Chapter 44 - Unexpected (1/2)
Ch44 - Unexpected
Xiang Tian stood on the mountain overlooking the valley the Big Bear Tribe had settled in. His energy roiled violently as it flowed out of his body in a constant wave, and some of the weaker beastmen instantly turned into their animal forms from the pressure.
Xiang Tian’s eyes were filled with disgust when he looked down at these people.
He hated the weak.
However, he currently had something to ask of the tribesmen, “Where is your tribal chief?”
Xiang Tian actually knew some things about the Big Bear Tribe. He had discovered this tribe at the same time he had found the divine fruit.
At the time, he had thought about killing everyone in the tribe in order to keep it a secret, but soon came to the conclusion that that might lead people to take note of this place instead, so he gave up on the idea.
In the years that followed, he had monitored the situation in the tribe.
He even had a relationship with a woman in the tribe. That woman had given birth to a child for him.
Originally, he wouldn’t have minded bringing that woman and child back to the Elephant Tribe, but there had been problems with the child that that woman had given birth to. He had been unable to speak even though he was four or five years old. Xiang Tian didn’t lack children, and didn’t need a child like that, so he hadn’t concerned himself with them any further.
Later on, he had worried about it becoming troublesome, so he had never gone back to find another woman from that tribe.
So, he didn’t know if that woman and the child were still there.
Xiang Tian didn’t like this kind of trouble, and when he thought about the divine fruit he had lost, he grew extremely irritated. The energy from his body rushed out even more violently.
Many people in the Big Bear Tribe had already shifted into their animal form as they lay there shivering on the ground, but a few of the relatively stronger ones were still holding on. Xiong He was one of them.
As the tribal chief, Xiong He would always get a lot of meat, but he also had a woman and children to take care of and would still go hunting on days when there weren’t collective hunts. Early this morning, he had intended to do exactly that.
As a result, he hadn’t even left yet when he came across something like this.
Under this kind of oppressive atmosphere, Xiong He couldn’t afford to show even the slightest bit of resistance. He had heard the priest say before that there were many powerful people in the world. At this time, he spoke up with some trepidation, “Lord, I am the chief of this tribe.”
Xiang Tian’s gaze fell on Xiong He.
A low level Beast Warrior. It seemed that he had achieved this through the accumulation of energy in his body as he grew older… Xiang Tian looked down on Xiong He a little.
In contrast, the young man next to Xiong He, who still still dared to look up at him even during a time like this, seemed pretty good.
Xiang Tian asked coldly, “Have you seen any strangers in the area lately?”
“N… No.” Xiong He replied.
Standing next to Xiong He was Shi Li. He had been the one who still dared to look up at Xiang Tian.
Shi Li didn’t quite understand the situation that was unfolding before his eyes.
He could overlook the fact that Xiang Tian had come early, but his demeanor was also completely different from that of his previous life.
This time, Xiang Tian had kicked up a huge fuss when he came to the tribe. It was also obvious that he didn’t have any good intentions, but in his previous life… Xiang Tian had come here in a very low-key way at first, and only when someone had seen him by Zhou Ji’s side and asked him who he was had he shown his strength.
Why had things changed? Was it because Xiang Tian knew about Zhou Ji and Xiong Ye becoming mates?
But that didn’t seem right either. If Xiang Tian was unhappy about that, why would he ask about strangers?
At the end of the day, Shi Li was someone who had once been a Beast King. While everyone else in the tribe was afraid and terrified, and even Xiong He’s legs trembled as he faced Xiang Tian, Shi Li still dared to look up at Xiang Tian.
And then, he discovered that Xiang Tian appeared to be completely furious.
Xiang Tian was indeed very angry, to the point where he had practically lost control of his temper. He exerted even more pressure, forcing even Xiong He and Shi Li to transform into animals.
The people in the valley suffered badly when faced with Xiang Tian’s pressure, but Xiong Ye and Zhou Ji, who were in their cave, were faring much better.
After Zhou Ji discovered how powerful Xiang Tian was, he no longer dared to use his spiritual power to investigate the situation. However, he quickly discovered that although this powerhouse seemed to have a lot of energy in his body, an amount similar to his own, his spiritual power was actually very weak and far inferior to Zhou Ji’s own.
No, it couldn’t even be called weak. This person might not even know that he had spiritual strength and might not know how to use it at all.
When he became aware of this point, Zhou Ji used his spiritual strength to investigate this man’s condition.
The amount of energy in this person’s body might be about the same as his, but the situation didn’t look very good-he didn’t know what was wrong with this person, but it seemed that the energy in his body was rejecting itself…
Beastmen only had one crystal core. How could the energy contained within it begin to repel itself? If this went on… wouldn’t that just cause this man to break down and collapse?
Of course, it could be that he was simply thinking too much.
Perhaps everyone outside did that. Maybe this was how they cultivated?
Zhou Ji was able to thoroughly investigate Xiang Tian’s situation, so of course he was also aware of the situation outside. He had also discovered that Xiong Ye seemed to be very uncomfortable under Xiang Tian’s pressure.
He wanted to help alleviate the situation for Xiong Ye, but on second thought, he chose not to do anything.
This person had obviously come here to make trouble. It should be for the sake of finding the person who had stolen away that fruit. He couldn’t expose anything.
If the truth came out, and they really started to fight, it would be the Big Bear Tribe that would suffer.
That fruit had obviously come into existence on its own. There had been nobody else there when he went in, so he couldn’t be blamed for picking that fruit. However, the person in front of him certainly wouldn’t feel that way.
Zhou Ji sighed and felt that this was a little troublesome.
The person in front of him seemed to be in poor condition. Perhaps he had been waiting for the fruit to ripen in order to preserve his life.
Despite the fact that it was likely this person wouldn’t have made it anyway based on the ripeness level of that fruit when he had gone to harvest it, this person definitely wouldn’t feel that way. Zhou Ji was a little worried that he would lose his mind and do something crazy.
While Zhou Ji was still considering these scenarios, Xiong Ye had already left the cave. A powerful person like this had arrived at the tribe, causing them to fall into a state of crisis; Xiong Ye needed to go out and take a look no matter what.
As soon as Xiong Ye left the cave, he was overwhelmed by the energy from Xiang Tian’s body. He staggered, fell to the ground, and immediately turned into a bear.
Xiang Tian noticed this scene but didn’t pay attention to it at all.
Xiong Ye had only just become a low level Beast Warrior. He had also hibernated through the entire winter and was now relatively thin. His animal form was smaller than Xiong He’s, so Xiang Tian didn’t care about his existence at all.
Even if his animal form was as big as Xiong He’s, Xiang Tian would still have ignored him.
He was nothing but a mere low level Beast Warrior.
But soon, Xiang Tian’s attention was caught by Zhou Ji, who had come out after Xiong Ye.
There was actually someone who hadn’t shifted into his animal form. Was this person very strong?
Xiang Tian’s eyes narrowed. He drew back his energy and jumped down from the mountain, stretching out a hand to catch Zhou Ji’s hand.
Zhou Ji seemed special, which was why Xiang Tian grabbed hold of him. But having caught hold of him, Xiang Tian’s brows wrinkled into a frown-this person was too weak, his body didn’t even have the slightest trace of energy!
Zhou Ji had hidden away his own energy. Although the middle-aged man in front of him was powerful, the energy within his body was chaotic, which made it easy for him to hide his own.
The people in the tribe felt much better after the pressure from Xiang Tian’s energy lifted. At this moment, Xiong Ye once again turned back into his human form and said to Xiang Tian, “Let him go.”