Chapter 491

The beast herd merely trampled back and forth a few times, and the previously lively clearing fell into silence, with only the scattered dry grass showing the ferocity and terror of this small boar beast tide.

"Tsk tsk, the people of the Wuke tribe are actually so cowardly; the sight of them howling as they flee is really hilarious."

Brun stood with arms crossed on the tree trunk, eyes full of contempt.

The grudge between the Dong Sang tribe and the Wuke tribe has long existed; seeing the other tribe's members lose face, they naturally would not miss this chance to mock the other side, even though there are no Wuke tribe members left here.

Lady Wu Yue, are we going to the next place now?

He gazed fawningly at the Beastman Warrior half-embracing Wu Yue, who likewise stood on the tree trunk looking toward the open ground ahead, and a trace of reverence he himself didn't recognize rose in his eyes.

In the days that followed, with the guidance of the veteran herb-thief Bun, the four of them all the way created small beast tides to cover their tracks, and indeed they reaped a rich harvest.

Bun followed behind the several elders, only responsible for cooperating with the herb-theft and watching the show, his whole person exuding a cheerful air.

'What did you say? We've been attacked by a beast tide again!'

The furious voice exploded in the cave, males and females alike lowering their heads, bearing the wrath of the clan chief.

At this moment, the Wuk clan chief only felt his head buzzing; the tribesmen sent out to steal herbs from other tribes had not yet sent back any news, while his own tribe's precious herbs had instead suffered such a great loss from the beast tide.

'You're all boar beasts, aren't you!'

Saying that, the private household felt as if he had insulted the boar beasts, and corrected himself: 'You're not even as good as boar beasts; knowing that beast tides have occurred in several other places, wouldn't you have gathered the precious herbs in advance?'

The Beastman Warrior's strength was formidable; even the spittle droplets he sprayed out carried great power.

The Beastman Warrior at the forefront only felt waves of stinging pain on his cheeks, and silently marveled at the clan chief's formidable strength, merely daring not to speak up any longer.

'It's just a few herbs; why get so angry about it?'

A faint-smiling female voice came from the cave entrance; a sturdy-built female emanating an inexplicable fluctuation walked into the cave.

Upon seeing this female, everyone inside the cave simultaneously changed expression and knelt down, foreheads pressed tightly to the ground, performing a deep salute respectfully.

Even upon close inspection, the bodies of several females were still trembling slightly.

Upon seeing the female, the Wuk clan chief's eyes lit up instantly, then he gave a wry smile and pointed to the spot beside him: 'You've finally come back, hurry and sit down.'

After saying that, he glanced at the trembling underlings below, only to feel the fire in his heart flare up again.

Ah, I can't bear to look; just looking makes my chest feel uneasy: 'All of you, get lost!'

Those below only felt their bodies lighten, hiding their inner joy as they bowed and retreated one by one outward.

Just as the last few females were about to exit the cave, the female seated at the head suddenly spoke: 'Wait.'

Several females' bodies trembled, and they hurriedly turned again, trembling as they knelt on the ground.

The female at the head curled her lips in a smug smile, looking down at the several emaciated females below: 'Bring some food over; I want tender young beast meat, and also bring some tender fruit.'

'Tender fruit?'

'Where would tender fruit come from in this season?'

The Wuk clan chief waved his hand: 'Go to the innermost food storage cave; there you'll find tender fruit.'

After the several females joyfully performed their salute again, they fled, bowing as they rushed out.

'These pure humans are still so useless.'

The female snorted laughingly, her voice utterly undisguised, so that the males and females outside the cave heard it clearly.

Yet they could not muster any anger or thoughts of rebellion, only able to lower their heads and hasten their steps away from here.

'Hehe, we lost a half-beast warrior a while ago; although we've replenished him, after all he hasn't been by our side for long, and he's not from our own tribe, so we dare not give him an important task.'

'Fortunately you're back now, so I no longer have to worry about this issue.'

Before the female, the Wuk clan chief was very relaxed, lazily leaning back in the grass nest; his earlier anger seemed to have vanished like smoke with her arrival.

The female hooked the corner of her mouth, finding his words quite pleasing; she then gave a faint smile, extended her index finger to point at the ground, and afterward looked smiling at the Wuk clan chief: 'All right, I've already sent the little cuties to control that half-beast.'

'Haha, once we walk out of this forest, from now on you will be the most honored Shaman Sir of our Wuk tribe.'

