The sky was completely dark and the surroundings were dead silent.
The sand yellow flames started to fade until it completely disappeared. The aura of the Han fire seed gradually disappeared as well.
Shao Xuan looked down and saw that Gan Qie was still standing in his original position. Chacha was a little further away from the sand yellow flames so Shao Xuan couldn't see what had happened to Gan Qie. He could only see that his bones were brighter than before.
This meant that the fire seed's power had changed his body again. It was as if his body had been carefully forged.
Out of the four people who were fighting together, only Gan Qie was left. The other three had disappeared. The moment the fire seed's power was completely drained, the three of them were truly 'dead'. After all, their bones had turned to ashes and their fire seed's power had been drained. There was nothing left to support their movements.
However, he didn't know how Gan Qie was doing right now. He didn't know if Gan Qie was still sane. Shao Xuan didn't plan to go down for now. He didn't know if the person who went berserk just now would attack him again.
On the other side, Su Le and Chu Xu were running away. They seemed to be affected by the sand yellow flames. Their steps weren't stable and they weren't fast either.
On the ground, Gan Qie finally moved.
His footsteps made squeaking sounds on the ground. The tattered cloaks left behind by the three Han puppets were blown away by the wind. Gan Qie glanced at the cloaks and then looked away. He turned towards the direction where Su Le and Chu Xu were running.
Rustle rustle rustle rustle rustle …
The footsteps were getting faster and faster. Su Le and Chu Xu heard the sound of footsteps approaching them. When they thought of the scene they just saw, they didn't have the courage to fight anymore.
A strong murderous intent was approaching. They could even hear the sound of an arm cutting through the wind.
Chu Xu staggered and fell to the ground. One of his teeth was broken by a rock on the ground. He didn't even have the time to complain about his broken teeth. Chu Xu grabbed a rock and threw it at the ground without even turning his head back.
Bang!
A few sparks flew in the night. The stone thrown by Mao Yu had already been broken into several small pieces.
Chu Xu listened to the commotion behind him, and his heart started to race. That ancient corpse didn't look any different from the others, so why did it become like this? What on earth had the Yanjiao done?!
As he was thinking, Chu Xu felt a burning pain on his back. It was as if thorns had swept across his back and scraped away his flesh.
"Ahhh!"
A blood-curdling scream rang out in the dark night, causing Su Le, who was running in front, to shudder. He quickened his pace. Su Le thought that if Chu Xu could buy him some more time, he would be able to escape.
However, after a miserable shriek, Chu Xu went silent. Su Le's scalp tingled as the hissing noises approached him quickly.
His legs were a little sore and numb, probably because of the Yellow Sand Flame just now. He couldn't display his usual state at all. However, the person behind him was like a berserk beast, closing in on him with all his strength.
Previously, Su Le thought that the distance between them had widened and he still had a chance to escape. Now, he knew that he was too naive.
In the air, Shao Xuan listened to the blood-curdling screams and the constant thumps on the ground. He knew that Su Le and Chu Xu wouldn't live to see the next day.
Rather than calling it a chase, it was more like Gan Qie was venting his emotions.
Although the three puppets had lost their original consciousness and were now killing machines, they were still part of the Han tribe. Perhaps they had a good relationship with Gan Qie a long time ago.
"Let's leave first and find a place to rest. We'll continue tomorrow." Shao Xuan didn't know how long Chacha would remain in this state. He told Chacha to rest on a nearby mountain.
After flying for a whole day, Chacha was tired. Plus, Chacha felt that Gan Qie was extremely dangerous. He had never gotten close to Gan Qie before, so he was more than happy to leave.
There were no longer any trees in the nearby mountains. Perhaps there were some plants and animals that didn't manage to escape in time, but they still had some life left in the Yellow Sand Flame. However, they would need a long time to recover. At least, they wouldn't be able to return to their previous state in a short period of time.
The next day was still a sunny day.
Shao Xuan went over to take a look. Gan Qie hadn't left yet. Instead, he was sitting on a rock, maintaining the same posture. No one knew what he was thinking. If it wasn't for his white hair and the sharp, dark brown claws on his fingers, Shao Xuan would have thought that he was the same as before.
Gan Qie's breathing had stabilized. When he heard footsteps approaching, Gan Qie turned around. Shao Xuan saw a pair of bloodshot eyes and two fangs protruding out of Gan Qie's mouth like a beast's.
Shao Xuan was speechless. This was a big change.
