Chapter 121 – The Bat’s Mountain (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

After it was properly fed, it flew up to the ceiling, and soon disappeared from Shao Xuan’s vision.

At the mountaintop, above the giant pit.

A black shadow silently slipped out from a stone crevice on the wall of the giant pit.

It was shining brightly outside.

Under the bright sunlight, that black shadow flew straight up into the sky, it became difficult to see.

If Shao Xuan had seen it, he would find that its nose bones and a few other bones in the throat were opening and closing quickly, and it created sound waves that even intermediate warriors couldn’t hear.

But, hearing those faint sounds that were impossible to hear, the big bats from different areas of the forests flew up high, one after another.

No matter what those bats were doing earlier, they all stopped, whether they were hunting, dining, or chasing after the warriors that had thrown those smoke herb balls before; they flew up high without any hesitation, and headed towards the giant pit.

In the gray zone that was filled with giant spiders and their nets, the hidden warriors noticed that the army of bats that chased after them suddenly all turned around. Even those that got caught in the spider webs were struggling like crazy. After they chewed down the webs and finally got free, they flew up high towards the direction of the giant pit.

“What’s … wrong with them?” One warrior asked another while breathing heavily.

“The direction that they are flying to is…”

“Over the other side of the hill!”

“Something happened on the bosses’ side?!”

“Let’s go over there quickly!”

All the warriors whistled to make their whereabouts known to each other.

All those that were messing around with the bats started rushing towards the bat caves.

When they left the forest and there were no dense branches blocking their view, instantly they saw that there was a dark cloud of bats hovering above the giant pit. Moreover, the dark cloud was growing.

No matter whether they were near or came from afar, almost every bat flew towards the giant pit and joined that piece of “dark cloud”.

Inside the cave, Shao Xuan recovered some of his strength.

It was not a good time for them to stay inside, for all the others would fall unconscious again, even if they managed to sober up for some time.

Shao Xuan carried all the warriors sleeping on the piles of dead bats out of the mist zone.

When he finished carrying them out from the mist, Shao Xuan gave every one of them some herbs to chew in the mouth.

Inside the cave, there was no living bat remaining.

After taking some time to rest, Shao Xuan heard something from outside. The group of warriors that drew the attention of the first batch of bats had arrived.

“What’s going on outside?” Asked Shao Xuan.

“All those bats that chased after us made a sudden turn and flew towards the top of the hill… The ones inside the cave…well, I mean those bats you talked about, were all gone as well. They all gathered above the giant pit.” Said a warrior.

“We should probably get out of here right now, and talk about things later.”

Indeed. Shao Xuan couldn’t agree more. If those bats out there returned, none of them would ever be able to escape.

Shao Xuan only got the chance to look at the sky after they had carried all the unconscious people outside the cave.

At that time, the “dark cloud” above had become quite big already, the sky surrounding it was getting dark as well. Shao Xuan stood there, but he could not feel even a trace of sunlight.

Turning around to look at the other places, Shao Xuan found that there were dark stains on other parts below the hill. And they were growing as well, because more bats from afar were making their way over to this hill constantly.

“What are they trying to do?”

“I have no idea.”

Seeing their scale in numbers, those who were sober all felt that their earlier plan was too bold. They only had a total of around 150 warriors. And the things in the sky, well…

It was horrifying seeing so many of them gathering together. Were all the bats in the region and surroundings coming over?

As he was focusing on the sky, suddenly Shao Xuan heard something. He looked over and saw Caesar running towards him.

Before, when the five hunting groups started their missions, Shao Xuan kept Caesar out of the plan. Also, Caesar was no fan of the smell of the herbs. He was told to wait in the holdout with another few wounded warriors.

However unexpectedly, Caesar ran over towards him!

“What is it doing here?”

“Did something happen in our holdout?”

A few warriors beside him asked nervously.

“No, Caesar was only worried about what was happening here.” Said Shao Xuan.

Caesar was originally waiting in the cave of their holdout, however, all of a sudden he heard the voice of the alpha bat. He rushed out and tracked Shao Xuan down to this place according to the smell.

Shao Xuan told Caesar to wait aside after he rubbed on his head.