Chapter 91

The snow-maned beast turned around and fled with an extremely strong desire to survive. Although its speed was not slow, it finally only avoided the neck part.

Xia Hong's blade still landed solidly on its back spine.

Several of the barbs on the snow-maned beast's back were cut off at the root. The Cold-Startling Blade broke through the snow-maned beast's outer skin and cut hard into half of the blade body. At the same time, the great blades of Luo Yuan and the four also slashed at the joint parts of the snow-maned beast's four limbs.

Compared to Xia Hong, Luo Yuan and the four only broke through the snow-maned beast's outer skin, cutting out a four or five-inch-long wound. The damage caused was clearly extremely limited.

The snow-maned beast's powerful impact did not stop because five great blades had cut into its body. Instead, it seemed to become even more violent due to the pain, still rushing toward Xia Chuan's position madly.

The great blades of Luo Yuan and the four didn't even have time to be retracted before they were directly carried away by the snow-maned beast. The four dared not be careless and all chose to let go.

Only Xia Hong's blade cut the deepest. When he was carried away by the snow-maned beast's impact, he didn't let go, but followed the snow-maned beast and rushed toward Xia Chuan's direction.

It's over!

Seeing the snow-maned beast rush to Xia Chuan's position in an instant, while Xia Chuan was still standing stupidly in place without moving, Luo Yuan and the four secretly thought, and their hearts instantly turned cold by half.

The first hunt after the camp merger is going to have people die!

Bang…………

However, no one expected that just as the snow-maned beast was less than half a meter away from Xia Chuan, it seemed to have bumped into something, and its huge body stopped abruptly.

Its legs were clearly still kicking wildly on the ground, and its sharp fangs were swaying incessantly with the crazy movement of its head. It was clearly stuck to Xia Chuan's body, but it couldn't advance even a fraction of an inch.

"This………… how is this possible?"

In the gap while Luo Yuan and the four, as well as the seven on the trees, were all stunned, the snow-maned beast's pupils flashed a cold light. Its legs suddenly stopped kicking, and it raised its head, opening its bloody mouth toward Xia Chuan in front of it.

"Be careful!"

"Be careful of its tongue."

"Be careful."

Everyone present was someone with hunting experience. Seeing the snow-maned beast open its mouth, they all reacted instantly, offering reminders while rushing toward this side.

It's just a pity that the distance was too far, and they couldn't have rushed over in a short time.

A long tongue like an icicle shot out straight from its mouth, aiming directly at Xia Chuan's head. That long tongue was like a sharp sword, even bringing out a cold light in the air.

"I was just waiting for this move of yours!"

Xia Hong, who had been following behind the snow-maned beast, how could he let it succeed? Seeing the moment the long tongue was spat out, he had already turned and leaped over the snow-maned beast, gritting his teeth and taking advantage of the situation to press the great blade, which had already cut into half of the snow-maned beast's body, downward fiercely.

Xia Hong's eyes were wide open, and his terrifying strength of over ten thousand jin caused the Cold-Startling Blade to cut into the snow-maned beast's body again, not only causing it greater damage.

The snow-maned beast was in pain, and its tongue delayed for a moment in the air.

It was this moment of effort that Xia Chuan's originally empty hands suddenly appeared with a small black three-inch blade.

Xia Chuan slashed diagonally, bringing out a crescent blade light in the air, almost without the slightest pause.

Chh…………

The blade light flashed, and the snow-maned beast's long tongue was severed in response.

And as the long tongue was severed, the snow-maned beast's body shuddered suddenly. Xia Hong pulled out the Cold-Startling Blade and slashed fiercely at its head.

Pfft…………

The snow-maned beast's huge head was slashed off by one blade, rolled on the snow for a full four or five circles, and was blocked by two fangs before finally stopping.

"Quick, take the essence blood!"

Hearing Xia Hong's instruction, Xia Chuan nodded, hurriedly took out a small wooden bottle from his body, then used the small black blade to cut open the snow-maned beast's heart position, and squeezed out a drop of dark green blood from inside.

And at this moment, on the other side, whether it was Luo Yuan and the four, or the other seven who came down from the trees, their faces were already dumbfounded.

The crowd walked to the side of the snow-maned beast's corpse and saw the white thread in front of its head, only then understanding why the snow-maned beast hadn't bumped into Xia Chuan just now.

"Hehe, are my white thread and black blade not bad?"

