Chapter 1196: Tree Climbing

"Alright, as long as you can use the Bomb, then for the elephants we take down, whether it's the hide or the bones, you pick first; you take seventy percent and I'll take thirty, and our Soldiers will split the meat equally, how about that?"

"No problem!" Xiong reached out his hand and high-fived Xuanyuan.

"Shaoyin, take six Bombs, and the Strong Crossbow, carry them over too, and let's go together to take down those elephants. Remember to kill the lead elephant first; we'll deal with the small ones later."

Shaoyin immediately pulled his ox to change direction: "Alright, Marshal, I'll go do it right now."

Having said that, Shaoyin went directly to take the people to grab the Bombs, then carried the Strong Crossbow, and under the lead of the Xuanyuan Tribe Soldiers, headed toward the elephant herd. From quite a distance away, they could already hear the elephants' calls; it was still very terrifying.

It was only after arriving at the Shennong Clan that Shaoyin saw elephants. Before, because they were traveling, there was no time to hunt elephants. After all, the risk of hunting elephants was relatively high, especially with elephant herds of this size, where the numbers were particularly large. If they couldn't be dealt with all at once, it would definitely trigger a group attack by the elephants, which would be troublesome if it caused unnecessary losses to their team.

Now it was fine; the battle was over, there was no rush for time, and there were enough Weapons that could be used on the elephants. Furthermore, their food supply was a bit tight, and having just encountered so many big elephants, weren't these just piles of meat? How could they not take action?

And so, this time it was a Large Team of nearly two hundred people hunting elephants. Not only did they have Spears and Bow and Arrows, but they also had Strong Crossbows and Bombs. Such a configuration could be said to be very secure; even Xiong could rest assured letting his son go.

Shaoyin had only seen elephants from afar before and had never seen them this close like this time. They were truly too big and too terrifying. The ox was already out of control and unwilling to continue forward. Although they were both herbivores, they had competition with each other, and the ox didn't dare to go over; it still had self-awareness.

Shaoyin didn't make things difficult for the ox, let it go back directly, and then walked to lead the team over himself.

This time he was still commanding the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe, but they were all experienced hunters, and some among them had experience hunting elephants, so Shaoyin's position as Leader was a bit nominal; it was just that he was the one who could order the use of the Bombs.

Although they were very quiet, the elephants' big ears didn't grow for nothing; they had long since discovered them, but they just hadn't taken action yet.

The hunters already had a division of labor; who would shoot which one was already decided. It was just that the elephants were huddled together tightly. The adult elephants protected the calves inside, and the bull elephants lifted their tusks toward Shaoyin and the others from time to time, seemingly as if they were intimidating or threatening them.

"How is it? Can we take action now?"

The Xuanyuan Tribe hunter hurriedly said: "Leader Shaoyin, look and see if the Strong Crossbow is set up. Tell them, they must aim at the hearts of those two elephants and shoot. If they don't shoot the heart, they must at least hit the lungs. Otherwise, when they feel the pain and start charging wildly, we'll be done for."

Shaoyin turned his head and said to the few Soldiers operating the Strong Crossbow: "Hey, you few, did you hear that? Aim for the heart or the lungs and shoot, understand?"

"Understood, definitely no problem!"

The hunter pointed to the middle of the elephant herd again and said: "The Bombs, throw them into their middle to injure them all. However, still keep one or two. In case they aren't killed and come charging at us, we can throw them out. Whether they can be killed or not, at least it can blow them apart so they won't dare to come over again."

"In case we don't block them and let them charge over, then we'll be done for. We might have people die. Also, Leader Shaoyin, if you see an elephant charging at you, don't think about fighting, run quickly!"

"First look to see if there is a relatively thick tree nearby. Climb as fast as you can. If you climb up, you can at least block them for a while. If it's a tree as thin as this, it can snap it in two hits. Only a tree that is thick enough like this can defend against them."

Shaoyin hurriedly searched. Although this wasn't a forest, there were still many trees. He found a tree that was thick enough, then pointed at the tree and asked: "Brother, is that one thick enough?"

"It should be enough. As long as you can climb up, we will immediately find a way to kill that elephant. The key is to hold on; don't think about running. If you come down from the tree, you might not be able to outrun them."

"Small trees will break, and big trees are hard to climb. Leader Shaoyin, you know why elephants are so hard to kill now, right? We rarely considered hunting elephants before; the risk is too great."

Shaoyin also sighed: "Indeed, that tree, I feel I might not be able to climb up, mainly."

"Then run in circles, run as fast as you can. Don't run in a straight line; you must run wildly in circles. It's fine to turn around in a forest, anyway, you must not stay too close to them."

Shaoyin suddenly widened his eyes and pointed at the elephant herd: "They stopped. They won't, they won't be coming to attack us, right?"

The hunter hurriedly turned his head in a panic to look and discovered that there were indeed a few elephants staring at their location and appearing very agitated.

The hunter panicked: "Leader Shaoyin, are the things ready? If they are, let's attack now. Otherwise, I feel like they really are going to come."

"Ready, ready, I'll arrange for people to throw the Bombs!"

The hunter also hurriedly signaled his own people to prepare to stand up and throw Spears.

"Throw the Bombs into their middle, now, light the fire!"

Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!!!! Throw!"

"Shoot the Arrows quickly!"

Moo!!!!!"

Three elephants suddenly charged toward the direction of Shaoyin and the others without warning, and they also used their tusks to toss up mud, appearing extremely ferocious.

Arrows and Spears were fired simultaneously, and the Bombs were thrown out too, but before they had time to see the results, the hunters shouted: "Run! Run quickly!!!"

Shaoyin also reacted immediately and shouted to everyone: "Run quickly!"

Then he immediately rushed toward the thick tree he had chosen. That tree was truly very thick and also grew very lushly. What was better was that it had a large fork in the lower part, making it easy to climb.

Shaoyin kicked the tree twice, jumped onto the fork, and then quickly climbed toward the higher part, only then taking a deep breath, still shaken.

"Come up quickly, come up!"

Someone else rushed to this tree of Shaoyin's. Shaoyin didn't say a word and went down to pull people up. Two people came in succession, and now there were already three people clinging to this tree. They were all panting heavily, watching the three crazed elephants.

Some people were already sprinting far away on the ground, and one of the elephants was still chasing, chasing for its life, with no intention of stopping at all, and it even felt like it was playing a game.