Chapter 581: You Are My Strength (2/2)

After stepping past the last blue thread, Sang Kan finally yielded to his fatigue. His legs gave way and he fell face down. Aried cried out in surprise as he fell forward.

Rui Bing gathered the last of her strength and went to catch Aried in his fall.

The trio looked at each other, a tired mess, and smiled.

After some rest, Sang Kan struggled up to his feet to search for water. He could already sense the moisture in the air. There must be water close by.

Soon, he found a watering hole. It was a small lake. The surface of the lake was still as a mirror. Sang Kan was overjoyed. He found many animal footprints around the lake.

”This must be drinkable water,” Sang Kan thought to himself. Nevertheless, as a safety precaution, he still checked the water for poison. To his delight, the tests showed that water was indeed safe to drink. He quickly helped himself to it. It felt wonderful to quench the thirst from so many days of running.

He took out his water pouch, filled it up, and was about to return to Rui Bing and Aried when something out of the corner of his eye caught his attention.

He bent down to inspect the ground.

He recognized whatever he saw, and ran as fast as he could to Rui Bing and Aried.

”What is it?” Rui Bing saw Sang Kan's expression and knew that he must have found something.

Sang Kan passed his water pouch to them and said to them with a funny expression, ”I found human footprints! There are people nearby!”

”Ah!” Rui Bing and Aried gasped in surprise. The water pouch that was about to reach Aried's lips stopped moving abruptly.

”It's human footprints, I'm sure of it. They are by the lake over there, probably by a woman. Beside her footprints were many other animals footprints. I think she was being pursued by the animals.” Sang Kan did not look too excited when he said this. To them, humans might pose an even bigger threat than animals, especially strangers.

The news came as a shock to all three of them.

Sang Kan added, ”The footprints are fresh. They must have been left not more than two hours ago.”

This was encouraging news. They did not expect there to be any humans in this place. They had thought that they were the only ones who were lost and trying to find their way home in this dangerous place. It was wonderful to know that there were other humans here.

Nevertheless, they did not immediately set off to find these humans, but took a rest instead.

Rui Bing sat up straight and closed her eyes. Her hands rested naturally on her folded knees. A Jie expert. For a Jie expert, this was the most basic and fastest way to recover. Sang Kan simply laid down and slept, snoring so loudly that even Aried felt like sleeping.

However, Aried kept his eyes open wide to keep watch for the group.

An hour later, Rui Bing opened her eyes and Sang Kan stopped snoring. Sang Kan carried Aried on his back as usual, but he secured Aried's position with a rope this time. He also had a spiral patterned wooden spear. The wood he found was so hard that he bent his lava gold dagger while making the wooden spear.

His steps were light and vigilant. Silently, he crept forward in a half bending position.

Rui Bing followed close behind him. She did not use Guardian for now.

They arrived back at the lake and refilled their water pouches. Sang Kan continued to study the footprints around them.

”I don't recognize the animal footprints here. We have to be careful.” Sang Kan was an experienced hunter. This was obvious throughout their journey so far. Both Aried and Rui Bing trusted his judgment.

The three of them proceeded carefully along their way for an hour when they heard the howl of a wild animal.

Howl! The cry echoed around them. The ground began to tremble, as if thousands of animals were heading their way.

Sang Kan and Rui Bing were both alarmed. Aried paled quickly.

In the valley below them, a herd of wild animals were running in a wild stampede. They looked like they were startled by something. The herd consisted of all kinds of animals. Some were so huge they reached up to 16 meters tall, and every step they took shook the ground like a heavyweight mech would. The smaller animals were all agile creatures. They leaped along the cliffs of the valley, making their way forward in powerful leaps.

”There!” Aried pointed towards the front of the stampede.

In front of all the animals was a small figure, running as fast as the animals.

She did not look particularly strong to Rui Bing or Sang Kan, but she was also much faster than normal people. However, her stamina was failing. She was beginning to slow down.

”I think she's carrying something like a gun on her back,” Sang Kan said grimly.

The woman was slowing down. Her steps were getting uneven. Rui Bing and Sang Kan knew that she could not hold on for much longer.

”Save her!”

Both of them exchanged a look, and then rushed towards the woman.

However, the woman was more capable than Rui Bing and Sang Kan expected. She slipped into a narrow crack in the cliffs. The narrowest part of the crack could only allow three people in side by side. The animals behind her were not fazed by her attempt. The smaller animals followed her into the crack.

The gun on her back slid down smoothly into her hands. She shot without aiming. Swoosh swoosh swoosh! The laser gun began to fire.

Within the crack, animals began to scream in pain. Soon, animal bodies began to pile up at the entrance of the crack. However, the animals outside continued to force their way in like they had gone mad.

”She's a good shot!” Rui Bing and Sang Kan looked at each other in surprise.

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