C38 – Conspiracy
“You dare to strike my face!”
Enraged, the Fiery-eyed Lion’s third eye unleashed a barrage of fireballs in a frenzy!Updated from novelbIn.(c)om
The fireballs cascaded down like a deluge of molten lava erupting from a volcano!
A torrential downpour of fire rained down upon Lee Tian, threatening to engulf him completely!
Lee Tian’s face tensed with concern.
The fiery onslaught blanketed an area of at least thirty meters around him. No matter how deftly he tried to evade, there was no escaping the catastrophic blaze.
Fireballs pummeled Lee Tian, bombarding his hard shell. They didn’t break through, but the scorching heat threatened to cook him alive!
“Today, I shall savor the taste of roasted ant meat!” bellowed the Fiery-eyed Lion, its voice laced with smug satisfaction.
It was convinced that Lee Tian had no chance of escape.
And it continued to belch flames relentlessly, turning Lee Tian’s surroundings into an inferno!
“Run, little ant, run. Your flesh will taste all the sweeter!” The Fiery-eyed Lion bellowed with pride.
Was he to simply accept his fate and await death?
No way!
Lee Tian surveyed the ground and plunged his Scythe into the earth to gauge its firmness.
The blade slid into the soil with ease, indicating that the ground hadn’t yet been baked hard by the flames. There was still time to dig a hole!
He planned to dig himself a refuge, a place to hide and escape the fiery onslaught.
Without hesitation, he swung the Scythe, clearing the surrounding underbrush to create a protective ring impervious to the encroaching flames.
Next, he furiously hacked at the earth, loosening the soil to excavate it.
He was tapping into human ingenuity to find a way to sidestep the calamity.
Such tactics were not common in the animal kingdom.
The Fiery-eyed Lion watched, perplexed by Lee Tian’s odd sequence of actions, until it realized he was actually digging a pit.