"Harvester! Harvester! You definitely won't be able to guess what happened last night. This time, something really big happened! "
Ye stumbled into the infirmary and arrived in front of a medicinal vat that was taller than a person. He supported himself against the medicinal vat and panted for a long time before he remembered to ask, "Are you awake?"
"I'm already awake."
Meng Chao craned his head out of the medicinal vat and cast a glance at the rat man boy. Then, he climbed out with great difficulty.
"Wow!"
Leaves could not help but secretly click her tongue when she saw the crystal-clear medicinal liquid flowing down from his marble-like muscles. Other than his skin being slightly pale, there was not a single scar. "Harvester, your injuries are recovering so quickly. You were clearly covered in cuts and bruises when you finished the competition yesterday, and you were bleeding profusely. How did your wounds heal so quickly?"
"Yeah, it's all thanks to Lord Hailstorm taking care of me. He asked the witch doctors here to give me the best medicine, so my external injuries healed rather quickly. But my internal injuries are still very serious. I'm still very weak, and a gust of wind can blow me over. Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough."
Meng Chao coughed dryly for a long time before he said, "Look at the time now. Why are you in such a hurry to come here? Did something happen?"
"It's almost noon. You've been soaking in the medicinal vat for almost a day and a night!"
Ye said nervously and excitedly. "It's been a really long night. Something really shocking happened. You definitely won't be able to guess it. Big Barker is dead!"
Meng Chao was stunned for a while before he asked in puzzlement, "Who's Big Barker?"
"Big Barker is a spectator in Blood Skull Coliseum. He's a powerful fighter in a battle squad, and he has his own totem armor. He can be considered an elite!"
Ye said. "He stays in Blood Skull Coliseum with the other spectators. Usually, even if he drinks at night, he should be back by the Moment of the Insect at the latest, but he didn't return last night. This morning, Sir Casafa sent people to look for him, but they couldn't find any clues. It's like a bull-headed warrior turned into smoke and floated into the sky."
"I see," Meng Chao said.
Meng Chao said. "That's just him going missing. Perhaps he went out to have a good time and got drunk. He might even be under the thighs of some pretty lady. What makes you so sure that he's dead?"
"Because many people heard with their own ears that the Red Stream Clan's Barker declared in public that he must kill Big Barker!"
Leaf said, "Someone also saw Buck and his cousins from the Red Creek Family discussing something furtively. Then, they disappeared into the night. When they reappeared, they were all panting and looked flustered, as if they had just fought.
"A few days ago, this Buck from Red Creek Town had an extremely serious conflict with Big Buck. There's also a rumor that Big Buck has been boasting all day that this Buck from Red Creek Town is useless and doesn't deserve the name 'Buck'. He should only be called 'Little Buck'.
"You know, high-level Beastmen can't stand people calling them weak. The name 'Little Barker' is more malicious than any curse. No wonder they would fight each other to the death!"
"Wait, why is there another Buck? My head hurts just from hearing it," Meng Chao said.
"It's precisely because there are two Barkers that one of them must die!"
Ye told Meng Chao the new gossip he had heard in the morning in detail, and he added some details to it.
Meng Chao finally understood. "So, Bull Head Buck mocked Wild Boar Buck for being weak, and in the end, he was killed by the latter … This is just your speculation. There's no proof, right?"
"What proof do we need? Wild Boar Buck has already admitted to it!" Leaf said matter-of-factly.
"Huh?"
Meng Chao was stunned. "There's something like this? Wild Boar Buck admitted to killing Bull Head Buck?"
"Of course, it's not the kind where he kneels in front of the temple and confesses to his crimes. But when some busybodies asked Wild Boar Buck, he didn't deny it. Instead, when he heard that Bull Head Buck went missing, he couldn't stop smiling!"
Leaf said. "Originally, the other party used the name 'Buck Junior' to insult not only Wild Boar Buck himself, but all the Wild Boar Warriors from Red Creek Town. To defend the glory of the ancestral spirits, revenge is necessary, and it's even worth encouraging.
"And they did it very cleanly. The Bloodhoof Family didn't have any evidence against them. This is practically a perfect revenge. It's worth bragging about for a year and a half!
"Also, although Wild Boar Buck didn't admit it himself, he told the busybodies a scandal with a wink. Bull Head Buck was a regular customer of Sugar House, and he was killed on his way out of Sugar House.
"Say, if Wild Boar Buck didn't do it himself, how could he know so clearly?
"As for what kind of place Sugar House is … I don't really know. Anyway, from what they said, it's a very absurd, depraved, and evil place. Proper warriors never go there.
