Chapter 2685: Black Mang Mountain

What are you looking at me for? What did they just say?

Facing the extraterrestrial heavenly demon's weird stare, Ye Zhangqing asked irritably.

What time is it now? What are you doing? Translate!

Ye Zhangqing still hadn't figured out what happened; he only felt his shoulder grabbed by someone from the Flame Martial Tribe, and then his whole body was lifted into the air.

He started running for no reason, and he didn't know why.

Facing Ye Zhangqing's question, the extraterrestrial heavenly demon silently said a line.

"They said the young clan chief is a traitor, colluding with outsiders."

"Colluding with outsiders? Who?"

Ye Zhangqing blurted out instinctively, but was met with the extraterrestrial heavenly demon's even weirder expression, which replied.

"You."

Huh???

Upon hearing that, Ye Zhangqing froze. Me? Yeah, I am indeed an outsider, but I'm totally wronged.

From the extraterrestrial heavenly demon's mouth, Ye Zhangqing learned that just now Huoming had shouted, claiming Qi Wu colluded with outsiders, intending to harm his own tribe, and secretly let outsiders enter the Barbarian God Tribe Divine Realm.

That's a huge false accusation slapped on him—now Qi Wu instantly became a traitor of the Barbarian God Tribe, and I, this outsider, became a spy sneaking into the Barbarian God Tribe Divine Realm?

After figuring it all out, Ye Zhangqing was dazed. Did I even want to come in myself?

Clearly, I was forcibly dragged in by the light gate in the extraterrestrial heavenly demon's royal court; it wasn't their own will to enter at all.

Feeling wronged and unhappy, he said to the extraterrestrial heavenly demon who was also being taken along in the escape.

"Do you extraterrestrial heavenly demons have a sickness, setting up some transmission entrance in the royal court?"

"This is a gift from my god, a favor."

"You damn..."

But now isn't the time to quarrel about this; the Flame Martial Tribe people protected Ye Zhangqing as they fled, with only one goal: first break out of the Fire Spirit Tribe, then talk.

Otherwise, if they got trapped and died inside the Fire Spirit Tribe, they'd truly be at anyone's mercy.

Qi Wu even brought along the two strongest tribesmen to stay behind and cover the retreat.

Facing pursuit from the Fire Spirit Tribe and the Scale Stone Tribe, they fought while retreating.

The good news is that only the Fire Spirit Tribe and the Scale Stone Tribe are fighting now; the other three major tribes' people, even if Huoming had slapped that big hat on them, have no intention of intervening, nor are they stopping them.

What those three major tribes are thinking is obvious even to a toe.

They're just waiting for an opportunity; once they have one, they'll kick someone when they're down better than anyone, without a hint of hesitation.

But Qi Wu doesn't have time to think about that now; he'll run first and think later.

Seeing that they couldn't take down Qi Wu in a short time, Huoming grew a bit anxious, attacking more fiercely while shouting angrily.

"Qi Wu, are you still being stubborn? If you don't surrender quickly, you still have a chance to live."

"Get lost."

Facing Huoming's surrender urging, Qi Wu didn't even think before shouting a curse.

"Surrender? That would really be a death sentence; for that dog-thing to let him go would be as impossible as the sun rising in the west."

"If you want to live, you can only rely on yourself to break out; how can you entrust your life to others?"

Qi Wu knew this all too well, so he simply didn't listen to Huoming's nonsense.

Fortunately, things happened suddenly; Huoming hadn't known about this beforehand, so it could only be called a coincidence.

So the Fire Spirit Tribe side had made no preparations beforehand; for a moment they couldn't organize any effective obstruction.

Under the desperate, death-defying fight of Qi Wu and his three men, they actually managed to temporarily block Huoming and the Scale Stone Tribe's group.

Successfully, they let others bring Ye Zhangqing and that extraterrestrial heavenly demon to break out of the Fire Spirit Tribe.

With Ye Zhangqing temporarily free, Qi Wu didn't linger in battle; seizing the chance, he led his people out of the Fire Spirit Tribe and then sprinted off into the distance without looking back.

Seeing that they couldn't stop the Flame Martial Tribe group inside the tribe, Huoming was furious, gritting his teeth and snarling.

"Chase, chase after them—don't let a single one escape, especially Qi Wu and that human; alive you must see the person, dead you must see the corpse."

"Yes."

The other Fire Spirit Tribe strongmen who rushed over upon hearing the news, hearing this, each respectfully nodded and agreed, then swiftly chased after the direction in which Qi Wu and company fled.

Huoming definitely won't let this heaven-sent opportunity pass; he said he would definitely press down and kill Qi Wu this time.

Even if they couldn't wipe out the Flame Martial Tribe, they still had to kill him.

Meanwhile, Qi Wu quickly caught up with Ye Zhangqing's group, still bleeding; it was clear the earlier battle had been intense.

Even Qi Wu was badly wounded, especially a gash at his waist that nearly cut him in half.

Even with Qi Wu's cultivation comparable to the present era's strongest among humans, he couldn't recover in a short time.

"Young clan chief, you..."

"It's fine, don't stop, keep running; first return to the tribe then talk."

"Your wound..."

"Don't worry about me."

Qi Wu's injury was serious, but he didn't care about it; instead, he first let others take Ye Zhangqing back to the tribe, while he stayed behind to cover the retreat.

As Qi Wu's speed slowed due to his injury, he gradually fell behind the group.

Meanwhile, the other Flame Martial Tribe members, though their faces were grim, still had no intention of stopping.

Still gripping himself and sprinting, Ye Zhangqing didn't understand what the others had just said, so he turned his head and asked.

"What are you staring at? What did they just say? Translate."

This extraterrestrial heavenly demon has no observational skills at all; don't you translate what he says?

Qi Wu kept getting slower as he ran, and the surrounding tribesmen didn't even come to meet him.

Upon hearing, this extraterrestrial heavenly demon's face turned grim as it translated the words once.

Upon hearing that Qi Wu intended to sacrifice himself to give everyone a chance to survive.

Ye Zhangqing's brows immediately furrowed tightly together.

Qi Wu was protecting them with his life; Ye Zhangqing naturally wouldn't just stand by and watch him come to harm.

But facing the Fire Spirit Tribe and the Scale Stone Tribe, my modest cultivation seems unable to help much.

Not to mention myself, even the Heavenly Palace Celestial Official and those Present Era's Strongest of the Human Race would struggle to change the situation.

We need to think of another way.

Ye Zhangqing looked around and saw, not far away, a canyon; on both sides rose towering peaks that disappeared into the clouds, their tops unseen.

And within the valley, black vapor kept gurgling out.

"What place is that?"

He asked the extraterrestrial heavenly demon beside him; upon hearing, this extraterrestrial heavenly demon looked in the direction Ye Zhangqing indicated, and immediately its expression changed, speaking with great apprehension.

"That is Black Mang Mountain, a Forbidden Land; those who enter face nine deaths out of ten, and one must not approach."

"Quickly translate, let everyone go there, and Qi Wu big brother as well; everyone guard that canyon entrance."

Near Black Mang Mountain, the air is forbidden; no matter your cultivation, to enter Black Mang Mountain you must pass through the canyon entrance—there is no other way.

Upon hearing, Ye Zhangqing immediately opened his mouth to speak.