Chapter 8 - Pentaceratops (2/2)
Xiong Ye carefully hid himself, not wanting to get discovered by any of the Pentaceratops. It was at this time that he noticed that Hu Yue and her team were also lurking nearby.
The two of them exchanged glances, then left behind a few people who had smaller animal forms and wouldn’t easily be discovered to follow the Pentaceratops before heading back.
By the time they returned, there were already a lot of people waiting with Xiong He. Some of these people hadn’t managed to find any prey, while others had only found small prey.
For example, Shi Li and his team had only found a few Heterodontosaurus.
Xiong He deliberated for a while then finally said, “Let’s go and catch the Pentaceratops.”
Pentaceratops was a kind of horned dinosaur that had five horns on its head. Mature Pentaceratops were eight meters long, weighed over five tonnes, and were already considered large dinosaurs to the people of their tribe.
If it had been a hundred years ago when they didn’t have priests, they would have rushed to hide and run away, but now, they could also ‘hunt’ these dinosaurs if they worked together.
“Chief, aren’t Pentaceratops really big? Are we really going to go catch one?” Someone was both nervous and excited.
“I’ll take you guys over to give it a go.” Xiong He laughed and said, “It’s still early, so if we aren’t able to catch one, there’ll still be time to catch something else.”
Everyone agreed and headed towards the location where the Pentaceratops had been spotted. Xiong He told them some facts about the Pentaceratops along the way, “There’s a shield on the Pentaceratops’ head that’s very strong…”
Shi Li heard his words and frowned immediately, “The Pentaceratops’ shield is hollow and is only used for courtship.”
“Really?” Xiong He was a bit surprised, “I’ve seen Pentaceratops before but have never hunted them. I didn’t know that it was hollow!” The frill on top of the Pentaceratops looked really solid!
Shi Li: “The Pentaceratops’s head is very big, and it has horns. When we attack, we can’t go from the front and should attack it from behind instead…”
Shi Li spoke a lot, and it was all taken from the experience he had gained in his previous life.
The people in the tribe listened very carefully.
Many people had seen how Shi Li looked after getting beaten up by Xiong Ye yesterday, but the people of the tribe didn’t concern themselves too much about other people’s affairs.
So what if Xiong Ye and Shi Li broke up? The two of them were still very strong, and most of the tribe admired and looked up to them.
Besides, most people who had awakened as bears preferred Xiong Ye, while those who had awakened as other animals tended to like Shi Li.
Shi Li’s fierce animal form and his enthusiastic and flamboyant character made him very likable.
Of course, the main reason why nobody said anything was because… It had been Xiong Ye who beat up Shi Li yesterday; Shi Li hadn’t really fought back and even had injuries on his body now!
Shi Li saw that the people from the tribe were gathering around him and continued, “In a bit, we should do this. Some people should go forward and attract the Pentaceratops’ attention while the rest of us attack from behind…”
He began to make arrangements for how everyone should hunt.
However, Xiong Ye interrupted Shi Li while he was still talking, “If we go up against the Pentaceratops directly, people will die!”
Was the Pentaceratops so easy to provoke? This was a giant dinosaur with armor and long sharp horns on its head!
“How should we do it then if we can’t hunt like this?” Shi Li retorted. Although he hadn’t hunted for a long time, the experience he had gained during those years when he and Xiong Ye had led the tribe to roam everywhere was still there. He believed that the method he had brought up was definitely the best way to kill the Pentaceratops!
As for those who might die… Those who died were just too weak.
Xiong Ye glaned at Shi Li and said, “Drive the Pentaceratops into the swamp.” He had listened when Grandpa Priest talked about the ways his old tribe used to hunt prey that were as big as a Pentaceratops. They would generally herd the big ones to a swamp and trap them there so that they could slaughter them as they liked.
Shi Li was stunned, and finally remembered a series of events-the tribe had indeed used this method in the past.
However, the swamp that the tribe used to trap their prey wasn’t available all year round, and it was difficult to encounter such a big dinosaur. Because they hadn’t done it often, he had long forgotten about such a method and didn’t even remember where the swamp was.
“I decided that we should hunt the Pentaceratops this time just to let you guys see the swamp.” Xiong He spoke up and began to discuss how to drive the Pentaceratops there with the rest of the tribe members.
Xiong Ye had gone to observe the swamp the other day and had shared some of his own ideas with him when he returned.
Many people had paid attention to Shi Li when he was talking before, but now, everyone focused on Xiong He and Xiong Ye instead.
Xiong He and Xiong Ye were walking together. The two of them looked very similar, and they also appeared to be very close.
Indeed, they were uncle and nephew and had both awakened as brown bears. They were currently the only two brown bears in the tribe, and their relationship would naturally be good. Shi Li knew that Xiong He had always seen Xiong Ye as his successor.
In his previous life, after Xiong He had died, there had been too much going on in the tribe, and Xiong Ye had been unable to deal with it all by himself. He had also needed to find a new place to trade for salt and couldn’t always remain with the tribe, which was why Shi Li had become the new tribal chief.
Now…
Shi Li suddenly realized that all his previous actions had been a little reckless.
His foundation in the tribe wasn’t as deep as Xiong Ye’s. If Xiong Ye wanted to make trouble for him…
If it had been before, Shi Li might still have wanted to remain together with Xiong Ye even if they didn’t mate, but after yesterday’s events, he had already abandoned this plan.
First of all, he knew that Xiong Ye would never agree-the young Xiong Ye wouldn’t tolerate a single grain of sand in his eyes.
Secondly, he couldn’t get past the barrier in his own heart-he had been suppressed by Xiong Ye in that fight, and he certainly couldn’t show weakness to Xiong Ye now!
Since that was the case… Shi Li suddenly realized what he should do.
Everyone in the tribe had gone to listen to Xiong He and Xiong Ye talk, and nobody was paying attention to him. Shi Li was a little annoyed, but a beautiful young woman suddenly came up to him, “Shi Li, you’re really amazing. You know so much about the Pentaceratops.”
Shi Li noticed this girl, and his heart jolted.
He still remembered the young woman in front of him. She was the most beautiful woman in the tribe and Xiong He’s favorite child, Lang Yin.
Lang Yin had always liked him, but compared to Xiong Ye, Lang Yin who had been raised in privilege from childhood was really too weak!
At this age in his previous life, he had never considered Lang Yin at all, but after Lang Yin had died at a young age during that catastrophe, he had often thought of this beautiful young woman who had once expressed affection for him.
Juurensha: Xiong Ye, show everyone what a proper tribal chief is like!xiin: i love XY’s indifferent reaction to Xiong Bai’s dressing up – ‘it just looks cumbersome’ haha. also, fanart from Cat for the previous chapter of XY sadly digging for earthworms!