The female merely smiled and said nothing, but she was quite pleased with the Wuk clan chief's behavior in her heart.

'Chief, Sir, the food is already prepared.'

The female's timid voice sounded from outside the cave; the Wuk clan chief gathered the excitement from his face and said softly: 'Bring it in.'

After the female placed the food down, he waved his hand to signal her to leave, then continued: 'I had originally prepared to intercept those from the Dong Sang tribe who came to steal herbs, but I didn't expect the Dong Sang tribe's people not to come, while the herbs were instead ravaged by the beast herd.'

As he spoke, the fire in his heart flared up again; he kicked open the dry grass mat ahead: 'Had I known, I would have gathered them in advance—what a waste of so many precious herbs.'

The female pinched a fruit, brought it to her lips and took a bite; her lips glistened with a watery sheen from the juice as she said: 'Do you think it's the beast herd? Only targeting our Wuk tribe's beast herd? And these beast herds always manage to locate those precious herbs?'

After she flung those three questions, the Wuk clan chief also furrowed his brow, a thought gradually rising in his heart: 'You mean this is all the doing of those damned Dong Sang tribe?'

'So you're saying you have no brains; you didn't even notice such a simple thing—when the second herb-rich spot was attacked by the beast herd, you should have realized it, had the people gather earlier, and then it wouldn't have been stolen to this extent.'

The female gave a cold snort, her speech utterly uncourteous.

But the Wuk clan chief sitting to the side had no anger at all; instead he licked his face and gave an apologetic smile: 'Then tell me, is there any way to retrieve the herbs? If we lose this much herb, at the gathering we'll need to exchange for more good stuff to make up for it.'

Thinking of the large amount of food and beast pelts he would soon have to expend, the Wuk clan chief felt a heartache that made him gasp.

Seeming to see through his thought, the female gave a hum and said: 'It's just a bit of food and beast pelts; once we walk out of this broken forest, once you become a Golden-rank Beastman Warrior, what could you possibly want?'

The fragrant pancake hung right before his eyes, and that slight reluctance in the Wuk clan chief's heart also dissipated.

'Hehe, I got it; you say what to prepare, and I'll order people to get it ready.'

The female gave a light laugh, glanced at him, her gaze deep as she looked toward the cave exterior: 'Snow Tiger Tribe, Wu Yue, Yuan Lang—when I return to the Polar Forest, I will surely make you regret it.'

And there was also that previous one who abducted my tribe...

The female, formerly the shamaness of the Rock Salt Tribe, escaped from the deep forest under the protection of the tribe's Beastman Warriors.

The Beastfolk died protecting her from ferocious beasts, yet she dared not return to her tribe and fled far away; during her escape she encountered another super-tribe that had come out to select Beastfolk and shamans.

Because she feared the Kuma Tribe, she hid in the disordered slave crowd, never approaching those shamans' locales, and thus followed that super-tribe all the way.

Until she encountered a beast tide; the super-tribe's unit was scattered, she and the slaves were pulled out to block the beast tide, and they fell into the river.

Thinking of how she had used corpses as cover to swim all the way to the opposite shore, escaping death by a hair, yet she was trapped in this damned forest, unable to go back for revenge, her heart filled with surging hatred.

The Wuk clan chief shook his body; this Niluo shaman is good in every way—good-looking and strong in ability.

But again, I don't know what they're thinking, and the look on their face seems like they want to kill someone in the most vicious way—it's terrifying.

Thinking back, I once wanted this shaman to be my first companion...

Alright, which spot of herbs hasn't been gathered yet? Let's go check.

Upon hearing that, the Uke tribe chief rejoiced, sprang up from the grass nest with a whoosh: 'It's right near the tribe; I'll take you there.'

The chief said and then trotted ahead to lead the way.

In the time it took to eat a single serving of roasted meat, the two of them brought a group of half-beast captains to the guarded herbs nearest the tribe.

Huh?

Just as they arrived at the clearing, before the males could come to pay respects, Niluo suddenly lifted their gaze to a large tree not far away, the curve of their lips icy cold: 'How clever, actually hiding in a tree so close to us.'

The Uke tribe chief beside her followed her gaze to the huge tree with an enormous canopy.

We've been discovered.

Wu Yue's expression turned grim, for just moments ago they had been discovered by a gu insect that had crawled up the tree.

