"Can … can you deal with it?"
Li Rui didn't have the time or energy to think about why this huge and ferocious leopard would appear on a mountain at the edge of human territory. He tilted his head slightly and asked Daina in a low voice. He didn't dare to make too much movement or make too much noise. Otherwise, if he angered the leopard, the four of them wouldn't have a good time. Even if it didn't kill them, it would still be easy to be maimed.
Daina said angrily, "I only have a screwdriver in my hand. Do you think I can deal with it?"
Li Rui swallowed with difficulty and said, "Then … then what should we do?"
He had always been known for his intelligence. Whenever he was in danger, he would have a flash of inspiration and come up with a brilliant plan to get through it. But now, he was facing a leopard that he had never faced before. He was so scared that his mind was in a mess and he didn't have any intelligence left.
As soon as he finished speaking, the torch on the ground in front of the leopard burned to the end of its life. It flickered a few times unwillingly and was completely extinguished. The leopard's position fell into darkness again. There were only a few charcoal fires left on the ground, which contrasted nicely with the leopard's green eyes.
"It's over!" Li Ruixin's head thudded. The four of them weren't as fast as the leopard to begin with. Now that they were out in the open and the leopard was in the dark, wouldn't they be in an even more passive position? But then he remembered that wild animals were afraid of fire. He hurriedly extended the torch in his right hand forward as the only defense and weapon in front of him.
Daina was surprisingly calm at this moment. She said calmly, "Baoyu and Duzhong take the sarira and leave first. Li Rui and I will cover you guys."
Li Rui secretly nodded. This woman was right. The four of them couldn't stay in this stone room to confront the leopard. Otherwise, the moment the torch went out, the four of them would be wiped out. First, let Long Baoyu and Xie Duzhong, two people with weaker self-defense capabilities, return with the sariras. He and Long Baoyu would use the torch to resist the leopard, and then come up with a plan to retreat. This was the wisest choice at the moment. He then said, "Yes, you two quickly return along the original path. If there's no light, walk along the wall or use your phone's flash to illuminate the way. We can't give you the torch, otherwise, the leopard would have no scruples."
Long Baoyu and Xie Duzhong both agreed. They carried Shi Han and walked to the left to the wall. Then they walked along the wall and back to the narrow crack that led to the stone room.
Seeing the four people's movements, the leopard roared again, as if to warn them, "If you dare move again, I will pounce.
Long Baoyu and Xie Duzhong understood where the leopard was referring to. They were so scared that their scalps were numb and their bodies were covered in sweat. However, they didn't dare to stop. They mustered up their courage and walked out step by step.
Li Rui and Daina held the torch and stood between Long Baoyu and the leopard at all times to prevent the leopard from suddenly attacking them. However, the pine branches on the torches were almost burnt out. Now, they could only rely on one or two pieces of pine oil that hadn't been burnt to keep them alive. If this continued for a few more minutes, the two torches would turn back into two fire sticks.
"You two, hurry up. The torches are almost burnt out!"
Li Rui anxiously reminded Long Baoyu and Xie Duzhong. Just as he finished speaking, the leopard suddenly roared. Its eyes jumped a few times in the air and it seemed to pounce forward for a distance. Li Rui's eardrums hurt from the roar. He was extremely scared, but he didn't dare to run away. He also followed the leopard and shouted, "Oh … Come on, what the f * ck are you shouting for? Come on if you have the guts!"
The leopard didn't pounce forward anymore. It just lowered its head even more. Its green eyes were almost touching the ground. Even an idiot would know that it wasn't far from attacking.
Long Baoyu and Xie Duzhong walked quickly along the wall. After turning two corners, they finally reached the crack. The two of them crawled out one after another. Xie Duzhong, who was behind, said to the two people in the stone room, "You two, come back quickly!"
Daina shouted, "Don't worry about us. Go back to the stone room quickly!"
Li Rui also braced himself and shouted, "Go quickly. The faster the better. We'll be fine."
Xie Duzhong agreed and quickly walked back the way they came with Long Baoyu.
Daina said, "Now let's retreat to the exit together. Don't walk too fast. We have to face the leopard head-on at all times."
Li Rui agreed. The two of them followed the direction where Xie Duzhong was talking and retreated side by side. They stared at the leopard's eyes as they retreated. This was the only way to determine whether it was attacking or not.
After retreating three or four meters, the torch in Li Rui's hand suddenly dimmed. It turned out that the torch that was lit had turned into charcoal and fell to the ground. After falling to the ground, it naturally went out. As a result, only the torch in Daina's hand was still burning. The two of them were in an even more dangerous situation.
Li Rui didn't want Daina to worry, so he deliberately smiled and said, "It's better that the torch goes out. I can use it as a weapon."
