Chapter 481: Chase or not
"Roarβ"
A terrible beast roar sounded in the mountains and forests.
After the sound of metal crashing, the beast's roar finally stopped, and the heavy breathing gradually subsided.
Shao Xuan pulled the leaves next to him and wiped the blood on the sword.
The warriors next to him went over to dispose of the fierce beast they had just slaughtered, and opened the kettle to get the beast's blood into the pot.
In the past, they would try to keep the hides intact after they hunted their prey, but now they don't need that anymore, and the hides don't hoard and trade, all they need is food, and the beast that hits them becomes the lunch of the warriors.
Seven or eight people handled the beast at the same time, the internal organs were separated, the flesh was cut off, and the skin and bones were left in place.
Dokang handed over the pot full of animal blood, "Drink?"
Shao Xuan waved his hand, "No, I don't consume much, give it to the other fighters." β
Dokang grinned, didn't say much, poured a mouthful into his mouth, and handed it to the others.
The slightly viscous liquid, with a strong smell of blood, went down the esophagus and poured into the stomach, and the energy consumed in the morning was gradually replenished, and a trace of warmth rose.
Sweat oozed from his pores, and Duo Kang tore off a few young leaves next to him and rubbed his hands, rubbing off some of the blood clots on his hands.
"It's been two days, and we haven't met anyone chasing and killing. Duo Kang looked at Shao Xuan, waiting for Shao Xuan to give some news, he saw Shao Xuan playing with straw rope in the morning, Shao Xuan would not be bored to play straw rope at this time, it must be divination. It's just that Duokang has been guarding the surroundings with the team, and he didn't have time to ask in detail, and now he finally waited for the opportunity to come over and ask.
"It's going to happen soon, not everyone thinks we'll go the same way, and no one chooses to ambush. There are also those who take the initiative, and perhaps, there are still people who can anticipate the route we are taking. Shao Xuan said.
"Can you even calculate our route?!" Duo Kang was surprised, a little unconvinced, but thinking of the people of the Yi family. It's really possible, although there is a lot of waste in the Yi family, there are still capable people with real skills.
"What's the plan?" asked Dokang again.
"Just keep going, by the way, have you done what you want to help you do?" asked Shao Xuan.
At the time of departure, Shao Xuan assigned some tasks to those soldiers who were a little more leisurely, and with the old people and children, the journey was definitely not as fast as when they were hunting. So naturally someone will be idle, so Shao Xuan gave them time to help make some small things.
"Done a lot and it was all there. Dokang pointed to a rattan basket not far away.
"Alright, you guys go first later, and I'll stay and set up here. Shao Xuan walked over and opened the lid on the big rattan basket, looked at the large and small things inside, and was very satisfied.
Duo Kang thought of what Shao Xuan did when they went to Amba City to trade and came back, and when they met the young master of Amba City who sent people to chase and kill. He didn't ask any questions, and beckoned the other warriors who had already dealt with the beast to clean up quickly. Continue on your way.
Xiang Chen saw that Shao Xuan was left alone, and asked Duo Kang suspiciously: "Elder is not leaving?"
"We elders have something to do. Duokang motioned to hurry back to the team.
Xiang Chen was full of doubts, he didn't follow Duo Kang to trade at the beginning, so he didn't know about that incident, and even if he heard others say it later, he was not impressed.
Returning to the team to pick up the little daughter, who is not too big. Carrying his daughter-in-law on his back, putting other things on his neck or waist, and then Xiang Chen, like everyone else, began to continue his journey.
Soon, the blood-filled place fell silent.
Moist warm air. With the smell of blood, there was a beast roar of different heights in the distance, Shao Xuan looked up at the sky above, and through the hidden leaves, he could see some flying figures wandering back and forth.
Those scavenging birds can't wait. The first one rushed down, broke through the leaves, and went straight to the remains of the fierce beast on the ground, and was slashed to the ground by Shao Xuan's sword, and after two flutters, he lost his breath.
Seeing this, the other scavenging birds that rushed down turned around in the air and rested on a branch not far away, staring at Shao Xuan.
More than twenty scavenging birds flew down and stopped not far away to stare at Shao Xuan, and there were more in the sky.
Shao Xuan is the only one around, if he changes to other timid ones, he may be timid, but Shao Xuan doesn't pay attention to them, he is busy with the remains of the beast corpse for a while, slapping a few scavenging birds that want to attack it on the ground, and when he finishes this side, he leaves and continues to arrange around.
Shao Xuan planned to arrange another chain set, what he asked the soldiers to do was to set up traps, and there must be chasers behind them, even if they couldn't rely on these traps to block them all, at least they would have to cause some losses and blocks, and the speed of those people's pursuit would be slowed down.
Seeing Shao Xuan leave the beast corpse, the scavenging birds standing on the branches and waiting rushed up, dropping a lot of feathers in the scramble. Because the team of Flame Horn has not long passed, the large beasts here have been avoided, and in a short time, there is nothing to compete with these scavenging birds for food.
