Chapter 680 King Beast Fire Seed (2/2)

Most fire seeds repelled each other. If this could anger the king stoneworm, then it was not a good idea.

“We’ll talk about this after I go check the place again.” Shao Xuan had regained his breath. He did not shake off the layer of stone powder on his skin, leaving just like that towards the king stoneworm again.

Zheng Luo and Gui He followed a distance away from Shao Xuan so they could save him if needed, another was to see how the king stoneworm looked like.

He approached the king stoneworm. In truth, he had not told them everything. When he sensed the king stoneworm’s fire seed aura, he could also read its feelings.

Just like the totemic flames in Shao Xuan’s mind, it changed according to the warrior’s own emotions. The king stoneworm did not have totemic flames but the fluctuations in its aura were in accordance with its emotions.

Other people might be able to sense its fire seed but not return in one piece due to the repulsion between both fire seeds. However, Shao Xuan had a different type of energy within him. When he escaped out of the hill with Ta and Ao, he had paused because he sensed the change in the king stoneworm’s aura. Their fire seeds had not repelled each other.

The three of them had done their best to hide and repress their totemic energies and Flaming Horn auras while escaping from the king stoneworm. Although this affected their speed, it was safer.

At the time, the king stoneworm had lifted half its body off the ground. It might not have sensed the three people, instead it could have sensed the other kind of power in Shao Xuan because Shao Xuan did not feel any repulsion due to the fire seeds. Instead, its emotions seemed to have fluctuated- like the happy kind of excitement. However, after Shao Xuan completely suppressed his energy, the king stoneworm paid them no attention.

To confirm this guess, Shao Xuan had Zheng Luo and Gui He stay far away before he approached the king stoneworm.

He hid at a spot not in the direction of the trading point. That way, if the king stoneworm was triggered and he had to run, the king stoneworm would not chase him in the direction of the trading point.

Standing behind a still-green tree, Shao Xuan looked towards the spot where the rumbling sound came from. The king stoneworm was wriggling around aimlessly. The grey area had expanded substantially since the three of them left.

When its back was towards Shao Xuan, he repressed his totemic powers to minimise any aura from his Flaming Horn fire seed. At the same time, he tried to activate the other kind of energy within him.

This was a skill he learned while practising to wield the ancestral bone ornaments. The two kinds of energies within him did not repel each other. Instead, this special energy even supported the totemic energy in his bloodstream. His unique totemic power awakening process, the successful carving, the ability to wield the ancestral bone ornaments, the ability to absorb fire crystals before merging with the fire seed were all due to this special energy.

Being able to control this power had greatly improved his abilities.

Calming his mind, he slowly activated this other power.

Within his consciousness, the totemic flames did not change but the outer light shell started to brighten. It flashed, and with every blink, it brightened.

Gui He and Zheng Luo did not know what Shao Xuan was doing. All they saw was Shao Xuan standing behind a tree, unmoving and with his eyes closed. Why was he closing his eyes at a moment like this instead of watching the king stoneworm?

Very soon, the deafening rumbling stopped abruptly. The wriggling worm raised half its body in the air.

The king stoneworm was gigantic and had no legs, its body in segmented rings. It had no hard armour or scary spines, looking absolutely harmless. However, this beast could send chills down your spine and make you lose all courage to fight.

Then it turned towards them, Gui He and Zheng Luo did not see any eyes on its head.

It had only lifted half its body slightly but its head was already above the tallest tree in this part of the forest.

In the sky, the long-winged bird that had finally shaken Cha Cha off stopped. Wu He looked over. He was too far for a clear view but could still see the shape of the worm.

“What’s going on?”

Why did the king stoneworm stop? And it looked like it was looking around.

Wu He could not stand it any longer.

He looked around, then upon confirming that the eagle was not there, he patted the long-winged bird. “Go there.”

“Coo---” The bird cooed softly, obviously unwilling. We just escaped and now we’re going back? That eagle is still nearby, it’ll come kill us!

“Just go! Be careful though! Something must have happened!” His intuition told him that something had happened.

Was the king beast actually going towards the Flaming Horns?

Wu He did not want to miss this show!

No matter how unwilling the bird was, it still obeyed its master and carefully flew towards it.

At the stone forest, the king stoneworm slowly circled its head around, scanning its surroundings and finally confirming where Shao Xuan was.

Rumble…

The gigantic body moved once again, now with more urgency and much faster.

When Zheng Luo and Gui He, who were in hiding, saw that it was heading towards Shao Xuan, they panicked and whistled a few times to remind him.

Shao Xuan did not open his eyes but gestured at them, implying he knew that the king stoneworm was coming.

The grey-white area expanded in Shao Xuan’s direction. As it approached him, Shao Xuan moved in the direction opposite to the trading area. If anything happened, it would not disturb the trading area.

As Shao Xuan moved, the king stoneworm followed, this time even faster. Although it was gigantic and was surrounded by boulders and forests, nothing could stop it. Even Shao Xuan had to avoid obstacles as he ran, while this worm merely travelled in a straight line.

“What is he doing?!” Wu He was very confused as he watched the situation unfold.

He naturally recognised the person running in front of the king stoneworm- that was the person who called the eagle over, he was a Flaming Horn. However, this person had escaped so why did he return? And why is the king stoneworm following him?