The sun was setting in the west, and the setting sun was bright red, dyeing the entire mountain range in a layer of red halo. In the afterglow of the setting sun, all was peaceful and serene.
They were almost close to Shi Village. This area did not have so many fierce beasts. Being on the outer edge of the mountains, it was relatively peaceful.
"Finally, we're almost home." The little one felt relieved and let out a long breath.
"Bang"
However, at this moment, the green-scale eagle was falling. Its wings broke some towering ancient trees. It was gradually running out of strength. Black blood kept flowing from its wounds. It couldn't hold on anymore.
"Aunt, hold on. We're almost home." Little Shi Hao encouraged it.
With a long cry, the green-scale eagle finally ran out of strength. Its huge body fell, causing leaves to fly everywhere. Many ancient trees were broken by it, destroying many large trees.
Fortunately, it glided down instead of falling straight. Otherwise, if it fell from such a height, its bones would surely break and its tendons would tear.
With a rumble, the suanni's precious body that the green-scale eagle was grasping landed first, cracking the boulders in the forest. Then, the green-scale eagle's huge body landed among the grass and trees.
The little one was carrying the crimson horn and also rolled down. Fortunately, he was light and agile. He timely dropped the several-meter-long precious horn and did not hurt himself.
"Aunt, are you okay?" Little Shi Hao quickly got up and ran towards the green-scale eagle.
The descendant of the ancient demonic bird was in a very bad situation. The blood flowing from its wound was like ink, emitting a foul smell. It was completely exhausted and could not stand up.
The green-scale eagle let out a long cry. Its voice was high-pitched, piercing through gold and cracking stones. It made little Shi Hao's eardrums hurt. He quickly covered his ears and the surrounding disordered leaves fluttered.
"Yes, Aunt. If you are in pain, shout loudly and cry a few times. It's not far from Shi Village. Da Peng, Xiao Qing and the others will surely hear it and lead the clan chief to come and meet us."
While saying this, the little one ran to the fiery red horn and cut off a large piece of flesh attached to it and sent it to the green-scale eagle's beak, saying, "Aunt, I heard that the spirit rhinoceros horn can detoxify. And this is the precious blood of the horn of an ancient remnant species. Although it belongs to an ox, maybe it can have some effect."
He fed it into the green-scale eagle's beak and closed it for it. Only at this moment, when this fierce bird looked at him, its gaze shone with a kind of softness, just like looking at its own child. The descendant of the bloodline of the ancient demonic bird had extremely high wisdom.
"Aunt, hold on. Grandpa Clan Chief and the others will arrive soon."
Time passed little by little. There were bursts of beast roars from the distance. The little one was worried, not knowing if the people of Shi Village had heard the green-scale eagle's long cry.
If he went back first and a fierce beast came, with the green-scale eagle's current state, it would surely die without any ability to resist.
"Even if they didn't hear it, Grandpa Clan Chief will also send someone to meet me back. Wait patiently. Aunt, hold on. Everything will be okay." The little one encouraged it with his childish voice.
The low growls of beasts seemed to be approaching. There was a rustling sound from the distance. The setting sun was almost gone and the sky was dim. This forest seemed particularly gloomy and terrifying.
"Aunt, have some more precious blood." The little one once again held up a piece of flesh from the ox demon of 離火 and sent it forward.
Suddenly, the little one's hair stood on end. He quickly turned sideways. A cold iron arrow brushed past his throat. With a "bang", it plunged into the rocks, clanging loudly.
Only at this moment did the terrifying sound of the arrow breaking through the air come. The arrow was too fast, exceeding the speed of sound by a large margin. Its power was astonishing. Just now, if the little one had reacted a little slower, his throat would have been pierced directly.
Another cold light flashed. A second iron arrow shot over. The little one dodged. With a "puff", blood splashed. The piece of meat he was originally going to feed the green-scale eagle was shot through.
"It's too wasteful. Feeding a dying fierce bird is better left for us." A rough male voice came.
"It's you?!" The little one was shocked and angry. He saw the people from Bei Village. The one shooting the arrows was the leader of their hunting team. He was over two meters and three or four meters tall. His muscles were strong and his tendons were like snakes.
There were shadows flickering around. A total of more than twenty people appeared. Each one held a hard bow and aimed iron arrows at him.
The little one was very angry. He glared with big eyes and said, "Last time, our Shi Village let you go and you also made a blood oath. Now you want to kill me. You..."
"What a lovely child. Can the oath be more precious than the suanni's precious body or the crimson precious horn of the ancient remnant species?" A middle-aged man from Bei Village sneered.
