Chapter 770 - Dead Or Alive? (2/2)

As the three of them landed, the ground shook as if a meteorite had struck it.

The ground was cushioned with thick grass, so not much dirt or sand flew up when they landed. After these three figures landed, they did not move. They just stood there in the dents they created in the ground, and since their faces were covered by cloth, Shao Xuan could not tell what they looked like, but with his special vision, he could see that their bones were much brighter than ordinary bones.

They did not breathe and had no heartbeat. Even after they landed, they did not pant. They were like wooden chunks that had no feelings.

Reanimated corpses. These were special human puppets.

Shao Xuan looked at Gan Qie. These three were very similar to Gan Qie when Shao Xuan first saw him. Perhaps they also came from the same tribe as Gan Qie.

The only thing that differed was that these people had red energy flowing through their bones controlling them. Their bones were infused with the fire seed’s energy.

Someone injected a foreign fire seed’s energy into their bones and used this energy to control them. This was not the doing of the person who stood beside Su Le, or else Gan Qie would’ve been made into a puppet back then.

The strange thing was that Shao Xuan could not sense anyone else nearby. Where was the person who controlled these three puppets? Or did they not require someone to control them?

Shao Xuan froze at the thought. He had seen the puppets in the desert. Those could only be considered puppets of a high grade, but these three were more unique.

While Shao Xuan contemplated, Su Le and the other eagles had already landed on the ground. They were unlike those three reanimated corpses who felt no emotion or pain, so they didn’t jump directly from the sky. They only descended from their eagles after they stood firmly on the ground.

After Su Le adjusted his stance, he took a glance of the area and his eyes stopped on Gan Qie for a while before he turned to look at Shao Xuan as Shao Xuan jumped down from the tree.

“Shao Xuan of Flaming Horn!” Su Le roared contemptuously.

Su Le was furious as he recalled how Su Gu looked at him when he came back all beaten up after losing the fight. He even abandoned his armour and fled for his life back then. The Fallen Leaves Lord was also disappointed in him. Su Le thought about getting the ancient corpse back, and he even took out his treasures and contacted the robbers to get the ancient corpse back from the Flaming Horn tribe for him. Unfortunately, they lost contact with the robber and other robbers told him that the robber who went had died.

Luckily, this was his second chance. He could bring this ancient corpse back and this might empower him to win his fight for the throne against Su Gu.

As he thought about the person who was the cause behind all the trouble he suffered from, Su Le’s eyes blazed with fury. However, upon the thought of Shao Xuan’s strength, he began to feel afraid. Luckily, he didn’t need to participate in the fight this time. Even if there were ten of him, he would be no match for Shao Xuan.

“Chu Xu!” Su Le turned to look at the person who stood beside him.

The person in the yellow cloak didn’t bother to look at Su Le. His gaze had been set on Gan Qie even before they had landed. He knew that the person sitting there was his target, but he just felt something was wrong. He looked again at the person’s side view and his greenish looking hands. Startled, he glared at Shao Xuan, “What have you done?!”

Shao Xuan laughed but didn’t speak a word.

Chu Xu’s cloak carried some sand from the desert. As the wind blew the sand off his sleeves, they suddenly felt the energy of the desert. It was totally different from the energy of the environment they were currently in.

Chu Xu turned to look again at the cloaked figure on the rock. The greyish-white linen sailed in the wind and flapped as the winds blew. He was also cloaked. This person on the rock was even more unique compared to the three puppets that came with them. If it weren’t for the fact that he didn’t breathe and that the tracker in Chu Xu’s hands pointed to him, Chu Xu would’ve been doubting his own judgement.

What did the Flaming Horns do to this ancient corpse?!

“Why are you wasting your time with all this nonsense?!” Su Le was impatient seeing how Chu Xu was just standing there, not taking any action. “Shao Xuan, give that ancient corpse back to us, and we’ll let you go!”

With these three helpers here, even his tone sounded more confident.

Shao Xuan replied, “Ha ha.”

Shao Xuan’s attitude and tone fueled Su Le’s anger. His eyes and tone clearly showed his mockery and rudeness. He clearly looked down on him. But after thinking about the numerous times he was defeated by Shao Xuan, he inhaled deeply and continued, “Let’s stop the nonsense. Just kill him and get this done with!”

The latter sentence was an order directed at Chu Xu. He wanted to kill Shao Xuan so he could take the ancient corpse back with them. He never wished to meet Shao Xuan here. If he lost his life here, then everything he planned would be meaningless, but seeing Shao Xuan’s attitude, Su Le wasn’t able to let him go easily. His father, the Fallen Leaves Lord, once said, “These three puppets are different from normal puppets.” If they are used against Shao Xuan’s flaming sword, there shouldn’t be a problem, right?

After thinking about this, Su Le became even more afraid, “Chu Xu! What are you waiting for? Attack!”

The person who stood beside Su Le continued to disregard what Su Le said because he noticed how the cloaked person was glancing at him. In the shade, a pair of eyes looked straight at him under the hood!

Chu Xu told Shao Xuan once again after seeing those unnerving eyes, “Let him come with us. We need to take him back to Rock Hill City.”

Shao Xuan didn’t move. “This I have no control over. You guys should ask him yourself and see what he thinks. If he wants to go, even if I want to, I can’t stop him.”

What did he mean by this?

They were all doubtful, but very soon, Su Le and Chu Xu heard the person on the rock say, “Who are you guys?” His tone was calm and did not carry any emotion.

“He…spoke!” Su Le felt the numbness spread across his skull. Chills travelled down his spine.

Wasn’t this an ancient corpse? How was it able to speak?

Chu Xu was even more shocked. It was impossible for puppets to speak because they were dead. Who was this sitting on the rock? Chu Xu had personally set him under an animal cart before and he knew this corpse very well. How come he became a completely different person?

“He’s definitely under the Flaming Horn’s control! Chu Xu, attack!” Su Le was so scared that his voice became ear-piercingly loud as he screamed.

Chu Xu did not hesitate any longer. He also wanted to find out what happened to the ancient corpse.

“Attack!” Chu Xu yelled.

After his command, the three cloaked figures shot forward like arrows aimed at Gan Qie, who was still sitting on the rock.

Sensing the sudden tense atmosphere, Gan Qie flinched and felt the muscles on his body tighten. All around him, he could feel the chills as the temperature decreased.

These were his tribesmen. Even before they appeared, Gan Qie felt their presence. However, besides this fact, he could also feel a murderous energy within their bodies, and it was directed at him.