The Sishe Tribe was very powerful, and Ai Lan naturally knew this. However, no tribe could stand by and watch their deity be insulted. If they retreated on matters concerning their deity, it would mean they tacitly accepted the other party’s annexation.
The other members of the Xia Wang hunting team were also extremely angry, gripping their weapons tightly.
“Last time you got away, but this time you won’t be so lucky,” Ming Shi sneered as he put down the two venomous snakes on his body. Last time, the main goal was to seize the other party’s prey. But today, he was more interested in the weapons carried by the Xia Wang hunting team. From the beginning, he had no intention of letting them leave. If he could also deal with that mouse and offer it to the Black Python Deity, he might receive the Black Python Deity’s blessing and raise a third snake.
As Ming Shi moved, the other members of the Sishe hunting team also took action. The colorful venomous snakes slid off their bodies and, under command, slowly approached the Xia Wang hunting team.
The venomous snakes did not hiss, but the slithering sound was as unbearable as maggots gnawing at bones.
Ai Lan’s brain was racing, thinking about the possibility of bypassing the snake group and directly attacking the Sishe hunting team. His eyes constantly scanned the surroundings. Just as he was about to make a risky attempt, he suddenly felt a furry touch on his cheek.
Turning his head, he found that his deity had already puffed up into a ball. Even so, it had no intention of hiding. Ai Lan raised his hand to hold the mouse and planned to hand it over to someone to cover its retreat. They could die, but nothing could happen to their deity. “Don’t worry, deity, we will definitely protect you!”
The puffed-up furball reached out its paws towards the person in the hunting team carrying a magic staff.
Seeing this, Ai Lan directly handed Shu Bao to that person. That person was the youngest in the team and therefore had not been assigned a spear, a more lethal weapon. “Mu Bao, take good care of the deity and bring him back to the tribe.”
Hearing this name, Shu Bao blinked his big eyes and looked at the person. Hmm, not bad, worthy of having the character “bao1it means treasure” in his name, as handsome as a mouse.
Originally full of fighting spirit, Mu Bao was stunned for a moment and instinctively wanted to refuse. But looking at the deity who opened its small paws towards him, he couldn’t say a word of refusal. He reached out to take the deity, tears falling, then glanced at the captain. Without giving the mouse a chance to speak, he turned and ran quickly.
Apparently, he knew that the hunting team had almost no chance of winning. Among the tribes he knew, none could defeat the Sishe hunting team. But even so, for the sake of their deity, they had to fight, even if it was a battle with no chance of survival.
Shu Bao was held firmly but not tightly in Mu Bao’s palm. The mouse was quite speechless and patted Mu Bao’s hand with its paw. Tearful Mu Bao kept running while checking if he had hurt their deity.
“Don’t be afraid, I’m here. Stop,” the furry deity looked at him calmly with eyes full of gentleness and comfort, and its little paws kept patting. Surprisingly, Mu Bao gradually calmed down under the gentle pats.
However, Mu Bao still did not stop running. The captain had tasked him with safely returning the deity to the tribe. He had to fulfill this duty no matter what.
Seeing this, Shu Bao knew that persuasion was useless. Behind them, the battle had already begun as soon as Mu Bao started moving. Shu Bao dared not delay. Twisting its small body, it broke free from Mu Bao’s hand, stepped hard on Mu Bao’s hand, and leaped into the air.
Just as Mu Bao was anxiously reaching out to catch the furry ball, he suddenly saw a soft white light appear on the deity’s body. Then, a human figure replaced the furry ball and emerged from the white light. As the white light gradually faded, the person’s appearance became clear.
Mu Bao stood dumbfounded, his hand still frozen in mid-air as he reached out. It was the first time he had seen such a beautiful person, the first time he had seen someone so divine. When that person reached out with a familiar rhythm and gently patted his head, they said, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”
“De… Deity?!” Mu Bao’s hand slowly lowered, just like his gradually calming heartbeat.
The deity smiled at him, took the stone staff from his back, and quickly headed towards the battlefield behind them.
“Deity!” Mu Bao snapped out of his shock and turned to stop him, but found that the deity was already almost at the battlefield in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, Shu Bao’s live stream was filled with exclamation marks. The so-called beast tribe possessed a mix of animal and human genes, making them an intelligent species. Among the beast tribe, those who could fully transform into human form were rare, so most of the time, humans and beast tribes could be easily distinguished.
But now, a mouse had transformed into such a perfect human form, and what was with that elegant ancient costume? Moreover, the attire matched his temperament and appearance so well, as if he was born to live in an ancient, culturally rich era.
While the audience was immersed in the host’s stunning beauty, the graceful ancient-style beauty gently comforted the native, then picked up the stone staff and charged back into the battlefield.
Audience: ??? Please at least respect the clothes you’re wearing! The iconic question marks began to fill the screen again.
