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As the sky gradually darkened, A’yi and Fatty, acting as the vanguard, escorted the prisoners, leading the way for the following troops based on the prisoners' directions.

Dodge, Derrick, the mercenaries, and thirty warriors from the tribe formed the main force, following behind them.

Jennifer hadn't woken up yet. Leaving her alone in the tribal camp felt unsafe to both Fatty and Rou Yi. Moreover, Rou Yi lacked combat experience, so she stayed behind to care for Jennifer.

However, after Rou Yi's repeated guidance, Fatty could now communicate with A'yi relatively normally.

Because the prisoner's hands were injured, A'yi and Fatty, to show their sincerity, didn't tie up the prisoner's hands and feet.

The prisoner wouldn't be foolish enough to try to escape. A'yi had weapons, and if he showed even a hint of trying to flee, A'yi would kill him instantly.

To prevent the prisoner from leading them into an area with hidden sentries from the cannibal tribe, and to prevent him from making noise to send signals to those sentries, Fatty had specifically dressed him in Dodge's team's gear, using a hat to cover his face and stuffing his mouth.

If the prisoner led them into a trap set by the cannibal tribe, he would be the first to be killed.

The prisoner led A'yi and Fatty through the dense forest, and everything went smoothly. Every two hundred *mu* (approximately 500 meters), A'yi would discreetly leave a simple mark so that the main force, about five hundred *mu* behind them, could follow the trail.

After walking about twenty or thirty kilometers, the prisoner finally led A'yi and Fatty near the cannibal tribe's camp.

By this time, it was completely dark.

The campfire in the cannibal tribe's camp, a hundred meters away, flickered. Through the firelight, A'yi and Fatty saw two people patrolling near the camp.

Having used the prisoner, A'yi and Fatty took the opportunity to pin him to the ground.

The prisoner didn't understand what was happening. His mouth was stuffed, and he could only make "wuwuwuwu" sounds, but A'yi and Fatty ignored him.

Only after the main force caught up did the prisoner realize the A'yi tribe's true intentions.

The prisoner inwardly cried out, realizing he had been tricked into becoming a traitor to his tribe, leading the enemy to their doorstep.

Seeing this, the prisoner suddenly struggled violently, breaking free from A'yi and Fatty's hold. He then ran frantically toward the cannibal tribe's camp, tearing off the gag and shouting loudly to warn the camp of the enemy invasion.

A'yi wanted to rush forward and kill the prisoner with a single strike, but Fatty held him back. If A'yi rashly exposed himself and was spotted by the people in the camp, he could be shot to death by a barrage of arrows.

Fatty's guess was correct. The prisoner was wearing the mercenary's clothes, and in the pitch black, it was impossible to distinguish friend from foe. He ran toward the camp, waving his arms and shouting.

As he ran, he was suddenly shot down by a cold arrow from an unknown direction. An arrow hit his knee, and he fell to the ground, howling in pain.

This was the disadvantage of primitive people not having a language; they had no idea what he was yelling about.

After the fleeing prisoner was brought down, people from the cannibal tribe came to check on him. Using the dim light of the torches, they saw that this person was actually one of their own who hadn't returned during the day.

The prisoner struggled to gesture and explain that someone was attacking the camp, but it was too late.

The A'yi tribe's archers aimed at the light and released a volley of arrows.

The heads of the people surrounding the prisoner were instantly pierced, and even the prisoner lying on the ground was accidentally killed by a stray arrow.

Some people in the cannibal tribe noticed what was happening. The battle horn sounded in the camp, and everyone was awakened from their sleep. War was about to break out.

Fatty had originally planned to launch a surprise attack, but with this, a direct confrontation between the two sides was unavoidable.

A'yi and Fatty's advantage was that they were in the shadows, while the enemy was in the light, allowing them to launch surprise attacks with cold arrows.

Two people from the cannibal tribe were shot dead by the A'yi tribe's people as they were gathering.

However, based on the trajectory of the arrows, the cannibal tribe determined the A'yi tribe's direction of attack.

After the warriors of the cannibal tribe gathered, they charged toward A'yi and Fatty.

The cannibal tribe's warriors charged, using coarsely woven grass mats and wooden shields to block the arrows, making "ah-hao~" and "ah-hao~" sounds to boost their morale. More than thirty members of the cannibal tribe launched the charge, their loud voices echoing through the sky.

Fatty told the A'yi tribe's people not to attack yet.

Fatty called Dodge, Derrick, and two mercenaries to the front and said to them, "Let these primitive people see what modern warfare is all about."

Each of the five of them held a grenade. When the vanguard of the cannibal tribe was close enough, they threw the grenades into the crowd. The grenades exploded on impact, scattering the cannibal tribe's vanguard, sending blood and flesh flying.

And that wasn't all. Fatty and the others used pistols to finish off those who hadn't been killed by the explosions.

The five grenades caused violent explosions, coupled with the crackling of covering fire, decimating more than half of the cannibal tribe's charging squad before they could even reach Fatty and the others. The remaining members, seeing the situation was bad, quickly retreated back to camp.

The cannibal tribe's retreat was a disorganized and chaotic mess.

The people of the A'yi tribe, seeing that these people they had lived peacefully with for two days were so powerful, actually using witchcraft to summon thunder and fire to kill the enemy, were dumbfounded. They huddled together in awe, looking at Fatty and the others with the eyes of those who beheld gods.

After the frontal charge team was repelled, before Fatty and the others could even breathe a sigh of relief, a group of people suddenly outflanked them from the side, about a dozen in total, each holding a spear and fearlessly thrusting toward them.

The grenades had been thrown, the pistols were out of bullets, and before they had time to reload, the cannibal tribe's flanking squad had already entered the fray.

The people of the A'yi tribe had originally thought that they could defeat the cannibal tribe by relying on Fatty and the others.

But when the enemy's spears were close, they realized that "releasing witchcraft" took time.

The cannibal tribe's attacks were sharp, fierce, and ruthless.

Two people from the A'yi tribe had already been pierced by spears and killed during the cannibal tribe's charge.

The cannibal tribe's frontal squad, seeing the flanking squad engaged in a melee with the enemy, were unable to support them, so they regrouped and charged toward Fatty and the others again.

In the dark, the accuracy of the pistols was extremely limited. They could only hit accurately when the people of the cannibal tribe were very close, but at that point, the people firing the guns were also within the range of the spears.

The combined forces were now under attack from both sides, and the situation was critical.