Chapter 519: 514: Coming Back?!
Chapter 519: Chapter 514: Coming Back?!
Under You Mang’s gaze, Beta quickly agreed, while Bai Qi stopped Alpha and Nicholas, who seemed ready to burst.
“No rush, let’s go out with them first.”
They were inside the Dark Tribe’s territory. Any conflict here would put them at a disadvantage. It would be better to change location first.
Under the guidance of the twin wolves, Bai Qi and his companions smoothly left the Ghost Wolf Tribe, venturing into the surrounding forest.
Due to the Ghost Wolf Tribe’s presence, higher-ranked ferocious beasts were rare in this part of the forest, populated only by less intelligent wild animals.
However, once they felt the ferocious aura of the twin wolves, these animals fled, leaving the area empty.
“You Mang, why did you bring them here?”
You Chun seemed confused. You Mang looked at him reproachfully. “You didn’t even sense the aura of the Beast Master. You need to get out and practice more.”
“Beast Master, him?”
You Chun looked at Bai Qi in shock, but his expression quickly turned greedy.
“A Beast Master! One has actually delivered himself to our doorstep, what a feast!”
You Chun laughed crazily. “By consuming them, I may be able to further strengthen myself. This would surely ensure our mission’s success!”
“Hmph, don’t underestimate them too soon. Given their performance so far, their strengths are not to be disregarded.”
You Mang moved cautiously behind Bai Qi’s party, completely blocking their escape route. His drooling betrayed his inner thoughts.
The soul of a Beast Master was far more potent compared to a Beast Soul Warrior for them. If it were not for wanting to reduce the number of those splitting the feast, he would not have wasted so much time luring Bai Qi and his companions here.
Devour Bai Qi!
“Ah, and I thought I was good at playing along. Did I really give myself away?”
Bai Qi sighed and looked up at the massive wolf beast in front of him. “But this saves me the trouble of having to gather information.”
“Jerry, you deal with You Mang. He seems to be the smarter one. As for the other one.”
Bai Qi’s left hand flashed with Rune Mark. A streak of cyan-golden light flashed past, directly infusing into You Chun.
“What… ”
You Mang instinctively felt something was wrong. When he saw “You Chun” suddenly attacking him, he ran without hesitation.
It seemed… he had crossed paths with a tough adversary!
Alpha, prepared, blocked You Mang’s path. As You Mang tried to fight back, he felt his body stiffen, then Alpha’s sword severed his limbs. Soon afterward, everything went black, and he lost consciousness.
Shaking off the aftermath of the battle, Jerry emerged from You Mang’s body. Having just had a filling feast, he let out a rare burp of satisfaction.
The soul of a King-level beast was naturally a great tonic.
After Jerry left, Gamma swooped in, wrapping up the massive wolf’s corpse before returning to its secret realm. It then scattered countless offsprings, absorbing all available energy left in the area.
To avoid trouble, all traces of the fight should be thoroughly cleaned up.
“Bai Qi, how did I perform just now?”
Nicholas took off his hood, a triumphant look on his face.
Although You Chun and You Mang were only Fifth Stage Monarchs, they were capable enough to survive in the Tribe. However, the moment they attempted to start something, Nicholas repressed them with his Dragon’s might, ending the fight instantly.
This was not a wilderness training in the Federation. To avoid more trouble, the faster the conflict was resolved, the better.
“Very well!”
Bai Qi nodded approvingly. Post-training, Nicholas’s strength had rapidly escalated. The Dragon’s Majesty he emitted just now only affected the twin wolves while leaving them unharmed.
If not for fear of being surrounded by other legendary ferocious beasts, Bai Qi was ready to charge at the legendary Ghost Wolf right away.
“Speaking of which, Jerry, did you discover anything new?”
Bai Qi turned to Jerry.
“Indeed, I did.”
Jerry nodded and relayed all he knew about the Ghost Wolf Tribe and the surrounding tribes.
“So there are five tribes nearby? The strength of these beasts is indeed formidable.”
Bai Qi’s face was solemn. He was grateful that he hadn’t run about aimlessly earlier; otherwise, accidentally straying into a few established tribes in the vicinity might have worsened the situation.
Five tribes meant five legendary ferocious beasts. The fact that humans could survive amid these beasts was no easy feat.
“Based on this giant wolf’s memory, we are approximately in the middle of the tribal area, closest to the Black Python Tribe that lies near the Federation border. At our current speed, even with non-stop, straight-line travel, it would take over a month.”
Jerry sighed helplessly. “So it would indeed be really difficult for us to return safely.”
“Over a month? Why don’t I fly you all back? We should get there much faster.”
Nicholas immediately proposed his own idea upon hearing this.
“No, the concentration of legendary ferocious beasts in the tribes is higher than we expected. Doing so would only attract their attacks. It’s better for us to stay low-key,” Bai QI shook his head. Although traveling slowly would be a bit slower, as long as they could reach the Black Python Tribe, Nicholas could unleash his full strength without any worry.
