Chapter 147: Damaging others to benefit oneself, He Meng is furious [Late, sorry]

"Don't worry about the Flood Dragon, shoot those two idiots first, don't let them lead the cold beasts over!"

Swish...

An iron arrow suddenly struck. Xia Chuan tilted his head abruptly.

That iron arrow flew past his scalp.

Glancing back, he saw a large tree behind him pierced by the iron arrow.

Cold sweat also broke out on Xia Chuan's forehead, and he felt a lingering fear in his heart.

Fortunately, after throwing the torch, he immediately turned around and ran east, toward Xia Hong's position.

Otherwise, the one this arrow would have pierced would be his body.

This He Meng actually intended to kill directly!

Not just He Meng, the archers who were surrounding the Flood Dragon, hearing the order, really didn't care about the Flood Dragon and all turned their direction.

The target changed to Luo Yuan and Xia Chuan on the north and south sides.

Swish... swish... swish...

In an instant, iron arrows flew toward the two like a meteor shower.

These were arrows fired by more than twenty Earth-Digging Realm experts.

And the distance between the two sides was only a hundred meters.

Like the Great Xia camp, which values archery, the archers in the Jingxian camp also have extremely high levels of archery.

Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan instantly became embarrassed.

The two wore through the trees, constantly dodging the iron arrows coming from behind, but because there were cold beasts chasing behind them, the two could not hide behind the trees, nor could they retreat, and could only keep running east.

In this way, their escape direction was restricted.

The group of people in the Jingxian camp clearly realized this point. When they fired arrows, their predicted positions became more and more accurate, and their hit rate was also shockingly high.

"No need to kill, drive them east, let them lead the cold beasts away..."

Xia Chuan, who was dodging thrillingly, originally had an ugly expression, but hearing the order He Meng gave to the crowd, he was overjoyed in his heart.

"This idiot, hahahaha!"

In just a while, he had already been grazed by arrows in several places. If the other party continued to shoot like this, he and Luo Yuan, let alone suffering more injuries, even losing their lives was possible.

Never expected that at this time, He Meng actually acted smart.

"Not killing, trying to force us to continue running east and lead the cold beasts away. He thinks it's me and Xia Chuan who attracted the cold beasts..."

Luo Yuan on the south side, feeling the arrows fired from behind, no longer aiming at his vital points, just constantly restricting his escape direction, also felt relaxed.

Just looking down at his calf, his expression was a bit gloomy.

An iron arrow had already pierced the outer skin and flesh, and was stuck on it, and blood was flowing out from the wound.

He threw the torch at the same time as Xia Chuan. The number of people shooting at him was actually not as many as Xia Chuan's side. Logically, he shouldn't have been hit.

The problem is, the one following him is an intermediate Frost Wolf!

Low-level Frost Wolves are more flexible than other cold beasts, and their speed is also faster.

Not to mention the one he attracted with the torch was an intermediate Frost Wolf.

Chased by the Frost Wolf, he was already embarrassed to the extreme, and naturally didn't have much energy to take care of the iron arrows fired by He Meng and others.

The arrow piercing his calf only injured the skin and flesh. He could suppress the pain for the time being, but as time passed, the wound tore wider and wider, and it had gradually begun to affect his speed.

"Awoo..."

Knowing that He Meng and others were no longer focusing on killing him, Luo Yuan only looked down and rushed forward, the howling of the Frost Wolf behind him getting closer and closer, and he could even smell the odor sprayed from the Frost Wolf's mouth.

Swish...

A sound rang in his ears, and a sense of crisis rose abruptly behind his back. Luo Yuan's pupils contracted, realizing that an arrow was about to hit him, and subconsciously wanted to turn sideways to dodge to the left.

It's a pity that the speed of that iron arrow was shockingly fast.

Before he had completely moved his body to the left, Luo Yuan had already perceived the sharp touch of the arrow tip from his right waist.

A dimness flashed in his eyes. Judging from the fact that those iron arrows could pierce large trees, most of the people in He Meng's group probably had base strength above him, and the iron arrows fired were extremely powerful.

The arrow piercing the calf only injured the skin and flesh, no big problem;

But this arrow was aimed at the waist.

Being pierced by such terrifying power, it was probably not just leaving a big hole, but damage to internal organs, and losing his life was possible...

Clang... clang... clang...

