In the forest under the moonlight, a large group of beastmen were digging the soil in full swing.
Xiang Yu, Xiong Feng and the others, who were the main laborers for digging the soil, had transformed into beasts and were pulling or pushing huge trees that were deeply inserted in the soil. Behind them was a group of beastmen of all sizes.
These beastmen used stone pieces, bamboo tubes or wood. Each of them held different tools in their hands and followed behind these beasts, busy moving the soil.
Due to time constraints and not having the time to make tools, Qi Bai came up with this idea. He asked the huge beast-shaped horned beastmen to transform into beasts to first loosen the soil. Then the remaining beastmen with great strength would dig out the loosened soil.
Due to the large size of the wild boars, their trap had to be dug as deep as possible if they wanted to ensure that the wild boars couldn’t easily climb out after falling into their trap. This resulted in a huge workload for everyone.
At this time, Yang Luo came from the direction of the tribe with several children. Each of them carried a rattan basket with roasted meat and roasted sweet potatoes.
Once everyone smelled the scent of food, they couldn’t help looking around. Their stomachs made a sound in protest.
Ever since Hou Yan led the hunting team back to the tribe in the afternoon, everyone had been working non-stop until now. Yang Luo had prepared some stews before, and now he gave everyone another meal.
Qi Bai was given a piece of roe deer meat and four sweet potatoes. A lot of salt was added to the roe deer meat and it tasted much better than usual.
The Black Mountain Tribe wasn’t short of salt, but Yang Luo usually didn’t add a lot of salt to food. The main reason was that they had lived a hard life, and the habit of saving things couldn’t be changed in a short time.
Therefore, Yang Luo obviously invested a lot in this extra meal. He hoped to use the limited food to replenish everyone’s physical strength.
It couldn’t make everyone full, but they felt full of strength when thinking about the wild boar meat mentioned by Chief Hou Yan.
Qi Bai finished the food quickly. Then he found that he was tired and thirsty but had never taken the time to drink water. He picked up the big bamboo tube next to him and gulped down a few mouthfuls.
In the middle of digging traps, Ma Shu came back and told Hou Yan that the wild boars had started to rest in the same place and showed no signs of leaving.
In order to prevent the wild boars from escaping, Hou Yan carefully observed the surrounding terrain and dug some shallow pits in places where wild boars might pass by.
Once all the traps were dug, the beastmen brought some large leaves and vines from afar and intertwined them to place them over the traps.
Time was tight, and these traps actually weren’t that secretive. One just had to observe carefully, and the difference in soil and vegetation could be seen. However, they were facing uncivilized wild boars after all. There would also be beastmen in front to attract the wild boars and beastmen chasing from behind. Even if the traps were a bit crude, he believed that the wild boars wouldn’t have the time and energy to distinguish them.
Of course, there were obvious signs around the traps to prevent their own people from accidentally falling into them.
In addition, Hu Huo led a few sub-beastmen to make a batch of straw ropes overnight.
For the sake of safety, each straw rope was as thick as a forearm. These straw ropes had been quietly hidden in the grass.
By the time they finished all the preparations, the sky had already turned pale.
Everything was ready. The only thing to worry about now was whether the wild boars would be driven into the forest with traps as everyone expected.
Yang Luo once again appeared around the trap with food. His eyes were a bit sunken due to staying up late. Qi Bai saw that his hands were shaking with excitement as he served food to everyone, but he still didn’t forget his responsibility as a priest. No matter what, he pretended to be calm.
Once everyone got their foot, Yang Luo gathered everyone in front of him.
He clasped his hands in front of his chest and shouted loudly, “Let’s go, my children. The Beast God blesses every brave and wise beastmen!”
As he said this, Yang Luo put his hand on Hou Yan’s forehead. “Blessings of the Beast God!”
Hou Yan was the first to shout, “Blessings of the Beast God!”
“Blessings of the Beast God!”
The determination of everyone to win startled a flock of birds in the mountains and forests.
The number of horned beastmen in the tribe was really limited, so even the sub-beastmen participated in the hunt this time.
There were sub-beastmen waiting on each side of the rope. Once the wild boars passed by the rope, they would be responsible for pulling the rope up high.
As a half-grown sub-beastman, Qi Bai was finally allowed to participate in this hunt.
At this moment, Qi Bai was waiting in a bush more than one meter high. He held a rope tightly with both hands. Qi Bai didn’t move at all despite countless small insects passing by him in the grass.
There was only a small trap near where he was now.
According to the plan, this location wasn’t the route that the wild boars would pass through. However, once a wild boar found the gap here, they needed to pull up the rope to stop the boar from moving forward. With the rope blocking them, the wild boars would fall into the shallow put they had dug.
