Chapter 178 Hunting the Mountain of Life and Death
Although the beast tide is extremely dangerous, it is also an opportunity. The soul-sucking beasts that rarely appear usually will appear in the beast tide, which means a lot of wealth. Naturally, the villages in the Mountain of Life and Death will not let this go.
Opportunities, hunting competitions came into being, and it is said that the person with the most prey will receive generous rewards jointly contributed by the surrounding villages.
Xia Yang's strength has now greatly increased. After he showed his newly acquired abilities to Li Tong, he reluctantly agreed to Xia Yang's request to follow them up the mountain for hunting.
"Isn't this bow good?" Xia Yang couldn't help but ask with a smile when he saw the long bow Li Tong was carrying behind him. This bow was one of the prizes Xia Yang won in a bet, and it was a gift he specially gave to Li Tong.
Li Tong took off the bow and couldn't put it down and said: "This is the best longbow I have ever seen!"
Xia Yang patted Li Tong on the shoulder, "Then you have to thank Li Ling. She helped you choose this. I don't know the difference. I originally wanted to take the most expensive longbow, but Li Ling said I wanted this one."
, it seems that she has really good taste!"
"Lingling is a natural born hunter. She can go hunting on her own at the age of eight! And she also has good knowledge of hunting props. If it weren't for the lack of materials, she would probably have to make her own hunting props!"
The age requirement for the hunting competition is fifteen to forty-five. In the last hunting competition, except for Li Xun, Li Tong, and Li Ling, no one else from the entire village was shortlisted. This time, Li Xiaohe, Li Hong, etc.
Everyone has good hands, so he should have a chance to be shortlisted. Moreover, this is the last hunting competition that Li Xun will participate in. Next year, Li Xun’s age will exceed the age of participation.
The hunting group in the village all hope to win glory for Li Xun in the last competition that Li Xun participates in. At the same time, for the reputation of the entire village, they work extremely hard and only hope to achieve a good result. It can be seen that Li Tong
He is also full of expectations for this hunting competition. It is probably because he has a long bow that he has handy, which makes him more confident.
Xia Yang knows that there are many experts in the hunting area, and there is no shortage of talented people here. The rest depends on personal luck. After experiencing the horror of the beast tide, Xia Yang has a clear understanding of the power of the soul-sucking beasts here. The hunting area
All wild beasts are fast, sensitive and alert. It is really not easy to hunt them easily!
Li Tong had already prepared things for hunting in the mountain. When the hunting competition officially started, he took Xia Yang into the mountain again. The two of them encountered a large number of soul-sucking beasts along the way, but there were only two of them, so they still couldn't deal with it.
The powerful group of soul-sucking beasts can only attack those who are alone. Even so, their harvest is extremely rich.
Two days later, Xia Yang and Li Tong had gone deep into the Mountain of Life and Death. The main purpose of Xia Yang's trip was naturally to hone his newly acquired abilities. With the help of spiritual power, his strength soared a lot, and Li Tong had an advantage.
The weapons also showed their superb archery skills, and the two of them worked together to hunt down many wild beasts.
On the morning of the third day after going deep into the Mountain of Life and Death, thick fog suddenly rose in the dense forest. Li Tong said that this was an extremely rare situation, because there was almost no temperature difference here, fog rarely appeared, and thick fog would
It affects the hunter's sense of smell and vision, which is extremely detrimental to hunting. In the middle of the morning, the sun has already risen high, but the thick fog shows no sign of weakening, which makes Li Tong even more cautious.
The direction chosen by Xia Yang and Li Tong was relatively remote. It was inaccessible and they had penetrated deep into the Mountain of Life and Death. At the beginning, they occasionally saw a few hunting groups. From last night to now, they have seen almost no trace of anyone.
There are various signs that no one has ever been here. After all, the mountains and forests in the hunting area are so big that no one has ever been to many places in it.
The mist gradually dispersed, and the sun softly shone down from between the branches and leaves of the forest, turning into little golden fragments. As the breeze blew through the leaves, the golden fragments on the ground began to change into various irregular shapes.
Rustle, rustle...
Before Xia Yang and the others were happy, a strange sound appeared in their ears. Xia Yang and Li Tong walked one behind the other, and they both stopped cautiously at the same time. This strange sound seemed to be near them, a clearly audible sound.
The two of them were so focused that even the little turtle didn't realize what it was.
Swish, swish, swish...
It seemed to be the sound of rotten leaves being turned over on the ground, or the sound of something digging into the soil. The sound would be heard when the two people moved, but the sound disappeared without a trace when the two people stood still.
Xia Yang and Li Tong looked at each other. This was the first time Li Tong had encountered such a strange thing. He signaled Xia Yang to be careful, took off the long bow on his back, and bent the bow to string it.
