Chapter 481 Chase or not
"roar"
A shrill beast roar rang among the mountains and forests.
After the metal impact, the beast roar finally stopped and his heavy breathing gradually subsided.
Shao Xuan pulled over the leaves next to him and wiped the blood from the sword.
The soldiers next to them went over to deal with the ferocious beast that they had just slaughtered, opened the kettle and brought the beast blood into the pot.
If it were in the past, they would try to keep the skin intact after hunting their prey, but now they no longer need that, and the skin will not be hoarded and traded. All they need is food. The ferocious beast that hit it became the warriors' lunch.
Seven or eight people dealt with the ferocious beast at the same time, splitting the internal organs, cutting off the flesh, leaving the skin, bones, etc. in place.
Duokang handed over the pot filled with beast blood, "Drink some?"
Shao Xuan waved his hand, "No, I don't need to consume much, I'll give it to the other soldiers."
Duo Kang grinned and didn't say much, he took a mouthful of it and handed it to others.
A slightly viscous liquid with a strong bloody smell went down the esophagus and poured into the stomach. The energy spent in the morning was gradually replenished, and a hint of warmth rose.
Sweat oozed out of the pores, and Duo Kang pulled off the tender leaves next to him and rubbed his hands, rubbing off the blood clots that had already solidified on his hands.
"It's been two days, we haven't met anyone who's chasing." Duokang looked at Shao Xuan and waited for Shao Xuan to give some news. He saw Shao Xuan playing with straw ropes in the morning. At this time, Shao Xuan wouldn't be bored to play with straw ropes. It must be divination. But Duokang kept taking the team to guard the surroundings and had no time to ask in detail. Now he finally waited for the opportunity to come over to ask.
"We will meet it soon. Not everyone thinks we will follow the same path, and no one chooses to ambush. Some take the initiative, and perhaps some people can predict the route we are taking." Shao Xuan said.
"Can our route be calculated accurately?!" Duo Kang was surprised and didn't believe it, but it was really possible to think of the people from the Yi family. Although the Yi family has a lot of waste, there are still capable people with real skills.
"What are your plans?" Duokang asked again.
"Just keep on rushing, by the way, have you all done the things you have helped to make?" Shao Xuan asked.
When setting off, Shao Xuan assigned some tasks to the slightly more leisurely soldiers. With the elderly and children, the trip is definitely not as fast as when they were hunting, so naturally someone would be idle, so Shao Xuan gave them time to help make some small things.
"I've done a lot, and I'm all there." Dokang pointed to a vine basket not far away.
"That's good. You guys will leave first later. I'll stay here." Shao Xuan walked over and opened the lid on the big vine basket, looked at the big and small things inside, and was very satisfied.
Duokang thought about what Shao Xuan did when they came back from trading in Amba City when they encountered the things that Shao Xuan did when the young master from Amba City sent someone to chase after him. He didn't ask questions and asked other warriors who had already dealt with the ferocious beasts to clean up and continue on the way.
Xiang Chen saw Shao Xuan staying behind alone and asked Duokang in confusion: "The elder is not leaving?"
"Our elders have something to do." Duokang signaled Xiang Chen to return to the team quickly.
Xiang Chen was full of doubts. He didn't go to trade with Duokang at the beginning, so he didn't know what happened that time. Even if he heard others say it later, he didn't have a deep impression.
He returned to the team and picked up his little daughter, carried her daughter-in-law, and other things around her neck or waist. Then Xiang Chen started to continue his journey like others.
Soon, the bloody place became quiet.
The wet and warm air was filled with a smell of blood. There were roars of different beasts coming from afar. Shao Xuan looked up at the sky above. Through the hidden leaves, he could see some flying figures wandering back and forth.
The scorched birds could no longer wait. The first one rushed down, broke through the leaves, and headed straight for the remains of the ferocious beast on the ground. They were cut to the ground by Shao Xuan's sword, and after a few thrusts, they died.
Seeing this, the other scavengers rushed down turned around in the air, resting on the branches not far away, staring at Shao Xuan.
More than twenty rotten birds flew down, resting not far away and staring at Shao Xuan, and there were more in the sky.
There was only Shao Xuan around here. If it were someone else who was timid, he might be timid. Shao Xuan ignored them. He worked hard on the remains of the beast corpse for a while, slapped a few corrupt birds that wanted to attack it on the ground. After finishing the one here, he left and continued to arrange them around.
Shao Xuan planned to set up another chain of traps. What he asked the soldiers to help him do was to set traps. There must be pursuers behind him. Even if they cannot block them all by these traps, they will at least cause some losses and blocking to them, and the speed of chasing those people will slow down.
Seeing Shao Xuan leave the beast corpse, the scavengers who were standing on the branches were rushing up and fell a lot of feathers in the scramble. Because the team of Yanjiao has passed, the large beasts here have avoided it, and in a short time, nothing can compete with these scavengers for food.
