25: Chapter 25 Misfortunes never come singly, danger strikes again

Lin Ye charged into the curtain of rain.

He had only run a dozen meters or so, but he was already soaked to the bone.

He dashed straight toward several broad-leaf plants resembling banana trees ahead; this was where he had obtained leaves before.

Pulling out his dagger, he sliced off a large, broad leaf over two meters long and held it directly over his head.

The leaf blocked the torrential rain pouring down from above, and his ears were filled with the "pitter-patter" sound of the rain.

With one hand holding the giant leaf and the other gripping his spear, Lin Ye trudged through the mud, stepping unevenly as he made his way toward the higher ground of the hills.

In the Great Xia Live Stream, the screen was filled with anxious messages.

[Why did Brother Eye run out? That tree hollow could at least block the rain!]

[This rain is too heavy; it looks freezing just watching it.]

[The wind and rain are so strong outside, what if he encounters a beast? This is too reckless!]

[Brother Eye has it so tough; he just had a full meal and now he's back to fleeing for his life.]

[Can't he just wait for the rain to stop?]

Overseas viewers seized the opportunity and immediately flooded in to mock him.

[USA: Running out at a time like this is just asking for death!]

[Island Country: Yoshi! The Great Xia idiot, leaving a perfectly good tree hollow to run out and get soaked in the rain!]

[India: Is this rat finally about to be dealt with by nature!]

At the commentary desk, Commentator Chen Guofeng stared at the screen and slapped the table.

"Well done! Lin Ye's decisiveness is incredible!"

"Look at the speed of the water accumulation! His tree hollow is a semi-recessed groove; if he had stayed any longer, he would be learning to swim like a turtle in there within half an hour!"

Xu Mingyuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead:

"Commentator Chen is right. Jungle storms easily cause flooding. Hypothermia is certainly terrifying, but compared to being drowned alive, moving to higher ground is the only way to survive!"

At this moment, on the Level 2 Floating Island where Lin Ye was located, the flooding had become extremely severe.

He trudged through the mud, with muddy water submerging his calves.

His stamina was being rapidly depleted.

Even worse, his vision was obscured by the thick curtain of rain, and he couldn't see anything beyond ten meters.

He blinked his left eye.

Eye of Destiny, activate!

A patch of red halo was darting around frantically over a hundred meters to his front left.

That was a beast also flushed out of its lair by the flooding; the torrential rain had left it in a state of panic and agitation.

Lin Ye decisively changed direction, bypassing that area.

Enduring the slight stinging sensation in his left eye, he relied on the precognition of the Eye of Destiny to bypass several beasts in succession.

However, when he finally managed to pass through a dense forest, his path was forcibly cut off.

The torrential rain had converged, carving out a rapid, ten-meter-wide torrent in the low-lying area.

Mixed with broken branches, thorns, and even half-logs, the water was extremely fierce.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and, through the rain curtain, looked at an isolated, raised mound on the opposite bank.

That was the only high ground in the vicinity.

Lin Ye tossed away the broad leaf over his head.

He raised his right arm.

"Bang!"

The Wind-Chasing Claw shot through the air, its three-clawed hook biting into a tree trunk on the opposite bank.

Lin Ye gritted his teeth, pulling the cable taut with one hand while holding his wooden spear in the other, and stepped directly into the bone-chilling torrent.

The force of the water current was astonishing.

With the lower half of his body submerged in the muddy yellow water, he pulled the cable tight and moved inch by inch toward the opposite bank through the torrent.

Muddy water choked his nose and mouth, but he didn't even have a moment to cough; he could only exert all his strength.

After exerting Herculean effort, he finally crawled out of the water and onto the mound.

Lin Ye used his spear to support his body; his legs were weak, and he was panting heavily.

Muddy water dripped from the hem of his clothes; he was in a wretched state.

However, before he could catch his breath, a sound of churning mud suddenly came from the other side.

A massive shadow crawled up from the slope on the back of the mound.

It was a full size larger than an adult brown bear, covered in thick, horny scales.

