Chapter 484 - Climbing Mountains (2/2)

A coincidence? Or…

The injured archer was filled with confusion and shock, and at the same time felt a sense of hopelessness. He had a thought that scared himself so much he was now drenched in sweat. His body could no longer support his weight. He collapsed heavily, groaning in pain. These arrows were coated in poison. This poison spread quickly through the arrow wound. They never thought that these arrows would be turned against them when they coated them in poison.

The archer, clad in black, looked at Shao Xuan again. Shao Xuan was approaching. He was shaking all over now, not sure from his pain or the shock of his revelation. Before he lost consciousness, he roared.

“He can see us!”

The other archer was about to run when Shao Xuan slashed his sword.

Other attackers hiding nearby were shocked. They heard what their partner said.

He can see us?

How is that possible?

Isn’t he from Flaming Horn?

They had never heard of Flaming Horns with night vision! If that was the case, it was out of their expectations. How is this possible! How is this possible?!

Everyone hiding near Shao Xuan was anxious. If their opponent could see them, then they had no more advantage!

They were about to run when they heard a whistle. It sounded like the breeze blowing through branches. One guy’s heart clenched and turned to swing his sword.

Clang!

Shao Xuan held his sword up, bringing with it a force of violence as it slashed downwards. It was like a beast mercilessly waving its sharp claws.

The person who blocked felt a sharp pain in his body, as if his entire skeleton would fall apart with this collision. His knees almost gave out under him. His face, initially filled with violence, was now contorted with the pain extending from his wrist, to his shoulders, to his entire body. No one could see his features as they were covered with black cloth.

The sound of two blades colliding was as cold as ice, sending vibrations to their eardrums. Every hair stood on its end, muscles s.h.i.+vered.

A blade moved in an arc.

Pfft!

Blood sprayed.

Shao Xuan did not look at the collapsed person. He put his thumb in his mouth and whistled.

This was the cue to everyone in the smoke and other Flaming Horn warriors hidden in other spots that it was time to hunt.

Even at night, in this foreign patch of forest, they could clearly differentiate all the smells of different living things. They smelled every person hiding in the bushes, behind tree trunks and on the branches.

Shao Xuan continued searching for hidden archers to prevent sneak arrows.

The night was still young.

…

When the first ray of sunlight shone on the forest, the team on the mountain was ready to leave once again. Other than within the forest, the people on the hill were attacked too, though there were much fewer attackers.

The dead were cremated using the flames of the fire seed summoned by the shamaness in a makes.h.i.+ft pit. They were here, so was the fire seed. The shamaness once said the souls of the dead would return to the fire seed. There was a saying that ancestors and the dead were all present with the tribe here.

Since their souls were all still together, there was no need for too much grief.

As long as they were still in this world, the fire seed would live on.

They climbed over a mountain and arrived at an arid plain.

Shao Xuan saw horse riders he had encountered before. However, Shao Xuan did not talk much with them and these people looked at Flaming Horn with guarded stares. Anyone who saw a large group migrating would be guarded.

When they saw that Flaming Horn did not intend to stay, these people heaved a sigh of relief.

“Who are those people?”

“I don’t know but they don’t look like nice people.”

“As long as they don’t plan to stay on our land. But they’re such a large tribe, they don’t look weak either. Why would they want to move?”

This was a secluded area. Information took a very long time to reach this part so they didn’t know about Flaming Horn. They were just curious why this bunch of people wanted to move. Fertile soil and prey were in the complete opposite direction!

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