Dawn of a New Era - Chapter 38

Chapter 38: Life and Death Sniping

Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
The atmosphere instantly grew heavy. Even the air seemed to feel tense.

The rainwater continued falling into Chen Shouyi’s eyes. It felt like there was sand in his eyes and the pain was extremely difficult to bear. But even so, he didn’t dare to blink at all.

He pulled his battle bow but even after aiming for a long time, he didn’t fire any arrows.

At this moment, the canoe was still roughly about 150 meters away from the shore. Under such a far distance, gravity, the current atmosphere, and environment, one had to accurately take all these factors into account.

This was especially so that it was raining heavily now. Chen Shouyi didn’t have the slightest bit of confidence at all.

Even during normal training, he had never aimed to shoot for such a far distance.

He contemplated for a moment and decided to give up.

Just when Chen Shouyi relaxed his grip on the bow, that tall barbarian instantly moved.

He swiftly took out a short spear roughly about one meter long and about the thickness of a child’s arm and once again launched it toward Chen Shouyi with force.

A small dot from afar blasted through the air with roaring force. It was like a rocket artillery whistling as it shot out. Luckily, this time wasn’t like before when he was caught off guard. Chen Shouyi instinctively stepped to the left and easily evaded this attack.

The short spear heavily pierced into the sandy beach. The explosive impact caused a hole to form and countless sand particles flew all around. Those sand particles that hit his face actually caused his face to feel pain.

Chen Shouyi’s expression was heavy.

The strength of this barbarian was extremely terrifying, at least twice or even thrice more than him.

His heart pounded rapidly. He quickly retreated, searching for new places to hide from the corner of his eyes.

He couldn’t run. If he ran now, he would die even quicker.

Under the threat of that muscular barbarian’s short spears, Chen Shouyi couldn’t run back to the space channel with no distraction.

Very soon, he discovered a huge rock on his left.

He walked a few steps and swiftly crouched down, hiding behind the rock.

The rock was roughly about 1 meter tall and 1.5 meters wide. Under the impact of the sea’s tide day and night, its surface became smooth and tough. Although it wasn’t very large, it was sufficient to act as a cover.

And just as he crouched down, an explosion rang out through the air. The rock trembled slightly, as the dust kicked up everywhere.

He quickly stretched his head out for a look and sat back down with his back facing the rock.

He was panting like a bull, feeling the nervousness and fear as though he was walking on a tightrope between two ten-thousand-foot mountain peaks.

Chen Shouyi involuntarily felt some urge to urinate.

“F*ck! F*ck! F*ck!”

“Why would such a thing happen?”

Just a minute ago, his life was still so calm. He also calmly assumed that such peaceful days would continue forever.

Now everything changed. His life and death were on the edge.

If it weren’t just too real, he would even suspect whether he was having a nightmare, a terrifying nightmare!

He held the bow in one hand while grabbing an arrow with the other. His head leaned against the rock as he closed his eyes, allowing the rainwater to drench him.

Time seemed to become extremely slow. Every second to Chen Shouyi felt as long as a year.

But at the same time, he felt a faint hope that time could continue like this forever.

The attacks suddenly stopped. He also didn’t know how long it had been since he last heard the sharp whistling sound of something piercing the air.

He closed his eyes and quietly listened to the commotion out there, not ignoring any sounds.

However, the pitter-patter sounds of the heavy rain masked everything. He couldn’t hear any useful thing at all.

Ten seconds later could he hear a slight sound of something landing in the water.

Next, he heard the sound a second time, a third time…a total of six times.

The six barbarians had already gotten off their canoes.

His breathing became hurried. He instantly shifted his posture from sitting to a half-crouch.

He no longer stretched his head out to observe and also didn’t attack instantly.

Why? Because the distance was too far and he wasn’t confident at all.

Chen Shouyi silently counted the numbers. When he counted halfway, he became distracted and forgot what was the number he had counted earlier.

“F*ck, damn it. I must be calmer!”

Chen Shouyi ruthlessly slapped himself, a red mark appearing on his face.

The intense pain caused his mental state to become focused, and he began counting again.

He counted to twenty.

Breathing in deeply a few times, he placed an arrow on the bowstring. He stood up from the back of the rock and saw the tall barbarian who was still waist-deep in water.

