Chapter 90

Moving to the valley, not only is the hunting range larger, but the hunting environment is also completely different from before.

So as soon as he entered Red Wood Ridge, Xia Hong did not rashly start looking for prey, but let Luo Yuan lead the way, taking everyone to familiarize themselves with the environment within five hundred meters of the periphery first.

While familiarizing themselves with the environment, the distribution of cold beasts within five hundred meters of the periphery was soon figured out by the crowd.

"There are seven in total, three of which are less than fifty meters apart, so they are not considered for the time being. The other four are two snow-maned beasts, one frostwolf, and one golden-eyed magic sheep, all of which are more than a hundred meters apart. We can consider choosing one to take action."

After summarizing all the situations reported by the crowd, Xia Hong drew a sketch on the snow, looked at the animal trap under his feet, his expression stirred slightly, and he aimed the branch in his hand toward the southwest.

"That snow-maned beast is the furthest away, start with it!"

In the original hunting method of using torches to attract cold beasts to kill each other, Xia Hong had to choose targets in the middle of multiple cold beasts. Now the situation is different from the past, the hunting method has changed, and the strategy for choosing targets naturally has to change too.

The group walked toward the southwest for a while and soon saw an unusually thick Jin Lin tree. About thirty meters away, Xia Hong stopped everyone and then signaled to Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan nodded, took out a ram's horn chisel from behind, found an open piece of ground, cleared away all the accumulated snow on it, revealing the pitch-black ground that had formed a layer of ice crystals.

Looking at the pitch-black ground, a flash of eagerness to try crossed Xia Chuan's eyes. He raised the ram's horn chisel in his hand, exerted force suddenly, and chiseled fiercely toward the ground.

Bang…………

A huge repulsive force transmitted from the ground to the ram's horn chisel. Xia Chuan's arm was directly flipped backward, and he himself bounced back a full three or four meters. If Xia Hong hadn't caught him with quick eyes and hands, he would probably have staggered to the ground.

"Don't try randomly. The hardness of this ground is too strong. Without Earth-Digging Realm strength, you can't break it open. Let me do it!"

Xia Hong shook his head, took the ram's horn chisel, held the handle with both hands, held his breath, and chiseled fiercely toward the ground.

Crack…………

A crisp sound of ice crystal shattering came, and the ram's horn chisel successfully inserted into the soil. Seeing the ground broken open, the others instantly showed a look of envy.

It seems like just digging open the ground, but this represents Earth-Digging Realm strength.

The key is that Xia Hong is still so young.

Although Luo Yuan also has a foundation strength of over eight thousand jin, he is already over thirty. Not only him, but the three Zhao brothers, the four Li and Ying brothers, including Zou Yuankai, are basically over twenty-five.

Compared to the Woodcutting Realm of Great Xia, their ages are on the older side, so not only when seeing Xia Hong, but sometimes when seeing Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and others, they also feel a bit of envy in their hearts.

After all, being young represents potential.

Xia Hong naturally did not know the thoughts of Luo Yuan and the others, only focusing on digging the pit. An hour later, a pit with a diameter of one meter and a depth of half a meter appeared before everyone's eyes.

Xia Hong forced the animal trap open, carefully placed it into the pit, tied one end of the trap with a rope, buried the rope along the snow, tied the other end to a tree, and tied a dead knot.

Only then did he instruct Xia Chuan and the others to cover the pit with accumulated snow again.

When all the preparatory work was finished, Xia Hong took out a torch, looked at the crowd, and instructed: "Chuan, Luo Yuan, the three Zhao brothers, you five attack with me. The other seven hide in the trees and find your own opportunities to shoot its weaknesses with bows and arrows."

Xia Chuan, Qiu Peng, and Xu Ning nodded upon hearing this, and Qiu and Xu went directly to find trees nearby to hide.

Luo Yuan and the nine others, although suspicious in their hearts, still found their respective positions according to Xia Hong's instructions.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Xia Hong turned his head to glance at the snow-maned beast still fast asleep on the Jin Lin tree thirty meters away, suddenly struck the torch to ignite it, and then carefully inserted it onto the well-disguised snow pit.