Between lightning and flint, several sounds of gold and stone clashing rang in his ears, followed by Xia Hong's incomparably reassuring voice.

"Hide behind me, don't run anymore, apply the golden sore powder first!"

Xia Hong drew his ceremonial blade and swung it extremely fast behind Luo Yuan. Soon, a blade curtain was formed. The ceremonial blade was too long, so the range of the blade curtain formed was also wide. The arrows fired by He Meng's group were all blocked and fell to the ground.

Luo Yuan quickly pulled out the arrow on his calf, then applied the golden sore powder. Seeing the Frost Wolf that had been following him had already run toward the torch, that is, the position of He Meng and others, a hint of joy appeared on his face.

Not just the Frost Wolf, the Snow-Maned Beast behind Xia Chuan also rushed toward the position of the people in the Jingxian camp.

Two intermediate cold beasts rushed over at the same time, and He Meng and others naturally had no time to shoot arrows at this side.

Luo Yuan, whose injuries had eased, also laughed out loud with satisfaction at this moment:

"Hahaha, they went, that group of people probably still don't know who did it."

"Already know, He Meng has seen me, and my blade!"

Xia Hong inserted the ceremonial blade into the scabbard and looked across the Frost Wolf, meeting He Meng's gaze from one or two hundred meters away.

"It's those bastards, dare to trick me!"

He Meng under the large tree was full of anger at this moment, and the hand holding the long bow couldn't stop trembling with anger.

Previously, Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan, he didn't see their appearance clearly, only vaguely judged from their clothes that they should be people from Great Xia, but he wasn't sure.

But seeing Xia Hong who appeared beside Luo Yuan at the end, wearing a black cloak, and the thin long blade in Xia Hong's hand, he immediately understood:

He, this was tricked.

"Boss, those two beasts are almost here, if we don't retreat, it will be too late!"

Hearing the shouts of his team members, He Meng first looked down at the two torches on the ground, then turned his head and glanced at the dying Flood Dragon and the dead Thunder Beast, gritting his teeth and hating:

"Don't worry about these, everyone disperse, run outside!"

Frost Wolf and Snow-Maned Beast, if they came alone, he wouldn't be afraid at any time. If the hunting team was in its prime, even if two came at the same time, he would dare to take these people and try to circle around.

But it happened that they came at this time!

The members of the hunting team had fought three battles in a row, sacrificed several people, and most of them were injured, and supplies and arrows were seriously insufficient.

No matter how confident He Meng was, he didn't dare to stay here any longer.

After speaking, he took the lead and ran around the north side.

The other twenty-plus people also scattered and fled to the north or south. Seven or eight of them were carrying someone on their backs, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.

"Great Xia Great Xia, I must make you pay the price, ah..."

He Meng roared while running, couldn't stop looking back at the position of Xia Hong and the three, his eyes full of anger and hatred.

This night that could have harvested four intermediate cold beast prey.

This time, it was all ruined by Xia Hong and his group.

Not far away, watching He Meng let people disperse and flee, even abandoning the prey on the ground, Xia Hong and the three showed smiles at the same time.

"Sure enough, he thought the two cold beasts were rushing toward the Thunder Beast and Flood Dragon."

"Hahahahaha, these torches can be considered the number one artifact of our camp!"

Hearing the teasing of Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan, Xia Hong couldn't help but smile.

However, seeing that He Meng and others had all dispersed and fled far away, and the Snow-Maned Beast and Frost Wolf had also caught up with the torches, he immediately said to the two people behind him:

"Go to the flanks, use the same method to lead the Snow-Maned Beast and Frost Wolf away."

"Yes, Leader!"

Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan nodded and took orders, immediately separated, one south and one north, and bypassed the flanks of the Snow-Maned Beast and Frost Wolf respectively.

Because the positions where the two torches landed were very close, the two cold beasts that had already come into contact with the torches were now in a state of meeting.

"Awoo..."

"Roar..."

The hostility between the Snow-Maned Beast and the Frost Wolf was very obvious. The moment they came into contact with the torches, their faces showed enjoyment, but they soon woke up, quickly picked up the torches, then raised their heads and looked at each other, and let out low roars at the same time.

This sound carried a very obvious threat.

Clearly, they were all expressing their ownership of the torches.

"Roar..."

However, at this time, a third sound rang out.

