Chapter 10

At first glance, this Ice Master tree is no different from other trees nearby.

The tree body is covered with white snow, the tree crown is also covered in silver, and thousands of sharp icicles hang on the horizontal branches, like curtains.

But if you check carefully, you will find that on a thick branch, dozens of icicles more than a meter long are eerily standing upside down.

Xia Hong stared at the tree trunk and immediately distinguished it.

That's no icicle, it's clearly a giant white creature resting on the tree trunk.

A tongue more than four or five meters long was hanging down from its mouth.

Its tongue is also white, and the outside is also covered with a layer of cold ice, so if you don't look carefully, you would think it's a particularly long icicle.

And those "icicles" standing upside down are actually the barbs on its back.

It's night, if you don't observe carefully, you definitely won't see it.

It was thanks to Xia Hong being out for the first time and being extra careful that he could discover it.

Under the night, the specific size of the creature couldn't be seen clearly, but with that long tongue and the barbs on its back, Xia Hong had already recognized it.

"Long-tongued Snow Mane, only two meters long, it should be a juvenile!"

There are not many kinds of cold beasts on the outskirts of Red Wood Ridge.

Among them, the two most common are the bone-piercing frost wolf and the long-tongued snow mane.

According to what he heard from the woodcutting team members before, the long-tongued snow mane is probably a low-level cold beast shaped like a wild boar.

The body of the snow mane is extremely huge, even if it is a juvenile, it is three or four hundred jin; the adult ones are basically over a thousand jin.

The snow mane has infinite strength, likes to use the barbs on its back and forehead to attack, and more importantly, its long tongue of several meters is not only long, sharp, and pointed, but also hard and soft, making it impossible to guard against.

"This kind of snow mane, if you run into a young one, if there is a very strong archer, and cooperate with ten or so Woodcutting Realm experts to circle it, there is a chance to hunt it, otherwise if you run into it in the wild, don't say anything, just run."

Recalling what he heard before, Xia Hong took a deep breath and tried his best to calm his mood.

Although he was very tempted by the good meat of the snow mane, he still had to face reality.

Fortunately, it is night now, and the snow mane is asleep.

If it were daytime, running into an awake one, whether he could live would be a problem.

"Quietly, don't disturb it, just pick some crystal fruit and retreat."

"The biggest characteristic of the long-tongued snow mane is that it is extremely sleepy at night. As long as you don't attack it, it basically won't wake up."

Although the woodcutting team members wouldn't lie to him, Xia Hong naturally wouldn't take his own life as a joke. He first picked up a stone from the ground, then climbed up the tree, and threw it violently at a tree more than a hundred meters away.

The stone hit the tree and only shook a bit, without causing much movement.

But the icicles on that tree fell down with a rustle because of this vibration.

The sound of the icicles hitting the ground was exceptionally clear in this silent dense forest, and Xia Hong also held his breath and began to observe the snow mane.

The snow mane turned a deaf ear to such a loud sound and was still sleeping soundly.

This scene also made Xia Hong truly put his heart down.

"Pick the fruit lightly, it shouldn't be a big problem."

However, just as Xia Hong was about to come down from the tree.

Whoosh...

The sound of an arrow piercing the air suddenly came from the opposite side.

In the dark night, although Xia Hong couldn't see the sharp arrow clearly, judging from the direction the sound came from, he could basically conclude that it was the snow mane on the tree.

"Roar…………"

Sure enough, following the disappearance of the arrow sound, a roar of anger suddenly came from the Ice Master tree.

The sound shook the sky and the earth, the whole tree began to tremble, the icicles on the branches fell one after another, and the snowflakes on the ground were shaken and splashed everywhere.

Even Xia Hong's tree trembled wildly.

"Are they crazy, is this the people from the Da Shi camp?"

Xia Hong shouted wildly in his heart, but his body didn't dare to move at all.

The several camps around Red Wood Ridge had long ago divided their respective territories under the leadership of the Luo Ge camp.

Does Da Xia's territory on the west side of Red Wood Ridge is the territory of the Da Shi camp.

At this moment, Xia Hong naturally wouldn't care about the matter of the Da Shi camp crossing the boundary.

He was just curious, where did the Da Shi camp get the courage to dare to attack a long-tongued snow mane.

