“Centaurs, with human blood?”
Looking at the information about these centaurs revealed by “Insight,” Xia Tian’s first reaction was one of confusion.
Are there humans in other worlds too?
And if Xia Tian remembered correctly, he had read about “centaurs” before; there were numerous accounts of centaurs in ancient Greek mythology!
“Speaking of which, when I saw the information about the ‘Mountain Demon’ earlier, ‘likes to eat human children, can tear tigers and leopards apart,’ I also felt a sense of familiarity. Now I remember, isn't this highly similar to the habits of the ‘Mountain Demon’ in ancient Chinese legends?”
“Ancient myths, both Eastern and Western, have mentioned creatures from other worlds! Is there a reason for this?”
Xia Tian was a bit curious.
However, now was not the time to delve into this matter.
Because the centaurs’ act of chasing women from a distance had already angered Da Niu and the other soldiers; after all, these women were their family!
Buzz!
A formation-breaking soldier raised the divine arm crossbow in his hand, aimed it at one of the centaurs, and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The bowstring vibrated, and the arrow flew like a meteor, carrying enough power to pierce gold and shatter stone, heading straight for the chest of its human upper body, aiming for a sure kill!
However, this arrow missed.
Because at the critical moment, this centaur, who was moving at high speed, suddenly stopped, letting the crossbow bolt, with its strong wind, graze past its leather armor.
Every centaur was skilled in the art of “archery,” and naturally, they were far more adept at dodging arrows than ordinary creatures.
In fact, after dodging the arrow, this centaur even stood in place, facing the soldier who had shot it, and on its face, which was identical to a human’s but with features and hair closer to a brown-skinned race, a provocative smile appeared.
However, the next moment…
That provocative smile turned into terror.
Bang, bang, bang… the sounds of numerous crossbow strings snapping almost simultaneously.
Immediately, five arrows from divine arm crossbows flew out from the territory, their angles blocking all its escape routes, directly riddling this sixth-tier ordinary centaur!
Clearly, as a creature from another world with low intelligence…
He had no idea about the Chinese idiom “one shot, one arrow,” otherwise he wouldn’t have been so smug about dodging a single arrow!
Not only this centaur, but the other centaurs also encountered attacks from the divine arm crossbows, especially since the power of the divine arm crossbows clearly exceeded the centaurs' expectations. The powerful arrows could easily penetrate their thin leather armor, and even further penetrate their bodies.
As a result, several centaurs were shot down on the spot, with only the leading seventh-tier green-named centaur managing to escape into the jungle, albeit wounded!
“Filthy humans, how dare you attack the scouts of the noble Centaur Prince.”
After entering the jungle, this green-named centaur did not continue to flee.
Instead, it angrily shouted at the humans in the territory, using the “Common Language” that all intelligent creatures could master after arriving in the Eternal Land!
“Prince? There’s a leader behind you!”
Xia Tian’s heart stirred; these few centaur aliens were just scouts, and there was a larger force behind them?
“Indeed, lowly humans, the noble Centaur Prince has gathered over two hundred of our kin who have fallen into this forest, and he possesses a ‘treasure’ that can endlessly produce arrows!”
“Lowly humans, if you surrender now and offer the glowing treasure above your heads to me to give to the Prince, he might forgive your crimes, otherwise…”
Good heavens, to reveal all of their own intelligence so casually, is this what they call a “scout”?
If it weren't for the information seen by the “Eye of Insight” showing that these centaurs were indeed lacking in intelligence, Xia Tian would have suspected the other party of deliberately setting a “trap.”
Speaking of which, this should be his first linguistic interaction with non-human creatures, even though centaurs possess some human bloodline.
“Why have you appeared around my territory?”
Xia Tian asked aloud, while taking something from his lord’s space and handing it to Shen Lian next to him, whispering a few words to him.
“Prince Highness sent us to find a human murderer wearing silver armor.”
“Hmph, that human was actually able to catch an arrow shot by our centaur scout commander with his bare hands, and then shoot him dead with a return arrow!”
“But I don’t believe it, those cowardly centaurs who ran away must be lying. How could lowly humans possess such archery skills?”
In the jungle, the green-named centaur, clutching its bleeding arm, was huddled behind a rock, its expression agitated.
Although centaurs possess human blood, in their world, they despise the physically weak humans, often engaging in rape and plunder!
“Oh, that human definitely didn’t use a bow and arrow, but rather used a special weapon like these people, capable of firing arrows much stronger than a centaur’s bow!”
“I must go back immediately and tell the Prince these tidings, so he can quickly bring the great centaur army to seize the treasure.”
The green-named elite centaur muttered to itself and was about to turn and leave.
But suddenly, it discovered a wisp of mist had appeared behind it at some unknown time!
However, the sun hadn't even set yet, so how could there be fog in the jungle?
“Ah, despicable humans…”
One minute later, Shen Lian, with a silver-grade embroidered spring saber hanging at his waist, walked out of the forest and returned the “Mist Concealment Pearl” to Xia Tian!
“What do you make of what that centaur said?”
Xia Tian wanted to know the thoughts of Shen Lian, a talent from the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
“To answer, my lord, this half-human, half-horse monster should not be lying.”
“They were probably searching for that human who used a bow and arrow when they happened to see the ‘Flame of Destiny’ above our territory, mistaking it for an omen of treasure and coming to investigate!”
“After we kill them all, it should buy us some time before the other party arrives, but it may not delay them for too long…”
Shen Lian replied.
And this was exactly what Xia Tian was thinking.
Over two hundred centaurs, this was definitely a huge potential threat.
Because these centaurs, unlike “Orcs and Mountain Demons,” are ranged and cavalry units, they don’t need to engage in close combat to attack the territory.
Simply surrounding the territory and using bows and arrows to strike at anyone trying to leave would become a very difficult problem for him to solve!
Of course, given the level of “idiocy” these centaurs displayed today, they might not understand how to use such “siege without attacking” tactics.
“My Lord!”
As Xia Tian was pondering, a territorial resident hurried over.
This was a green-named elite resident whose attributes included the “Taming (Proficient)” skill!
“What is it?”
“The eggs of those ‘Black and White Flood Dragons’ have shown signs of hatching!”
Upon hearing this, Xia Tian immediately ran towards the location where the “Black and White Flood Dragon” eggs were placed.
Inside the one-meter square bloodstone, cracks had already appeared on the twelve black-and-white speckled eggshells. Soon, black-and-white flood dragon hatchlings, each the size of a basketball and still covered in mucus, emerged from them!
【Black and White Flood Dragon (Hatchling)】
【Level】Tier 2
【Physique】0.2
【Soul】0.3
【Trait】Rapid Growth (Black and White Flood Dragons can continuously devour and digest food for twenty-four hours until they grow to the size of a seventh-tier sub-adult).