It's just that this third sound was completely different from the momentum of the first two, clearly very weak, with a powerless feeling, and even carried a bit of color-strong-inner-weak.

It was that Flood Dragon, dying and dying.

Strangely, although the Flood Dragon was issuing a warning to the two cold beasts, its gaze was also staring at the torches held in the mouths of the two cold beasts, and there was also a clear desire in it.

The Snow-Maned Beast and the Frost Wolf turned their heads at the same time, staring at the Flood Dragon, and the dead Thunder Beast behind it, and a bloody desire appeared in their eyes.

Clearly, they all realized that the Flood Dragon's condition was very bad.

The dead Thunder Beast behind the Flood Dragon was also attractive to them.

"The attraction of the torches to you should be stronger than this Flood Dragon, right?"

Xia Hong, standing on a large tree not far away, first looked at the three cold beasts, then cast his gaze to the sides, a hint of expectation on his face.

With He Meng and his group fleeing, the surrounding snow forest had long been silent. Except for the low roars of the three cold beasts testing each other, there was no other sound.

Suddenly, about a hundred meters behind the Snow-Maned Beast and the Frost Wolf, a small fire rose up respectively.

The moment the two small fires rose, the two cold beasts seemed to have noticed something, each turned their heads to look, and a hint of greed suddenly appeared in their pupils.

Even the dying Flood Dragon couldn't help but turn its head and look.

"Stable!"

Seeing the reaction of the three cold beasts, Xia Hong knew that the plan was successful.

The small fires on the north and south sides suddenly seemed to be added with a large handful of firewood by someone, and they suddenly rushed up two or three meters. The firelight was suddenly large, which was unusually conspicuous in the silent snow forest.

More importantly, the two fires were still fleeing rapidly toward the north and south sides, further away.

The Frost Wolf and Snow-Maned Beast, which were already eager to move when they saw one torch, could no longer suppress the greed in their hearts, turned their heads at the same time, and each ran rapidly toward the large fire behind them.

"Everyone shoot the Flood Dragon, its body should be poisonous, don't get close!"

The moment the Snow-Maned Beast and the Frost Wolf ran away, Xia Hong immediately rushed up. While drawing his bow and nocking an arrow, he didn't forget to greet Zhao Long and other hunting team members standing on the surrounding large trees to shoot the Flood Dragon together.

Swish... swish... swish...

Zhao Long and others, who had been ready for a long time, originally thought they were going to attack the people in the Jingxian camp, and had been waiting for Xia Hong's order.

They had gone out hunting with Xia Hong so many times, and they were already tacitly understood. Plus they had been observing in the dark for so long, they naturally understood Xia Hong's plan. At Xia Hong's order, everyone drew their bows and nocked arrows without any delay.

Fifteen ten-stone iron-fetal bows.

Plus the shooting speed that everyone knew was limited, and had been increased to near the limit.

Swish... swish... swish... swish... swish... swish...

Fifteen arrows at a time, in less than thirty breaths, everyone had already fired more than ten waves, adding up to nearly two hundred arrows.

That Flood Dragon was already in a dying state, plus it was trapped under the Thunder Beast swamp. Let alone escaping, it didn't even have the strength to dodge, so it could only honestly stand above the swamp and be a live target for everyone!

More than two hundred arrows directly submerged the Flood Dragon's head.

After this round of iron arrow baptism that was almost like carpet bombing, let alone the eyes, the Flood Dragon's five facial features and face couldn't even be seen clearly.

The entire skull was directly shot into a hedgehog.

"Roar..."

At this time, the roar made by the Flood Dragon was already extremely weak.

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Zhao Long and others standing on the side suddenly stopped shooting arrows.

The Flood Dragon, thinking it had a chance to breathe, immediately straightened its body, twisted its lower body desperately, trying to break free from the swamp.

Crack...

It's a pity that the moment it successfully pulled its body out and was about to escape.

Xia Hong, who had been hiding above the Ice-Shuo tree, saw the timing and moved.

He opened his eyes wide, held the double-edged giant axe, jumped down from the tree, exerted force with both hands, used the potential energy of falling, drew a circular arc with the giant axe from behind to the front, aimed at the bulge on the Flood Dragon's forehead, and slashed down suddenly.

Clang...

*Scrape... *

Iron tools rubbed against each other, sparking several sparks.

Swish...

