Chapter 4: The Fire-Toothed Porcupine and the Hunt
Night.
In a glade, low shrubs and fungi quietly emitted blue light, and the hazy blue light and mist shrouded this small area, but it made the darkness in the distance and high places even deeper.
Ye Xiao's gaze wandered around on the distant mountain wall, the pitch-black mountain wall was wide and almost borderless, and the black pressure made people palpitate.
Suddenly, Ye Xiao's gaze stopped, it was still the sky that was less than a foot, a small sky that could form pillars of light during the day, and the twinkling stars were densely scattered in the small space, and at a glance it seemed to be a crystal gem dotted with countless brilliant particles.
Ye Xiao tilted his head and was stunned, and suddenly ......
"Rammering-ramming!" Some faint voices in the distance made Ye Xiao come back to his senses.
"The problem now is that even if I am sure that I will hit with one hit, the fire element that the Firefang Porcupine uses to protect its body will cancel out the poison on the arrow, so ......" The time went back to thirty minutes ago, it was still this glade, Sith untied the metal strongbow on his back, and said as he pulled it: "Someone must stand up and lure the Firefang Porcupine to swim along the route we have designed, using the traps along the way to continuously consume the Firefang Porcupine's magic power, and finally I will give it a fatal blow." โ
Sisla's bow shot falsely, and his posture full of tension showed his strong self-confidence, but at this moment, almost everyone's eyes were not focused on him, but on Ye Xiao, and all of them did not speak, but the meaning was self-evident.
"Okay, I'll go. Ye Xiao tilted his head sideways and looked back and forth under the feet of several people, and finally stopped on a pair of boots, which were being worn by the Sith on his feet at this time.
The tan boots have simple but beautiful silver lines, as if the wind is always around them.
Fast boots, a low-level enchantment, can effectively increase the movement speed by about 20%, which is limited to the magic apprentice stage, but even if it is not the magic apprentice who does not have enough mental power to urge the magic array above, ordinary people can also get about 10% speed gain.
With thoughts flying in his mind, Ye Xiao shifted his gaze, looked at the indifferent Sith, turned around, and quietly walked towards the first trap.
The voice in the distance became clearer and clearer, and at the end of the forest road appeared a large and very strong red boar.
Red hairs about two fingers long covered his body, shaking like waves as he ran, two white fangs stood on the side of his mouth, and his huge nose kept sniffing the air.
Ye Xiao was a little nervous, because for an ordinary person, the monster in front of him was too visually impactful, and the fire-toothed porcupine, which was as strong as a cow, with a wild nature rushing towards him, was extremely shocking and pressed Ye Xiao's visual nerves, forcing Ye Xiao to retreat again and again.
In comparison, the Fire-Toothed Porcupine seemed much more free and relaxed, and when those fruits full of rotting smell appeared in sight, Ye Xiao, who seemed to be standing behind without any threat, was automatically ignored.
"Plop, plop, plop!. "The sound of the fire-toothed porcupine running is like a drum beating in the heart, and it makes people breathless.
Looking at the prey that was getting closer and closer, Ye Xiao did not hesitate to pick up a stone that had been prepared in advance and smashed it towards the ground in front of him.
Rumble!
With a muffled sound, the trap collapsed, and the ground collapsed with it, and the rotten fruit that had been placed on the trap as bait also sank deep into the earth and was covered in black muddy water at the bottom of the pit.
After doing all this, Ye Xiao turned around and ran, and the piercing howl sounded behind him at the right time.
Ye Xiao didn't have time to observe the reaction of the prey behind him, but the fact was that Ye Xiao's actions really angered the Firetooth Porcupine.
The dull sound of running was getting closer and closer, and Ye Xiao had to flee from this place even more desperately.
Ye Xiao and the fire-toothed porcupine moved quickly on the forest path one after the other, and as the speed increased, the fire-toothed porcupine's body gradually became surrounded by a layer of faint red light, and the fine red light set off the undulating red hair, like a real wave.
When the fire-toothed porcupine came to the collapsed trap, it sneezed with a pungent smell, and the angry fire-toothed porcupine continued to rush forward without hesitation, completely unscrupulous and had the idea of bypassing the trap.
"Poofโ"
A puff of yellow smoke erupts from the Firetooth Porcupine's buttocks.
"Boom!"
The yellow smoke is detonated by the red color around the firetooth porcupine, and the thrust generated by the explosion assists the firetooth porcupine to easily jump over the collapsed trap.
Methane Spray, the Firetooth Porcupine's signature skill, has the effect of producing a powerful thrust and a certain amount of toxicity.
Even though he knew in advance that the Firetooth Porcupine had this ability, Ye Xiao, who had caught a glimpse of all this out of the corner of his eye, was still stunned when he turned to another path according to the prompts.
Between the shadowy dense forest, several figures were paying close attention to the movement in the clearing not far away.
"Luther, what did you just run off for?" asked a white man with a curly beard on his face, whispering to the tall and thin man beside him.
"Drain the water. The tall and thin man Luthor's eyes were all focused on the open space not far away, as if there was a strong emotion forcibly controlled by him, and he looked very hard.
