Chapter 152 Traveling all night
The existence of the baby bison directly made the mother bison avoid rats. She had no choice but to act rashly and could only follow them obediently.
After walking relatively smoothly, Zhou Xu and the others appropriately increased their movement efficiency in order to rush back to the camp as quickly as possible.
However, when holding two bison calves and an adult bison, and having to be aware that they might escape at any time, their movement efficiency would not be much faster no matter how fast they moved.
But for the same reason, it was inconvenient for them to sleep in the wild. They had no other choice. Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Zhou Xu and others could only take a short rest and lead a large group of people. Two young and three bison traveled all night.
Under the cover of night, they raised their torches and hurried on cautiously.
The night on the prairie can be said to be full of dangers. In the surrounding grass, predators that come out to hunt at night may appear at any time.
In just this moment, they had already heard a lot of rustling sounds entering their ears.
Needless to say, something is moving...
Those guys are hiding in the dark and peeking at them. They can't relax and be careless, but they don't need to be too nervous.
Because they have a large number of people, the animals that come out to hunt at night also know how to judge the threat of the target to a certain extent, and cannot directly pounce on a large group like them.
At this time, there was a sudden movement of some animals moving quickly in the surrounding grass.
This situation shocked Zhou Xu and others, thinking that these guys were going to take action.
However, they soon realized that these movements were not approaching them, but quickly moving away from them.
This situation made Zhou Xu frown.
【Not quite right. 】
With thoughts flashing through his mind, Zhou Xu opened an 'eye of insight' for himself and began to look around.
With this sweep, he immediately spotted a beast within his field of vision that seemed to be waiting for an opportunity!
Needless to say, other animals lurking in the surrounding grass were aware of the presence of this beast, so they escaped.
Under the night, relying on the light provided by the torch in his hand, Zhou Xu could vaguely distinguish that the other party had yellow-brown hair, thick limbs, and a burly body.
The most eye-catching thing is the pair of huge sharp teeth that look like sharp blades extending from the opponent's upper jaw.
【Sabre-toothed tiger? ! 】
This was the first thought that flashed through Zhou Xu’s mind.
In modern society, no one has seen with their own eyes what a saber-toothed tiger looked like. At best, they can only reconstruct it through dug-out bone fossils.
But just like the name saber-toothed tiger, its biggest feature is the pair of saber teeth!
From this point of view, the beast completely fits this description.
In this primitive era, no one would be idle and name these beasts. If Zhou Xu wanted to call it saber-toothed tiger, then it would be.
The ferocious beast they encountered before not only knew how to divert trouble to the east, but also found an opportunity to bite the hyena queen to death. Both its brains and combat power should not be underestimated.
Although they are outnumbered now, once they face such a large beast in the wild, they will probably have to pay a heavy price.
Almost at the same time that Zhou Xu discovered the saber-toothed tiger, its existence also broke into the sight of other tribe members, and the three bison they led along the way also changed. Got restless.
Feeling the change in the atmosphere, Zhou Xu spoke in a deep voice...
"Don't be nervous. If it wanted to pounce, it would have pounced on it long ago. These beasts are not stupid. It probably saw that there were so many of us and didn't want to bear it. Risk."
Zhou Xu's words were reasonable, but they were not enough to relieve their tension.
The group of people were wary of the wild beasts in the distance, and they moved with some difficulty while holding the three bison, who were beginning to become a little uncooperative because of their restlessness.
During this period, the beast was also walking slowly around the perimeter. It neither rushed forward nor planned to leave. I don’t know if it was entangled with the situation in front of it and couldn’t decide whether to do it or not. Take action. "Chief, the beast is still following behind."
After walking for a while, Ye Jinghong, who was confirming the traces of the saber-toothed tiger throughout the whole process, had large beads of sweat covering his forehead. He didn’t know whether it was because he was under too much pressure or because The weather is too hot.
During this whole process, Zhou Xu was undoubtedly under great psychological pressure.
Indeed, they are outnumbered, and theoretically speaking, these beasts should not be able to attack them.
But beasts are just beasts after all, and you can’t think of them too rationally. After all, sometimes people may not be rational, let alone beasts...
Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu directly activated the mantra after a slight hesitation.
【Skeleton Soldier Summoned! 】
In an instant, the power of the mantra spread.
On the way back, because they needed to hold three bison, in order to reduce the load and free up manpower, they lost half of the ten skeletons they brought with them. At this time, they only carried There are five skeletons.
With these five skeleton soldiers as a base, the spreading power of the mantra also helped Zhou Xu attract seven skeletons from the covered area.
The quantity is incomparable to the previous one.
It's just a means. If one's own side does not deploy in advance, the actual effect is inherently unstable and requires luck. There is nothing to say.
Including the five they brought with them, there are a total of twelve skeleton soldiers, which is generally enough.
Under the pitch-black night, the skeleton soldiers with their eyes burning with will-o'-the-wisps were filled with strangeness, seeming to change the surrounding atmosphere.
Their arrival made Zhou Xu and others, who had been immersed in their journey and did not want to cause trouble, suddenly assume a somewhat penetrating and powerful attitude.
At this moment, Zhou Xu's idea was very simple. The saber-toothed tiger had been following them, unsure but not wanting to leave. Maybe it was because they were immersed in driving and acting too cowardly.
Now, he just wants to turn his head and use his momentum to pressure the opponent to see if he can force him back!
There is no doubt that there is an element of gambling in this, but Zhou Xu, who has weighed it in his mind, is still relatively confident at this moment.
As expected, as soon as they became stronger, the saber-tooth tiger following behind became even more hesitant.
After looking around several times, he finally chose to turn away.
Everyone who saw this scene breathed a sigh of relief, during which Zhou Xu's voice sounded again...
"Don't relax too much, that guy might come back again."
>While speaking, Zhou Xu's eyes fell on the twelve skeleton soldiers again. Just in case, he thought it would be better to take these twelve skeleton soldiers with him.
But if they were asked to carry it, they really couldn't move, let alone the strength.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu felt his condition for a while, and then downgraded him, downgrading the 'Skeleton Soldier' to a 'Skeleton'.
In this way, the consumption of his mantra power suddenly became much smaller.
After that, if you give the follow order and use the power of mantra to keep the skeleton moving, it won’t be that strenuous.
Update sent, thank you to the book friend "I want to drink Coke" for the tip!
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