Just the iron arrows that were flung off directly pierced the Ice-Shuo tree on the side.

Xia Hong's axe strike, the power can be imagined.

Boom... crack...

The axe slashed down, the Flood Dragon's flesh and blood were torn open, the bulge on the forehead shattered, and the bones inside were smashed into pieces in an instant. The bones in the Flood Dragon's head were as fragile as tofu in front of this giant axe, and couldn't stop it at all.

The giant axe actually slashed down for two or three meters.

A huge Flood Dragon head was slashed into two halves from the middle.

If Xia Hong hadn't retracted a bit of strength at the last moment, the entire upper body of this Vine Dragon would probably have been slashed into two sides.

"Hiss..."

"The leader's strength!"

"How many jin of strength is this?"

Xia Hong didn't have the heart to listen to everyone's exclamation. In order not to get stained by the Vine Dragon, he didn't even pull out the giant axe, jumped down from mid-air, and quickly ordered everyone:

"Hurry up and clean up, bring the Thunder Kui and Vine Dragon back. The Vine Dragon's skin is poisonous, don't touch it!"

Everyone was not dealing with prey for the first time. Knowing that time was limited, they immediately moved at the order, cut down a slightly thinner tree, fiddled with it for a while, made a simple stretcher, and tied the Thunder Kui and Vine Dragon together.

In the gap of making the stretcher, Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan, who were responsible for leading the cold beasts away, also ran back from the east side one after another.

The first to return was Xia Chuan, who walked to Xia Hong's side nervously, with lingering fear:

"If I didn't see it wrong, when I threw the torch, a Demon Sheep and two Frost Wolves nearby were also startled. The Snow-Maned Beast should have felt it too, didn't dare to chase me, and ran away with the torch."

Luo Yuan, who returned later, had a similar expression to Xia Chuan, and said in a deep voice:

"Before I ran to the east side, there was also a lot of movement on the west side. It should be some cold beast in the depths that was also startled. Lighting five torches at once, the power is actually so great!"

Xia Hong nodded. The small torches were originally materials produced by the system, plus he had already tried them on many low-level cold beasts many times.

As for the degree of understanding, others are naturally not as good as him.

The reason why torches are attractive to cold beasts is because cold beasts can heal and recover through firelight and improve their strength.

Since this is the case, the greater the firelight, the greater the attraction to cold beasts, naturally. The fire just became larger, which was him instructing Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan to light five torches at the same time.

However, thinking of something, Xia Hong still turned his head and looked at the crowd, warning in a deep voice: "You must remember, torches must be used cautiously!"

"Yes, Leader!"

Hearing Xia Hong's solemn tone, everyone also nodded in agreement, firmly remembering this in their hearts.

"Alright, hurry back!"

Xia Hong gave an order, went to the front to open the way, and the other seventeen people lifted the stretcher together, followed him quickly, and returned to the periphery of the east side.

Two prey, although heavy together, were completely not a problem for seventeen Earth-Digging Realm experts to lift together.

Everyone walked like flying, soon left Red Wood Ridge, and returned to the valley.

Seeing intermediate Vine Dragon and intermediate Thunder Kui for the first time, the people in the camp naturally broke out in a burst of exclamations, and almost everyone gathered around to watch these two fierce prey.

"The leader hunted two new cold beasts back?"

"The ones brought back a while ago weren't all Snow-Maned Beasts?"

"And they are all intermediate!"

"This is called Lei Kui, tsk, this is too big, how much meat can it yield?"

"This Vine Dragon can't be touched, it's poisonous!"

"The strength of the hunting team is getting stronger and stronger."

"Hahahahaha, I estimate they never dreamed that these two prey of ours were all picked up for free. By the way, there is also the blood of a Demon Sheep, haha!"

On the second floor of the wooden house, hearing the heated discussion of the crowd downstairs, Yuan Cheng looked down at the prey downstairs and couldn't help but laugh out loud, his face full of pride.

The others heard this and laughed heartily.

"Hahaha, the Jingxian camp is working for us for free tonight!"

"Not arrogant? Just need to punish them like this."

"It was they who didn't listen to the leader's warning and hunted across the boundary unscrupulously. They deserve it!"

"Coming to our Red Wood Ridge to hunt, isn't it just working for us?"

"If we meet again next time, we have to continue to fix them like this."

