Chapter 549 - Catch Them All
The drumming continued deep into the night.
Shao Xuan and the other tribesmen that were camping far away from where they were whacking the mountain could clearly hear it.
“It’s already so late. What are they up to?” said a tribesman from Yu tribe.
The members of the Feather tribe stayed atop the trees outside the cave. They had an impressive sense of hearing, any slight sound would make them stir from their sleep, not to mention the constant drumming.
Compared to the people outside the cave, the people sleeping in the cave were deep in slumber. They felt that the cave was extra quiet today. Even the bugs that made noises were gone. They couldn’t hear the noises from the outside world as clearly as the people from the Feather tribe.
Therefore, when people from the Feather tribe were complaining, snores were coming out from the cave. After a few days of searching, they found nothing and everyone had exhausted their bodies. A quiet night like this was hard to come by so many slept very quickly.
The green-faced fanged beast that Shao Xuan caught was quiet too after struggling for so long but Shao Xuan knew from its breathing patterns that it wasn’t really asleep. It was just lying there quietly, maybe deep in thought.
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?
Were they all hibernating before this? That’s crazy, it’s too hot to hibernate now!