Chapter 58: The Stage

  His feet moved swiftly, the strong gusts of wind blowing past his cheeks, lifting his soft and smooth long hair, brushing against his dry and rough face. The leader of the Black Rock tribe didn't know why, but the faster he ran forward, the more his excitement dwindled.

  Something doesn't feel right, the wild intuition that has been cultivated through years of struggling on the edge of life and death seems to be constantly reminding him that the road ahead is treacherous, don't step in.

  But as a wise human being, his rationality clearly told him that feelings are just an illusion, and everything must be based on facts.

  Looking around at dawn, the leader of the Black Rock clan's face became increasingly gloomy. At this time, it was not just him, but also his followers behind him, who were all shocked and seemingly harboring a fear that they themselves did not understand.

  Suddenly, loud and clear roars rose from the surrounding jungle, and one after another spiritual aura fields belonging to the jungle overlords burst forth like fireworks in the dense forest.

  This sudden change of events caused the black rock leader to pause, almost losing his balance and crashing into a crooked neck tree that stretched out in front of him.

  He stopped in his tracks, startled, and carefully sensed that the aura of the forest overlord was clearly distributed on both sides of the road they were traveling on, and seemed to be enraged by something. As time passed, the howling not only showed no signs of stopping, but instead grew louder and more intense.

  It seems that more and more beasts are joining this dark carnival, while these apemen are the sacrifices hanging on the altar waiting to die.

  Before Hei Yan's leader ordered to return, the "hulu" sound exploded in his ears, and some ape warriors at the end of the team couldn't help but exclaim.

  The black rock leader took a hasty glance, and what entered his eyes was the boundless firelight, as well as the terrifying black dragon in the endless sea of flames. The red and black colors seemed to emerge from hell itself, with an unimaginable speed along this path, rapidly extending forward, expanding its territory.

  And these warriors of the Blackrock clan were precisely the most delicious prey on the edge of the Flame Beast's mouth.

  At a glance, the leader of the Black Rock clan was on the verge of bursting with emotion, his heart filled with shock and awe. Although they also controlled the technology of flames, their flames were only obtained from the natural fire in the sky, and their understanding of flames was limited to just a few superficial aspects.

  They only knew that flames could dispel darkness, keep beasts at bay, roast food and make tough, bloody meat tender and delicious.

  But these understandings did not make them masters of the flame, but instead made them more and more fearful of this mysterious thing, or rather, worship it.

  This time, the leader of the Black Rock clan wants to wipe out the Fire God tribe not only for the previous benefits but also for their reverence for flames and their desire to control them.

  Now facing this terrible fire, the apes are more unbearable than facing those jungle overlords. One by one, they reveal extremely terrified expressions, and even without waiting for the command of the Black Rock leader, they quickly flee in the direction where there is no flame under the invasion of the terrifying heat.

  At this moment, the flames shot up to the sky, like a long dragon in the dark night, burning rapidly along the track laid by the people of the Fire God tribe. In the midst of the forest, it seemed like a fire dragon with its teeth and claws bared.

  Innumerable beasts, including many lions and tigers in the surrounding area, let out a furious roar under this majestic power, expressing their discontent with the invasion of such a terrifying creature, but they did not dare to get close at all.

  This resulted in a unique scene, with countless beasts howling and roaring, releasing their aura to the maximum, hiding their bodies deep in the dense forests on both sides of the road, as if they were spectators, watching the terrifying flames burning fiercely on the path, chasing after the fleeing apes.

  The poor apes didn't even have the courage to turn back, and the enthusiastic spectators on both sides of the road made them not dare to rush into the stands, they could only follow the arranged route, constantly sprinting and dodging the terrifying fire dragon's pursuit.

  For a time, the entire Blackrock tribe no longer cared about who was the leader or not. Every single one of them used all their might to grab onto the last straw of life, under the pressure of the flames behind and the beasts beside, and kept moving forward.

  The leader of the Blackrock clan quickly realized the situation in front of him, and at this time he had no other way to do so. He just kept rushing forward like his clansmen, which was actually a good method. Therefore, he did not stop the actions of his clansmen, but instead led the trend with one horse.

  Beside the earth mound, Chen Xu watched as the raging flames drew closer and listened to the growing howls of wild beasts in the surrounding woods, involuntarily tightening his grip on the bamboo spear.

  He knew that the Black Rock Apes were about to arrive, and although he had made meticulous plans, everything was going according to his imagination, but as it came down to the last moment, he couldn't help but feel a little tense.