Hearing the joy in everyone's laughter, Xia Hong's expression also relaxed a bit.

Doing things that damage others to benefit oneself, logically, doesn't conform to his values.

But that also depends on the specific situation.

Since the Jingxian camp ignored his warning and invaded Great Xia's territory unscrupulously, hunting across the boundary first, then don't blame him.

"Leader, every three days of hunting in the future, go to the north. If you meet once, let them go back empty-handed once, until they dare not set foot in Red Wood Ridge!"

Hearing Yuan Cheng's proposal, the others nodded in approval immediately.

Xia Hong heard this and a hint of movement appeared on his face, but after pondering for a moment, he shook his head and said in a deep voice: "If nothing unexpected happens, He Meng is furious right now. Let's see what reaction the Jingxian camp has after he goes back. Later, we will still hunt normally and go to the north to see from time to time!"

Hearing the Jingxian camp, everyone immediately calmed down.

Indeed, one He Meng is nothing. What really needs to be worried about is the Jingxian camp behind him.

The number of Earth-Digging Realm experts far exceeding Great Xia, and two experts in the Cold-Resistant Realm who are like stabilizing pillars, no matter how you look at it, the current Great Xia is not suitable for tearing its face with the Jingxian camp.

Even if they know that the other party is invading their territory, they can only endure it.

Just like tonight, judging from the strength Xia Hong showed when he finally beheaded the Vine Dragon, they could completely kill He Meng and his group directly.

And Xia Hong didn't choose to do so, the reason is also this.

The current strength of Great Xia is not enough to support them to completely tear their faces with the Jingxian camp. If the two experts in the Cold-Resistant Realm really make a move, the result is hard to say.

"Let's just leave it at that for now. Don't completely anger them, but don't turn a blind eye to their boundary-crossing behavior. Go to the north to see from time to time in the future!"

To see, of course, is not just the literal meaning. If they can harvest three prey like tonight without doing anything, they will naturally not miss such a good opportunity.

The hunting team members all showed smiles of mutual understanding.

"Damaging others to benefit oneself is still comfortable. This is much easier than taking people to fight with those cold beasts!"

Xia Hong's eyes flashed slightly. If it weren't for worrying about offending the Jingxian camp too much and provoking the two experts in the Cold-Resistant Realm to make a move, he really wanted to fix that He Meng a few more times like this.

The feeling of getting something for nothing, although very cool.

But improving strength must be put in the first place!

"Drain the blood and send it to my room."

"Yes, Leader."

Xia Hong turned his head and instructed Xia Chuan, and went upstairs directly.

Last time, there was still the blood of three Snow-Maned Beasts unused, plus the Vine Dragon, Thunder Kui, and Demon Sheep brought back this time, adding up to six, at least three or four hundred jin.

At fifty jin per point of progress, this can improve 7 to 8 points of progress, and base strength can be improved by nearly ten thousand jin.

"More importantly, this time I also figured out the hunting method of Vine Dragon. I have also seen Director Yu Wen Tao hunt Demon Sheep last time. Demon Sheep and Vine Dragon can also start to try hunting later. In this way, hunting efficiency can be improved again, and my skin-membrane progress can also be faster..."

Inside Red Wood Ridge, He Meng and his group of four who fled in all directions returned one after another to the position where they hunted the Vine Dragon earlier.

Looking at the empty ground and the large pool of fresh blood spilled by the Vine Dragon near the swamp, He Meng and others instantly turned iron-blue.

The ground is so clean, clearly not cold beasts eating each other, which means that the two prey were taken away by the people of Great Xia.

"Bastards, not only tricked me, but also took away the Thunder Kui and Vine Dragon!"

He Meng was so angry that his chest kept rising and falling, his eyes staring at the south side of Red Wood Ridge, as if weighing something.

"Boss, it's not good!"

Suddenly, a call came from the east side.

Everyone turned their heads to look.

The person who came was also full of anger, walked to He Meng's side and said:

"Boss, that Demon Sheep, the blood has been drained!"

He Meng heard this, his face first stiffened, then the anger rushed directly into his brain, and he pulled out the big knife at his waist.

"All go to the south to find, find the camp of Great Xia, must find the camp of Great Xia, if I don't kill these bastards, I won't be surnamed He!"

Sorry, I was sick and had an injection today, people were dizzy, updated late!

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