The impulsiveness that belonged to a teenager had mostly faded away. Besides the fact that the Blood Moon Fire Berserker Art might be able to help the elder, Su Ming's decision to chase after the elder was also because he had already considered and thought about it.
He could tell that the tribe leader of Black Mountain Tribe was heavily injured and had lost his will to fight. It was the same for the other three tribe members beside him. However, the tribe leader of Black Mountain Tribe was not a normal Berserker. Besides being Bi Tu's trusted aide and having great power, he had also become the tribe leader because of his intelligence.
Nan Song might be able to scare him for a while, but soon, he would react to the situation. At that time, the tribe leader of Black Mountain Tribe would have two choices. The first was to wait for reinforcements to arrive and close in on them. The second was to not wait for reinforcements to arrive and recover his breathing before chasing after them again.
'Based on his actions after Bi Su died, he'll choose the second option!' A sharp glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. As he moved forward, he would occasionally look at all the clues around him. The scattered footprints and broken branches might seem lost to other people, but to Su Ming, who had been shuttling through the forest since he was young, he could clearly see the direction in which the tribe leader and the other three people had fled.
The footprints on the snow may have been messy, but most of them were heading towards Su Ming. Only a few of them were heading towards the forest before him. The depth of the footprints also told Su Ming a lot of things.
'There's also Shan Hen … He leaked the location of our tribe's migration and caused Black Mountain Tribe to set a trap for us. But he also went through a lot of fighting on his way here. The injuries on his body don't seem fake … In fact, to make it seem real, he even made the injuries he sustained during his fight with the tribe leader of Black Mountain Tribe.
'Only by doing this could he deceive Grandpa Nan Song. But this person also suffered from Grandpa Nan Song's wrath. He's now at the end of his rope.
'But Shan Hen, why did you betray Dark Mountain Tribe..?' Su Ming's eyes were filled with pain and hatred. He did not understand why.
He still remembered everything Shan Hen had done for his tribe. He had given his own food to the elders in the tribe. Because of one sentence from La Su, he went into the forest and took out a lot of wild beasts' teeth. When the children cheered happily, his face might have been cold, but the kindness in his eyes could not be hidden.
Su Ming could not think of any reason why this sort of person would betray Dark Mountain Tribe and his people.
'Perhaps he's also feeling conflicted and conflicted in his heart. He's killed quite a number of people from Black Mountain Tribe on the way here. He didn't even let Bei Ling and the Head of the Guards stay. But just what is he thinking..?' Su Ming clenched his fists tightly.
'But this is not enough to compensate him for his betrayal. He … must pay the price for his betrayal!' Su Ming's gaze was cold. He hated Black Mountain Tribe, but he hated the traitor Shan Hen even more!
As he chased after them in the forest based on the clues he left behind, Su Ming's body moved like a shadow. In the span of a breath, his speed increased. From the footprints on the ground and some of the marks around him, Su Ming was certain that the tribe leader of Black Mountain Tribe and the other three people were not far away from him.
Furthermore, the footprints on the ground were getting deeper and deeper, indicating that their injuries were getting worse.
'They will search for a place they think is safe to heal …' Su Ming came to a halt and lowered his body. He stared at the snow that had melted after a drop of blood fell on the footprint on the snow. He pressed his finger against it and a cold smile appeared on his lips.
'My blood hasn't frozen yet … It's just ahead!' Su Ming stood up and was just about to give chase when he froze once again. There was grief on his silent face.
He saw a tribe member who had chosen to stay not too far away from him. He did not want to delay the tribe's migration. That tribe member was already dead. He lay on the ground, curled up and stiff.
Su Ming walked over with light steps and looked at the familiar face. The eyes on that face were open. They were not closed. If his body had not fallen, then before he died, he would have definitely been looking in the direction his tribe had left in and praying to the heavens to protect his tribe so that they could reach Wind Stream safely.
This was the first dead tribe member Su Ming saw when he returned to the forest. He knew that this would not be the last. There were many tribe members who chose to stay on this path during the day of migration. They did not want their injured bodies to affect the tribe's speed.
"The tribe will be safe …" Su Ming whispered softly. He looked at his tribe member's open eyes and lifted his right hand to cover them gently. The sorrow on his face had already been buried deep within his heart. He stood up swiftly, and with an even greater killing intent, he charged forward.
He was so fast that it was difficult for the naked eye to see him. The tribe could only see a blood red arc moving in a curved line as it charged forward.
That blood red arc was the light from the blood red moon in Su Ming's eyes. It was the reflection of the full moon in the sky! As he moved forward, wisps of moonlight descended and surrounded him, turning into circles of moonlight threads. As he charged forward, an innumerable amount of threads were drawn behind him, and it looked as if a moonlight cape had landed on Su Ming's body.
