Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 253 A critical moment

After getting away from the Claw Tribe’s camp, it was pitch black in the thick fog and it was impossible to see anything close.

After groping for two or three miles, his clothes got caught on branches and thorns, and were torn in more than ten places. The three horses also suffered a lot, and from time to time they made a few painful sounds.

Chu Xiaomu knew that he couldn't go any further, so he stopped at a valley. The two of them broke off some branches and dry grass, and made a small fire to relieve the cold.

After a day of running around, both of them were extremely tired and fell asleep unknowingly. Xiao Qisheng was ignorant and slept very soundly beside Chu Xiaomu.

Chu Xiaomu was dazed when he suddenly felt someone pulling him and woke up immediately. It turned out that it was already daybreak and Yingdan was pushing his shoulder.

Yingdan put her index finger to her lips, made a gesture to keep quiet, and then pointed to her ear, asking him to listen carefully. Chu Xiaomu listened carefully, and sure enough, he heard a rustling sound approaching the two of them amid the rustling of the wind and the grass, and it came from the direction of the Claw Tribe camp.

Suddenly, a whistle was heard, and a group of Claw Tribe members riding strange birds in the white fog ran towards Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan at a very fast speed. It was obvious that they had discovered the two.

Chu Xiaomu hurriedly woke up the sleeping black horse Qisheng, quickly mounted the horse, and rode north with Yingdan. This place was too close to the Claw Tribe camp, so the fastest and farthest they could run was the safest.

The group of Claw people riding birds came after them, shouting and yelling. There were about seven or eight of them. They spoke in a quack-quack tone, probably the dialect of the Claw people of Chisha Country. Naturally, the two of them could not understand a word they said.

Most of the horses in Bicheng were brave and good at running, but the Huadu Hill was full of grass and trees, which was not conducive to the running of horses. This was probably one of the reasons why the Claw people set up camp here. Moreover, the two horses had been running for almost the entire day yesterday and were already exhausted. The two hours of rest last night were obviously not enough. At this time, under the urging of the owner, they could only muster up their own strength and run only 20 miles before their speed slowed down. The people of Sand behind them were getting closer and closer.

There were continuous whirring sounds behind them, and then there was a bang when a heavy object fell to the left and right of the two men and three horses. Chu Xiaomu turned his head and saw that what fell to the ground was a stone about the size of a fist. It turned out that this group of bird-riding claw tribe members were throwing stones to attack the two men. If such a large stone hit them, they would either die or break bones.

The flying stones thrown by the Claw Tribe came one after another, and they almost hit the two of them several times. There was no other way except to ride their horses as fast as they could.

They didn't know how far they had run, but suddenly they heard whistles from the Claw tribe on the left, and another group of Claw tribe members riding birds rushed out from the side. Both of them were terrified, and they pulled the reins and ran wildly to the northeast.

Chu Xiaomu heard a scream from the horse under his crotch, and his whole body flew up, and fell to the ground with a thud. It turned out that one of the horse's legs was hit by a flying stone and broke immediately, and fell on the grass, making a shrill and miserable cry. When Yingdan saw Chu Xiaomu fall off the horse, she immediately reined in the horse, jumped off the horse and stood side by side with him. Qisheng also ran over, used his head to support Chu Xiaomu, and helped him stand up.

Two teams of Claw Tribe members riding strange birds swung flying stones and surrounded the two men and their horses, laughing hideously from time to time. One of the first team said, "Luckily you guys arrived in time, otherwise these two guys would have gotten away."

The leader of the second team said something in the Chisha dialect, and the people behind him laughed. The first team of Sha people looked very unhappy, obviously this sentence was making fun of them.

The leader of the first team suppressed his anger and said, "You are the ones who captured these two ugly captives. It is up to you to decide how to deal with them." After saying this, he bowed.

One of the people in the last team shouted loudly: "Eat them! Eat them..." The others also started to make noises, saying that they wanted to eat Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan. The strange bird under them raised its long neck and cackled, as if it was excited to get some minced meat from the captives.

Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan looked at the strange and ferocious expressions and behaviors of the Claw Clan of the Red Sand Country, and they were extremely nervous and scared. They wanted to run away, but they were surrounded by more than a dozen enemies like an iron barrel, leaving no room for escape.

Several Claw tribe members threw out ropes, entangled the spears in Chu Xiaomu and the other two's hands, and used their strength to snatch them away. These Claw tribe members were extremely strong, and Chu Xiaomu and the other two wanted to take them back, but it was like a child competing with an adult, and they were simply unable to resist. Chu Xiaomu wanted to draw his sword again to fight the enemy, but a sharp-eyed and quick-handed Claw tribe member threw out a rope again, snatched it away and threw it aside. The two lost their weapons, leaving only two pairs of empty fists.

The leader of the latter team pulled out a strange short, curved dagger from his waist, threw it to a Claw tribe member under his command, and said, "Go and kill them! We'll share the meat." The rest of the Claw tribe members stared at Chu Xiaomu and the other two, their expressions becoming extremely hungry. The strange birds were drooling from their mouths, and the stench was as bad as rotten wood at the bottom of a well, extremely unpleasant.

The Claw Clan soldier holding a dagger jumped off the bird's back and walked towards the two step by step. The claw-like hand tossed and spun the dagger that was red and a little black. It was unknown whether the dagger was originally that color or was stained red by blood. The Claw Clan soldier walked and said, "Stand still and let me stab you twice, otherwise you will suffer more. Ostogua..." Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan could not understand the last few words. It should be the native dialect of Chisha.

Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan stood back to back in the center of the circle formed by the Claw Tribe, waiting to die quickly. Xiao Qisheng jumped around the two of them, looking very anxious.

The Claw member holding a dagger shouted loudly: "Yezhuagu..." and stabbed at the two of them.

Suddenly, a sharp whistle was heard coming from far away. The Claw tribe member was confused when an arrow suddenly flew over and pierced his head. The man fell to the ground with his eyes wide open.

The arrow suddenly flew out from the white mist and pierced directly through the head of the Claw tribe member holding the dagger. The momentum was so accurate and the force was so strong that it was impossible for an ordinary person to do it unless he was a martial arts master who had fully opened up the Force.

The Claw Tribe members were stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that an enemy was attacking. The leaders of the two teams whistled loudly, commanding everyone to line up to fight the enemy.

Seeing that they were not panicked at all and responded quickly, Chu Xiaomu realized that these Sha people were far from being bandits or robbers. Even the bronze-armored soldiers of Jinyang City were far inferior to them.