The scavengers pecking at the flesh and blood residue on the animal bones blinked their gray eyelids and held bloody shreds of flesh in their mouths, guarding against Shao Xuan. From time to time, they spread their wings to Shao Xuan and stretched their necks and yelled, saying that they were driving them away and preventing Shao Xuan from robbing their food. However, Shao Xuan did not intend to pay attention at all and continued to work on his own.
The blue-gray vines, which are thinner than the little finger, are wrapped in the inconspicuous grass. If people familiar with the forest see them, they will definitely be prepared for it, because this vine does not exist nearby, but a vine living in a swamp, which is thin and tough.
The sharp wooden thorns and polished stone needles were blocked by leaves, and the things in a vine basket were hidden nearby for only half an hour.
After all this, the beast corpse was left with only skin and bones, and most of the flesh had been cleaned up. A giant beast now had only one push of skin and bones and hard horn teeth left.
Shao Xuan stood up, glanced at the place before leaving.
Taihe Tribe.
A group of soldiers from Taihe drove away the sneaky people in the mountains and forests and killed two people.
"What wave has this been the first time?"
"The third wave or the fourth wave?" said a soldier.
"Fortunately, the people in Yanjiao left quickly, otherwise they would be frustrated to death."
In the past two days, they often meet people wandering in the nearby mountains and forests, especially the Yanjiao tribe. After they take over the territory of Yanjiao, they naturally have to send people to guard and drive away those who want to get close to inquire.
Those people looked just small groups and did not dare to offend the people of Taihe. When they saw that the Yanjiao tribe was almost empty, they gave up here and looked for traces of the Yanjiao people in the mountains and forests. Some even wanted to threaten the people of Taihe, but this was the territory of Taihe. People did not threaten them, but were dragged up the mountain by the people of Taihe to make fertilizer.
The sun is slanting, and at dusk, a team of about a hundred people followed the traces. After all, there are so many people in Yanjiao, it is impossible for people who are skilled in the business to leave no trace. It can be easily distinguished.
They were the first people to catch up. After visiting the Yanjiao tribe, they followed the trace without stopping. They wanted to get some benefits before others.
Although there were only more than one hundred people, they did not intend to fight hard, but instead tried to kidnap some people as hostages, and then threatened the people in Yanjiao to exchange fire crystals and salt stones. They have used this method many times on others. Compared to fighting hard, they are much smarter, and this time they are full of confidence.
"Beast corpse! They passed by here not long ago." One of them said.
They approached the beast corpse and wanted to judge the strength of the slaughtered person from the traces of the beast corpse, as well as the approximate time of slaughtering from the present, so that they could estimate the opponent's combat effectiveness and the approximate time it would take to catch up.
However, when the person who went to check the beast corpse touched the animal bone that was pecked with no flesh, it changed suddenly.
With a rapid trembling sound, it seemed like a chaotic switch was pressed, and murderous aura instantly filled the calm forest.
A large-scale stone needle attack, like rain, resisted the avoided person, but accidentally triggered another round of trap. Whenever they thought they finally dodged, they would usher in another round of attacks, one round after another. The lasso was like a big hand that suddenly emerged from the ground, tied up the people who could not dodge. The slow-moving person was accidentally stabbed by wooden thorns and stone needles.
When all the chaos finally stopped, the people who were still safe did not dare to move around, and looked around vigilantly, and their nerves were tense when they took a step. Someone on the ground was caught and poisoned. Even if they survived, they would not be able to continue chasing.
Although there were only about twenty people who had lost their ability to move, eight of them had their breathing cut off, and the remaining seventy were only slightly injured even if they were hit, they did not dare to chase them at full speed as before. They were alert to dodge quickly, otherwise they would have to lie down at least half of them here now.
"Boss, are we still... still chasing him?" A man twisted his face and pulled out a wooden thorn on his arm. It was obviously made of wood, but it caused such a great threat. The poison on the wooden thorn made his whole arm numb. After applying some medicine, he felt better, but he didn't know if it would work all the time. If the poison is too strong, he doesn't know if his arm will be useless.
The people who led the team also had a big alarm. They had not received any news before. Their understanding of Yanjiao people was limited to "strong strength" and "savageness", but they didn't expect that they would suffer a big loss just as they were about to catch up!
"Take the injured first, let's not chase after you." said the leader.
"What should I do if the fire crystal and salt stone are taken first?"
"Then let them rob first! I want to see what other methods will be used by the people from Yanjiao to deal with the people behind!"
Their losses this time are that they don’t understand the Yanjiao people, and they cannot blindly chase after them. If they fall into the other party’s trap, they will only have the word “death”. After all, they are only so many people. If they don’t get anything else, they will be cut off.
Chapter completed!