"Damn invaders!"
"Kill him!"
Angry screams resounded through the sky.
Countless pairs of scarlet eyes, under the pitch-black night, surged with faint red light. Smoke and dust filled the air, accompanied by shouts of anger.
"Squawk all you want, I'll roast you all!"
Before the bonfire,
A man holding a rusty saber clutched a plucked screaming chicken. Stepping on a carpet of feathers, he casually carved a stick and thrust it into the screaming chicken's backside.
*Squelch.*
A stick was inserted.
In an instant, the entire screaming chicken tribe fell silent.
"Chirp chirp, all of you, be good."
The man, holding the stick impaled with the screaming chicken, surveyed the scene. The screaming chickens around him retreated several steps uncontrollably. Satisfied, the man placed the stick over the bonfire, patiently waiting for the roasted chicken to cook, and continued to pluck the feathers of another screaming chicken.
Unbeknownst to him, outside the screaming chicken tribe at this very moment—
"What's going on?"
"Someone got here first and raided the screaming chickens' nest?"
Chen Yu craned his neck to look.
Having been told by the demon girl that there was a fight inside, Chen Yu had stealthily infiltrated without a second thought.
To watch the show.
Besides, with a fight already underway, it was unlikely anyone would notice them. If anything went wrong, they could always slip out through the light barrier.
It was better not to have entered.
As soon as Chen Yu entered the light barrier, he saw the man in the distance beating up screaming chickens. The screaming chicken tribe's clamor was unceasing, yet not a single screaming chicken dared to advance any further.
"This should be a human, right?"
Chen Yu whispered softly, hidden at the entrance.
"He looks quite like one," the demon girl said softly, poking her small head out. "It's just that he's too close to the bonfire, so the firelight makes his features unclear, but he should be human."
"Amazing~"
Chen Yu immediately let out a low exclamation.
Alone.
Forcing his way into the screaming chicken tribe.
And beating up the entire screaming chicken tribe, leisurely tending a bonfire and roasting chickens right before their eyes.
This was, what the hell, adding insult to injury?
"This tribe has several Black Obsidian realm cultivators. If he can beat the screaming chicken tribe like this, his strength must be considerable."
"Hmm~"
"Sigh, what am I going to do then?"
Chen Yu clicked his tongue.
He had been contemplating incorporating the screaming chicken tribe into his camp for farming. Little did he know, a master had arrived at the tribe before him.
Having suppressed the entire screaming chicken tribe.
Could it be—
His dream was shattered?
"Hey, Ku Luze," Chen Yu whispered to the scorched-winged screaming chicken, "Where's your chief, your elders? Why aren't they dealing with him?"
"I don't know."
Ku Luze spread his wings. Just as they were murmuring,
"Ku Luze, is that you?"
A rustling sound suddenly came from the distant grass. Chen Yu and the others followed the sound and saw several screaming chickens cautiously approaching.
Two had combs, three did not.
Two males and three females.
"Xiao Xi, why are you here?" Seeing the newcomers, Ku Luze's expression stiffened. The other screaming chickens flapped their wings and ran over.
When they saw Chen Yu and the others, they froze on the spot.
"Human, human, human, human~"
"Hi~" Chen Yu raised his hand with a smile. The screaming chickens were so startled they almost let out screams, but they quickly covered their beaks with their wings before they could.
After a full half-minute, the screaming chicken without a comb moved its neck.
"Are, are we, captured?"
For some reason, hearing this, Chen Yu couldn't help but laugh.
It was simply too amusing.
Their pitiful expressions mixed with surprise and despair.
Chen Yu guessed that these screaming chickens must have mistaken him for an accomplice of the person inside.
"Don't be scared, I'm not with the person inside," Chen Yu whispered with a smile. "I'm friends with Ku Luze and the others, and I've come specifically to help you, and to discuss some business with your tribe."
"Ah?!"
The screaming chickens, who were in despair, stretched out their necks and paused.
"Xiao Xi, what the Great King said is true," Ku Luze also chimed in to explain for Chen Yu. "The Great King is a good person. He, he, he, he really came to rescue our tribe, and he also wants to discuss some matters with the chief and the elders."
"Really?"
Surprise flickered in Xiao Xi's eyes.
In the memory of the screaming chickens, humans were their sworn enemies. They never expected a human to be willing to come and rescue their tribe.
"Absolutely true," Chen Yu whispered with a smile. "If I were really in league with that person, do you think you would still see Ku Luze and the others now?"
"That's right~"
Xiao Xi nodded slightly, then drooped his head like a withered eggplant.
"That's a real shame. If only you had come sooner."
"Oh?"
"The elders of the tribe have already fled," Xiao Xi sighed. "Most of the tribesmen have also run off, leaving very few behind."
What?!
Fled?
"The elders fled?" At this moment, Ku Luze, who had been silent, exclaimed with wide eyes, "They abandoned our tribe?"
"There's no help for it. Humans attacked."
Xiao Xi furrowed his brow slightly and said bitterly, "These humans are so fierce. As soon as they entered our tribe, they started killing indiscriminately. No one in our tribe is their match. Perhaps seeing no hope, the elders ran away?"
"Did the elders say so themselves? Did you see them?"
"No~"
"Where's the chief?"
"The chief."
For some reason, Xiao Xi paused.
This pause gave Ku Luze a bad feeling.
"Where is the chief?"
"I don't know where the elders went, but there are no elders in the tribe now, so they must have indeed fled. As for our chief..." Xiao Xi sighed softly again and gestured towards the distant bonfire, "He's the one being roasted now."
*Boom!*
This news struck Ku Luze like a bolt from the blue. Ku Luze and the other screaming chickens on patrol who were unaware of the situation were also bewildered.
Unexpectedly, Chen Yu, who was hiding in the grass, couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
The chief, being roasted!
His laughter drew the attention of Ku Luze and the others. Chen Yu, with a smile still on his face, felt their gaze and cleared his throat, suppressing his smile.
Then, his face showed a hint of pain.
"Alas, I didn't expect the tribe chief to have died in battle. It seems your tribe is now headless," Chen Yu whispered softly. Xiao Xi's eyes also showed bitterness. "Yes, that's probably the case now. The chief is being roasted, the elders have fled, and the other tribesmen are also preparing to run. We also need to survive elsewhere. Seeing Ku Luze and the others, I wanted to call them to come along."
"I see."
Chen Yu looked crestfallen and sighed.
"But even if you run, with your strength, it will be difficult to survive if you don't stay together."
"There's no other choice. Staying here means death too," Xiao Xi whispered. "We screaming chickens are a communal species. In normal circumstances, no one wants to separate. The problem is now..."
"Leave it to me."
Chen Yu suddenly stood up from the grass and patted his chest.
"I'll solve this trouble!"