Chapter 291: 291: Missing Nails

Translator: 549690339

Placing hundreds of nails, one by one, was time-consuming.

While Su Man was busy with the nails, Yan Qingwen and Shen Mo were also not idle, closely examining the Nail Tooth Monster.

“Its height is around 1.5 meters, length approximately 2 meters. The front limbs are small and non-threatening, but the head is huge, so the biting power is probably extraordinary.”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Its hind limbs are strong, it shouldn’t be too slow.”

“Not only is it fast, but it also has a strong jumping ability. In combination with the powerful bites, fighting it would be tricky.”

” However, it has no tail and an oversized head, so its balance should be quite poor.”

“We could try changing directions during the attack.”

Shen Mo and Yang Qingwen exchanged thoughts back and forth.

Tan Xiao listened in blankly on the side.

He didn’t understand; how could these two extract so much information just from a few glances at the monster full of nails in its mouth?

Tan Xiao quietly nudged Li Li, whispering, “What are they talking about?”

Li Li replied impatiently, “Even if I told you, you wouldn’t understand. Just keep quiet and listen, don’t interrupt.”

Tan Xiao suddenly realized, “Oh  you don’t understand either, do you? Well, I’m relieved. As long as I’m not the only one who doesn’t get it.”

Li Li: “You !”

“Don’t disturb.” Tan Xiao insisted, “We should just listen.”

Li Li:

He wanted to swear.

The number of nails in the Nail Tooth Monster’s mouth was increasing.

Yet, the number of nails left in Su Man’s bowl was decreasing.

Seeing the dwindling quantity, Yan Qingwen reminded Su Man, “Slow down on placing the nails.”

On hearing this, Su Man nodded, intentionally slowing down her pace.

Yan Qingwen took the chance to count the remaining nails in her bowl; there were seventeen left.

“We don’t have enough nails.” Shen Mo furrowed his brows, staring at the flesh-like suckers inside the monster’s mouth. “Even including the 17 nails in the bowl, we’re still short by around thirty.”

“Thirty something?” Yan Qingwen responded, “We need to know the exact number to figure out the answer.”

Shen Mo’s brows furrowed tighter, staring into the monster’s mouth, ” 36 or 37; the suckers keep moving, you guys come and count too.”

Yan Qingwen, Li Li, and Tan Xiao gathered around; each of them counted the sucker missing a nail and subtracted the number of nails left in the bowl —

Yan Qingwen got 38.

Li Li got 37.

Tan Xiao got 31.

Li Li was speechless toward him: “Your number is the lowest!”

Tan Xiao was defiant and recounted. This time, he ended up with 44 nails.

Su Man’s pace had slowed down significantly, the nail count kept decreasing, and the bowl now had fewer than ten left.

She took out a nail, slowly, very slowly placing it into the Nail Tooth Monster’s mouth, asking anxiously, “Are you guys done yet?”

The men huddled around the monster and recounted, but failed to get a unanimous count.

Either 36 or 38.

Because the flesh-like suckers constantly contracted, enlarging and shrinking at different times. When contracted, it would be blocked by other enlarged suckers. With none contracting at the same time, it was tough to determine the exact number.

There were only three nails left in Su Man’s bowl.

Yan Qingwen commanded, “Disperse and get ready to attack.”

“As soon as you put in the last nail, run! Got it?” Li Li instructed Su Man.

“Look out for yourself!” Su Man retorted impatiently, “I’m sure I can run faster than you!”

Two left.

Tan Xiao gripped his piece of firewood, fiercely declaring, “I’ll stand behind it and whack it before running!”

Shen Mo stood quietly on one side, a folded fruit knife open in his hand.

One left

The tension reached its climax—

When the sucker enveloped the last tiny nail, Yan Qingwen cried out:

“Run!!!”

Su Man and Li Li turned and bolted!

Tan Xiao swung down his stick! The firewood splintered!

Shen Mo drove his knife towards the monster’s neck. The blade sparked as it failed to penetrate and chipped!

Both he and Yan Qingwen’s faces changed!

“Its body is made of metal!”

“Roarrrrrrr!!!”

The Nail Tooth Monster let out a hoarse roar, opening its mouth full of nails, lunging to bite them!—