"Chi"
Silver radiance scattered everywhere. The little one no longer replied. He moved his arms, drawing out a moon, brilliant and dazzling. Silver radiance flowed as if the divine moon from the ninth heaven had truly fallen.
He held the moon and charged towards those people. When reason couldn't work, there was only battle. Although he was still a child, he had heard too many cruel and terrifying stories from the adults when facing fierce beasts in the wild.
Now, the little one regarded these people as fierce beasts instead of his own kind. He charged forward at top speed to fight them and protect Aunt Green-Scale Eagle.
Because in his heart, these people were far less kind than the usually "fierce" Aunt Green-Scale Eagle and were no longer worthy of sympathy.
"Whoosh", "Whoosh"...
Iron arrows rained down, shooting densely. Each arrow had at least a thousand jin of force. It was terrifying. Even a huge beast would be shot dead!
So many people shooting at a young child at the same time could be said to be very cold-blooded and ruthless. There was not the slightest bit of mercy. They all wore cruel sneers.
"Dang"
The silver moon rotated and knocked down a row of iron arrows. With cracking sounds, even the iron rods couldn't withstand it and broke completely.
"Don't hold back. Although it's a child, he has precious tools and is very powerful. Kill him together!" A burly man shouted loudly.
"Woo..."
The silver moon whistled and rotated through the forest. The person who had just shouted was directly sliced off half of his shoulder and one arm. Blood spurted and he let out a miserable cry and fell down.
"What a powerful child. Retreat quickly and throw the iron spears!"
The leader of the hunting team from Bei Village shouted, telling people to spread out, back away and use the more powerful thrown iron spears, which were more terrifying than bows and arrows.
"Woo, Woo..."
One after another iron spears emitting a cold and gloomy light pierced through the air. Each one was two meters long and several dozen jin in weight. They could pierce through the hide of a fire rhinoceros and came whistling!
"Dang", "Dang"...
The little one blocked with the silver moon and broke one iron spear after another. The clanging sounds were deafening and sparks flew. The situation was very critical.
"Kill!"
Little Shi Hao's eyes narrowed. Although he was kind, he was not weak. When others wanted to kill him like this, he naturally had to fight back with all his strength to protect himself.
"Weng"
The silver moon trembled. He ran at full speed, holding the precious moon to block the iron spears. After running tens of meters, he fully sacrificed it. With a flash of brilliant silver light, there were several miserable cries from the front. The arms of five or six people were cut off and blood splashed very high.
Several iron spears flew past the little one's body, piercing his clothes. But he couldn't care about that. He fully sacrificed the second round of the silver moon. There was an ancient tree emerging on it, swaying its radiance and scattering down, making this moon even more brilliant.
"Puff"
This time, the silver moon flew over ten meters away. It almost cut several people in front of the leader of the hunting team from Bei Village in half. They were all seriously injured and cut open the leader's abdomen. His intestines almost all spilled out.
"Let's go!"
The leader shouted and gave such an order. His face turned pale and he was sweating profusely. A group of people shouted and pulled the seriously injured people to retreat quickly, scattering and disappearing into the forest.
"This child is strange and too powerful. But the letter has already been sent back. The clan chief and the others are not far away and should arrive soon!"
"Aunt Green, are you okay?" The little one ran back and saw an iron spear and several iron arrows stuck in the green-scale eagle's wound. His heart ached and tears were almost falling.
The green-scale eagle's eyes were soft. It gently shook its head and did not cry. It was very peaceful.
"Aunt, am I useless? Just now, even in that situation, I still couldn't bring myself to kill. I only injured their shoulders and arms..." The little one shed tears and blamed himself.
He was still a child after all. Even though he was precocious, he couldn't be as ruthless as an adult when it came to bloody massacre. Although he made a move, his heart and hands were shaking all the time.
However, those injured people had completely lost their combat ability and could no longer pose a threat. Most of them had lost their shoulders and arms and were doomed to be disabled for life.
More than ten miles away, the people from Bei Village quickly gathered and rushed in this direction. Among them was a stretcher on which a young boy was half-lying and half-sitting. His face was somewhat pale and his gaze was cold. He was playing with a string of beast teeth in his hand.
An old man whispered, "He's actually so powerful and injured more than ten of our clansmen. Don't worry. This time, the 'Sacred Spirit' bestowed precious tools. Let's see how he can make trouble!"
"The suanni's precious body is right there. The Sacred Spirit will come in person." Another old man said.
And several miles away, the people of Shi Village were like a group of fierce tigers. The entire village also set out and rushed towards the forest where the little one was. Running at the front were the three young birds, Zi Yun, Da Peng and Xiao Qing. Flapping their wings, they were extremely anxious.