Although sleeping on the branches of a towering tree has relatively high technical requirements, at least you can avoid most dangers.
Yun Duoduo had followed Gu Yuan all the way and had already mastered the skill of sleeping in a tree. In addition, before going to bed, Gu Yuan had added certain safety measures for her, so there was no possibility of her falling out of the tree while she was asleep.
Despite this, Gu Yuan would still wake up every now and then to take a look at Yun Duoduo's condition to ensure that the little girl could have a peaceful sleep.
At around three o'clock in the morning, this was the second time tonight that Gu Yuan woke up to check Yun Duoduo's sleep status.
With a wave of his hand, a kind of mosquito-repelling powder was blown away from Gu Yuan's sleeves and evenly scattered around Yun Duoduo, ensuring that Yun Duoduo would not be harassed by any mosquitoes while sleeping.
After doing all this, Gu Yuan tapped the branch with his toes, jumped into the air again, as light as a fallen leaf, and jumped to another branch next door.
Just when Gu Yuan sat down cross-legged, leaning on the tree trunk and preparing to fall asleep again.
A cry with a cry made him couldn't help but raise his vigilance again.
He leaned on a branch and looked down through the layers of leaves.
I saw three figures running quickly past the big tree in the dark night.
Not far behind these figures, there were several figures chasing after them from a distance at extremely fast speeds.
Gu Yuan frowned slightly. The woman who just spoke actually chose to stop under the big tree where Gu Yuan and Yun Duoduo were resting.
"Quick, I'll stop them first, you run, they're coming soon!"
Judging from her appearance, she seemed to be planning to stay and defend her companions from the pursuers behind them.
"Senior Sister Qi, we are not leaving."
"Yes, we are not leaving. Senior Sister Qi, we will stay and fight side by side with you."
The other two women were unwilling to leave their companions and escape alone, so together with the previous woman, they prepared to fight the enemy under the big tree where Gu Yuan was sleeping.
The shadows tracking the three women finally arrived under the tree where Gu Yuan was.
Gu Yuan took a closer look and found that the black shadows chasing after him were not human beings.
They all walk upright like humans, are covered in green skin covered with fine scales, have a thick tail behind them, beast-like claws, and a lizard-like head on their neck.
A scarlet-forked, snake-like head spit out from the mouths of these humanoid lizards, emitting waves of blood-curdling hisses.
Gu Yuan knew that this was a humanoid lizard monster, generally called a lizard man.
In fact, to be more precise, except for walking upright, these monsters do not look like humans at all. They should be called lizard monsters more appropriately.
The arrival of the lizard monster made Qi Ying and the three of them feel like they were facing a formidable enemy.
It was only now that Gu Yuan discovered that all three of them had minor or serious injuries.
Among them, Qi Ying injured one of her legs and could not move very smoothly.
Of the other two, one had a claw mark on his shoulder that was so deep that he could see the bone, and blood was flowing out from the wound.
One person kept covering her abdomen with her hands, and blood seeped out from between her fingers. Seeing that she was out of breath when speaking, it was obvious that she had been seriously injured.
There were five lizard monsters chasing after her. One of them had been licking the sharp claws of its forelimbs with its tongue. Its apricot eyes were looking at the wound on Qi Ying's leg.
Obviously, Qi Ying's injuries should have been caused by this lizard monster.
As soon as the two sides met, the battle started extremely fiercely.
Taking advantage of their large numbers, the lizard monsters formed a circle and surrounded Qi Ying and the other three in the middle.
Qi Ying and the others tried to rush out several times, but apart from leaving a few more wounds on their bodies, they were unable to break out of the lizard monster's encirclement.
Seeing the lizard monster gradually shrinking the encirclement, the three people in the encirclement, Qi Ying, were anxious and scared.
On the big tree, Yun Duoduo had woken up. In order to reassure her, Gu Yuan specially came to the branch where she was to accompany her to observe the situation under the tree.
Now, Duoduo is holding one of Gu Yuan's arms and watching the battle under the tree with Gu Yuan.
Seeing that Qi Ying and the others were getting more and more dangerous, Yun Duoduo couldn't bear it. She held Gu Yuan's arm and shook it, hoping that Gu Yuan could come to the rescue.
"Brother Gu Yuan, should we help them?"
"If you don't help them, they will be killed by those ugly guys."
Gu Yuan always tried his best to satisfy Yun Duoduo's requests.
However, before he jumped from the tree, the situation under the tree had already changed.
The five lizard monsters screamed and pointed at the big tree where Gu Yuan and Yun Duoduo were. Then a lizard monster left Qi Ying and the others behind and climbed straight up from the bottom of the tree using both hands and feet.
"ah……"
The ugly lizard monster quickly climbed up from under the tree in the direction of Gu Yuan and the others.
Yun Duoduo was so frightened that he screamed in panic and almost fell from the tree.
Gu Yuan quickly reached out and pulled Yun Duoduo up, letting her stay on the tree with peace of mind. Then he jumped directly from the branch several meters high.
When the lizard man who was climbing the tree saw Gu Yuan jumping down, he immediately turned around, opened his arms, and pounced on Gu Yuan.
What this lizard monster didn't know was that Gu Yuan had already made preparations before jumping off the tree.
The moment the lizard monster lunged at him, Gu Yuan's clenched fist suddenly shot out.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The sharp claws on the lizard monster's forelimbs hadn't touched Gu Yuan at all, and Gu Yuan's fists hit the lizard monster's chest like meteors.
At first, the lizard monster screamed twice in pain.
But as Gu Yuan's fist speed became faster and faster, the lizard monster's cry gradually disappeared.
Until the end, the lizard monster that scared Yun Duoduo was actually blasted to the ground by Gu Yuan along the trunk of the big tree.
When Gu Yuan turned around, his chest was already broken into a pile of lizard monsters, and then he slid down from the tree trunk limply.
As soon as Gu Yuan appeared, he gave both parties under the tree a shocking attack.
His companion died tragically, but the remaining lizard monsters were completely angered.
With their brains, they cannot figure out too many complex problems.
I caught Qi Ying before because they were hungry and they happened to meet Qi Ying and the others when they were out hunting.
Qi Ying and the others naturally became their hunting targets.
Now that their companions were beaten to death by Gu Yuan, Gu Yuan naturally became their enemy.
The two lizard monsters screamed strangely and rushed towards Gu Yuan with their claws and teeth bared.
They were very fast, like two green lightning bolts in the dark night, arriving in front of Gu Yuan in the blink of an eye.