I Created a Containment Object at the Start, and Became a God

29: A cruel sight!Li Dan and the remaining Li Family warriors looked warily in the direction of the screams.

Li Yi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and whispered, ”Brother Dan, those Yang Family people had no chance to touch the container before it disappeared. Plus, a three-meter-long object couldn’t just vanish into thin air...”

Li Dan’s crimson eyes flickered slightly as he forcibly suppressed the raging Symbiotic Fungi within him: ”Are you suggesting...”

Before he finished speaking, the screams in the distance abruptly ceased, and the entire jungle fell into a deathly silence. That sudden quiet was more chilling than the previous battle.

Li Dan turned to Zhao Hongyong, his voice hoarse: ”That commotion over there, was that the help you called?”

Zhao Hongyong’s Ox-Head Form was receding, revealing his pale human face.

He glanced at the silent jungle, then surveyed his few remaining wounded men, quickly weighing his options—the Taishui Salamander was missing, and if he continued to fight the Li Family to the death, they would likely be wiped out here... ”That’s right,” Zhao Hongyong suddenly changed tactics and deliberately raised his voice, ”I did hire the Jungle People of the Southeast Federation.

They are experts in stealth and tracking. Maybe they stole the Taishui Salamander during the chaos!”

He secretly signaled the surviving Yang Family warriors and continued, ”The Jungle People’s stronghold is in a valley just a few kilometers north of here.

Their leader is named Basong, a black market merchant who specializes in capturing UMAs...”

Li Dan stared intently at Zhao Hongyong, seemingly judging the truth of his words.

Red fungal patches squirmed on his severed arm. Newly grown granulation tissue was slowly reconstructing the arm’s silhouette, but it was extremely slow.

”If you are lying to me...” Li Dan’s voice was full of killing intent, ”I will make you die a worse death than those Jungle People.”

Zhao Hongyong forced himself to remain calm: ”Now our goals are aligned, aren’t they?”

He pointed in the direction where the Taishui Salamander disappeared, ”If that thing falls into the hands of a black market merchant, it won’t benefit either the Yang Family or the Li Family.”

Dan tightly clenched his remaining fist, his crimson eyes practically spitting fire. If it weren’t for these Yang Family scoundrels ambushing them, they would have returned to the Li Family long ago!

The new granulation tissue on his severed arm accelerated its squirming due to anger, yet it was still frustratingly slow.

”Brother Dan,” Li Yi whispered a reminder, ”The Old Master doesn’t have much time left. If we get further entangled with them, I’m afraid...”

This sentence was like a splash of cold water, instantly sobering Li Dan. He glared fiercely at Zhao Hongyong and squeezed out the order through gritted teeth: ”All Li Family members, advance immediately toward the northern valley!”

The remaining Li Family warriors quickly regrouped, helping the wounded as they disappeared into the depths of the jungle. Zhao Hongyong watched their retreating figures and spat out a mouthful of blood foam in disdain: ”Hmph, just you wait...”

”Boss,” a wounded Yang Family subordinate asked timidly, ”Aren’t we going to follow them? Maybe we could...”

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Hongyong kicked him directly to the ground: ”Are you fucking stupid? We don’t even know if the Jungle People took that thing!”

He irritably scratched his receding ox horns, ”With just the few of us left, should we go over there to die?”

The remaining Yang Family warriors looked at each other, seeing the relief of surviving a disaster in each other’s eyes.

Indeed, in their current state, going over there would be suicide.

The subordinate rubbed his aching chest aggrievedly: ”Weren’t the Jungle People supposed to provide backup...”

Zhao Hongyong was so angry he rubbed his forehead, wishing he could kick the man again: ”Are you deaf? Didn’t you hear those screams just now?”

He lowered his voice, a hint of fear flashing in his eyes, ”Heaven knows what damn thing the Jungle People ran into. We’re lucky just to be alive!”

Another subordinate timidly cut in: ”Then... why are the Li Family people going there, even though they clearly know it’s dangerous?”

”Because they have no choice!” Zhao Hongyong irritably scratched his scalp. ”Li Dan and his crew are Death Warriors raised by the Li Family since childhood, intensely loyal to the Patriarch. If they can’t bring back the Taishui Salamander, the Li Family Old Master will surely die...”

He looked toward the direction where the Li Family team disappeared, his tone suddenly complex: ”Even if it’s a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, they will charge in. That is the fate of the Li Family’s Death Warriors.”

The Yang Family subordinates exchanged glances, seeming to understand the weight of the term ”Aristocratic Family Death Warrior” for the first time.

”Let’s go,” Zhao Hongyong put away his last bit of emotion. ”We can’t stay in this cursed place.” He looked around warily, ”I have a feeling... something is watching us.”

As Zhao Hongyong quickly retreated, he said to his remaining subordinates, ”Although we didn’t get the Taishui Salamander, this trip wasn’t a total waste. What we secured will be enough for the brothers to live comfortably for a while.”

Before ambushing the Li Family, we caught a Shadowhoof Fungus Horse in the mountains, even though its grade was only the lowest, E-grade.

But it still took a lot of effort to capture. Although it is a fungus, it possesses bone-like hooves similar to a horse, allowing it to gallop silently, leaving only a lingering fungal scent. Wealthy people adore it.

The price is also very high; it can easily sell for several million long coins.

Hearing this, the subordinates immediately cheered up.

Although the Shadowhoof Fungus Horse is not as precious as the Taishui Salamander, its spore powder can also fetch astronomical prices on the black market; it is indeed a substantial windfall.

The group quickly disappeared into the depths of the jungle, unaware that a Mechanical Falcon was locking onto them with its glowing red electronic eye from the treetop above.

The falcon silently spread its metallic wings and followed them like a ghost... Meanwhile, the team led by Li Dan was struggling through the dense forest. Suddenly, Li Yi raised a hand to signal: ”Brother Dan, there’s a fire ahead.”

Everyone cautiously approached, and the sight before them made everyone gasp—

The Jungle People’s camp had become a sea of blood. Twenty to thirty human corpses, completely skinned, hung from the trees like cured meat. Their internal organs and muscles were exposed to the moonlight, and dripping blood pooled into dark red streams on the ground.

Most horrifyingly, the face of every corpse retained an expression of extreme terror, as if they had witnessed something incomprehensible before death.

”These are...” A Li Family warrior couldn’t help but vomit.

Li Yi crouched down, carefully examining the scattered fragments of skin on the ground.

The distinctive jungle camouflage tattoos allowed him to instantly identify them: ”They are Southeast Asia Jungle People. Looking at these tattoo patterns, they must be Basong’s subordinates.”

As a warrior from a border minority group, Li Yi was all too familiar with these cross-border smugglers.

He had previously clashed with these people on the border, knowing well their ferocity and cunning.

”All units, stay alert!” Li Dan’s Mechanical Eye frantically scanned the surroundings. ”Whatever wiped out this group of desperadoes... it’s definitely not simple!”

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