Chapter 6 Rivalry Meeting
Luo Yu had passed through the territory of several beasts in one day, and the reason why he knew that he had broken into other people's territory was simply because he had to deal with them in order to continue on his way. Although he couldn't bear it, the beast didn't know that he was just passing by, and no matter how much he tried to avoid it, he still couldn't avoid being treated as an intruder or food. Thinking back and forth, he deeply felt that the inability to communicate and mutual distrust were the root causes of the conflict.
With emotion in his heart but nothing to do, Luo Yu could only put these thoughts aside, recalling the battles he had just experienced, hoping to learn from them and think about his martial arts more neatly.
In fact, he knew very well that today's victory was not entirely his own achievements, but largely relied on the sharpness of the short knife. Wanting to hone his martial arts, but also being lowered by a few small victories, Luoyu put the short knife back into his sleeve and took out the hunting knife issued by Lingzhou's family from his backpack.
There was nothing wrong all the way, until he suddenly felt in his heart, as if there was danger behind him.
Luo Yu immediately turned his head, his eyes vigilantly sweeping every inch of the forest, but except for the occasional blade of grass swaying in the wind, there was no trace of a wild beast.
What he didn't see was a leopard half-crouching among the bushes, motionless, like a still life, covered in brownish-yellow moire fur, almost at one with the environment under the cover of the ground and the fallen leaves of the bushes. Just as Luoyu walked around again, it stood up and approached a lot, and its paws stepped over the dead branches and leaves without making a sound.
Until Luo Yu turned back again uneasily, it crouched down in the exact same position again. From the perspective of Luoyu, the scenery is not half different from just now. Again with nothing, he had to keep going, thinking that maybe he was too nervous.
But the feeling of danger behind it did not diminish by half a point, and it didn't take long for even the entire spine to become cold, as if soaked in ice water.
His instincts reminded him that his situation was even worse.
Luo Yu finally decided to trust his instincts, completely stopped, and took a closer look again, still not finding a clue, and simply sat on a large stump, facing the direction of the source of the danger.
In this way, the feeling behind it really disappears, which only proves that the danger is indeed imminent.
It is said that seeing is believing, but in fact, sometimes eyes can deceive people.
Seeing the prey stop and rush at him, he scanned the forest vigilantly, but did not make the leopard give up or expose himself, but moved more carefully. It moves skillfully, and its movements are so slow that it is difficult for the naked eye to catch the changes.
At the same time, Luo Yu swept through the dense forest in front of him over and over again in vain, and the danger in his intuition and patience with his prey kept the two facing off for the entire hour.
Cold sweat slid down the skin, and dripped to the ground along the blade, and the high tension for a long time made Luoyu feel a burst of emptiness, knowing that if he continued like this, he must be the first to collapse, and he must break the deadlock to find a way out. So he suddenly stood up, let out a sigh of peace, and waved the hunting knife in his hand a few times!
Sure enough, the change of perspective and sudden movements allowed him to catch a trace of the other party. But he was not overjoyed, for this brilliant predator was less than three feet away from him!
Keen insight and accurate judgment allowed it to seize this fleeting opportunity, and without a moment's hesitation, at the same time that Luoyu spotted it, the leopard had already pounced, and two vertical leaps crossed the distance between them, fangs and claws at the same time, pounced on the prey.
In a flash, Luoyu finally saw clearly that it was a very famous beast in the mountains and forests near Lushan County, the cloud pattern wind leopard!
The wind leopard took the initiative to attack, unstoppable, and Luo Yu just realized that he had no intention of doing it, so he naturally fell into the wind, and subconsciously judged that he was invincible at this time, and immediately turned around to dodge, and then turned around and slashed out after jumping away.
The timing of this knife was just right, just when the wind leopard pounced and fell with all its strength. But Luoyu didn't expect it to be able to turn out of thin air, and there was no need to borrow strength at all, so clever that it avoided the blade in a millimeter, and turned decisively with a miss, making Luoyu's painstaking counterattack fall into the air.
True to its reputation, the moire leopard is named for its unpredictable sneak attack and swift speed, coupled with its sharp claws, it has become one of the overlords of the nearby mountains without any suspense. The prey was more difficult to deal with, and the leopard bared its fangs in rage, and let out a menacing growl in its throat.
It wasn't ready to give up, and it didn't give Luoyu a chance to breathe, so it pounced again.
The leopard has a light and agile size that does not match its size, and its strong limbs and flexible spine allow it to often take it by surprise and attack weak points that opponents have too late to defend.
In Luoyu's eyes, its speed was too fast, and its eyes were full of afterimages, and it was impossible to guess where it would appear in the next second, and he didn't know which one would be the real attack. Even if his body skills were not weak, he still got a few wounds between constantly dodging and moving, which reminded him of what the senior hunter of the clan once said, that the wind leopard was good at dragging down the enemy by such means.
There was a hot pain in the wound, and if he continued to entangle, he would definitely be more than lucky, and at the same time that Luo Yu was quickly thinking about countermeasures, the hunting knife flew up and down and was caught by the claws one by one, and a large string of sparks were rubbed on the blade. He was about to intensify his attack, but the hunting knife broke off without a fight.
In just an instant, Luoyu hung two new wounds again, and scolded Lingzhou's family in his heart for what kind of things he had prepared!
I didn't have time to think about it, the short knife hidden in my sleeve slipped into my hand, although the shorter the weapon, the more disadvantageous, but Luoyu had no choice, he couldn't stop, he could only continue to swing the knife and slash.
The leopard was gaining the upper hand, still using its claws to make a hard connection, and as a result, half of its claws were cut off with a single sword.
I thought it would be difficult to retreat, but it backfired, because Luoyu didn't know that in the cruel law of the jungle, being injured was almost equivalent to a death sentence. The wind leopard roared angrily, completely going berserk, and its speed suddenly increased a lot!
Luoyu was overwhelmed and suffered several injuries, only then did he realize that it didn't use all his strength just now, but was teasing his prey, just waiting for him to fall to the ground with all his strength and become its belly food.
However, the small success still gave him hope, and the wind leopard wanted to drag him down by constantly adding to the injury, but why couldn't he fight back in the same way? Now that both are injured, neither can knock down the other with one blow, and whoever is calmer at this time, the more persistent he can do without revealing his flaws, will win.
Of course, losing means dying.
The moire leopard is a natural hunter and experienced predator, but he is just a fledgling hairy boy. The strong desire to survive tells Luo Yu that he must deliberately ignore the pain in his body, only by not revealing flaws can he be less injured, and only by perfecting every movement accurately can he hurt the other party to the maximum.
Many times, only the destruction of the cauldron can stimulate the limits of his own ability, Luo Yu almost frantically entangled with the wind leopard, both of them were stained red with blood, they couldn't tell each other, and their speed gradually slowed down.
Luoyu felt like he was about to fall, only the last clarity in his mind made him keep asking himself, "Go on! Can't be slow! Can't stop!"