Chapter 1299 - 726: Disarray in the Wind (Part 3)
Chapter 1299: Chapter 726: Disarray in the Wind (Part 3)
However, just as the Great Elder reached the Felicity fruit, he looked at the three empty seedling pits on the ground...
"Who?! Who?!" the Great Elder roared in anger, "Who dug up my Felicity fruit?!"
Harvesting Felicity fruit every three years had become a routine for the Fire Pit, and now, the fruit had been completely uprooted!
That’s just too much. It’s one thing to pick the fruit, but why uproot the whole thing?!
At this moment, a God’s Child crouched down, picked up a bit of soil and tasted it carefully: "Great Elder, this pit was dug up no more than eight hours ago. The culprit shouldn’t be too far, we can catch up."
"Chase!" the Great Elder roared, "Let me find out who did it, I won’t rest until they’re dead!"
Everyone mounted their tall horses, spurring them in the direction Qing Chen and his group had left. A middle-aged Fire Pit man ran barefoot ahead to lead the way; he was the best hunter of the Fire Pit, skilled at tracking prey.
In the densely vegetated Taboo Land, anyone passing through would inevitably trample the moss, crush the low grass, and break the branches of shrubs.
For many, this was an endless sea of forest, but to the Fire Pit people, everything here was a clue.
Qin Yiyi curiously asked, "Who would know the location of the Felicity fruit? Wasn’t it said that no one dares to enter Taboo Land No. 008?"
The Great Elder hesitated for a moment and said, "It might be the Knights!"
"Oh?" Qin Yiyi asked in confusion, "What makes you say that?"
"I have no evidence, just that they love doing such things where they eat the meat themselves and won’t let others even drink the soup," the Great Elder said. "I feel it’s the Knights; no one else would be so unscrupulous... How disappointing!"
However, at this moment, the Great Elder noticed a sparkle in Qin Yiyi’s eyes, clearly happy.
He said irritably, "You young one, someone took away our Fire Pit’s treasure, and you’re happy about it."
Qin Yiyi said, "Maybe it’s not them? After all, there are thousands of adventurers every year, with over a hundred thousand Wilderness Hunters throughout the Federation. It might not be the Knights. I actually hope it is the Knights..."
Upon hearing this, the surrounding God’s Children were indignant. They all wanted to find the thief of the Felicity fruit as soon as possible to see if it was truly the Knights.
If it was indeed Qing Chen, they could have a showdown and let Qin Yiyi see whether the Knights were superior or the men of the Fire Pit were stronger!
The Fire Pit people chased for several hours, yet they lost their trail in front of a small creek.
The middle-aged hunter said, "They might have crossed the water; we need to look for clues on the opposite bank."
"Chase," the Great Elder said.
More than ten minutes passed.
Beneath the soil next to the creek, in the underground fortress Zard had created with his Awakening ability, four A-Class individuals were resting inside.
Earlier, when Da Yu hunted everyone from night till morning, they didn’t get a wink of sleep. Now, everyone was catching up on their rest.
This underground fortress was over ten square meters, with only a few imitation ’cicada-like’ holes on the surface left for breathing.
Da Yu asked, "Who are those riding horses in the Taboo Land?"
Qing Chen calmly analyzed, "It’s not the Chen’s Army; they are going in the wrong direction, and they don’t have horses."
Chen Jiazhang suddenly said, "It’s the Fire Pit. I followed them before to see what secrets were in Taboo Land No. 008, but they discovered me."
Qing Chen: "..."
The way you all are targeting the Fire Pit, it’s understandable that they don’t like you.
He patiently advised, "Don’t always target the Fire Pit people; they are quite nice. As Knights, we should get along peacefully."
Chen Jiazhang said irritably, "You have no respect for your elders. Stop lecturing your uncle."
At this point, Qing Chen said, "Zard, open the fortress. I need to catch up with them. If they continue, they’ll run into the Chen’s Army, and I need to stop them."
