Chapter 418: We Are Not on the Same Road

After a moment, in the mountain cave that still had this gurgling sound, there were successive rustling sounds; it turned out that after she had packed up her tent, all the super tribe members walked out of the cave.

The leading healing shaman, seeing her put away her belongings and truly continue walking inward, had a bland and deep expression, making his emotions unreadable.

Only after Wu Yue's silhouette disappeared into the gloomy deep forest did the crowd withdraw their gazes and look toward the healing shaman ahead.

The Beastfolk envoy captain was quite angry; their Kuma tribe, within the Super Tribe, is also a very powerful existence—otherwise they wouldn't have the selection rights over the Beastfolk and shamans of Chiyan Pingyuan, and without some strength they couldn't defend it.

But this time, upon coming out, he repeatedly lost face before a female shaman of an unfamiliar tribe, which made him very displeased.

"Shaman, should we continue onward?"

He looked toward the silent healing shaman ahead, feeling somewhat torn as well.

He silently cursed that the Scorpion Tribe's Beastfolk had died at the worst possible time, leaving them trapped in this extremely dangerous deep forest.

"We'll rest here for three days, letting the injured tribe members recuperate."

The healing shaman's voice, as ever, was bland and emotionless, making it impossible to guess his true thoughts.

But the Beastfolk envoy captain secretly guessed that their own shaman perhaps wanted to wait here for that Huaxia shaman who had entered the deep forest.

Regarding the Shaman Sir's order, nobody dared to defy it, so the Super Tribe members settled down here.

But at this moment, Wu Yue rode on Cloudstep's back into the gloomy high-level ferocious beast activity zone.

The intermediate Beastfolk activity area before still had some bird calls, but after entering here, aside from the rustling of leaves blown by the wind, there was no sound at all.

Cloudstep occasionally stepping on leaves produced a sound that was especially noticeable.

This eerie stillness gave Wu Yue a creepy feeling.

"This place is really strange."

She couldn't help muttering aloud.

Tongzi trembled as its small body drew close to its host: "So why did you come in? I constantly feel that many ferocious beasts are lying in ambush around us, ready to pounce at any moment."

Wu Yue, with a black line: "..."

"You'd better not speak."

I don't know why, but hearing Tongzi say that, she instantly felt she was in extreme danger.

Cloudstep's speed was fast; they soon penetrated deep into the place where the two zones meet.

After passing through the dark zone, they gradually began to hear some faint sounds; it was no longer deathly still.

Wu Yue involuntarily let out a quiet sigh of relief.

But soon, her body, which had slightly relaxed, tensed up again, and her spine began to involuntarily feel chilly.

The Cloudstep beneath her also halted its steps, its throat continually emitting low growls.

"Host, it seems we've run into a tough nut."

Tongzi's small chubby body stood up, its dark eyes scanning the surrounding deep forest, with occasional flashes of green light crossing its gaze.

Although Wu Yue's five senses after her upgrade cannot compare to those of the Beastfolk, she still has some ability to sense danger.

Moreover, that heavy breathing sound came from all directions, surrounding them without any concealment; she couldn't possibly ignore it.

"We're surrounded."

Her expression was somewhat awkward; she truly couldn't figure it out—along the way they had been very careful and occasionally used shamanic power to conceal their tracks, yet these ferocious beasts seemed to be waiting for them here on purpose.

In an instant they crashed into the enemy's encirclement.

"Deng deng deng deng... deng deng deng deng!"

As Wu Yue and Cloudstep were tense, preparing for battle, a suddenly resounded extraordinarily grandiose piece of music.

It directly startled Wu Yue and Cloudstep, making their bodies jerk, and they felt as if something was terribly wrong.

The surrounding heavy breathing sounds were all drowned out.

Wu Yue gave a black‑line look at Tongzi beside her, only to see this guy holding a loudspeaker like those used by vegetable‑market aunties shouting prices, from which the bursts of music were emanating.

"What the hell are you doing!!!"

She felt her temples throbbing; this guy must be an idiot.

Tongzi's chubby little hind legs trembled as it said: "I thought I'd play some music to boost morale; maybe it'd give us a better chance of victory."

Wu Yue: "..."

Cloudstep: "..."

"That damn thing is exactly this, huh."

"Ang!"

"Ang ang!"

Bursts of howls instantly rang out in the surrounding deep forest; perhaps stimulated by that music just now, these ferocious beasts no longer hid their traces, howling as they charged out from the gloom.

One after another, stout beasts resembling snakes but with pointed horns on their heads appeared in groups before the sight of the one person and two beasts.

