The physical exhaustion of these young people in the Black Wind Tribe came suddenly, but upon closer examination, it was inevitable.
Their physical condition was not as good as that of senior warriors like Dian and Chu. In addition, they had taken on too much work of keeping watch and protecting the wounded in the Red Flower Tribe along the way. With these two things piling up, it was only a matter of time before these young people's bodies couldn't take it.
The timing was just too unfortunate.
Ironically, as the mammoths were chasing them, their bodies sent out a signal of protest.
When Li Qing returned to the crowd, he saw this scene: almost 90% of the young people of the Black Wind Tribe were lying on the ground, unconscious. Some were covered in sweat and pale, while others were in a semi-conscious state, their bodies convulsing and vomiting blood.
The blood was an extremely unhealthy color, which proved that the effects of the toxic elements in their bodies had not been completely eliminated.
What comforted Li Qing was that the people of the Red Flower Tribe treated them the same way the Black Wind Tribe had treated them along the way; both sides were taking care of each other.
They didn't know anything about medicine and didn't know what to do in this situation, so they could only treat their wounds simply and then carry them on their backs. Those with more serious injuries were put on Big Black's body to ensure that they could leave this place as quickly as possible.
When Dian saw Li Qing return, he asked in surprise, "Mai Zi, why are you back?"
Rushing to Dian's side, Li Qing couldn't help but laugh in exasperation upon hearing Dian's words, "What do you mean 'how did I get back'? If I hadn't come back, would you even know where the cliff is?"
Just then, Chu was carrying two seriously wounded soldiers by when he heard this. He immediately shook his head honestly and said, "I don't know."
Li Qing: "..."
"Okay, what's the situation?" Li Qing looked around worriedly. Strangely, the mammoth didn't seem to be nearby. He didn't know where it had gone. However, he still needed to leave this place as soon as possible. Although the mammoth was stupid, its nose was still very sensitive. If it discovered their whereabouts, it would be very difficult for them to escape in their current state.
Dian said in a deep voice, "There's nothing wrong with the details. The situation is just as you see it. We'll leave as soon as it's mostly resolved."
"Okay, that's good."
Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, things were less serious than he had imagined.
It's not that serious.
Dian looked behind Li Qing, as if searching for something. After searching for a while, he asked curiously, "Didn't you see Boye and the others?"
Li Qing pursed his lips, glanced back, and saw that Boye and the others hadn't followed. He sighed inwardly; it seemed they still couldn't accept the Black Wind Tribe in the short term—which was understandable, as some people were always more rigid and had no intention of hiding anything from Dian. Li Qing briefly recounted his encounter with Boye, then added, "Chief, this isn't Boye's fault. There will definitely be a group of people in the Black Wind Tribe who are unhappy about this."
Chu said casually, "That's just how Boye is! We rescued those brats from the Black Wind Tribe, and they were quite grateful on the way, helping us a lot, including him, of course! Hmph, I think Mai Zi did the right thing in his situation. There's no need to pay attention to him. Anyway, he should get used to it in time."
Time heals all wounds, and Li Qing always believed this. Chu's words resonated with him, and he couldn't help but nod slightly, applauding Chu's words.
Dian glared at Chu and said, "Didn't you say you were going to help? Hurry up and don't waste our time. It's already incredibly lucky that the mammoth hasn't found us yet. Do you want to get us killed?"
Chu said apologetically, "It's my fault, it's my fault, but it's almost done. You see—most of the wounded from the Black Wind Tribe have been treated, and we can set off soon."
Dian glanced around and found that, as Chu had said, the work was almost done. He then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thanks for coming, Mai Zi. Where do we go now?"
Li Qing walked straight ahead, pushed aside a few huge leaves, and turned back to Dian Dao: "This is the road I came from, Chief. Don't worry, we'll be there soon."
"..."
"?"
"Wheat, behind you..."
Chu said, his face pale.
"Behind me?"
Li Qing asked curiously.
"What's behind me? It's just a giant carnivorous plant that looks like a pitcher plant, only several times larger. I told you guys that you might encounter some carnivorous plants on the road, so be careful. What, haven't you seen any carnivorous plants on the road?"
"No, it's not..."
"Hehe, don't worry, as long as we don't get close to it, it won't do anything to us. It's not like a mammoth; it's not interested in blood, so..."
As Li Qing was speaking, he suddenly sensed that something was off. Why was it that after all he had said, Dian and Chu's expressions remained unchanged, still filled with panic? And not only that, they had both raised their right index fingers behind them in perfect unison—could it be that they had never seen such a large man-eating flower before? No, this kind of man-eating flower should be quite common in this world; they shouldn't have never seen it before. Thinking this, Li Qing turned around to look.
He soon understood why the two were afraid.
It turns out that the mammoth hadn't lost them after all; it... was nearby! Right around the road Li Qing had just walked back from!
That damned mammoth appeared out of nowhere after Li Qing returned to the group. It lowered its head towards the man-eating flower that Li Qing had just described to the two of them, seemingly enjoying the fragrance emanating from the flower. Its long trunk curled up some "nectar" and fed it to its mouth. Just as Li Qing turned around and saw the mammoth, it had finished "eating".
"This guy has such strange tastes. He has so much human flesh to eat, but he's taken to eating nectar. And in his eyes, this nectar makes him forget that we exist. It's unbelievable," Li Qing thought to himself.
However, he soon ran out of time to complain, because as soon as Li Qing saw it, the mammoth had just finished eating and began to turn its huge head toward the crowd where he was, staring into Li Qing's eyes with its watermelon-sized eyes, which contained a murderous intent.
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