"Not only is Ox-Head Buck dead, even his most shameful secret has been exposed. He no longer has any glory as a warrior of the clan. He's really miserable to the extreme. Even Lord Casava and the entire Bloodhoof Family have been implicated by him. They've lost all face!
"In short, this time, the Bloodhoof Family suffered a great loss, and the Wild Boar People, who have always been suppressed by the Taurens, can hold their heads high. The Wild Boar Warriors of the Iron Skin Family don't even need to mention how mighty they are. After all, the Red Creek Family is their vassal!"
Meng Chao scratched his chin for a long time.
"In other words, the disappearance of Big Buck is no longer a simple matter of revenge, but a chain reaction that turned into a battle between the two families?" he said thoughtfully.
"That's right!"
Over the past few days, Leaf had received personal guidance from Meng Chao. Aside from fighting skills, he also learned how to gather, organize, and analyze information. His logical reasoning ability far surpassed that of normal rat people and even warriors.
"Last time, when Madam Hailstorm heavily injured Poison Spike Iron Skin and tore apart the Million Steam Hammer, the Iron Skin Family and the Bloodhoof Family had a conflict. This time, they suffered a great loss. If the Bloodhoof Family can't return the favor, how can they have the face to command all the Taurens, Wild Boar People, Centaurs, Hippopotamuses, Reindeer People, and Wild Elephant-People?"
Leaf said. "So, Madam Hailstorm told us to be careful for the next few days. Stay in the Blood Skull Coliseum and don't go out. By the looks of it, there might be a bloodbath in the entire Black Corner City!
"By the way, Madam Hailstorm asked me to call you to go to her immediately. It's really strange. You were injured so badly yesterday. How did Madam Hailstorm know that you would wake up so soon?"
"Because she's Madam Hailstorm!"
Meng Chao rubbed the rat man's head and told him to stay put and practice his saber techniques when he had nothing to do. Later, he would give him a small test.
Then, he quickly walked to the ace training ground where Hailstorm was.
When he arrived at the secret training ground that belonged solely to aces …
Hailstorm was also practicing the One Hundred Saber Techniques that came from Dragon City.
Its power was naturally one hundred times stronger than Leaf's.
Frost formed on the blade, and with a light swing, he could release a series of sharp icicles. He looked like an ice dragon that bared its fangs and flew up and down, causing the entire training ground to be enveloped in a fog that was close to zero degrees Celsius.
Meng Chao looked at Hailstorm's vaguely discernible figure in the fog.
Meng Chao had to admit that even though the combination of human genes and beast genes gave birth to deformed and ugly monsters most of the time.
But under the careful craftsmanship of the Creator, there was a possibility that a near-perfect biological weapon with both destructive power and beauty would be born.
Suddenly, the moment he locked the door, the ice dragon turned into a crystalline bolt of lightning.
It pounced on Meng Chao with its scimitar-like claws and stabbed at the center of Meng Chao's eyebrows.
Its fierce killing intent pierced into the depths of Meng Chao's brain like an icicle.
Meng Chao did not even blink.
He did not even move his toes.
Just as he expected, Hailstorm's claws stopped one millimeter away from the center of his eyebrows.
The Snow Leopard female warrior gasped softly.
She looked at Meng Chao strangely and said, "I can't sense any totemic power in your body. You didn't absorb Big Buck's totemic armor?"
It was not a question, but a confirmation.
Meng Chao blinked and turned his head around to make sure that he had locked the door.
"If you really want to work with me, then don't treat me like a fool."
Hailstorm snorted coldly and said, "The last time you released such a strong killing intent towards Big Buck, it made me feel very strange. I investigated out of curiosity and found out that Big Buck was the person who brought you to the Blood Skull Coliseum.
"Although I don't know what kind of grudge there is between you, I don't think Big Buck's disappearance is the revenge of the Red Stream Family. They are just a local vassal family. Even if they could kill Big Buck, how could they do it so cleanly and quietly?
"Although there is no evidence, based on the impression you give me, once Big Buck falls into your hands, there is no way he will survive."
Meng Chao shrugged.
He did not intend to hide it from Hailstorm.
"I told you, Madam Hailstorm will know what I am going to do this morning," he said calmly.
"But where is Big Buck's totemic armor?"
Hailstorm did not care about Big Buck's life and death. She looked at Meng Chao with great interest. "I thought the main reason you went through so much trouble to kill Big Buck was to steal his totemic armor!
"Since the armor is already in your hands, why didn't you just absorb it into your body?
"I understand. Are you thinking that if the totemic armor is really the blessing and crystallization of the ancestral spirits, then races other than Turanze who rashly put on the totemic armor will cause some unpredictable and uncontrollable consequences, such as being resisted and devoured by the armor, or even having their flesh and blood sucked dry by the armor, turning them into Origin Warriors?"
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