On such a moonlit night, it is undoubtedly very risky to go alone in the wild where cougars are frequented. Even if ordinary people dare to do this, they will definitely feel very uneasy and keep 12 points of vigilance all the time.

However, Xiao Ping was very relaxed, feeling like he was going on an outing on a sunny day. He dismounts from the black devil's back and lets the mount walk away to graze on its own.

Xiao Ping himself pressed the bound goat to the ground, took out a dagger and aimed it at the back of the sheep's neck and thrust it hard. The dagger pierced the space between the vertebrae of the goat's neck with precision, cutting off the medulla oblongata of the animal. The goat died almost instantly, and its limbs, which were still struggling, immediately softened.

This is the method of sheep slaughter that Xiao Ping learned from the cowboys, which is fast and effective, and the sheep suffer the least pain. Xiao Ping loves meat, and he won't pretend to say anything about how pitiful he is with slaughtered livestock. People raise these animals to eat meat, so how can they eat meat if they don't slaughter it?

However, Xiao Ping also has his own principle, that is, when slaughtering animals, try to be as quick as possible, so that the animals will suffer as little as possible. As for those who abuse and kill animals, Xiao Ping has always despised them.

The goat was no longer moving, and before the blood coagulated, Xiao Ping immediately cut its carotid artery, and a large amount of goat blood was immediately spilled on the ground. The strong smell of blood drifted with the wind and soon spread over a large area.

To carnivores, it's like a McDonald's glittering neon ad at night, telling them that there's something good to eat.

The reason why Xiao Ping wanted to bring a live sheep was to use it as bait.

Now that Ian found the half-eaten dead sheep. Shows that the cougar must be hungry. If the beast had been as cunning as Mark had suggested, it wouldn't have returned to the place where it had encountered Ian during the day. Xiao Ping hopes that the hungry cougar will come out at night in search of food. And it is led to the neighborhood by bait.

However, so far, the bait did not attract the cougar, but attracted the attention of the three greyhounds. The greyhound followed the black devil all the way. Didn't fall behind with one. It is impossible for an ordinary dog to run with a horse for so long, and he has already died of exhaustion. However, after the three greyhounds had run all the way, they were still in good spirits, and they were curious to sniff at the carcass of the sheep.

Seeing this, Xiao Ping cut off three of the best pieces of meat from the sheep and threw them to the dogs, and the civets smelled it, and soon each picked up a piece of mutton and ate it with relish.

However, the black devil was accustomed to eating the delicious grass in the demon refining pot, and he didn't like these dry and tasteless weeds in the outside world. It kept snorting and rubbing its head against Xiao Ping's body, expressing its dissatisfaction in this way.

Xiao Ping likes his mount very much. He patted the black devil's head dotingly and put it into the demon refining pot. The black devil ran all the way, it was time to enter the demon refining pot to drink water and eat some grass.

After letting the black devil enter the demon refining pot, Xiao Ping found a relatively flat place, sat down and waited quietly. Patience is often a matter of hunting, especially when dealing with such a cunning cougar.

Speaking of which, Xiao Ping's luck today is really good. Just as he had expected, the cougar's encounter with humans during the day frightened the cougar, and the beast did not return to the place where it had encountered Ian to find its prey. It hid in the Stone Mountains until midnight. Driven by hunger, he returned to the pasture.

The cougar jumped over the ranch fence more than a person high with ease, and slowly walked towards the center of the ranch. In its memory, there are a lot of easy prey to catch there. Of course, this afternoon's encounter also made a deep impression on the cougars. It seems like a good choice to start thinking that it is a good choice to treat this biped as a prey.

Not long after the cougar entered the range of the ranch, it smelled a hint of blood. The instinct of a carnivore drives the cougar closer in the direction where the smell wafts from. It didn't take long for it to find a dead sheep on the grass, and of course it also saw Xiao Ping and three dogs not far away.

Cougars are not afraid of dogs. In fact, it has eaten several sheepdogs from the pasture next door. What this cunning creature is really afraid of is the shotgun carried by humans. The cougar lurked nearby and watched for a while. After making sure that Xiao Ping was the only one around, and that he wasn't holding the kind of stick that made a loud noise, it slowly moved closer to Xiao Ping.

For a cougar with a big appetite, a tiny goat doesn't satisfy it. The cougar wanted a biped with a bigger head, and of course, it would be better if he had bitten the three dogs to death by the way.

After the cougar approached Xiao Ping, the three greyhounds were the first to notice. They all looked up in unison in the direction the cougars were approaching, alerting their owners to safety.

He also heard the "rustle" sound in the grass, but he did not act immediately, but used his eyes to soothe the somewhat restless dogs and keep them quiet.