  Like Hei Yan's leader, this victory is also very important to him, it is related to whether the entire Huo Shen tribe can rise with the trend, it is related to whether his cultivation can be further improved, and it is related to his overall plan in the entire Stone Age.

  If things go awry, he's likely to end up with both tribes suffering a crushing defeat. By then, he might find himself back in the same situation as when he first crossed over, and that's something he absolutely cannot allow.

  Under Chen Xu's tense gaze, the raging flames quickly approached, and the crackling sound of burning continued unabated. Next, some dense footsteps came through the thick earth, transmitted to the top of this thick layer of soil, and surged into his always attentive ears.

  "Here I come!"

  Taking a deep breath, Chen Xu quickly glanced around to his left and right.

  In an instant, the two hundred apes around him, with several team leaders as the core, holding a few large tree nets, quickly retreated to the surrounding woods and quietly approached under the big trees.

  He himself grasped the silver long horn, flashed his body and climbed up a large tree, like a virtual shadow, quickly climbing in the gap between the branches, and soon came to a large tree near the pit, thoroughly concealing his figure among the dense branches, quietly watching.

  Suddenly, a figure flashed in his line of sight, and an ape-man appeared. His heart skipped a beat as he recognized the identity of this ape-man, who was none other than the leader of the Black Rock tribe.

  Almost the moment the Blackrock Chieftain appeared, countless dark silhouettes rushed into his field of vision. These dark silhouettes merged together, and at incredible speed, seemed like an unstoppable steel torrent, charging towards a nearby pit not far from where he stood.

  "Boom!"

  In the midst of terrified roars and swirling dust, the head of this steel torrent, which had been charging forward with great momentum, suddenly seemed to be swallowed up, vanishing into thin air, leaving only its waist and tail continuing on their way.

  Under the impetus of the massive inertia, the waist of the steel torrent tried to stop its speed as much as possible, but it still couldn't brake, and in the impact of the tail behind, it was like a domino falling, in the endless roar and howl, fell into that terrifying huge mouth ahead, swallowed by the dust filling the sky.

  With the sacrifice of their heads and waists, the iron torrent that had paid a huge price finally stopped its tail. However, they didn't have time to hesitate, for behind them, the fire dragon with its jaws wide open and claws outstretched, brought with it an apocalyptic threat, roaring and raging as it charged into their field of vision.

  Under the terrifying heat and pressure, the remaining tail of the steel torrent, except for a few terrified existences that rushed into the nearby woods, all habitually plunged into the dust in front.

  Forcing down the wild joy in his heart, Chen Xu directly jumped down from the tree, punched a ape-man who was running towards him until he fainted, and let out a loud roar.

  The signal was sent out, and the surrounding forest edge area instantly transmitted countless howls. The fire god tribe's apes were divided into six small teams, carrying six huge tree nets. With the reflection of the sky-high flames, they quickly rushed towards each other.

  Before long, the dust gradually dispersed in front of the flame that had stopped due to insufficient fuel ahead. The huge pit, which was the result of the hard work of the five or six apemen for several days, also revealed its true face.

  This pit is twenty meters long, ten meters wide and two meters deep. At this time, due to the destruction of the Black Rock Tribe apes, it has been completely removed from camouflage, revealing its original appearance.

  Among them, there was a group of black rock apes piled together, because the momentum was too great, at this time the density of the black rock apes had already exceeded imagination, as if they were stacked on top of each other like a pagoda, looking full of artistic sense.

  Flames surged, and before the black rock apes could react, the prepared apes from the Fire God tribe leapt into the large pit, quickly surrounding the six massive tree nets, wrapping them around like swaddling clothes, bundling the concentrated black rock apes together.

  Another loud shout was heard, and the last two teams of apes carried two enormous nets that were incredibly large, directly covering the heads of this group of compressed apes, completely blocking their last bit of activity space.

  Each of the huge spider webs was held by twenty apes, restricting the activity range of the terrified Black Rock Apes. More than forty apes, led by Chen Xu, holding bamboo spears and bows and arrows, carrying torches, slowly walked out from their hiding place.

  Looking at the suddenly appearing apes, combined with what was happening around them, how could the apes in the pit not know what had happened? Suddenly, a hunting team leader let out a loud roar, venting his anger, raised the stone tool in his hand, and was about to chop at the tree net above his head.

  Before he could make a move, the apes around him only felt a flash of cold light in front of their eyes, and with a "peng" sound, the bowstring sounded, and on his neck appeared a wolf-toothed arrow.