The scavenging birds pecking at the flesh and blood residues on the bones of the beast, blinking their gray eyelids and holding the flesh threads with blood, guarded against Shao Xuan, and from time to time opened their wings to Shao Xuan, stretched their necks and exploded their hairs and screamed, this is to drive away, not to let Shao Xuan come to rob them of their food. However, Shao Xuan didn't plan to pay attention to it at all, and continued to be busy with himself.
The blue-gray vine, thinner than the little finger, is entwined in the inconspicuous grass, and if anyone familiar with the mountains and forests sees it, they will definitely be wary of it, because this kind of vine is not found in this vicinity, but a kind of vine that lives in the swampy area, thin and tough.
Sharp wooden thorns and polished stone needles were obscured by the leaves, and the contents of a rattan basket, but for more than half an hour, were hidden in the vicinity.
By the time all this was done, only skin and bones were left of the beast's corpse, and most of the flesh had been cleaned up, and a huge beast was now left with only a few bones and hard horn teeth.
Shao Xuan stood up, glanced at the place, and then left.
Tay tribe.
A group of warriors from the Tay River drove away the sneaky people in the mountains and forests, and killed two people.
"How many waves is this?"
"Third wave, or fourth wave?" said one of the fighters.
"It's good that the people in Yanjiao left quickly, otherwise they would have been annoyed to death. β
In the past two days, they often encountered people wandering in the nearby mountains and forests, especially the Yanjiao tribe, they took over the territory of Yanjiao, and naturally they had to send people to garrison and drive away those who wanted to get close to investigate.
Those people seemed to be just some small groups, and they didn't dare to offend the people of the Tai River, and when they saw that the Yanjiao tribe was almost empty, they abandoned this side and searched for traces of the Yanjiao people in the mountains and forests. Some people still want to threaten the people of the Tay River, but this is the territory of the Tay River, and the people did not threaten it, but they were dragged up the mountain by the people of the Tay River to make fertilizer.
The sun is oblique, and at dusk, a team of more than 100 people follows the trail to catch up, after all, there are so many people in Yanjiao, it is impossible to leave no traces at all, and for people who are skilled in business, they can still be easily distinguished.
They were the first to catch up, and after going to the vicinity of the Yanjiao tribe to investigate, they followed the trail without stopping, and they wanted to get some advantage before the others.
Although there were only more than a hundred people here, they didn't plan to fight hard, but planned to try to kidnap some people as hostages, and then threaten the people of Yanjiao to exchange fire crystals and salt stones, this method they had used many times on other people, compared to fighting hard, it was much more witty, and this time it was also full of confidence.
"Beast corpses! They passed by here not long ago. One of them said.
They approached the beast corpse, wanting to judge the strength of the slaughtered person from the traces of the beast corpse, as well as the approximate time of slaughter from the present, so that they could estimate the opponent's combat strength and the approximate time it would take to catch up.
It's just that when the person who went to check the beast corpse flicked the beast bones that had been pecked to the point that there was no flesh left, a mutation occurred.
Hum -
With a rapid trembling sound, as if a chaotic switch was pressed, the calm forest was instantly filled with murderous aura.
A wide range of stone needle attacks, like rain, fend off those who are evading, but accidentally trigger another round of traps, and every time they think they have finally dodged, they will be greeted with another round of attacks, round after round. The lasso is like a large hand that suddenly emerges from the ground, tying up those who cannot dodge, and those who are slow to move are accidentally stabbed by wooden thorns and stone needles.
When all the chaos finally stopped, the people who were still fine did not dare to move, and looked around vigilantly, and their nerves tensed with each step. There are people on the ground, they have been recruited, and they have been poisoned, even if they survive, they will not be able to continue the pursuit for the time being.
Although there were only about twenty people who were incapacitated, eight of them had lost their breath, and the remaining seventy or so were only slightly injured even if they were hit, they did not dare to pursue them at full speed as before, this was still their vigilance to dodge quickly, otherwise they would have to lie here at least half now.
"Boss, let's ...... Do you want to continue chasing?" a man twisted his face and pulled out a wooden thorn on his arm, which was obviously just made of wood, but it caused such a big threat, the poison on the wooden thorn made his whole arm numb, and he applied some medicine, and felt better, but he didn't know if it would work all the time, if it was too toxic, he didn't know if his arm would be wasted.
The people who led the team also had alarm bells in their hearts, they hadn't received news before, and their understanding of the Yanjiao people was limited to "great strength" and "arrogance", but they didn't expect to catch up just now, and they suffered a big loss!
"Take the injured away first, let's not chase them first. The leader said.
"What should I do if the fire crystals and salt stones are preempted first?"
"Then let them grab it first! I'll see what other tricks the Yanjiao people will use to deal with those behind them!"
The disadvantage they suffered this time was that they didn't understand the Yanjiao people, and they couldn't blindly catch up with them next, if they fell into the other party's trap, there would only be one dead word, after all, they were only such a little person, and they didn't catch anything else, but their side was all cut off.
To test and let others test. (To be continued......)