Chapter 549 (2/2)

That was why they went to the captured beast’s hideout. He wanted to use the noise to scare the beasts out.

Traps were laid around the drums so no matter which direction the beast ran, they would surely fall into a trap or run into a guard.

Thump thump!

As the drums beat on, a flying stone disk came shooting out of the cave.

“Master! There’s sound coming from that area!” a slave shouted.

Shi Shi was resting at that moment but as soon as he heard the news, a smile appeared on his originally gloomy face. Just as he expected! A beast hiding there was coming out!

Shi Shi ordered the slaves to stop drumming. They all listened carefully for any noises.

Then, a huff was heard coming from the covered cave entrance. The cave’s mouth was covered from the gravel that fell from the slaves' smashing.

If the beasts were the source of the sound, it meant that they couldn’t take it anymore and would come out. For this nocturnal animal, trapping them inside and surrounding them with deafening noises would definitely anger them!

Shi Shi had a stupid grin on his face as he signalled the slaves to prepare.

Within a blink of an eye, the huffing sound went from distant to very close. The slaves guarding at the cave’s mouth were already holding onto vines.

These tough vines had been treated before to be much stronger. The people from Rock Hill City used them to make webs for hunting. Most of the traps they laid out then were made from this kind of vine too. This vine making technique had stood up against the test of time, Shi Shi was confident that it could hold the beast.

With a loud boom, the gravel all flew in every direction, with a figure running out from the cave.

The figure was too fast for the slaves to see it but they could all feel it. It was as if its whole body was gushing out gas, bringing out noises of explosions in the surrounding air.

The beast was trapped by the vines. It used its sharp fangs to cut through them but some vines were placed too far from where its two fangs could reach.

The slaves were quick to tie the beast up with avoiding its fangs. They knew that the fangs were the most lethal part of the animal. Shi Shi knew this as well, even though it was his first time seeing the beast in person.

The heaviness in his heart lifted.

Just as he was about to say something, he heard an exclaim with such hatred directed at him. Without much thought, he jumped up and ran away.

A figure darted out from the surrounding forest. To be exact, it actually came from the ground. The grass in that area was so thick to the extent that it hid a cave there. The cave seemed to have been hit by something that made it collapse. Soil and gravel hid its entrance so well that the people of Rock Hill city didn’t find it.

This figure that seemingly appeared out of nowhere left Shi Shi flustered.

The figure vibrated as it ran, pushing the wind in a way that made sounds like a beast howling. The vibrations also brought up gushes of wind that made the grass move in waves towards a certain direction.

Shi Shi was lucky enough to dodge the attack but the slave standing next to him didn’t have the same luck. The slave brought up his own weapon, thinking to block this violent attack.

Thud!

Blood came pouring out from each pore on the slave's sword-wielding arm. Under his muscles, his blood vessels were obvious, as if they were about to jump out from his skin. He felt numbness crawling up from his arm, spreading throughout his body. As the feeling spread, his muscles were all pulled to the back, exposing the only bone in the front.

“Ca- catch it!” Shi Shi didn’t care about the slave that was attacked. He only saw the other beast that came out from the cave and was elated that his slaves caught it.

“Ah!”

A painful cry was heard.

It came from where Shi Shi had located a group of people not far from where he was then.

No way… There’s one there too?

Shi Shi was excited. That was good for him. The ancestors only brought back two or three from each hunt but that was not enough, far from enough!

“Amazing! Catch them all!”

How things progressed was way out of his expectations.

On the mountain, sounds from all four parts where his men were hiding could be heard, that meant that the beasts had shown up there. In addition to that, the people at the foot of the mountain were also blowing their whistles, even the people on the other mountain were blowing theirs too.

What was happening?

Did all of the beasts decide to appear at once?