They've formed an alliance now; they're all in this together. If we hear the jackals make a sound, how far away can the leopard be?

Liu Changde was not angry because of Gao Haining's opposition. Instead, he explained to Gao Haining with a smile.

Leopards are powerful but not scary. As long as they have a jackal as a teammate, their whereabouts will be exposed in no time.

Once this was explained, the others understood, so they stopped talking and quickly set up the makeshift shelter.

It involves using a dozen or so wooden poles to form a cone, with the tops crossed over each other, and then covering it with birch bark and dry grass.

These makeshift shelters don't keep you warm; they only block out the cold wind.

So everyone lit a fire in the shack, boiled some water, and chatted while listening to the sounds outside.

But apart from the howling wind, there was no sound outside.

The group stayed in the makeshift shelter for a long time, until sunset, but still couldn't wait for the leopard and the jackal to appear.

"Is the leopard not coming? It just ate a sheep today, it should be back in its cave sleeping soundly by now, right?"

A few of the younger ones were getting impatient, and Zhang Zhijun muttered to himself in the corner.

“Yes, we’ve been waiting here for ages, and there’s been no movement at all,” Pan Fusheng chimed in.

No sooner had Pan Fusheng finished speaking than, before anyone else could utter a word, the jackal's mournful and shrill howl could be heard from afar.

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines and were filled with admiration for Liu Changde.

However, this is not the time to praise; we must seize the opportunity to ambush the leopard.

"Remember, let those two jackals go, deal with the leopard behind them. We need to take care of the tough ones first."