Chapter 59 – Getting out of the mountain (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

Surely the man in the middle was one of the ancestors in the tribe, and it was highly likely that he was one of the members of the first batch of warriors who contributed in establishing the hunting route. This skeleton was so strong that it might even be stronger than the Chief Ao. However, Shao Xuan had not heard about him from Lang Ga.

Shao Xuan wasn’t sure who the other three skeletons were. Perhaps they were also part of the first batch of warriors like the one in the middle, or they might also be from a later generation and got lost in the tunnels.

Whether it was right or wrong, Shao Xuan felt a little baffled seeing the four skeletons here.

So, the direction that the totem led, the so-called intuition, all meant here?

Why did he feel that the ancestors were entrapping their descendants?

The warrior in the middle should be the first skeleton here, while the other three could be with him, or just followed their intuition and came here.

Could those lost ones have found this place following the “intuition” of the totem, and then waited for their death in here?

No, that shouldn’t be the case.

Maybe those people knew it was impossible for them to get out, or they had tried a thousand times but failed in the end, so they came back to this place and decided to stay in the “circle of protection”. Even after hundreds of years, their bodies were not ‘swallowed’ by the mountain.

Shao Xuan had a tingling sensation, thinking that even the oldest batch of warriors with a strong capability did not manage to flee from this place, how could he survive as a junior warrior?

Shao Xuan stepped forward and entered the range protected by that light cover, and immediately felt a sense of warmth, which eased his tensed nerves a little bit. But that was all.

Shao Xuan reached out his hand to the nearest skeleton, and he touched a mummified hand. It was not bones, but air-dried flesh. Even though the warrior was long gone, he could still feel the strength inside the remains.

There was no ugly smell, and Shao Xuan thought, perhaps the stench of death was assimilated by the tunnel.

Shao Xuan also touched the other two warriors in the circle. Like the first one, they were also mummified.

But when he touched the one in the middle, he surprisingly found that this one was only a little bit dry, and his body was in much better condition than the others!

So it was all due to the light ball’s effect.

The light created by the ball could not only protect the things inside from being swallowed by the mountain, but also preserve the remains. Even other creatures living in the mountain would not approach and feast on the bodies.

This must be a treasure of the tribe! Of course, only warriors of high status would be able to have it.

What should he do?

Will he be the fifth corpse kneeling here with them?

Shao Xuan sat on the ground, pretty upset.

Did the others in the tribe know about the totem’s trap?!!

As he was cursing in his mind, Shao Xuan suddenly felt a flame somersault in his mind.

Shao Xuan hesitated, and quickly he calmed down and began to stimulate the totemic power in his body.

This time, it was yet another intuition, telling him that he was able to get out.

An idea flashed in his mind and Shao Xuan jumped up out of excitement when he captured the thought. After pacing back and forth for a bit, Shao Xuan stimulated the other power inside him, and used it to confirm that intuition.

You can walk out…

Can!

Perhaps he should trust the totem for yet another time?

Well, that was the only option, and he had to trust it anyway.

Shao Xuan took a step.

With just one step, the totemic flame in his mind flared, and it flared again as he took another second step.

Unlike when he used his totemic power during the hunt, this time the flame flared up, acting as if it was angry.

Shao Xuan stopped, and looked back at those four skeletons kneeling down within the light cover. Did they have any resentment when they died? After all, they were trapped in here, till death.

For people in the tribe, every time when there’s trouble, they would perform a divination to ask their ancestors, and interpret their guidance through the totemic power and flames. However, the ancestors, the totemic power and the flame, all couldn’t help them to find a way out.