35: Red in the black

The middle-aged man was full of questions, unable to understand what this group of people across from him was doing.

If he was coming to fight, they ran away from a long distance.

But even though he ran, he didn't fully run; he stopped and started within visible range, as if to tease his opponent.

So if he wasn't here to fight, what else could he do in a confrontation? Convert me with love?

The middle-aged man couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking and directly ordered his troops to withdraw.

The opponents should have been in a fatigued state, yet their speed was still much faster than theirs. The middle-aged man suspected this was a skill of the tribe's Raiders, such as collective acceleration.

What if he chased too far, and the opponent performed a triangular counter-attack, taking over his Green Oasis?

He cautiously led his Warriors to fall back and defend, but as soon as the opponent saw him retreat, they immediately followed, maintaining the distance perfectly.

The middle-aged man had no desire to continue wasting time with those guys across from him, who were like both a playboy and a stalker, so he led his people back into the Green Oasis.

Seeing that the Giant Camel Tribe had all retreated into the Green Oasis, the people outside showed no intention of invading or attacking; instead, they began to set up camp and rest on the spot.

"Hmm, just put it here, block the sun thoroughly."

Cheng Zhen pointed and gestured.

A Kun Duo's tent-pitching skills were excellent; he quickly set up a place for Cheng Zhen that provided ample shade.

Other native Warriors also simply used wooden spears to prop up animal skins, creating a simple sunshade to avoid sunburn.

"Leader, when will we launch our attack?"

A Kun Duo asked while reinforcing the tent.

Cheng Zhen sat lazily to the side, "Attack? I don't plan to launch an attack."

This answer immediately confused the native Warriors. No attack? Then we didn't run all this way just for a picnic, did we?

"A Kun Duo, what do you think it takes to become the sole victor in this forbidden land?"

Cheng Zhen played with the animal skin scroll in his hand, asking his subordinate.

A Kun Duo immediately straightened up and answered loudly, "Naturally, it is to completely wipe out the other tribes, find the scepter, and make you, Leader, the ruler here!"

"That's certainly true."

Cheng Zhen didn't deny it and continued to ask, "Then do you think there's any other way to become the sole victor, besides that?"

A Kun Duo was immediately stumped.

This... that's impossible, isn't it?

How can you do it without eliminating the enemy?

The several tribes are all in hostile relationships; it can't be that our Leader just stands there and shouts 'Mandated by Heaven, may you live long and prosper,' and everyone else fawns over him and pledges allegiance, right?

Even if A Kun Duo's perception of his own Leader was a hundred meters thick, he wouldn't dream like that.

"Impossible?"

Cheng Zhen chuckled softly, "What I want is the impossible!"

...

"Lord Leader, the Sand Fox Tribe still hasn't left."

Upon closer approach, the Warriors also recognized the totem of Cheng Zhen's tribe.

And the middle-aged man didn't relax his guard, arranging for Warriors to constantly be on alert in the outer circle.

"No, what are they after?"

The middle-aged man was utterly perplexed.

Cheng Zhen's Sand Fox Tribe arrived in the morning, and several hours had passed, yet they were still squatting outside.

They remained motionless, showing no intention of launching an attack or leaving the area.

The middle-aged man scratched his head, completely unable to understand what the other side meant.

I have food, drink, and shade in the Green Oasis; what do you have out there?

When you're hungry, thirsty, and sunburnt with full negative buffs, wouldn't I take care of you easily?

It didn't matter if he couldn't figure out the opponent's plan; after all, he wasn't the one at a disadvantage in the Green Oasis, so there was no need to rush.

Afterward, he tried several times to send people closer, but the other party still carried their tents and ran away with great agility, and the Giant Camel Tribe's Warriors still couldn't catch up no matter what.

The middle-aged man was now certain that the opponent's skill must be a speed-enhancing skill; otherwise, how could they outrun him without supplies?

If it was a speed-enhancing skill, then their direct combat power must be inferior to his.

He felt even more at ease and simply let Cheng Zhen and the others squat outside, ignoring them.

After a night passed, the tribe's Warriors reported that the people outside were still waiting, and the middle-aged man no longer had time to deal with them.

Because he now had more important matters to resolve.

Food was running out.

Because they had been on guard against Cheng Zhen's Sand Fox Tribe all day yesterday, they hadn't gone out hunting, only consuming the fruits and vegetables from the Green Oasis and the leftover meat from before.

And with a hundred mouths to feed, their previous stock had run out; they had to go out and find food again.

Considering that a lot of the fruits and vegetables in the Green Oasis had already been consumed, the middle-aged man sent out even more hunting personnel than before. Anyway, the Sand Fox Tribe outside posed no threat; if they really dared to attack, he would eliminate them early.

But the middle-aged man didn't expect that even if the other party didn't come to fight, they could still cause him a lot of trouble...

The Warriors of the Giant Camel Tribe went out hunting as per their Leader's instructions.

Given their food requirements, hunting small animals was merely a drop in the bucket, so wild camels in the Desert were the best choice.

Desert natives generally hunt by herding, ambushing, and encircling; after finding a herd of wild camels, they drive them to a suitable hunting area, then gradually narrow the encirclement, and finally capture the targets with bows and spears.

The Giant Camel Tribe had not succeeded in hunting yesterday and the day before, and now the Warriors were feeling a little hungry, and their craving for food made them somewhat anxious.

Fortunately, they quickly discovered traces of several wild camels.

The Warriors used their usual tactics: some people lay in ambush, waiting for the others to drive the targets over.

However, they waited and waited, until the sun made them dizzy, but the food they longed for still didn't appear.

What's going on? Did the others get lost?

The people responsible for the ambush were almost suffering from sunstroke, unaware that the people responsible for herding were about to spit blood.

Heaven knows, they had just been chasing the target, panting, for a while, and just as they were about to drive the camels to their destination, several people suddenly rushed out from the side, immediately driving the camels in the opposite direction.

The natives thought it was a clumsy teammate holding them back and were about to curse on the spot, but upon closer inspection, these weren't their people at all?!

As they watched dumbfounded, that group from the Sand Fox Tribe rushed past at an extremely fast speed, yelling and chasing the camels away.

With the morale buff, the Sand Fox Tribe's speed was incredibly fast. The Giant Camel Tribe's people had already expended a lot of energy in the pursuit and simply couldn't catch up, only able to watch helplessly as their prey was snatched away.

The faces of the Giant Camel Tribe's Warriors turned red with anger.

Those bastards didn't show up when they first discovered the camels, those bastards didn't show up when they sent people to set up an ambush, and those bastards still didn't show up when they surrounded the camels.

After chasing for a long time, exhausted and on the verge of success, these bastards finally showed up to snatch the fruits of their labor?!

What a bunch of scoundrels!!!