Chapter 1991 - The Traceless Hunter (2/2)
It looked like she was just running at a normal pace, but she disappeared in the blink of an eye. Mo Fan tried to catch up to her with Blink, but he soon lost track of her.
Mo Fan was going to Summon her back forcibly, but he shook his head instead when he realized it was only going to make her angrier.
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“She was right beside my tent all the time,” Mu Ningxue informed him later.
“(Sigh), why do I feel like it’s trickier to deal with my Contracted Beast than my girlfriend?” Mo Fan exclaimed. He immediately realized how inappropriate it sounded. He quickly corrected himself, “I wasn’t referring to you. By the way, I heard they say something howling injured Gavin when you were sick. What was that?”
“It was my Third Element,” Mu Ningxue admitted.
“Your Third Element? I always thought you were focused with the Ice Element, so you never bothered to Awaken your Third and Fourth Elements,” Mo Fan said.
“I haven’t Awakened the fourth Element, but the third Element is a little complicated…” Mu Ningxue said.
Mu Ningxue was just about to explain her third Element when they heard something like a whistle from Nanyu’s direction. Only those on their team would hear it.
“It sounds like something just happened,” Mo Fan said.
“Let’s go take a look.”
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The Mailong Private Military Group had already stopped. The captains and Kuma were heading to the back of the group.
The seventh team was the last team in the group. They had not suffered many casualties so far, and had taken over the ninth team’s role watching the group’s trail.
“Something is following us,” reported Aubern, the captain of the seventh squad.
“Three of us have gone missing.”
“They might be dead, I heard something dragging them away,” Nanyu said.
“Damn it, we couldn’t see it clearly. We only saw something big flashing past and dragging the guy at the back up the wall. None of us can fly, and we don’t have any Earth or Wind Mages to chase after it!” Aubern swore.
“Remain in your positions. Stay on alert!” Kuma ordered.
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They waited for an hour but nothing happened. Even the sound of the leaves being stepped on was gone. Everyone held their breaths and focused, but they did not notice anything apart from the pine trees and the cliffs.
“They have gone far away,” Nanyu reported.
“Let’s hurry. We might have entered some creature’s territory,” Kuma said.
It would be almost impossible to find the missing members. They had to leave this place as soon as possible.
The Mailong Private Military Group continued forward, everyone picking up their pace. It was unwise to stay in the dangerous area for too long.
They continued forward for some time and rested that evening. The sunlight at dusk was the same orange color as the dawn. It shone upon the ground needle-covered like a spectacular drawing.
Mu Ningxue went over to Lingling, worried the little girl might struggle with the cold. She wrapped her thick coat around Lingling.
Lingling was sleeping on the back of the Flying Creek Snow Wolf. Mu Ningxue placed her coat on the little girl’s back and patted her softly.
Soft footsteps came from a little corner with a pile of pine needles. The needles were rustling, whether it was because of the wind or something was moving on them.