78 Fire Attack

Qiao Jinnian was completely furious. If this continued, she would either be exhausted to death or be bitten to death by a hippopotamus.

Qiao Jinnian had clearly bribed him with cactus, but she didn't expect that he would come and attack her in the middle of the night.

The thorn circles surrounding him could not defend him at all. He opened his mouth wide, almost 180 degrees, which meant that he was about to officially start the attack.

The hippopotamus rushed towards her with its huge body, as if it wanted to crush all living things on the ground with one foot. The torch had no deterrent effect on him.

This was the first time Qiao Jinnian faced such a huge hippopotamus. At this moment, perhaps the best way was to climb up the tree. However, it was too late. The hippopotamus had already stepped on all the thorns and let out a huge roar, obviously very angry.

At this time, Qiao Jinnian had already realized that he might have accidentally invaded the hippopotamus's grassland territory, and he was now hated.

Without thinking too much, her first reaction was to hold up her torch and run forward quickly.

Stripe was also frightened, hissing and running forward.

Silverback was furious and rushed forward, trying to bite the hippopotamus, but Qiao Jinnian yelled, "Silverback! Run! X-X-X!"

It was really too late. The hippopotamus was moving too fast. Qiao Jinnian thought a lot in an instant and suspected that if he stopped, he would be swallowed whole by the hippopotamus's big mouth.

Those half-meter fangs were so terrifying that she didn't even dare to look back. In the tense moment, the most she could think of was not to run in a straight line and to set up more artificial obstacles.

So she held a torch and climbed to a higher place, but the hippopotamus kept chasing her.

God have mercy on her, she's not even 5 years old yet, how could she possibly outrun a hippopotamus with such short legs?!

But she had to bite the bullet and run forward, choosing the difficult paths, such as termite mounds, circling the termite mounds a few times, and climbing the hillside. She consumed a lot of energy, but the hippopotamus was still chasing her closely.

Because hippos are quite tall, even though she climbed to a high place, she was almost bitten by the hippo's big mouth. The situation was extremely critical.

Qiao Jinnian was completely furious. If this continued, she would either be exhausted to death or bitten to death by a hippopotamus.

Aren’t you not afraid of torches? Aren’t you thick-skinned?

Qiao Jinnian was afraid that the torch would be extinguished, so she picked up a large piece of elephant dung from the ground, which was easier to burn. She stuck a wooden stick into it and ignited the huge green elephant dung. In this way, she had two more torches.

She held two torches high up, one in each hand, and then, without running, she stabbed them at the hippo's eyes, but missed and he dodged her.

Qiao Jinnian was completely desperate. What was going on? It was just a territory. No wonder she heard in her previous life that hippos killed more people than lions. This guy totally didn't play by the rules. There was no logic in him at all!

When she failed the first time, she continued to poke his eyes with the torch. Yes, she specifically poked his eyes because she didn't believe that he was really not afraid of fire.

Finally, one time, the needle pierced his little eye. The hippopotamus screamed in pain, opened his mouth wide again, and rushed towards her again.

Don't be fooled by his huge body, he is really fast, and there is absolutely no logic in his argument. Even if Qiao Jinnian apologizes to him now, it won't work. The winner must be decided!

Qiao Jinnian felt so aggrieved. She had no idea what had irritated Mr. Hippo. He was fine during the day, but went crazy at night!

But she was obviously not fit to continue running, so she could only turn back and fight him, using the torch stick to poke his eyes and nose hard. One reason was that the torch was hot, and the other was that the stick could also pierce his skin.

While poking, Qiao Jinnian stepped back, thinking of a better way.

At this time, Qiao Jinnian saw the hippopotamus's companion, with only its head showing, and thought of diverting the trouble away.

Yes, she wanted to lead the hippo over and let him fight with his companions to see who would win.

But this step is not easy. If she fails, she might offend two hippos at the same time, and then she will be really finished. Of course, if she succeeds, she can get rid of this huge trouble.

At this moment, the hippopotamus wanted to bite her to death, but she had fire in her hand, which greatly limited the hippopotamus's speed of moving forward and also gave Qiao Jinnian some chance to catch her breath.

Qiao Jinnian spotted the territory of another hippopotamus, and while retreating, he led him towards the other hippos.

But the problem is, the two of them have already come here, but the hippopotamus here are indifferent and have no angry reaction at all. This shouldn't be right. Doesn't the hippopotamus care about its territory the most?

After all this trouble, Qiao Jinnian was sweating profusely. What should he do? How could he get rid of this terrible aggressive animal?

The silverback followed the hippopotamus all the way, looking for an opportunity to bite it, but unfortunately he was too small. Although he was very brave, his body was almost touching the ground, so he couldn't cause any more harm to the hippopotamus.

"Roar--" Qiao Jinnian roared as loud as a lion could, indicating that he was a lion to provoke the crazy hippopotamus.

