Chapter 260: Beating for Half an Hour
Hearing the familiar curses coming from under the half-severed snake head, Fang Xiaocao, Tom, and Hummingbird exchanged glances, all wearing strange expressions.
This wasn’t a case of the giant snake being fine at all!
It was clearly the indestructible cockroach at work.
“Tom, get Taotie out of there.”
Fang Xiaocao said with a straight face.
“Yes!”
Tom nodded and responded.
“And then give him a good beating!”
Fang Xiaocao added with a stern expression.
Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Tom paused.
He turned to look at Fang Xiaocao and smiled slightly.
“Alright!”
“As you wish, my dear princess!”
Tom said with a grin.
Obviously, Fang Xiaocao wasn’t the only one who wanted to beat Taotie.
Hummingbird, standing beside him, was also itching for a fight.
Fang Xiaocao glanced at Hummingbird and smiled.
“Hummingbird, you go too!”
Fang Xiaocao said softly.
“Beat him for a full half hour!”
Fang Xiaocao added.
“Yes, my princess!”
Hummingbird smiled brightly and responded cheerfully.
Tom and Hummingbird exchanged glances and smiled knowingly.
They walked side by side towards the still wriggling snake head.
Tom grabbed the snake’s head, gave Hummingbird a look, and Hummingbird nodded in understanding, stretching her limbs.
“Lift!”
Tom growled and suddenly flipped the snake head over.
With the snake head flipped away by Tom’s great strength, Taotie, who was trapped underneath, did a somersault and instantly stood up. Before Taotie could open his mouth, Hummingbird, who had been waiting, kicked him in the face.
“I…”
Taotie only managed to say one word before a jade foot flew towards him, hitting him squarely on his left cheek. Taotie took the blow and fell backward onto the ground.
“Damn it, who kicked me?”
Taotie cursed loudly from the ground.
He struggled to get up.
Tom smiled and stepped on Taotie’s chest, pushing him back to the ground.
“Hummingbird, beat him!”
Tom grinned and punched Taotie, giving him a panda eye.
Hummingbird didn’t hold back either. Following the principle of “good things come in pairs,” she gave Taotie another one.
Instantly, Taotie acquired new national treasure-level skin.
Tom and Hummingbird went at him, punching and kicking, making Taotie scream and roll on the ground.
This time, Tom and Hummingbird were carrying out orders, so they were going to enjoy themselves.
Fang Xiaocao was timing them with a stopwatch.
Dare to scare this young lady? Half an hour meant half an hour, not a second less.
Not even a second less could make up for this grudge!
Watching the countdown on the stopwatch, Fang Xiaocao only put away her phone when the half-hour countdown reached zero: “Alright, stop hitting him!”
Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s order, Tom and Hummingbird each gave Taotie a flying kick before stopping, satisfied, and dragging Taotie up from the ground.
Fang Xiaocao looked at the bruised and swollen Taotie and nodded in satisfaction: “That’s quite a unique look, I like it.”
Tom and Hummingbird couldn’t stop snickering, while Taotie looked at Fang Xiaocao pitifully.
“Princess…”
“You don’t love me anymore…”
Taotie said pitifully.
“Never did, thanks!”
Fang Xiaocao said with a smile.
“Wuwu~”
“No more love~”
Taotie whined like a little pug.
Fang Xiaocao smiled and ignored Taotie.
“Tom, check the treasure map, which way do we go now?”
Fang Xiaocao asked Tom with a smile.
Tom took out his communicator, glanced at the pre-loaded treasure map, looked around, compared it for over ten minutes, and then put away the communicator.
“Princess, we go this way!”
Tom pointed to a cave and answered.
“OK!”
“Lead the way!”
Fang Xiaocao nodded, indicating Tom to arrange things.
Tom nodded and kicked Taotie, who was still pretending to be dead: “Get up, stop pretending, go lead the way.”
Taotie glared at Tom resentfully, puffing out his cheeks in anger. He got up from the ground, reluctantly picked up his gun, and walked towards the cave Tom had pointed to.
His machete had been bent by the explosion.
It was useless now, so he had to use the gun.
Seeing this, Fang Xiaocao drew her dagger: “Taotie, here!”
Fang Xiaocao shouted and threw the dagger over. Taotie turned to look at Fang Xiaocao and saw the dagger flying towards him. Taotie was startled and dodged, catching the dagger by the handle.
“Thank you, Princess, for the dagger!”
Taotie said with a grin.
Fang Xiaocao rolled her eyes at Taotie: “Get lost!”
Taotie chuckled and happily walked into the cave with the dagger.
Fang Xiaocao knew Taotie’s personality. Compared to using a gun, Taotie, the iron-headed fool, preferred close combat with a knife. And she herself was not good at close combat, so keeping the dagger was useless. It was better to give it to Taotie.
“Princess, let’s go too.”
Tom said with a smile.
Fang Xiaocao nodded: “Let’s go!”
Saying that, Fang Xiaocao took the lead and walked into the cave.
Tom gave Hummingbird a look, and Hummingbird nodded in understanding, following Fang Xiaocao to protect her.
Tom himself stayed behind, erasing their traces and setting traps to prevent anyone from following and ambushing them.
Taotie walked along the cave for about a kilometer until three forks appeared in front of him. He stopped and took out his communicator to send a message to Fang Xiaocao and the others behind him.
[Taotie: No danger for the past kilometer, and no signs of animal activity. Three forks appeared in front of me, which way should I go?]
Receiving Taotie’s message, Fang Xiaocao breathed a sigh of relief. Although she knew there shouldn’t be any danger, otherwise Taotie would have sent a message earlier, she was still cautious. Now that she had received Taotie’s message, she could finally walk in with peace of mind.
As for which way to go…
Fang Xiaocao said she had no idea.
Navigation was Tom’s job, not hers.
[Tom: Take the right fork. The treasure map marks that there’s something on this path, but it’s the only way to the treasure location. Be careful.]
Soon, Tom sent a reply.
[Taotie: Roger!]
After reading Tom’s message, Taotie replied, put away the communicator, held the gun in one hand and the knife in the other, and walked towards the right fork.
Taotie was very careful on the way.
Thinking of the giant snake that had tortured him, Taotie still had lingering fears.
He dared not be careless again.
If another giant snake of the same kind came out of this cave, Taotie would go crazy.
Walking along the right cave for five hundred meters, Taotie’s expression changed, he crouched down, his bright eyes fixed on the front.
