Chapter 429 (2/2)
Duo Kang brought his trading team with the Taihe tribe back, while Shao Xuan and Guang Yi headed to the pre-agreed spot to meet Maoda and his men.
Soon, a group of about a hundred left the city. Everyone in the team was muscular, when they walked together they were a sight to behold.
At the same time, these hundred people were all carrying a huge bundle or a wooden box. Other people started to have thoughts about robbing them but once they heard it was the Black Bears, they gave up. These were not people they wanted to anger.
“You all carry your stuff like that to King City?” Shao Xuan looked at the bundle Maoda carried.
Maoda smiled and gestured for Shao Xuan and Guang Yi to follow.
Guang Yi followed quietly. He couldn’t distinguish them at all, they all looked like bears to him. However, their auras were a little different so Guang Yi attempted to differentiate them by their postures.
They walked for almost half an hour after leaving Anba City until they reached the foot of a hill. The hill was not tall nor steep. There were obvious signs of human activity too. There was a path and there were buildings near the peak.
Maoda took out a horn and blew it.
Wooooo----
Not long after, Shao Xuan sensed that something was coming down the hill. Looking up, several large silhouettes ran down. Next two these large shapes were humans running quickly.
“They’re… bears?” asked SHoa Xuan in shock.
“Not bad!” Maoda’s eyes glinted in delight. Not every trading party could get large animals like these to help them carry their things. Other groups mostly had herbivorous animals, unlike theirs. They had bears!
“Your people wear bear fur, and even use bears as pack animals? Won’t they get mad?” asked Shao Xuan in surprise.
Maoda and the rest all looked at Shao Xuan as if to say ‘you haven’t seen the world’. “It’s the reverse. They are only friendly when we wear fur. Plus, the better quality our fur is, the more cooperative they are.”
As he spoke, the large beasts bounding down the mountain had arrived.
There were seven bears in total. If they stood on their hind legs, each of them would exceed ten meters tall. Their fur was dark brown and perhaps due to good care, it was shiny. One could see their fur reflecting light as they ran under the sun.
The seven bears were supposed to stop but they’d suddenly smelled the scent of strangers. This caused them great discomfort.
One bear roared and sped up again, hurtling towards Shao Xuan. Every step made by its thick paws caused the ground to shake.
Maoda’s brows furrowed. “Go away!” They weren’t carrying anything so it was not worth the effort to pull them back. It would be best for them to go crazy for a while and they’d calm down later.
When he turned around, Maoda realised Shao Xuan was still standing there and shouted, “Go hide! You want to die?!”
The bear had already arrived, every step shaking the ground. With an angry roar, even the trees around shook with fear.
Shao Xuan looked at the bear that was quickly approaching, lifted a foot, and stepped unto the ground.
Boom!
With this one step, a strong burst of energy exploded from beneath his foot as if he intended to shake everything into powder. The deep rumble extended deep underground, then rose up once again. All the pebbles around flew with the vibrations, dust flew in clouds and countless cracks appeared on the ground.
With that step, totemic power rose in Shao Xuan’s body instantly, though he retracted them immediately. Before everyone could see the patterns clearly, they realised the patterns had faded as if nothing had happened.
Poof---
The huge bear stopped abruptly five meters ahead of Shoa Xuan, digging up chunks of soil due to its abrupt stop. There were cracks under its paws.
Shao Xuan stood his ground and stared at the bear silently. The powerful bear shuddered and turned around, roaring in another direction like a person who hurriedly changed the topic when the conversation had hit an awkward silence.
Maoda and the rest were speechless. ‘You want to die?’ was a question that seemed to echo in the air.