The man had many wounds on his body, his face was covered in bruises, and one of his eyes was swollen.
Blood mixed with rainwater, streaming down his cheeks.
As the rain washed over him, the man's life force waned, his consciousness began to fade, and his voice grew weaker, as if it might be swallowed up by the wind and rain at any moment.
"Mom... I think I can't hold on any longer..."
Although the man's voice was weak and masked by the sound of rain, Li Yu was still able to clearly hear what he was saying thanks to her powerful mental strength.
At the same time, various chaotic sounds, like decadent music, came from the mouths of the ghosts beside the man and entered Li Yu's mental sea.
"Please, please stop hitting me! I'll give it to you! Please, I'll give it to you!"
"You promised to give me the algae stick! Give me the algae stick..."
"God, please save me..."
"We can't kill them. We can't do things that violate the law. The law enforcement team will investigate!"
At the same time, the man seemed to hear the noise and slowly raised his head.
A strong figure slowly approached, carrying a bow and arrow on his back and riding a black steed.
When the stranger approached, the ghosts neither attacked Li Yu nor fled, but remained surrounding the man as if waiting for something.
The dying man suddenly forced himself to sit up, as if experiencing a final burst of energy before death, and regained some strength.
Because he discovered that the figure in front of him was exactly the same as the legendary hero who saved people from suffering!
A glint flashed in his cloudy eyes, and his whole body trembled with excitement as he blurted out:
"You're Li Yu!?"
“I am Li Yu,” Li Yu replied.
He never expected that in such a remote place, someone even more miserable than a refugee would recognize him.
"A miracle has happened! The great hero Li Yu has come to save us..."
Although the man was excited, he didn't forget the most important thing; he hurriedly knelt down before Li Yu:
"Lord Li Yu, I beg you, save my mother, save the people of Wucun."
He pointed in one direction and said anxiously:
"It's the Fire-Speaking Clan! They've slaughtered and plundered our village, and taken all the old people and children away to be sacrificed alive."
The man knelt deeply, his forehead pressed against the rain, and pleaded with Li Yu:
"I am willing to pay any price."
He knew it was just empty talk, since he had nothing left.
But this was his only hope. If Li Yu agreed, he was willing to do anything for her to repay her life-saving grace.
"Fire-speaking Clan?" Li Yu wondered.
He remembered that he had wiped out the Fire-Speaking Clan with his pulse cannon, so how come there were still remnants?
Could it be that the pulse cannon is not powerful enough?
Upon hearing that the man was Li Yu, the ghosts around him strangely calmed down.
Filled with resentment, they clung to the man, each one speaking its own words.
"They're Fire-Speakers!"
“They are a race from abroad.”
"Save the children!"
Li Yu then realized that the ghosts wandering around the man seemed to be the villagers the man had mentioned who had been massacred.
How could the Fire-Speaking Clan have committed such a heinous act, causing so many people to die tragically and become ghosts?
After listening to the fragmented words of these ghosts, Li Yu understood that these Fire-Speaking Clan members were from outside the Central Plains, which was why they dared to plunder this land with impunity.
Li Yu was not surprised that the Fire-Speaking Clan was a foreign force; on the contrary, he was somewhat curious about how these Fire-Speaking Clan members had managed to cross the heavily fortified Great Wall and enter Zhongzhou.
Those Central State law enforcement teams patrol everywhere, don't they care about this?
Or is there some hidden story behind this?
Seeing the man's desperate prayers to save his mother, Li Yu decided to go and meet this Fire-Speaking Clan member.
He threw two red algae sticks in front of the man; whether he survived or not depended on him.
Li Yu then refrained from attacking the ghosts and spurred his horse quickly toward the direction the man had indicated.
Although Li Yu didn't say anything, the man knew that Li Yu had agreed.
As Li Yu left, the man knelt down again in front of her retreating figure.
"I can't die yet, I have to wait for my mother to come back."
He quickly stuffed the red algae stick into his mouth and began to eat it, tears of emotion welling up in his eyes.
In his half-life, apart from his mother, this was the first time he had ever received food from someone else for free.
Li Yu is indeed a great hero and a great philanthropist; those rumors are all true.
Seeing Li Yu chase after the Fire-Speaking Clan, the wraiths around the man frantically pulled and thrashed about, emitting tearing whistles, appearing extremely excited.
With Xiao Hei's speed, Li Yu quickly caught up, noticed the traces left by the crowd, and even smelled something burning.
Following the smell of burning, a few wisps of black smoke rose in the distance.
Li Yu continued forward and actually saw the Fire Speakers' temporary camp hidden there.
The Fire-Speaking people were resting and celebrating around a huge bonfire, rhythmically patting animal bones at the high priest's shouts.
Their faces were painted with strange patterns, they wore simple animal skin clothes, and their eyes revealed a kind of fanaticism and savagery, just like the Fire-Speaking Clan that Ma Hao described.
Li Yu was surprised when she sensed the energy emanating from those people.
“There are awakened ones.”
It's absurd that the Fire-Speaking Clan, who are practically savages, have so many Awakened Ones.
Although there are awakened individuals, the Central Continent Enforcement Team has even more awakened individuals. Managing these Fire-Speaking Clan members should not be a problem for them. Why have they been left unattended for so long? There must be some reason behind this.
Li Yu secretly wondered if, like the Korean he had killed before, someone here was also colluding with foreign tribes.
However, Li Yu obviously didn't have time to investigate these matters.
He quickly glanced at everyone in the Fire-Speaking Clan and found that there wasn't a single strong person among them.
The strongest was only a fourth-tier awakened one. For an ordinary village, such strength might be very strong, but Li Yu didn't take the opponent seriously at all.
Seeing that there was no threat, Li Yu rode Xiao Hei over openly and honestly.
To Li Yu's surprise, the moment he moved, the high priest by the campfire noticed him.
Because in the High Priest's eyes, Li Yu was like a burning sun, making it hard for anyone not to notice him.
As Li Yu rode towards them on horseback, his eyes still filled with coldness, the Fire-Speaking Clan's high priest trembled with fear, pointing at Li Yu and shouting to the surrounding believers:
"He's not human! Stop him!"
"Click-click-click!"
The sound of bones clashing rang out, and the Fire-Speaking Clan members grabbed their weapons and charged forward one after another.
The fourth-tier Awakened seemed to sense Li Yu's power and suddenly blocked the way, asking Li Yu:
"Who are you?"
"It can actually talk." Li Yu was genuinely surprised, but he still answered calmly:
"I am Li Yu."
Upon hearing this, the Fire-Speaking Clan members' expressions changed drastically, and they exclaimed in unison as if they had seen a ghost:
"He's Li Yu?!"
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