The two stood still again, waiting for that sound to sound.
Swish, swish, swish...
Li Tong relied on his intuition and let go of the arrow in his hand. With a "swish" sound, the arrow drew an arc and stuck straight into the ground not far away. At this time, the weird "rustling" sound also disappeared.
, the two of them cautiously approached the place where the arrow hit, but unfortunately there was nothing.
"Could it be a burrowing beast?" Xia Yang asked.
Li Tong looked around cautiously and shook his head, "If a burrower burrows into the soil, it will leave a hole on the ground. And I don't smell any soil at all, so it shouldn't be a burrower."
Xia Yang nodded. He had heard Li Tong talk a lot about the smells and habits of various beasts along the way. Diggers had a special earthy smell, and Li Tong could easily identify that smell.
Suddenly, Xia Yang noticed that a leaf on the ground was moving. He quickly lifted the leaf and saw a yellow ant. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he was too nervous.
Unexpectedly, when Li Tong saw the khaki ant, his expression suddenly changed. He shouted, "Let's go!" He then ran towards the depths of the forest.
"How..." Just as he was about to ask Li Tong what was going on, he saw a second one and a third one appeared... Almost subconsciously, Xia Yang thought of gray-spine ants and that terrifying scene.
Unforgettable to this day, he immediately showed off his new ability to fly, floating in mid-air and speeding forward.
Li Tong looked back at Xia Yang's movements and shouted hurriedly: "Come down quickly! Hurry up!"
After Xia Yang was stunned for a moment, he quickly put away the light wings behind his back, landed on the ground and asked: "Brother Li Tong, what's wrong?"
"Look at the back..." Li Tong went at full speed and used all six senses. If he wasn't careful this time, not even the bones would be left!
Xia Yang turned around and took a look, and immediately saw a cloud of yellow clouds floating in the sky above the treetops, accompanied by a subtle sound of wings vibrating.
"Who was that ant just now?"
"We call it a soil ghost. It is the scariest thing in the whole forest. I didn't expect that we would meet it here! Found it!" Li Tong said and threw a bottle to Xia Yang, "Hurry up and rub some on your body.
, what we saw just now is the front of the earth ghost, and those in the air are the guard ants that live with the earth ghost. They have no attack power themselves, they will spray a powerful
It is a strong corrosive that also has an anesthetic effect. Once the body is touched by this liquid, it will fall to the ground, and the earth ghosts on the ground will take the opportunity to devour the person, but they will leave their last traces to the guard ants.
Like the brain, these two terrifying things are not found in the periphery and can only be encountered in the deepest part of the forest. It seems that we are very unfortunate to have encountered these things."
Li Tong finished speaking in one breath, but did not dare to stop at all. At this moment, Xia Yang could clearly hear the increasingly louder noises behind him. When he looked back, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat. The ground was densely packed with yellow ants.
They don't sweep around like gray spine ants, but only eat living things.
A soul-sucking beast in the shape of a wild boar was awakened from the underground by this group of terrifying killers. As soon as half of its body was exposed, it turned into white bones. The other half underground was still intact, but this was
It only lasted for one breath, and then it was carried out of the ground by the torrent of ants. In the blink of an eye, only a white skull of the soul-sucking beast was left, and no bones were left in other places.
When the guard ants in the air saw the head, they immediately swarmed up and surrounded the head. When they flew up again, not even the bones were left on the ground...
As if they had discovered Xia Yang and Li Tong, the guard ants in the sky chased them first, followed by the earth ghosts who also rushed towards them in a mighty manner.
"Brother Li Tong, what should I do?" Those guard ants were obviously faster than the two of them, and even the little turtles were not as fast as these little things.
"We can only hope to meet the nemesis of the earth ghost-the saliva bird. Otherwise, we may have a dead end!"
In front of this army of earth ghosts, all Xia Yang's abilities could not resist him. After hearing Li Tong's words, he asked: "What does the saliva bird like the most? How can they get here?"
"The earth ghost is the deadly enemy of the saliva bird. The saliva bird's only ability is to spray their special saliva. This saliva can stick the earth ghost into a piece, like glue. Moreover, they are immune to the venom of the guard ants. They are born to be earth ghosts.
Killers, they only kill earth ghosts. Wherever the earth ghosts appear, there will be saliva birds following them. It just depends on whether we can persist until the saliva birds repel these earth ghosts. If not, we will have to wait to die!"
"Be careful!" Xia Yang suddenly saw several streams of green liquid spraying towards Li Tong. Without hesitation, he used his ice wall ability to block all the green liquid. Several guard ants that were closer were also blocked.
The ice wall hit Xia Yang. What shocked Xia Yang was that the guard ant only sank after being hit, and then continued to fly towards the two of them without any damage. (To be continued.)
