Chapter 203: The Crisis Is Not Yet Resolved

Chapter 203: Chapter 203: The Crisis Is Not Yet Resolved

Kaka roared at Soro, who stood beside him. "Soro, what are you spacing out for? Tell your men to attack!"

Seeing that he couldn’t avoid it, Soro had no choice but to raise his hand, signaling his clansmen behind him to join the fray. A dozen or so young males exchanged glances and silently tightened the animal skins wrapped around their arms.

Then, the Snow Wolf Clan males plunged into the battle. By this point, all the Fire Phoenix Clan males on the field had sustained injuries, and the thirty Fu Clan males had exhausted their crossbow arrows. As a result, they engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Snow Wolf Clan males. During the fight, they kept a close eye on the males wearing the armbands of animal skin. The archers shooting from a distance also deliberately avoided those specific males. However, they didn’t deliver lethal blows to any of the Snow Wolf Clan males. When firing their arrows, they intentionally avoided vital spots, ensuring the wounds were incapacitating but not fatal. Even with the Snow Wolf Clan males’ help, the Fire Phoenix Clan’s defeat was already set in stone.

Kaka’s face turned incredibly grim as he looked at the fallen males on the ground.

"Brother, hurry and take your men away!"

"You’re leaving with me," Kamo said, grabbing Kaka, who had turned to walk away.

"Brother, I must avenge the young master. Leave quickly and bring the news back to the Holy Capital to inform the Family Head."

"Kaka, you can’t defeat them. Come with me." Ever since Kamo saw the new weapons Ophelia and her people had produced, he knew they couldn’t win. Now, the only thing they could do was return to the Holy Capital and report everything that had happened in Ten Thousand Beasts City to the Family Head.

"No, Brother. You’ll only have a chance to escape if I stay behind to stall them." By now, Kaka had realized that they were no match for Ophelia at all. "Brother, don’t worry. Don’t forget that I still have Dan’er in my hands. As long as I have him, Ophelia won’t dare hurt me."

Seeing the situation on the battlefield turning increasingly disadvantageous, Kamo had no choice but to lead the Fire Phoenix Clan males away.

Noticing this, Klein said, "I’ll take some men to pursue them. We can’t leave a single survivor."

"Alright, leave this side to me," Tyler nodded solemnly.

"Klein, be careful. Don’t get hurt," Ophelia said.

Klein felt a warmth in his heart at Ophelia’s concern. He reached out to rub the top of her head, a smile tracing his lips. "Don’t worry, I’ll be fine."

Soon, all the Fire Phoenix Clan males had retreated, leaving behind only the heavily injured Snow Wolf Clan males.

Soro’s face went pale as he took in the state of the battlefield. "H-How could this happen?" He never expected that against these new weapons, even the Fire Phoenix Clan males would be so utterly vulnerable. He had initially held some expectations for these new weapons, but when he met Ophelia’s icy gaze, Soro knew that everything was over.

Dodging a flurry of arrows, Kaka made his way to Dan’er. Dan’er was tied to a large tree at the entrance of the Snow Wolf Clan’s tribe, his mouth gagged with a wad of animal skin. Kaka snatched a shield resting under the tree and held it up in front of him. He shouted sharply, "Ophelia, if you don’t want Dan’er to die, stop right now!"

The Fu Clan archers aimed all their bows at Kaka, but he was protected by the shield in front of him and had Dan’er right beside him. For a moment, they were unsure of what to do.

"Princess," Tyler said, his face showing a hint of worry.

"Tell them all to hold their fire," Ophelia ordered, her voice cold and clear.

Seeing Ophelia’s hesitation, Kaka let out a smug smile. He shifted one hand into a sharp claw and clamped it around Dan’er’s neck. "Ophelia, as long as you stop pursuing the Fire Phoenix Clan males, I’ll let Dan’er go. Otherwise, you can just wait for him to be buried with us!" Kaka spoke with righteous indignation, but his voice betrayed a noticeable tremble. He was starting to regret it—regret dragging his brother and his men into this. He could tell that Ophelia had absolutely no intention of letting them leave Ten Thousand Beasts City alive.