As soon as it stood still, it shook the muddy water off its body frantically and let out a low roar.

The light screen in his right eye displayed information.

[Mountain Beast]

Lin Ye's heart tightened.

With just one glance, he recognized it; this was the very creature from yesterday that he had been over a hundred meters away from.

The very entity that had forced him into a "strategic retreat" with just a single roar!

"Damn, talk about a small world."

Man and beast stared at each other on top of this narrow mound.

The Great Xia Live Stream exploded instantly, the screen filled with despair.

[Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!!]

[It's even bigger than a bear, how can he fight that?!]

[It's over, with that size, it could swallow Brother Eye in one bite!]

[Heaven is destroying Brother Eye!]

[I can't bear to watch, someone save him!]

Compared to the anxious Great Xia viewers, the overseas comments were in a state of collective revelry.

[USA: Hahaha! Let's see how he survives this now!]

[Island Country: Amaterasu has revealed her divinity; Great Xia's ace is about to fall!]

[France: Tear him apart! This is the price of arrogance!]

The Mountain Beast was already incredibly agitated from being drenched by the rain.

The "bipedal beast" that had suddenly popped up right in front of it became its target for venting its anger.

"Roar—!"

The Mountain Beast pushed off with its hind legs on the muddy ground, opened its bloodthirsty maw, swung its giant claws, and launched a fierce attack on Lin Ye!

The speed was so fast that it gave him no room to dodge.

Lin Ye instinctively raised his spear and held it horizontally across his chest to block.

"Bang!"

The Mountain Beast's giant claw slammed solidly onto the spear.

The terrifying force traveled along the spear shaft; Lin Ye felt intense pain in the web of his hand and nearly lost his grip.

He was knocked backward several meters, his feet plowing two deep furrows into the mud.

He looked down and saw that the spear in his hand was already covered in cracks!

The gap in strength was too great.

He couldn't fight it head-on.

Facing the Mountain Beast charging at him again, Lin Ye held his breath.

He engaged his core, gripped the spear with both hands, and thrust it hard against the creature's chest!

The spear tip pressed against the Mountain Beast's thick hide but couldn't pierce it at all.

But Lin Ye wasn't looking for lethality!

Using the rebound force from the wooden spear pressing against the creature, he withdrew and retreated backward.

One step, two steps...

Behind him was the very torrent that was raging!

Just as Lin Ye was about to miss his footing and fall into the torrent.

He suddenly raised his right arm, and his left hand slapped the switch on his wrist guard like lightning.

"Bang—!"

The Wind-Chasing Claw shot out.

Crossing over the flood below, it bit into a thick branch of a giant tree a dozen meters away from the mound.

The cable pulled taut and retracted.

Lin Ye's body was lifted off the ground, sweeping over the surging torrent!

The Mountain Beast lunged into thin air, its front claws slamming heavily onto the edge of the torrent, splashing up a large amount of mud.

It could only let out a roar of frustration at Lin Ye in mid-air.

Flying over the torrent.

Lin Ye released the button with his thumb, and the grappling claw retracted.

His body, using the remaining momentum, landed on the muddy ground on the opposite side.

As soon as he touched the ground, he rolled forward, perfectly dissipating the force of the fall.

The mood in the Great Xia Live Stream was like a rollercoaster, the screen filled with exclamations.

[Holy crap! Flying and burrowing! Brother Eye is awesome!]

[Scared the hell out of me, my heart almost stopped!]

[Wind-Chasing Claw: I finally got a real job this time!]

[Body flying in front, soul chasing behind!]

[Foreign dogs, come out and get beaten! See clearly what real strength is!]

However, just as Lin Ye prepared to stand up, an unexpected change occurred.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

A sound of the ground cracking came from beneath his feet.

The patch of muddy ground where he landed had actually been hollowed out by the torrential rain!

"Are you kidding me?"

The thought had barely crossed his mind when countless cracks tore open beneath his feet!

The ground collapsed!

His vision spun dizzily.

He fell into the bottomless crevice along with the collapsing earth and rocks!