Divinity

Internal Force

Bia Xiao continued to dash to and from within the forest. If one were to take a look at him right now, they would think he was randomly running about as a means to save his own life, but Bia Xiao had spent more than four years hunting within this forest, his experience was that of some of the old guys in the tribe.

"To think that I would face a day such as this one. Being hunted by another tribe"

Bia Xiao tore off a piece of his robe and tied it around his bleeding shoulder. His eyes showed a bloodthirsty light but it also held excitement as well. This type of wild joy came as a surprise to Bia Xiao, it was as if a fire was slowly dying inside of him and was slowly awakening once again after this bout of blood rush.

"This feeling, this... This feels great"

Bia Xiao dashed towards his left. Running for 10 minutes, he came upon a muddy swamp that had all types of dead creatures lying within it. Even the scent of dead animals could be smelt from a few meters away. Without even thinking, he jumped in, covering his body from head to toe in brown smelly mud. After another 4 minutes or so, two people rushed out of the bushes around the swamp, one from the south and one from the north side. Their eyes circled the area around them as if searching for their prey. Gue Henxe played with the blade in her hand every now and then as she rushed toward the west without even looking at Gue Man.

"This girl sure takes this coming of age ceremony seriously haha"

Gue Man chuckled with a little grin. His Gue tribe was one of the outside tribes that weren't counted within the three known leading tribes. They were a strong tribe on their own and held great power that wasn't any weaker than then known tribes. When a batch of the younger generation turned the age of 14, there was always a coming of age ceremony to welcome them into fresh adulthood. Most of the time, the ceremony would change from either hunting or a tribal competition.

This time around, it was a hunt, a hunt to bring back the head of a child, or even an adult from one of the three great tribes. Sad to say, but Bia Xiao truly had bad luck to be out in the forest at this unforeseen time. The Gue tribe had no fear of the Bia tribe. After all, they have been fighting against each other for the past century now. This was also the reason why Bia Xiao could tell that he wasn't hurt by the members of his tribe and it must have been the next tribe, taking a shot at his head.

"This kid sure is something else to be able to evade us for so long. His hiding skills are great at that too, his knowledge of this forest is top tier, no less at that too."

Gue Man wasn't in a rush to search around. After all, they got 6 days to bring back a child or adult's head from this tribe, thus even though Gue Henxe was in a rush, he wasn't because it was only the second day. Gue Man looked around for a few more seconds and was getting ready to leave, but as he was about to do so, alarms went off in his head. Something told him to dodge and dodge fast at that too.

'woosh'

The moment Gue Man dodged to the side, a sharp knife's blade shot passed his forehead with great speed. This knife came and went so suddenly that cold sweat dripped down his back. If he had been a little slower than that, the knife would've burst his head open on the spot. The swamp burst out as a figure rammed into his chest. All of a sudden, the forest. But it still wasn't great enough to make him lose his foot due to the mud he was standing on.

"How dare you?"

Gue Man shouted with rage burning in his chest. He knew at that moment that the kid they were currently hunting was hiding right under their nose the entire time. What made him even more frustrated was that they knew that the kid hadn't practiced in any martial arts, so almost having his head split open and almost being killed by him and knowing he was knocked over was a great humiliation to his, Gue Man's name.

"Kid, I am going to kill you"

Gue Man roared as he fell over his heels, his eyes showed how furious he was at that moment. Bia Xiao had been waiting for this moment for a long time, he was already staring at Gue Man and Gue Henxe from the moment they arrived at the swamp area. His head was above the swamp, covered by lots of mud, thus it looked like a muddy stone.

"To wait to kill me in this forest, even if you practice martial arts, only death awaits you"

Bia Xiao's knee came falling down on Gue Man's chest. A cracking noise sounded out as his chest caved in slightly. After landing his hit, he grabbed some mud and flashed it in Gue Man's eyes and ran away at the quickest speed possible.

"Ahh"

Gue Man shouted at the top of his lungs, raging flames burst out of his body, burning the land 5 meters around him. These flames were crimson red, the heat the flames gave off was heart-stopping, the mud on his face burned away with the heat, Gue Man held his chest, feeling the broken bones there.

"Die you trash"

Gue Man roared at the top of his lungs once again as he waved his left hand toward the location Bia Xiao dashed towards. The flames grow wild as crimson flames rush out into that direction, burning trees, and all swamp life.

"Shxt"

Bia Xiao felt a burning heat rushing towards him. For a moment, he felt like his skin would start to c***k. He didn't even turn to look behind him, he made a sharp left as he dived headfirst into the next swampland. For a child that was left to fend for himself from the age of ten until he was now the age of 14, Bia Xiao's survival skills within the forest were first class. He knew the ins and outs of the forest area they were in and wasn't the least afraid of attacking and retreating.

"Come at me tribal trash"

Gue Man could hear Bia Xiao's voice from within the forest, his anger burning even wilder than before. One had to know that he, Gue Man, had never faced such mockings before, it was always him, Gue Man doing the mocking, not others.

"Kill"

Gue Man took out a long blade from his wists, he held it firm in his right hand as he rushed into the forest with fury written all over his face. Flames burned around his body, swinging the blade around, the forest was set ablaze. Doing this would no doubt alert the experts within the area, but due to his immediate rage, he could care less if they saw the flames, as long as he could quickly kill this kid and leave, he didn't care what happened thereafter.

Seeing the burning forest, Bia Xiao rushed out of the swamp and dashed towards a river that was south of his location. If the forest was to be burnt down, the river was the safest place to be, but it was also the first place that these tribal members would also think of looking for him as well.

"Haha, the Bia tribe may think that I am an easy prey, but no other tribe should think that too. Though I haven't been doing martial arts, the Raging Tiger Fist is enough for me to play with you people to death"

The Raging Tiger Fist that his father passed on to him was a secret manual that he found while traveling the surrounding areas. His father was an intel-gathering warrior for his tribe, so he was always up and about. One day while gathering information on the surrounding tribes, he fell into an underground cave where he found the manual under a boulder. It was a very weird situation because he couldn't figure out how the manual got there or how he was able to even get it out.

But in the end, he did, and after going through the manual, he came to realize that it placed great emphasis on strengthening the body's blood vessels, organs, flesh, skin, and the bones. Not only that, but it also possessed its own set of fists and kick arts that were also used to train the body's internal organs, thus creating internal energy.

This internal force, when trained to a high enough level, can cause the body to change, becoming much more powerful than the average warrior within the same realm. Several trees were set ablaze as they drew the attention of Gue Henxe and another young man, Gue Fanlon.