Although he didn't know the specific strength of the Da Shi camp, he could be sure that the opponent was the same as Does Da Xia, also a small camp, at most having more Woodcutting Realm combatants than Does Da Xia.

With such strength, can they hunt a snow mane?

Soon, Xia Hong discovered he was wrong.

The Da Shi camp, it seems they really have something.

"Shi Dong, its left eye was shot by me, aim at its right eye with me, the rest of you, hurry up and use ropes to snare it!"

On the west side of the Ice Master tree, a sharp voice came.

Seventeen people followed the voice, all wearing beast skin skirts, holding stone axes in their hands, except for the first one leading the way, who was holding a bright and shiny big knife in his hand.

"Ironware, it should have been bought from the Luo Ge camp."

Xia Hong looked at the big knife and showed a trace of envy in his eyes.

In extreme cold weather, whether it is stone or iron, great changes have taken place.

Does Da Xia originally had a half-iron tool, which was Xia Ding's axe.

Adding the word "half" is because that axe only had the blade part made of iron, and the axe body was stone plus a wooden handle.

But even a half-iron tool, its sharpness far exceeded a stone axe.

Xia Hong once personally used a stone axe to hack against that iron axe, the stone axe had a gap, while the iron axe was unscathed.

Just the axe blade being made of iron is so strong, let alone the bright big knife in the opponent's hand.

Not mentioning Xia Hong's envy, under the Ice Master tree, the crowd of the Da Shi camp had already fought with that snow mane.

The snow mane's left eye was indeed shot, and the dark arrow was still stuck in it.

The snow mane was probably in pain, and after coming down from the tree, although the roar stopped, the breathing sound became exceptionally heavy.

Only the small eye on the right side was already bloodshot and red, staring fixedly at the group of people from the Da Shi camp.

Its hind limbs scratched twice on the snow, and then it made a violent charge.

Fast like a white arrow leaving the string, fierce like a mountain collapsing.

Looking at the snow mane's huge body, one could never imagine that its speed would be so fast.

The huge body combined with the ultimate speed, the cold air was even dispersed, and the impact contained in this blow could be imagined.

"Quick, avoid it, release the rope snare, quick!"

The sharp voice sounded again, and Xia Hong cast his gaze towards a tree on the west side.

The person commanding should be an archer, and another one called Shi Dong is also an archer, who should also be hiding on the other side.

That person was commanding while shooting arrows frantically with another archer.

It's just that those arrows didn't hit the vital parts of the snow mane.

Although they didn't hit, they successfully interfered with the speed of the snow mane's forward charge.

While the snow mane was being interfered with, the fourteen people under the Ice Master tree all scattered, and while avoiding the snow mane, they placed more than ten rope snares on the ground.

The leader holding the big knife, while avoiding, threw the rope snare directly onto the snow mane's neck.

The snow mane couldn't hold its force and hit the ground full of rope snares.

The snow mane's four limbs and head were indeed all snared.

"Exert force, pull!"

The sharp command sounded from behind the tree, and the fourteen people who scattered quickly gathered together, divided into five groups, pulled the ropes on the ground, and ran in five directions, exerting force violently.

Roar…………

The snow mane roared, but it was still a stumble, and it was dragged directly to turn over, hitting the ground and making a loud noise.

And at the same time, two arrows shot like meteors from behind the tree.

Straight into the snow mane's blood-red right eye.

Pfft...

Two arrows, actually all hit.

The snow mane let out an even more painful and angry roar.

"It's done!"

"Hahahahaha, the leader is amazing."

"This evil beast, pain will kill it."

…………

The laughter of the Da Shi camp crowd and the angry and painful cries of the snow mane formed a strong contrast.

The Da Shi camp crowd, although happy, didn't approach because they saw the snow mane still rolling.

The two archers in the distance didn't come out either, hiding behind the tree and continuously shooting arrows to make up for the damage.

As time passed, the movement of the snow mane rolling became smaller and smaller, smaller and smaller, until it finally stopped moving.

The crowd of the Da Shi camp seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The one holding the knife smashed it several times with a stone from a distance, confirmed that the snow mane was dead, and only then finally spoke to the forest.

"Leader, it's already dead."

Behind the tree on the west side, two middle-aged men really walked out, leading the crowd towards the snow mane's corpse.

Seeing the crowd start to harvest the prey, Xia Hong, who had been hiding in the tree, frowned slightly.

(End of chapter)