I never expected there to be a shaman in this forest, and a fearsome gu shaman at that.

After saying that, she turned to look at the dazed Brun beside her: 'You said your tribe knows the Uke tribe best—why didn't you know there's a gu shaman in their tribe?'

Brun gave a disbelieving dry laugh: 'If we'd known their tribe had a gu shaman, we'd have probably run off already.'

Thinking of the tribe members stealing herbs again and again under the gu shaman's nose, they felt that they and their people were recklessly flirting with death.

Let's go.

Wu Yue rose expressionlessly, brushed off the dust, and turned her head to the three of them.

Brun's eyes lit up the moment they snapped back to reality, eager to give it a try: 'Are we going to take care of the Uke tribe and that gu shaman?'

Wu Yue gave them a careful look: 'You seem perfectly fine—what nonsense are you spouting?'

The two beastman warriors also twitched the corners of their mouths, wondering who had given this half-beast warrior the confidence for the four of them to face an entire tribe...

Could it be the beast god?

Yingxian stepped forward, grabbing Brun by the back of the neck and peering through a gap in the trunk: 'With so many people, is your courage enough to go down and take on them?'

Wu Yue silently thought to herself: 'Probably Liang Jingru, I guess.'

So...

Brun turned their head with difficulty toward the few behind them, wondering if it wasn't what they guessed.

Wu Yue seemed to sense what was on their mind, nodding firmly: 'We definitely need to slip away!'

As soon as the words fell, Yuan Lang beside her wrapped an arm around her waist and shot off like a bolt of lightning.

Yingxian also grabbed Brun like a chick and followed.

You want to run!

At that moment, the Uke tribe members had already seen several figures darting off into the distance; thinking they had almost been snapped by the chief because of these little thieves stealing herbs, their anger flared up.

Chase!

Chase after them, and whoever catches one gets a beast's leg!

The Uke tribe chief jumped and shouted, then took off running after them.

The beastman warrior on the verge of breaking through the Gold Stage naturally differed in strength and speed; to those nearby it felt as if a gust of wind had rushed past their ears, and the Uke tribe chief's silhouette had already vanished.

Niluo flipped onto the back of a beastman warrior and gave chase as well.

*** of the Dong Sang tribe people, you actually threw so many herbs at me—I'll use your corpses as fertilizer for the herbs!

After a bout of shouting and cursing, the distance between the Uke tribe chief and Yuan Lang and the others kept shrinking.

Oh beast god, they're catching up fast!

Brun clung tightly to Yingxian's body, fully displaying their cowardly nature.

A sharp tearing sound rang out; Yuan Lang's upright stance paused slightly, then quickly dodged to the left.

The next moment, a blood-red worm appeared on the trunk where they had just landed, its wings fluttering ka-ka, its two serrated pincers opening and closing, snapping the trunk apart with terrifying lethal force.

This thing is a worm!

Brun let out a shriek, grabbing Yingxian's hair and climbing onto their body.

Yingxian's chest heaved violently, fists clenching repeatedly; they really wanted to send this coward to the worm's mouth to be killed.

Where else do you think you're going? I even have to send my little cuties to stop you—how unpleasant.

A familiar, gentle female voice sounded from behind; Wu Yue, Yuan Lang, and Yingxian's expressions froze—this teasing, affected tone was all too familiar...

In the midst of their stupor, several more blood-red gu insects landed on the surrounding trunks, completely encircling them.

Wu Yue and the others exchanged a glance, then leapt down from the tree with calm expressions.

During their descent, the female who had been lazily sitting on the beastman warrior's back suddenly changed expression, her eyes full of hatred as she looked over.

That intense gaze made it hard for them to look away; in the next instant, each side's faces were locked in the other's view.

It's you!

Yingxian exclaimed in surprise, 'Isn't that the arrogant salt shaman priestess?'

But Niluo's gaze didn't give them even a bit, instead locking firmly onto Wu Yue and Yuan Lang.

A savage grin spread across their face like a demon: 'Haha, I never expected to meet the Snow Tiger tribe's shaman here...'

Yuan Lang Warrior...

That utterance of 'Yuan Lang Warrior' sounded incredibly strange, giving everyone nearby goosebumps.

Niluo shaman, you said... there's another shaman here?

The Uke tribe chief stared wide-eyed at the people opposite, asking in disbelief.

———————Side note———————

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