Tonight, everyone was especially serious about keeping watch. Of course, the team members had different thoughts, but they would only be able to work together when they were facing a common danger.
After all, everyone's goal was to enter the Sacred Mountains to cause trouble. They did not want to die outside before even entering the Sacred Mountains.
More than a dozen campfires were lit in the campsite. Before going to bed, Luo Lan had led everyone to gather enough firewood to burn for the entire night. Fortunately, it was winter, so the firewood in the surroundings could be found anywhere.
There were nine sentry posts, and two people were assigned to guard each one. The trees around the sentry posts were all cut down to ensure they had a clear field of vision.
In this regard, Luo Lan was very familiar with it. In his own words, if one wanted to sleep soundly during a war, they would have to do enough work during the day.
This time, Luo Lan had clearly treated the trip to the Sacred Mountains as a war.
Ren Xiaosu was sleeping soundly in the tent while Yang Xiaojin was guarding outside his tent, holding a palm-sized sniper bullet in her hand. Everyone else was playing with walnuts and bracelets, but Yang Xiaojin was a little special. When she had nothing to do, she would play with bullets.
At this moment, "Old Xu" was sitting quietly about 500 meters away from the campsite, as though it was waiting for something.
The moonlight at night was not bright, and dark clouds would occasionally drift across the sky. It looked like it was going to snow soon. The campfires in the campsite kept swaying due to the cold wind, and many people in the tents wrapped themselves tightly in their blankets.
A dark cloud shrouded the sky, and a black shadow kept approaching "Old Xu" in the wilderness. It did not make a sound as it walked on the ground.
Gradually, it could vaguely see "Old Xu's" back. Perhaps it could kill this person in front of it like it had killed the other humans.
Just as Ren Xiaosu had guessed, "Old Xu" was the one who killed the fox, so it focused all of its hatred on "Old Xu".
Moreover, "Old Xu" had been alone from the beginning to the end. Hunters had always liked such lone prey.
In the silence, the black shadow quickly approached. There was even a hint of joy in its heart as the human in front of it still had his back facing it. Regardless of whether the human had discovered it or not, it was already too late!
In an instant, the black shadow reached out to grab Old Xu's neck. However, with this grab, it was shocked to find that it was unable to cause any damage to the other party!
This was different from any of the prey it had encountered in the past. There was no spurting of blood, and the other party was not unconscious. It was as if the figure it had touched was not made of flesh and blood.
But this was clearly a human!
Ren Xiaosu, who was in the tent, suddenly opened his eyes. "Old Xu", who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, shot up like an even more terrifying ghost. The black saber that was resting on his knees had already slashed out at the black shadow.
But to Ren Xiaosu's surprise, Old Xu's attack missed. The monster in the wilderness was more agile and cunning than he had imagined. After it noticed Old Xu's abnormality, it turned around and dove into the wilderness without any hesitation. Its speed was not at all inferior to Old Xu's.
"Old Xu" chased after it into the forest. The monster jumped freely between the tree trunks.
"City Crusher!"
Ren Xiaosu was determined to make the other party stay. There was no such thing as guarding against thieves all the time in this world. Who would be able to sleep soundly with such a ghostly thing constantly following them?
Just as the monster chose the next tree trunk as its landing spot, Old Xu's speed suddenly soared. It arrived in front of the tree and brandished its saber at the monster even though it had moved later.
A sudden turn of events occurred. The little monster was so frightened by the black saber that it kept screaming. Ren Xiaosu thought that this attack would definitely hit its target, but the other party strangely changed directions in midair as if it defied common sense of physics, causing Old Xu's saber to slash at thin air!
Ren Xiaosu frowned. Activating City Crusher was meant to catch the other party off guard. If the first attack did not hit its target, the rest of the attacks would be in danger.
In the wilderness, two figures chased after one another. However, the other party's trajectory was too strange. It would often change directions in midair, making it impossible for anyone to guard against it. Finally, after City Crusher ended, Ren Xiaosu made Old Xu stop in its tracks.
Quite a number of people in the campsite had been awakened by the battle earlier. Although the battle had taken place 500 meters away, Old Xu had chopped down quite a few trees as it chased after the other party. The sound of the battle was very loud.
Cheng Yu lit a torch in the campfire and stood at the edge of the campsite to look out. However, it was dark outside and he could not see anything.
Ren Xiaosu sat up in the tent. Yang Xiaojin asked in a low voice, "Did you kill it?"
"No." Ren Xiaosu lowered his voice and said, "It was more difficult to deal with than I thought. I don't know why, but it was able to change directions in midair."
"Did you see what it was?"
"No." Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "It was too dark, so I could only roughly make out its silhouette. It's a primate, but I can't be sure if it's a human yet. If it's a human, it should only be about 1.2 meters tall."
Song Qiao came up to Cheng Yu and wondered, "Who's fighting? Could it be the person who helped us kill the fox during the day?"
"It's possible." Cheng Yu said with a heavy expression, "I wonder who's so daring as to wander around in the wilderness in the middle of the night. I wonder if they've succeeded."
"Should we go out and check it out?" Cheng Yu's assistant asked, "We have to see what's going on before we can feel at ease."
"No." Cheng Yu shook his head. "It's too dangerous to go out at this time. I'd rather go out tomorrow morning than fail miserably here. What if some monster is deliberately luring us out?"
The people around him did not say anything. No one was willing to go out and take the risk in such a dark place.
Everyone's attention was focused on the darkness as they discussed something. No one noticed that Wang Yun had carved a small triangular imprint at the root of a tree. This meant that there was danger ahead, and he wanted to remind his subordinates behind him to be careful.
Actually, doing this was quite unnecessary. After all, his subordinates were already very careful and had retreated right away.
At this moment, Luo Lan took advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was not on him to secretly signal Ren Xiaosu with his eyes.
He first pointed at Ren Xiaosu, then at himself. Finally, he pointed at the darkness outside, implying, "Bro, you have to protect me. It's too dangerous out there, and I'm afraid of dying."
Ren Xiaosu shook his head at him. Luo Lan's expression instantly turned bitter. Could it be that even Ren Xiaosu was not confident that he could protect himself?
Luo Lan started thinking about life, wondering if he had been too rash in coming to the Sacred Mountains. If even Ren Xiaosu was not confident that he could protect himself, it was enough to show how dangerous this place was.
When Yang Xiaojin saw the two of them winking at each other, she asked in a low voice, "What was he gesturing to you about?"
Ren Xiaosu answered, "He pointed at me, pointed at himself, and then pointed outside. He was probably asking me if I wanted to go to the toilet with him. I shook my head and said no."
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