At the Bluegrass clan.Durk and other elders of the clan sat together and were discussing seriously.“We cannot have you go there, Patriarch,” Elder Horthor said. He had a face full of scars. He was the second strongest and also the strategist of the clan. “It’s too risky.”“I’ll have to go,” Durk replied. “If the Fist clan perishes, then we can’t fight with the Roseclaw clan which has the backing of the Woodwork clan. It’s important that the Fist clan survives this situation. Also, if we manage to kill the spirit beast, I will get that spiritual bead of the beast.”All the elders' eyes lit up.“Will it be possible to get our hands on it, though?” Horthor wasn’t too sure.“Of course. I don’t think anybody would want to consume that jackal’s spiritual bead as it can give the power to spread a plague,” Durk said. “Small clans like us can’t afford to absorb such dark, disastrous powers. But we can sell it to a big clan through an auction.”The elders looked at each other and nodded. “I t

Enron took Lexar and headed to a mini-park on the eastern edge of the clan.Enron whistled, and a pigeon with metallic plumage came flying like a blur of light but then landed ever so softly on Enron’s finger.Enron took out a few seeds, and the pigeon ate from his palm.Lexar tried feeding it, but Enron advised it not to.“You should try getting your own pigeon,” Enron told him.“But the one that I had my eyes on…” Lexar said. “It wasn’t show much interest in me. I wanted to become a master first before entering this park again.”“I see… You must be talking about ‘that’ flaming pigeon,” Enron smiled. “Those are very hard to please. Even your father tried and failed to please them.”“I’m not giving up on it,” Lexar said. “Either I have a flaming blood pigeon, or I won’t have one at all.”“You can’t cling on personal feelings, not if you want to be a clan’s head,” Enron said, making Lexar slightly frown.“My bad, Grandfather.”“Don’t underestimate these pigeons just because they’re sma

Thanks to Second Elder Cobbo’s arrival, Lexar’s arms were healed, and he was ordered to rest until evening if he wanted to participate in the fight against the jackal..Lexar went to the silverfist river to check the situation there.Cobbo, on the other hand, warned Bianca and Antony. “If anything had happened to Young Master Lexar, all of you would have been buried alive.”Antony smirked. “You won’t dare do such a thing. Your entire clan will get erased if you touch one of us.”Cobbo’s gaze sharpened, not at Antony but at Bianca. “Is this how your sect trains their disciples?”Bianca turned halfway toward Antony and slapped him in the face, then she turned toward Cobbo and slightly lowered her head. “Please overlook his immaturity. I promise such an incident wouldn’t happen again.”“I expect that at least you two masters will join in the fight against White Tempest,” Cobbo said.Bianca nodded. “Floyd and I will partake in the battle.”Cobbo did not sense any fear in her tone. (Even t

A minute earlier.Jiro and Barek were rushing forth using Spring Foot technique, which was an adept level technique. They did not care about being seen right now because they knew that the presence of the jackal on the blind mountain would send most monsters away from the neighborhood.Only greedy or stupid beasts would still remain.Unfortunately, they ran into a stoneskin bear.But both Jiro and Barek used an adept-level technique: Iron Knuckle Pulse.This was an attack that suddenly released aura at the moment of impact.Their combined punches shattered through the stoneskin shell and deeply bruised its skin, forcing it to flee.Jiro and Barek were both Peak Experts. They were not afraid of most stoneskin bears, but the same couldn’t be said for other members of the team who were already out of breath from constantly using spring foot technique.“Should we slow down?” Jiro wondered.“We’re not far, and the sunlight will be gone in a few minutes,” Barek said. “Slowing down isn’t a s

Gunnar left the ten thousand beast mountain, but he didn’t come to the fist clan’s territory as he did not want to be seen.He stopped at a small hideout that was typically used by the fist clan. It was hidden behind tall trees and bushes.Gunnar dropped Barek and Jiro there.Gunnar pulled out a stone in the wall and then grabbed a bag that was hidden inside. It had herbal paste that was stored in jars.He picked the right ones and applied on their wounds, wherever the fur needles had left holes in their bodies.“Luckily, it didn’t use that curse,” Gunnar thought. “Or this herbal treatment wouldn’t have been enough.”At the same time, Gunnar wondered.Why didn’t the jackal use the white plague ability?Was it because it recently gave birth?Would it put too much stress on its body?Whatever the case was, Gunnar believed that this was the right time to fight that beast.Even though he had fought the jackal, he didn’t break any of the clan’s rules. He simply tried to hunt the jackal and