Chapter 1048 - 1055: Capture (Part 1)
Chapter 1048: Chapter 1055: Capture (Part 1)
"Quick!"
This is the current thought on the minds of Elder Xiong, Peng Bo, Xiong Haitao, and Cui Hua.
Especially for Peng Bo and the others, they couldn’t help but wonder, if the Ginseng King escapes towards them, would they be able to stop it?
Even if they formed a human wall, the area they could block was limited.
That means there is still over an eighty percent chance it would get away.
This is one of the important reasons why Elder Xiong has repeatedly failed to capture it despite bringing people along, and also why he told the three of them not to take action on their own but to focus on defense, as their strength was too weak.
If they were to be fully confident in capturing the Ginseng King, it would require at least three experts of the Innate level.
However, the Xiong family could not ally with outsiders of the Innate level, or would they have to share the Ginseng King with others?
That’s impossible!
The Ginseng King is absolutely the highest secret of the Xiong family.
Only, the people from the Tong family came here, apparently also targeting the Ginseng King. Has the news leaked?
But thinking about it, it’s somewhat understandable that the leakage happened given the family’s current state.
Now, this further strengthened his determination to capture the Ginseng King.
Otherwise, Ginseng Mountain would not only cease to be their most important resource but become a significant trouble for the family instead.
Seeing Elder Xiong rushing over and the three brothers standing there in a daze, Lin Xi instead smiled. To tell the truth, he wasn’t nervous at all.
"Competing in speed?"
He really wasn’t afraid of anyone!
Moreover, his perception was far stronger than an average Innate, even stronger than someone at the mid-Innate Realm.
So, in the eyes of the three brothers and Elder Xiong, he motionlessly reached out in a certain direction.
"What’s he doing?"
In the eyes of the four, the Ginseng King seemed to be escaping towards another direction, so why was he reaching in the opposite direction?
"Sigh!"
Especially Elder Xiong deeply sighed, seemingly believing that such a good opportunity was going to be wasted again.
"Sigh!"
At that moment, he sighed several times continuously.
Because the Ginseng King was backed against the pond, its movement space was extremely limited.
"In the future, there might be no such chance again!" he thought to himself.
After all, the Ginseng King had very high intelligence; otherwise, it wouldn’t have toyed with them, so after this event, it probably wouldn’t come to this pond again.
Of course, he hadn’t completely given up yet.
At this moment, he planned to go all out, even if it meant overextending his life force, he wanted to give it a try.
As for the result, it didn’t matter anymore!
With a "boom!", his aura exploded to the peak, even reaching the pinnacle of his Innate period.
Judging by his flushed face, he paid a considerable price.
Peng Bo, Xiong Haitao, and Cui Hua, stunned, were pushed back repeatedly.
If Elder Xiong’s force wasn’t directed elsewhere, they certainly wouldn’t have had such a mild reaction, but rather, the outcome could have been much worse.
After all, this was the explosion of an Innate.
The hand Lin Xi stretched out towards the side magically appeared with the Ginseng King.
Which meant the Ginseng King was clutched in his hand.
In everyone’s eyes, the Ginseng King on the other side suddenly disappeared.
"Elder, why..." Lin Xi looked at Elder Xiong with a bit of a helpless smile, "Why did you explode like that!"
"At least give a heads-up before exploding!"
"Sigh!"
At this moment, he didn’t know what to say.
Putting aside the fact that the elder didn’t need to explode, when he did so, it only made his health decline more rapidly.
Originally having five or six years left to live, his reckless act immediately reduced it by a year or two.
If he were to treat him after this, the effect would significantly decrease.
The elder, having lost a year or two of his lifespan, was baffled at this point.
"What’s going on?"
"Why is the Ginseng King in your hand?"
"Didn’t it run away?"
Suddenly, the formidable aura he possessed disappeared without a trace.
He suddenly appeared hunched again, looking worse than before, seeming older and more bent.
There was nothing he could do!
Even though he only exploded for that brief moment, the damage was irreversible.
Afterwards, without saying anything more, he walked over to Lin Xi, looking at the captured Ginseng King constantly struggling, though its efforts were futile.
Lin Xi’s hand was like an iron clamp.
"This?" The elder didn’t mind his changes, instead he looked at the Ginseng King, then at Lin Xi.
Could this be the Ginseng King he spent over a decade trying to catch?
It was the first time he ever got this close to it after so many years.
This magical creature was just like a small animal.
If it didn’t still have a plant-like appearance, it would definitely look like a small animal.
Peng Bo, Xiong Haitao, and Cui Hua also gathered around, curiously looking at the Ginseng King, occasionally poking it with their fingers.
Of course, the Ginseng King displayed a very angry appearance, using its tendrils to lash at them.
Except, being clutched by Lin Xi, it couldn’t exert much effort.
Lin Xi snorted coldly, "If you dare move again, I’ll eat you!"
As soon as he said that, the Ginseng King immediately calmed down, and at that instant, it seemed everyone heard a whimper.
Elder Xiong was fine, but Peng Bo and the others were utterly shocked.
Simultaneously, Peng Bo and the others didn’t notice the severe damage Elder Xiong had just taken from his explosion.
"Young friend Lin, how did you capture it? Just now, I clearly saw it heading that way?" Elder Xiong couldn’t suppress his curiosity anymore and asked.
Peng Bo and the others were similarly puzzled.
After all, they saw it with their own eyes; their eyes wouldn’t deceive them.
Lin Xi smiled, "This little fellow is fast, no doubt, but the key is, it has this way of confusing people’s eyes, it can create a shadow while its true body is somewhere else!"
"A shadow?" Elder Xiong was taken aback.
Instantly, he realized that Lin Xi had seen through its shadow ability and surpassed it in speed.
Of course, there was another aspect, which was the Ginseng King’s carelessness.
No wonder, regardless of how much effort they put in before, they could never catch it.
The Ginseng King wasn’t particularly strong.
If speed was its only asset, they would have had a chance to catch it, but they could never do so.
Now, he suddenly understood the reason.
Moreover, it reminded him of past experiences where they seemingly caught it but ended up empty-handed.
So that’s what happened.
"This fellow is quite something!" He sighed deeply and then exhaled, finally resolving a long-standing worry.
Moreover, his perception of Lin Xi’s abilities had elevated.
This young man’s strength was not only terrifying, but his observation skills also far exceeded those of a typical Innate.
It seemed evident that he should let his great-grandson follow Lin Xi more often.
In fact, it was proven in a few months that his great-grandson went from a level below special forces to an intermediate level due to training with Lin Xi.
"Let’s go back!" At this moment, a sense of relief filled his heart, believing the Xiong family might have hope after all.
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