The fat bear immersed its entire body in the stream, after which it slapped its huge bear palms hard onto the surface of the water. The water splashed and brought up a five-foot-long fish, which was pure white and without scales. The fat bear opened its drooling mouth wide, caught the fish, and swallowed it instantly. After that, it let out a few cheers.
In the valley, one group of slaves were still working hard to build shelters and the wall; the remaining slaves had already started making simple stone tools for mining work under the supervision of a few Fire Crow Clan warriors.
Ji Hao stood on the wall which was nearly finished, and frowned while looking at those slaves who seemed to be lifeless.
In the Southern Wasteland, the mining work had always been extremely dangerous and heavy. Even a strong man with a healthy body would probably be disabled after working in the deep and dark mine shaft for two or three years. However, there were very few healthy men among the slaves Ji Hao was looking at. Nearly half of them lacked an arm or a leg. The rest of them were either children or old people. There were even a few sick people who couldn't walk straight.
Half of them couldn't last even a minute in the mineshaft. Where did Ji Shu find all this garbage? Ji Hao thought.
Ji Hao sighed, then shouted to Ji Ying who was supervising those slaves, "Uncle Ji Ying, I just pity those poor kids! Set them off into the jungle to find some fruits instead. They can do nothing around here anyway."
Ji Ying was holding a whip with which he lashed at the ground annoyed, then took a glance at those poor scrawny kids who couldn't even carry a piece of wood, and growled, "Damn Ji Shu! When I become stronger, I'll have to kick his ass and teach him some rules!"
"Take these useless kids away! The two of you! Send them to the back of the valley where there is a piece wood with wild fruits. Let them fill their stomachs, after which they will have to bring all those fruits back to us!" Ji Ying said to a couple of warriors who were standing behind him.
Ji Hao shook his head then turned around, and looked into the dense jungle. In the morning, right after the sun had come out, Ji Xia had gone into the jungle and started hunting with a group of warriors. Feeding thousands of people wasn't easy at all, and would need at least hundreds of big animals to be hunted.
A few slaves were carrying huge stones even taller than themselves on their backs and gasping heavily. They walked beside Ji Hao step by step, then put those stones into the wall heavily. These slaves were bare naked, without even a leaf to cover their private parts. Tattoos of crocodiles on their skins showed that they had come from the Blood Crocodile Clan which was a subsidiary clan of the Black Water Serpent Clan.
The Fire Crow Clan and the Black Water Serpent Clan had been fighting against each other for decades; it was not uncommon for them to capture and enslave people from each other or their subsidiary clans. Ji Hao checked the few slaves working beside him with his spiritual power, and discovered that they were all Novice Magi under the second level.
"Yohohoho~ Yo! hoho~"
A strange shouting sound came from the jungle. A few figures flashed through the jungle then countless trees started shaking. A couple of spears darted out of the jungle along with the ear-piercing sounds of sharp winds created by them.
In the next second, a few slaves were speared and nailed on the fence wall.
"Enemies..." While Ji Hao was shouting, a tall and strong man rushed out of the woods and ran up to Ji Hao. This man was almost naked; his waist was wrapped around by a small piece of fur, and his whole body was covered with thick black hair. He was holding a wooden stick in his hand.
The wooden stick he was holding in his hand had the same thickness as Ji Hao's lap and the same length as Ji Hao's height, and was covered with dried blood. The man was only an inch shorter than Ji Hao, but his shoulder was half a feet wider than Ji Hao's shoulder, which made him look like a human-like chimpanzee. He raised the stick high in the air then let out a growl and smashed it down towards Ji Hao's head at the same time.
Ji Hao grabbed a spear which was leaning against the wall beside him, then let out a growl as well.
The appearance of enemies was too abrupt, and had left Ji Hao no time to cast any witchcraft or magic spells; he could only fight back with his physical strength.
All of the black hair that covered the strong man's body stood straight, and a cloud of black smoke appeared faintly behind his body. Inside the smoke, a red tiger head was roaring silently. A wisp of powerful black smoke then surged out from the stick and transformed into a tiger claw, which slapped towards Ji Hao's face with great speed.
Obviously, this strong man was a Junior Magus warrior. Only magi at the Junior or higher level could transform their powers into a certain shape. Usually, the strength of a Magus would go beyond twenty-thousand 'stones' when he or she reached the top level as a Novice Magus; once he or she advanced to Junior Magus, his strength would grow to at least thirty-five thousand stones; added with his or her bloodline power, the punch of a Junior Magus would at least be two times stronger than a top level Novice Magus.
Before Ji Hao could stimulate his internal power, the spear clashed against the stick.
The strong man stared happily at Ji Hao. He only saw a ball of faint light shining behind Ji Hao, which meant that Ji Hao had already started to make the connection with his bloodline power but hasn't awakened it yet, and Ji Hao was only a Level 12 Novice Magus tops!
