Chapter 0251: Are You Looking for Me?
“One!” Under the astonished gazes of Cecil and the others, Humph slowly spoke.
“Two!”
“Three!”
Humph’s voice echoed around them. No one dared speak; complete silence reigned, as a sense of death enveloped the people of Bai Chen Village.
Beside Cecil, young men like Bennett clenched their fists, their faces flushed with anger, panic, and defiance.
“Four!”
Humph’s voice rang out like a death sentence, continuing without pause. After reaching eight, his expression grew even darker.
“Nine!”
His voice rose slightly, striking like a hammer straight into the hearts of Cecil and the others.
Just as Cecil was about to speak, suddenly someone else spoke up, “H-Humph, young master Humph!”
It was Jia Yis!
Jia Yis looked shocked, pointing toward the sky in the north.
Humph frowned. He hated it the most when others interrupted him. With displeasure, he followed Jia Yis’ gaze.
At that moment, Cecil and the others also looked curiously toward the northern sky.
“What’s that?” Humph wondered, unable to see clearly at first. In the distance, there were dozens of dark spots, with the one at the front being larger.
Gradually, those dark spots drew closer.
Finally, they could make out what they were.
“Star Beasts?!” Everyone exclaimed in shock.
Humph and the others were stunned, their expressions grave.
Generally, flying Star Beasts were high-tier ones. But how could so many high-tier Star Beasts appear in human territory?
As they were puzzled, loud booms continued to sound. The ground shook more and more, until it was as if an earthquake had struck, making it difficult for everyone to stand firm.
“What’s going on?!” As soon as Humph spoke, more than twenty massive Star Beasts appeared on the distant horizon.
Suddenly, powerful auras spread everywhere.
Faced with these overwhelming auras, Humph and the others felt their legs tremble.
“Are those… Sacred-tier Star Beasts?!” A ninth-level warrior beside Humph said in terror.
“Sacred-tier Star Beasts?!” Everyone’s faces paled as they stared in horror at the dozens of Star Beasts approaching.
“No, no, they’re not Sacred-tier Star Beasts?!” The ninth-level warrior said, his face turning even paler as he stammered.
Not Sacred-tier Star Beasts?! Everyone was astonished.
“Divine-tier Star Beasts!” the ninth-level warrior continued, trembling.
Divine-class star beasts are legendary creatures among those above the Dark Stars. They appeared once every thousand years, so how could they appear before everyone now?! Not only Humph and the others, but everyone within thousands of miles also trembled in fear, just like Humph. Within thousands of miles, two holy-grade warriors from a super-large family originally wanted to fly high to see what was going on. When they saw the Fire Cloud Beast King and other divine-class star beasts from above, they were so terrified that they almost fell from the sky. Finally, they got closer. Humph and the people of the Wanfu Tribe and Baichen Village could clearly see the appearance of the star beast at the front. It was thirty to forty zhang tall, entirely made of fire, with huge blue and cold eyes, looking down at everyone. What shocked them even more was that there was a young man standing on top of this divine-class star beast. At that moment, everyone, influenced by the powerful aura of the Fire Cloud and other divine-class star beasts, lay trembling on the ground, staring at the young man in horror. Of course, unlike Humph and the people of the Wanfu Tribe, Cecil and the others from Baichen Village, besides being terrified, also felt disbelief and excitement. After arriving, the young man glanced at the people of the Wanfu Tribe on the ground, then turned around and said, “Cecil, what’s going on?” Cecil? This young man actually knew Cecil from Baichen Village?! Humph and the people of the Wanfu Tribe were stunned. Hearing Huang Long’s voice, Cecil finally realized it was Huang Long! It wasn’t a dream! This Huang Long, whom he had previously thought to be at most an eighth-grade warrior or a ninth-grade warrior, turned out to be a divine warrior?! Hearing Huang Long call out, Cecil was stunned for a moment, then his body trembled violently. With excitement and awe, he rushed over in a hurry and knelt down, saying, “Elder Huang, Huang Long!” After a pause, he continued, “They are from the Wanfu Tribe and have come to find Elder Huang Long!” At these words, Cecil looked at Jia Yis and the others with glee. Humph, Jia Yis, and the others stared at Huang Long in confusion. They had come here to find those who had killed their nephew. Could it be?! Thinking of this, their faces turned deathly pale. “Wanfu Tribe?” Huang Long frowned in confusion. “In the White Mist Desert, people from the Wanfu Tribe like Prei offended Elder Huang Long, that’s why they’re here,” Cecil hurriedly explained. “Prei.” Hearing this, Huang Long understood. At that moment, Simp, Beilin, Long Yi, and the Sea God Aphton from the Phoenix Clan also arrived on their star beasts. Huang Long looked at Jia Yis and the others indifferently, “You’re looking for me?”
Humph, Jia Yi, and the others were pale with fear, frozen in place, too terrified to speak.
“Brother Yellow Dragon, this matter started because of me, so let me handle it,” Simp from the Phoenix Clan asked Yellow Dragon, staring coldly at Jia Yi and the others from the Wanfu Tribe.
