Chapter 690 Can You Even Fly? (1/2)

They were too careless!

If they had been more careful, perhaps all of that would never have happened. At least those people wouldn’t have been able to leave so easily.

Ao was regretting it a lot now too.

Even though Shao Xuan had reminded them about how there were also others who were closely watching them and they were all cautious, they never thought those people would dare to come close after witnessing the bat leader’s attack. Who would’ve thought! These people were so daring! They were literally out of their minds! What if the bat leader changed its target and focused on them instead? Wasn’t the exploded flock of birds enough for a warning?

But what happened had already happened. This was extreme humiliation to them. Everyone saw the two bags of thousand grain gold get stolen. This was a slap across the Flaming Horn’s faces, a cruel slap. All of the Flaming Horns present were stunned by what happened.

Even though the two bags of thousand-grain gold were not even a tenth of their total harvest, this was a different case. If someone stole your prey, it was clearly a failure on your part, not to mention how important this thousand-grain gold was to them!

Perhaps the Flaming Horns were too arrogant after everything that happened- the Flaming River Trading Point, the king beast incident, and the Giant Bridge. They should’ve maintained their guard and vigilance.

How careless!

Even Ao had to admit that he was indeed not in the zone, especially just now when he hesitated in throwing out a spear at the trespasser. If he released his spear when Shao Xuan released it, perhaps the robbery would never have happened. At least they could’ve caught one or two of them.

He looked again at the sky. The bat leader was becoming even more brutal than before. It probably noticed what happened below, but it didn’t chase after those people. If it did chase after them, it had to abandon this important piece of land, so it chose to stay here.

It was not a tamed beast and unlike Cha Cha, it didn’t listen to anyone’s commands. This bat had a different goal in mind. It would get mad if someone stole his things under his watch, but it wouldn’t go after the people who stole the grains. It knew about tradeoffs, so he stayed here. This place was more important.

They relied on other forces too much. This wouldn’t work. Ao regretted as he sighed.

These people planned their timing too well. If they came a little earlier or later, they would’ve failed. Perhaps they also considered the bat leader’s mentality. Those people were also too crazy…

Ao felt that compared to the robber’s incident from before, the incident that had just happened was a harder slap across their faces.

Of course, he knew that this was not the time to blame himself. It wasn’t the time to reflect either.

“Keep your spirits high! It’s not over yet!” Ao yelled.

So what if they were unhappy? They still had other matters to settle.

They’ll just take this as a lesson.

Ao didn’t think Shao Xuan could stop those people. Judging by how in sync those people were and how they behaved, he knew that they were experienced. With just Cha Cha, it wouldn’t be easy to stop all of them.

On the side of the Giant Bridge, Ta turned around and looked up into the sky. The seven figures flew above the forest not far away from them. They probably knew that people were keeping guard here, so they didn’t get close. Instead, they flew above the forest beside the Flaming River and continued upstream.

Even though they were quite far away, Ta could see what they were carrying with his sharp vision. He saw the familiar beast hide bags and the grains that fell from it occasionally. Anger welled up within him.

They stole the thousand-grain gold!

Ta also noticed Shao Xuan following those people. He was chasing after them.

He shifted his feet. He wanted to chase after those people personally, but then he looked again at those people on the other side of the bridge. He hesitated and waved his hands as he signalled the others beside him, “You guys, follow them!”

The people who came from other tribes on the other side couldn’t see clearly what was happening because they were far away. They were still discussing what had happened, but very soon, they saw what was happening.

People were riding on birds and travelling upstream on the other side where the Flaming Horn’s headquarters was. It looked like they were trying to cross the river.

The few individuals who stood in the back of the crowd thought, ‘Aren’t those the Chang Le’s? Judging by their looks, did they get something?’

The Chang Le’s were indeed impressive if they could steal something from the Flaming Horn’s headquarters. The Flaming Horns had to admit to this fact.

In the sky, after Wu He’s group of seven successfully stole the two giant bags of grains, they couldn’t fly up high because two of their birds suffered severe injuries and even had arrows stuck in their bodies. Two other birds couldn’t fly high because of how heavy the grains were. Flying high required greater energy. There was also another person among them who was severely injured. The bird who was carrying two people was even more tired than the others. Even though their entire mission didn’t take long, it burned up a lot of their energy.

Especially the seven long-winged birds. They were under immense stress. Even if the bat leader wasn’t a king beast, it was a bigger threat compared to the king stoneworm. The bat leader could fly. They finally accomplished their mission under such a huge mental burden. Now that they could finally relax, they felt extremely tired.

To conserve their energy and to ensure they could work well as a team, the seven birds didn’t fly too high. Of course, they were comparing the height to how high they usually flew. Even if they weren’t flying high, the fierce beasts on land could not reach them. They were flying above the forest, but they still kept a distance above the trees. This could save their energy and avoid all the threats on the trees. This was the level many experienced birds liked. Cha Cha also flew at this height often. As long as they flew faster, the people on the ground wouldn’t be able to shoot them, unless their skills were highly polished.

The reason they chose to fly upstream towards the Flaming River was there were fewer people there!

They definitely wouldn’t head in the Flaming River’s direction. What laid ahead there was a forest full of fearsome beasts, but they still had to cross the river. Different tribes were spread across the land on the other side of the river. At least this was the information Wu He discovered during his time here. He even knew that there were more tribes downstream who were familiar with the Flaming Horns. If they fly in that direction, they would be targeted by many people, but it was different upstream. If they cross the river and travel upstream, there would be less tribes so they wouldn’t be targeted as much. This was the best way for them to escape.