"Die...Meat...Delicious kid..." The strong man murmured, his arms started swelling, which showed that he had used all his strength.
"Savage! Damn cannibal savage! Fight! Fight! Kill them all! Damn! Ji Hao! Step back! Quick!"
Bang!
The spear and the wooden stick simultaneously exploded into pieces. The explosion hadn't hurt Ji Hao at all. He slightly shook his arms and looked at the strong man. He discovered that the man was not as powerful as he had thought.
Contrary to Ji Hao, both of the palms of the strong man had been broken into several pieces; blood spurted out from his wounds. He stared at Ji Hao in shock while he was sent flying backwards.
"Kill!" Ji Hao growled. He was half-shocked and half-surprised.
He was controlling his power and strength intentionally and keeping himself at the eleventh level as a Novice Magus. However, he had only used six percent of his physical strength just now and completely beat a Junior Magus up.
"The magical [Bu-Tian Bu Lou Magic Spell] made me gain extra strength; the dragon blood gave me a perfect human body; and the Senior Magi blood from Abba and Amma, it was so powerful!" Ji Hao cheered silently in his head.
He then let out a growl, grabbed a pair of axes from the hands of two warriors and rushed towards the strong man.
Tens of savages rushed out of the woods while screaming and shouting. Ji Hao waved the axes and broke through the crowd of savages like a whirlwind. Soon, the tens of Level 5 and Level 6 Novice Magi savage warriors were all chopped into pieces by Ji Hao. Blood splashed everywhere.
"Kill!" Ji Hao growled hoarsely. His pupils turned red. More savages rushed out of the woods continuously. Ji Hao madly rushed towards them.
Hundreds of savages were slaughtered by Ji Hao in the blink of an eye. The ground was littered with body pieces.
Suddenly, an angry growl came from the jungle. A three-meter tall man who was plump and sturdy rushed out. Three red light spots were brightly shining on his chest, which meant that he was a Senior Magus who had three Magus Acupoints awakened!
The Senior Magus savage grabbed a savage warrior who was running beside him and threw him hard forward.
The poor savage warrior let out a deep howl while darting towards Ji Hao like a human cannonball. Ji Hao sensed a strong wind coming along with the human-cannonball when it was still tens of feet away from him. He felt a strong chest pain that made him unable to even breathe.
"Break!" Facing the poor savage warrior who had been thrown at him as a human cannonball, Ji Hao dropped the axes, interlocked his fingers together then silently casted a spell; at the same time, he thrusted his hands forwards with his palms facing the savage warrior who was about to hit him.
The spell and hand gesture casted by Ji Hao made a connection with the vast nature power, which had now gathered into an invisible wall, shielding Ji Hao behind it. The poor human cannonball warrior exploded into a red cloud of mist accompanied by a loud bang once he collided against the invisible nature-powered wall.
The air shock waves even sent Ji Hao flying backwards.
Mr. Crow didn't take any action. He gripped Ji Hao's shoulder and gazed at the jungle behind the savage Senior Magus with his red and beady eyes without even taking a glance at the savage Senior Magus.
"Juicy little kid...You smell so good...Must be tasty!" The savage Senior Magus roared and strode towards Ji Hao. He was nearly a hundred feet away from Ji Hao; however, with a single step, he was now standing right in front of Ji Hao.
"Go away! You disgusting fat!" The horrible smell of the savage Senior Magus almost made Ji Hao throw up. He overlapped his hands with a frown and quickly stimulated his internal power. Soon, all of his internal power had condensed into a thumb-sized fiery lightning ball on top of his palm.
The fiery lightning ball then swelled into the size of a human head. Followed by an earth-shaking thunder, a ten-foot-long lightning darted out of the fiery lightning ball and struck right onto the huge fat belly of the savage Senior Magus.
The lightning instantly burned the dense black hair on the belly of the savage Senior Magus, and his dirty, oily skin laid bare. Countless sparks of lightning wrapped his body and made loud crackling noises. Some of the lightning sparks struck the ground and left hundreds of fist-sized holes.
The savage Senior Magus held his own stomach with trembling hands and staggered a few steps back. Although Ji Hao would never be able hurt the savage Senior Magus with his own physical strength, he had channeled the [Nine Secret Word] and borrowed power from the nature, which temporarily yet largely improved his power and strength. Even so, he still failed to cause any harm to the body of the savage Senior Magus. But he had successfully forced the savage Senior Magus back.
"Little bastard! I'm going to eat your brain!" The savage Senior Magus let out a roar and stamped down hard on the ground, causing an intense shaking which nearly made Ji Hao fall down.
Ji Hao rapidly retreated.