"!!!"

Wu Yue, terrified to the extreme, shoved her tiny fist into her mouth.

"Holy crap, who can tell her why this place actually has a jiao, a legendary creature, and moreover..."

"... and it even has horns on its head!"

"Host, this is that thing, right!"

Tongzi's two small forelegs were curled up, trying desperately to minimize its presence.

Wu Yue stiffened her little face and nodded: "Yes, you guessed right—looking at that skull and tail confirms it."

"Ang!"

At this moment, upon seeing Wu Yue, the single‑horned flood dragon beasts' already fierce eyes grew even more crimson, filled with killing intent.

The leading single‑horned flood dragon beast let out an angry roar, twisted its body, and led its kin behind it to charge at them.

"Damn Beastfolk, they've killed so many of our single‑horned flood dragon beasts; today we will tear apart every Beastfolk that appears in the deep forest."

"Ah—!"

Jokes aside, when battle came, Wu Yue naturally wouldn't leave an ink trace, she took out a crystal core and tossed it into Cloud-Stepper's mouth, lightly waving the shaman's staff in her hand.

When Cloud-Stepper kicked a Unicorn Flood Beast into the air, the shaman's staff in her hand also smashed onto the head of a Unicorn Flood Beast.

That fierce blow directly smashed the Unicorn Flood Beast that had just tried to lunge at her away, even breaking the horn they were proud of.

The smell of blood stimulated the Unicorn Flood Beast herd's ferocity, making their attacks increasingly fierce.

"Ah-da~"

Tongzi leaped up and kicked the Unicorn Flood Beast behind him in the face with his tiny claws, which lacked any power and caused no damage.

Tongzi: "..."

Why does it seem that, no matter how I look at myself now, I'm the weakest chick of all?

His indignant little foot slipped on the scale-covered face of the Unicorn Flood Beast, and his not-so-sharp tiny claw swooshed and poked into the beast's eye, which was larger than his body.

That bouncy feeling was like poking a balloon.

Before he could savor it, the Unicorn Flood Beast's mournful roar suddenly rang out, its huge head swaying and flinging Tongzi's tiny body away.

Tongzi came to his senses from the wonderful kick sensation, his chubby little body flipped and landed once again on Cloud-Stepper's back.

"Host, there are too many of these fierce beasts; we three can't possibly finish them off."

Wu Yue heard the voice, wiped the blood from her face: "I know too, but look up..."

Tongzi stared in surprise upon hearing that, then looked up at the treetops: "I... I damn!"

These beasts really lack beastly virtue, seeing Cloud-Stepper grew wings, they even filled the treetops above with this kind of Unicorn Flood Beast.

Now, even having wings is of no use...

Sadly, he rubbed his chubby little body, wondering if Tongzi's little life was about to be lost here.

"Tongzi! Tongzi?"

Suddenly, someone twisted his fatty buttocks, the intense pain waking Tongzi from his sorrow, his furry face twisting.

It hurts to death, Tongzi!

"What are you doing, host, why attack someone's buttocks!"

Wu Yue waved her shaman's staff while looking at the unreliable Tongzi beside her: "When our lives are at stake, you're still acting foolish here?"

Quickly open the system shop to see if there are any large-scale lethal weapons or such.

Tongzi gasped: "Big... big-scale lethal weapons?"

Isn't this playing a bit too big?

But seeing the endless stream of Unicorn Flood Beasts surging around, he steadied himself, put on a serious little face, and opened the system shop.

After some selection, he finally fixed his gaze on a weapon that was an area-of-effect lethal weapon and also had some lingering effects.

"Host, I found a blast-breaking poison gas grenade; its blast radius is wide, and it also carries toxin that lasts a long time—even if it doesn't blow them up, it can poison these trash."

Wu Yue's arms felt sore and weak: "You damn well, if you've taken a liking to it, summon it quickly, or else we'll all be done for here."

Isn't using this time to fight more worthwhile?

What are you hesitating for?

Tongzi gave a dry laugh, quickly exchanged the grenade, and also snagged three medicinal pills; his little body hopped to the host and Cloud-Stepper's front, stuffing the pills into their mouths.

"This is a pill granting immunity to the grenade's poison gas; you guys swallow it quickly, I'm about to throw the grenade."

Wu Yue and Cloud-Stepper, upon hearing that, gulped and swallowed the pills in their mouths.

"Hurry, we can't hold on much longer."

