The scream made everyone in the Baiyu tribe turn around in surprise, while Chu simply punched Heijiao hard in the face before stepping aside and looking towards Hanoi.
Several warriors who had just gone into the river were scattered around Hanoi. Now they were all swimming towards the shore with panic on their faces. Even though they had just gone into the river and the river was not wide, the hungry whale-kun was almost frantic in its thirst for food. It had just eaten a brachiosaurus and a living person, but it was not enough. It flipped out of the water and swallowed the slowest swimmer headfirst into the water. Then it dived back into the water at an extremely fast speed.
"Whoosh—ah!"
Those who had just reached the shore, before they could even catch their breath, stumbled and ran toward Black Foot.
"Blackfoot, there's something strange in the river!"
"That thing looks like the whale-kun that our shaman once talked about. Damn it, how could it live in a place like this!"
"Phew... That beast just ate two of our brothers... Blackfoot, what should we do?"
Blackfoot stared venomously at the lake, then turned to glare at Chu, his anger growing stronger: "You knew all along, didn't you!"
Chu shrugged, looking bewildered, and said, "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Chu, you beast!"
Black Foot cursed angrily and raised his hand to kill, but at that moment, Li had already arrived in front of Black Foot and grabbed Black Foot's arm with one hand.
"Finally couldn't hold back anymore?"
Blackfoot sneered.
Li Gang's actions completely ignited the conflict between the two tribes. The White Feather Tribe vented their anger over the unjust death of their two brothers on the Red Flower Tribe, charging forward in a rage, seemingly ready to strike at any moment.
Li gestured with his eyes, signaling Chu to stay out of it. After Chu stepped back, cursing, he slowly said, "We already knew there were whales in the water. And we did witness your tribe's people going into the water to their deaths—but you came up here claiming this is your territory, so how could we be so kind as to tell you there's danger in the river?"
The first half of Li's sentence made Black Foot's face turn very ugly. When Li finished speaking the second half, Black Foot was on the verge of exploding. He said, word by word, "This is our territory. Hmph, I bet you don't even know this place is called Liang Meng River."
"We really don't know, but you've certainly never been here before!"
"Why don't we go hunting in your territory?" Li's eyes suddenly turned terrifying. This was the first time he had shown such a ferocious expression since his mental transformation. He narrowed his eyes, lowered his voice, and questioned the other party with a roar, almost word by word, "Do you know how important food is to us? Our tribe's food reserves are already very low!"
"Blackfoot, stop wasting your breath on him! Li killed our brothers, so let's kill those Red Flower tribe people and avenge them!"
"He says food is important to his tribe, but doesn't he know that food is important to our tribe too?!"
Upon hearing the word "food," Blackfoot suddenly unleashed a burst of strength, slamming Li heavily to the ground. His stone axe cleaved into the sand beside Li's head, leaving a deep gash: "Li... our tribe hasn't eaten in a long time either. We must bring back food!"
Daohua, who was standing nearby, suddenly interjected and asked, "There's food everywhere where you live, all kinds of food, how could you not have eaten for a long time?"
Pan was startled when he heard this. He quickly grabbed Daohua and pulled him in front of him, saying, "Do you have the right to speak to them? Shut up now, or you'll lose your life!"
"...It seems this guy is quite protective of his own, completely different from Pan who tricked Daohua into drinking that drop of sticky liquid in the jungle just now," Li Qing naturally saw this scene and thought to himself with complicated feelings, "In this case, the possibility that he and Gu are traitors may be even smaller."
In fact, Li Qing never thought that Pan and Gu were traitors from the beginning. In Li Qing's opinion, the two of them were just typical passersby who liked to bully whoever was thin and weak. Such people would never have the guts to betray the tribe.
When Blackfoot heard Daohua's question, he answered very seriously, "No. There's nothing there. There's no food left at all."
After saying that, he suddenly roared, "That's why my brothers and I came here. You bunch of bastards, since you have a place with food as plentiful as the area around us, go hunt there! Our people are waiting for us to come home!"
The White Feather Tribe: There's no food left around?
Is this a coincidence, or...?
Li Qing was somewhat shocked.
"..."
Li moved her lips: "There's nothing there... either."
Blackfoot: "...!?"
Blackfoot: "Did the Black Wind Tribe plunder everything?"
Chu cursed, "Bullshit! Use your brain and you'll know how could such a thing possibly happen!"
A man behind Blackfoot retorted, "Impossible? How could Yong and the others have died? Oh, let me think, they must have been fighting the Black Wind Tribe for food, and when they lost, they were killed!"
Upon hearing this, both Chu and Li were startled. Li was still holding back, but Chu's hand holding the weapon began to tremble. If Li hadn't told him not to make a move, Chu would probably have already grabbed the stone axe and attacked.
Li stood up.
Blackfoot also had no intention of killing him, and stood up to face Li.
Li took a deep breath and looked back at his hunting team: "We're even."
Blackfoot: "What?"
"It's even."
Li Dao.
“Even if we killed two people from your tribe,” Li said, “and you also insulted our tribe’s dead warriors, then we’re even.”
Li said, “Your tribe is waiting for us to come back for dinner, and so is our tribe. We have to go to the other side of the Liangmeng River, even if there are whales in the river. We’ll go downstream and see if we can find another safe way to cross. You are thinking of other ways.”
"We're even? Don't even think about it!"
"Li, this isn't over, don't leave!"
"Blackfoot, we absolutely cannot let the Red Flower Tribe get away with this!"
Li ignored the White Feather tribe members behind him who were shouting and causing trouble. He just looked intently at Black Foot, as if he knew Black Foot wouldn't make a move, and said in a low voice, "Those who died in the river can no longer be 'buried,' but if you want to increase the casualties..."
Li walked into the hunting team and stood next to Chu, who was snorting through his nose: "Our Red Flower Tribe will fight to the end."
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