The Battle's End

The Jackalmen had been killed or driven off by the players. In the blink of an eye, only Kuáng Tú remained on the battlefield.

With no other targets left, the players all turned their eyes to Kuáng Tú.

The minions were cleared out. Now it was time to fight the boss!

"Brothers, charge!"

"Kill this boss, and the rewards are ours!"

"I'm getting to Level 4! Nobody try to take that from me!"

The players shouted as they rushed forward and swarmed Kuáng Tú.

"Let's go help too!"

Pan Xiong started to lead Pan Hu and Pan Lang toward Kuáng Tú, but Lin Feng stopped him.

"Let them handle the Jackalman leader. Let's search the tribe and see if any Jackalmen are left."

Lin Feng said.

He had no intention of letting the Pan Family Three Brothers join the fight against the Jackalman. Instead, he led the three of them toward the Jackalmen Tribe.

Calling it a tribe was generous. It consisted of only twenty or thirty tents scattered around the Sky-Piercing Giant Tree.

The tents were built from branches of various lengths and assorted animal hides. They were extremely crude.

As Lin Feng approached the tents with the Pan Family Three Brothers, he spotted four Wood Race people standing motionless. They hadn't even had a chance to search the tents yet.

They were over three meters tall, yet their waists were only sixty or seventy centimeters around. Each looked like a long, thin tree trunk.

Their legs were short, less than a meter long, while their arms were extremely long, hanging from their shoulders almost to the ground—at least two meters in length!

Their skin looked like patches of tree bark.

When the four Wood Race people saw Lin Feng and the others approach, they lowered their heads together and examined them.

"Friends of the Wood Race, we've defeated the Jackalmen. You're free now."

Lin Feng waved at them with a smile.

He'd only heard that a group of Wood Race people lived beneath the Sky-Piercing Giant Tree. He'd never seen them before. This was his first time meeting them.

They certainly looked strange.

"Thank you, friends of the Human Race."

One of the Wood Race people spoke.

He spoke very slowly, only a little faster than Flash, the sloth from Zootopia.

"Don't mention it. It was the right thing to do." Lin Feng smiled, then asked, "By the way, do you know where the Human Race people captured by the Jackalmen are?"

That was what concerned him most.

"They're being held in that tent."

The Wood Race person pointed to a tent nearby and spoke slowly.

"Thanks!"

Lin Feng thanked him and was about to go free the captured members of the Human Race when the Wood Race person called out to stop him.

"Wait."

The Wood Race person called out. His voice sped up a little with urgency.

"Is something wrong?"

Lin Feng stopped and asked in confusion.

"We have an impertinent request. Could we leave with you and live in your tribe?"

The Wood Race person asked nervously.

Only four members of their tribe remained. In the dangerous Savage World, it would be difficult for them to survive.

Joining a powerful tribe was their best option.

This Human Race tribe had defeated the ferocious Jackalmen, so it was clearly powerful.

They just didn't know whether the others would be willing to take them in.

Join our tribe?

Lin Feng looked up at the Wood Race people, who were over three meters tall.

Taking them in seemed like a good choice. The Wood Race wasn't aggressive, and its people were hardworking and strong.

Besides, taking them in might activate a new hidden race for players to choose from.

"We can work for you, and we don't need food!"

Another Wood Race person saw Lin Feng looking up at them without replying and assumed he didn't want to take them in. He hurriedly added,

The Wood Race people had many retractable roots in their legs. They could push these roots into the ground and absorb nutrients and water from the soil, so they didn't need to eat.

"Of course. Welcome to the Starry Tribe!"

Lin Feng said with a smile.

He was a kind person, so of course he wouldn't turn away these poor Wood Race people.

"Thank you for your generosity!"

When the Wood Race people heard Lin Feng was willing to take them in, their faces lit up with joy. They bowed to him.

However, to Lin Feng's disappointment, the system didn't display any notification about unlocking a new hidden race.

He didn't know whether the system didn't have this hidden race, or whether it didn't consider this situation the recruitment of a new race.

Lin Feng told the Wood Race people to wait where they were, then led the Pan Family Three Brothers to the tent where the Human Race captives were being held.

Inside the tent, Ying Zhan and the other five strained to listen to the sounds outside.

As the sounds of fighting grew quieter, their hearts tightened.

Was the battle over?

Had the Jackalmen won, or had the people who came to attack them won?

"Why don't I sneak out and take a look?"

Ying Ye couldn't help suggesting.

The uncertainty of waiting was driving him crazy!

"Let's wait a little longer. Once it's quiet outside, I'll go take a look."

Ying Zhan thought it over and said.

He wasn't about to let Ying Ye take the risk. If anyone was going, it would be him.

Just then, footsteps sounded outside.

The six of them immediately fell silent and nervously watched the tent entrance.

The footsteps came closer and closer. The tent flap was lifted, and a head poked inside.

"Lin Feng!"

Ying Ye couldn't help exclaiming when he recognized the person at the entrance.

The others stared at Lin Feng in surprise as well.

They'd imagined all sorts of possibilities, but they'd never expected Lin Feng to appear at the entrance!

"Ying Ye, Ying Zhan! You're all alive. That's wonderful!"

Lin Feng entered the tent, his voice filled with excitement.

He'd suspected from the start that the Human Race captives in the Jackalmen Tribe were members of the Ying Clan Tribe.

But it was only a suspicion. He might have been wrong.

Now that he'd seen Ying Zhan and the others in the tent, he was naturally overjoyed.

"Why are you here? What's going on outside? Did the Baimu Tribe send people to attack the Jackalmen?"

Ying Zhan asked urgently.

He suspected the Baimu Tribe had sent people to attack the Jackalmen for two reasons. First, the Baimu Tribe had the strength to do it. Second, he recognized the Pan Family Three Brothers behind Lin Feng.

They all knew the Pan Family Three Brothers and knew they were members of the Baimu Tribe.

But would Baimu Sheng, that bloodsucker, really be so kind?

"It wasn't the Baimu Tribe. I'll explain what happened later. First, let me untie you."

As he spoke, Lin Feng stepped forward and untied the ropes around their hands and feet.

The Pan Family Three Brothers hurried to help as well.

"How's the battle going outside?"

Once the ropes around Ying Zhan were untied, he asked, his eyes full of fighting spirit.

Many members of his tribe had died at the Jackalmen's hands, and he hated them to the bone. Now that he was free, he couldn't help wanting to fight them himself.

"Most of the adult Jackalmen are dead, but there should still be some young ones hiding in the tents."

Lin Feng said.

The Jackalmen had scattered under the players' assault. A few had desperately tried to rush back and take the young Jackalmen away, but the players had intercepted and killed them.

The young Jackalmen in the tribe were all hiding in the tents now, too afraid to come out.

"We can't let the little ones live either!"

A vicious glint flashed in Ying Zhan's eyes.

He naturally felt no pity for other races, especially not his enemies.

"By the way, how are the chieftain and the children? Are they all safe?"

After asking about the battle, Ying Zhan asked another question.

"After the chieftain escaped, his injuries were too severe, and he died. Before he passed, he appointed me as the new chieftain. The five children are all safe."

Lin Feng said.

When they heard that the old chieftain had died, Ying Zhan and the other five were all overcome with grief.

"Damn those Jackalmen!"

Ying Zhan gritted his teeth as he spoke.

Afterward, they went outside the tent.

Kuáng Tú was still surrounded by the players. He desperately tried to break through and escape, but the players stopped him again and again. All he could do was roar helplessly.

His death was only a matter of time.