Chapter 768 - The Most Dangerous Person (2/2)

Gan Qie moved his fingers and felt the warmth of the blood in his hands. This was much warmer than his body temperature, since his body was not warm at all.

He did not look back at the corpse. Gan Qie stood up and scanned the woods nearby. He sensed something and decided to walk over, but after turning to look at the sky, he decided to turn around and head back to the Lu tribe. He was hungry.

The sight of fresh blood aroused his hunger and he even thought about drinking the blood from the corpse, but this was merely a thought. He did not take any actions. He had no interest in drinking human blood.

After Gan Qie left, the figures that were hiding in the direction he looked at walked out from behind the trees. They were all pale and frightened.

These people came from a middle-sized tribe in the central region. After they merged their fire seed, the people in their tribe suddenly felt like wild horses freed from their reins. All kinds of thoughts surfaced to their minds as they broke free from their previous ties. They wanted to take advantage of the situation after they heard about the Lu tribe’s critical condition, but not only did they gain nothing, they almost lost their lives.

They did not leave immediately after hearing Shao Xuan’s warning that morning, but after hearing the Flaming Horns slicing across the forest at such a rapid pace, they decided to escape. At first they thought they were already outside the zone of warning. Upon hearing the commotion, they wanted to check what was going on but they never expected to meet such a frightening person here!

They swore that this person had noticed them. He just turned and walked away for some unknown reason.

This bunch felt like they were the luckiest people alive.

It was already sunset when the two groups of Flaming Horns walked out from the forest, tainted with fresh blood.

They didn’t stop for a single moment during their massacre and had been killing for a whole day. Their energies were drained and they were tense throughout the whole process. They were in their hunting mode and their bodies burned with vigor as they sliced across the forest. Although they had come back from the hunt, they were still feeling energetic. Despite feeling emotionally excited, they were all tired. No matter how strong they were, there was no way for them to not feel tired after what they did that day. They weren’t like Gan Qie, who was restless, and they were all at their limits.

But even if they were tired, the murderous energy and bloody scent still radiated from their bodies. Every pore of their skin was sending out killing intent and made them seem as fierce as fearsome beasts. Whoever saw them now felt chills go down their spines. Even those who didn’t mind seeing blood moved aside and kept their distance when they saw them.

The Lu tribesmen who had been waiting for their arrival moved aside as soon as they saw them arrive. They opened up a way for them to pass through. Even if they were five steps away, the Flaming Horn soldiers made them anxious.

The Flaming Horn members felt much relieved after coming out of the forest. Some were even smiling and putting their arms around each other like they had come back from a hunt in the forest. The injured were carried into the Lu tribe and they brought their own medicine since the Lu tribe’s medicine couldn’t compare to their own.

Bai Xing wanted to have a chat with Shao Xuan. As he approached him, his eyes scanned past the Flaming Horn team and landed on someone behind them, “Who’s that?”

Shao Xuan turned to look, and replied with a laugh, “He’s Gan Qie, the person who wore the cloak before this.”

The Lu tribesmen were shocked when they heard this. This was the person who was perfectly fine after being stabbed by a sword?

Yesterday Gan Qie was hooded and cloaked so they couldn’t see his face clearly, and since he was out in the forest the whole night, none of them knew what he looked like. Now that he was unhooded, they could see his face clearly. They were even more shocked now that they saw his face.

Gan Qie didn’t seem any different compared to ordinary humans. The only thing that was slightly different was his skin colour. It was faintly greener than the normal skin tone, but the thing that shocked them was not his face, but rather his injuries when he walked out from the forest.

Gan Qie did not look strong, and if they compared him to the Flaming Horns, he seemed skinnier and weaker. His cloak was torn and tattered, so it could not hide his injuries. Countless scars crossed his body, covering his chest, back, and even his limbs and neck. There were even some on his face, but all of these wounds had closed up and began to heal. New and old scars crossed his face and it was all very frightening.

Some of them were highly impressed. With these injuries, he was definitely a strong warrior, but they could also tell how dangerous the forest was just by judging his wounds. Besides these, some of the Lu tribesmen also noticed something else on Gan Qie, and this shocked them even more. They were impressed by the look in Gan Qie’s eyes, but more than that, they were scared of him.

More than half of the injuries on his body meant death for ordinary humans. Those who could survive these blows had to be very lucky. Some of these wounds were impossible to survive from, and the most obvious ones lied in areas such as his heart, his neck, and a few other places. They could tell how deep the cut was from looking at the wounds and it was clear that normal humans would’ve died several times from these injuries, but surprisingly, Gan Qie behaved no differently from the day before. His face was calm and he walked normally, as if the injuries had not affected him at all.

Dian Fa looked at Gan Qie with doubtful eyes. This person was much more dangerous than the Flaming Horns. Where did the Flaming Horns find such a person?

And why did he decide to side with the Flaming Horns?

“Grand Elder Shao Xuan, the people in the forest…” Bai Xing inquired.

“The situation should be okay now, unless there are still others hiding somewhere in the forest we didn’t notice,” Shao Xuan scanned the forest around him. Flocks of scavenger birds were already digging in on the freshly massacred corpses.

“Thank you so much!” Bai Xing said solemnly. “We will deliver the promised rewards tomorrow.”

“Sure.” He had to accept what was promised in the deal. Shao Xuan continued, “We’ll leave once the reared beasts are ready.”

Hearing this, Bai Xing suddenly stopped in place and stayed silent for a moment.

“We already did what we came to do so we won’t stay here any longer. We won’t intervene with your decisions, but if you decide to migrate, these two days are the best days to merge your fire seed.”

They had already cleared the threats in the forest and those who escaped wouldn’t return anytime soon, so this was clearly their best opportunity to merge their fire seed. If they missed this chance, they wouldn’t know when the next opportunity would come. It was best to not have too many threats or disturbances near them during the merge.

“I understand,” Bai Xing made a firm decision in his heart and replied through gritted teeth.

Seeing Bai Xing walk away with heavy steps, Guang Yi asked Shao Xuan, “Will the Lu tribe really merge their fire seed?”

“They will, but I’m not sure where they’ll go if they choose to migrate. I just know for sure that they won’t stay here anymore.” This was Shao Xuan’s conclusion after eavesdropping on some Lu tribesmen’s conversations.

The Thousand Masks were still waiting for the Lu tribesmen to give them a final answer.

“That is not good,” Guang Yi furrowed his brows. He did not like what the Lu tribe was doing and he was not hopeful about the Lu tribe moving to the Flaming River region.

“We can only see what they decide to do now.” If the Lu tribe still can’t figure out the problem after all this, they might be able to withstand the threats this time, but it’s not likely for them to survive the next. Even if they merged their fire seed, they wouldn’t be able to handle the threats.

Shao Xuan went to check on the injured soldiers and arranged for their night shifts and duties. He told Ah Guang to bring the Phorusrhacos to the animal pens again to keep guard. Even though they had already cleared away a huge group from the forest, there might still be people who were bold enough to come steal the birds.

That night, the Flaming Horns slept soundly while the Thousand Masks and Lu tribesmen all suffered from insomnia.