In truth, this tall and muscular barbarian also fixed his stare at Chen Shouyi’s location, preparing to attack the moment Chen Shouyi revealed himself.

Their gazes instantly met.

In the time a spark took to fly off a flint, Chen Shouyi released the bowstring. The barbarian also tossed out the spear in his hand.

Their reaction speeds were seemingly on par, but in truth, one was already prepared long ago, only lacking the act of releasing the bowstring while the other hurriedly reacted upon seeing his target.

However, one was a short burst, while the other was an action that required three long actions. Chen Shouyi’s reaction was ultimately slower by an entire beat.

At this moment, the distance between them was roughly sixty meters. It was a distance that could be crossed in the blink of an eye.

Chen Shouyi didn’t wait to see the result. He only had the time to lower his head, and the short spear blasted into the rock behind where his head had been a moment ago.

He hurriedly pulled on his bowstring and after counting for a second, he stood up again and fired an arrow before hiding behind the rock.

This time, the retaliation consisted of a total of six short spears. The other five barbarians also launched their attacks. For a time, the spears were like raindrops blasting out together. There was a spear that almost penetrated his outstretched instep.

He hurriedly pulled his body back.

What made Chen Shouyi’s heart sink was that he had continuously fired two shots, yet that tall and muscular barbarian wasn’t injured at all. Maybe, he had avoided the arrows or knocked them flying. But no matter what, it wasn’t good news to Chen Shouyi.

Time was short.

He grew increasingly anxious in his heart.

Once they reached land, he could only use his sword and engage them in a melee.

However, fighting against six barbarians, especially the extremely powerful ones, no matter how self-confident he was, he didn’t dare to believe he could win. Just their terrifying physical abilities alone were enough to suppress him.

Also, the last two canoes were about to reach the shore too.

“I have to change my strategy!”

His thoughts spun. As he was thinking, his body abruptly leaned forward as he fired another arrow.

A fleeting groan rang out.

After that, a howl of anger could be heard through the air.

“Finally, one died!”

Yet, he felt no joy in his heart. Because the barbarian he had shut down earlier wasn’t that tall and muscular barbarian. The previous two failures made him decide to deal with the weaker ones first before finally dealing with the most powerful barbarian.

When the counter-attacks of the barbarians were over this time, he once again showed himself and fired another shot.

A thudding sound echoed once more.

…

Other than the tall and muscular barbarian, the other barbarians were evidently much weaker.

Other than one of them being able to avoid the arrows, and wasting an arrow, no other unexpected accidents occurred. After firing six shots continuously, except for the powerful barbarian, the others had all died. This lone barbarian’s anger towered up the sky. His expression was contorted in fury.

The green, throbbing veins on his neck were like earthworms. The muscles of his entire body swelled up as he used all his strength to move his legs.

His terrifying strength caused huge splashing sounds to echo from the seawater, creating layers of huge waves.

In the end, he even started to slow run in the water, and his speed was growing increasingly quicker.

Chen Shouyi didn’t move for a long time. He crouched below the stone and listened intently.

This time, when the deciding life-and-death battle slowly approached, the anxiousness and fear he was feeling strangely vanished. His heart had completely calmed down.

His breathing gradually slowed, his eyes grew sharper,

He heard the splashing sounds growing nearer and nearer. Its frequency turned from slow to fast to the rhythm an ordinary person would have when running.

He could even hear the barbarian’s panting.

Chen Shouyi’s eyes closed slightly. A second later, they opened again. His figure moved with the wind as he abruptly stood up.

Without looking closely, he already released his pull on the bowstring. He relied completely on his instinct and instantly fired an arrow.

A distance of about twenty meters was so short that it could be disregarded.

The barbarian who was currently running only had time to slant to the side slightly; however, the arrow pierced into his chest. He widened his eyes in disbelief as his hands trembled, seemingly wanting to pluck the arrow out.

But at the next instant, another arrow instantly penetrated his head.

His incredibly powerful body swayed and then heavily fell down.

…

At this moment, the other two canoes just came close enough to the shore. One of the barbarians was preparing to jump into the water, but when he saw this scene, he suddenly felt like he was struck by a thunderbolt.

“Tribe leader! The tribe leader is dead!”