Chapter 512 (1/2)

The Fire of Wanshi

The shaman of the Wanshi tribe stood by the fire pit with a taunting look on his face. He listened carefully to the sound of battle nearby, unmoving.

There was not a single Wanshi tribesman by his side. The nearest warrior was fifty meters away.

With the Wanshi fire pit at the center, there was a circular patch of empty ground. The Wanshi shaman was the only one present within the fifty-meter radius.

A fiery glow with a tinge of grey danced within the fire pit. It was Wanshi's colour.

The shaman was once worried when their flames had died down into only a small fireball. However, soon after Flaming Horn’s fire seed disappeared, their fire seed seemed to be rejuvenated after losing one more opponent. It returned to its original vibrancy before the arrival of the Flaming Horns.

This reassured the shaman. Though he did not know why Flaming Horn’s fire seed disappeared or how their warriors retained their initial strength, he knew that without the suppression of the Flaming Horn’s fire seed, their own fire seed could unleash its true powers!

Why should they fear the Flaming Horns? Flaming Horn did not have a fire seed but Wanshi did!

Wanshi was not afraid of a small tribe who might not even survive1

The fire seed’s power was ultimate, the shaman could not imagine anyone destroying it. Even the slave masters couldn’t! Yet these people thought they could?

The Flaming Horns were dumb!

It had been one thousand years since their fall from glory, they must’ve become simple-minded.

If the Flaming Horn’s fire seed was still present, he would be cautious. Yet the stupid Flaming Horns lost their own fire seed! Hahaha!

The shaman wanted to laugh out loud.

Wars between large tribes depended on the fire seeds, how could you not understand this? You don’t have a fire seed, what makes you think you can fight me?

As he thought about it, the look of contempt on his face grew. He raised an arm as he listened to the sounds of battle. Tall flames shot up and out of the fire pit. It flickered, though there was no wind, crackling. He did not hear the usual howling winds, instead the sounds of stones colliding into each other.

When Shao Xuan finally arrived, he noticed something eerie.

The defenses around the fire pit were very different from the tight security he imagined. There were less than three hundred warriors in this area. Wanshi claimed to have more than ten thousand warriors but in reality, they didn’t have that many people. Even if they added the ones who did not fight, at most, they should have about eight thousand members. However, the numbers were true if they included the slave masters and their slaves. Plus the war prisoners they caught were probably in the hundreds.

This time, five thousand Flaming Horns came to invade Wanshi. On Wanshi’s side, adding up both the slaves and Wanshi’s warriors, their army was larger than Flaming Horn. However, at this point, if one looked closer, the number of deaths and injuries on Flaming Horn’s side was significantly smaller.

Shao Xuan could clearly feel the fire seed as he killed his way here. That was why he was shocked to see only three hundred people guarding the fire pit.

And these people weren’t near the fire pit at all, there was a large piece of empty land in the center.

There were a hundred Flaming Horn warriors with Shao Xuan here. There were one hundred more arriving soon. It was going to be easy fighting these three hundred people, they were all at most minor leaders, the chief or hunt leaders weren’t here.

Shao Xuan had an eerie feeling.

The rest could feel the strong repulsion and peculiar feeling emitted from the Wanshi fire seed.

Shao Xuan did not immediately charge towards the fire pit. The Flaming Horns only battled against the three hundred people in the peripheral regions. He stopped any warrior charging at the fire pit too.

These three hundred Wanshi warriors didn’t seem like they planned to fight much either. Occasionally, they would retreat towards the fire pit. While one could explain that they wanted to use the fire pit’s powers, Shao Xuan thought it looked more like they were luring the Flaming Horns over.

Would anyone lure outsiders towards their own fire pit?!

There must be something wrong with the empty piece of land.

Shao Xuan did not have to say a word, for the rest also guessed it. They only fought outside the fifty-meter radius but did not go forward.

The Wanshi shaman grew impatient when he saw the Flaming Horn numbers increase but none approached the fire pit.

With a creepy smile, he lifted his arms and unleashed a long roar at the skies. He chanted in a language Shao Xuan did not understand. It could sound like some meaningless tune but at this point, Shao Xuan felt a large threat.

“Retreat!” shouted Shao Xuan.