On the battlefield, the Xia Wang hunting team was being forced to retreat continuously. Most of these snakes were venomous, and a single bite could have dire consequences. Fortunately, their weapons were extremely powerful, especially the long sword covered in black light, which showed strong defensive capabilities at this time.
Each snake was extremely precious to the Sishe hunting team. Facing the sharp weapons of the Xia Wang hunting team, they did not dare to attack directly and could only launch continuous assaults. The snakes’ agility made them hard to defend against. Just as they were about to break through the defense, a person suddenly approached rapidly from afar.
The person’s speed was extremely fast, wearing strange clothes of interwoven white and light gray, and holding a stone stick in their hand. When everyone saw the person’s appearance clearly, they were all stunned. It was a look that had never existed in their knowledge.
Apart from the extreme beauty, there was also an ethereal, wind-like aura. At that moment, even without witnessing the process of Shu Bao transforming from a mouse to a human, a word appeared in everyone’s mind: deity.
The brief moment of distraction allowed the person to easily traverse the battlefield and reach the place where both sides were fighting. The people’s daze did not stop the actions of the venomous snakes. Just as several snakes were about to bite the Xia Wang hunting team during the gap.
Balls of fire suddenly appeared, dragging long tails as they rushed towards the snakes. The flames accurately hit the snakes, and the intense heat instantly burned the snakes into twisted shapes. After a brief hissing sound, they were completely turned into charcoal.
A burnt aroma instantly spread, waking up both sides of the battle. Everyone’s eyes turned to the source of the fireballs, the stone stick in the hand of the person in white!
The person’s movements did not stop. Everyone saw him lightly wave his hand, and a fireball was generated above the stone stick. With a flick, the fireball flew rapidly toward the snakes like a heavenly fire.
Because the person’s movements were too fast, before one fireball fell, another had already appeared. The sky seemed to rain fireballs, and each drop of fire rain accurately hit the venomous snakes on the ground. In just a few breaths, no snakes survived on the ground, only flames burning the remains of the snakes.
Amid the scorching flames, the person in white stood calmly, with a serene expression, holding the stone stick that could shoot fireballs. The contrast of red and white, heat and tranquility, created a striking image that was hard to forget.
“Deity! Deity!” An anxious call came from afar. The Sishe hunting team saw the person who had fled at the beginning running back. Panting, that person rushed to the Xia Wang hunting team, calling out to the person in white as Deity!
The Xia Wang hunting team was utterly bewildered. Was this their furry deity? Everyone’s eyes turned to the deity’s now slender waist, with the furry, round belly nowhere to be seen.
Shu Bao instinctively took a deep breath, but there was nothing to suck in at this moment. Standing there like a small white pine, he was very pleasing to the eye.
With the battlefield crisis resolved and no more venomous snakes to assist, the balance of power between the two sides instantly shifted. The Sishe hunting team became alert, while the Xia Wang hunting team members were ready to counterattack at any moment.
However, Shu Bao did not want to see unnecessary casualties. He directly raised his magic staff, and as it rotated, a fireball appeared in the sky, growing larger, brighter, and hotter.
When the fireball almost became a small sun hanging there, the person in white casually spoke, “Still want to fight?”
The Sishe hunting team: “…”
After a moment of silence, one person in the Sishe hunting team couldn’t withstand the terrifying pressure of the giant fireball and chose to drop their weapon. With the first, there quickly came a second, and a third.
Seeing this, the captain, Ming Shi, was furious. “You cowards! You don’t deserve the blessing of the Black Python Deity!” But no matter what he said, the fear of the flames made most people drop their weapons.
At Shu Bao’s signal, those who gave up resistance walked out of the team and were then tied up by the Xia Wang hunting team, obviously intending to take them back as slaves.
Soon after, only two people were left in the Sishe hunting team: Ming Shi and another person beside him.
Ming Shi had a look of resignation to death. He knew he couldn’t resist the strange fireball, but he would rather be burned to death than betray the Black Python Deity. “I will not surrender. Do it!”
Shu Bao waved his magic staff, and the giant fireball instantly fell. But during its descent, the fireball became smaller and smaller, eventually turning into two small sparks that landed on the hair of Ming Shi and the other person.
With a loud bang accompanied by a sudden burst of flames, in the blink of an eye, the two people’s hair was burned to ashes, and their bald heads gleamed under the sun.
Ming Shi who was ready to die: “…”
The rest of the people: “…”
Shu Bao calmly said, “Those who don’t surrender, beat them up and take them back. Good labor force, such a waste to burn them.”
“Got it!” The Xia Wang hunting team, happily tying people up, heard this and a few who were already dissatisfied with Ming Shi surrounded him and gave him a good beating. Then, regardless of his protests, they tied him up and took him away. As a loser, you have no right to choose death. Obediently chopping wood and mining is your proper fate.
