Yunxiu's knuckles turned white as he gripped the dagger, and the blade glowed coldly in the twilight.
The sound of gunfire in the distance startled a flock of jackdaws, which flew over the treetops in a black mass. She looked at Liu Qian's pale face and said in a low voice, "Stay in the tree and don't move. I'll go down and take a look."
"Don't!" Liu Qian grabbed her wrist and said, "You only have a dagger and they have a gun. Aren't you going to die?"
Before he could finish his words, another gunshot was heard, this time closer.
The dead leaves fell down and stuck to Liu Qian's brow, making it difficult for him to see the situation clearly.
It was Yunxiu who suddenly pointed at the tree and screamed, "Blood! There is blood underneath!"
Liu Qian pushed aside the obstacles and looked in the direction of her trembling fingers. He saw a pool of dark red blood at the place where Zhao Wei had just landed. It was particularly glaring on the blue-gray stone.
It was a bird in the tree canopy, shot down by a hunter.
You won't use a butcher knife to kill a chicken.
The gun should have been aimed at them.
Among the shadows of the trees, Ran Ye slowly appeared, leaning on a hunting rifle.
Half of his blue cloth jacket was torn, revealing the patched white vest underneath, and smoke was coming out of the muzzle of his gun.
The old man's cloudy eyes swept across the treetops and he suddenly grinned. His mouth with a missing front tooth looked particularly eerie in the twilight.
"Come down, it's tiring to hide."
Yunxiu's heart sank. This old hunter actually knew their location a long time ago.
She was about to speak when Ran Ye suddenly held up an object - it was the enamel jar that Zhao Wei always carried with him. There was a bullet hole on the jar, and it made a clinking sound when it was shaken in his hand.
"Did your friend drop this?" Ran Ye shook the enamel pot, "He's quite skilled, he managed to dodge it. What a pity..." He suddenly changed the subject and threw the enamel pot hard on a stone, sending fragments flying everywhere.
"It's a pity that you dared to kill my dog. It was the only thing I cared about in this world, and you killed it. You... deserve to die!"
Liu Qian's legs went weak and he almost fell from the tree.
Yunxiu held him tightly and shouted to Ran Ye: "We can explain! This is a misunderstanding!"
"Misunderstanding?" Ran Ye sneered: "Go underground and explain to my dog!"
He was talking to the person in the tree, and it wasn't that he couldn't lock on to the other person's position, nor was it that his bullets couldn't hit him.
Instead, he was waiting, waiting for the man who had been hiding in the dark to show up.
Only this person is the most unpredictable existence and cannot be underestimated.
As soon as Ran Ye finished speaking, the air in the forest seemed to freeze.
Yunxiu looked at the burning hatred in the old man's eyes and knew that today's conflict would be difficult to resolve.
She protected Liu Qian and shrank back, trying to delay time: "Old man, please don't be impulsive, we really..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Ran Ye suddenly shouted, causing the snow on the treetops to fall down.
He raised his shotgun, the dark muzzle gleaming coldly in the twilight. "I'll count to three. If you don't come down, I'll shoot this tree into a sieve! 1...2..."
At this critical moment, a rustling sound came from the bushes.
Zhao Wei walked out slowly with a dagger in his hand.
His face was covered in dirt and his clothes were torn by branches, but he remained calm.
"Old man, I was the only one who killed the dog. It has nothing to do with them. If you have any grudges, come to me!"
Ran Ye narrowed his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him.
He could feel that Zhao Wei had a ruthlessness that was different from that of ordinary villagers, like a dormant wolf.
"Okay, you have guts!" Ran Ye sneered, "Everyone has their own consequences, so go to hell!"
"Tsk tsk... What a pity, I don't really want to die!"
Of course, he didn't want to kill the old hunter.
The main thing is that he has no habit of killing, so let other animals kill this old thing.
A person who lets a dog kill people is not a good person.
Was he explaining it to him?
No! That was a chance for him to live.
Since he doesn't want it, just do it.
After Zhao Wei finished speaking, he jumped directly onto a large rock nearby.
The rock was more than one meter high, but his legs were very elastic and he managed to jump up.
Na Ye Ran narrowed his eyes and aimed the shotgun in his hand at Zhao Wei.
Yunxiu, who was on the tree, saw this scene and calmly took out the slingshot from his waist.
This is used to shoot birds, and now, she wants to shoot the old man's eyes.
Once he is blind, let’s see how he can still use a gun to hurt people.
Almost at the same time, Yunxiu's slingshot had just been fired, and Ran Ye's trigger was also pulled.
Then, a scream was heard.
It was sent by this old man.
Yunxiu's slingshot hit one of his eyes, causing a splash of blood, it was an indescribable horror.
Ran Ye covered his bloody right eye and looked at the result of the shot he had just fired in pain.
Zhao Wei's reaction speed was really too fast. Even at such a close distance, he still had the ability to dodge the bullet, which only flew past his ear and produced a string of sparks on the rock.
Ran Ye let out a beast-like roar from his throat, groped for his shotgun with his left hand, and stumbled towards Zhao Wei, wanting to shoot again.
"You son of a bitch! I'm going to dig out your heart and bury it with my dog!"
“Go to hell!”
Zhao Wei turned over and jumped off the boulder, staring at Ran Ye's back.
There was a big black cat there that he had managed to call over with great difficulty.
After getting down from the tree just now, he ran back in a circuitous way and finally brought Dahei here.
It lurked silently behind the old man, waiting for the critical moment to give him a fatal blow.
This was the best opportunity, so he put his hand to his mouth and whistled.
Dahei received the order to attack. He stood up suddenly from the ground and pounced on the skinny old man like a flash of lightning.
The opponent was not prepared from behind, so he was knocked to the ground.
After hitting the target, Dahei ran to Zhao Wei's side and did not continue attacking the old hunter.
No one expected that these few gunshots would alarm the wild beasts in the mountains and make them run here.
Just behind Dahei, a cheetah appeared silently.
This guy's hiding skills are amazing. Even Dahei didn't notice his existence until he knocked down the old hunter.
Liu Qian, who was on the tree, saw this scene and couldn't help but curse out loud.
"Damn, it turned out that the mantis was catching the cicada, but the oriole was behind it. The beast almost got the advantage. My cousin is really awesome. The dogs he raised are so capable!"
It was at this time that he realized that the big black cat, which he had not thought highly of, was actually so outstanding.
If he had known this would happen, he should have established a good relationship with the dog when he was at home.
Dogs can really save lives at critical moments.
Na Ran Ye was still thinking about fighting with Zhao Wei, but he didn't expect that a ferocious cheetah had appeared behind him.
When they found him, his brown old face had turned pale with fright.
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