Shadow

For a moment, arrows rained down.

In just five seconds, Chen Shouyi had fired eight arrows.

Unfortunately, only five hit their mark.

Seventy to eighty meters was still a bit too far for him, and the constant rocking of the dugout canoe on the sea made the hit rate even lower.

Fortunately, quantity made up for everything.

Seeing the two barbarians fall, he let out a long breath and put the war bow aside.

Then he continued paddling, slowly approaching the dugout canoe.

The Shell Girl, who had been hiding in fear, saw that everything was safe. Before Chen Shouyi could coax her, she eagerly flew out of the cabin and voluntarily flew to the distant dugout canoe to scout the target. She quickly flew back, her face filled with panic, saying:

"It's bad, it's bad! One giant is dead! One giant is still alive."

Can you stop being so jumpy? I thought something serious had happened!

Chen Shouyi looked at the Shell Girl, who was anxiously informing him of the situation ahead, feeling a bit speechless.

Except for one who was shot in the head and died instantly, the other was only hit twice in the chest. How could he die so quickly!

He slowly paddled, and after a minute, he finally got close to the dugout canoe.

The surviving barbarian was spitting blood continuously, his eyes filled with terror.

Chen Shouyi grabbed the rope with one hand, drew his sword with the other, and leaped onto the opponent's dugout canoe.

The barbarian struggled excitedly a few times, but the two three-edged arrows stuck in his chest had already taken all his strength.

"How many people are in your tribe?" Chen Shouyi walked forward, pointing his sword at the barbarian's throat, and asked coldly.

The barbarian glared with rage:

"Xikluo, Hobigusuobadaya, will kill you."

He mumbled a sentence, then suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fell silent forever.

Chen Shouyi listened intently, but only understood the last few words.

His expression became somewhat serious.

Although he didn't know what the first part meant, from the latter part, he could tell that this barbarian tribe clearly had some backing and was confident they could kill him.

He didn't bother dealing with the dugout canoe and immediately jumped back.

He took out the universal dictionary.

He quickly searched based on pronunciation.

Not long after, he found the meaning of the first sentence.

It was a word meaning Lost Soul; Hell and Evil One. Based on the context, this was clearly referring to him, likely meaning Evil One.

Is this how the barbarians see me?

He fell silent for a moment.

He continued to search for the second sentence. This one was spoken quite vaguely, and he could only search based on his general memory.

In the end, he only found two syllables. One meant Tree, and the other meant Holy or Sacred. He couldn't find any corresponding meanings for the rest.

"Sacred Tree?"

"Or Holy Tree?"

The meanings seemed the same.

"So, this tribe has a tree that can kill him," Chen Shouyi thought to himself.

If someone said in Earth that a tree could kill you, Chen Shouyi would have scoffed.

But in this world, some powerful plants possessed extraordinary abilities, even able to walk the land like animals.

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the mysterious item that looked like a walnut he had obtained from the barbarian chief.

A shadow fell over his heart.

He looked towards the small island in the distance.

It was lush and green, appearing like a dense forest from afar.

Perhaps because he stared for too long, the forest suddenly seemed gloomy in his eyes, as if shrouded in a shadow.

He quickly blinked and looked again, but everything returned to normal.

"Illusion or psychological factor."

Chen Shouyi was unsure.

However, he had come in a hurry today, and there wasn't enough time. He had only come to scout and confirm, and had no intention of landing on the island.

It was already noon when he left. An estimated three hours had passed. Even if it took the same amount of time to return, it would be dark on Earth.

He watched from afar for a while before deciding to return.

He would make plans for the next day or two.

He tied the other party's dugout canoe to his own with a rope, and then began to paddle back.

Dragging a dugout canoe, his speed immediately slowed down, and it was five hours later when he returned to the small island.

Before leaving the island, he took a bath by a nearby water pool, washing away the dirt on his body and removing a few bloodstains from his clothes.

After walking out of the passage.

Except for a few independently powered buildings in the distance that were still emitting light, it was pitch black outside.

The power was still out.

The streets were deserted. Apart from a few scattered cars, emitting heavy exhaust fumes as they drove by, he was the only one walking on the entire street.

Of course, there were a few police officers.

Because of his suspicious whereabouts, Chen Shouyi was questioned by the police several times along the way.

Fortunately, his slightly immature face was his best camouflage.

Who would have thought that not long ago, he had calmly killed two barbarians and dealt with a human corpse.

"Don't wander around the streets, okay? Where do you live? Go home immediately!"

"Okay, okay, I'm heading home!"

"Dad! Mom! I'm back, open the door quickly."

"You should have died outside, why are you back? What time is it?" Mother Chen scolded with a dark face as the roller shutter door opened.

"Mom, something really happened today, and I walked too far. I didn't make it back in time." Chen Shouyi shrunk his head and quickly squeezed through the roller shutter door.

"Then tell me, what happened?"

"I can't say, it's important!" Chen Shouyi tried to gloss over it.

Mother Chen seemed to have thought of something, and her attitude immediately softened: "You still can't come back this late. It's so dangerous outside. Someone died near us today."

"Mom, what are you worrying about? If I could take the assessment now, I would already be a martial apprentice!"

Feeling Mother Chen's fear, Chen Shouyi suddenly felt that he should show off his strength a little. Otherwise, every late return would make his parents worry.

He looked left and right, picked up a bowl from the restaurant's square table, and easily broke off a piece as if he were crushing a biscuit. He then held the piece in his hand, seemingly preparing to crush it with his fingers.

"You don't want your hands anymore?" Mother Chen was so frightened that she exclaimed in alarm:

Before she could finish speaking, Chen Shouyi's fingers had already exerted force and rubbed together. With a chilling cracking sound, countless powder sprinkled down.

"Let me see quickly, did you cut your hand!" Mother Chen nervously grabbed Chen Shouyi's hand.

Chen Shouyi spread his hand open. Apart from his index finger and thumb being slightly red from exerting too much force, his palm was completely unharmed.

"See, it's fine." Chen Shouyi said somewhat smugly.

His astonishing constitution of 138 made his seemingly delicate baby-like skin extremely tough. An ordinary person with an ordinary dagger, if not using all their strength, probably couldn't even pierce it.

"Slap!" Chen Shouyi's back of the head hurt.

"Look at you, can't I still manage you? If you do something like this again next time, watch your hide."