These two were much better at dealing with the beasts compared to the tribe's residents. After a round of fighting, the beasts were always at a disadvantage. The two of them didn't even have a single large scratch on their bodies. Xia Chuan's shirt was torn in two places, but it didn't touch his skin. As for Shen Lan, he was completely unscathed.

But they were equally frustrated - because as soon as these beasts saw that they were not easy to provoke, they immediately admitted defeat and no longer resisted the group attacks head-on. Instead, they started running away at full speed. When Shen Lan and Xia Chuan chased closely, they would sprint at full speed. When they saw that Shen Lan and the others had no patience to keep up, they would catch their breath a little.

"Have these things become spirits?!" Shen Lan chased for a short distance and killed another one. He couldn't help but complain to Xia Chuan who had regrouped with him.

As soon as he finished complaining, he suddenly stood up straight and looked back.

"What's wrong?" Xia Chuan also turned his head to look.

"We're not the only two being led around." Shen Lan looked in the direction behind him and replied.

The leader naturally couldn't let all the young and strong people of the tribe chase out, after all, they had already encountered a trick of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west once before. But the number of people coming out was not small. Some came out on their own, some were assigned. Most of them were men, interspersed with a few women with agile and neat movements. Everyone had weapons and torches in their hands.

In fact, when they really hunted on weekdays, they would be especially careful to hide themselves, and they were almost silent when approaching their prey. And when defending and driving away danger, they would always make a lot of noise, running, shouting, waving torches non-stop, accompanied by exaggerated body language. Although there were not many people, they could create a feeling of being overwhelming and powerful, and the faster they scared away the beasts, the better.

But this time it was neither a group hunt nor a simple defense, so they were a bit restrained. They were neither hidden nor shouting. It was neither quiet nor moving. On the one hand, they were in hot pursuit, and on the other hand, they had to pay attention to maintaining contact with their companions around them to avoid falling into the dangerous situation of fighting alone.

So after Shen Lan's reminder, Xia Chuan also quickly heard the faint movements.

He frowned. Although they had already chased into the woods along the river and couldn't see the high slope with the wall from their position, they could vaguely see a few stars of firelight flashing far away through the gaps in the leaves.

Soon, someone approached the direction where they were.

Faster than the people, six beasts darted over. Xia Chuan and the others were quick-eyed and quick-handed, and immediately intercepted three of them. Shen Lan grabbed one with each hand, and the beast that was charging fiercely was thrown to the ground, rolling several times. Xia Chuan also directly pounced on one and suppressed it under his body, neatly stabbing it with a knife.

When they had killed three of them, the dozen or so people in hot pursuit finally caught up and met them.

Xia Chuan looked up and saw that the tallest and most eye-catching one among them was none other than Dennis!

"Why did you also chase out?" He threw away the carcass of the beast that had no breath in his hand, stood up straight, shook the blood off his dagger, and frowned at Dennis, "Isn't the wound on your back not healed yet?"

In terms of skill and proficiency in using stone weapons, Dennis was far inferior to these primitive residents. At this time, chasing out could only be voluntary.

"It's itchy even if I don't move, and moving can distract my attention. Besides, I feel uneasy if I don't follow you two. What if I get separated from you like when we came out of the dinosaur world before, and lose half my life..." Dennis said as he caught up with Xia Chuan and Shen Lan, "I always feel a bit uneasy, and I called Laura, but she has to take care of Allen and it's not suitable for her to follow."

Shen Lan gave him a displeased look, "Do you think this is a spring outing and picnic?"

Xia Chuan scanned the situation around him, squinted his eyes and looked in a certain direction, and then said to Shen Lan, "Are people coming from over there?"

Shen Lan didn't mention that he also heard it, and nodded, "Yes, and there's another group coming from over there, gathering towards the same place."

Xia Chuan stopped in his tracks, raised his hand to stop Shen Lan and Dennis, and said coldly, "They really have become spirits, trying to lead us to a certain place. Don't chase anymore."

Shen Lan said, "I know, I just want to see where they can lead us."

The three of them communicated well, but those tribesmen couldn't understand what they were talking about. Seeing that Xia Chuan and Shen Lan had stopped, they also hesitated a little, slowed down their pace, and seemed to be wondering whether to stop with them.

As a result, a man's miserable scream was heard not far away, and someone had been attacked.

When the tribesmen, who were originally a little hesitant, heard this scream, their expressions changed instantly, and their steps suddenly quickened, heading straight for the direction of the miserable scream. Obviously, their anger was aroused again.