Time passed by quickly. After the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, the tribe leader of Black Mountain Tribe was sitting cross-legged on a snow-covered ground with a lot of dead trees about 1,000 feet away from Su Ming. The three tribe members who followed him surrounded him with their eyes closed, quickly healing their wounds.
They stopped just now. As the tribe leader of Black Mountain Tribe looked uncertain, he shouted at them to stop moving forward. Instead, he glared in the direction of Wind Stream Tribe with anger on his face.
He came to a realization. Nan Song was clearly just putting on a show. It was as if he had regained his strength just before death. In truth, if they had just stalled for a little longer, not only would they not have needed to run away in such a pathetic manner, they could have even chased after Dark Mountain Tribe and killed them in one fell swoop!
In his anger, he hated himself for his fear just now. However, he was still a cautious person. Even if he understood this, he still sat down cross-legged to heal his wounds. In his mind, Dark Mountain Tribe would only reach Wind Stream in the morning at the earliest. If the four of them chased after them at full speed, they would only need two hours to catch up to them.
Moreover, he was extremely assured that the four of them would not encounter any danger in this place. In his life experience, the only thing that prey would ever do was to flee for their lives.
He did not think that there would be anyone from Dark Mountain Tribe who would chase after them in this sort of situation. What the entire Dark Mountain Tribe cared about the most was migration!
In less than the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, a gust of cold wind blew past them. It blew up the snow on the ground and landed on the four of them. At the same time, a red light appeared in the forest not too far away from them. It was so fast that the four of them did not even have the time to wake up. Only the tribe leader of Black Mountain Tribe opened his eyes.
He only saw the red light flash by, and a shrill scream of pain rang in his ears. Then, he saw a tribe member's body sitting cross-legged beside him. He was now headless, and blood gushed out of his body like a fountain.
A feeling that made the tribe leader's skin crawl and his hair stand on end instantly rose within him. His expression changed drastically and he stood up swiftly. There was shock and disbelief in his eyes. The other two also stood up quickly with fear in their eyes as they looked around.
"Who is it?!"
"Who is it?! I see you! Come out!"
The two of them immediately roared. Their bodies trembled slightly. It was as if everything had happened too quickly. Before they could even open their eyes, they heard the shrill scream of pain. When they opened their eyes, they saw their tribe member coughing up blood from his headless neck.
An indescribable fear spread through their bodies like a tidal wave. The source of this fear was not just the death of their tribe member, but also the fear of a mystery.
They did not see anyone. It was dead silent all around them. There was not a single sound.
The tribe leader of Black Mountain Tribe's face was pale. He looked around the dark forest around him, and gradually, his fear grew stronger. It was as if there was a terrifying beast hidden in the dark forest that was harvesting lives, and it was staring at them.
"Retreat!" The tribe leader gritted his teeth. He did not dare to take any risks in the face of the unknown. Besides, the red light that disappeared the moment he saw it just now did not seem like a person. Instead, it seemed like some sort of red snake.
The moment he gave the order, the other two tribe members quickly approached them. The three of them gradually retreated, and after a few steps, they immediately jumped up from the ground and quickly retreated.
They did not notice that Su Ming was crouching in the forest. The shadow of the blood red moon flashed in his eyes. In his hands was a bloody head with its eyes closed.
'Death isn't scary. What's scary is the fear before death. That's a form of torture. Most of our tribe members have experienced it on our way here. We've been tortured by that torture … Now, I'll let you have a taste of it.' Su Ming's face was calm. Besides this thought, he also had another thought, which was to ensure the safety of his tribe members. As the three of them retreated, he disappeared from the spot.
The tribe leader's heart raced against his chest. He was heavily injured. Even if he was at the eighth level of the Blood Solidification Realm, he could only bring out most of his power. He could not reach his peak. The two tribe members beside him were also around the sixth level of the Blood Solidification Realm. They could not protect him.
It was especially so during the instant he saw the red light flash. The sense of danger he felt in his heart made him shudder. At that moment, he no longer had any thoughts of chasing after the people from Dark Mountain. Instead, he wanted to quickly retreat and meet up with the reinforcements from Black Mountain Tribe.
As they ran, the faces of the two tribe members beside him were filled with terror. Their fear towards the mystery and the unknown made them lose all will to fight. They only wanted to run for their lives.
Yet at that moment, a strange, piercing cry came from behind them. That strange cry had a shrill tone to it. It made all those who heard it, especially when they were in a state of panic and fear, feel their hearts tremble.
Almost at the instant the strange cry echoed behind them, a ray of blood-red light closed in at an extremely fast speed. It was so fast that the three people who were escaping only saw a flash of red light and countless threads that looked like moonlight behind the red light. Soon after, one of the tribe members let out a shrill scream and his head was separated from his body. As he coughed out blood, he fell to the ground.
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