Free Web NovelChapter 384: Chapter 193: Transform into a Dragon, Sunlight Tribe
When the strong man’s eyes fell on Li Chang’an, he was utterly astonished. After a moment of careful observation, he said, "Your Highness, this boulder is truly extraordinary. Give it enough time, and I fear it could become a Spirit Monster!"
The girl glanced up at Li Chang’an, clearly distracted.
After a long moment, she forced a smile. "The tribe is defeated. My parents were captured and enslaved. Can we really evade the Sunlight Tribe’s search?"
The strong man’s tone was resolute. "As long as you are still here, Your Highness, the tribe has an heir. So no matter what, you must evade the search!"
As they spoke, the two of them took the winding path beside Li Chang’an and headed into the mountains.
「About another month passed.」
That day, Li Chang’an saw over a hundred soldiers heading up the mountain path. They were clad in armor with sun symbols painted on their chests and shoulders.
From their conversation, Li Chang’an learned who they were.
—The army of the Sunlight Tribe, one of the vassal tribes under the Sun Emperor!
’The Sunlight Tribe?’
Li Chang’an was no stranger to that name.
After all, in his original destiny, he, as a Divine Bull, was fated to fall into the hands of the Sunlight Tribe.
He was face to face with his fated enemies, yet Li Chang’an felt no rage.
He concealed his divine aura, making himself look as ordinary as possible, and prepared to watch events unfold in silence.
The soldiers had obviously received some tip, for they headed into the mountain range without pausing. freёwebnovel.com
Soon, an uproar erupted from within the mountains.
The strong man burst out of the mountain pass, drenched in blood, his eyes blazing with fury. Every punch he threw sounded like a clap of thunder, rumbling across the land.
This was the first time Li Chang’an had seen one of this world’s Cultivators, and the man’s fighting style was clearly astonishing.
However, the hundred or so soldiers were no pushovers.
The sun symbols on their armor began to glow as they completely surrounded the strong man. Advancing and retreating in unison, they steadily wore down his stamina.
Just as Li Chang’an was watching with great interest, he suddenly noticed the girl had hidden herself in a jagged pile of rocks not far away.
Her eyes were red, brimming with tears. She had covered herself with a scroll, instantly blending in with her surroundings.
If Li Chang’an hadn’t been here for nearly a thousand years, becoming intimately familiar with every flower, blade of grass, stone, and tree, he probably wouldn’t have spotted her hiding place either.
After about half an hour of fighting, the surrounding forest looked as if it had been completely torn apart. The tall man finally collapsed from exhaustion and was pinned to the ground by the Sunlight Tribe soldiers.
A man from the Sunlight Tribe stepped forward, looking down imperiously at the warrior at his feet. "Where did that bastard brat go?" he said coldly. "Hand her over, and I swear to the great Sun Emperor I’ll let you live!"
Hearing the man, the tall warrior simply spat.
Seeing this, the man gave a savage grin and smashed out the tall warrior’s teeth with the back of his blade. "You think I can’t find her just because you won’t talk?" he sneered. "The Fusang Tribe’s Map of Mountains and Rivers is in that wench’s hands. She must have used that trinket to get away, didn’t she?"
"The Map of Mountains and Rivers can conceal her aura, but not her physical form..." As he spoke, the man took a small cage from a soldier behind him. Inside was a tiny, inch-long snake. The man released it and commanded, "Go. Don’t miss a single corner. Search every inch for me!"
Hearing the command, the tiny snake shot out of the cage. It moved with incredible speed, beginning its search of the surrounding woods and clearings. freёwebnovel.com
It was a relatively unsophisticated method of searching, but an undeniably effective one.
As long as the girl hadn’t gotten far, the little snake would expose her location in no time.
Clearly, Li Chang’an wasn’t the only one who realized this; the tall warrior did, too.
When he saw the snake begin its search, the warrior’s eyes flew wide with fury, and he even tried to rise and kill it.
But the leader clearly wasn’t going to let that happen.
With a simple glance, five or six soldiers pinned him firmly to the ground, forcing him to watch helplessly as the snake continued its search.
At first, the snake weaved back and forth through the mountain pass.
Finding nothing unusual, it soon turned back toward the area with the pile of rocks.
As the snake drew ever closer, the girl’s entire body couldn’t help but tremble. She was the last royal of the Fusang Tribe.
If she died, not only would the Fusang Tribe face complete annihilation, but the entire lineage of the Sunrise God would be destroyed with it.
Just as the snake came within five meters of the girl...
...Li Chang’an, who had been enjoying the show from the sidelines, finally acted. He released a faint trace of his aura, blanketing the area where the girl was hidden.
The little snake possessed a degree of intelligence, but it clearly wasn’t much.
Upon sensing Li Chang’an’s ’dragon’ aura, it was struck with terror and subconsciously skirted around the girl’s location, not daring to search it.
Seeing the snake avoid her hiding spot, the girl let out a huge sigh of relief.
At the same time, she sensed faint wisps of an unfamiliar aura.
When she carefully traced the aura back to its source and discovered it was coming from the giant boulder, her eyes widened in shock.
But she made no sound, choosing to remain hidden.
The snake searched the entire pile of rocks and, finding nothing, soon moved on to other areas.
The army from the Sunlight Tribe searched the mountain range patiently for three days. After three days, their patience finally ran out.
The leader, exasperated and in a fit of impotent rage, vented his frustrations indiscriminately.
Then, he gathered his troops and departed from Floating Hill.
Seeing them leave, the girl didn’t rush to show herself. Instead, she remained hidden for another three days. Only after confirming the danger had truly passed did she finally rise from the pile of rocks.
She brushed the dust from her clothes, stretched her stiff joints, and walked up to Li Chang’an. Her once-gloomy eyes were now sparkling.
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