Chapter 2286 — The Fire Lion Clan Has Vanished Too
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
The Sixth Elder had kept himself hidden all along, not daring to show his face openly, precisely out of fear of being struck down by that master at the peak of the late Heaven-Rank. He had meant to bide his time and strike when the three separated, but now it seemed that was unnecessary. Zhang Naipao and his wife had not come down the mountain; the Heaven-Rank freak had. So all he had to do was block the way up the mountain while the Twelfth Elder blocked the way below, and the two of them would find no escape even with wings.
What the Sixth Elder and the Twelfth Elder had figured out, Wei Zhao had naturally figured out as well. The Heaven-Rank freak had inexplicably run off, and Wei Zhao, having lost this powerful close guard, naturally grew cautious—especially with the spider clan vanished entirely, which made him feel that the Ulonghot Mountains were steeped in strangeness.
He proceeded warily the whole way, following the Sky Thunder Pig and Sun Jingyan to the territory of the Fire Lion clan. But what left Wei Zhao puzzled and astonished was that the Fire Lion clan were not in their lair!
There were only three lions in the Fire Lion clan, and it was possible they had all gone out together. Though Wei Zhao's heart sank at the sight of the empty lair, he nonetheless waited there with Sun Jingyan.
Though ancient prohibitions guarded the outside of the lair, they posed no obstacle to Wei Zhao, Sun Jingyan, and the Sky Thunder Pig. They could enter without hindrance, and waiting here meant they need not fear any outside intrusion.
"Why is the Fire Lion clan gone too?" Sun Jingyan also sensed something was off. Though Wei Zhao could keep his composure, she was finding it harder to hold hers.
"I don't know. There's something sinister about all this!" Wei Zhao said. "I can't rule out that they've gone out together to hunt or search for rare natural treasures. Let's wait and see."
Sun Jingyan nodded, her mood growing very heavy. Had she known this trip to the Ulonghot Mountains would bring so much trouble and so many bizarre occurrences, she would never have suggested that Wei Zhao accompany her here!
This place was simply too dangerous; suspicion hung in the air everywhere.
That wait lasted a day and a night, and the Fire Lion clan still had not returned. This left Wei Zhao increasingly uneasy!
The spider clan had vanished, and now the Fire Lion clan had vanished too?
And it seemed to have happened at the same time?
Earlier, Wei Zhao and the Fire Lion clan had agreed that when he came down the mountain, he would collect a Fireflow Divine Bomb here. Logically, even if the Great Fire Lion's family went out in search of rare natural treasures, they could not all have gone—someone should have stayed behind to wait for Wei Zhao.
Even if they had all gone out, they would have hurried back as soon as possible. They could not have been gone this long without a word; that did not suit the Fire Lion clan's character at all! Toward Wei Zhao, their benefactor, they would not be so negligent!
"Sky Thunder Pig, can you sense where the Fire Lion clan has gone?" Wei Zhao turned to the Sky Thunder Pig and asked.
But the Sky Thunder Pig shook its head, gave two squeals of "jiji," and then began writing on the soft ground with its claws: The trail is too old. The scent has already faded. I cannot track them! And they seem to be beyond the range I can sense.
"Beyond the range you can sense?" Wei Zhao frowned. The scent of the Great Fire Lion's route might have faded, true, but under normal circumstances the Sky Thunder Pig did not need that trail to find the spirit beasts and treasures it sought. If it was saying this now, did that mean the Great Fire Lion's family had truly gone far away?
They should no longer be in the Ulonghot Mountains. The Sky Thunder Pig wrote on the ground once more.