Since the cougar was so cunning, Xiao Ping had to keep it closer and do it when he was completely sure. Otherwise, if it runs away, it will be even more troublesome to catch this guy in the future.

The puppy born and raised in the Demon Refining Pot is indeed very spiritual, and immediately understood what Xiao Ping meant. They all lay on the ground, pretending to be very relaxed. However, the tips of the ears that swayed from time to time leaked the nervousness of the greyhound, which also made Xiao Ping feel a little funny.

"These guys are really good. Xiao Ping looked at the greyhounds and muttered to himself, not hiding his love for them at all.

The cougar didn't know what to do, and he had stepped into the trap set by Xiao Ping. Like all felines, it stealthily approached its prey, and eventually came to a place less than twenty meters away from Xiao Ping, where it hid quietly in the grass.

Twenty meters is already within the range of the cougar's attack. It lowered its body as far back as it could, and then stretched out like a pressed spring, slamming into Xiao Ping, who was not far away.

At such a close distance, the cougar's every move was under Xiao Ping's attention. At the same time that the cougar pounced on Xiao Ping, he had already begun to act.

Xiao Ping casually grabbed the shotgun that had been loaded next to him, and was about to make a big hole in the oncoming cougar, but he was unexpectedly preempted by the three civet dogs who had long been unable to hold back beside him - they had already barked and pounced.

At this moment, Xiao Ping's heart was raised to his throat, worried about the safety of his dog. In his opinion, no matter how spiritual a dog is, after all, it is just a dog, how can it be compared with a large beast like a cougar? Those so-called legends that Tibetan mastiffs can bite leopards to death are just hype. Whether in terms of size or strength, the cougar has an absolute advantage.

However, the truth was much more than Xiao Ping expected. A greyhound that rushed to the front pounced on the cougar without dodging, and the two sides slammed into each other. It stands to reason that a cougar can easily knock a dog away, but the fact is that Xiao Ping's greyhound knocked a cougar three times its size out of the air!

But the cougar, after all, is a feline known for its agility, and it twists hard in mid-air to regain its balance and fall lightly back to the ground.

"Damn!" Xiao Ping really didn't expect the dog to be so powerful, and he couldn't help but burst into foul language when he saw this scene. However, Xiao Ping hurriedly stepped forward with a shotgun, and if he found that the situation was not for him, he would shoot immediately, so as not to hurt the dog.

At the same time, the three greyhounds had each taken advantage of the terrain and formed an equilateral triangle with the cougars in the middle. They barked at the white teeth in the night, but they didn't make a sound, silently threatening the cougars.

Although Xiao Ping was not the target of the spirit dogs, he could also feel the killing intent they exuded. As for the cougar, which was surrounded by greyhounds, the pressure was naturally much greater than Xiao Ping's.

The cougar had never encountered such a formidable enemy, and the fact that the retreat route had been cut off made it even more restless. The cougar curled up and bared his long, sharp teeth at Xiao Ping, who was approaching. But anyone could tell that the beast was already getting scared.

The greyhounds surrounding the cougar apparently saw this, and they did not make any sound, but pounced on the cougar from three different directions at the same moment.

The tacit cooperation of the greyhounds puts the cougar in a dilemma. It had just dodged an attack from a greyhound when a greyhound had already jumped on the back of the cougar and bit its neck tightly. The cougar swings his body frantically, trying to shake off the enemy on his back.

However, the cougar's strategy did not work, and instead was bitten back by a third greyhound who found the right opportunity to retreat. The unbalanced cougar fell to the ground, and the first greyhound had already turned around and bit its throat. The civet dog's bite was so powerful that it smashed the cougar's throat in one fell swoop.

This was the way the cougar killed its prey, and now it itself is killed in the same way by the greyhound. The cougar, who couldn't breathe, convulsed a few times, and finally stopped moving.

Seeing that the guy who threatened his master was dead, the three greyhounds gathered around Xiao Ping, wagging their tails and praying for praise to him.

From the appearance of the cougar to the time he was bitten to death, Xiao Ping just watched from the sidelines, and did not help at all, and the three greyhounds easily solved the big trouble that had plagued the ranch for many days. And Xiao Ping also saw that when facing the cougar, the civet dog has an advantage in both strength and flexibility, even if it is one-on-one, it can win, but it is not so easy. And now it's three against one, and the cougar has no hope.

Xiao Ping stroked the dog's head and praised them happily: "What a good dog, well done!"

The praised greyhounds also barked excitedly, as if they could understand Xiao Ping's words. In the cheerful barking of the dogs, Xiao Ping turned on the walkie-talkie and woke up the cowboy who was on night duty at the ranch. (To be continued.) )