Straw@hat publication ; Chapter - 22 ; Caught by surprise::

Huo ling was hiding in a tree and looking at a giant Lizard like creature it's body was like a lizard but mouth was somewhat resembling a crocodile. A very erie aura could be seen seeping from the creature.

" So this is a Dark Nink, it's defence is ridiculously high " he had observed it for sometime now and came to this conclusion.

Even stage two masters could not easily kill this beast. Much less him without a single attack based Celestial worm.

He sighed and smiled " It is good that I only need it's teeth or else I would have to skip this bold idea of mine" .

It had been a month since he had took all those missions. He carefully picked the ones which can be done swiftly and around a single place.

So he had completed all of them already. After that he was collecting the materials required for begining refinement. The teeth of this Dark Nink were the last item he required.

" Although it would be very difficult to get it done , if my theory came to practicality ha ha ..... " He felt excitement even thinking about it.

He slowly approached the beast and confronted it , there was no point to sneak attack he was sure doing that would be adding fuel to fire by enraging the beast early in the fight.

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Not too far from the fight five people were observing the situation carefully.

" Boss that kid has hit his head on the ground , he is trying to provoke a Dark Nink. " A stage one master spoke to a muddle aged person standing beside him.

" Looks like we don't even need to do anything , this stupid brat will die automatically and we can have rewards from young master Chen for free " another one laughed.

They were the group sent by Chen Chang. They finally found him after much searching and now were going to attack but suddenly the prey entangled a stage two monster.

If it was an ordinary stage two monster they would have acted but it was too terrifying of a creature. Even having two stage two masters they don't wanted to get into fight with a Dark Nink.

"Lets wait and finish him if he tries to escape" the stage two master said , he had been told that target has a quick movement Celestial.

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Huo ling was dodging around and avoiding the attacks from the beast but he was also not getting any chance to strike back.

" It is not good if I keep doing so my celestial essence will run out and then I will be a fish on the chopping board" he understood his situation clearly.

He concentrated all his essence in his wooden sword and tried to make a reckless attack.

But as soon as his attack neared his eyes narrowed and he quickly changed the stance from attack to defence activating his water skin celestial.

The tail of the Nink suddenly leashed as lightning towards him. He was in midair so he tried to parry the attack with his sword.

The tail and the sword collided he shook violently but manged to diffuse some energy from the attack and also slightly deflected it.

Soon the tail made contact with his defence Celestial and sent him flying for a long distance.

" Damn it , he quickly activated the Swift Gale celestial and charged towards the Dark Nink" he again started tk dodge attacks and smiled.

" That was a close onez a little late and I would have fell for it so badly" he was getting a chill of after fear.

He manged to defend against the attack of the beast without getting any damage but due to impact was thrown at least 60 feet backwards. And with his soul sense he detected an ambush for him nearby.

So he quickly charged forward or they would have attacked him. Who else they can be if not the party of Chen family.

He smiled " And here I thought, how was I going to injure this beast, but these guys came at a perfect timing. You want to ambush me lets make it clear that bad karma brings bad omen " he was ready with his plan .

Those five were under a concealment , but how could they escape the detection of his soul sense worm after coming in the radius of 15 feet.

He slowly was pushed back by the beast and the fight was nearing the five ambushers, but before they could change their position it was already too late.

Huo ling activated his speed burst and quickly chopped the tree on which five of them were hiding. The Nink had also very swiftly followed him.

But Huo ling didn't stop after attacking the tree and merged into the shadow of the next tree. It happened too fast, it didn't even take a full second.

The five people were caught off-guard their concealment was from a stage one master and after being disturbed from the fall of the tree it wore off. The Nink was very close to them so it locked onto their presence.

Also taking the advantage of the disturbance in the tracking of the beast , Huo Ling quickly went to stealth in the nearest shadow.

" Fuck you bastard , wait for me to deal with the situation I will skin you alive" the stage two master shouted his fave sank and shade of green took over.

Suddenly the bite of the Nink reached him and he managed to negate it but still was left with bite marks due to getting caught off-guard.

All five of them got into formation and the fight began.

The stage one master yelled " You fucker what were you doing how did he get our location so precisely, and you call yourself a stealth Celestial master"

He was shouting at the person responsible for stealth. Due to the sudden loss of Target the Dark Nink had directed its attack towards them and getting caught unprepared they were getting suppressed despite their strength and numbers .

They already had bad chances against the monster but now they were also dealing with such a situation.

All five of them cursed the generations of Huo ling while fighting. That brat had played it too good this time and their arrogance of superiority had got them into such situation.

If not for their arrogance they would not have been so close to the target and also remain so unprepared for any kind of attack.

This was a perfect blunder of having eyes over the head and leaving the neck stretched out.

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