The flames grew stronger and stronger, turning from tiny sparks into a raging inferno. The entire Black Crow Forest was instantly engulfed in flames, leaving almost no blind spots. From a distance, the Black Crow Forest looked like a blazing furnace, and the people inside resembled humble ants struggling in the fire, which hastened their deaths.

Li Qing's eyesight has been enhanced, allowing him to clearly see the warriors of the two tribes surrounded by flames with nowhere to escape.

Some of them searched everywhere for a way out, but the thick smoke blurred their vision, causing them to unknowingly turn back or wander to places even further away from the exit, until finally they were exhausted, helpless, and desperately suffocated to death.

The smarter ones knew to cover their noses and not breathe in the bad air, but the irritation from the smoke still made their faces wet with tears. While covering their noses, they hurriedly used one hand to wipe away the tears, and they would stop from time to time to cough violently.

Even with their excellent physical condition, it would be of no use in such a desperate situation.

What made them even more desperate was that no matter where they ran, there were only flames, and they could not see where the exit was.

At first, they were still searching for a way to escape safely, but as thick smoke billowed—yes, this fire seemed very fierce, setting the entire Black Crow Forest ablaze—only a few unlucky souls were actually burned to death.

Most of these people died from falling, still-burning branches. A very few were engulfed in flames and died, but their physical strength and will to survive remained. Some of them, even in this situation, still tried their best to break through the flames and find an exit. After all, they had never seen anything like this before, so they felt that although the flames were painful, it was better than standing still and waiting to die. The brief burning could make them feel like they were dying, but it wouldn't kill them on the spot. However, they didn't expect that after passing through one layer of flames, another layer of flames awaited them. And at this moment, they finally realized how foolish it was to think that "being burned by flames for a while is no big deal." But it was too late. The final fate of these poor unlucky guys was to lie on the ground, their bodies charred.

In reality, what truly caused the deaths of many people was the thick smoke.

In such an environment, their running, screaming, and calling for help only accelerate the consumption of oxygen and physical strength, making death knock on their door even faster.

The air in the Black Crow Forest is stagnant, and there is no water nearby. This makes the smoke feel like a max-level boss slaughtering a level 0 newbie. No matter how much you resist, you can't escape the boss's grasp.

Many people witnessed the deaths of their companions and knew that they might never escape. Many began to kneel on the ground and wail. They didn't know what had happened or how to escape their predicament, so they could only numb themselves in this way to find relief more quickly.

Among these people were mostly warriors from the White Feather Tribe. They had already lost their will to fight because of the escape of their chief and other high-ranking warriors. Now, this despairing event had occurred, leaving them with no hope of survival and their morale completely shattered.

The Black Wind Tribe members were better off; they had a stronger will to survive. Even after witnessing their companions die and facing such dire circumstances, they did not give up the idea of ​​survival and actively searched for a way out. Unlike the White Feather Tribe, they were reluctant to die and did not want to die here.

Some people died in Black Crow Forest, while a few lucky ones managed to find the exit and escape by groping around aimlessly.

This situation was perfectly normal, and Li Qing wasn't surprised. He didn't care about those who escaped; he was more interested in seeing how much this fire would bring him.

"They're doomed now."

A sigh of relief escaped the classroom as someone cursed.

It was the first time he had ever seen such a large fire. His whole body heaved slightly, and he looked somewhat excited.

Li Qing nodded and smiled, "Yes, but some small fry were lucky enough to escape."

One of the students' eyes darted around, and he asked worriedly, "Are you alright?"

Li Qing said coldly, "There are only a few. Most of the warriors from the White Feather Tribe have either died in the Black Wind Tribe or in this fire. They can't cause any trouble. As for the Black Wind Tribe... well, that's up to fate. This fire has already decimated most of their fighting strength. If we can't even defeat the remaining few of them, then we can only say that we deserve to lose!"

"this……"

Classmate scratched his head, about to say something, when he heard Yun behind him shout, "Who are you!" in a direction to the left.

Who goes there?!

How did he know we were here?

Upon hearing this, Li Qing's heart skipped a beat, and he looked in the direction of Yun's voice.

He breathed a sigh of relief after looking in that direction.

Thankfully, there was only one person.

Hu Tun had already run away long before Yu Hao and Hei Jiao ran away. However, he was not familiar with the terrain here and originally wanted to return to the Bai Yu tribe. Who knew that he would keep going in circles? What Hu Tun did not expect was that he would be so unlucky as to run into the enemy's lair.

Hutun glanced at the Black Crow Forest and swallowed hard.

He had already seen what was happening there and was wondering what was going on. When he saw Li Qing and the other seven soldiers staring at him menacingly, he asked in a low, weak voice, "Um... did you do this?"

"Who are you?"

Li Qing asked.

"Hoo, hoo dolphin."

"Call the Dolphin replied."

Ben Nei whispered to Li Qing, "This person is Hu Tun from the Bai Yu tribe, and he has a very good relationship with Yu."

"White Feather Tribe?"

Li Qing carefully examined Hu Tun and exclaimed in surprise, "Not bad, you actually managed to escape, and you don't seem to be injured at all."

Hu Tun, unaware of Li Qing's intentions, chuckled and said, "He was just lucky."

"Hehe..." Li Qing wasn't worried that Hu Tun would escape or suddenly attack someone, and slowly asked, "So, where are Yu and Black Foot? Aren't they with you?"

“I… I’m not with them, I don’t know where they are,” Hutun said.

Seemingly afraid that Li Qing wouldn't believe him, Hu Tun added, "You have to believe me, I'm telling the truth!"

Li Qing chuckled and asked, "Then what are you doing here?"