The fireball arrived before the person did!
A ball of raging fire crashed down, and the desert cat let out a miserable cry before falling to the ground, motionless!
"Xuanba! Why did you burn it?" Huang Changming grabbed at empty air and looked at the charred desert cat on the ground with great frustration.
Fang Qingdai thought that someone who grew up in the wasteland would sympathize with mutated creatures.
The mutated creatures are wild and untamed, born bloodthirsty and brutal. Given the chance, they will devour humans, leaving not a trace of flesh and blood!
Humanity used countless efforts, and countless ancestors sacrificed their lives, to gain a foothold in the wasteland!
Until humans become powerful enough to completely suppress mutated creatures, taming them is simply raising a tiger to cause trouble!
So Fang Qingdai's expression turned serious, and she was about to say something when Huang Changming said irritably, "It's all burnt, so the fur is useless!"
Fang Qingdai touched her nose dejectedly, swallowing back the words that were about to come out.
The mission to hunt desert cats was issued by the armor-making department. The requirement is to bring back a live desert cat if possible, and if it is not possible to capture it alive, at least the pelt should be intact.
So Qingluan only tied up the desert cat, but did not kill it.
A whole burnt piece like this is worthless.
Xuan Ba awkwardly touched his nose and said apologetically, "Sorry, it's just a habit."
The missions they were assigned were all extremely dangerous, involving life-or-death struggles with their opponents, and their attacks were always deadly. They hadn't been able to adapt to it for a while.
"Stop arguing, let's deal with this one first!" Xiao Mao suddenly shouted through gritted teeth. Everyone then realized that he had tied up a desert cat in a clay cage and was frantically trying to tie it up with Qing Luan!
Fang Qingdai immediately called out, "Xiao Teng!"
The little vine appeared out of thin air and instantly bound the desert cat, crushing the small earthen cage that trapped it!
The desert cat was firmly locked in place by the vine, and after a short hiss, it instantly stopped breathing!
Fang Qingdai pursed her lips, looked away, and praised, "You did a great job, Xiao Teng."
"Let's continue, everyone hurry up, let's catch ten and see if we can make it back to Xuanwu No. 4 base for the night."
Fang Qingdai gave the order, and everyone immediately returned to their positions and lay in ambush again.
Xiao Mao and Qing Luan opened the bottle of lure again.
After a while, the nimble figure of the desert cat reappeared on the boundless sand...
They caught seven in a row. By this time, the sun was already setting, and the afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the entire wasteland with golden light.
The once desolate desert now appears romantic and gentle under the setting sun. Fang Qingdai and the others feel as if they are in a golden ocean, where all dangers seem to have vanished, leaving only endless peace and warmth.
But at that very moment, a sudden change occurred!
The golden afterglow affected everyone's vision, and a desert cat, more than twice the size of an ordinary desert cat, had orange fur that blended perfectly with the afterglow.
When it silently crept up to the vicinity of the earthen cage, its sharp claws raised high, reflecting a cold light, everyone finally noticed the desert cat!
"Defend!" Fang Qingdai's heart skipped a beat. She shouted a warning, and the next second she and Xiao Teng had already jumped out of the space and rushed towards the earthen cage!
Xiao Mao stopped at the command without even turning around to see what was going on. Fang Qingdai's urgent and frightened tone made him reflexively use all his energy to instantly reinforce the earthen cage more than tenfold!
Even so, the desert cat still managed to carve a hole in the 20-30 centimeter-thick earthen wall with a powerful claw strike!
Seeing that it had been exposed, the desert cat let out a sharp cry and suddenly leaped up, squeezing into the gap it had dug out!
Cats are like liquid; they can easily squeeze into even the smallest holes.
That's exactly what happened to the desert cat at that moment. With just two kicks, it had already shoved most of its body inside!
A brief scream came from the airtight earthen fortress, and Fang Qingdai's heart almost stopped for a moment!
Fortunately, the little vine was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, it had already darted to the side of the earthen fortress. With a hook of its vine tip, it managed to tie up one of the desert cat's hind legs!
It tried its best to pull the desert cat out, but it didn't know what was going on inside. The front half of the desert cat's body was firmly stuck in the small gap!
Fang Qingdai shouted anxiously, "Xiao Mao, remove the earthen wall!"
From inside the earthen fortress came Xiao Mao's anxious, muffled voice: "We've run out of energy, we can't retreat!"
This idiot didn't leave himself any way out!
Fortunately, Xuan Liu and Huang Changming arrived in time. The two used their superpowers and punched a hole in the earthen wall!
Seeing the small crater that Xuan Liu, a level 5 strength-type ability user, barely managed to create with one punch, Fang Qingdai gained a clearer understanding of the Desert Cat's scratching power!
The vivid contrast sent chills down her spine; if she were scratched like that, her brains would be flung three meters high!
The desert cat still had its two sharp claws, representing the front half of its body, inside the earthen fortress. The space inside the fortress was not large, and everyone was worried that it might grab the little blue phoenix with its claws.
With Qingluan's small body, it could easily be cut in half at the waist with a single swipe of its claw!
So everyone picked up their weapons and started smashing the earthen wall!
Huang Changming punched the wound a few times, creating a small gash, and then started digging at it with his hands, cursing as he did so: "Fatty, are you building your own grave? It's so thick! My hands are killing me!"
Xiao Mao's muffled, aggrieved voice rang out: "The situation was urgent!"
If it weren't for the earthen fortress built with all its might, it might have been completely smashed by a single claw from the desert cat, and Fang Qingdai and the others wouldn't have been able to come to the rescue.
Thinking this way, Xiao Mao became even more self-righteous: "I reacted so quickly and did such a good job, and instead of praising me, you're criticizing me!"
"If it were you, you'd probably already be waiting in line for your next life!"
Fang Qingdai gripped the hammer and smashed it down. Hearing the two bickering, she said irritably, "Save your energy for saving people first. Xiao Mao, stop nagging, or you'll run out of oxygen!"
The earthen fortress was cramped, and with three mouths to breathe, the small opening couldn't keep up with the air intake. In just a short while, Xiao Mao was already panting heavily.
"How is Qingluan?"
"I'm fine, sister. Don't worry about me. I've tied the desert cat's claws. I'm safe now!"
The little girl was clever; seeing the desert cat halfway inside, she immediately used the vines to bind its paws.
The desert cat's hind legs were being held by the vines, and its front legs were being bound by the blue phoenix. No wonder it was stuck in mid-air and couldn't be pulled out no matter what!
But it's really not good to get the Azure Phoenix to let go of the vine right now. After all, the desert cat's claws are very long. If it's let go and the little vine can't pull it away immediately, it's very likely to go berserk and scratch wildly, grabbing the little fur and the Azure Phoenix inside the earthen fortress.
So we can only maintain the current stalemate while the others step up their efforts to demolish the wall!
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