Chapter 17: Hunted and killed
Roar!
The roar trembled in the mountains and forests, and I saw a brown tiger-shaped demonic beast with bone spurs on its back, its tail split into two forks, its round red eyes shining with fierce light, and its huge body stood on the ground, and its sharp claws left traces on the ground.
The corners of its mouth and its claws were already stained with a lot of scarlet blood, but it was not its own.
Ahead, many demon wolves fell, their blue-brown bodies twitched in pools of blood, and a few who had not yet lost their breath barely raised their heads and roared at the demon tiger's bared teeth.
Click!
With a claw, the demon tiger roared angrily, didn't look at the broken head at all, turned his head to look, and stared at the last few remaining demon wolves in the distance, and behind those gathered figures, a few fluffy little guys trembled, as if they had not been born for a long time, and it was not easy to stand up.
On the top of a tree trunk in the distance, Ning Yue's figure fell gently, and the slightest sound that occurred dissipated directly in the wind, not causing the confrontational Demon Beasts to notice at all.
"It turned out to be the famous Iron Ridge Tiger, and this group of howling wolves is probably going to all die. ”
He shook his head helplessly, the Iron Spine Tiger is a demonic beast that has the ability to step into the Spiritual Awakening Realm, and many sects, including the Yunxu Sword Pavilion, will advise their disciples not to provoke this kind of demonic beast when they see it in the mountains and forests, and flee as much as possible. And the one in front of him, his strength should be around the ninth level of the Yuanwu Realm, but it is not something that those howling wolves can deal with.
The Howling Wind Wolf, a relatively low-level demonic beast, has the only advantage of living in a group, and only the Wolf King can reach the ninefold strength of the Yuan Martial Realm. This kind of demonic beast is an ordinary target that some sects send their disciples to practice and often deal with in teams, and the crystal nucleus and fur are still valuable. Ning Yue is very familiar, and he has killed a lot.
Laugh at!
Another howling wind wolf died tragically under the claws of the iron-spine tiger, cut off at the waist, and before dying, he unwillingly glanced back at the remaining companions not far away, and howled with the last of his strength, but he still let them flee quickly.
But this time, Ning Yue also found a little clue, the action of the iron-ridged tiger seemed to tremble slightly just now, and he took a closer look with sharp eyes, and suddenly found that the iron-ridged tiger was not as relaxed as it appeared, and its hind legs seemed to be inconvenient, but there was no trauma on the surface.
"Could it be...... Old wounds?"
This is not impossible, there are often caravans and even armies coming and going in this mountain forest, and many disciples of nearby sects have also chosen to train here, and the group with enough strength has collided, and it is not difficult to injure the Iron Spine Tiger.
It was not only Ning Yue who discovered this, but also a howling wind wolf, a howling wind wolf that fell in a pool of blood, the iron-spine tiger passed by it motionless, as if it was dead, but when the other party turned his back to it, he suddenly opened his eyes again, jumped suddenly, and bit the leg of the tiger that was unable to move.
The moment the sharp teeth closed, a faint blue light also flashed in its mouth. Warcraft's mastery of the power of the elements does not have to reach the awakening realm like humans, and it can be controlled a little in advance by virtue of the special constitution.
Click!
The crisp sound of bone cracking echoed in the mountains and forests, and this time the howling wind wolf not only bit the hind legs of the iron-spine tiger, but bit it off, opened its mouth and spit out, and the dripping blood was mixed with many broken teeth.
Roar!
The Iron Ridge Tiger roared, and its body fell as it fell, and its long tail swept away, and its tail like an iron whip smashed into the middle of the head of the howling wind wolf, instantly knocking it to the ground, blood overflowing, and it fell to the ground without moving.
Before he could snort for the last wail, the howling wolf collapsed to the ground, his eyes not closed with death, still looking at his companion in the distance.
At the same time, the iron-spine tiger jumped up again, and the tiger entered the wolf pack, and it continued to roar, but the three legs were unstable after all, and the body fell again and again, and the wound of the broken leg fell to the ground, causing a sharp pain, making it howl and tremble and convulse.
Seeing this, a howling wind wolf suddenly pounced on the back of the iron-spine tiger and bit it fiercely on the back of the neck.
Immediately afterwards, the other three howling wind wolves did the same, rushing forward, hugging the relatively much stronger body of the iron-spine tiger, biting constantly, venting the anger in their hearts.
Roar!
The iron-spine tiger roared in pain, turned over and pressed, and slapped a howling wolf under its heavy claws.
However, taking advantage of this gap, another howling wind wolf bit its throat from below, and its sharp teeth could pierce into the flesh, but it was not guarded against the other tiger's claw and fell instantly, and before it could get up, it was bitten by the iron spine tiger's blood basin, but it was gnawed off the throat first.
Not far away, several little wolves called softly, also feeling frightened, desperately trying to retreat, but the weakness of their physical constitution made them only squirm in place.
Seeing this, Ning Yue's hands were trembling, and he couldn't help but want to rush over to help. However, when he went out to practice with Shizun, he had seen a similar scene, and his impulsiveness was immediately stopped.
The laws of nature, natural selection, the law of the jungle.
Interfering can't help those weak people who should be eliminated for a lifetime.
Laugh at!
Another Howling Wind Wolf was torn apart by the Iron Spine Tiger, however, its movements also stopped here, and the Howling Wind Wolf, which had been biting the back of its neck, finally tore a large piece of flesh, and then lowered its head and bit down, and its sharp teeth completely pierced its throat.
As the Iron Spine Tiger collapsed, this bloody jungle fight finally ended, and for some reason, it turned out to be a lose-lose situation, and there was no winner.
