Chu Ruo and Blue Stone, who had been sneering at each other, saw my expression and realized that I was listening for the wind to determine their positions, so they immediately fell silent as well. When they also heard people chatting and joking nearby, their brows furrowed at once.
"Those people are saying such filthy things!" Chu Ruo spat angrily, but Blue Stone raised a finger to his lips in a shushing gesture, then said, "They don't seem to have noticed us. Keep your voice down."
I gave them both a meaningful glance. The two of them quickly circled around the others from opposite directions, while I immediately sent the Gale Dragon into the air, diving straight toward the distant region of windblown sand.
"Who are you!?"
"Why are you blocking us!?"
"Wan Shi! They're legendary hunters! Don't fight them!"
"Everyone, calm down!"
"Look up! Up there... a dragon!"
Several hunters shouted in alarm. First, Chu Ruo and Blue Stone blocked them. Then they heard the thunderous sound of the Gale Dragon's enormous wings cleaving through the air, which naturally left them trembling with fear. When the Gale Dragon landed, it let out a timely, furious roar. The Gale Beasts that had been running wild immediately tucked their tails between their legs and lay on the ground, shivering. As for the hunters, every one of them wore an expression of terror, utterly stunned.
"A five-man team." I swept my gaze over the hunters fleeing in all directions and instead felt relieved, because there was no corpse of Qu Meng among them. That meant their earlier discussion had merely been wishful fantasizing.
Still, this was a rather rare team of Hero-level hunters. Such a lineup was extremely uncommon. After all, even the Hunter Bureaus of the great cities had to draw