As expected, Hang Shiqi was "invited" to get off the carriage.
It didn't matter to him, he was full after eating, and had almost rested, so he just happened to go out for a run to eliminate food.
He ran at the front of the entire team, and soon he was far away from the team. Only Ao Shun was afraid of losing him, so he tried to follow his footsteps.
The snow on the road ahead has disappeared, and the spring grass has not yet grown, leaving only a large muddy wasteland.
Hang Shiqi stepped on it with his paws, and soon there was a lot of mud on his feet. He didn't care, but jumped up and down on the mud with all his strength, leaving plum blossom-shaped footprints.
"Be careful, it's not safe over there. It's easy..." Ao Shun reminded uneasily. The area ahead is a swamp area, and it is very unsafe to stray from the road. If you fall into the swamp, you may not be able to climb out without someone to pull you.
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly stepped on a piece of mud, which was extremely soft, and half of his body sank in instantly.
Ao Shun was startled, thinking he had fallen into a swamp, and hurried to pull him out.
Hang Shiqi was fluttering inside and waving his hands: "It's either a swamp or an ordinary muddy place."
Ao Shun breathed a sigh of relief, but still urged: "Come up quickly, look at you. You are covered in mud. There will be no place to take a bath later."
Hang Shiqi had already climbed to the shore, but after hearing this, he slipped back and said, "Well, I'm already dirty anyway, so it would be more cost-effective to play for a while longer."
Hang Shiqi was splashing around in the mud pond, and suddenly found a cluster of reed poles standing at the end of the mud pond. He was hiding in it and blowing bubbles, and then a sharp tip emerged from the water.
Hang Shiqi quietly leaned over, grabbed the upper edge of the reed pole, and pulled it up like a radish. After a while, a four-clawed beast covered in mud floated up from under the reed pole. He looked at Hang Shi and
The seven heads are almost the same, a bit like a dog, but Hang Shiqi has never seen such an ugly dog. Plus it was covered in mud, so it was hard to tell the species for a while.
The thing was pulled out of the water. It seemed a little confused at first. When it saw that Hang Shiqi was alone, it rushed towards him without any explanation. It opened its mouth wide and bit Hang Shiqi's throat fiercely.
"Wow, there are monsters under the water!" Hang Shiqi blew a blade of wind in the mud pond, covering the opponent's face with mud. He turned around and swam back desperately. Unexpectedly, the entire water surface was boiling in the next second.
Bubbles arose, and countless reed sticks protruded from the mud. Then a bunch of the same animals as before swam towards Hang Shiqi, and made a sound like a dog barking.
"Hyena clan?" Ao Shun recognized the seventeen guys chasing Hang.
These hyenas, because they are cruel and cunning by nature, do all kinds of evil, and like to commit crimes in gangs and bully the less, they were expelled from the north by Ao Wu two years ago and then disappeared without a trace. I didn't expect that they would show up here now.
"Ouch -" The enemy is attacking, there are assassins! Ao Shun shouted a warning on the shore, picked up some rocks on the shore, kept smashing them into the water, attacked the hyenas that were about to catch up with Hang Shiqi, and took cover
Hang Shiqi came ashore.
Hang Shiqi finally swam to the shore and was pulled up by Ao Shun. The silver-white dog hair all over his body turned black, blending in with the surrounding ground.
"Bah, bah." Hang Shiqi vomited out and accidentally got mud in his mouth, and stepped on a hyena that tried to climb ashore back into the mud: "These mud monsters are too scary, so I pulled out one of them
There were so many reed sticks coming out to chase me and bite me, and one even wanted to bite my butt. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and kicked him down."
"He doesn't want to bite your butt, he wants to eat your internal organs." Ao Shun threw away the stone in his hand, changed back to his animal form, and rushed back with Hang Shiqi: "This is not a mud monster, it is a hyena orc. Their ancestors
They have the habit of taking out the entrails from other people's butts and eating carrion. It is said that they should have been expelled. This time they ambush here, they must be evil. Let's go back and join the team first."
Hang Shiqi was good at escaping, and Ao Shun was not slow at all. They ran side by side towards the team quickly.
Later, the hyenas had swam to the shore and were pushing each other to climb up the shore.
Ao Wu heard Ao Shun's signal and immediately gave the order. The team stopped at the entrance of the swamp and made a fighting stance.
Yun Wuzhen also jumped down from the carriage, looked around curiously, and said in a leisurely manner, "How can an assassin be so bold and dare to run wild under the Wolf King's nose?"
Ao Wu glanced at him: "Stand far away to watch the excitement. If you accidentally get hurt, you will be responsible for the consequences."