Xia Chuan packed the essence blood bottle and, after retracting the white thread, saw the shocked expressions of the crowd, his expression quite proud.

Previously, when Xia Hong said to let him come out to hunt, he wasn't unaware of the expressions on Luo Yuan and the others' faces.

Among the twelve people, only he didn't have a weapon. Everyone thought he entered the hunting team by relying on connections, and he was very clear about it.

"Brother Xia Chuan, good means!"

Luo Yuan did not hide the shock in his tone. He could feel the terrifying impact of the snow-maned beast just now. The black blade and white thread were certainly powerful, but Xia Chuan's own strength absolutely could not be ignored.

At this moment, not only him, but the three Zhao brothers and the other five, looking at Xia Chuan, all carried a trace of respect.

Even Xu Ning and Qiu Peng, the speed of Xia Chuan's strength improvement, clearly had great shock and confusion.

"Alright, don't be smug. How much is your foundation strength now?"

Xia Hong teased. He had a count of Xia Chuan's strength improvement in his heart. The power of the black blade and white thread, Xia Chuan had also told him privately, otherwise he wouldn't have recklessly brought Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan smiled and answered: "It should be close to 7,000 jin now."

7,000 jin, the improvement during this period is very fast!

Xia Hong had some guesses about the moment he blocked the heavy snow-maned beast, but hearing the number of 7,000 jin, his heart still couldn't help but be surprised.

And the other few, especially Luo Yuan and the others hearing this number, a look of envy instantly appeared on their faces, and a sense of urgency rose in their hearts.

Among the few, Luo Yuan's foundation strength was the highest, at 8,000 jin; the three Zhao brothers were only 7,000-plus; the four Li and Ying brothers were also just 7,000.

Speaking of which, they were all stronger than Xia Chuan, but the problem is, how old is Xia Chuan?

Further considering the black blade and white thread Xia Chuan obtained from the wood puppet ghost.

Their strength, it is very likely, is not as good as Xia Chuan's.

"Don't be too proud. You are still far from the Earth-Digging Realm. In addition, study the black blade and white thread more. The efficacy should be far more than this."

Recalling the importance Yang and Li attached to the wood puppet ghost earlier, Xia Hong reminded Xia Chuan while beating him down.

"The first prey of the night, in hand!"

With Xia Hong's sentence, the crowd came back to their senses, looking down at the snow-maned beast on the ground, a look of unreality flashed across everyone's faces.

It is said that the process just now was so long, but from the time the pit was dug to now, in fact, only an hour had passed.

The snow-maned beast stepped on the pit and was injured, arrows wounded its body, Xia Hong led Luo Yuan and the four to attack, the snow-maned beast turned and fled, encountered Xia Chuan's tongue-cutting, and finally Xia Hong beheaded it with one blade.

The entire hunting process was smooth and simple, as simple as eating and drinking water.

Is this really hunting?

The Luo Ge camp didn't hunt so simply before!

Luo Yuan shook off the chaotic thoughts in his mind. After thinking about the entire hunting process, he placed his gaze on the torch and the animal trap one by one.

"Leader, how can this animal trap be so powerful?"

Hearing Luo Yuan's inquiry, a look of appreciation appeared on Xia Hong's face, and he directly pointed to the animal trap on the snow-maned beast's right front limb, saying: "You take it off and see."

Luo Yuan nodded, leaned down, grabbed the animal trap with both hands, and exerted a little force, and his expression instantly stagnated.

That animal trap didn't move at all.

Luo Yuan put down the great blade in his hand, gritted his teeth, held his breath, and exerted force again.

The serrated opening of the animal trap still showed no sign of loosening in the slightest.

"Zhao Long, Zhao Hu, you come and help me."

With the help of Zhao Long and Zhao Hu, the three worked together to finally open the opening of the animal trap and take it off the snow-maned beast's leg.

Looking at the ten silver-white forging patterns on the side wings of the animal trap, as well as the ten-plus thick springs at the joints, Luo Yuan and the others instantly had a flash of realization in their hearts.

"This animal trap, I spent a full three days hammering it, and added ten-plus crude springs. The force generated when it closes is at least over twelve thousand jin. Without Earth-Digging Realm strength, you can't even open it."

Taking the opened animal trap, a look of confidence appeared on Xia Hong's face.

"One prey is not enough. Bury this snow-maned beast in the snow first, mark it, and follow me to the east to find that frostwolf!"

(End of chapter)