"Soro, take your men and intercept the Fu Clan males chasing after my brother!" Kaka grew frantic when Ophelia remained completely unfazed.

Soro twitched his lips, about to speak, when the Great Elder stepped forward, accompanied by several middle-aged males. Soro frowned, sensing their hostile intentions. "What do you think you’re doing?"

"Soro, as the Clan Leader, you haven’t considered the interests of our clansmen. Instead, you’ve been aggressively competitive in everything, and now you’ve even dragged our people down and gotten them injured. After discussing it with the other elders, I’ve decided to strip you of your position as Clan Leader."

"Strip me of my position?" Soro sneered. "Don’t act like you’re doing this for everyone’s sake! You just want to be the Clan Leader yourself!"

"Soro, you are completely unfit to be the Clan Leader of the Snow Wolf Clan."

"The Great Elder is wholeheartedly dedicated to the Snow Wolf Clan. So what if he wants to be the Clan Leader?"

"Exactly! We all support the Great Elder becoming the Clan Leader!"

Several elders chimed in one after another, spitting their disdain at him. Seeing that the tide had completely turned against him, Soro stumbled and collapsed to the ground.

Realizing Soro was entirely useless, Kaka’s eyes filled with murderous intent. "Ophelia, since you refuse to let us off, don’t blame me for being ruthless!"

With that said, Kaka prepared to tighten his claws and rip Dan’er’s throat open. Right at that moment, a ball of water shot out of Dan’er’s mouth. Its sudden appearance caught Kaka off guard, causing him to instinctively stumble back two steps. Seizing this brief opening, Tyler drew his bow and fired an arrow, striking Kaka squarely in the neck.

The heavy shield clattered to the ground as Kaka clutched his neck, his face twisted in utter disbelief. Blood gushed like a fountain, pouring relentlessly from his throat and dyeing the surrounding ground a murky red.

On the other side, Klein led twenty Fu Clan archers in pursuit of Kamo and his group.

Kamo’s men were all injured to varying degrees. Moreover, most of their wounds were on their arms, rendering them completely unable to shift into their beast forms and take flight. After a prolonged chase, Kamo and his men gradually ran out of stamina and were soon surrounded by Klein and his forces.

"Klein, I know you. You are the White Tiger King." Because Klein was a Mine Master, he had previously attended banquets in the Holy Capital, which was how Kamo recognized him.

"Good memory."

"Klein, are you really going to make an enemy out of our Fire Phoenix Clan for a little female? Aren’t you going to consider your White Tiger Clan?"

Seeing that Kamo still hadn’t grasped the reality of his situation, Klein sneered and kicked him to the ground. "If I kill you, no one will know Ophelia and I are working together, will they?"

Kamo hadn’t expected Klein to say such a thing. He was so furious he didn’t know how to respond.

"Do it."

Klein issued the order to the males beside him, and a barrage of sharp arrows pierced the bodies of the Fire Phoenix Clan males. Kamo collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide open in death.

"Klein, what should we do with these bodies?" Lam asked, looking at the pile of corpses on the ground.

"Burn them. Burn them clean. Leave no traces."

"Understood."

The fire in the forest burned all through the night before finally reducing the corpses of the Fire Phoenix males to ashes. Klein stayed in the forest, watching every last corpse burn away before he felt at ease enough to leave.

Seeing him return, Tyler hurriedly asked, "How did things go on your end?"

"Taken care of. They’ve all been burned to ash."

Tyler let out a sigh of relief. "That’s good. That’s good."

"I don’t think we can afford to be that optimistic," Klein said, his expression turning cold when he saw Tyler acting as if everything was perfectly fine.

The smile that had just surfaced on Ophelia’s lips vanished at his words, her expression returning to its previous seriousness. "Klein, what do you mean?"