Chapter 120
Chapter 120 – There can only be one leader
Translated by Sunyancai
The energy contained in the Fire Crystal in Shao Xuan’s hand could only be absorbed by Shao Xuan himself, and it was supposed that the others couldn’t absorb any of it. Before at the holdout, Shao Xuan had tried many times.
It was the same with everyone, whether it was junior warriors or intermediate warriors.
So, Shao Xuan had always believed that aside from himself, no other people or object could ever absorb the energy from the Fire Crystal, including the five hunting group leaders and Caesar. Besides, none of them made any reaction indicating that they might have absorbed the energy.
However now, in Shao Xuan’s special vision, he saw that some of the red traces of energy, that released from the “burning” Fire Crystal, were floating behind him, instead of being absorbed by his hand.
Who was behind him?
Uncle Mai? Perhaps there was another group leader from another hunting group?
Shao Xuan felt a chill on his back, as if every hair he had was trembling. He could only see the skeleton and the sharp teeth in its mouth. He could feel that a pair of bloody eyes were staring at him, even though he could not see the actual eyes.
It was only a slight glance, and then it turned over to look at the other “diamonds” that hung there.
They were its own kind.
The next moment, Shao Xuan saw that it opened its mouth, and a few bones in his nose and throat moved in a weird way. It was fast, but very regular.
Originally, people were just standing on the piles of dead bats, but now they felt as if their heads were about to explode. All their senses, including sight and hearing, had all gone in an instant.
Lang Ga and the others directly hit the ground without saying a word.
Blood came out from the intermediate warriors’ mouths, noses and ears.
Puff!
After they spit out a mouthful of blood, Mai and the others fell on the ground, one after another.
The flames on the torches all went out, and there was no light in the cave.
Before they fell unconscious, all they saw was torches being put out, and then endless of darkness.
All they thought was the same thing: Why didn’t they go back to the tribe for help?
Yes, they would risk their lives for the sake of the Fire Crystal, but it didn’t mean that they didn’t care if all five hunting groups died at the same time!
Who would then bring the Fire Crystals back to their tribe?
In that scenario, they would become the tribe’s sinners instead of accomplishing anything!
The only one holding up was Shao Xuan. In fact, Shao Xuan was dizzy as well. Even with his special view, everything he saw was twisted. The thing that kept him holding on was the Fire Crystal in his hand.
As the fellow above hatched from its egg and came out, it stopped absorbing the energy of that Fire Crystal. So, all the energy of the crystal was used to support Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan was regretful as well. Would any of these things have happened if he hadn’t dug up the Fire Crystal? Or perhaps he should have stopped everybody from jumping into the mission? Should they have gone back to the tribe for help? No, even with the whole tribe’s efforts, they might not be able to defeat those things.
There were over a hundred of them…
Bang!
Bang, bang!
There were large sounds of explosions, one after another. Shao Xuan put himself together and looked up.
What the fuck?!
The one that hatched out first was slaughtering its own kind.
All the “diamonds” hanging above began to explode one by one. They were not hatching, they were exploding!
Some “diamonds” already had cracks before that, and some were cracking a moment before. However, all the diamonds got slaughtered instantly. The diamonds directly exploded by sound waves, while those that had already started to hatch were directly torn apart.
The reason that a leader was called a leader was because it was in the leading position in a group.
And one leader was enough for a pack.
Shao Xuan struggled to walk towards Mai and the others, totally ignoring the falling corpses and body parts. He reached out to check their breaths, and was suddenly relieved, finding that they were still breathing. It’s good that they were still alive.
Since it was so hard to stand on the feet, Shao Xuan chose to sit down on the piles of dead bats and watched the first hatcher slaughter its own kind in an extremely brutal way. One of them was bitten off by the head and dropped in front of Shao Xuan.
Due to a lack of torch, Shao Xuan could not use his normal vision to see the world. All he could see was the skeleton that dropped in front of him.
He touched it, and felt the fur on its body. The muscle was very tight, and its wings were like shields.
If they had managed to live, this herd might have become the top lord of the forest. However, there was only one leader, and the others were doomed to tragedy. They were meant to be the stepping stones for the leader.
No wonder that the bats in the caves were no longer coming to this place. Now, with the things above fighting against each other, no other bat dared to come close to watch. Death would be their only fate if they came inside.
Numerous dead bats piled up high, and every one of them were the strongest of their pack. However, after a brutal fight, there were only hundreds of them that survived. Then, after some kind of special mutation that Shao Xuan was not able to understand, they transformed from powerful animals into top ferocious beasts.
After that, through a selection of brutal fighting, the solo winner would be the strongest one. For example, the one that was busy slaughtering its kind.
Just one small step ahead, and it was every step ahead.
Although there were still a lot of diamond that did not crack, they could move somehow. It was impossible for that one to slaughter them all at once.
The massacre lasted for about half an hour. Shao Xuan just sat there, watching, for about half an hour. Now, he was unable to get up on his feet, he couldn’t even keep balance. All he could do was remain seated on the ground.
When the massacre stopped, the sound waves finally ended. Shao Xuan felt that his mind was feeling less swollen up, and his vision was nopt twisted anymore.
Feeling something abnormal, Shao Xuan looked up.
Only half a meter away from him, there was a complete skeleton standing in front of him. Shao Xuan could even smell its blood clearly.
Shao Xuan looked at it right in the eyes for a few seconds. Just as Shao Xuan wondered whether it was going to kill the humans after it massacred its own kind, he saw the alpha bat bite on the headless corpse beside him. Quickly it loosened its bite, and walked to some other direction as it looked away.
It had the same folded forelimb-wings and strong back limbs. However, when it walked, it was very much lighter than the others. Even when he was in front of Shao Xuan, Shao Xuan didn’t hear any sounds of footsteps.
The alpha bat walked around that battle field, and everywhere it went, it would bite the bats that he killed earlier, as well as the other livestock that the bats brought back.
However, oddly enough, it avoided the people of the hunting team.
When that alpha bat walked away, Shao Xuan reached out and touched that headless body, and realized that it was sucked dry.
It didn’t look big in size, but it apparently had an astonishing appetite. Also, it was a very fast eater. The other bats would mostly just lick the blood, while the alpha bat took a casual bite and sucked up all the blood in the prey’s body. The poor prey basically turned from unconscious to dead in the blink of an eye.
Almost all the food delivered by the bats in the caves and stone crevices got bitten by the alpha bat, except for the humans of the hunting team.
Looking at it feed, Shao Xuan had a feeling that this one champion from the mountains of dead bodies despised those warriors as food.