Yun Wuzhen didn't take Ao Wu's warning to heart. Although he himself was not good at fighting, he had several subordinates who were good at fighting. He glanced around casually: "Where is my dear beauty Xiao Qi?
He is so delicate and delicate, he cannot be hurt. Hu Yi?"
"Here." A thin and neat man behind him responded: "Your Majesty, please give me your orders."
Yun Wuzhen: "Find Xiao Qi and protect him. If he is injured, I will ask you for help."
As soon as Yun Wuzhen finished speaking, he saw two wolf figures, one large and one small, one black and one white, rushing towards them in the distance, followed by a bunch of unknown black monsters. When they got closer, they realized that the black ones were not really black.
Instead, his body was covered in mud, and as he ran, he would throw mud spots everywhere. Ao Shun next to him had already had a lot of mud spots thrown on his body.
Yun Wuzhen's expression changed, he raised his hand to cover his nose, and took a few steps back, fearing that the mud would get on his body.
Ao Wu didn't move. Although he also loved cleanliness, it didn't include on the battlefield. Here, he only cared about the enemy in front of him and the companions behind him.
"Ao Wu, Ao Wu, help me!" Hang Shiqi, who was wrapped in mud, rushed towards Ao Wu and made a cute voice of kissing the beauty Xiao Qi: "These guys are going to bite my ass and eat my internal organs!"
"Xiao Shiqi?" Yun Wuzhen's expression cracked. He stared at the eyes covered with mud from head to toe, and his hair turned into wisps. Hang Shiqi looked up and down, and finally looked at those ice blue eyes.
Find the mark of beauty: "How do you..."
He didn't ask the second half of the sentence, because Hang Shiqi was already standing on the spot and started to shake Maomao, flying mud and causing a circular blank area to spread out around him.
"Ao Shun, lead Hang Shiqi into the team." Ao Wu was splashed with a few drops of mud, but his expression did not change. He gave a brief order, then changed his animal form, roared, and led the frost wolf towards the charge.
Come hyena.
The hyenas did not dare to confront them head-on. Their usual tactics were to bully the many and bully the weak. When they encountered a being like the Frostwolf, which overwhelmed them both in strength and numbers, they would turn around and run away as soon as they met.
"Chase!" Ao Jing yelled and led the men to make the hyena pounce on them.
"Ouch!" Hang Shiqi followed closely.
"Come back!" Ao Wu called out to them: "There is an ambush in the swamp. Ao Jing led five teams to outflank the alley and block the exit on the other side. If they dare to come out from the other side, a few of them will come.
Kill a few. But if they don’t come out, no matter what, don’t go in.”
"Yes." Ao Jing didn't know how Ao Wu judged the ambush, but the boss said there was an ambush, so there must be an ambush. He quickly ordered people and left from the alley.
"Hang Qi." Ao Wu called again and planned to follow Ao Jing to Hang Qi: "Don't make trouble, just stay by my side."
"Oh." Hang Shiqi responded, but his eyes turned restlessly.
"If they don't come out and we don't go in, is the Wolf King planning to just stay in a stalemate like this?" Ao Wu ordered Kung Fu. Yun Wuzhen had already recovered from the mud blow of Hang Shiqi and said to Ao Wu: "Fox Si is good at concealment and detection.
, I can lend you someone if you need it."
"No need, just wait." Ao Wu was not in a hurry.
Hang Shiqi and the hyena ran out covered in mud, indicating that the hyena was hiding under the mud and preparing for a sneak attack. Hang Shiqi was so playful that he probably accidentally fell into the mud, breaking the hyena's ambush, and the hyena had to be exposed in advance.
identity.
Afterwards, the hyenas resorted to a trick and pretended to chase Hang Shiqi, but in fact they were trying to lure the frost wolves into pursuing them and stepping into their trap again. Otherwise, it would not be explained why they insisted on charging up even though they knew they couldn't defeat the frost wolves. Since they were charging towards them, why did they turn around?
Just run.
Now that these questions have been clarified, what remains is the motive of the hyenas ambushing them. When it comes to revenge, it seems reasonable, but in fact it is contradictory.
Hyenas bully the weak and are afraid of the strong. If they really want revenge, they will probably start with the lone frost wolf. His daring to ambush the hunting team shows that, first, there are people behind the hyena clan, and revenge is only the second. They have other goals. Second, he is in this swamp.
There is an existence that they think can help them win. And this existence probably needs to be in water or a swamp in order to exert its corresponding strength.
"Chirp!" Miu Miu descended from the sky and landed on Ao Wu's shoulder. As Ao Wu's pet, his role is of course not just to eat and act cute. His actual role is to replace Ao Wu's eyes and overlook the battlefield from the air.
