Chapter 410 (2/2)

The weapons that needed to be brought along were heavy, especially Heng’s hammer. Hammer the Bird had kept protesting the heavy load. They had to travel a few times, back and forth, so the load would not be too heavy.

Previously, Gongjia Heng also made the bird cross twice to bring his items over. The hammer bird brought Gongjia Heng went over for the first time before coming back for his other stuff.

This time, Gongjia Heng planned to ask Hammer to bring Shao Xuan the first time. Then, come back for the stuff. After that, it had to come back for the third time to bring himself across.

“There must be at least a person present to look after our stuff. Otherwise, the stuff would be stolen by the monkeys on the other side. Shao Xuan, you go first,” said Gongjia Heng. The other side of the river had many annoying monkeys, they had stolen Gongjia Heng’s things before.

“Alright.” Shao Xuan took his stuff. His stuff wasn’t as heavy as Heng’s stuff, thus it could be brought over with him.

Shao Xuan jumped on Hammer’s back and the bird flew towards the other side of the river.

Shao Xuan looked out across the vast expanse on the bird’s back. It was a good idea to travel by bird.

At this point, he had no idea that Chacha had disappeared. The people from his tribe were panicking.

Shao Xuan saw a small island on the river. When he looked closely, it was not a small island, but a huge beast with only a small part of its head protruding from the river’s surface. It stared at the sky coldly with its protruding eyes.

Shao Xuan could feel Hammer the Bird trembling after noticing the beast in the river. It flapped its wings harder than before and flew higher with a higher speed, almost by reflex. It was trying its best to avoid the beast. Shao Xuan could feel that the bird was frightened by the beast even though they were in the sky.

The beast that was still staring at the sky suddenly revealed itself from the river and showed its narrow snout and its two big nostrils. It was massive.

It was the giant beast that made every crocodile disappear from the surroundings. It was the king of this river. The giant bastard, age unknown.

Shao Xuan had heard from Gongjia Heng that Gongjia Heng had travelled across the river on the bird’s back before. During that time, they had almost arrived on the other side of the river when Gongjia Heng looked down and felt a sense of uneasiness. Due to the uneasiness, Gongjia Heng told the bird to fly higher and faster.

Hammer was flying low that time, due to the heavy load it was carrying. When Gongjia Heng noticed something was off, he forced himself to throw one of his bags into the river. That bag had contained a few well-built weapons. Although he was reluctant, his action did ease the bird’s burden and made it fly higher.

The giant beast had suddenly shot out from the river and revealed half of its body. Its mouth was similar to a giant trap filled with death and blood, waiting for the prey to fall in.

The bird sped up and flew higher,a close escape from the jaws of the beast. If Gongjia Heng hadn’t thrown the baggage off earlier, they would have fallen into its mouth at that moment.

The baggage that had been thrown off by Gongjia Heng was swallowed by the huge beast. Some of his best weapons disappeared into its belly just like that.

That was when Gongjia Heng decided it was his enemy.

Shao Xuan finally understood the reason why Gongjia Heng would rather travel back and forth a few times instead of bringing everything at once. If the bags were too heavy, they wouldn’t have been able to respond quickly in case of danger. It was the lesson learned from that time. That incident had affected Hammer deeply too, which was why it trembled when it saw the giant beast.

Fortunately, the giant beast eyeballed the distance from itself to them and estimated it could not reach them at this distance. Thus, it didn’t come at them.

When they finally reached the other side safely, Shao Xuan vigilantly surveyed his surroundings. Fortunately, there weren’t any threats around. However, Shao Xuan didn’t let down his guard.

When the hammer bird finally travelled two more times to bring over Gongjia Heng and all the stuff, they heaved a sigh of relief.

However, the respite was only temporary.

As promised, Gongjia Heng hunted a beast for Hammer the Bird as a reward. He didn’t expect the bird to continue with them because the bird was always found near the river. It would go back to its flock as soon as it finished its task. This bird was big but it wasn’t suitable to be involved in individual combat. They were gregarious birds that survived in the mountains in groups.

“Alright, Shao Xuan. We have to speed up in front. That is an area full of annoying monkeys and there are too many of them. It’s kind of difficult to fight them. If we do not travel fast enough, we will definitely suffer losses,” Gongjia Heng instructed Shao Xuan as a person who had gone there before. It was a reminder to Shao Xuan.

“Follow up and try not to lose me! I won’t help you if the monkeys catch you.” Gongjia Heng tried to scare Shao Xuan before speeding up in front with his stuff.

There had been a lot of movement in their surroundings ever since they left the riverbank. They also heard leaves rustling.

“They’re here! We need to get out of here! Now!” shouted Gongjia Heng.

The sound of a tree trunk breaking could be heard. Gongjia Heng’s sentence had just ended when he saw Shao Xuan sprint past him, then getting further and further away.