18 Salvation

As a Divine Spirit, Tang Sen was actually no stranger to the Miasma Forest. After asking for directions, Tang Sen quickly caught up with the humans who had captured the Beastkind.

These humans were very vigilant, but their information was apparently a little outdated. They were still feeling very pleased with their harvest and were leisurely walking along.

"Brother, in the past, we were only able to kidnap three to five of them. When did the miasma inside Miasma Forest disappear?" asked a man with satisfaction as he examined his 'goods.'

"Yeah, right? We will both be able to impress many people this time, even within the family. While the news of the miasma in Miasma Forest disappearing has not spread, we have to make a killing."

"We have to hurry up anyway. If the Beastkind behind us catch up, there will be another fierce battle."

"I doubt it. Look at them; they are completely unprepared. It's obvious they don't know that the miasma is gone. I doubt they will chase us this far just for a few people."

The man at the head of the group smiled. "These Beastkind are really funny. Did you hear what they said? They really think they have a Divine Spirit's blessing now."

"If they really have a Divine Spirit's blessing, how can we catch them so easily?"

Several people looked at each other and laughed, obviously thinking that such a thing was ridiculous. They laughed for a while and continued talking.

"I guess that person made it up in order to trick these Beastkind into believing him so that they would willingly offer their people to him."

They laughed and joked as they leisurely walked because they felt that the Beastkind would not come after them. They gradually lost the vigilance that they had in the beginning.

Tang Sen, hidden in the shadows, grew angrier. He had not realized that these people were gutsy enough to behave so recklessly.

Part of his anger was directed towards the Beastkind in the Beastkind tribes. When these tribes were attacked by stronger tribes, they immediately surrendered without a fight upon realizing that they could not win against the stronger tribe.

Tang Sen really did not like the Beastkind tribes' way of doing things. Even though it rarely happened to the bigger tribes—such as the Wild Lion Tribe—the smaller tribes gave up without a fight whenever they encountered a stronger opponent.

This time, Tang Sen could not tolerate it anymore. He had to stand up for them.

Although Tang Sen didn't condone such behavior, he could see that the captured Beastkind had been praying, praying for him to appear and save them.

If they weren't so cowardly, they wouldn't have become his believers so easily in the first place. Considering how devoted and faithful they were in him, Tang Sen felt that he could not let them down.

Tang Sen appeared before the humans. "Friends, put the Beastkind in your hands down and leave Miasma Forest."

Tang Sen didn't immediately make his full strength evident when he showed himself. From their clothes and adornments—which were clearly expensive—Tang Sen could see that these people were probably some kind of nobility.

Tang Sen had no time to check out the city outside the Miasma Forest, so Tang Sen chose to appear like this to check out the situation. There really wasn't anything interesting to know anyway.

These people did not notice that Tang Sen had been following them. Regardless, they did not panic when they saw Tang Sen. Instead, they sneered. "Kid, you are their Divine Spirit?"

"You are quite good at this." Their leader obviously did not think much of Tang Sen being a Divine Spirit. Although they had no idea where Tang Sen had come from. Just by being where they were, they had a certain amount of confidence in what they were doing.

"Such a thing is impossible. We come from the Queo Empire…" The person beside the leader wanted to say more, but he was stopped by the leader.

The leader had probably realized that Tang Sen was trying to get more information out of them.

Tang Sen saw that his intentions had been exposed, so he stopped hiding his true strength.

The humans watched Tang Sen's aura change in a bizarre way; they could also see Tang Sen's figure become slightly less solid.

"Since you know what I'm trying to do, those who oppress my people are destined to have no way back."

After Tang Sen's words fell, the people looked down at their own bodies and noticed that a tiny flame had lit up on each of them without them noticing. They thought that the fire would go out if they patted at it, but unexpectedly, the fire didn't go out. Instead, the more they patted at the flame, the bigger it grew.

Tang Sen coldly watched as the fire burned their bodies, devouring them little by little.

At the same time, a system announcement sounded inside Tang Sen's mind. "Ding! Congratulations to the host for burning one Queo. Gained 1,321 Energy Points."

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for burning one Queo. Gained 1,321 Energy Points."

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for burning one blade of grass. Gained 1 Energy Point."

…

Tang Sen's control over the fire was perfect. The flames burnt the humans—who had captured the Beastkind to death—but they did not even singe a single Beastkind at all.

The Beastkind were not unfamiliar with what Tang Sen was doing. They quickly realized how powerful Tang Sen was. In the face of such power, they could do nothing but watch. Originally, many of them were already resigned to their fate.

But when they now saw the humans being burnt to ashes in front of them, hope began to rise in them. They turned their devout gazes to the figure—who had turned translucent and was slowly solidifying again.

Their eyes were overflowing with hope.

"Our god is here to save us!"

"Thank the Divine Spirit for protecting us!"

"The Divine Spirit did not abandon us!"

…

Tang Sen listened to the captured Beastkind's excited shouts. He realized that his Strength of Faith steadily increased as they shouted.

Tang Sen did not say anything. The rescued Beastkind reverently prostrated themselves at Tang Sen's feet, respectfully praising their great Divine Spirit.