After all, the Thousand Cliff Stone Forest region was considered a safe zone.
“There’s another thing related to these two stupid wolves’ mission. Beast Master, you might be interested in it.”
…
Bai Qi and Nicholas carefully peeked out amongst the ruined walls, taking in their surroundings, before Bai Qi finally questioned, “Jerry, are you sure it’s here?”
Jerry stuck out his head from one side, answering, “According to the weasel’s memory, this is the place.”
Bai Qi nodded, looking at the large crater in front of him, seemingly bombarded by meteorites, lost in thought.
From the weasel’s memory, this place used to be the Fire Leopard Tribe’s settlement, one of the old tribes in the area.
However, affected by the nearby snow mountain, the development of the people of the Fire Leopard Tribe was deeply impacted, leading to their gradual decline.
Yet, even so, the Ghost Wolf Tribe couldn’t defeat the Fire Leopard Tribe.
The main reason that the Fire Leopard Tribe completely perished was due to a massive object that fell from the sky half a year ago. It directly killed the legendary Fire Leopard, leading to the current situation.
Supposedly, the growth history of the Ghost Wolf Tribe’s chief is also a legendary story. Originally just a wolf beast attached to the Fire Leopard Tribe, it suddenly rose to power for some unknown reason.
But because of that impact, this current generation can’t support the survival of other creatures, which is why the Ghost Wolf Tribe moved next door. They only send some offspring here occasionally for inspection.
“This place doesn’t look anything special. Is it really necessary to pay so much attention?”
Looking at the desolate crater in front of him, Bai Qi felt more and more curious.
He didn’t believe the Ghost Wolves, who could occupy the Fire Leopard Tribe under the noses of a few larger tribes, were fools. They kept sending offspring here, there must be something valuable.
“Nicholas, can you sense anything?”
Bai Qi turned to Nicholas, and asked.
“The Dragon can’t be sure. I can only feel a faint energy response here. It seems to affect the soul.”
Nicholas shook his head, sharing his findings.
“Affect the soul?”
Bai Qi looked at Jerry, who nodded, saying, “This place is very strange. Beasts with lower levels who carelessly approached never seem to leave. The skeletons must be theirs.”
“Sounds a bit eerie.”
Bai Qi nodded slightly, but thought of the weasel entering and leaving freely at this level. He gradually became at ease.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
This place may be quite strange, but the effect was just that. With Nicholas around, there absolutely wouldn’t be any problems.
With that in mind, Bai Qi let Nicholas re-examine the situation in the surroundings before standing up. Riding on a You Chun parasitized by cordyceps, he slowly entered the large pit.
Just like Nicholas said, this place affected the soul, but now Bai Qi was also a Six Stage Beast Master, so just focusing his spirit drove away the effect.
“Affect the soul… This doesn’t seem to have any connection with the Fire Leopard.”
Bai Qi quickly ruled out any residual effects of the Fire Leopard Tribe and immediately locked onto his target.
“Unless unexpected, it should be that object that fell from the sky half a year ago.”
Bai Qi looked at the bottom of the pit. Without further random searches, he directly commanded the cordyceps and jumped down.
Hmmmm…
As soon as he got close to the bottom of the pit, Bai Qi felt a stronger spiritual fluctuation coming from the ground. He immediately focused his attention to combat it but still felt a bit dizzy. It was only until Nicholas made a move that he slowly came back to his senses.
“It seems like it’s definitely here.”
Bai Qi’s eyes went wide, bending down, he said, “Schuck, can you detect anything below?”
“I inspected it a long time ago, there’s nothing.”
Schuck shook his head, pulling back a ground-digging worm.
As soon as they had arrived, Schuck sent various scouting machines to survey the nearby area. However, there weren’t any significant discoveries.
“Nothing at all?”
At those words, Bai Qi paused. Soon after, he summoned Delta.
“Delta, is there anything like a spatial rune array in this location?”
Delta glanced at the ground, his eyes flickered like a flame. Suddenly, ripples appeared on the originally flat ground. A platform with strange patterns carved onto it appeared in front of Bai Qi.
“So it’s hidden in space.”
Bai Qi nodded slightly, lightly placing his hand on the platform; he indeed felt that special spiritual fluctuation.
“Delta, can you pull out the thing from below?”
Pop Pop.
(I will give it a try.)
Delta pressed his claws on the platform and gave a strong tug. The surrounding space instantly twisted, but the platform remained motionless.
“Let the Dragon give it a try.”
Nicholas released Jade Power in an attempt to help as he saw this. However, the platform had not moved at all.
Instead, the platform, seemed to sense the impacts of Nicholas and Delta, and began to exude bright runes.
“Why do these runes look familiar?”
Bai Qi stroked his chin, constantly recalling where he had seen this rune. Before he could remember though, the platform suddenly opened, pulling Nicholas, Bai Qi and other pet beasts down.
“Damn, it’s happening again, can it do something different for once!”