490 The Deadly Fores (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

In the Fire Cloud Woods, Nanyu and her squad were the first to arrive at the top of the hill. They were roaming in the Fire Cloud Woods, as if they had lost their sense of direction.

The truth was, they were clueless about where to go after arriving at the top, thus they could only roam around aimlessly. The elder who once visited the place only told them that the Fire Calamity Fruit was very likely to be found in the woods near a higher temperature.

”Did anyone hear a noise, like something hissing?” asked a tanned soldier.

”Stop spooking everyone, why would any demon beast be here, the temperature is so high,” said the woman walking at the front of the team.

Her forehead was covered in sweat from the heat of the rising sun. It was still night time. If it were midday or afternoon, the place would turn into a furnace, baking them to death.

”Yezi, do you still have some water, give me a sip...Yezi?”

The tanned soldier in front turned around, and realized that behind him was completely empty!

He lowered his head and immediately saw the marks of someone being dragged away through the leaves. He was shocked and panickingly reported to the group.

”Commander Nanyu, Yezi, who was guarding our rear, is missing!” shouted out the tanned soldier.

Nanyu raised her hand, signaling the group to hold their position. She quickly scanned the silent woods.

”Let's trace our steps and look for her. She might have lost her way in the woods.”

Nanyu shook her head in disagreement. Those who were chosen to join the expedition were the elites from Dunhuang's headquarters. Not only were they extremely capable, they were absolutely obedient, too. It was impossible for anyone to leave the group without notifying their leader.

”Crap, Xudong is missing too. He was probing the path ahead,” another soldier came back in a panic and reported.

Nanyu was taken by surprise, and immediately told everyone in the party, ”We're outnumbered by the enemy, we have to leave this place at once!”

”Aren't we going to save Yuezi? How could we abandon our comrades?” asked the tanned soldier.

”If you want all of us to die here, go ahead and look for Yezi's corpse!” said Nanyu coldly.

The squad immediately decided to leave the woods after receiving her order.

However, as the soldiers were leaving in a hurry, a few others had vanished into thin air too.

Everyone finally realized how terrifying the woods were. Each of was only a few meters away from those who had disappeared, yet it all happened almost instantly without making any sound, nor there was any trace of blood. The only clue was the marks of someone being dragged away through the leaves!