Of course, even if these wild boars didn’t fall directly into the trap, the rope could make the wild boars fall down. With such a huge body, it wouldn’t be easy for them to stand up again after falling down.
The one opposite Qi Bai was Shu Lin. This arrangement was to ensure that the two people had equal strength when pulling up the rope.
Of course, it was impossible for the two of them to trip the wild boar with their strength alone, so their straw ropes had actually been fixed to the tree behind them in advance. They only needed to pull up the straw rope. Then the wild boar’s inertia would stretch the rope tighter.
There was no sound other than the chirping of birds and insects. In such a quiet environment, Qi Bai even felt that his own breathing was deafening.
He blinked away a drop of dew that fell on his head and kept repeating the action plan in his mind. As long as a wild boar came, they would pull up the straw rope together. As long as the wild boar was entangled by the straw rope, they would immediately climb up the big tree next to them.
In this way, they waited in silence for an unknown period of time.
In the distance, the sound of a herd of animals trampling the ground came. The whole mountain forest was shaken awake.
Here they came!
Qi Bai held his breath and stared into the distance without blinking.
The tremor became more and more violent. Suddenly, a huge black shadow rushed towards Qi Bai and Shu Lin. Qi Bai’s breathing became heavier, and he silently chanted in his heart.
Three! Two! One!
Once the wild boar rushed in front of them, Qi Bai and Shu Lin simultaneously pulled up the straw rope wrapped around the tree.
However, as the orcs expected, the wild boar was too heavy. The straw rope they wove only lasted for a few seconds before it broke.
Qi Bai’s reaction was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, a small white figure jumped onto a tree branch that was over ten meters high.
Qi Bai crouched on the tree, using the branches of the tree to cover his body while constantly looking down.
The leading wild boar wasn’t tripped directly, but the straw rope slowed it down. The wild boar behind it had no time to change direction and directly hit the leading wild boar, causing both wild boars to fall to the ground and into the trap.
The wild boars chasing behind the two found the trap, stopped, turned around, and ran back.
It was a success!
Qi Bai was delighted.
Then his heart rose to his throat again. He was standing in a high place and could see the situation in the distance.
At this moment, several wild boars were lying in the largest trap not far away.
Unfortunately, the huge wild boar king didn’t fall into the trap. In addition, the wild boar king was in front of the deep pit in an attacking posture. Opposite him were the horned beastmen who chased him here.
The roar of the wild boar king was heard for several kilometers.
The wild boar king acted like he was crazy. He led the remaining wild boars and rushed directly into the horned beastmen. The horned beastmen avoided it one after another. Once touched by his huge fans, their skin and flesh would be pierced.
A long-tailed monkey screamed and jumped down from the tree. Following his instructions, all the beastmen started to fight back.
This was the first time Qi Bai had seen the cruel scene of horned beastmen fighting with his own eyes.
The earth shook from the impact, and they bit desperately…
In addition, there was the gray figure staring at the side of the boar king and attacking flexibly.
It was impossible for the beastmen to give up. These wild boars were the food that would allow them to survive the long winter.
The wild boars were even less likely to retreat as they would lose their lives if they retreated.
Time became extremely fast yet extremely slow. The scene of the battle flashed before Qi Bai’s eyes, but everyone’s movements seemed to be frozen and imprinted in Qi Bai’s mind.
Qi Bai smelled the bloody smell in the air, heard the tragic roar of the beasts, and saw the bright red on the gray giant wolf…
His eyes were covered by blood. He couldn’t tell if it was the blood of the wild boar or the blood of the beastmen…
Roar!
Finally, the wild boar king roared sadly towards the sky.
Qi Bai heard the two wild boars under the tree responding while still struggling to get up.
After the wild boar king roared, he suddenly burst out with a huge force and rushed directly to the beastmen around him. Qi Bai saw Xiong Feng, who was closest to him, being thrown heavily and hitting a tree trunk, which actually broke,
Thanks to this force, the wild boar king broke out from the siege. Behind him, the wild boars that could still run followed.
On the battlefield, it seemed as if someone pressed the pause button.
It was terrible.
Then there were the thunderous cheers of the beastmen.
Qi Bai climbed down the tree amidst the cheers. He ran towards the outside of the forest for a while and came to a high slope.
Qi Bai stepped on the hard stone and looked at the wild boars running out of the valley.
The first time the herd came here, there were 30 of them and pregnant sows in the team. Perhaps they also had great hopes for the reproduction of the herd.
But at this moment, the wild boars that escaped with the wild boar king were covered with scars, and only a dozen were left.
Qi Bai watched from a distance. He withdrew his gaze once he made sure they wouldn’t come back.
This was nature. From the moment he entered the food chain, he no longer had the qualifications to hypocritically mourn for his food.
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