Black Devil Mountains

The winter in the mountains seems to be even colder, the tall mountains are undulating, and the snow on the top of the mountain does not melt all year round, and from a distance, it looks like a snow dragon lying on the ridge. Because of the higher terrain, most of the trees here are coniferous forests, evergreen all year round, because of the age, the ancient trees are towering, ordinary people, walking in the woods during the day will be limited to about 50 zhang, here is the favorite place for wild beasts, but it is very unsafe for humans. Today, however, a hunting drill for twelve-year-olds is taking place.

In the dim woods, a growing pig badger poked its head out of the hole, vigilantly looked at the surrounding situation, as if it felt safe, so it carefully crawled out of the hole, stretched its limbs on the ground, shook its head, sniffled, and walked forward in a direction, ready to forage for food. Suddenly, it paused its forward body, pricked up its ears, looked around vigilantly, and for a moment seemed to sense the danger, and turned sharply to burrow back into the hole, which, in its simple thinking, was the safest place to be.

But when it was less than a foot away from the entrance of the cave, a sharp arrow whistled at it and struck it in the stomach. A thin figure flashed out from behind the big tree five feet away, drew the machete behind his back as he ran, and quickly rushed towards the pig badger. The pig badger was in pain, and a wave of anger in his body was stimulated, and after seeing the person clearly, he put on a posture and rushed towards the murderer. The figures were getting closer and closer, and at the moment when the two figures were staggered, a dazzling sword light flashed away, only to hear a muffled sound of "poof", and the two rushed out in opposite directions. It's just that the badger fell to the ground suddenly after rushing out of a distance, scratching a long mark on the soft ground, and after a few convulsions, it stopped moving.

At this moment, the figure turned around and inserted the machete into the animal skin scabbard on its back, gasping for hot air in its mouth, turning into a faint puff of white smoke. Through the dim light, he could vaguely recognize that this figure was Zhuang Xuan who was participating in hunting training.

At this time, Zhuang Xuan was carrying a small bow on his shoulder, a quiver and a machete on his back, like a little hunter. He didn't care about wiping the blood splashed on his face, and hurriedly ran over to pull the dead badger, just looked at it for a while and sighed:

"Alas, it took so much effort to make it a pig badger in the growth period, barely equivalent to the middle stage of muscle training, alas, barely qualified!" muttered in his mouth, took out a dagger in dissatisfaction, cut off the left ear of the pig badger, and stuffed it into his backpack. Then he looked around, chose a direction, and disappeared for a moment.

Soon after he left, a figure appeared next to the body of the badger, which was one of the four outstanding hunters who had been selected by the village chief to protect Zhuang Xuan and the others. He kicked the badger with his foot, looked at the knife on the badger's forehead, and the corners of his mouth raised, "This little guy has learned to borrow." Looking up at the direction where Zhuang Xuan left, his body jumped two or three feet away, and a few ups and downs disappeared into the dim woods, leaving only a cold pig badger corpse in place.

Zhuang Xuan is like a nimble rabbit, shuttling in the woods, lying on the ground to listen for a while, pinching a small pinch of soil from the ground and sniffing it on the tip of his nose, thinking for a while, he immediately changed his direction and continued to move forward, like a qualified little hunter, seeing the hunter who was secretly responsible for protecting him nodded frequently, he thought that he did not perform as well as Zhuang Xuan when he participated in hunting training. After he wandered for a short while, there was no trace of Zhuang Xuan in front of him. He secretly screamed carelessly, and hurriedly looked for Zhuang Xuan's traces.

I don't know how long I ran in the woods, Zhuang Xuan felt that the light was getting brighter and brighter, the surrounding trees were getting sparser and shorter, and there was no trace of small beasts. He had a feeling when he heard the roar just now, as if his soul was trembling. Sitting there for a while, overwhelmed.

The roar spread far away, and also reached the ears of the hunter who was secretly responsible for protecting Zhuang Xuan, his face changed, and he hurriedly followed the direction from which the voice came, thinking to himself, Zhuang Xuan, this little guy, don't meet that terrifying guy, otherwise...... , he didn't dare to think down, the speed was full swing, and he rushed in the direction of the sound source.

Besides, Zhuang Xuan, after sitting on the ground for a while, he was a little scared in his heart, he heard the old man in the village say that a powerful demon beast can shake people stupid with a scream, let him remember, in the future, if he hears a roar that makes his soul tremble, he will run away quickly, and run as far as he can. At that time, when I heard it, I thought that the old man was scaring them, but now it seems that I am afraid that I have really encountered that kind of powerful demon beast. In addition to being scared, there was also a trace of curiosity, wanting to see what this demon beast really looked like.

But before he could move, he suddenly heard the sound of heavy breathing and the breaking of branches from the low bushes not far ahead, and his heart suddenly became nervous. At this time, he suddenly remembered what the old man had said. The monster is also spiritual, it can understand whether you are afraid or not, and the more you are afraid, the more ferocious it becomes. On the contrary, if you are not afraid, believe that you can overcome it and kill it, then it will be afraid of you.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Xuan bent his bow and arrows, his eyes staring at the front, ready to release the arrows at any time. At this time, he could vaguely see a huge figure in front of him slowly approaching him, he could even smell the smell of the demon beast, remembering the cry just now, Zhuang Xuan's heart couldn't help but start to get nervous. His hands were white because of excessive exertion, it was obviously a cold winter, but Zhuang Xuan's pores were constantly sweating out, and his heart was beating fast and rhythmlessly, as if it was about to fly out of his chest.

The smell of the demon beast became stronger and stronger, and the rustling sound in the bushes was getting closer and closer, Zhuang Xuan's eyes stared motionlessly in the direction where the sound came from, and he couldn't stop swallowing his saliva. A shadow of death shrouded Zhuang Xuan's heart, but a stubbornness in his bones made him stand in place, waiting for the other party to arrive.

At this time, the shrubs five zhang away seemed to be overwhelmed by the boulder, and a huge figure shocked into Zhuang Xuan's eyes.

The hair on his whole body is as black as ink, he is two meters tall and nearly four meters long, and there is a pinch of snow-white hair on his forehead, which can vaguely be seen to be a king character.

"Black Iron Tiger!"

After seeing the appearance of the demon beast, Zhuang Xuan was taken aback.

He learned a lot about demon beasts from the old people in the village, including the Black Iron Tiger. The black iron tiger has black hair all over his body, and the king character on his forehead is white. Adult black iron tigers can reach a length of up to five meters and a height of three meters. The strength is comparable to that of a human god cultivator in the late stage of bone refining. In addition, the Black Iron Tiger's whole body was as hard as iron, and its defense was extremely strong, and if a cultivator at the peak of bone refining wanted to kill it, he would also need to pay a great price.

Looking at the size of the black iron tiger in front of him, he is almost an adult, even if he is not an adult, he should have the strength of the early stage of bone refining. Now, Zhuang Xuan, who is only equivalent to the middle stage of muscle refining, is in front of it, even if it is difficult to escape.

The moment Zhuang Xuan saw the Black Iron Tiger clearly, his heart slowly calmed down. He knew that fear would not solve the problem, but would affect his judgment and even hasten his death. He maintained his original position, the tip of the arrow locked on the forehead of the Black Iron Tiger, and took a step back without a trace, carefully observing the Black Iron Tiger's reaction.