Chapter 72 – Aircraft flee (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

The speed of the advance group became rapid again, and the route was not the one that Shao Xuan knew from before.

They strode at a speed which was almost two to three times faster than the other hunting groups. It was a long process, during which they only had one little break to have something to eat. After that, they kept on marching, and then spent the night in a cave when the night came. It was also the place that Ta and the others had used to rest at during hunting missions.

Shao Xuan indeed was not used to this kind of running during the first day. Even though he was much better than his peers regarding strength, endurance and speed, he was only a junior warrior who awakened this year after all. In the advance group, the weakest warrior was someone only one step away from becoming a intermediate warrior. Shao Xuan could not be comparable with them after all.

So when they finally arrived at the cave to rest on the first night, Shao Xuan was completely exhausted. He laid down there, unable to even lift his feet. All his muscles hurt while twitching, and his brain felt like it was swollen.

The other warriors in the advance group were also tired, but they were already used to it, and the soreness was not the same as Shao Xuan was experiencing now. Looking at Shao Xuan’s behavior, they all guessed that this lad could finally see the gap between him and the others. The advance group was not for everyone to join, and those with low ability could never keep up with the crew, even if he used every effort to become a part of the group. However, Shao Xuan was already impressive enough to keep up during his first day.

So, some of the warriors in the advance group had a better impression of Shao Xuan. In their eyes, Shao Xuan was only a kid, and people in the tribe had a relatively higher tolerance for kids. Ta and the others, ranking top in the advance group already discussed about taking turns to carry Shao Xuan during the next day. After all, it seemed impossible for Shao Xuan to keep running by himself tomorrow.

However, to everyone’s surprise, all the others found that Shao Xuan was as good as new when they woke up the next day, early in the morning. Last night, he was struggling to lift his toe, but now he was alive and kicking, as if nothing had happened! He needed no ride from others, and began to keep up energetically.

The warriors in the advance group shared the same facial expression.

Oh my goodness. Was this really the kid from the orphan cave down there?

What had he been dieting on since birth?! Normal beasts? Ferocious beasts? Or even king beasts?

It’s just impossible! The food distributed to the orphan cave was normal beast meat and plant tubers, which contained no good energy. How could he grow into such a strong warrior?

Milling over it, it was still very mysterious.

Unless, he did have the blessings from the ancestors?!

Hence during the second day’s run, people would constantly glance at Shao Xuan while running.

Well, judging from that kid’s energetic look, it seemed that he was not faking it!

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Unlike the other hunting groups, which would do some hunting before journeying to the next location, the hunting pattern of the advance group was different. Ta led the group to keep running. After spending one night at the cave, they had to continue to march onward.

Sometimes they had to climb over a mountain while the mountaintop was covered in perennial snow. Sometimes they had to take a detour to some other mountains afar, during which, they had to pass through dangerous regions like swamps and tar pits.

Shao Xuan had seen many nameless ferocious beasts, such as huge fierce ugly beasts and colorful poisonous snakes. Any one of them would raise enough eyebrows if they carried them back on the Path of Glory. However, the group of warriors made no stop at all. Even when they killed something, it would be for food and daily supply. The spare parts would just be tossed away in order not to be their burdens.

March, hunt, and then march, and then hunt again!

They were doing similar things every day. Enormous consumption of physical energy meant more need of energy supplement. The meat from high level beasts was the best supplement.

Originally, the other warriors in the advance group worried that Shao Xuan might be sleepy after dieting on the high level prey’s meat, however, it turned out that they were worrying about nothing.

After hunting down a Thorn Black Wind, Shao Xuan had become used to eating high level meat. He had been able to adapt to the food for a long time. In fact, he could absorb the energy from even higher level foods.

Being a newly-awakened warrior that was awakened this year, he ate no less than the others, and had much faster recovery speed. At first, warriors from the advance group were all surprised at Shao Xuan’s behavior. But later on, they became less surprised, and then they became totally numb to it. In the end, no one would ever laugh at Shao Xuan anymore.

As expected, no ordinary person would be recruited by the team leader in the advance group.

After five days of continuous journeying, Shao Xuan followed the others to climb up a mountain and entered a cave to rest. They had reached the destination. But Shao Xuan could not tell the difference, except for a slight odd feeling.

After a night’s rest, Shao Xuan was woken up early in the morning. He collected his equipment and followed Ta outside.

They continued to climb up and then stopped at a steep cliff.

The sun rose as time went by.

Shao Xuan stood at the edge of cliff, facing the rising sun. It was a large scale of endless green in his view. There were some other colors mixed in, but ninety-nine percent was green in different shades.

This was the destination of their journey, a kingdom of plants. In the horizon, at the junction between the sky and the endless plant kingdom, the sun was rising.

The chilly air became warmer.

Shao Xuan could clearly feel that everything living on this land was waking up.