As soon as he finished speaking, the leopard's eyes suddenly flashed in the air. It floated over like a firefly. Li Rui and Daina were both battle-hardened, so they reacted quickly. They both knew that the leopard was pouncing over. Li Rui didn't even think about it. He waved the remaining half of the torch in his hand and smashed it over. Daina also stabbed forward with the screwdriver in her hand.
The leopard had endured for a long time, but when it saw that two of the four people had already escaped, and the remaining two were also in the process of escaping, it really couldn't bear it any longer. Thus, when Li Rui was speaking, it suddenly leaped up silently, intending to pounce on one of them. Who knew that the remaining two people's reactions were surprisingly fast, and they also had weapons in their hands. They also pounced in front of the two people, and its head was also hit by a stick. It was the torch in Li Rui's hand that had smashed its head. However, the branch used as a torch wasn't very thick, and after being hit by Li Rui with all his strength, although this hit the leopard, it also broke the torch in the middle, turning it into two pieces of useless firewood. The screwdriver in Daina's hand was too short, so it didn't touch the leopard.
The leopard felt the pain. After it landed, it retreated a body position and was ready to attack again. It roared from its throat and its mouth kept expanding and shrinking. The white teeth inside were shining under the illumination of the torch, which was very frightening.
"F * ck, the torch was broken. Its head is really hard!"
Li Rui shouted in frustration and nervousness. He wanted to throw away the half of the useless firewood in his hand, but he didn't have any other weapon to use. He could only continue holding it, hoping to scare the opponent.
Daina didn't say a word. She suddenly stabbed at the leopard with the torch. The leopard let out an enraged roar and retreated a few steps in fear. It was afraid of being burned by the fire.
"Retreat quickly. I'll cover you!"
Daina said after driving the leopard some distance away.
Li Rui couldn't believe his ears. She came to Qingyang City this time to kill him. She stayed here hoping that he would die. Now that the leopard had the chance to kill him, she didn't use it. Instead, she wanted to cover him and retreat first. Was her brain flooded with water or something? If she was adhering to her principle of not killing him these two days, then there was no need. Because watching him get killed by the leopard was not the same as killing him herself. She should be happy to see it happen. Alas, he really couldn't understand what was going on in her little head. He said, "No, if we're going to retreat, we'll retreat together. I won't run first!"
Daina frowned and turned to glare at him. She said, "Why won't you retreat? I have the torch to protect myself, but you have nothing. You've become a burden. You have to retreat first! "
Li Rui said, "How can a man retreat first and leave a woman to fight a beast? Give me the torch and you retreat first! "
Daina asked strangely, "Do you really think of me as a friend? Don't forget that I'm an assassin who came to kill you. You should be happy that you left me to the leopard. "
Li Rui laughed, "You just asked me to retreat first. Don't you think of me as a friend? Stop talking nonsense and give me the torch! "
Daina snorted and said, "You're really stupid. Fine, I'll give it to you!" She then passed the torch to him.
Li Rui switched the half-broken piece of firewood from his right hand to his left, and then took the torch from his right hand. Before he could aim at the leopard again, the leopard had already taken advantage of this opening to pounce on him. Two green lights flashed in the air, and a gust of foul wind with a fishy smell blew over. Li Rui had just taken the torch and didn't react at all. It was too late when he realized that something was wrong. He could only watch as a black shadow pounced on him with infinite power.
In the blink of an eye, just as the leopard's claws were about to reach Li Rui's chest, Daina rushed up from the side and stabbed the leopard's neck with the screwdriver in her right hand. The leopard was so focused on pouncing on Li Rui that it didn't care about Daina's surprise attack and was stabbed by the screwdriver. Even with its tough skin and thick flesh, being stabbed by the screwdriver still hurt a lot. It roared loudly, its roar shaking the sky and creating a series of echoes in the narrow room.
Daina didn't hesitate to stab it three times. Unfortunately, the leopard's skin and fur were too tough and strong. Not a single stab could pierce its body. Moreover, with the caliber of the screwdriver, even if it pierced its body, it wouldn't cause a fatal injury. It would only enrage it.
The leopard was in so much pain that it couldn't care less about pouncing on Li Rui. It twisted its body in the air and landed on the ground. After landing, it didn't jump up again but directly hit Daina's leg. It weighed about a hundred kilograms and with its acceleration, this hit was like a speeding car. Dai Na felt her legs wobble, and she was knocked to the ground by it. She rolled on the ground twice without stopping, and before she could get up, the leopard roared angrily and pounced at her. It opened its bloody mouth and bit at her throat. Daina's heart turned cold. It was too late to dodge. She hurriedly raised her left arm to block her neck. The next moment, she felt a sharp pain on her forearm. The leopard had bitten through it.
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