The corners of the mouth of the last whistling wolf who won also cracked a little, and it was still dripping blood, and it slowly walked up to several wolf cubs and arched them. Among them, another one was hit by the howling wind wolf that was overturned by the iron-spine tiger before, and he was already dying.
Of the remaining wolf cubs, only five survived.
One by one, he threw the wolf on his back, but when it came to the fourth, the last howling wolf hesitated, jumped over it, took the fifth wolf in his mouth, and left deep into the jungle.
After waiting for a while, Ning Yue jumped down from the tree, and slashed a sword towards the corpse of one of the howling wind wolves, and the tip of the sword was about to touch the moment, and then suddenly stopped.
Shaking his head, he laughed at himself: "Forget it, you guys are pitiful enough, I won't pick up the cheap, keep the whole corpse." ”
With that, he walked towards the corpse of the iron-spine tiger again, naturally he would not show mercy, the tip of the sword was pulled, and a light brown crystal nucleus was picked out of the peeled flesh, allowing him to reach out and grasp it, and there was still a trace of warmth.
Then Ning Yue took out a few more jade bottles, mixed the remaining pills and poured them into two of them, and took some tiger blood while it was hot, this is a rare great supplement, the Iron Spine Tiger is full of treasures, if it is not for his own conditions, he can resist the whole thing.
At the end, he smiled and drank one of the bottles of tiger blood directly, and then filled it up, a faint sticky and salty smell crossed his throat, and when it fell into his abdomen, a wave of dry heat permeated his limbs, and there was almost a little more strength in his meridians.
"Sure enough, it's a big tonic, but it's limited, and it's not okay to drink too much. ”
Wiping his mouth, Ning Yue was about to leave, when he inadvertently glanced at it, and it happened to fall on the little wolf that was left out on the side, and for a while he felt some interest in his heart, and walked forward and squatted.
When he saw it, he also understood why the howling wind wolf had left this one behind before leaving.
This little wolf is relatively thin and weak, with the strength of a howling wolf, it is not easy to raise four cubs in this dangerous mountain forest, so that the weak will naturally be abandoned.
"Hey, I can only blame you for your own misery. ”
Ning Yue smiled bitterly, and wanted to touch the little wolf, but found that the other party was squirming and wanted to retreat, obviously still afraid.
At this moment, his heart moved inexplicably, and a faint sadness appeared in his heart.
Alone and abandoned, it seems somewhat similar to his current situation.
"That's it, you've lost your family, but you're lucky to have met me. After that, I am your family. ”
Ning Yue smiled, grabbed the little wolf with lightning strikes, held it in his arms and gently stroked its furry body. However, the little wolf was still a little hostile, and he howled and bit the fingers that came out, but the baby teeth that had just erupted also made Ning Yue grin slightly.
"I warn you, don't know what to do. ”
He feigned anger and drank, and the little wolf didn't know whether he understood or was afraid, and suddenly curled up in a ball and stopped moving.
Seeing this, Ning Yue took out a jade bottle, poured some tiger blood in the palm of his hand, and handed it to the little wolf.
After hesitating for a while, the little wolf sniffed the taste, stretched out his pink little tongue and licked it, and suddenly became excited, sucking non-stop, and after a while, the tiger blood had been drunk by it.
Then, it barked at Ning Yue again and wagged its tail.
"Isn't it, that's close? However, if you want to drink, I can't give it to you for a short time. ”
Ning Yue snorted and didn't feed the little wolf and tiger blood again. That kind of thing, this kind of small body can't bear much at one time, and it has to be done gradually.
Before leaving, he returned to the corpse of the iron-ridged tiger, squatted down and prepared to make up for some more tiger blood, but at the same moment, the little wolf who was waiting on the side suddenly trembled, howling at the mountains and forests, and the immature voice did not hide the color of fear.
Suddenly looked up, suddenly, Ning Yue was also dumbfounded, just thirty or forty meters away, another iron-ridged tiger slowly stepped out of the mountain forest, looking at the scene of death and injury everywhere here, the bloodthirsty light in the fierce eyes of the round eyes was even stronger, especially when he saw that his own kind had also died here, the bloody mouth opened and there was a roar.
The branches and leaves of the mountains and forests trembled, and countless fallen leaves fell under the roar of the tiger, and the eyes of the iron-ridged tiger locked on Ning Yue, and he strode out, with a fierce momentum.
At this moment, Ning Yue already understood in his heart that the other party thought that it was his hand, so the object of revenge would naturally be......
Without the slightest hesitation, he squatted down and hugged it, grabbed the fluffy wolf in his arms, turned his head and ran.
Confronting the Iron Spine Tiger who may reach the strength of the Spirit Awakening Realm, with his current strength, he is undoubtedly asking for his own death, not to mention that his injuries are not yet good, how can he do it.
However, the iron-ridged tiger obviously did not intend to let him go, and with one foot on all fours, he ran through the forest like a swift wind.
One man and one beast, chasing back and forth, Ning Yue listened to the whistling wind in his ears, and subconsciously looked back, only to see that the fierce demonic beast was getting closer and closer, in fact, he also knew that compared with this kind of demonic beast that grew up in the mountains and forests in terms of speed, the human powerhouse itself had no advantage.
"Damn, just keep running, you will definitely be caught up!"
As soon as he gritted his teeth, Ning Yue's hand had already pressed on the hilt of the sword behind his back, and now it seemed that he couldn't fight without fighting.
Sou!
Suddenly, a sound of breaking the air came from far and near, and the sharp whistling grazed his ears.
Is that...... Arrow?