Seeing that they were out of control, Shen Lan also started running.

Xia Chuan sighed and had to follow with Dennis.

Until this time, whether it was Shen Lan, Xia Chuan, or even Dennis, they all thought that this was just a special group hunt and counter-hunt. The first two were confident in their skills, and the latter was confident in the other two's skills. They felt that apart from the slightly special environment and the prey being more cunning than usual, there was nothing particularly worrying.

But soon they discovered something was wrong -

As they got closer and closer to where the miserable scream came from, the sky also got darker and darker.

The light emitted by the torches in the hands of the tribesmen was not very penetrating in the boundless deep forest, and could only illuminate the nearby grass and trees, with a very limited range. The farther away, the more obscure it remained.

It was just that originally Xia Chuan and Dennis could still see the outlines of the distant trees, but now it suddenly became more and more difficult to distinguish those outlines. The grass, trees and the night merged into a mass of darkness, with no distinction at all...

It was truly pitch-black.

At first, they didn't notice anything unusual while running, but after running for a while, the area of pitch-black darkness became wider and wider, and it became more and more difficult to find the edge. Xia Chuan was the first to speak, "Wait, something's strange."

"What's strange?" Shen Lan hadn't reacted yet.

Dennis was even more confused and said "ah".

"Do you see that area in front?" Xia Chuan slowed down his pace and pointed forward, "What do you see?"

"Pitch black, can't see a thing." Shen Lan, who always had poor eyesight, answered without hesitation.

"Yeah, can't see anything at all." Dennis chimed in agreement.

"It's a bit too dark." Xia Chuan frowned.

Dennis explained, "This place is too wild, and in this era there's not much lighting. Places where the firelight can't reach are indeed pitch black."

"Oh?" Xia Chuan added, "Are you sure? It doesn't look like this where the torches can't reach."

Dennis refuted in confusion while gesturing with his raised hand, "How is it not like this? We have several torches on our side, gathered together they can illuminate this circle. The places they can't reach, in front, behind, are all dark--"

As he spoke, he pointed his fingers to the left, right, and back. When he pointed to the sides and behind, his words got stuck and he swallowed the second half of the sentence back into his throat.

At the same distance, the darkness on the left, right and behind was not to that degree. Although the outlines of the trees were blurred, they were not completely invisible.

Only the front was...

"What's going on?!" Dennis abruptly stopped in his tracks, looking at the front and then at Xia Chuan in astonishment.

But Xia Chuan was not looking at him. Instead, he swept his gaze over the tribespeople who were still running.

Dennis followed his gaze and saw that those tribespeople were still unaware, only caring about running forward. From their position, they could already see the silhouettes of another group of people and beasts ahead.

And the direction in which those beasts were fleeing was clearly the place where that impenetrable darkness resided.

Dennis grabbed a tribesman running past him. He couldn't speak these primitive residents' language, so he could only raise his hands and point in all four directions, turning the tribesman around by his shoulders, and then heavily pointing at the darkness ahead.

He hoped the tribesman would notice the anomaly, but the tribesman looked completely baffled, not understanding his meaning at all.

Dennis was so anxious he scratched his head. As soon as he let go, the tribesman ran off.

"How can they not notice it! It's so obvious! The language barrier is really a killer!" Just as he was complaining, all the tribespeople originally behind them had already passed them and gone ahead.

Xia Chuan saw them quickly run to where the injured were, joining the other tribespeople into one group. Three people stopped and squatted down to check on the injured, while the rest chased directly after the beasts, as if they couldn't see the eerie darkness ahead at all.

Just then, Shen Lan suddenly frowned, "Not good!"

As he said this, his gaze was also directed at that patch of darkness. Xia Chuan and Dennis were surprised that he could actually see the strangeness within, when they heard the people running at the very front let out a startled cry.

Xia Chuan looked up and saw dozens of stone arrows unexpectedly pierce out from that darkness, shooting straight at the group of tribespeople.

Those people hadn't expected stone arrows to appear and were caught completely off guard.

A very few dodged, but their figures staggered a few steps due to the sudden large movements. More were hit squarely by the densely attacking arrows.

In an instant, that area became a mess.

Xia Chuan frowned, and without a second word, he and Shen Lan rushed over, with Dennis following close behind.

"What's going on?!" He asked while running, "How can there be arrows shooting out? What people are hiding back there? This scene is a bit too strange!"

When those tribespeople were unable to react in time, more stone arrows shot out from that barrier-like darkness.