Chapter 194 – Chase and kill (1/2)

Edited by Ilesyt

The team that first arrived at the place where someone whistled didn’t come close, because there were about at least twenty carnivorous birds that were eating there.

In the surrounding area, the air was filled with the smell of blood.

Those big birds that were grabbing the food looked vicious and difficult to deal with.

The leader made a gesture to order his men to retreat alertly. He had thought they would find the people that the shaman and the chief had mentioned. But instead, they met a group of carnivorous birds when they arrived here.

However, he ignored the Wan Shi beasts.

The Wan Shi beasts were selected from many ferocious beasts, and usually they still bit their prey even if they couldn’t defeat it. Unlike from those beasts that had been trained and branded by the totem of the tribe, they were not so obedient, and didn’t work well with the members of the Wan Shi tribe. When they became, crazy no one could control them.

Noticing that there were many carnivorous birds in front of them, four Wan Shi beasts roared, and tried to make the men loosen the ropes to let them rush there.

When the Wan Shi beasts made some noise, the team members knew they were in trouble. At this moment they became so angry that they even wanted to use the stone swords to stab the Wan Shi beasts, but doing so wouldn’t help.

The carnivorous birds that failed to grab the meat had noticed the men hiding there, so they shouted excitedly to those hiding behind the bush and rushed at them.

As soon as one bird moved, several others followed it, and then more also took action.

The leader could not help but curse, and no longer hid himself.

“Withdraw!”

The plants here were mainly bushes and weeds. The bushes and weeds were more than two meters high, and also grew thickly. Even though they had intended to be careful, they couldn’t pay much attention to the plants under their feet when the group of carnivorous birds were chasing them.

“Ouch!”

A man’s foot was entangled by something, so he fell and felt pain and numbness in his foot. After he saw the vines that entangled his foot and cut them off, he ran again but the speed slowed down a lot. Soon the birds rushed over and surrounded them.

Someone used a sword to cut those carnivorous birds, but he failed to drive them away. Moreover, those birds were provoked, so they chased them even more closely.

More than one man was caught in the traps in the bushes. In spite of this, in this place their feet weren’t tied and hung in the tree. Those simple traps were made of rattan grass with the colour similar to that of the weeds. And they just stumbled. The rattan grass was smeared with poison that was not deadly, but at this moment the poison could lead to their death.

No matter how cruel the four Wan Shi beasts were, they couldn’t defeat this group of birds. Because of seeing the Wan Shi beasts break into their domain, this group of carnivorous birds were irritated. They were no less cruel than the Wan Shi beasts bred by the Wan Shi tribe.

At this moment, the men were shouting. The birds were crying, and the beasts were roaring. All didn’t stop.

Like the previous team, this team also lost one third of its members in such a short period of time.

“Climb the tree!!”

“Look for a tall tree and climb up!!”

Leaving the area covered by weeds, they saw the forest in front, and everyone was pleased. As long as they climbed up the tall trees, they could escape from these birds that couldn’t fly.

A warrior intended to climb up. His hand caught a branch, but a wood needle that was shot by someone pricked his hand. He felt pain and numbness in his hand so he failed to grasp the branch, fell down, and was trampled on the ground by the birds that came over.

“There is someone!”

“Watch out!” The eyes of the leader flashed and he glanced at the surrounding forest.

The man who climbed the tree found his leg was pierced by a wood needle. He immediately pulled out the needle and felt pain and numbness in his leg. Fortunately he stayed in the tree and didn’t fall down. He glimpsed a figure moving fast when he thought he was lucky.

“Be careful!!”

The leader warned him. Unfortunately, when he rushed over, that man had already been cut by the sword and died.

Under the trees, seven birds gathered, and now a dozen of men were still alive. In terms of number they had the advantage, so if they really fought with the birds, they might not lose. But now none of them wanted to fight with the birds, not to mention, some people who were hiding near them to get ready to kill them.

The leader said at once, “Go. Into the trees!”

The trees were not far from each other, so they could still jump from one to another the tree to move forward.

“Be cautious for there may be...” Before the leader finished his words, a slight “hum” was heard, as if a thin thread was touched.

When someone jumped from the tree, he touched a thin thread that was not easy to be noticed.

Whiz!Whiz!

A Half-arm long wood needle was shot through the leaves and the grass, to the men who were jumping between the trees.

They had to wave the blades to block those wood needles. A man who was not careful enough was stabbed and fell down. Soon, he became the target of the birds.

A man finally escaped the wood needles and stood firmly on a branch. He was cut by a knife who quietly got close to him.

This…

The leader opened his eyes wide and looked very shocked. When he saw Shao Xuan, he couldn’t identify the totem patterns on Shao Xuan’s body so he didn’t know which tribe he came from. But he could see that Shao Xuan was very young.