Although Gu Beishi had already learned this news from the lips of the Third Captain and her heart had mentally prepared for it, seeing this scene right now still caused the fury within her to surge up!
"Kill!"
Pulling arrows out from behind her, Gu Beishi fired them off directly and then shouted loudly.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Immediately following that, all two hundred and odd members of the Guardian Army also loosed the arrows in their hands!
Those arrows struck directly into the unprepared savages!
The primitive humans who were lying there resting heard strange sounds ring out, and they were still wondering what the sound could be, but the very next second, arrow after arrow came flying over.
Striking straight into their bodies!
Instantly, miserable shrieks rang out!
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
More than a dozen out of the fifty-plus primitive humans were struck by arrows in an instant. They collapsed into pools of blood, their bodies twitching, while the remaining thirty-odd people reacted swiftly, hurriedly standing up and grabbing the spears beside them to hack toward the direction the arrows came from!
Thwack!
The sounds of arrows tearing through the air rang out once more, followed closely by another dozen people collapsing to the ground.
At this moment, the chieftain standing there had his eyes and face filled with terror. Where on earth did these terrifying things fly in from?! How could people die without even seeing anything?
What on earth was going on here?
"Ah!"
At that moment, a primitive human could no longer bear it. He dropped the spear in his hand and bolted to escape toward the rear, but in the very next second, an arrow pierced straight into his back. His body gave a violent quiver, and then he crashed to the ground and lay motionless!
"Run! Run quickly!"
These remaining primitive humans could no longer control the fear in their hearts. Each of them emitted terrified cries as they sprinted toward the distance, and even that chieftain was no exception.
Yet how could they possibly escape!
Sharp arrows rained down like a storm, shooting toward them!
When the very last primitive human collapsed, everyone stopped their actions.
"First and Second Brigades, step out and deliver an extra arrow to each!"
Stepping out from the bushes, Gu Beishi held a bow and arrow in her hand as she spoke to the Guardian Army members of the two brigades beside her.
"Yes!"
Sixty Guardian Army members immediately stepped out from behind her and then began walking toward those corpses.
The entire battle was completely one-sided, taking less than five minutes. More than fifty enemies had died just like that, without any resistance at all!
At this moment, the surrounding Guardian Army members also felt a deep sense of shock in their hearts. Previously, they had used these bows and arrows at most for hunting, but they had never killed people.
Yet now, watching how those fifty-plus people had been effortlessly shot dead by just a few arrows from them and their comrades, they no longer knew how to describe it!
They looked at the bows and arrows in their hands with full of terror and confusion!
Seeing everyone's expressions as she inspected whether there were any living survivors there, Gu Beishi frowned and shouted, "What are all of you doing! Look at yourselves! Are you afraid of the bows and arrows in your hands?"
"Let me tell you! If not for the bows and arrows in your hands, everyone in the tribe wouldn't get to eat those delicious roasted meats at all. If not for the bows and arrows in your hands, the people of the tribe would be completely slaughtered by these beasts! And yet now, you are feeling terror toward them!"
"Everything has two sides. If you use it well, it will protect the things you love most! If you don't use it well, it will take away the lives of kind people! Therefore, you should not be afraid!"
As Gu Beishi finished speaking, everyone stood frozen in place. Then, the terror and strangeness vanished from their eyes, replaced only by a tighter grip on the bows and arrows in their hands as they secretly made up their minds in their hearts! They would definitely use bows and arrows to protect what they loved most in their hearts!
Ten minutes later, every single corpse had been given an extra arrow. Afterward, each person hoisted a corpse onto their shoulder and walked toward the tribe.
Upon returning to the tribe, the others who were busy working saw this scene. They let out gasps of surprise and then swarmed over toward this side.
As everyone gathered together, Gu Beishi had the Guardian Army members place the corpses on the ground.
Pointing at those corpses, Gu Beishi said in a loud voice, "Just now, the Guardian Army members and I went to handle a matter, and that was to hunt these people down! Although they are human, I am more willing to call them beasts!
Because they eat people! They were lurking less than a thousand meters outside our tribe, watching our tribe and waiting for the right moment to kill the people of our tribe! And then eat them!
If not for the Guardian Army, the people of our tribe would have died! Many people would have died!"
When Gu Beishi reached this point in her words, she paused slightly, and then her gaze swept over the surrounding people. At this moment, the looks that the others cast toward the Guardian Army had already begun to gradually change!
"Before this, many people saw the Guardian Army members wandering around the tribe every day and not doing any work! But do you know about their hard work! You, come out here!"
As Gu Beishi spoke, she pointed at a Guardian Army member and shouted.
Called out by the commander, that member was startled at first, then walked forward two steps directly and stood there.
"Open your hands!"
Following that, Gu Beishi's voice rang out once again.
Hearing the commander's words, that member seemed like a different person. His body trembled slightly, and then he slowly extended his hands.
The surrounding people immediately saw that the member's palms were covered entirely in bloody blisters, with not a single spot of intact skin!
"All of you, extend your hands!"
Immediately after, Gu Beishi shouted to the rest of the Guardian Army members.
The remaining two hundred and thirty-nine members all extended their hands at that moment. Every single person's palms were the same, covered densely with bloody blisters, without any seemingly intact skin left!
Seeing this scene, the surrounding people all stood frozen in place.
"Take a look, everyone! Do you know what this is! These are medals! These are caused by them practicing archery every single day for this period of time!
When you were fast asleep, they were training in secret! Not only that, but they still had to patrol everywhere within the tribe's perimeter during the day!
Winter is coming soon! Everyone knows how bitterly cold the nighttime weather is! Yet not a single one of them uttered a word of grievance!
When they finished their patrols, they would return to the training grounds to continue training! It is precisely because of this group of people that we were able to survive this danger!
Although they are all currently at the Body Refining Realm, such high-intensity training would still cause severe harm to anyone below the Innate Realm. Do you still think they are freeloaders now?"
When Gu Beishi finished speaking, the surroundings grew quiet.
One second. Two seconds.
"I'm sorry! I was wrong!"
"I'm sorry! I was wrong!"
At this moment, all the members within the tribe shouted out loud. They looked toward the Guardian Army members, their eyes filled with gratitude!
And the Guardian Army members standing there at that moment felt that their eyes were very uncomfortable, and so was their hearts. Then, tears could no longer be contained and spilled down from one of the members' eyes.