Yellow Dragon nodded.
Immediately, Simp rode a sacred-tier starbeast of the tiger lineage and slowly advanced toward Jia Yi and the others. Jia Yi and the rest trembled in terror as they backed away on the ground.
“No, it has nothing to do with me! Sir, please listen to me!” Humph pleaded urgently. “I’m from the Terrence Family!”
But as soon as he finished speaking, the tiger-tier starbeast, under Simp’s command, slammed down its massive claw.
Humph’s voice stopped. The dozen or so guards from the Terrence Family’s faces turned pale. Just as they were about to turn and flee, a roar erupted, and waves of energy blasted out, sending those guards flying backward with blood streaming from their nostrils and ears.
This scene left Jia Yi and the others from the Wanfu Tribe utterly terrified.
“Sir, we—” The people of the Wanfu Tribe, like Humph, had just started to speak when screams filled the air, only to be quickly silenced.
The people of Baichen Village were filled with fear.
“Cecil,” Yellow Dragon’s voice came through at that moment.
“Y-yes, Senior Yellow Dragon!” Cecil snapped out of his shock and quickly replied.
“We’ll be staying here for a while. Is that okay?” Yellow Dragon asked.
Cecil was stunned for a moment before his face lit up with joy. “No problem, no problem, Senior Yellow Dragon. It doesn’t matter how long we stay.”
Cecil had originally been worried that Yellow Dragon and his group would leave, leaving Baichen Village to face the wrath of the Wanfu Tribe and the Terrence Family. With Yellow Dragon staying for a while, he had his own plans.
Now that the starbeasts were tamed, the next step was to prepare the Qingling Pill, a medicine to counterpoise poisonous miasma.
This place wasn’t far from the Longwood Forest. From what Yellow Dragon had learned over these days, the Longwood Forest was the richest source of herbs in the Dark Star, with some herbs that were hundreds or even thousands of years old in its deepest parts. Some of the ingredients needed to make the Qingling Pill were unavailable in the markets of the Dark Star, but they should be available in the Longwood Forest.
So, Yellow Dragon and his group decided to stay in Baichen Village for a while.
Meanwhile, news of the Firecloud Beast King and other divine-tier starbeasts emerging from the White Mist Desert spread like wildfire across the Dark Star, causing even greater shock than when Yellow Dragon led a group of sacred-domain magical beasts to attack the Blizzard Empire in the Hengyuan Realm.
The moment they learned of it, tens of thousands of large and small families, tribes, and alliances across Dark Star erupted in excitement. No one could believe it, and they began to inquire and discuss wildly. The Fire Cloud Beast King, the emperor of the White Mist Desert beasts, had actually emerged from the White Mist Desert! Some initially doubted it, but after hearing confirmation from Gabli, a holy warrior of the Cobert family who had survived in the White Mist Desert, everyone was stunned. When these powerful holy warriors from the great families heard Gabli say that there was a person standing on the back of the Fire Cloud Beast King, they were speechless. Through further inquiries, they finally learned that the person on the back of the Fire Cloud Beast King was the Yellow Dragon! Thus, everyone also learned that the Yellow Dragon and his companions had just arrived on Dark Star, and that they were currently in Bai Chen Village of the Xi Qing Tribe. Eventually, they even learned about the Wan Fu Tribe—almost everything related to the Yellow Dragon and his companions on Dark Star became clear. However, when they learned for sure that besides the Fire Cloud Beast King, the Yellow Dragon was accompanied by seven divine-grade star beasts and thirty-six holy-grade star beasts, they were speechless for a long time. Such a force—eight divine-grade star beasts and thirty-six holy-grade star beasts—was enough to change the entire landscape of Dark Star, or even rule it entirely. In Terence City, the headquarters of the Terence family, the ancestral hall was filled with the family’s high-ranking members. Yet, despite their presence, there was complete silence. Even Hami, the only holy warrior of the Terence family and the former family head who hadn’t appeared before them in a hundred years, was present in the hall. Hami sat in the center of the upper seat, his brows tightly furrowed. When he received the news, he couldn’t believe that a direct descendant of his family had offended such an absolute powerhouse—a peerless warrior who had just arrived on Dark Star but already subdued the Fire Cloud Beast King along with eight divine-grade star beasts and thirty-six holy-grade star beasts! “Ancestor, it’s my fault for failing to teach my son properly. I’ll go atonce to atone for this offense to that elder!” A middle-aged man stood up in the hall, approached Hami, knelt down, and spoke tremblingly. “Atone?!”, Hami said coldly, his grayish beard fluttering as a glint appeared in his eyes. “If it weren’t for your grandfather’s sake, I would kill you right now!” The middle-aged man trembled, his face pale, and dared not speak again. “Aisa!” Hami said gravely. “Here, Ancestor!” The current family head of the Terence family quickly stood up and replied respectfully. “Come with me to the Xi Qing Tribe now!” Hami stood up and spoke firmly.