering vigorously with the three arrows. Two aimed right at his forehead fell to the ground with a thud.
Yue Qiyuan didn’t have time to exhale in relief because the other arrow wasn’t successfully interfered with in time; it veered slightly and plunged into his right arm.
Plop!
The sound of a sharp arrow penetrating flesh was very crisp.
Yue Qiyuan gritted his teeth, raised his hand, and found his arrow-struck arm trembling while holding the bow—
His heart skipped a beat.
Darn!
He was tricked!
The killer move wasn’t those two arrows, but this one in his arm! The opponent hid it too well, and coupled with the urgent situation, it caught him by surprise, leading him into the trap!
He could have dodged it if he had directed his spiritual interference to the arrow slightly off-center of the forehead; he would have dodged it.
On the wall, Chu Jiaojiao landed, patted the sniper’s shoulder, smiled, and praised: "Well done."
The sniper was a bit shy, frankly saying, "It was you who diverted the enemy’s attention, allowing me to achieve such precision."
Chu Jiaojiao laughed, "No need to be modest, you are the best sniper we have in Camp 1, and I trust you."
The sniper lowered his head.
Then.
Chu Jiaojiao said, "Continue."
The sniper readied himself again.
...
Yue Qiyuan found himself targeted, no matter where he hid, someone was always watching him, the dangerous feeling wouldn’t go away.
As a talent with S-level mental power, Yue Qiyuan’s senses were extremely sharp. He couldn’t dismiss it as mere delusion; in reality, he had pinpointed the sniper’s position, at the highest point of his Commander Base, atop that blockhouse!
Yue Qiyuan drew the bow again, but his wounded arm rendered his shots weak. The arrow barely got out before veering downward.
No good!
Yue Qiyuan realized he couldn’t use a ranged weapon anymore. Amidst the chaos, he flipped over the wall, feigning a run towards the Array Flag.
Chu Jiaojiao swiftly dashed a few times and vanished.
But Yue Qiyuan knew where she was heading—aside from the hiding spot of the Array Flag, there was nowhere else. Yet Yue Qiyuan didn’t bother because even if he found her, what could he do? Alone, he couldn’t withstand Chu Jiaojiao’s assaults.
Thus, deliberately misleading the enemy sniper, Yue Qiyuan took the opportunity to enter the command center. He needed to regroup the remaining personnel within the base; only then could he resist the enemy’s attack.
The remaining group had been stunned and panicked by the surprise attack, clueless about what to do. Upon seeing Yue Qiyuan’s figure, everyone was overjoyed: "Commander!"
"Commander—!!!!" Before anyone could celebrate, they collectively shrieked in fear in the next instant!
Without any prompts, the powerful spiritual sensation already gave Yue Qiyuan an intense sense of crisis. At that moment, he rolled on the ground, only to hear—
Whizz! Whizz! Whizz!
There was no time to dodge; several arrows had already struck him!
Enduring the severe pain on his body, Yue Qiyuan quickly found cover, but—
Too late!
He felt his heart thumping, something flowing out from the heart area, drip! drip! drip!
It was warm.