This is the ability of the current high priest, which helps beasts "channel", open up their spiritual intelligence, and bind some of their abilities to their masters, so they can be shared when needed.
Ao Wu saw their real enemy through Miu Miu's shared vision - the half-demon plant ghost blood vine.
The original Ghost Blood Vine was a plant that attacked orcs by instinct, called the Blood Drinking Vine. Later, it was cultivated by a madman priest who could demonize the plant, and turned into a half-demon plant. The so-called half-demon plant not only gave the plant a self
Consciousness and mobility will simultaneously make plants a hundred times more powerful and evil.
This crazy priest spent his life looking for more powerful plants to complete the demonization, and the final product was the ghost blood vine. Legend has it that on the day the ghost blood vine appeared, all the orcs and livestock in the surrounding villages were turned into mummies. And the priest also disappeared that day.
Without a trace, the cultivation of ghost blood vine has been classified as a forbidden art.
It just so happens that this crazy priest is named Yun Qing, and he is a cloud fox.
Ao Wu glanced at Yun Wuzhen next to him: "The thing hidden inside is the ghost blood vine. Don't you want to explain it to me?"
Yun Wuzhen's face changed slightly, Ghost Blood Vine? Why are you here?
The Ghost Blood Vine appeared ten years ago. Before that, Yun Wuzhen had met Yun Qing a few times, and his impression was that he was a taciturn young man. He paid no attention to other things and was focused on studying plants.
Yun Wuzhen didn't know why Ghost Blood Vine appeared here, whether it was Yun Qing himself, or someone else who had learned this forbidden technique. But it was obvious that someone used this to ambush the hunting team, deliberately setting up trouble to provoke Yunhu and Frost Wolf.
relation.
He glanced at Ao Wu with a half-smile: "Will the Wolf King believe me if I explain it? Then I say that thing has nothing to do with our royal family, and I don't know why he appears here. That madman has been missing for ten years.
, maybe he is alive, maybe he can figure it out in the swamp by himself."
Ao Wu: "Does the Ghost Blood Vine have any weaknesses?"
"Weakness..." Yun Wuzhen paused: "You don't doubt me anymore?"
Ao Wu: "You don't look that stupid."
Using something unique to the Yunhu clan to attack the hunting team is too basic a frame-up method. Moreover, if the Yunhu clan really arranged an ambush, it would be impossible for Yun Wuzhen, the pampered little prince, to be in danger himself.
Cloud Fox and Frost Wolf have always been the closest among the seven tribes. Frost Wolf is good at fighting, and Cloud Fox is excellent in business and magic. If they work together, they will win together. If they are divided, Frost Wolf may not be in trouble, and his ability to protect himself is weak.
The same cannot be said for Cloud Fox. So as long as Frost Wolf still retains this strong combat power, Cloud Fox will never betray Frost Wolf in the short term.
"The ghost blood vine is rooted in the quagmire and needs someone to control it. The operator can't be too far away from the plant and should be hiding nearby. There are two ways to get rid of the ghost blood vine, either cut off the ghost blood vine roots or kill the operator.
Or." Yun Wuzhen recalled reading the information about the Ghost Blood Vine and said, "But the Ghost Blood Vine is extremely ferocious. Do you really want to enter his hunting range and fight with him head-on?"
Ao Wu: "Fleeing before the battle is not the Frostwolf style. At least now we are prepared to enter. It is better than being ambushed without knowing anything."
Yun Wuzhen: "I understand. Since this matter involves the Yunhu clan, I can't stay out of it. Let my people deal with the hyenas. Just concentrate on dealing with the Ghost Blood Vine."
As soon as Yun Wuzhen finished speaking, a strange fragrance spread among the crowd. The fragrance was alluring and made people think.
"Quick, cover your nose, it's Vampire Teng Xiangyin." Yun Wuzhen's expression suddenly changed.
This incense lure was originally used by blood-sucking vines to attract prey. It exudes fragrance to lure surrounding prey to the bait. The smell has a mild hallucinogenic effect and can easily arouse people's desire. Of course, it is not difficult to crack it in the future, as long as the nose is blocked.
, if you breathe through your mouth, the effect of incense will be greatly reduced.
Ao Wu nodded and ordered his men to block their noses with cloth.
He also ordered the hunting team: "The terrain of the swamp is complex, and there are water formations. Each team must cooperate and contain the ghost blood vines as much as possible. At the same time, pay attention to any possible targets in the surroundings."
"Yes!" The team quickly formed a formation, and their movements were neat and orderly. It made people vaguely feel that something was missing.
Ao Wu glanced at the team, his face changed slightly: "Where is Hang Shiqi?":,,,