"No, I think you came from the trap, did you do something secretly. The bearded man clearly didn't believe Luthor's words.
"Oh, that's annoying!" Luthor grumbled irritably, and said quickly without turning his head, "I was afraid that my smell would attract other things, so I ran to the trap to pee, and I will deal with it!"
"Okay, okay. The bearded white man raised his hands and hurriedly apologized as if comforting: "It's me who is too careful, but you also know that this mission is related to a large number of points, and it is normal to be worried." โ
"Shhhhhh
Ye Xiao gasped a little hard, his nasal cavity was burning like fire, his heart was also pounding and pounding his chest, his throat was so dry and uncomfortable that he almost vomited after swallowing a mouthful of spit.
Run, run, don't stop. Ye Xiao kept urging himself in his heart.
Extreme danger can really bring out the potential of a person, how could I run so fast and run for so long before. Ye Xiao felt that his consciousness was already a little blurred, and the thoughts in his mind were also a little confused.
At this moment, all the sounds of the outside world disappeared in Ye Xiao's ears, and only a heavy wheezing sound echoed back and forth in his mind.
"Hoo-ha! huh-ha......"
Time seems to have passed for a long time, so long that Ye Xiao almost forgot where he was and what he was doing, at this moment, there was only one thought kept churning in his mind, that is: Run, keep running, run desperately!
It wasn't until a red circle of light appeared in his sight that Ye Xiao's somewhat confused brain regained some clarity.
Rope!
The voice behind him was getting closer and closer, Ye Xiao kept shouting in his heart, and his anxious eyes kept searching around.
Got it!
As his gaze moved up, Ye Xiao found a broken rope on a branch across the middle of the forest road.
The sudden anger scorched Ye Xiao's body like fire, and Ye Xiao, who had stopped, glanced coldly at the woods on the side.
Luthor struggled to control his emotions, for he was afraid that the laughter he couldn't help but let out would attract his prey.
Luther's constipated expression fully revealed some of the facts, and the bearded man beside him glared at him with some annoyance.
Run, stupid! You are much lighter than that pig, the trap will not necessarily collapse, even if the trap collapses, the spikes inside will at most hurt you, if you don't continue to move forward, our hard work will be in vain, don't take a detour and run forward, stupid! The bearded man looked at Ye Xiao who stood still with his head down, and kept shouting in his heart.
"Hmm-" The voice behind him got closer and closer, Ye Xiao took a deep breath, ran towards the trap with fierce force, and at the same time reached into his right hand into his arms.
The people hiding in the forest saw that Ye Xiao seemed to have taken something out of his arms, but before they could see what the thing was, a white shadow flew out of Ye Xiao's hand with a bang, and one end of the white shadow quickly climbed up to the branch on the forest road, and quickly wrapped around the branch a few times.
At this time, Ye Xiao happened to step on a cordon drawn by red fluorescent paint, and the other foot slightly back also felt the air flow exhaled by the fire-toothed porcupine, without the slightest hesitation, Ye Xiao dragged the rope with both hands, kicked the ground with both feet, and the whole body swung towards the front lightly.
Seeing the human beings who had ruined their sumptuous dinner quickly drifting forward, the fire-toothed porcupine howled angrily, and without hesitation, he chased after it with all four legs.
"Poof!" A familiar voice sounded, but not as loud as the previous ones.
The continuous release of methane ejections causes the red color around the fire-toothed porcupine to be depleted dramatically, leaving only a thin layer that is almost invisible.
With a bang, the ground collapsed again, but this time the situation changed significantly, because after one collapsed trap there was another, bigger trap.
The fire-toothed porcupine was comically stuck above the second trap, swinging its limbs like a stroke, but it couldn't stop the downward momentum.
"Poofโโโโ boom!" the panicked Fire-Toothed Porcupine immediately consumed the last layer of red, unleashing a spray of methane that was far less powerful than normal.
"How can it be useful, even in its heyday, your methane jet can't push you more than two meters out of thin air, and you have only one ending without a run-up to accelerate. Ye Xiao, who was standing behind the trap, gasped for breath and quietly waited for the established facts.
"Huh-" A sharp sound of breaking the air sounded, just suppressing the tail note of Ye Xiao, who was muttering to himself.
An arrow covered with a layer of oily green color dragged a long arrow shaft, as if it had crossed the time and space limit, and came to the fire-toothed porcupine from the dense forest.
When the extremely fast arrow pierced the body of the fire-toothed porcupine, it only made a slight sound, which was immediately muffled by the impact of the fire-toothed porcupine falling into the trap.
Ye Xiao, who was not far from the pit, could easily take a full view of the situation at the bottom of the cave, and the fire-toothed porcupine in his sight opened his mouth wide but couldn't make a sound, just like a fish out of water, and with the continuous twitching of his limbs, the corners of his grinning mouth began to bubble out of white foam.
The effect of the poisoned arrow was better than expected, and in less than a minute, the fire-toothed porcupine had already rolled its eyes and stopped convulsing, and its body seemed to begin to stiffen.