The leaders of the Asada and Mira tribes exchanged a glance, both thinking, "You, Lao Liu, really played a sneaky trick."

However, they quickly exchanged smiles. Everyone had the same goal: to get rid of these Haru and stop living in constant fear.

Victory was within reach, and neither side was in a hurry. Since they could minimize the losses of their own people, why fight a direct confrontation?

Wouldn't it be better to wait until Haru is weak before picking it up for free?

The two tribal leaders stood arm in arm, excited to see each other again after so many years.

The task of tracking naturally fell to Tang Yi and his two companions, as well as the three elite dragon riders of the Asada tribe.

When it comes to tracking skills, the Asaida tribe is quite confident. Their velociraptors are natural trackers and are not afraid of the Haru escaping in the primeval forest.

The Mira tribe, however, was equally determined. "So what if you have dragon riders? We have air superiority; Pat is a smart drone."

It possesses the highest-definition and most sophisticated intelligent electronic eye detection system, covering an area of ​​several kilometers under its watchful eye.

Moreover, it integrates multiple combat functions such as positioning, alarm, and bombing, and only requires a dozen kilograms of meat to cover a hundred kilometers.

As soon as Haru left, Pat had already taken off and reached cruising altitude to glide and monitor Haru's army's escape route.

With so many Haru running away together, no matter how fast they can run or how well they hide, they can't escape Pat's notice.

Unless they can vanish into thin air right now, finding them is only a matter of time.

Now, not only the two tribes know this, but the leader of the Haru army also naturally knows this principle.

It didn't take it long to guess that it was being secretly followed, and trying to get rid of this clingy leech was an unrealistic idea.

The only option now is to get to a safe distance as quickly as possible and find a suitable place; it's time to use our last trump card.

After eating the mushrooms, Haru ran incredibly fast. If Pat hadn't been tracking Haru from the sky, the people of the Mira and Asada tribes alone might not have been able to keep up with Haru's speed.

As a native resident who has lived on this land for a long time, Haru is naturally very familiar with this area.

They are now heading to a uniquely precipitous area with a solitary peak, where some ancient ruins remain.

Due to the treacherous terrain, reaching the summit is no easy feat. However, once at the top, there is a long, narrow flat area of ​​about two to three hundred square meters that can be used to garrison troops for defense.

Taking advantage of the treacherous terrain and the numerous boulders piled up on the mountaintop, the defenders could complete their defensive mission with only a small force.

In the previous battle, the Haru leader had left himself a contingency plan in case things changed. Not all the Haru in the Haru army had eaten large doses of mushrooms.

At least Haru's hundred-plus personal guards only ate a small amount of mushrooms. These elite guards always stayed by the leader's side, so they couldn't fight desperately like the other Haru.

These Haru have a higher status than the other Haru, and they are given priority in receiving resources such as food and weapons.

The Haru army is moving very fast; after some time of trekking, they have reached the summit.

Aside from the open space of several hundred square meters and the steep terrain atop the mountain, the most eye-catching feature is a circular altar made from a single giant obsidian block, located in the center of the platform.

It is decorated with intricate patterns, most of which are based on natural themes such as flowers, birds, fish and animals.

Some ancient characters have been exposed to the winds of this mountain peak for countless days and nights. The characters have become blurred and can only be vaguely identified as belonging to a type of cuneiform script.

As for what it tells us, that will probably remain a mystery forever.

This is why Haru insisted on coming here. On the one hand, they could use this natural, dangerous place to defend against attacks from opponents when they are weak.

More importantly, they need to use this altar to complete some kind of sacrificial ritual in order to unleash their ultimate trump card.

Haru's consumption of these mushrooms also helped the ritual, as the mushrooms caused him to become extremely weak, which also made him part of the ritual.

Without a moment's delay, Chief Haru sent his personal guards and some Haru members whose side effects had not yet manifested to defend the high ground, while he himself, with a few followers, arrived at the obsidian altar in the center of the flat area atop the mountain.

At this moment, the obsidian altar gleamed black under the sunlight, and next to it stood two square stone pillars, each three meters high and one meter wide.

These two stone pillars are also made from two whole pieces of obsidian, and the front of the square stone pillars is carved with two mantis-like humanoid creatures that are over two meters tall.

The other three sides depict three unidentified beetle creatures, all of which are characterized by their exceptionally large size.

Among them, the mantis-like humanoid creature was the most eye-catching. Their facial expressions were solemn, and without exception, they were all facing the direction of the altar.

Their forelimbs are raised, guarding the altar, and they appear to be the guardians of the main altar.

At this moment, Chief Haru was wearing a headdress made of brightly colored golden pheasant feathers, a chain of white bone claws around his neck, and a tiger skin cloak. His entire attire was somewhat similar to that of a shaman who communicates with spirits.

The next moment, the attendants around him knelt down devoutly, and Chief Haru began to dance a very primitive dance.

After the dance ended, Chief Haru knelt and worshipped heaven and earth. Then Chief Haru sat down, ate some mushrooms, and began to meditate.

This method of using poisonous mushrooms to enter deep meditation and communicate with the divine also existed in later shamanistic practices.

The shaman would collect certain mushrooms, boil them into a mushroom soup, and drink it to enter a mysterious meditation mode in which he could find the answers to everything he wanted to know.

Scientifically, some hallucinogenic components in mushrooms can cause people to experience hallucinations that are normally impossible to see after consuming them.

A more metaphysical viewpoint suggests that this might be a way of communicating with higher-dimensional spaces that we haven't yet discovered, with mushrooms serving as a bridge connecting the spiritual world with that higher-dimensional world.

Through this bridge, some talented individuals can predict events that will occur decades or even centuries into the future.