"Sure," Zard said, opening up the ground.
Da Yu said irritably, "You all go; I’m going back to sleep..."
In speaking, he found himself alone in the fortress.
Da Yu hesitated for two minutes and eventually cursed as he jumped out of the fortress.
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The team of over a hundred Fire Pit members galloped forward quickly. One must say that in such terrain, horses were more useful than mechanized units.
However, the further they progressed, the more the Great Elder sensed something was off: "Although we found traces, they’re in reverse. Someone sprinted down this path towards the Felicity fruit... It seems to be four people, moving swiftly and hastily. Judging by their stride frequency and span, all four are of A-Class physique? But there aren’t that many Knights. Chen Jiazhang and Wang Xiaojiu haven’t appeared in a long time. And... why are they running so fast? Do they know our plan and want to compete with us for the Felicity fruit?"
Four A-Class appearing simultaneously without any followers was very rare.
At this moment, the Great Elder seemed to hear something and whispered, "Dismount! Yiyi, watch over the horses; nothing must happen to them!"
He drew a Black Knife from his waist, lowering his body to sneak forward, his hunched back level with the dense shrubs.
He quietly parted the brush and peered ahead, where he saw the Chen’s Army advancing slowly, with engineers using tools to plot maps.
Then, one of the Chen’s soldiers whispered something to a comrade and quickly ran into the woods.
He loosened his belt, leapt up and grabbed a branch, looking down at over a hundred Fire Pit people hiding in the bushes. The soldier was stunned, hanging there, legs spread wide, caught speechless by the dozens of pairs of eyes watching him.
He was flustered by the wind.
He was completely dumbfounded: What was this soldier doing? Did he discover us? But if he did, why make such a move?
Is he taunting us?
It’s no wonder the Great Elder couldn’t react; the scene was truly bewildering.
Thankfully, Xiao Yiyi did not follow. Otherwise, she’d be seeing something indecent!
The next second, the Chen’s soldier shouted, "Enemy attack! Fire Pit!"
The Great Elder sliced him in half with his knife and quickly retreated: "Mount and retreat, this is the Chen’s Group Army!"
Chen’s soldiers swarmed at the call, gunfire erupted through the Taboo Land like fireworks on New Year’s Eve, or the thunder of spring.
The Fire Pit people also pulled out automatic rifles to retaliate, but they were only over a hundred, while the Chen’s vanguard had five hundred—no match in firepower.
"Quick, quick, quick, there’s a chance they have an air force above. Don’t get hit by laser guidance. Once locked in, there’s no escaping death," the Great Elder, knowledgeable about group army tactics, warned. This was because the Federal Group Army’s development of rapid response laser guidance, laser cannon strikes, and air-ground support was designed for terrains like the Taboo Lands.
The Great Elder glanced back, already seeing someone pulling out a laser guided tub.
His eyes were bloodshot; if the enemy completed long-range laser guidance, at least half of them would die: "You go ahead, I’ll hold them off!"
Just as he spoke, a sniper bullet rang out. The officer holding the laser guided tub suddenly burst into a cloud of blood mist.
The sniper rifle roared continuously. Qing Chen, not caring about hiding his identity, fully covered the Fire Pit.
Yet, the Chen’s side might not guess it was him, as there were many snipers in the Federation, not just him capable of providing cover. Besides, he typically used tungsten core armor-piercing bullets, but this time he chose ordinary bullets for confusion.
Whether they’ll realize it’s him will be left for the Chen’s to figure out.
At this moment, Chen Jiazhang also appeared in front of the Fire Pit people: "Hurry, Chen Yu might be in the air. If you don’t move, there won’t be a chance!"
The Great Elder was sad and furious: "It is indeed the Knights. We never have good encounters with you!"
Everyone retreated while fighting, and Qing Chen’s sniper rifle alone suppressed the four hundred soldiers’ advance.
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