After inserting the torch, Xia Hong ran away quickly, hid above a large tree to the left of the pit with Luo Yuan and the other five, and then quietly watched the Jin Lin tree not far away.

Light a fire to attract cold beasts?

Luo Yuan didn't know the magic of the small torch yet, thinking that Xia Hong was just simply lighting a fire to attract cold beasts, and a look of disappointment instantly flashed in his eyes.

Although cold beasts also chase light and heat, it depends on the time. They are extremely sleepy at night. Unless attacked, it is difficult to wake them up. Never mind such a small torch, even if a big fire was burned, it might not necessarily……

Bang…………

The train of thought in Luo Yuan's mind was interrupted by a loud noise.

He raised his head to look at the Jin Lin tree, and his expression instantly stiffened.

He didn't expect that the slap in the face would come so quickly.

The torch had been burning for less than five minutes, and the adult snow-maned beast that was originally fast asleep on the Jin Lin tree had actually woken up.

Not only did it wake up, but it really walked toward the torch.

This………… how is this possible……

Not only Luo Yuan, but the three Zhao brothers and the other five also widened their eyes, looking at the snow-maned beast gradually approaching, their faces full of disbelief and incomprehension.

That snow-maned beast had a body length of four meters, two sharp fangs standing high, and four limbs thick and powerful. Every step it took pierced through the accumulated snow and reached the ground, clearly in its adult form.

Although it was approaching, its pair of small eyes were rolling around, scanning the surroundings. It was clearly a very vigilant posture, but every time its gaze shifted to the torch, those eyes revealed a look of extreme craving and obsession.

This torch seemed to have some great attraction to it.

Unlike Xia Hong and the four, Luo Yuan and the other eight, who were seeing the magic of the small torch for the first time, had eyes full of amazement and expectation at this moment.

That snow-maned beast had already walked to a position less than three meters from the torch.

As long as it takes one more step……

Click!

The snow-maned beast's right front limb stepped on the position of the pit just now. The crisp sound of the animal trap closing underground and colliding violently with the bones rang out suddenly.

Following closely behind was the angry roar of the snow-maned beast after being in pain.

Roar…………

"Do it!"

Xia Hong gave the order, and he himself rushed out first. Luo Yuan and the five followed closely behind, rushing toward the snow-maned beast from different directions.

Swish…… swish…… swish…………

At the same time, from the large trees nearby, the sound of arrows breaking through the air rang out.

That snow-maned beast's right front limb had been injured by the animal trap, and its mobility had already been greatly weakened. Facing the rapidly approaching arrows, even if it sensed danger, it could not make an effective dodge.

The two arrows at the very front shot straight into the snow-maned beast's two eyes, one left and one right;

Among the dozen or so arrows that followed, two hit the snow-maned beast's ear canal and oral cavity;

Although the others did not hit fatal vital points, they basically all hit the snow-maned beast's neck, face, and other fragile positions.

Roar…………

With the arrows attacking, plus the five blade lights rushing from all around, the snow-maned beast clearly already smelled the breath of death. After an angry roar, it actually directly brought the animal trap out from underground, then leaped suddenly, intending to turn around and flee.

It's just a pity that there was a rope tied to the animal trap on its foot, and the other end of the rope was tied to a tree with a dead knot. The snow-maned beast's leap not only failed to escape successfully, but because of the rope's pulling force, it stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

The snow-maned beast quickly turned over. This time it was prepared and tore the rope apart with one bite.

It's just a pity that Xia Hong, leading Luo Yuan and the other five, had already arrived at this moment.

The Cold-Startling Blade shone with silver light, not losing to the snow in the slightest. Xia Hong raised it high above his head, his whole body's energy condensed. Looking at the snow-maned beast's neck, his eyes were cold and sharp, and he slashed down with all his might.

At the same time, Luo Yuan and the three Zhao brothers also raised their butcher knives toward the joint parts of the snow-maned beast's body.

The snow-maned beast suddenly raised its head. Looking at the blade light falling from Xia Hong, a look of fear flashed in its eyes. It actually turned its body directly, gave up fleeing, changed direction, and rushed toward Xia Chuan, the only one among the six without a blade, with its fangs bared.

Crack…………

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