Shao Xuan and Tuo kept staring at the river.
Tuo Xiang was a little further away from the river than Shao Xuan. He knew the shortest distance he could get. If he got any closer, he might expose himself when that thing appeared again. Therefore, he didn't dare to take the risk. After hunting for so many years, he knew where the safe zone was for him to face different kinds of ferocious beasts. He didn't dare to take the risk.
Sounds came from the direction of the Drumming tribe. It seemed that the Drumming tribe's patrols had encountered a ferocious beast, but that didn't draw Shao Xuan's attention. He still stared at the river.
After about an hour, the area quieted down again with a slight sound of insects.
It's coming!
Shao Xuan and Tuo Du, who were hiding in the trees, felt their hearts tighten. Every pore on their body was forced to close, not letting out a trace of breath. Even if the wind could hide their scent better, in addition to smell, there were also people's aura and power fluctuations. They knew what kind of danger they were about to face, so they didn't dare to be careless.
There was the sound of moving water. It seemed that something in the river was swimming towards the shore. The exposed part of the river had traces of water, reflecting the moonlight.
Shao Xuan looked over and saw a strange shape on the surface of the river under the moonlight. For a moment, he couldn't tell what it was. He only knew that it should be a big guy, because behind the exposed part, there were long water ripples on the surface of the river. Perhaps it was the back of the thing in the water that caused the ripples. Shao Xuan estimated that it was about ten meters long. As for the part that couldn't be seen and didn't have obvious water ripples, Shao Xuan didn't know for the time being. He didn't dare to look over there recklessly. Smart fearsome beasts were very sensitive to sight.
Shao Xuan paused and looked over from another angle. This time, Shao Xuan was really shocked.
The river and leaves had disappeared. Only the stones and branches showed different shades of gray. The world seemed to have shed its skin, leaving only a faint shape and an obvious skeleton. On the other side, a huge beast skeleton was approaching.
How big was it?
Shao Xuan couldn't be sure, but judging from its bones, it was more than 20 meters long.
Just by looking at its skeleton, it looked like an elongated lizard. However, its neck was much longer than a lizard's, so much so that its head was above the surface of the water while its body was completely underwater. Its thick hind limbs were folded backward, and its body swayed like a crocodile. The bones of its forelimbs were thinner than its hind limbs, and when it swam forward, its head …
Shao Xuan looked around. In his field of vision, there was not only the head of the giant beast, but also the bones of an even smaller beast. However, the smaller skeleton was still in the mouth of the giant beast.
When the giant beast was about to reach the river, Shao Xuan lowered his gaze and stopped looking in that direction.
The next moment, Shao Xuan felt as if a fierce and sharp gaze had swept past him. Although the gaze was invisible, Shao Xuan felt as if an invisible cold blade had brushed past him.
That was the giant beast's scan before it reached the river bank. Shao Xuan had averted his gaze in advance to avoid meeting the giant beast's gaze. Once their eyes met, no matter how well Shao Xuan hid, he would not be able to avoid that giant beast's detection. This was Shao Xuan's intuition. That giant beast definitely had that ability.
After hunting fearsome beasts for so many years, Shao Xuan rarely had this feeling. That giant beast was undoubtedly a fearsome beast. It came from the forest on the other side of the river, but compared to the fearsome beasts that the Yanjiao hunting team hunted on a daily basis, Shao Xuan felt that this fearsome beast would be even more difficult to deal with.
It wasn't that he hadn't hunted larger fearsome beasts before. During the Flaming River Grand Banquet, the beast bones used as decorations, the beast teeth used as decorations, and so on all came from giant beasts. However, Shao Xuan had a feeling that this one would be even more troublesome. If he wasn't careful, he might even lose his life.
The two men hiding in the tree didn't even dare to breathe loudly. It was as if they had turned into stone.
After that gaze scanned the area and found no abnormalities, it came to the bank.
Shao Xuan looked over and saw that the giant beast hadn't come to the bank yet. It had only placed the smaller beast in its mouth on the bank. Because its large body couldn't be completely hidden in the shallow water, Shao Xuan could see its body above the water surface even without his special vision.
Its body was covered in patterns like the water plants in the river. The colour of its back and belly was different too. Even though its torso wasn't completely exposed, one could tell by looking at its neck.
Its dark back with inconspicuous patterns and its lighter belly. This combination of colours was a camouflage for its upper and lower body. It would be harder to spot it when it swam in the river. Its body wasn't smooth and its protruding parts were wet. They reflected the silver moonlight and seemed to carry a metallic chill. Its head wasn't large compared to its body and looked like a slanted shield. There was an elongated hard bone above its head. It looked like a horn but wasn't as distinct as a horn.
Although Shao Xuan still couldn't see the giant beast's full appearance, based on what he could see and its skeleton, he could deduce that this was a powerful hunting beast!
Such a powerful fearsome beast was sneaking around the river bank in the middle of the night. What was it afraid of? Or did it have other motives?
It had a mouthful of sharp teeth but it didn't use much force when it held the small beast in its mouth. Shao Xuan could tell that it was avoiding hurting the small beast.
If that was all, one would think that it was a mother beast carrying its young. However, that wasn't the case.
Shao Xuan didn't know whether this giant beast was male or female, but he was sure that the small beast in its mouth wasn't of the same species as it! That small beast wasn't a cub either. It was just a smaller beast that was already an adult. It was a ferocious mammal that was over three meters long. Shao Xuan had hunted one in the forest before. It wasn't a gentle beast. On the contrary, this kind of beast was very cruel and bloodthirsty!
The small beast in its mouth didn't move at all. Its limbs were stiff as if it was dead.
After the giant beast put it down on the bank, it looked in a direction on the bank.
Shao Xuan's eyelids twitched. That was the direction of the Drumming tribe!
Did they have a grudge with the Drumming tribe?
The river disappeared for less than a year. How did the Drumming tribe provoke such a fearsome beast?
The giant beast looked in that direction for a long time, then its eyes suddenly swept around. The murderous aura that suddenly burst out was several times stronger than before it reached the bank! The night wind seemed to be disturbed and the leaves in the forest were blown up.
There was dead silence all around.
Swoosh swoosh —
The sound was very soft, but it was particularly prominent in the dead silence. Those with good hearing could hear it immediately.
The giant beast withdrew its gaze and looked down at the small beast that was shaking its legs on the bank. The swoosh sound came from the friction between its legs and the grass when it was shaking.
Splash —
Without looking at the bank again, the giant beast dived into the water and left. The sound of the waves wasn't loud and couldn't be compared to the sound of the wind pushing the waves against the bank.
When it left, the giant beast dived into the water because it didn't need to carry anything in its mouth anymore. The long ripples on the surface of the water became shallow and disappeared directly.
The oppressive silence dissipated. In the grass, the sound of insects sounded tentatively, intermittently and cautiously. The bank returned to its original state.
The small beast that was lying on the grass turned over and rushed into the forest like the wind, for fear of losing its life if it was too slow.
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