Chapter 591

Chapter 591: An Unexpected Encounter

The agile Swift Wolf Warrior soon returned.

After spending so much time with the Wolfman race, Luo Ji had gradually learned to distinguish differences in their appearances and facial expressions.

Back in the past, they had all looked more or less the same to him, but now he could actually tell them apart.

The feeling was truly quite wondrous.

Then again, thinking about it carefully, Wolfmen probably felt the same way when looking at humans.

After realizing that, it suddenly felt rather natural.

Back to the point.

The Swift Wolf warrior who had rushed back wore an extremely complicated expression.

Surprise? Confusion? Disbelief?

Probably a bit of all three.

The answer was revealed very soon.

After signaling the main force to temporarily rest in place, Luo Ji led a portion of the troops forward at speed.

When he saw the Tigerman slumped on the ground, leaning against the trunk of a large tree, Luo Ji couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

Judging by the terrifying wound across his chest, Luo Ji could clearly tell that this was the same Tigerman who had been severely injured by Luo Yong earlier.

“Well now… this really is an unexpected encounter.”

With a faint curve to his lips, Luo Ji strolled forward at an unhurried pace.

Seeing Luo Ji approach, Hu Jie gritted his teeth and desperately tried to put on a ferocious expression to scare him off.

Unfortunately, the blood he had lost was continuously draining away his strength.

At this moment, he was already close to his limit.

He barely even had the strength left to move.

“Human, you don’t seem worried about your own safety.”

“Safety?”

Hearing this, Luo Ji let out a light laugh.

He then turned his head to glance at Luo Yong standing at his right, followed by Jie Zichuan and Li Kuo on his left.

Aside from them, Shadow was perched on the branch of a nearby tree, watching the scene below.

His safety really wasn’t something he needed to worry about at all.

By comparison…

“Tigerman, shouldn’t the one worrying about their safety be you instead?”

After saying that, Luo Ji bared his teeth slightly.

“How about we make a bet? You can use every last bit of strength you have to pounce at me right now, and I guarantee your corpse will be chopped into eight pieces in an instant.”

At that point, Luo Ji tilted his head and casually added another sentence.

“Of course, it might not be eight pieces.”

Hearing this, Hu Jie’s eyelids twitched.

He then glanced at the black-clad guy and the Wolfman standing guard-like beside Luo Ji.

This bizarre combination made him feel a trace of curiosity toward this human.

In the end, however, Hu Jie chose to remain silent.

“Let me guess. You should be the chieftain of the Tigermen, yet here you are, lying around waiting to die, with no other Tigermen in sight.”

As he spoke, the playful look on Luo Ji’s face grew even stronger.

“Right now, I can think of two possibilities…”

“The first is that during your retreat, you were attacked by a third force. The others escaped, but you were too badly injured to get far, so you collapsed here.”

“The second is that after seeing you gravely wounded, the other Tigermen betrayed you, seized your position as chieftain, and you either escaped… or were driven out.”

At this point, Luo Ji paused briefly.

“So, which one is it?”

Faced with this question, Hu Jie was so weak that he didn’t even have the strength to feel angry anymore.

He simply closed his eyes and ignored him.

Luo Ji didn’t particularly mind and continued speaking on his own.

“I’m guessing it’s the second one.”

The moment those words came out, Hu Jie’s facial muscles visibly twitched.

Luo Ji immediately burst out laughing.

“Hahaha, hit the mark, did I? Makes sense. Near Tigerman territory, there probably aren’t many forces that would dare get close. In that case, the most likely explanation is that your own kin stole your position as chieftain.”

Luo Ji’s laughter sounded exceptionally grating to Hu Jie’s ears.

It made him want to roar in fury, but the sound that came out was pitifully weak.

“What exactly do you want?”

“I don’t want anything,”

Luo Ji said innocently, spreading his hands.

“I just came over with friendly intentions to ask you one thing—do you want to die, or do you want to live?”

“I will never submit to a weak human!”

Hu Jie clearly wasn’t stupid.

Hearing this, Luo Ji let out a cold laugh.

“A weak human? Don’t forget—you were just defeated by a ‘weak’ human!”

“Human?”

Hu Jie froze for a moment at those words.

Then, realizing something, he subconsciously glanced at Luo Yong standing nearby, his tone filled with disbelief.

“Impossible. He absolutely cannot be human. Humans can’t possibly possess that kind of strength!”

Ignoring Hu Jie’s reaction, Luo Ji crooked a finger at Luo Yong.

Luo Yong immediately understood and calmly removed his helmet.

When Hu Jie saw the face beneath the armor, his heart clenched violently.

“He… he’s really human…”

He had actually lost a head-on battle to a ‘weak’ human?!

This reality completely shattered Hu Jie’s worldview.

He would rather Luo Yong be some terrifying monster.

Or even another kind of Beastman—Bearman, Lionman—any of those would have been acceptable.

But he absolutely could not accept that the opponent was human.

This dealt yet another devastating blow to his confidence.

Looking at Hu Jie, who clearly could not accept this reality, Luo Ji helplessly spread his hands.

Originally, he had wanted to try subduing a Tigerman first.

Once he had one Tigerman under his command, subduing the rest would become much easier.

After all, he had already witnessed their combat power.

Though few in number, they were undeniably a formidable battlefield unit.

If he could subdue them, all the better.

If not… then killing them was the safer choice.

It would save him from future trouble.

“Looks like this stupid tiger is finished. Luo Yong, give him a quick death.”

Luo Ji said this decisively.

At this point, he had more or less come to terms with it and no longer cared much about such matters.

His Myriad Worlds Civilization wouldn’t become weaker just because it lacked a few dozen Tigermen.

Their submission would merely be icing on the cake.

If they didn’t submit, it wouldn’t affect the civilization either.

Upon receiving the order, Luo Yong raised his battle axe without hesitation, preparing to end the Tigerman’s life.

Just as the axe was about to fall—

At that moment, Hu Jie, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

“I can submit to you, human. However, I have one condition…”

Hearing this, Luo Ji raised his hand.

Luo Yong immediately halted, the axe blade stopping at a dangerously close distance.

Close enough to make anyone break out in a cold sweat.

It was clear that Luo Ji hadn’t been bluffing earlier.

“What condition?”

“Hu Xin. I want to personally twist that bastard’s neck off.”