At the edge of the Shuilin tribe's patrol area, a giant dark green reticulated python raised its head, its tongue rapidly extending and retracting.
"It was in this area that I sensed the nasty smell. This is the most recent and freshest smell we've detected. They're moving too fast, and there's a lot of land nearby, so it's difficult for us to catch up with them."
Hearing this, Xuan raised his head and sniffed violently, "There are a few familiar smells in there."
He turned to look at Li, Mu and Lie.
The three of them were also carefully distinguishing the smell left nearby.
Lie bared his teeth and said, "I also smelled several familiar smells. They were the guys who besieged me." When he said this, a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Li and Mu also nodded affirmatively.
"Let's split up and search for traces. Keep an eye on the footprints on the ground. If we find any news along the way, send someone to contact us again." After saying that, Xia turned to look at Xi, "Xi, I'll give you twenty people."
"We are responsible for all water sources." A nodded without objection.
"Okay, no problem. Once we find new information, we will notify the other party and take unified action." Xiye agreed readily.
After receiving Xia's order, twenty older and more experienced orcs quickly came out of the Qingshan tribe and headed towards the Shijiao tribe.
"Let's act." Seeing that they had made all the arrangements, Jia said softly and sank into the water. The other people from the Shuilin tribe also disappeared.
The Qingshan tribe and the Shijiao tribe also chose to go in two directions respectively.
Fei rushed directly into the sky, he was in a group by himself.
"Li, Xuan, you two take half the people over there, and I'll take the rest over here. Let's search separately." Xia looked at the twelve underage orcs and thought for a moment before adding, "You shouldn't gather together. Split into two groups and follow one side each."
Everyone nodded when they heard the arrangement, and each of them divided into sides. Li walked to Xuan's side and counted the number of people.
Mu, Lie, Dong and Dan of course followed Xuan. Ya also came over leisurely, which made Dong stare at him.
Fortunately, he knew that they were doing serious business now, so he just snorted lightly and didn't say much. The underage elk orc also came to their group.
After dividing into groups, Li and Xuan looked at each other and nodded to Xia, then led their people in another direction.
Xia watched for a while, then led his men in the opposite direction.
The biggest difference between looking for orcs' tracks and looking for wild beasts' tracks is that orcs will consciously hide their tracks.
They may even create some illusions to mislead the trackers, but most wild animals will not have this awareness.
So far, Xuan has only seen a kind of beast called Shadow Beast with such high intelligence, which can create illusions like orcs.
After walking in the direction for a while with everyone, Li and Xuan stopped to make sure that there was a distance between their group and Xia's group.
"Now, look for any traces as we normally would when hunting. Report any traces you find immediately. All underage orcs, follow Xuan and me." Li turned to them and said, "Now, disperse."
As soon as he finished speaking, the orcs tacitly split up into teams of four to six people and acted separately.
Six little orcs followed Xuan Heli, carefully observing all the traces around them.
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"There is no shortage of water in this place, and finding them is harder than I thought." Li looked up at the setting sun.
They have been searching for twelve days, and the search area has been expanding. They can always smell the remaining scent of wandering orcs, but they can't find any trace of their activities.
"There's still some residual scent of them here, but it was from five or six days ago. We never got close to them." Ya said seriously, frowning.
"Tracking orcs in the wild is much more difficult than tracking wild beasts. It is impossible to tell which direction they are going." Lie shook the fur on his body.
"Yes, we have gone in the wrong direction several times, and there is no news from other people. There is not even any smell of wandering orcs from the Stonehorn tribe." Mu sat on the ground, looking around.
"This is not a solution." Xuan frowned.
Tracking roving orcs is more difficult than tracking shadow beasts. "Let's try looking for food scraps. They can fake the smell, but they have to eat, which is unfathomable. Besides, our tribe only recognizes the scent of a small number of them, which will cause us to miss a lot of clues."
"That makes sense. There are quite a few of them, and the noise they make when eating will definitely be quite loud. We'll go where the smell of blood is strongest." Li nodded after hearing Xuan's words.
"Okay, let's give it a try. We've been searching by smell for so many days without any progress." Lie had no objection.
The other little orcs also nodded. Li was a strong man in their tribe and an experienced elder, and they all recognized Xuan's abilities.
"After we hunt and eat food outside, we will dig a hole and bury the remaining remains. As long as we find this kind of buried food remains, it must be left by the orcs." Xuan looked at Li and analyzed.
"You're right, let's go on."
Following Li's command, everyone continued to search with their heads down.
No sleep all night.
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The next day, Li ordered everyone to rest and take turns hunting to fill their stomachs.
"Roar——" A roar came from not far away.
"It's Mu! He's calling us over!" Li stood up suddenly. "Aren't he and Ya hunting? Could something have happened?"
"Let's go and take a look." After saying that, Xuan took the lead and ran towards Mu.
After all, this is not the tribal territory that he is familiar with, so it is inevitable that something will happen.
Li followed closely behind, and the other little beastmen who were resting on the ground also stood up nervously and ran towards Mu behind them.
Passing a fallen giant tree, Xuan's eyes immediately locked onto Mu's location.
He and Ya were circling a huge rock that was half-sunken in the mud.
A medium-sized beast they had just hunted was left aside.
"Mu, what happened to Ya?" Xuan ran over and stopped suddenly when he saw the mud on the ground. He looked hesitant, but in just a moment, he walked in.
Mu Heya didn't notice his little action, but just excitedly dug something in the mud.
Seeing Xuan coming over, Mu looked up and said excitedly, "We found food remains here, buried in the mud, and there is a smell belonging to orcs."
Yaye raised his head and looked at Xuan, speaking in a more serious tone. "It's the scent of an orc, but I don't know if it belongs to a roving orc. It's very faint and covered in mud, so I can't tell how long ago it was."
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