Wu Yue clenched her teeth and let out a low growl; Cloud-Stepper already bore many wounds, and a wave of pain came from her leg—she was surely injured.

After Tongzi swallowed his own pill, he pressed the button on the grenade's top with one claw, and with his other tiny claw he aimed at the middle of the Unicorn Flood Beast herd and threw it with a howl.

"Plop!"

Wu Yue's motion of waving the shaman's staff paused, and Cloud-Stepper also stared blankly ahead at a distance of no more than ten meters from them.

A pitch-black grenade just lay there, utterly conspicuous.

"I... I damn!"

The body hair of Cloud-Stepper and Wu Yue instantly stood on end, and with a whoosh they retreated backward.

But just as they retreated, a "Boom!" sounded, a deafening explosion rang out in the deep forest, and the Unicorn Flood Beast herd's tragic cries rang out.

And buried beneath those cries were Wu Yue's and Cloud-Stepper's curses and Tongzi's wails.

The powerful explosion blasted to death all the Unicorn Flood Beasts nearby, even snapping the surrounding trees with its immense blast force.

In the gloomy deep forest, this immensely powerful bombardment actually cleared out a clearing.

The tremendous energy of the blast reverberated through the clouds; not only the fierce beasts living in the two areas, but even Yuan Lang and his group, who were cautiously moving toward the mid-level beast activity zone, felt it.

The ground's tremor was immensely strong, the treetops seemed to have been swept by a strong wind, even half of the canopy was sheared off.

Yuan Lang and the beastman warriors hurriedly flung themselves down, hugging the thick trunks of nearby trees to stabilize themselves.

Everyone couldn't help but feel apprehensive: "Boss, what kind of fierce beast are they fighting? It's too powerful."

Good grief, lucky they didn't run into them, otherwise they'd have been blown to bits already.

After waiting a moment, with no further strong energy impact coming, Yuan Lang quickly rose, hoisting an injured beastman warrior onto his back.

"Pick up the speed, we need to get out as soon as possible."

Everyone's faces grew solemn as they hoisted the severely wounded clansmen onto each other's backs and followed Yuan Lang running outward.

When they had previously hunted Unicorn Flood Beasts, although they knew this place was dangerous, for some reason—perhaps because they were careful—they had never encountered such a powerful fierce beast.

But that powerful energy surge just now made the beasts swallow their saliva, and their pace quickened.

Not only Yuan Lang's group, but at this very moment the super-tribe beastfolk sitting in the cave eating food first heard a fierce rumbling sound.

Afterward, their heads involuntarily rang with a buzzing, and only after a long while did they slowly recover.

The ground also trembled, and many small fragments of rock fell from the cliff face.

Several injured Beastman Warriors were even knocked unconscious by the powerful roar.

The Healing Shaman gathered shamanic power to ease the discomfort brought by the recent roar for all the beasts, and the Envoy Beastfolk Captain quickly ordered everyone to run out of the cave.

Four shamans had already walked out of the cave; at this moment their faces were very solemn: 'It seems the Huaxia Shaman was right—there is an even more powerful fierce beast inside; this energy fluctuation is already far beyond what we can handle, if the Great Shaman comes...'

All right.

The Poison Shaman hadn't finished speaking when the Healing Shaman interrupted him: 'Wait for the Eagle Beastfolk's news; if they're nearby, we'll leave this place later.'

They hadn't even seen the battlefield; the energy shock was already this strong—if they got any closer, or if the fierce beast causing this powerful energy fluctuation appeared...

Thinking of this, the Healing Shaman unconsciously clenched their fist.

This deep forest... is far more dangerous than they imagined.

After a while, just as everyone waiting grew somewhat impatient, the sound of flapping wings rang out above, and the Eagle Beastfolk who had gone to scout fell down with a deathly pale face.

"How was it?"

The Healing Shaman looked at the Eagle Beastfolk, and the surrounding Super Tribe people unconsciously held their breath.

"That... that Huaxia Shaman went inside, and we waited outside for a long time; afterward we could faintly hear some fierce beast's cries, and they kept getting louder."

"It must be that the Huaxia Shaman was surrounded and attacked, but we didn't dare go down—those treetops all have a dangerous aura."

"Then... then came a tremendous roar that directly blasted us several far away, and the other few tribespeople fainted."

"That deep forest has been cleared out a huge open space, bigger... bigger than the Rock Salt Tribe's camp."

He said this, swallowing nervously.

The Healing Shaman's pupils contracted sharply; they strode over to his side and said: "You mean... such a huge energy fluctuation was caused by that Huaxia Shaman?"