Hearing that voice, Chen Bugu’s pupils dilated, and he suddenly looked up to find a Black-robed man squatting on the tree in front of him.
He hadn't heard a single sound; he didn't even know when the other party had approached.
The three people who were originally close to Chen Bugu reacted differently after hearing that sound.
One of them didn't hesitate at all and turned around and ran.
The other two, however, simultaneously changed their targets and launched an attack on the Black-robed man in the tree.
One person's arms instantly grew many cold-glowing steel feathers, while the other person's physique changed in an instant, his muscles bulging and veins popping.
The person whose arms grew feathers waved his arms, and dozens of cold-glowing steel feathers shot out, piercing towards the Black-robed man in the tree.
However, the Black-robed man remained unhurried, his figure eerily disappearing from his original spot.
“Puff, puff, puff…”
The steel feathers were stuck into the branches like nails, but they didn't even touch the Black-robed man’s shadow.
Chen Bugu stood under the tree, his brows furrowed.
He had already activated “Bullet Time” in that instant, but even so, he couldn't capture the Black-robed man’s movement.
If the Black-robed man’s speed was this fast, then no one present would be able to escape.
The moment the battle erupted, everyone was fleeing.
Wei Lai had already grabbed Chen Bugu's hand beside him and was about to follow Han Fuyu into the forest.
“Mr. Chen, they’re here, hurry and go!”
The two of them had already been startled the moment the Black-robed man spoke.
They had long developed a phobia of being captured in the middle of the night and dared not fall into a deep sleep.
Earlier, Chen Bugu had also mentioned that if the Black-robed man was truly a Black Iron Eight-Star, how could they dare to resist? They would be thankful if they could just escape.
However, unexpectedly, the two Awakeneds who stayed to resist were not the targets of the Black-robed man.
Instead, the person who had chosen to flee first was now pinned down by the Black-robed man.
The Black-robed man pressed his head into the dirt, followed by the sound of a skull shattering.
“Whoever dares to run, dies.”
The hoarse voice clearly entered everyone's ears, but no one could see how he had struck.
Chen Bugu held Wei Lai and Han Fuyu tightly, because based on the Black-robed man’s speed just now, his strength was at least above Eight-Star.
They had fled for a day, yet they were still found so quickly; the other party couldn't possibly not have a means of Tracking, so even if they split up and ran now, it would be useless.
After the Black-robed man dropped that line, seeing that some people still hadn't stopped, his figure eerily disappeared again.
When he reappeared, he already had a corpse in his hand.
The others, who had been struggling, were now stunned by this display, and no one dared to take a step.
As for the two who had chosen to make a move at the beginning, after witnessing the strength displayed by the Black-robed man, they also saw the reality, withdrew their abilities, and stood unwillingly in place.
“Everyone form a line and follow me.”
“Whoever wants to run, this is what happens.”
As the Black-robed man spoke, he threw the corpse in his hand at his feet and stomped on half of the person's head.
Under the firelight, blood and brain matter splattered everywhere, completely shattering everyone's courage.
“We can't escape. Let's do as he says.”
Chen Bugu looked at Wei Lai and Han Fuyu, shook his head, and then led the way back.
From the other party's meaning, it was clearly just to capture them and take them back, so as long as they didn't seek death before returning to the dungeon, they should be temporarily safe.
The 24-hour side effects of the Burning Body Pill would disappear soon, and Chen Bugu had already roughly figured out the other party's ability.
Although the other party was indeed Black Iron Eight-Star and had a very troublesome ability, Chen Bugu had already found a way to counter it.
He still had one last Eight-Star beast crystal in his ring; absorbing it should allow him to break through successfully.
If the other party had no other reinforcements, then the power dynamic would change at that time.
Everyone formed a line, and Chen Bugu lowered his head, blending into the middle of the team.
Although the bloodstains on him had been washed off, his ragged clothes looked similar to everyone else's.
But just by looking at his face, one could tell that he was completely different from those sallow and emaciated “prisoners.”
Before recovering his strength, he didn't want to attract the Black-robed man’s attention.
“Go!”
Seeing the team formed, the Black-robed man pointed in a direction and then returned to the tree.
Standing on the tree, he could clearly see everyone.
At this moment, the team formed a line and moved in a certain direction.
Two kilometers in this direction, there was a stream.
Along the bank of the stream, two men in black stood on the bank.
“Hehehe, Axiu, I heard the Awakeneds you caught before ran away?”
“George, you’d better shut up. If you guys hadn’t been unable to keep an eye on that guy, our people wouldn't have left the dungeon.”
“We can’t be blamed for this. Who knew that big turtle would go crazy last night?”
“Heh, your North group has the most problems. We even have to clean up your mess. When the boss descends, you’d better think carefully about how to explain it.”
Looking at George’s nonchalant appearance, Axiu felt a bit annoyed.
“Alright, Axiu, don't be so boring. There was a problem with that big turtle's awakening, which is not something we wanted to see. Who would have thought it would be missing a part of its original demonic energy?”
“Speaking of which, the starfall crystal of that female doctor last time did indeed have a trace of original demonic energy, but the amount was too small, it was just a drop in the bucket.”
“We were hoping to make a breakthrough from her, but who knew you guys had already killed her? Damn it!”
“That big turtle’s state tonight is as irritable as last night, maybe its power is slowly returning, it's hard to say. John has already gone to check on the situation.”
“As for the boss, he won’t descend for at least another week. What’s that old Chinese saying of yours? Oh, right, ‘When the cart reaches the mountain, there will be a road.’ Don’t worry, why not have a sip first?”
George pulled out a wineskin from his waist, took a hearty drink first, then tossed it to Axiu, and continued.
“At worst, I’ll spar with you tomorrow. You haven’t had a fight in a long time, have you?”
“If you ask me, Fourth Brother is so boring, you should be in our group.”
“By the way, where’s Fourth Brother? That guy wouldn’t be secretly listening to me talk around here, would he?”
George looked around, seemingly a bit uneasy, a glimmer flashing in his eyes, and the wind began to stir along the stream bank.
“Don’t look. Fourth Brother said he smelled the last group of ‘rats’ nearby and went to catch them. Otherwise, do you really think I’d come to chat with you in the middle of the night for no reason?”
Axiu said, pouring the wine from the wineskin into his mouth in large gulps.
“F**k, Axiu, don’t drink it all! I didn’t bring much this time!”
As George finished speaking, the wineskin was directly blown back by a strong wind.
Axiu was about to say something when he saw a faint firelight appearing not far away, thinking that Fourth Brother had caught the rats and was already back.
He then bothered no longer with George and turned to walk in the direction of the firelight.