Seeing Shao Xuan's shocked expression, Gan Qie looked at the claws on his hands. He activated the newly gathered fire seed energy in his body and the totemic patterns on his body gradually disappeared. The dark brown claws retracted into his fingers. Even the two fangs on his mouth disappeared. No one knew what kind of lethality was hidden in this seemingly weak body.
Gan Qie's body structure was different now. Compared to a normal person's skeleton, there were many more strange structures. For example, his spine was mutated. Every vertebra was elongated horizontally. There were also many new structures in his arms and legs. It was just that they were covered by his skin and flesh, so it wasn't obvious on the surface.
The fire seed could change a person's body structure. This was the first time Shao Xuan had seen this in a human body. Many warriors in the tribe would experience changes when they used their totemic power, but it was only temporary. When everything was over, they would return to their original form and have the same skeletal structure as the others. However, Gan Qie was different. Compared to his previous form, the changes were huge even under normal circumstances.
Moreover, Gan Qie was able to absorb the fire seed energy in the three puppets for his own use. Shao Xuan was confused. Not everyone could do this.
Seeing that Gan Qie had no intention of attacking and seemed to be conscious and not hostile, Shao Xuan asked, "What do you plan to do?"
"Work together. How about it?"
This meant that he would return to the Yanjiao tribe's territory with Shao Xuan. They wouldn't go to the desert for the time being.
Shao Xuan looked at Gan Qie in surprise and nodded. "We'll talk about the cooperation later. First, you should find a cloak." After yesterday's battle, Gan Qie was almost naked. Shao Xuan didn't want to bring him everywhere.
After hearing Shao Xuan's words, Gan Qie remembered that he wasn't wearing a cloak. No wonder he felt uncomfortable. The sun was out.
Gan Qie raised his head and looked at the sun in the sky. The sun couldn't hurt him, but it made him feel uncomfortable. After absorbing the fire seed energy from the three people, the feeling became stronger. It was strange.
Not far away, Chu Xu and Su Le's corpses were covered in a layer of dust. Even without the dust, it was impossible to tell what they looked like. Even if the people from Rock Hill City were here, they might not be able to recognize them. Last night, Gan Qie's attack was filled with anger and murderous intent.
After Shao Xuan and Gan Qie left, the sun was hanging high in the sky.
Five figures appeared on a mountain. They were tribesmen who lived in this area.
"What do you guys think happened here last night?" The people who came over asked carefully as they climbed up the mountain. Their eyes scanned their surroundings cautiously.
Their tribe wasn't very close to this place but they could still hear the sounds from here. They even felt a terrifying energy wave. However, no one dared to come out. One reason was that it was inconvenient to move at night. If they weren't careful, they could lose their lives. Another reason was that they felt that with their meager strength, if an accident were to happen, they would not have the confidence to escape. The sudden surge of power at that time was too terrifying.
"Could it be fearsome beasts?" Someone guessed.
"Impossible. There are no fearsome beasts here. Unless they were brought here by someone. Also, the shaman said that the energy wave felt like a fire seed. We don't know what happened."
"Is there a tribe merging fire seeds?"
"We've been here so many times. How can we not know where there are tribes? But the truth is, there are no tribes there! "
As they spoke, the five of them climbed up the mountain. Their tribe was further away from here. Every time they came here, they would climb the mountain because there would be some edible fruits on the mountain. They would take those fruits back when they climbed the mountain.
Tightening the bamboo baskets on their backs, they panted and wiped the sweat off their foreheads. They looked in front of them. That was where the energy wave came from last night.
However, when they saw the situation there, they were so shocked that they froze. Their eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Their jaws dropped and they didn't react for a long time.
They rubbed their eyes and looked again. That's right, it was still the same!
"This … this … what happened here?!"
The five of them stood at the top of the mountain, stunned.
In front of them, as far as their eyes could see, the grass and trees had all withered. The flowers that should have bloomed in clusters during this season had all withered. There was no beautiful color. Everything, the green trees, the various flowers and plants, had all turned yellow!
It was as if the vitality of this place had been sucked out overnight and turned into a land of death!
When they finally came back to their senses, they rolled and crawled away from here. They ran back to their tribe. They wanted to tell the news to the people in their tribe so that they would never come here again! Maybe the people who came here would suddenly become the same as the grass and trees there?
Not long after, there were all kinds of rumors in this area. Some said that a king beast had appeared, some said that a tribe had deliberately created all this, and some linked it to the people on the other side of the sea. In short, there were different opinions. After all, no one had seen the truth of all these changes with their own eyes.
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