"Savage! This is our Fire Crow Clan's territory! Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Ji Ying flew towards Ji Hao with a spear held in his hand. His body was wrapped by a stream of fire which made him look like a fiery shooting star. He then landed in front of Ji Hao and firmly shielded him behind himself.
The spear made of mulberry wood was sparking and the obsidian spearhead was releasing a flame membrane. Ji Ying then lunged his spear at the chest of the savage Senior Magus for hundreds of times in the blink of an eye.
However, Ji Ying's attacks seemed to hardly hurt the savage Senior Magus. The savage Senior Magus stood firmly on the ground and put his palms together; a mace[1] tattoo on his right palm lit up, and then a mace appeared in his hand.
Ji Ying only had two awakened Magus Acupoints, while the savage Senior Magus had three of them. Judging from their physical strengths, Ji Ying was not the rival of the savage Senior Magus at all. The mace and Ji Ying's spear struck against each other; the impact pushed Ji Ying backwards and made him fall hard to the ground. A small part of Ji Ying's leather armour broke into pieces by the slight touch of the mace.
Along with a sharp wind, Ji Lang, who was guarding the back of the valley flew up to Ji Ying. Similar to Ji Ying, his body was wrapped by a stream of fire as well. He flashed across the air and switched position with Ji Ying, then leaped up and jammed his knees hard onto the face of the savage Senior Magus.
The face of the savage Senior Magus was smashed instantly. Blood spurted out from out his eyes and ears. He howled desperately, threw his mace away, and turned around, fleeing backwards with his face buried in his hands.
At this time, Ji Ying already stood back up. He held his spear tightly and dashed towards the savage Senior Magus at a lightning speed. In the next second, the spear went through the chest of the savage Senior Magus and pierced his heart. The savage Senior Magus screamed out, twitched a few times then fell onto the ground.
Thousands of savage warriors rushed out of the woods. However, all of them froze when they saw the savage Senior Magus lying on the ground and covered with blood. They were stunned at the sight of the savage Senior Magus, the most powerful warrior within their tribe. Their best warrior had been beaten, which had frightened them badly. They didn't know what to do next.
The savages were the robbers living in the jungle of the Southern Wasteland. They didn't have a homeland, they didn't know how to plant or raise animals. Neither did they have any idea about Maguspriests or elder Magi. They would eat every old or weak member of their own tribes. Just like wild animals, they moved around the Southern Wasteland jungle, robbed every clan they met and ate whatever they could find, including people.
The savage Senior Magus was the leader of this savage tribe, and was also the most powerful warrior among them. The rest of the savage warriors started yelling and screaming when they realized that their leader had already been knocked down.
Inside the dense jungle, a tall figure in black was standing in the shadow of a tree and murmured as it was dissatisfied, "Told you. These trashes are useless. They're even more stupid than animals! We have to do it ourselves if we want the prize."
The tall figure then walked out of the shadow and said, "Let's make it quick. The two Senior Magi just had their Magus Acupoints awakened, they're not bad. Besides, they're tall and pretty, those old ladies are gonna like them. They'll be worth a fortune!"
Another tall future walked out as well and said, "Let's do it together then. Catch them alive as quick as possible. And that little guy, he can cast a spell at such a young age...more importantly...look at that delicate face, someone's gonna pay a lot for that."
Ji Hao picked up the axe which was thrown on the ground by himself earlier and chopped the neck of the savage Senior Magus. He used all of his strength, chopped the neck of the savage Senior Magus hard for nearly a hundred times then finally beheaded him.
The body of the savage Senior Magus was still twitching intensely even after that. A while later, a huge stream of blood spurted out from his broken neck and the twitching stopped.
"Such a strong life force! And he was a Senior Magus with only three awakened Magus Acupoints!" Ji Hao exclaimed silently.
Then Ji Hao heard these heavy footsteps coming from the jungle. He suddenly sensed a murderous vibe.
Ji Hao then raised his head and saw two men walking out of the jungle. Both of them were over three meters tall and had worn full metal armours. Except their faces, all of their body parts were well protected by the exquisitely crafted armours, including fingers.
Their faces had an odd bronze colour. One of them was holding a bola[2] and the other one was holding a heavy sword.
Ji Hao stared at the faces of the two men in shock - Both of them had an additional pair of eyes located above their eyebrows. They were four-eyed people!
"Fight! Fight with your full strength! Damn! It's the Jia Clan warriors!" Shouted Ji Ying and Ji Lang simultaneously.
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[1] Mace:A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful blows. A mace typically consists of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often reinforced with metal, featuring a head made of stone, copper, bronze, iron, or steel.
[2] Bola: A type of weapon in use during the Clone Wars and later the Galactic Civil War, consisting of weights attached to an interconnected cord. The weapon was capable of wrapping around an individual's neck and breaking it.
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