Chapter 178: Sudden Ambush from a Formidable Foe
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
Darkness gradually shrouded the vast lands in the beast world.
Zhang Che and his teammates were sitting around a bonfire, each of them holding a piece of compressed biscuit in their hand, the corners of their mouths filled with crumbs.
Although the taste of compressed biscuits was a little lacking, they were filling. They went about for an entire day, and were finally a few dozen kilometers into the hunting zone. Their stomachs were long aching from hunger. Who cared if the compressed biscuits were tasty?
Only Zhang Che was looking at the compressed biscuit in his hand silently, at a loss for words.
Eating just this tiny bit of food wouldn’t even be able to fill a corner of his appet.i.te. Not only that, he felt as if his intestines were revolting as the food entered his system. If he didn’t have a proper meal, his stomach might even digest him!
Thinking up until here, Zhang Che couldn’t help but lament, -Luckily I have a subdued beast with a spatial pocket of its own, and I had the foresight to store a large amount of meat in there beforehand. Otherwise, I’d really have to thank the heavens if I didn’t starve to death, not to mention hunting exotic beasts!-
Finally, everyone finished the compressed biscuits in their hands, feeling bloated from their meal, (Zhang Che: bloated my a.s.s! I’m about to starve to death!) and they all crawled into their own tents.
“Rest early, Brother Che!”
“Good night, Brother Che!”
Before they entered their tents, Zheng Hongru and the others each wished Zhang Che goodnight, leaving him feeling depressed.
-You guys only care about sleeping after eating. I still have to freaking wait until you are all asleep before I can look for an opportunity to sneak out to fill my stomach! You think it’s easy for me?-
He had no choice but to wait until they fell asleep. If Zhang Che dared to take out the roasted meat stored in the Rock Tortoise’s spatial pocket, the thick fragrance would likely attract them immediately. How would he explain the origin of the roasted meat then?
During the agonizing wait, in order to distract himself, Zhang Che couldn’t help but think of Miss Tienan.
-Hmm, I wonder how her preparation for her beast card cultivation exam is going…-
———————-
She wasn’t preparing for her exam currently. The timing was obviously not right. Of course, she’d be resting for a while after dinner.
Her method of resting was very unique.
“Come on, Caihong, finish off that guy and you can have your dinner!” Huang Tielan was squatting next to a large steel cage. Inside the cage was a colorful snake, as thick as a bowl. The face basin-sized little rainbow spider occupied the other end of this steel cage in a cowardly manner, looking at the large creature before him timidly.
The little rainbow spider looked at the huge creature in fear, not knowing that the colorful snake was similarly afraid of it, just that in the face of death, it had no choice but to muster its courage and flick its tongue in an attempt to intimidate the spider.
Seeing him acting timidly, Huang Tielan encouraged her little baby loudly, “Go, Caihong!”
This little fellow was only an infant, after all. Although his bloodline and strength was far above that of the opposing low-tier huge snake, he had no experience at combat. It was only natural that he was a little timid.
In the end, under his master’s repeated encouragement, the little rainbow spider finally made his move.
This little fellow charged straight towards the opposing snake. It was actually going to fight it head on.
Facing such a childish attacking method, the huge snake wasn’t polite at all. It swung its long tail and whipped at the little rainbow spider’s back, directing halting his charge.
However, even though the little rainbow spider wasn’t very strong, the low-tier poisonous snake couldn’t injure him. On the other hand, the little rainbow spider realized that this huge fellow in front of him only looked strong. His eyes no longer reflected any signs of fear. Instead, they were filled with excitement, and he charged forward once more.
After taking on a few more whippings from that colorful snake, the little rainbow spider was finally upon his target, brandis.h.i.+ng its sharp chelicerae.
The snake was now panicking. Its several-meters-long body quickly slithered forward, coiling around the little rainbow spider, directly constricting him tightly, catching him by surprise.
Alas, such moves that were used to deal with weak prey were useless against the little rainbow spider.
Although this little fellow was unable to free himself, his chelicerae plunged into the scales of the colorful snake effortlessly, like a burning hot dagger cutting b.u.t.ter.
In the next moment, the colorful snake trembled violently for a brief moment, before it turned motionless. The little rainbow spider had successfully injected his poison into the huge snake’s body.
“Haha, I knew you’re the best, Caihong!” Huang Tielan immediately cheered excitedly, as if she was the one who obtained victory.
——
The night gradually grew darker. Zhang Che finally heard stable breathing sounds from the surrounding tents as Zheng Hongru and the others finally fell into deep sleep.
“It wasn’t easy… this moment has finally come!” Zhang Che nearly wept. He crawled out of his tent stealthily and went to the edge of their camp, his back facing a cliff. With a wave of his hand, he summoned the Rock Tortoise from his spiritual sea. After the Rock Tortoise coughed up two large pieces of roasted meat, he quickly picked them up and walked further away, taking large bites out of it as he moved.
The two pieces of roasted meat weighed around fifty kilograms. Zhang Che finally ate a filling meal, immediately feeling much more comfortable.
However, once he thought of having to eat so stealthily for the next half a month, Zhang Che felt his head aching.
He had no choice but to take it one step at a time.
On his way back to his tent, Zhang Che suddenly stopped and looked up into the dark sky, scanning his surroundings. He revealed a subtle strange smile and waved his hand before quickly crawling back into his tent.
——
The next morning, Zhang Che was woken up by Zheng Hongru’s surprised cries.
“Wake up quick, Brother Che, I think we’re being targeted by a powerful exotic beast!”
Zhang Che sat up in his tent immediately, and quickly grabbed the bow and arrow placed at the side, rus.h.i.+ng out of the tent without even putting on his shoes.
Zheng Hongru and the others were ashen-faced, sitting in the empty s.p.a.ce in the middle of the camp, not daring to make the slightest movements. Every one of them were looking to the sky, beads of sweat rolling down their faces.
“What happened? Why are you guys looking at the sky?” Zhang Che asked, ‘not understanding the situation’.
Xiao Yi’s voice rang out in a sobbing tone, “What should we do, Brother Che? We seem to be targeted by a powerful flying beast. That fellow was originally only flying over our heads from a high alt.i.tude, but for some reason it noticed us. I think it’s now determining whether we’re suitable prey.”
Everybody knew that flying-type beasts usually only noticed moving creatures. As long as you immediately stopped moving before danger struck, there basically wouldn’t be any danger.
However, this time, Zheng Hongru and the others discovered to their sorrow that they seemed to be eyed by a terrifying beast the moment they came out of their tents.
Zhang Che hurriedly looked to the sky, and he saw a huge flying exotic beast, its entire body purple in color, diving at them.
Seeing the flying beast had noticed Zhang Che’s movements and swooped down immediately, the four of them were scared out of their wits and quickly cried out, “Brother Che, watch out!”
Exactly how strong would such a huge and agile exotic beast be?
The few of them felt that this time, they didn’t have much of a chance against this beast. -Should we send the rescue signal?-