Chapter 743 - Watch Your Words (1/2)

The guards quickly ran over as soon as a scream was heard, only to find another fellow desert robber buried in the sand from the neck down. He hurriedly rushed over to check on him, but it was that split second that trouble had arrived.

The guards roared and sprinted to where the captives were held. The hut that imprisoned the five captives was empty.

“The captives have escaped!”

“Someone is here to snatch them away!”

“Chase them!”

“They’re too fast! I can’t catch up!”

“The five people we captured yesterday have been taken! Hurry, report this to the leader!”

Shao Xuan was quick enough to sink into the sand before they came over. He hadn’t left yet, making the choice to stay put and observe. He had heard the guards outside talking about a discussion between the ‘Viper’ and ‘Blue Beetle’ leaders as soon as he infiltrated this place. Shao Xuan was curious to see what these desert robbers were up to. In the meantime, he’d attempt to locate the traitor who had betrayed Gongjia Ren and the others.

Before Shao Xuan had arrived at this place, Gongjia Ren had told him to slay the traitor as soon as they were found. Gongjia Ren would owe him a favour in return.

As for the sword, Gongjia Ren wasn’t persistent at all. The man intended to start anew and he was confident that a better sword could be welded in the future. Since the previous sword had been taken away by someone else, Gongjia Ren had no hopes to get it back so it could be considered a farewell to the past.

The Flaming Horn tribe failed to understand Gongjia Ren’s thinking. If they had lost an excellent sword, they would’ve tried everything to get it back. Emotions, ponderings along with the concept of new beginnings and old beginnings were non-existent. But since Gongjia Ren did not bring up any specific requests, Shao Xuan wouldn’t pay much attention to it.

On the other end, the atmosphere of the two leader’s discussion turned sour as soon as the news reached their ears. Black Sand’s dark expression morphed into something ugly. He glared at Yiken. “You’re toying with us!”

Black Sand’s eyes were bloodshot as if dyed red with blood. After he had broken free of his enslavement, this phenomenon would happen every time he used his powers.

“Oh no”- was the first thing Yiken had muttered in his heart after receiving the news. Now that Black Sand was like this, it was obvious that this discussion could not go on.

“It wasn’t us!” Yiken quickly distanced away from Black Sand, still doing his best to explain himself. He was not an idiot, offending Black Sand now meant trouble. Plus, Yiken had no idea who Black Sand had captured and the man seemed to value this person. No matter what, Yiken refused to take responsibility for this.

Sadly, Black Sand refused to listen and believe him. Other than the ‘Blue Beetle’, there was no one else who had stepped foot into this place. Besides, the man had been guarding against people from the ‘Blue Beetle’ all along. As soon as he heard the news, Black Sand had suspected that Yiken had sent someone out to rob away those who could create better weapons since the start and was now merely feigning innocence in front of him!

Unacceptable! How dare he fool him!

“You all must want to die!”

Black Sand threw out his muscular arm and a terrifyingly sharp polished bone spur flew out. It went directly towards Yiken.

Prepared, Yiken’s sword was already in his grip. With a speedy sweep, the assaulting bone spur was blocked away. He shouted back aggressively, “I said it wasn’t us!”

Meeting Black Sand’s ruby eyes, Yiken’s heart sank. This was probably a residual effect of breaking a master-slave bond. The after effects would differ between people and in Black Sand’s case, he was prone to irritability. The most obvious indication was his bloodshot eyes.

Black Sand had already gone berserk. Words were ineffective for he would not listen anymore. The shaky relationship between both parties had made things worse. The displeasure stemming from the discussion earlier serves to further stimulate Black Sand’s wrath.

Without another word, Yiken flipped with a jump and rushed past the animal skin and scale armour shielding the window. As soon as he was outside, Yiken let out a howl akin to a ferocious wolf towards the sky. It was a message to his men- the negotiation has gone south, be careful!

The Blue Beetle desert robbers waiting outside gathered towards Yiken and brandished their weapons in defence against the swarming Viper robbers.

Bam!

The precious and rare wooden door on the desert was destroyed with a stomp. Like a tall tower, Black Sand walked out step by step. With every step came an audible crunch, almost as if the man willed to crush the sand further. The dangerous murderous intent he bore swept through everywhere, even the Vipers couldn’t help but take a few steps back.

“How dare you lie to me!” The four words were squeezed out through clenched teeth. Black Sand heaved through his flaring nostrils like an enraged bull.

“I told you it wasn’t us, idiot! Use your brain!” It was after his words fell that Yiken was reminded that there was no point telling Black Sand these.