Chapter 2326 Take Him Away
Suddenly, Serge"s heart skipped a beat as he glanced towards the right domain.
That formidable aura...
Oh no!
It was the Great Elder of the Wood tribe!
The Wood tribe"s Great Elder, Tam Sangga, hurriedly arrived with his team of subordinates.
Serge was shocked.
Fang Heng was in big trouble now!
Although Serge wanted to stay and observe the situation further, he knew it was no longer the time.
"Let"s go."
Serge called out to several elite members of his Leaf tribe subordinates. Just as he turned to leave, suddenly his heart skipped a beat, and he swiftly turned back to look towards the Wood tribe settlement behind them.
That was...
A thick black fog exploded inside the Wood tribe"s habitat!
A black mist that was visible to the naked eye quickly spread out!
Pollution aura!
What was going on?
Why would there be such a berserk pollution aura?
This intensity definitely exceeded what those three contaminated sacred tree saplings could produce!
It was very strange!
Serge"s mind was filled with uncertain astonishment.
Eh?
In the black fog, he could vaguely see a few black dots.
Serge narrowed his eyes and took a closer look. The black dot disappeared into the night sky again.
Was it an illusion?
Not good!
There were a lot of question marks in Serge"s mind, and he had a feeling that something was wrong.
It was better to leave now.
No matter what happens, it"s not safe to stay here for long.
What if, at that time, the Wood tribe"s Great Elder, Tam Sangga, had resolved the situation with Fang Heng? How would he have dealt with being drawn into it?
"Let"s go!"
Serge stopped thinking further and quickly turned to lead his elite Leaf tribe subordinates away.
Swiftly exiting the front-line battlefield area, Serge entered the primeval forest, heading towards the Leaf tribe settlement. Suddenly, Serge furrowed his brow, halted his steps, and looked up towards the sky.
Bats!
The thirty to forty bats he had seen earlier were hovering above him, flying at a low alt.i.tude.
Serge keenly realized that something was wrong. He stopped and looked at the bats above him.
"Whoosh!!"
The bat circled in the air for a few rounds before stopping and reverting to human form, standing opposite Serge.
"It"s you!"
Seeing Fang Heng appear unharmed before him, Serge"s eyes widened with extreme surprise.
Were the people from the Wood tribe all fools?
How could they let Fang Heng escape in such a situation?
And why?!
Exposed to pollution of that intensity, why did Fang Heng seem completely unscathed?
"Serge, why the rush without even a word?"
Fang Heng looked at Serge with interest and asked, "Are you heading back to report to the Leaf tribe?"
As they spoke, the vampires who had been circling in the sky also returned to human form one by one upon landing. They subtly surrounded Serge and his subordinates in the center.
"Fang Heng..."
Serge"s forehead beaded with cold sweat as his mind raced, searching for an excuse, "Our plan encountered a deviation. We were ambushed by the Wood tribe halfway through. We suffered significant casualties, but we managed to delay the Great Elder"s return. Otherwise, you wouldn"t have been able to escape..."
"Well, well, is that so? Then I must thank you all."
Fang Heng interrupted, taking a half step forward and fixing his gaze on Serge, "Tell me, how much did your Leaf tribe gain from this battle? I sacrificed a lot for this. As we agreed beforehand, I am ent.i.tled to the vessel of sacrifice and a branch from the sacred tree..."
Serge forced himself to appear calm as he said, "Fang Heng, the Leaf tribe will honor our agreement with you. As of now, I only know that Elder Vannes has successfully captured three Wood tribe temples of incantation, so there should be gains. Once I return and inventory the materials, I will..."
"That"s good to hear. But such minor matters shouldn"t trouble Elder Serge personally. It"s your first visit as a guest to our human territory, and we haven"t extended our hospitality properly. Let your subordinates announce it. Meanwhile, you should stay here and rest."
As Fang Heng"s words carried a subtle threat, the guards of the Leaf tribe beside Serge instinctively took up defensive positions.
"Stop!"
Serge raised his hand and spoke in a deep voice, "I will stay. Go and report this matter in detail to the Great Elder."
At the moment, Serge had no idea what was happening on the Wood tribe"s side.
Regardless, Fang Heng was now alive and well, which meant a deviation from the Great Elder"s plans.
Now it was up to the Great Elder to handle it.
Most crucially, if it came down to a confrontation, Serge had zero confidence he could survive the encirclement of these people.
"Hehe, smart choice." Fang Heng nodded with a look of admiration. He waved his hand and said, "Let"s go then."
....
Meanwhile, the Wood tribe"s Great Elder, Tam Sangga, had just returned to the camp with his elite team.
The sudden eruption of the black fog had largely dissipated by now.
Outside the joint pa.s.sage, Klonor and his group swiftly purified the remaining black fog.
No one spoke as the entire team maintained a silence as deep as death.
Everyone could feel it. Their strength was slowly draining from their bodies.
They had already guessed something but no one dared to mention it until they entered the hall.
From a distance of over ten meters, they could clearly see the sacred tree sapling in the center of the magic array, with only a few withered roots remaining. The rage in everyone"s eyes was uncontrollable.
"Thump!"
Shamuk immediately knelt before the Great Elder, "Great Elder, Shamuk has failed to protect the sacred tree sapling. Please grant me death."
"Get up!"
Tam Sangga"s eyes were bloodshot, suppressing his inner wrath, hands trembling uncontrollably, "Before you die, there"s something more important to do."
Shamuk slowly stood up.
"The Leaf tribe... I want the entire Leaf tribe to pay with their lives!"
...
Fang Heng"s side reaped plentiful rewards.
Abe Akaya absorbed a vast amount, his levels greatly increasing.
With the level-up, Abe Akaya"s attributes saw minor enhancements.
While the strength increase was significant, the crucial part was that the upper limit of the dimensional level could also rise.
Additionally, there was an added 14,200,000 dimensional energy.
It was antic.i.p.ated that another level in dimensional level could be reached
After returning to the Human Federation, Fang Heng didn"t immediately go to find the Leaf tribe. Instead, he went straight back to the Prayer Temple in the Inner World to use the sacred tree to upgrade his dimensional energy to another level.
At the same time, the Leaf tribe learned about Serge being temporarily imprisoned by Fang Heng.
Senzo fell into silence.
Once again, Fang Heng narrowly escaped death under his scheme.
How did he manage to pull it off?
"Great Elder, we"ve counted our gains from this battle. Besides the sacred tree sapling and the essence of the sacred tree, we obtained three Nature"s Heart Crystals, five vessels of sacrifice, and two branches of the sacred tree."
Vannes still did not know what had happened. He brought his subordinate back victorious. He had just finished counting the supplies and rushed over to ask for credit happily.
"Great Elder?" he asked softly when he saw the Great Elder Senzo, who seemed to be deep in thought.