Chapter 305: Beat him up and talk later, or kill him immediately?
"I... am I seeing things?" Chu Xuanyi rubbed his eyes, a look of disbelief on his face. "There are people farming in the volcano. What do they eat? Roasted rocks?"
"Shut up." Akabane pulled him behind a rock and made a gesture to hide.
He has been active in the southern border area for many years and has heard many legends about "mountain ghosts" deep in the Ten Thousand Volcanoes, but he never imagined that the truth behind the legend would be a living village.
"Amitabha, this is incredible." Master Jingxin's eyes were also filled with amazement.
"Hmph, with dragon veins converging and earth fire condensing, it is indeed a good Feng Shui treasure land." Taoist Tian Yan twirled his goatee, his eyes rolling around.
Xiao Yu didn't say anything, his eyes were fixed on the villagers.
The residents here, regardless of gender, age or status, are all taller and stronger than ordinary people. They have bronze skin and well-defined muscles.
On their exposed skin, there are totemic tattoos that look like rising flames.
"Brother Xiongxiong," Ah Jiu whispered, "They smell like fire, but... they are very clean, and also very... dirty."
This contradictory description made everyone stunned.
"Clean, meaning that their bloodlines contain pure fire power." Xiao Yu's eyes grew deeper, as if he had thought of something. "And dirty, meaning that they have lived here for years and have been subtly polluted by the evil aura emanating from the Dao beacon."
"You mean..." Chu Xuanyi's expression changed, "They are..."
"Ancient Guardian Alliance, the Forge Fire Clan."
According to some information passed down by the observatory, in ancient times, in order to fight against the evil demons from outer space, various powerful races and sects on the continent once formed an alliance.
Among them is a tribe called "Forged Fire". They are natural fire controllers and casting masters. They are responsible for creating magical weapons for the alliance to fight against evil spirits and guarding important fire nodes across the continent.
The people in front of us are most likely the descendants of the Fire Forging Clan back then.
"That's easy," Chu Xuanyi breathed a sigh of relief. "So they're descendants of our allies. Let's just go over and reveal our identities, tell them our ancestors' wishes, and then we can all work together to tear down the signpost. Perfect."
Just as they were about to show up, a burst of urgent horn sounds suddenly rang out in the village.
“Woo——”
The villagers working in the fields and the children playing stopped all their movements almost instantly and looked in the direction where they were hiding.
"We've been discovered." Akabane shouted in a low voice.
The next second, dozens of strong men holding huge stone axes and stone hammers rushed out from all corners of the village and surrounded them at an astonishing speed.
The leader was an old man who was over two meters tall, with hair and beard as red as flames. In his hand was a scepter made of a whole piece of obsidian. On the top of the scepter was embedded a lava crystal core that was still slowly beating.
"People outside, who allowed you to step into the territory of 'Divine Fire'?"
"Divine fire?" Chu Xuanyi was stunned for a moment, then reacted. He was probably referring to the divine fire they were talking about, which was the fire of the earth veins, that is, the core that was contaminated by the Dao sign.
Xiao Yu walked out from behind the rock with a calm expression.
"We have no ill intentions," he said in a deep voice. "We are here to eliminate the source of evil that is polluting this land."
"The source of evil." Upon hearing this, the old man with a red beard roared in anger and slammed his scepter on the ground.
"boom."
The entire ground shook.
"Nonsense! The Divine Fire is the source of life for our race. It is the great god that has protected us for generations. How dare you, ignorant outsiders, blaspheme it?"
"It's over," Chu Xuanyi whispered to Taoist Tian Yan, "We're in trouble now. These people are treating that time bomb like a Bodhisattva."
Taoist Tian Yan nodded in agreement. "Foolish, truly foolish. You have such good earth vein spiritual energy but choose to worship that filthy thing instead. It's simply a waste of natural resources."
"Chief, please listen to our explanation," Master Jingxin stepped forward, clasping his hands together. "That is not a god, but an evil demon from outer space. It is eroding your homeland and polluting your bloodline. We..."
"Shut up," the clan leader refused to listen to his explanation, his eyes blazing with anger. "How can mortals like you guess the will of the Divine Fire? The disgusting aura you exude is exactly what the Divine Fire hates the most. You are invaders and blasphemers."
He raised the scepter high in his hand.
"Warriors of the Forge Fire Clan."
"Roar." The strong men around roared in unison and raised their weapons.
"Capture these blasphemous invaders."
"Use their flesh and blood as a sacrifice to the sacred fire."
"Wait, fellow, let's talk it over nicely," Chu Xuanyi said, still trying to argue. "We really are good people. We're here to help you with the demolition... No, we're here to help you solve your problem..."
What answered him was a huge stone axe that came towards him with a whistling sound.
"Okay, it seems that communication has failed." Chu Xuanyi dodged in a panic, and the stone axe hit the ground where he had just stood, directly smashing a big hole in the hard rock.
He looked at Xiao Yu and spread his hands helplessly.
"Your Majesty, should we beat him up and talk later, or should we just kill him?"
Chu Xuanyi now felt that there was no point in reasoning with these guys whose heads were filled with magma.
"No harm is allowed. Subdue them all." Xiao Yu's answer was concise and cold. He moved forward and took the initiative to greet the Fire Forging Clan leader who was holding the obsidian scepter.
"Stubborn."
Since the other party chose to solve the problem in the most primitive way, Xiao Yu didn't mind using the method that the other party was most familiar with to win the qualification for dialogue.
"roar."
When the patriarch saw Xiao Yu rushing towards him, he let out a beast-like roar from his throat. He slammed his scepter into the ground and clasped his hands together.
"Power of the divine fire, obey my command."
“Boom.”
The entire underground space began to tremble violently, and the ground cracked into red cracks. Hot magma gushed out from the cracks, turning into more than a dozen ferocious fire snakes that bit towards Xiao Yu from all directions.
"Oh my god," Chu Xuanyi's eyelids twitched. "This old man is a moving volcano."
Before he could finish his words, two tall and strong Fire Forging Clan warriors attacked him from the left and right, swinging their stone axes with great force, leaving him no chance to breathe.
"Hey, brothers, calm down. Impulsiveness is the devil."
Chu Xuanyi shouted, but he didn't dare to slack off. His body was erratic, weaving freely among the impenetrable axe shadows. If Xiao Yu hadn't issued a death order not to hurt anyone, he would have taken out dozens of talismans and blown these people up.
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