The territorial hippopotamus behind him flapped its tail quickly, eating grass while watching the life-and-death battle between the two-legged beast and the hippopotamus.

Qiao Jinnian was almost going crazy, his head felt like it was going bald, but there was nothing he could do. In the midst of his busy schedule, he took out a cactus covered with thorns from his hemp rope bag and threw it into the hippopotamus's big mouth.

As a result, he took a bite and swallowed the whole thing, including the thorns. It seemed to have no effect at all, but the skin was really thick!

Qiao Jinnian: "..."

There was really no other way, so Qiao Jinnian simply picked up large pieces of elephant dung from the ground and threw them into the hippo's mouth. As a result, he ate everything she threw, as if his mouth was a bottomless pit...

"Roar--" Qiao Jinnian was almost crying as she threw the things. She could only roar even louder, hoping that Mr. Hippo could stop this crazy state.

Or perhaps the roar of the lion attracted a group of lions. After a while, a group of lions appeared on the grassland next to him. They were all female lions, and they must have run out to hunt at midnight.

Just then, a group of lions heard her roar and ran over curiously to see what was happening.

At this moment, seeing the unfamiliar lion group, Qiao Jinnian actually felt tears welling up in his eyes, as if he had seen his relatives. At least lions can communicate, unlike this hippopotamus, which is simply unreasonable!

But unfortunately, the lion group had no intention of helping her at all and just watched from the side. The most annoying thing was that they had been fighting here for a long time, and the other hippo here didn't react at all.

Qiao Jinnian felt that she was really unlucky today. How could this happen?

Stripes was so scared that he hissed and even wanted to rush forward and kick the hippo with his hind legs. Cloak also tried his best to bite a piece of the hippo's flesh.

However, the animals on their side were all weak, and there were a group of lions around them who were watching the fun and not minding the trouble.

Only then did Qiao Jinnian deeply realize that this was the real world where the strong preyed on the weak. In the past, she was protected too well by her lion father, but now she could not rely on anyone and could only rely on herself.

So she had to stay calm and not stop for a moment. Once she stopped, the hippopotamus would find an opportunity to avoid the torch and bite her to death.

She just didn't understand. Hippos are obviously herbivores, so why are they so scary?

During the hot day, hippos can only stay in the water because their skin is particularly afraid of dryness. Only at night when the weather is cooler will they come ashore to eat grass.

Thinking of this, Qiao Jinnian slowed down and realized that he had been using the wrong attack method. His torch had been poking the hippopotamus' eyes and nose for a long time, but it seemed that it had not hurt the vital parts at all. In fact, his real weakness was his delicate skin!

The hippopotamus is a strange creature that lives on land and in water. It must rely on water to live and breathe. If it stays out of water for too long, its skin will dry like popcorn. So why attack its nose?

Qiao Jinnian directly used the torch to poke his skin, causing it to burst open. He screamed in pain and quickly turned around to run into the water.

Then, Qiao Jinnian didn't allow him to go back into the water. She went around behind him and continued to poke his back with the torch, making him spin around, run around with his mouth wide open, and almost stepped on the silverback.

This time, Qiao Jinnian finally found his weakness, and he lit a pile of elephant dung, threw it at him, burning his back.

When she threw it, she was worried that the sparks would set the grassland on fire, but fortunately, it was right next to the river, so even if it really caught fire, it would be extinguished quickly.

So she threw burning feces at him as much as she could. This time, the hippo was completely scared. After being driven around in circles for several times by her, it finally found a chance and returned to the water to soak in it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qiao Jinnian did not dare to delay and hurriedly ran away. If he didn't run now, the hippopotamus would react later and come after him again, and it would be difficult to deal with him then.

After running and running, Qiao Jinnian finally found an opportunity. She climbed up a tree and lay on it, watching from a distance to see if the hippopotamus would catch up with her.

After all, hippos can't climb trees, so this tree is the best place to rest right now.

As a result, Qiao Jinnian found that she had run far away, and the hippopotamus that she later blamed for the trouble actually became angry and opened its mouth wide at the hippopotamus that invaded its territory.

The two hippos started fighting fiercely.

Qiao Jinnian: "..." Why didn't they start fighting earlier? Did they have to wait until she was almost exhausted before fighting?

That night, Qiao Jinnian was exhausted, but because she hated the crazy hippopotamus so much, she watched the famous scene of the two hippopotamuses fighting all night.

In the end, the hippopotamus that almost killed her was actually bitten to death by another hippopotamus...

What’s even more infuriating is that a group of lions that passed by to watch the fun just picked up a hippopotamus to eat for free, without even having to hunt!

After all, hippos don’t eat meat, so this is a good thing for the lions who are watching the fun!

Qiao Jinnian gritted her teeth, feeling that she was really unlucky tonight. It turned out that she was the one who was hurt the most. If she hadn't discovered that the hippopotamus' biggest weakness was actually its skin, she would have been the one who died in a minute...