Chapter 682 The Flaming Horn Tribes Intentions (2/2)

Ta’s face changed. “It’s here!”

That was the sound made by the wriggling king stoneworm. Although the sound was faint, his muscles tensed up involuntarily and sweat sprouted from his forehead. He remembered the helplessness when the beast was nearby, the feeling of turning into stone- how could he calm down?

Everyone grew anxious when they saw Ta’s state. The outsiders complaining about seeing the king beast quietened down, their eyes locked in one direction, unblinking. They clenched their sweaty palms. They heard the rumbling too. They might want to see the beast but they were also afraid. The brazen courage from before was replaced with uncontrollable fear.

The smell of stone dust lingered in the air.

The forest was dead silent, as if every living thing had been strangled.

The rumbling sound grew closer. The people on the tower by the gate and on the castle could see a grey line approaching from far in the forest, towards the Flaming River.

“That’s… the king beast?” whispered someone. They did not need to be reminded to keep quiet. Although the king beast was far away, they instinctively lowered their voices.

“That’s where the king stoneworm is. Everything around it turns to stone, including trees and even people. Everything turns to stone!” Ta’s tone was flat but they saw the fear and caution in his eyes as he looked out at the king stoneworm.

Everyone drew in a sharp breath. Even if they were far away, the Flaming Horns had painted them a good picture.

Someone gulped and stuttered, “T-t-that’s… impressive!”

“Nonsense, it’s t-t-the k-king beast… how could it not be?” Another guy forced himself to look calm but his stuttering exposed his anxiety.

These people rarely met regular fearsome beasts, their terror was unimaginable in the face of a king beast.

Very soon, their attention turned from the king beast to the Flaming Horns.

“Wasn’t it lured away already? Why are you luring it back?” asked Yi Si. He was the calmest non-Flaming Horn now.

Ta eyed him. “We have our reasons.” He did not elaborate. In reality, he was not confident in this plan either. Shao Xuan’s plan was insane, he would not have done it if it were up to him. But after a lot of thought, he realised this might be the best plan.

“Just wait and see,” said Ta drily. Who was in the mood for conversation now?!

Although the king beast was not heading directly towards them, its route passed through a forest not far away. Everyone could see the green trees turning to grey stone.

The ones who previously could not clearly imagine the king beasts felt their knees give out, their backs drenched in sweat, their lips moving but no words came out. All they could do was stare with widened eyes, their faces twitching pathetically.

Rumble---

The deafening rumbling shook them to their core. Everyone seemed to hold their breaths.

They could not see Shao Xuan or the king stoneworm, for it was all a blur amongst the grey stone forest but they would never forget the large, expanding patch of grey in front of them.

So this was a king beast!

Those who complained about wanting to see the beast felt like they had been too naive! But no one would mock them now.

All eyes fixated on the expanding grey patch until the rumbling slowly faded. They only snapped back to reality when the king stoneworm had passed by and headed towards Flaming River.

“You all stay here, I’ll go check.” Ta ran down the tower and ran towards the river.

Now that the trading area was temporarily safe, he had to go check the other side.